The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-07-24


act, which is robtino n human being ola
endowment which he cannot transfer him
SELF and which il is not possible for anothe
to recelce. I0Our o,sn master .oc stand o
! (aH Freedom is The inherent, inalienabl
., right Of MAJ, as a subject of government
and responsible 10 the judge of all h
earM Tha, the first act in The train o
, acts in constituting human being a slave
is the most sinful and 0ggravating, will
be seen, when il is remembered, that all
the other particulars in the sum of This
system OF wrong doing, gro,O out Of this
first act, ami are incident to it, as the whole
class to the parent. Let the condition and
relation Of the slave be exlirpated, and all
these incidents die with it of necessity.
2. AS the whole compound Of slavery
is wrong, and violative of the fundamental
laws of mans creation and responsibility,
it follows OF necessity, that any participa-
! ton in the enactment OF laws for It's regu-
la!ion and enforcement, would be wrong,
as also ii would be wrong 10 act under
these provisions and regulations, 10 injure'
or endanger one Of the original rights of
man. What would be though, Of the en-
actment and use Of laws for The commits.
sion Of adultery and theft? The bore men
ton Of such laws is sulti ienly revoltipg
to every uncorrupled mind. Blu, they
! would be no more criminal, If as much, as
the laws which create and sanction Amer
lean Saveryl!
8, Slavery is system founded upon no
law, natural or mora but originates in
usurpatioa & tyranny The most txecrable,
ard can only exist by the same odious
principle that first gave it origin. This
position being true, it follows as an unde,
niabIe consequence, that in all instances
and in all degrees, as the laws of slavery
are deferred TO ard nude effective, in those
instances and degrees, mans rights and
investment are rudely denied ADD disre
garded. The two classes OF principles,
mans rights, and slayery's claims, are to-
tally irreconcioble; il you bow 10 one,
you must trample upon the other; and the
choice Of objects is before US.
A. To allow that man can be deprived
of his liberty, when no crime is chargeable
upon him, is 10 sanction the foundation
principle of The slave system, Aud al
though all he claims Of that system may
not be employed in perfecling the slaves
misery, still, to open door, or keep one
open, BY which these wrongs may be ia'
hctcd, cannot be reconcied 10 the princ>
Piles Of sound morality and pure christian
iIy. which require, that we "do no i'll 10
our neighbor."
Now Mr. Magill and his friend A, c. T.,
will no doubt readily admit, that slavery
in the aggregate, is one Of the most enor>
nous sius that exist in our land. But this
wrong is made up Of iadiUiduaI action as
socilted. And If we admit that the system
is sinful. we must admit that the parts and
influences of which it is composed are sim
lul also. Slavery could not exist without
The relation of master and Ovner And
these relations must be legal ones. The
whole system would die at once were the
legal relation annihilaled.
From these positions frankly Sci forth,
i. is conclusion that appears incontrovert-
5le, that TO sustain the relation of owner
Of human beings, imposes share of the
criminality Of the system upon such per-
sons as sustain this relation. The sum Of
all these views are, that in whatever way
we lend our influence TO countenance the
slavery Of our land, OPEN tac, or implied
we partake proporlionab'y of the criminal
ity of This system OF wrong doing. He
thai is not for the system is against II; and
he that gathcrslh not DiM !! scattereM
abroad.
If the system be wrong sinful in lis
very nature, the word of God settles the
question about our holding any relation to
il. We are TO come oul from the society
aud practices OF sinners have no telow>
ship with the works of darkness. We are
not to consent with thief, nor be partak"
ers with adultcrers. Everv man is bound