Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-25

least do nothing against It. If they had the consttu-
tonal power to free every slave in an instant by rais-
ing the hand, they would not do it and trust God fol
the consequences No. they will not so much as raise
hand to help them; and are they as much opposed tc
slavery any body? If they are not in favor Of aae
dGe liberty TO G they in favor of present slavery
to SOme and present slavery is all the slavery there is
and therefore they are pyoslayery all things consider
ed and the principles they adopt and the course they
pursue is the very thing that has kept slavery in eXis-
tence. Now, every dollar that give, all the labor
perform, and all the influence have, goes to make
pro slavery churches and parties strong to crash the
slave so long as stay in them. therefore take my
weight out of that end Of the scale or balance and
throw it in the other end of the balance by Joining the
Liberty party and Liberty church; thereby tightening
the weight on the slaves head by twice my own
weight. do not wish the Liberty party to be at all
identified with Or responsible for, any movements OF
the churches pro con; but do wish that either the
churches would withdraw all communion with slave
holders or the abotonists withdraw from them. Ma
ny churches have dedicated their houses to God and
given the keycs to the devil who locks them against
the abolition members when they wish to hear the rep
resontayes of Colts poor polch ht part Of the Cos
pei that their own preachers refuse to proclaim.
would rather join an ami slavery church, with only
tco Or three good Christian abolitoniss who love one
another with pure heart feycutly and claim the prom.
sed presence of Christ than to remain with thousand
whose hearts polluted with Tie sin Of slavery and
their hands dofIcd with blood, where it is inquity
even the solemn meeting, and whore it seems more
like the suburbs Of the neither regions than the CON
fines Of heaven. Br. Bunam alluded to the inconsis-
tency of Wcseyans voting for Shareholders while they
come out of pro slavery churches or allowing th2ir
members to vote tlus ana an willing he should whip
them severely, for they deserve it. Their discipline,
however requires them to order all their social acts
as to secure to oil men the enjoyment Of every natural
right scc Art. II hope, as Wesleyan, we shall
have no moro such voting for SIM for Ministers We
shall preach against it, and, as n church, We already
act against it, and trust that the few that got Clay II
their eyes or Poke on their necks at the last cleo
ton did it for the last time. But the NJ. Z. Church
as body are posllyery in theory and practice, eccle
sastcally and poliGcally,-not go much, however Of
account Of its nature, az on account Of the good il
does OF the evil it avoids, think, therefore, that he
Putnam, and ali other good abolition Naholsts, hll
better cast their mite into the Wesleyan scale, where
ii will not continue to crush the slave Not that tho
NJ L. Church are sinners above all otter proslNcry
churches, for they have all gone out of the way, am
thc voice from heaven seems to be- concerning each
them, 'fofsake her. she is polluted B. SHAW.