Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-10
con spiracy
AN OLD MAN .

MEssRs. EDITORS In your paper of Dec. 13th
are the following words, dictated and inscribed,
suppose by your worthy selves. " The success of
our cause dep ends almost entirely upon proper un-
Outstanding of our principles, object and aims. That
the Liberty Party is right there can be no doubt ;
and all that is now necessary TO secure its success
and complete triumph, is rightly to present its prin
cples and enforce its claims" Now Sirs, | sup
pose that these sentiments thus expressed, are, up
on moral and philosophical principles right and
reasonable Nor do see that you, as philosophers
and politicians, can pursue any other course Your
appeal is 10 the understanding )" your hope OF
cess" therefore, is in rightly presenting your prnci-
pies and in enforcing your claims. But Sirs, The
volume orDvine Revelation, and especially the New
Testament points out another principle of action,
and another object to be called upon the princi-
pie of action is Supreme Law TO God, and the object
to be acted upon is the heart of man. A very large
proportion of our fellow citizens take to themselves
the credit of seeing into the evils of slavery it is
almost universally acknowledged, even by slave
holders themselves that slavery is a great eud =
an evil pregnant with mischief TO all TIE States i'm
mediately concerned, as WELL as to the whole COM
mon veal. 1t does not require the brains Of half
wit to understand and comprehend the idea SO
commonly inculcaed by Abolonisis, that slave
holding is a wit&ed, unjust and cruel pracice-that
4 it has bad influence upon all shareholders and
their families that the system has very injurious
political influence, namely That the South ha-
usurped an unjust dominion upon the North, ant
that il these measures continue in progress te"
years longer the present system of slavery will o
verthrow and destroy the moral and political inter
esls of the whole Republic!-wlh these convictions
so fully upon The minds Of this People, upon wha
principle can they still abet and hold to the sys
TEN Why Sirs, the case is clear enough to me
This people prefer slaye-hoding, or something
which slovehoIdjng is supposed to bring into lhei
possession, to the love and favor of God. The,
prefer saveholding, wicked unjust, and cruel as
is admitted to be, injurious to themselves and fam
es-blighting and degrading as it may be to tn
cOuntry-porleutous of ruin 10 the Empire the
prefer slave-hoding from the love of some suppose
present good to be enjoyed under this perUersih
4 ofheart they hold on to the slavc-holding system
and their wicked hearts prefer some sensual grauh
f cation to the Son of God, and to the keeping o
Gods holy commandments. Our Saviour in hi
doctrine, teaches that "From within, out of the hear
proceed evil thoughts aduleries, lornicaton, ascv
lousness MURDERS thefs, covetousness, false-wit
ness, deceit, an evil eye basphemy pride, foolish
ness" The old Testament bears witness to tn
same effect 1.-The heart is decetful above al
things and desperately wicked" This view of th
case land who can denounce it as unjust y place
the moral character of shareholders in most de
graded and perilous condition; and should lea
for all abeos, supporters, indicators and excuser
of this system let them take care how they be
) come parlakers Of other mems sins. From ;hes
premises the conclusion is natural, and it amount
this, namely, that little will be effected toward
the abolition of Slavery till another heart be give
to this peope-tll this blindness Of heart be re
+, moved and good and wise and understanding
heart be given in the stead thereof.
VAS FICTILE.