The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-01-25

HdluIe dnu progress Vi WnlSH we dtleulpl
ed to explain. For when has the low
of justice and religion ever relaxed tn
grasp of Shareholders (6) No one ex
cept the carping editor of The Voice, VIII
has doubtless long been painting for al
opportunity of discharging his harmless
missiles against US would have had TIT
cool efIrontcry OF giving it any other in
} terpretalon. ~
Ii his object In doing so is to p ace him
self before the people Of this region as the
sole champion Of aboIi,ionism we sperr
the motive which prompts this false inter
probation. ~ We have ever stood on the
broad ground not only OF opposition, bu
of immediate action against slavery in
every way in which it can honestly he
done with any reasonable prospect of sue
cess. (9) Nor do we believe that those
who always appear in the most glitter
ing armour and make the most bolster
Gus claims to exclusive attachm ent TO alb
olitionism, and trampoose through the
State 10 obtain support for publications
which can live only in the misty atmos-
phere of ullraism, are entitled to half the
confidence in their sympathy for the
slave, and adherence of oppression, as
those who set themselves calmly and dis
ngenuousl y to work by every practica
means to strike off their chains 10 We
wish to abolish slavery, but we would do
1t standing upon the constitution. Il) We
would not follow The example Of the
great abolition convention held al Buff
talo, In Invoking the authority of the
great sovereign of the universe against
the constitution, declaring shat qOe ought
TO obey God rather than man, and hence
that a part OF the constitution was null
and vOid. O2) We would not set up a
divine code in our imagination as super
Tor TO the supreme law of the land,
course utterly subsersive of all govern
ments, and our continuance as an united
nation Q3) We would not gather aboli-
lion churches, and desecrate The holy sab
bath by preaching political abolition, but
upon all suitable occasions we would APP
peal calmly, but strenuousIy TO the CON
sciences of Shareholders against the enor.
nous sin of holding their fellow Men in
bondage as alike inhuman and unchris-
tan, and as calculated 10 bring down the
swift pigments Of heaven upon them -
14) We would not turn slave states cut
OF the union, or Grample upon rights
guaranteed by the constitution by inter-
terlng with the relation of master and
slave over which they have an exclusive
control. We would not form a party
from which every thing must be expur-
gated except the sing lie purpose of freedom
to the slave. while al of the great inter-
ess of the country, and thrust aside as
unworthy of the least consideration. A
party which instead of striving 10 purify,
threatens to roll The car of abolitionism
over every institution of the country
which stands In the way Of immediate
and unconditional emancipation. A par
" which when once enlhroned in power
would be likely to enkindle the flames of
civil war, and scatter the union in shining
fragments all around US. A party which
invests itself with the habiiments of ex.
elusive purity which it stripes from all
others, but whose leaders may be as
greedy for the spolls, and to say the leas,
is corrupt in the administration of the
government las any which has proceeded
t. A Party which refuses 10 fellowship
With such patriots as J. @ Adams, Gid
Iings and others hitherto regarded as the
lobIest champions of impartial freedom,
whom they repudia;e because they are un-
Wiling 10 approach the subject by ag.
y:essIonS upon the constitution, and a
udeness of temper and attack calculated
o perpe;uate slavery rather than advance
he cause TO the goal of final emancipa-
ion.
We are not prepared to say that Mr..
edediah Ho|com5 has embraced all the {
Jews OF abolition to which we have thus 2
expressed our repugnance. But with {
many of them, and especially with the ;
bird party movemen! he has clearly iden-
fled himself in practice, perhaps with
hades of difference in theory which we l
hall leave him to define, if he has not.
AS strong y opposed to slavery as those C
'ho fame lhe brightest and roar the loud c
81 we mean 10 pursue that course which :
We deem the most efficient and practical, ,
or shall we quarrel with any man vino :.
reals US fairly for pursuing different =
cheme OF assault however visionary and
uicidal it may appear to US. Let them d
blow the dictates of an honest heart and Q
n enlightened conscience, and the issue h
will then be fairly made up TO the public, Il
he only tribunal to decide who is guided :,
y the dictates OF true wisdom, and who is
nder the influence of that zeal without Il
in the attainment of a lauda.
lie object, which defeats its own purpose, a
nd ends in a fatal wreck of all its hopes a
f final triumph. (l5) i
W When l commenced editing the Voice a
t this place last June, anticipated thrust h
# two from some classical Editor, on ac- a