Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-21
From c. NJ. Clays True American.
THE ALABAMA PREACHER AND A LAY
SERMON.

An Alabama preacher has been abusing us, and
invoking the Kentuckians to mob u.s. We say
nothing of the impairment intermeddling with our
"peCular State Institutions" which this reverend
cut-throat has heen denouncing in "Northern Abb
oitionists," we merely wish to inform him that he
may play assassin in the Christian land of Aaba-
ma but that we Kentuckians only go in fora "free
fight" and are heather enough to disgrace native
grown hemp by stopping the nassau twang of any
shifting hypocrite, who in "Kendall green" OF
''sainty black" should attempt any thing else than
" open ring and fair shake" Should this beIli
cose parson stray off this far from his flock, the
chances are more in favor of our making scapC
goat of him, than Of his making slain lamb of US
Now, let Kentuckians stand aside, take no offence
it is to the Aabamians that we preach our ser
mon. One man does not see the injustice of slave
ry-he has not reflected upon general principles;
he has from this relation many immediate
advantages to himsef-he has heard that the
Bible sanctions slavery-that many men deemed
pure patriots, in days past, held slaves-hG b.
hardened his heart aud 81 Ia" "'""'1 lo' Pe'PTr-
uGi slavery; this man is no hypocrIte yet in the
eyes of God he is guly-nature avenges her vio-
lated laws-a thousand evils, of unknown cause,
come upon him and his, in life, and upon his de-
scendants, perhaps instruction and death! An
other man knows that slavery is wrong, viola
ton Of natural right, and in opposition to the az
gregate economical progress of the commonN ealth
he sees that it is a libel on our system of pro-
fessed repubcanisn-he feels that it is in opposi-
ton to every principle of Christianity--he treats
with due contempt the idea of ''mark' of slave
ry having been put upon the African, seeing that
history proves, without controversy that she great
majority of slaves, in all ages have been whites
he gives you the wink, and tells you frankly that
he loves power: this man is no hypocrite, and il
God ever looks upon sin with the least degree of
allowance, he slips him into some comfortable
quarters in the world to come; for this slavehoId-
er is a humane master, good companion, true
friend and has many other redeemlng qualities.
Here is one who feels the wrong--a man of heart
and much sensbity, Il lover of virtue-in the
main, good man; he is lawyer, Il physician, a
minister of the gospel, a mechanic, tenant at
will, a dependent laborer-hs bread depends upon
notwithstanding spirit is willing, but the flesh
is weak" we have no reproaches for such men
they are on the side Of the right at heNr-they will
be felt in tme-they are more sinned against than
snnng-the fault and atonement are one. There
is another class of men who know that slavery
cannot be.justifed feel us full of guilt as a
sponge is of water--they are desperately in love
with repubicanism and equality-are the peoples
men-their tastes degrade them to seek Illicit COM
merce with the negro-yet they proclaim from the
housetops most iastdous horror against amGigG
nsation-for the first time in their lives they take
up the Bible aud affect to find that they are doing
Gods service in onslaving the "children of Ham,
the, are the Toes of the freedom Of the press-tht
liberty of speech-if they could muster one hun
bred men to one, they would lynch you--whenev
err it suits their purposes they are slave traders
and, for good price have no objections to selling
their own children-if you pull their noses the,
go bone and quarral with their wives and win
their slaves for revenge; these are no hypoer'te
they do not reverence virtue enough to affect !
cot mr. TOr vi
uitLains. There is class worse than ths-thaI
all the others-having all the vices of each and tn
virtues of none Ameng these is the Alabama
preacher-they are the prolessed guardians Of tn
morals of men-the representatives, on earth OF tn
\ holy, sn-hating God-they shed crocodile tear