The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-10-10

, light Oftrulh which the Shareholder can
not endure plain unvarnished tale o
what slavery is, he considers libel upos
himself The fact is, the stakeholder feel'
the leprosy of slavery upon hlm.-He i
anxious to hide the odious disease from
the public eye, and the ballot box and the
right of petition, when used against him
: he feels ii sharp reproot; and being an
willing 10 renounce his errors, he tries t
escape from their consequences, by max
ing the world believe that he is the perse.
cuted, and not the prosecutor. SIavehoId
ers have said here, during this very SEES
sion, "the fact is, slavery will not bare
examination" 1t is the senator who de-
nounces abolitonists for the exercise oil
their most unquestonabe rights, while
abolltlonists condemn tina! only which the
senator himself will acknowledge to be
wrong at all times and under all circum-
stances. Because he admits that if it was
an original question whether slaves should
be introduced among US, but few citizens
would be found 10 agree TO it, and none
more opposed TO it than himself. The
argument is, that the evil Of slavery is n>
durable; that the attempt to eradicate it
would commence struggle which would
exlermnate one race or the other. What
lamentable picture of our government,
so often pronounced the best upon earth
The seeds OF disease. which were inter-
woven into its first existence, have now
become so incorporated into its frame,
| that they cannot be extracted without dis
solving the whole fabric that we must en-
dure the evil without hope and without
complaint. Our very natures must be
changed before we can be brought tamely
to submit 10 this doctrine. The evil will
be remeded ; and 10 use the language of
Jefferson again. "this people will yet be
free.' The senator finds consolation,
however in the midst of this existing evil,
In color and taste. The black race (says
hey is the strong ground of slavery in our
country, Yes, it is color, not right and
justice, that is TO continue forever. slavery
in our country. 1t is prejudice against
color, which is the strong ground of the
slave holders hope. Is that prejudice
founded in nature. or is it the effect OF a
base and sordid INTEREST," Let the mixed
race which We see here, from black 10 al
most perfect white, springing from white
fathers, answer this question. Slavery
has no just foundation in color; it rests
exclusivel Y upon usurpation, tyranny, and
oppressive fraud and force. These were
its paren's in every age and country ofthe
world.
THE TWELVE HUNDRED MILLION DOL
LARS STOCK.
The Senator says, the next or greatest
difficulty 10 emancipation is, The amount
of property it would take from the own
ers. All ideas of right and wrong are
confounded in these words; emancipae
property, emancipate horse, or an OK
would not onlybe an unmeanng bat a Iu-
dicrous expression. To emancipate is to
set free from slavery. 10 emancipate, is
to sci free a man, not property. The Sen.
ator estimates the number of slaves-men
now held in bondage-at three millions
in The United States. Is this statement
made here by the same voice which was
heard in this Capitol in favor of the
liberties of Greece, and for The emancipa-
ton of our South American brethren from
political thradom? 1t is and has all its
fervor in favor of liberty been exhausted
upon foreign countries, so as not to leave
a single whisper in favor OF three mIIone
Of men in our own country, now groan>
ng under the most CALLING oppression
he world ever saw? No, sir. Sordid n>
crest rules the hour. Men are made
property, and paper is made money, and
he Senator, no doubt sees in these two
peculiar institutions a power which if
United, will be able TO accomplish all his
wishes. He Informs US that some have
the slaves to be worth the aver
lge amount of $500each He will esti>
nate within bounds OF $500 EACH Ma
ling the amount twelve hundred millions ,
81 dollars worth of slave property.
leard this statement, Mr. President, with
emotions OF the deepesI feeling. BY what
'ule Of political or commercial arithmetic
Ices the senator calculate the amount of
property in human beings? Can it be fan
" or fact, that hear such calculation, !
hat the people of the United States own
welve hundred millions double the
mount of all the specie in he world)worth :
# properly in human flesh Aud this
property is owned, the gentleman informs
IS, by all classes of society, forming part
{ all our contracts within our owl a
ountry and in Europe. | should have t
een glad, sir, TO have been spared the i
earring of declaration OF this kind, es- e
ecially from the high source and the f.
lace from which it last emanaed. But S
he assertion has gone forth that we have 5
Nelve hundred millions of slave property il
t the south; and can any man so close k
lis understanding here as not plainly to t.
crceive that the power of this vast a d
Mount of property al the south is now il
hitting itself 10 the banking power of the