Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-07-31
From the Boston Morning Chronicle.

From the Boston Morning Chronicle.
CAssIUs NJ. CLAY's TRUE AMERICAN.
This paper improves every week. The pro-
gress of his mind seems almost precisely like the
kindred mind of ELIJAH P. LoyEJoY at St. Lou
is. His feelings we're first aroused by the burn
ing of Mackintosh; he spoke out, was rebuked
and threatened studied the subject, by rapid
steps assimilated with the abolitionists of the
North, was driven to Alton, hunted by the poll
ticians and denounced by the colonization cler-
gy, and at last MURDERED!
We hope, and indeed believe, that a brighter
opens before Mr.. Clay We have cop
led, in another column, three consecutive arti-
clcs from the editorial columns of the7th number.
They cannot be read without admiration. There
arc several ether pieces which we should be glad
to copy if we had room One of them meets the
common argument, that the time has not come,
and closes thus
"The time for our masters to free us from
our impoyerishment and death, from the straw
system of slavery, has not yet come
When did men as a body, ever, in the history Of
mankind, lay down. voluntarily, unjust power?
Never! The time has never, with them, come,
it never will When the last straw shall fail
us and death come upon US, in bitter mockery
they will cry, Fools, as soon as they learned to
live without eating, then they died Free labor
ers of Kentucky, let us not lie down and die like
beasts in the hands of those who have for half
century been taking from us straw after straw
From the garrets and the cellars, and the cheer
less alleys of slave oppressed cities; from the
rocky hills and remote neglected valIeys-let the
cry be borne on every breeze that sweeps over
our long down-trodden and sIaye-ridden State
'THc time has come, and kentucky shall be
freeP"
Another meets the demands of the slavehold-
ers to be 'let alone'-hc repels the charge of in
cendiarism, shows that the aggression is who'll
ly on the side of the eternal slavery party,
and makes his appeal to the people in thun-
der tones that will wake up the besotted and sub
jugated 'red-shanks and 'corn-crackers,' with
which slavery peoples the mountains and barrens
of the South
"'LET THEM ALONEp We did them
alone for half century; but not satisfied with
our tame and base subservency, they would i'm
pose upon US new chains and make our bondage
eternal Well then, war is declared; it depends
upon the slave party, who proclaimed it, to say,
whether it is carried on by the ordinary laws OF
civilized nations, or whether it shall be savage
and lcathen---aOar to the koifG""
LET US AGREE 10 DIFFER.-Frlends Of eman-
cipation, we have the power to free ourselves
from the accumulated curses Of slavery Inter
est, pride, selfrespect justice, religion, mercy
calls upon rs to exercise it. Let us agree that
slavery shall fall! About the details let us agree
to differ. You have one opinion about the time
the mode, the reasons Of emancipation; we an
other, and our neighbor a third. What doe:
views to the will Of the majority, We pray you
not to let US quarrel among ourselves-diVide
and be crushed. When we meet in convention
all our differences ofopinion can be settled in al
hour, Does one man say that male and female
shall be free on a certain day. Well and good
if not vote it down. Does one man say liberatt
only the females! Well and good, fnot, vote i
down. Does one man say buy all the females
and thus have the next generation free! Wei
and good, if not, vote it down. Does one MAJ
! say buy, and emancpate on the soil, for fey
would be left unsold, and wise policy does no
dictate that 1870, 600 laborers should be expelled
at once! We'll and good, if not, vote it down
Does one man say buy, liberate and colonize
Well and good, ifnot, vote it down. Is any 9th
err made of emancipation, any other means ofiree
ing us from the worst of all evils known to men
absolute slavery, proposed which better suits tn
friends of liberty We'll and good, let that b
adopted and all others be voted down. We hay
now laid down ground broad enough for ever
statesman, moralist and Christian, in the Stat
of Kentucky, in favor of freedom, to stand upon
the time has come the question is made; libel
ty or sIayery!----C II. Ciay's Irue american.
FREE LABORERS OF KENTUCKY.
For half a century we have appealed i
vain to the magnanimity of the shareholders t
have some little regard for our welfare, to re
member that we too had bodies to be fed an
clothed, and sheltered; minds to be educated, AN
souls to saved.
When a journeyman printer underWOrkS tn
usual rates, he is considered an enemy to tn
balance of the fraternity, and is called RAT
Now the Shareholders have RATED US with tn
100000 slaves till lorbearance longer on OF
part has become criminal. They have 'rattec
US till we are unable tosupply ourselves with tn
ordinary comforts of laborer's life. They hay
rated us out of the social circle. They hav
rated us out of the means of making our ow
schools Twice have common school funds bee
provided for our education; and twice have the
, srattnh LIZ ont nf them Thev have tratted, |