The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-06-19
J. HOLCOMB, Editor & Publisher.

: =" "P'" N"e"' anu manllesleu deep con
Germ about the ill,boding omens of its pre-
sent aspect.
T. Likewise at BrownviIle, Ky, | had tn
pleasure OF being present at the same kin,
, OF meeting. In this there were two can
# dida!es for The Senate--each advocating
1t the views of his opposing party. per
haps. BY the way, you have never learned
:. that both candidates during their campaign
= always accompany each other and presen,
their claims, and merits to both parties
en- maSSe, and thus he who makes the
best speech, and is the most camelion-ike,
gains the election One speaker touching
upon the Texas question, aud the glory OF
Democratic success, harshly denouncing
the Wings for violentIy opposing a meas
ure so vitality connected with the prosperi-
ty and gglandizemcnt OF the Union, TO
which The other replied, that "Should the
acquisition OF that territory bring with it
all the wealth of the Indies, he could not
consent 10 the ravages Of that bloody mon.
ser that would follow in is train. He
believed lha. no pPcuniarv compensation
could cancel the evil, or expiate the guilt
of ex'ending slave territory and he de-
sired that some measures Of enpediency
could be devised 10 knock OF the shackles
Of this foe and permit Kentucky 10 arise
10 the visor of its power and beauty ofils
Strength" To hear none but men of en-
Iightened and liberal views, at the South,
talk about slavery, would inspire you with
the glorious hope of an approaching iu-
! biIee.
| But, alas! around this bright point in
this picture - where christianity should
shed the halo Of light and truth has
spread vail Of darkness and error.
Asseveratons have been made by "y>
ing tongues" which Protean demagogues
would hardly venture 10 assert. The
champion OF a prominent religious sect in
Kentucky, has publicly avowed that h.
| cannot see in The institution of slavery
necessarily involved any evil, either civil,
political, moral or religious" Sand thou
sand tongues harmonious Join to swell the
solemn song This general regard for
this delicate aud fearful institution is
the effect Of manifest change that has,
within few years past, come over the
South.
The Tine once was, when ministers
were as willing 10 confess and depIore the
concomitant vices Of slavery, as They now
are ready to deny them. Since the dtcid-
ed action OF many northern churches and
parties on this subject, they have, in the
fraIIty Of human nature. rushed to the 9TH
er extreme; and are peculary Jealous in
supporting The declining interests OF this
"Prince of darkness" Not cnntept with
the arm Of civil law, they are laboring to
rut beneath it the "Ofacles o! Heaven"
In view of this southern reaction, have
often thought that King Edwards cele-
brated inscription upon his hydrluIic pres
sure system - ''Dum premor attollor,"
conId be very appropriately applied to the
"priestIy Office" Because it is a fact,
the more it SIS pressed down, IL Rises up"
While the northern are rolling in food
of light and truth with the powerful mo-
men,um Of reason aud argument; the
southern churches mut1led in the terror Of
darkness and msanhropy, repel all those
moral forces resist The poignancy of those
appeals, and in turn vent their spleen,
and fumina their anathemas. (You
NAV think this a wiful aspersion-bu
hoId--yve in your verdict afer weighing |
in the balance of impartial justice, all the !
testimony They not only advocate, in
their religious discourses, the lawfulness
and righIfulness Of slavery, but proclaim
by The 'rhousand songucd herald" their
heresies TO all men. They have literally
crammed the press with pamphlets and
publications; whose sole object is 10 resus'
cate the carcass of this superannuated
monster, and viify The character OF its rltc
assailan,s. DR. Fuller's letters have been
published and repubIished in almost every
paper, political or religious. (But nots
with DR. Waylan1s.) "McCau!ey's apol-
ogy and defense of slavery also "Dr
Bascom's Mcthodism and slavery" are