davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-27
VOICE OF FREEDOM.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT BRANDON, VERMONT
TERMS,
0ommsnsing Uiah VOlsme VI, No. n.

0ommsBsinS 0ias Yol.mc VI, No.U.
Ous Dollar and twenty five cents Cash and strict
Sy in adrance.
One Dollar and fifty cents within four months.
One Dollar and seventy. five cents after four, and
within eight months and Two Dollars after eight
months aud within the year from the commencement
efsubscription.
Such pay as Messrs Waltons of Montpelier, or
golomon Parker of Middlebury will take in pay
ment for paper, and give their receipts, will be re-
seived Also, most kinds ofproduce a. cash value
paid to the subscriber.
AGENTS will be allowed 25 cents on each SUBJ
seriber they obtain and forward the pay for year.
Those supplied by private conveyance, must pay
abe transportation Of the papers, in addition to the
above.
% Those who forward names and pay on the
above terms will understand that they must do it
without expense to me.
tut Postmasters will forward names and money
without charge.
Will not some friend in each town make gratu-
itous effort Immediately, that a good list of new
subscribers may be obtained at the lowest price by
forwarding the cash in advance
Graluitous abors for the benefit of the subscri-
beers.
TShould any subscribers fail Of receiving this
paper regularly they requested to inform through
de Postmaster Of the place 10 which their papers
are directed. J. HoLcoMB.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-27

and sword was once deemed glorious; thu
professed ministers OF the Christian reli
gion could secure the bloody distinction
which military proves bestows, by throw
ing themselves at the head of an army,
and waving aloft the Bible in ore hand
and hourishing the sword in the other;
if the latter prevailed, the infatuated pop
ulace, with disgusting barbari,y, pro-
claimed the conquest glorious triumph
Of The cross! So deep rooted was the
spirit of military fanaticism, that whole
nations, as ii were, plunged into the saw
age butcherles of the crusades, fully be-
leving that the world would applaud. and
that the God of peace would reward their
zeal and bravery in extirpa.ing the Sara
cen, by conferling on them the immortal
gories of heaven. 1t was this sauguina-
ry thirst for glory, which FASTENED the
destruction of forty millions of nominal
CHRISTIANS in those Holy Wars
The same spirit moves the Christian
at the present day to shoulder the mushet
and buckle on the sword. II is for the
requirement Of warriors fame, that he
is found in the ranks of the military, to
learn the frghlful trade ofhuman outch>
cry. Military fame is purchased at the
expense OF life, yet nations calling them>
selves Christians, extol the glory of their
murderous exploits. The bravery Of the
savage is estimated by the number of hu-
man scalps he takes. So military glory
is heaped upon the soldier in proportion
to his courage and skill in shedding blood
IL C.
Worcester, Feb. 20, l845.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-27
VOICE OF [RlBIRISlD@M1a
SATURDAY, MARCH %. l845.
For the Voice Of Freedom.
WAR.

awe should do we'll to translate this
word WAR into language more intelligi-
bic 10 US. When we pay our army and
navy estimates let US set down-so much
for killing-so much for maiming-so
much for making widows and orphans
so mach for corrup!ing citizens and sub
jsc's into spies and II ai,ors--so much for
letting loosc the demons of fury, rapine
and lust within The fold of civilized socie-
". We shall know by this means wha,
we have paid our money for: whether We
have a good bargain: and whether the ac-
count is likely to pass-elsewhere. We
must take in, too, oil those concomitant
circumstances which make war, consld~
cred as battle, the leas. part OF ilseIf-pGrS
min;s.a sui. We must fix our eyes, moi
on the hero returning iiom conquest, nor
ye, on the gallant officer dying in the bed
Of honor-ihe subject Of picture and OF
rong-but on the private soldier, forced
into the service, exhausted by cam p sick
ness and fatigue: pale, emacialed, crawl
ing TO hospital, with the prospect of life
perhaps long iile-bIasted, uFeless, and
suffering. We must think of the uncoun''
ed tears of her who weeps alone, because
the only being who shared her sentiments
is taken from her:-no martial music
sounds 10 unison with her feelings; the
long day passes and he returns not. She
does not shed her sorrows over his grave
for she has never learned whether he ever
had one"
Were The community accustomed ia
read of war in the language in which i
should be presented, its glory would van
isb, and in place thereof would appear its
horrid determines and nominations
Will not Christians, every where aid II
lifting the veil which has so long covered
this evil lhng2
PHILADELPHIA.
Spring feld, March IL, 1916.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-27
WHAT MEAN We

What mean ye, that We bruise and bind
My people, saith the Lord,
And starve your craving brothers. mind.
Who asks to hear my word
What mean we, that we make them toll,
Through long and dreary years,
And shed like rain upon your soil
Their blood and bitter tears1
What mean ye, that ye dare to rend
The tender mothers heart?
Brother from sister. friend from friend,
How dare you bid them part!
What mean We, when Gods bounteous hand
To you so much has given,
That from the slave who tills your land,
lie keep both earth and heaven'
When at the judgment God shall call,
Where is thy brother' say,
What mean We, to the judge OF all
70 answer on that day?
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-27
Worcester, Feb. 20, l645.
For the Voice of Freedom

| COMMON SCHOOLS..-No. 3.
Sir That there needs reformation in
our common schools, in respect to books,
none in the least acquainted with them,
will feel disposed to question. There is
not only defect in number, but in charac-
ter. The most profitable books are not
always selected, as they should be, for the
instruction Of children. But frequently
choice is made Of dry ana uninteresting
works, that answer but poorly the ends of
commol school.
There is less fault, however, to find with
the character, than the quantity Of books.
Some of our schools are remarkably def
cient in this respect, there not being more
than half as many books, as scholars to
use them. Where two or three scholars
are compelled TO read from one book as is
often the case, the object of reading is
worse than lost. The carelvssness, and
the indifference contracted in this way,
render the prosecution OF other studies
unsuccessful. Children learn habits of
ideness from the neglect of parents, and
lose that interest, and consequently the
improvement, which they could olher-
wise attain, were they properly supplied
with suitable books. Their time could
then be occupied in study, instead of play;
and The cultivation of their Intellectual fac
ulties, instead Of development OF mischief
and roguery, would be the happy result.
Will parents consider this point, and act
in reference 10 il2
The education of children is of serious
moment, and ought to be carefully regard
ed. No pains should spared, and 70 rea-
sonable expense withheld, in furnishing
The requisite means for their improvement.
This idea of sending scholars to school,
without books to study, is worse than er>
roneous. And yet, judging from absolute
facts, some appear to think, that a mere
attendance at school, is all that is necessa.
nv in the education of their children. Bu,
This is not enough. Every scholar should
have such books, and such alone, as are
adapted 10 his wants: and where parents
are unable, or unwilling to procure them
the district should make provisions for
their obtainment. When this shall have
been done, and our common schools be-
come thus well supplied with useful stud
les, then will they prosper, and amply
repay every effort made for their eleva.
ton. Then will children imbibe the spr
it, and the interest of their parents and
guardians, and turn their exerlions to q
profitable account.
In selecting books for study at school
care should be exercised in obtaining such
as are in general use. 1t is difficulty o
no minor Importance, to classify or ar,
range a school, where there is great va
riety OF books. Any one who has had ex
perience in teaching, can ates, the truth
, Of this remark. Hence. there should b.
some plan devised, or system adopted
which will secure to our common schools
> similarity OF books for each class re
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-27
e o So e & * q
FOR THE VOICE OF FREEDOM.
FRIENDSHIP.

FOR THE VOICE OF FREEDOM.
FRIENDSHIP.
culed the lovliest flowers Of Spring,
When clothed in richest, brightes, bloom,
And thought such fair and beauteous things
Might cheer me mid the winters gloom.
Itwined the dark green glossy leaves
Among the snowy buds of white,
And formed them in peerless wreath
Enrobed in smiling beauty's light.
But Ger the gentle evening threw
Its sweet rspose DER sea and earth,
Gone was their bright and glorious hue,
And faded all their transient worth.
threw the withered wreath away,
And sought sweet friendship's sunny bowers,
And gathered from her priceless gems
And twined fadsless wreath of flowers.
And now though wntry tempests sigh
And strew the earth with gloom and blight,
smile, for friendships uoice Is nigh,
Her fadeess wreath is pure and bright.
Brandon, March IS. EULoRA.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-27

rum votes, gave his influence on the side
of rumselling, he dom: possess discern>
ment enough to occupy the station he now
holds, and must prove the dupe of design
ing men TO carry out their own selfish
purposes. If he thinks he can get away
from this | would be glad 10 see him try
J. Fl,
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-27
For the Voice of Freedom.
GEO. III. BEAN{AN.

This gentleman, in the Herald OF Marcel
6, announces with considerable emphasis,
his present views and feelings upon the
subject of Temperance. His position is,
"a rigid neutrality upon so exciting a
tOpie.''
When men of the standing and in flu :
cnce of friend Beaman, take the positive
ground of neutrality, in relation to one o.
the greatest moral enterprises the world
ever saw, we feel TO lament the indifer-
ence, and pity the benevolence, by which
they seem 10 be actuated. No individual,
possessing the common sympathies Of man
can thus remain neutral and withhold
their influence and example, in putting
down rum and its denominations. Friend
Beaman, unless he be deprived of all hu
man sensibillty, mus, acknowledge the
cause OF Temperance 10 be good one
and one that is working for the world, a
glorious reformation. Such being the
concession, where is his argument for neu.
traily? where a justification for his in
difference?
We know Of no way to answer the
above Inquiries, save IN the use of such
reasons, as brother Beaman has himself
assigned. The editing of Wing paper,
and the excitabilty Of the subject, seem to
constitute an impossible barrier between
him and Temperance. These are his
reasons for not acting in reference to it.
Of their force and validity, the public will
determine. / have only 10 add, that if the
Wings Of Vermont shut their papers, and
exclude the editors from speaking and
acting upon Temperance, the fewer we
have Of them, the better. r. NJ. P.
MARKS.
think the writer Of the foregoing, errs
in surprising that Mr. Beaman proltsse:
neutrality because he edits Wig paper
judge thus from the fact that party binds
Democratic editors as strongly as it does
Wing editors. AS 10 MIR Beamans re,
naming neutral on this question, you
might as we'll suppose him neutral, should
q savage horde invade his neighbor'S peace
and threaten destruction to his property,
and even his life, and when called upon to
aid his nsighbor, should say" will re-
main neutral on this agitating question
am determined 10 take no sdes-nwhi'.
he looked on and saw his friend DESTROYED
II Mr. Beaman don't know that bus ac.
cep'iog last wiu'eryhe office ofiurnishine
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-27
For the Voice Of Freedom.
Military Fame

OF all the schemes to which men have
had recourse to acquire fame.there is none
so deserving OF universal abhorrence and
seproba,ion, as that Of War.
1he propagation of'hS gospel by fire
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-27

ANOTHER RETRIEVE OF BABE.--Babe, who was
convicted in New York year or two ago Of MUIR
der and prncy on board the schooner Sarah LaviDia
of Acxandra has received another respite from the
President of the United States. This, we believe,
is the sixth time this man has been respited, and
the present respite being for one year, win not ex-
pirc till the 5th Of June, l846.-.Nat Mt.
bill is said to have been before the last Congress-
at the instance Of sundry memorialists from New
York. to change the sentence Of Babe from death 10
imprisonment for life or for other punishment
II is said to have passed through one House, and
would probably have gone through the other, but
for want of time. The President thus repreves
New York, to give further opportunity for
Congress again to pass upon it. Besides, Babe
was condemned on crcumstantal evidence, and
upon a similar testimony, Mitchell, another al
legged accomplish in the piracy, was subsequently
acquitted Linton.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-27

UNITED STATES STEAMER SPENcER.--This gov
eminent cutter, recently ordered Philadelphia 10
have her propelers changed from the Hunter prin-
ciplc to that Of the Lopez, left that city on Thurs
day morning for New York, under the command of
Captain Fraser. A party of gentlemen, among
whom were the Hon. G. M. Dallas, Hon. Charles
j. Ingersoll, Mr.. s. v. Merrick, Captain Lopcr,
Commodore Elliott Captain Grant, committee Of
the Franklin Institute, and number of the officers
of the navy, proceeded in the vessel as far as Mar
Gus Hook, for the purpose ofbeing witnesses of the
trial of the newly arranged propellers. The Spen-
Ger left the wharf under salute fred in honor of
the Vice President of the United States, and pro-
ceeded down the river at 30 rapid rate, that the
most sangune expectations of Captain Lopez and the
company were more than realized. The vessel work
ed rapidly, and demonstrated by her increased rate
of speed and easy handling, the great utility Of the
invention.--.7ler. Gazeite;
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-27
GEN. IAcKsoN,s HEALTH.

The rumor of the death Of this distinguished man
turns out, as we suspected, TO be false. Gen. R,
Armstrong, our consul to Liverpool, arrived last
evening at Washington, direct from Nashville. He
was at the Hermitage, in company with DR.. Felix
Robertson, on the 18th, 18th, and nth instant
The Generals health appeared to be nearly the
same as it was when he wrote the President on the
esh-his mind, voice, and senses, all unimpaired.
Gen. Armstrong is on his way TO Liverpool He
is accompanied by his son-in-sw, Capt. A. Harris,
formerly Of the United States army; his son, Mr.,
James Armstrong; and his daughter, Miss Arm
strong.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-27
TREAsuRY DEPARTMENT,

May 81, ls45.
Sin: 1t might naturally be inferred, think, from
an editorial article in your paper Of last evening"
headed slate Navy Agent at Marseilles Error Cor
rected," that mistake had occurred al This office in
respect to the accounts Of those agents. which is by
no means the fact. am satisfied that such was not
your meaning, but am apprehensivc that person
not previously informed upon the subject might UNI
dersand, from the language of that article that
Messrs. Fitch Brothers e. Co., presented an ac-
count which was correctly stated; that, upon ex-
animation at this office, supposed error or dscrep-
ancy" was found in il; but that upon subsequent
investigation, made by the direction of Secretary
Upshur, "it was ascertained that the imputed dis
crepancy was mistaken" and that still another
statement was made by Mr. Samuel A. Allen, un-
der direction of Secretary Henshaw, "again exhib-
ting Fitch, Brothers & Co., indebted to the gov
eminent IN a sum greatly exceeding the amount adj
mitted by them.n
Now, the facts are these There was first an Off
cia statement made by this Office, showing that the
account in question, as presented by Messrs. Fitch,
Brothers a. Co., was in ell respects correct; and il
was upon summary, which handed to Secretary
Upshur ofthat official statement, that his endorsement
which you have published was placed. That state
ment being impeached by some individual Choking
for means, Judge Upshur expresses it. ito turn
another man out Of Office three several statements
were subsequently made by direction Of the Presi-
dent under the supervision of three several Secreta-
es OF the Navy by persons not connected with this
office. Two Of these confirmed the official state
men and the recantation of the third as erroneous
BY the person who made il, you have published.
The truth is, that the account presented by
Messrs Fitch, Brothers. & Co. was correct in every
particular II was SO plain, and SO well sustained
by vouchers, that il was scarcely susceptible Of mis-
understanding II was not until, by an order Of the
late President, it was removed from this office,
where il properly belonged, to be examined else-
where that the supposed error or adiscrenancv,,
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-27
THE ANNIVERSARY.

This day twelve months ago, (the 9th Of May,
1S44) the convention assembled at Baltimore which
decided the fate Of our country for at least four
years to come, and perhaps for several ages What
interesting events are crowded into the short COM
pass Of these past twelve months!
The Baltimore convention met under circum-
stances the most deeply exciting, and apparently
gloomy in their character. The wing party APP
pearcd united in one solid column. They had, but
few days before, at the same place. nominated Mr..
Clay by reclamation their own candidate. There
was no other man to dispute the succession
with him. There was no division in their ranks.
Never did they present better embodied, more
strongly organized, more buoyant, more conf
dent party, than the wings of May, 1874. So con-
fdent, indeed were they, that they regarded the
battle as virtually fought, the victory decisively
won; and, to use their own vainglorous language,
"Mr Clay only wanted the forms Of the constitution
to be hailed a, the President efthe United States"
The crisis was, indeed, most striking, and al
most appalling. Our friends assembled in Bat-
more under very different circumstances. There
was division in their ranks. 1t is true that Mr..
Buchanan had Withdrawn his name it is true that
Colonel Johnson had expressed strong disposition
to sacrifice his wishes TO the common cause; it is
true that the friends of Mr.. Calhoun had united
in Virginia and in most Of the South with the friends
of Mr.. Van Buren,. But his Texas letter had pro-
duced alarm and dissatisfaction in our ranks
When our friends met in Baltimore on this day
twelvemonth, they were divided among the candi-
dates, and rresoute in their course The friends of
Mr.. Van Buren, were devoted to him with an enthu-
siasm which his great abilities, and his long SER
vices and the wrongs we had sustained in the cleo
ton of 1910, had Justly deserved. They unwi-
ling to desert him for any other We shall not
paint the agitating sccnc the collisions which ensued,
nor the danger that seemed to threaten us, for the
moment, of adjourning the convention without a
nomination. Its dissolution, Of course, would have
been inevitable defeat. But at last the rain
bow Of peace appeared in the heavens. All
the former candidates were dropped. new
man was called from his retirement Cincinna-
tus was sought at the plough-iail, and the man
tie Of the republic was thrown over his shoulders
But could he be elected Would the friends Of all
the candidates unite upon himi Could a new man,
thus suddenly called from the bosom Of the people,
unite the necessary strength upon himself to elect
himi The wings tauntingly asked, "Who is James
X Poik?" 1t was for the people TO give the deci-
sye answer at the polls.
II was indeed sublime lesson in honor of free
government, if il could be accomplished. In 1910,
these wings had cast fearful doubt over our free
institutions themselves. BY their humbugs and
their frauds, they had succeeded in electng their
candidate and by that success they had created the
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-27
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.

The curb stones have been let at 81 cents the run
ming foot the paving stones at Is cents the super
fetal FOOT the gravel at 80 cents the cubic yard
the one-half of it to be clean white river gravel
The whole amount of the contracts for materials
amounts to $l0,e35; but this does not include the
price of laying the pavements, nor the expense Of
cuvcrts.
The appropriation is $2s 900, which il is supposed
will be sufficient to complete the roadway of the
avenue
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-27
For the Union.
MEXICO--No. Is.

.
In the exhibition we have made the intercourse
between France and Mexico, it has appeared how
gross and violent the outrages perpetrated by
the latter country upon the other that these OUT
RACES were committed, not by powerful nation,
which, exulting in her own strength, substituted
her will for the law against weak and feeble party,
but by the one which, according to the general laws
of human nature, might have been supposed to be
unwilling to rouse the resentment Of her more pow
erful opponent, BECAUSE unable to eude the conse-
quences which resort to the ultima ratio Of ma
tons would be to bring upon her head-not oc-
casioncd by feelings goadcd by previous causes Of
offence LEFT ranking in her bosom, which, blinded
by passion, might make nation, as similar causes
sometimes do an individual, blind to results, in
his anxiety to punish an insult or an outrage OF
which he has been the victim. In this case we
have seen Mexico, the weaker power, gratuitously,
without alleged provocation cause, beginning and
carrying on the wrong against nation infinitely
her superior in physical strength, against one who
had uniformly exhibited towards her mild, bene6-
cent, and forbearing course Of policy against one
who had never done her wrong had acted as
her fricnd-who was disposed to treat her with
kindness, and upon footing of equality.
Such a review will, therefore, relieve the United
States from the suspicion of having afforded to Mex
leo any just or even plausible prctext for the
duct ofwhich we complain. We were the first to
acknowledge her Independence, and her right to as
sumo position among the nations of the world.
We extended to her the right hand of Fellowship.
Our citizens fockcd to her shores, and participated
with her own sons in the pcrs of the conflict she
was waging for her national existence. We not
only did not require at her hands any peculiar COM
which we might have exacted, and she would, at
the time, most willingly have yielded; but we re-
quired that we should be placed only on the footing
which other nations were TO occupy. Neither the
government the people Of the United States ever
gave her cause, either Of offence suspicion. Yet
such as has been portrayed, has been the treatment
we have experienced.
The governments Of Europe are not accustomed
as we are TO spread before the world the minute and
crcumsantal details either of their foreign their
domestic policy. But for the publicity given by the
government Of Mexico to her controversies with
France, we should have remained ignorant Of the
circumstances to which we have had occasion to re-
vert II is the same with reference TO Great Britain.
No public rupture has occurred, which has furnish
ed the occasion to exhibit to the world the course Of
events between her and Mexico and therefore moth
ing relating to them can be supplied from published
documents. We arc, however, in possession Of
facts which are susceptible of being sustained by
authentic proof, which exhibit, in the conducts Of