The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-02-15

| United States, marching from our very
cities in open day, with coors flying, led
on by land.mongers and bond-speculators,
TO violate the neutrality of a country at
peace with us-whist she protested and
lmpIored us by the ties of republican sis
terhood to spare her-we answered her
entreales and just complaints by sending
Gen. Gaines into Of necessary her very
borders under pyetence of guarding our
own country, but in fact 10 aid in the res
cue of Texas from the invading foe. But
when the Canadians, inspired by sentI-
ments of true liberty, invoked the God OF
battles and The sympathes of nations to
her rescue from the British crown-that
Britain who we are now told is about to
seal US up ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Britain with
whom we have had two exasperalng wars
that Britain whom the gentlemen so
much denounce, dared to come lna the
borders of the United States, and 10 cut
out an America vessel lying in our own
lowo-and TO destroy the lives of Ameri-
can citizens, resting under the folds OF the
broad banner of the Stars and Stripes
And when Nc Lie 3D. one of the perpetral-
ors of the deed, was taken in our border,
where he had tauntng y inlruded himself,
and held 10 answer for the murder, this
same naughty Britain, defyingly assumed
the responsibility, demanded his uncondi-
tiona release, and denounced war as the
consequence of refusal. Where then
where ask once more, was that military
fervor which today would hurry US 10 bat
te2 Your heard not then the blood of
our brother crying 10 US from the ground !
for vengeance silent and placid as the !
still waters which had forever closed over
our murdered counlryman, you opened |
not your mouth Aye, more yet-your
Major General was sent III hot haste 10 |
the Northern border, not like GaineS, TO |
enter the enemy's country, but to keep
the peace a. home, lest Engan might |
not still bear with your pitIable humility. |
Your Attorney General was hurried of !
10 New York TO guard with all the in
volatility of a great national officer,
Mcleod from harm. Your Secretary OF
State confined to write frequent and ex-
panatory letters to the BRUSH Minister,
anxiously protesting that the laws of New
York would no DOUBT release The prisoner |
after trial, which the General Govern
ment, if they had the power, would i'm
mediaely do. All this we had TO bear, !
not because we were not indignant, aol
because we regarded ourselves MS in the
wrong, not because whether right or
wrong, or other times, we would not have |
hung Nc Leod as high as Hannah. No |
1t was because we were unprepored, Ut
terIy unprepared for war; that although |
stood single handed against u.s.
we pocketed the insult and the injury, and |
at last released the prisoner. And now, !
when these ten millions Of Northerners-
they who cast our cannons, Guild and man !
our navy-who make our swords and |
of war-who are capable of in
venting more Internal machines than the |
demon of war has yet dreamed of, and |
who have the iron nerve 10 use them-now |
when they are not onl Y not for US but
against us--noW when we are opposed !
not to England single handed, but 10 all
united with Mexico now
when we are in worse state OF defence |
Than before--now in a mantestIy bad |
cause, where we are losers Watcher we
stand or fall--noW we ale to oe hurried
into the miserable policy only worthy
of mad men, ofseizing on Texas and wag-
ing general wa! For one, dare MOI,
[ will not do it, [ pray you to consider
his matter yet little while longer: sleep
on it a few nights, if sleep you can--scru-
inze the admonilions OF an unerrng con.
science--see if it be a cause that you can
pray fora cause upon the Ostice Of
which you dare invoke the dread arbtra.
nent of the God Of battles. If it be not
Iesert it now and forever--renew your
vows upon tie desecrated affairs of an in.
ured country--spurning all party tram
meIs, trample into dust the black ban
ner of war, slavery and dissolution, and
from every house Top Throughout this
boundless empire lei there be thrown out
once more the soul cheering banuer--
Sc Liberty and Union, one and insepara-
Bile, now and forever"