Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-04-25

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able From the summit Of the Mount of Sinai,
God has handed down to us his law: it is just as
is the hand that wrote it, it is pure as is the
mind that formed it it is holy as the heaven of
heaVens-the place of his abode. And shall
feeble, finite man, whose days are but a shadow,
and whose life passeth away as dream, shall he
dare to raise his puny arm and put aside this per-
feet law, and take to himself the place of the
great Jchovah Shall he dare to set at defiance
the power, the wisdom, goodness and greatness
of the Advise God, and trampling his holy law
under his polluted feet, usurp, as it were, the
authority of heaven, and make to himself laws
better suited to the dark wickedness of his own
selfish heart! Shall he make to himself laws
which will deprive fellow mortal Of all the
blessings which this world affords, which Wilt
take from him all that his heart holds dear his
friends and kindred, father, mother, brother, sis
ter and child not sparlng the wife of his bosom:
all the hopes of happiness that he had SO fondly
cherished all liberty to act, to feel, or to think
destroying all the powers and energies of body
mind and soul degrading him below the very
brute-yes, taking from him even dear life it.
Eself-that precious gift which no power save that
of God can bestow, and sending him, unprepar-
ed, into the presence of his Maker.
OH is there spot in this wide world, which
God has made so beautiful, where such cruel
sin as this can find dwelling pIace?-a sin so
dreadful that language is by far too feeble to
portray its fearful wickedness,-a sin which,
could it be seen but for an instant by those pure
spirits who dwell in the bright world of 10Y,
would send a thrill of deepest agony throughout
the whole extent of boundless heaven,--a sin
over which the iends of darkness dance an in
fernal jubilee of helish joy. Oh is it not
burning shame, that such whitening curse as
this should cast its blighting shadow over the
fair beauties of our own happy land--this land
of fcedom-this land of equal rights, this home
for the oppressed; bought by the blood Of men
who hesitated not to lay down their lives a sac
r ri6ce on freedoms holy altar; whose dying
words breathed blessings on their country whose
last energies were spent in liberty's righteous
cause. And shall we, their offspring forget the
patriotic devotedness of their noble, fearless
hearts? Shall we forget how they struggled, long
and manfuly, to maintain the cause of
justice and of righteousness against fearful odds,
facing every danger, Drawing every peril, submit
ting cheerfully to privation and want, quailing
> not before the boosted power Of England proud
> est armies, and choosing death on the field of
battle, rather than bow the neck in servile hui
mity to the cruel expressions of Engand's
, naughty monarch Shall we have no more re-
spect for their blessed memory, than to suffer the
; very OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES whose dark cata-
logue of crimes they poured out their lfe-blood
: to disgrace this enlightened land, till the
r name of proud America shall become by-word,
- Kissing, reproach among the nations of the
earth! No; let us rise up in the proud con-
seriousness of right, in the power of truth, and
putting our trust in the mighty arm of the God
of battles, stand up fearless i'll the good and glor-
, GUS cause of freedom We have influence; and
shall it be cast on the side of right, in the cause
=. of Justice and humanity, or shall it 90 to GRIND
:! still deeper and to rvet still tighter those hateful
y calling chains which even now are sinking witt
~ a crushing, whitening blight into the very soul'
of millions of our fellow beings, victims of hope
ct lceo Misery and of wretched despair. Have w
- noble minds, ana loco we generous spirits. an,
= have we feeling hearts, and are ou- enuls no
brother, who is groaning in the bitterness of hi
heart, under the iron yoke Of cruel bondage
Have we wisdom, given us of God to guide US i
'o the way of duty, and shall we not use it to tn
:, glory of his holy name? Have we the power il
our hands to do the mighty work. which he
." calling upon us to perform, and with our broth
er's blood staining our hands, shall we dare t
- meet him on that awful day. when he shall sit Oh
that great white throne and call the nations O
the earth to Judgment! Let us not suffer thi
49, fearful responsibility to rest upon us lest w
." tremble at his mighty wrath; let rise up il
- the fear Of his greatness and love of his good
Ut ness, and with clear hands and pure hearts, de
- vote our influence and our energies to stay tn
-, hand of the oppressor, and the fervent prayer q
many faithful trusting heart shall ascend 70
" you and me to Him whose all seeing eye is watch
. ing DER us, whose protecting arm is stretched
above us; and where the flag of liberty shall sprea
abroad its glorious folds over the nation, unspot
49, ted and without the shadow of stain and free
''' doms mighty watchword shall ring Throughout
- the land, waking a response in the breast of ev
=" cry lover of his country's good; then shall tn
~ united voices of ransomed millions pour out thu
deep-le gratitude of bursting hearts, in the wilc
Gu extasy of overwhelming JOY till heavens higl
- arches echo back the song OF gladness, and the
~ blessing of the eternal God rest down upon the
land d,
y East Poultney, March 10, 1915.
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