Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-04

| "NEvER GIVE Ur."-Any one who has watch
ed the course of events for some years past, if
he be believer in Divine Providence, cannot
escape the conviction that through the workings
of that almighty agency the American people are
to be permitted to sleep no more over the evils
and perils of slavery All things seem to be SO
arranged as to force the subject upon their aten-
ton, to awaken their deep indignation against
the evil, and gradually to bring the public mind
to the stern resolve that it must be extingushed
Among these events we note the annexation of
Texas, the branding of Capt. Walker, the i'm
lprisonment Of Torrey the dispute between Viz
ginia and New York, the escape and pursuit of
the seventy fugitive slaves from Maryland, with
| the bloody struggle which ended in the recapture
Of large portion of them, the Parkarsburg out
rage, and the erection and destruction of free
press in Kentucky The truth is, with the ex-
ception of the terrible confagrations which are
Occurring from time to time, and the rumors of
a war with Mexico there is scarcely any event
of Importance to be recorded, which is not con-
Inected with slavery in such a way as to compel
the people to see its denominations.
"Never give up" then, is our motto. When
Providence is so manifestly cooperating with the
efforts of phanthropists, why should they grow
disheartened? True, free press has been put
down in Lexington, but it must go up again.,
Never, never must anti-slavery men abandon a
single post they have taken. Almost every free
State in the Union, has maintained fierce battle
for free discussion. In Ohio especially. the
struggle has been most arduous. Three times
has our press been demolshed-once, by a mid
night mob; next in open daylight by mob of
the responsibility Of the city of Cincinnati and
again, so late as in lS40 by a ierocious mob,
which bore sway for nearly three days. In each
case we have fallen but to rise, more vigoruos
than ever The first attack did not interrupt the
publication Of the paper for even day. after the
second one, finding it literally impossible to set
up our press Immediately in Cincinnati, we wrote
our articles here had them printed in Spring
borough, thirty-eght miles distant and the pa
pers then sent hlther, so as to mail them in this
spots In this way we maintained our ground,
without yielding an inch, though nearly the
whole city was against us. After the last attack,
we told our printer to purchase another press
without delay, although his property had all been
destroyed, and we assured him the anti-slavery
people of the county would repair all damages.
He did so---we got the paper outthe next week,
without intermittlng single number, and what
we prophecied came to pass. The liberality Of
the anti-slavery men remuneratod the printer for
all his losses.
"NEVER GIVE UP"
"Never give up, though the grape shot may rattle,
Or the full thunder-cloud over you burst;
Stand like a rock, and the storm or the battle
Little shall harm you, though doing their worst
Never give up! if adversely presses,
Providence wisely has mingled the cup;
And the best counsel, in all your distresses,
Is the stout watchword of NEVER GIVE UP"