The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-02-08

he people of the United States. NJ
opinions OF little intrinsic val ue' shall ex
cite the minds OF my countrynen TO re
Election; and then after mature consider
alton, dare venture The assertion, tina
the position have this dav taken will b.
maintained in practice aud vindlcaled u
last by "a recognition OF those principles
which il is the province of history 20 en-
fo:ce and consecrate in the affections o
mankinG.
Regarding the questions at issue Is
second on y 10 those Which have forever
Illustrated the year l776, shall speak
with that freedom which inherit as my
blrlhright, and which | so much desire to
transmit unmpalred TO poslerny: Tho
yet young, am Old enough TO know,
from sad experience. what history in such
melancholy strains has uttered in vain
into The deaf ears of men: that the best
of counsel is far from being always the
most acceptable. When the storm cast
vessel is threatened with wreck, the man
who would save her by throwing over
board the boxes of gold or other things
OF more cherished endearment, is hardly
heard, whilst he who maintains that all
is safe, is TOO often trusted ill both life
and treasure are irrevocably lost. He
who from good motives gives even bad
advice, is entitled at least 10 ust forbear-
ance; whilst the man who advances the
best OF counsel for selfish purposes de-
serves no consideration for his services.
Those gentlemen who would annex
Texas to The Uuicn. and hurry US blind
fold down this preci pice OF ruin and dis
! honor, have here in these slave States at
least, popular prejudice in their favor On
one side are honor, power, wealth, and
easy access TO fame: on The other side.
notation, Punishment, poverty and OBJ.
security thl eaten. II then speak freely
the ruth, when you, my counlrymen, are
lO.reap all the fruits Of the sacrifice, no
man can say that ask too much, when
pray you to hear me with a patience,
becoming the solemnity of the occasion.
First of all then, | protest against this
aPpea 10 our sympathies in behalf OF
Texas and these unjust denuncialions of
Mexico, as foreign TO The true ISSUE and
eminentIy calculated 10 lead US into error.
Though tru y, and with sorrow be it said,
of Anelo.Saxon blood, bone of our bone
aud flesh of our flesh, in the language of
Igeullemen, | ask you, what claims of
sympathy has Texas on the people of the
United Safes? Enjoying all the bless
lngs which the Constitution guarantees
TO her people, with all the Offices of honor
and profit open TO the hunbIest citizen
with an unoccuped domain extending TO
The distant Pacific, like our fist parents
going out from Eden, "with the world
before them where 10 choose" in any
cline, a home-they voluntarily banished
themselves from their native country,
dsavowed the glorious principles of the
American Declaration Of the rights oil
man, renowned the inestimablc privileges
of the Federal Constitution which was
their inheritance, and forge;ful of all the
lies OF common blood, language, and no ne,
they became the fellow subjects with a
half barbarian people, OF slant Span
Sh Prince. Yes, without becoming the
advo cate of Santa Ana, wh0tn we have
heard denounced as tyrant and traRor
for the purpose Of prrjudIcing the cause
which vndlcate: trusting 10 indestruct-
ble truth and avengin history chal-
enge comparison between Texas and
Mexico. The Mexican people, Inspired
BY that Declaration OF American lnde-
pendence, which recreant Texas had re.
nouoced, in 1921, vindicated by gIori-
Gus revolution, her title to Independence
OF the Spanish monarchy; and illustrated
in ACT, the posuIate taught by our Revo
Iulionary heroes, that a people can not o
right BIZ governed without their own con.
sent. In 1924, Mexico. following the
) example OF the Uniled States and Great
Britain, who ia 1920 had declared the
save.trade piracy, aud punishable with
death. prohibited in the language OF Judge
Story, this "infernal traffic" In 1929
once more unlike Texas, she made it par
, of her constitution that no person borr
afer the PRONUNCIATION of the same, in
The several provinces should be held a
: slave. Again in 1929, this much abused
5 Mexico. declared that slavery was eStn'
guished in the Republic, and eievaiug
The dread standard of "Goc and liberty
she called upon the sons of freedom by
: arms to vndicate this immortal decree
And where now, throughout this vas
empire, did this glad note of liberty fai
to receive a willing response2 Alas
for the recreant Saxon Texas, the de-
scendants OF Washington, and Jefferson
, and Adams, aud Franklin - Texas, who
had received from paternaI government
a graluitous fee simple in the finest sol
on eac.h, exempt from taxation ten years
and without other sacrifice, save aIIegi
ance TO the government and 10 the Catho.
lie religion, which she had most solemnIy
sworn TO yield - Texas was the first 10
rAlse the black flag Of "savery and nc