The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-02-12

ieafe no room Tor the shadow of a reaso,,
able doubt that he is to be incIpdaJ =
the warning, to how many else. and 70
whom, drought the entire state or W..
mont, should it be addressedf Jf mo-
pursuing such objects and using such
methods, are to be accounted in a STAT
OF salvation how many, and who. amonr
us, are in need of being saved Ifsnci
men, properly belong to the church ,rb.,
broad line of distinction have We Ief, ~
tween the church and the worldl
To our own apprehension, the circun.
stance that Mr.. Slade has made u,e q,
his Christian and his anti-slavery prof,s.
sionS to assist in the attainment of HI,
wicked objects, is the very circumstanc.
that presents US far. the most aggravated
feature of the case. 1t places him. with
the light he resists in worse attitude
thaHthat of Calhoun. If from that
circumstance or any other, the white man.
tie of Christianity is to be cast over such
dark deeds, and the actors shielded from
the reproofs descriptive of their charac-
tiers, all reproofs ofiniquity might as well
cease. So long as such men can pursue
such courses, with such success, and with
such impunity, it will be in vain to think
of reforming either the church or the
world. The standard of holiness may be
elevated. inthe gross, or in the abstract,
but it will be lowered down in the detail,
and in practice. Christian holiness can.
not permanently thrive in. the fraternity
Of ungodly men, nor inhabit the
haunts where wickedness passes cunen-
tly under its abused name"
We have not called the attention ofour rea.
ders to the above, for the purpose of vindica.
ting Gov. SLABE from its aspersions. Ma
vindication is needed in this community. Our
object is 10 rebuke the spirit OF this ebuiitiou.
to warn the Third Party among US ofthe Ycr-
tex into which they are being drawn by their
illlberal and violent leaders, and to depreca;s
the effects of this spirit upon the Anti-Slavery
cause. We are deeply convinced. as are tha
great body of The Wings in Vermont, of III.
terrible evil of Slavery, aud of its ccns.au,
tendency to encroach upon the rights of tho
Free Statcs-fTcsh evidence OF which is nov
before us in the fasitious project of forcing
us info neis Union by the unauthorized aa-
nexation to the present, OF a foreign nation.
As evidence of this tendency is increasing,
we wish TO see corresponding evidence of
disposition in the Free States, to uaion in 70.
sisting Slavery. In the uncharitabeness and
bitter remuneration of the extract from tho
nvestigator-whch is too much the spiri, Of
the Third Party press generaly-we are sor-
ry to see what seems TO US an insuperable OBJ
stacle TO such union; for how can there be
a cordial union with those who are constantly
INDUCING in such assaults upon men Who arc
honestly devoted 10 the Anti Slavery cause!
Do the leaders of the Third Parry think by
such means TO convince Guv. Slade and 9TH
or Abolitrunsis who have acted with him 7
Do they deem it practicable to cast the mass
of Northern sentiment and feeling in such
mould as this Is not the tendency Of thei,
course to sunder more widely those who
would. otherwise, gradually anil impsr-
ceptibly come together, and act together Of.
fciel,ly against the common enemy! Sach
union we want to see, and shall We trust, ore
day see if il is not prevented by such IN
sparing and wholesale Remuneration as w0
have quoted above. The natural tendency
of the Annex alton movement has been, and
is, to effect this union; and yet it must BE-
wholly defeated if the example TO which wa
have adverted is to be generally initiated
WE know that great many houestand hear-
ty Abo'itionis;s, and Gov. Slade among the
rest, supported by Mr.. Clay because they bo-
lieved the election Of Mr.. Polk would render
probable, lift did not make sare, the immedi-
ate annexation OF Texas. Every day is bring.
ing allrnins evidence that their apprehen-
sions were net groundiess. And are thew
now TO be denounced and unchurched and
politically ouIlawed because they refused ia
go for Birney and aid in Folks election -
1t seems to us that this is as unwise as it Is
uncharitable and unchristian.
Indeed nothing appears to US SO marvellous
at the present moment as the unmixed gush
Of what seems TO us almost 6endish souso
and uncharitableness which the leaders Of the
Liberty party are now pouring out upon the
whole Wing party. Since it now is NANTES,
that the dominant party claim the success Of
Polk as affording the strongest evidence Of
he popular favor to Annexation, and two.
birds Of the Northern section of the Polk
party have voted for Annexation, and ever
Wing and every Southern Wing
Except six, have voted against it, how could
hese Third party leaders fail to discover that
he sin and crime which they charge upon
'thers lies not far from their own doors, and
instead Of outraging common deccncy in as
ailing others we wonder how they dane show
heir faces in the presence Of community
lpon whom their folly if nothing worse threat
ns to inflict and perpetuate the very evils
which it is the proiessed object Of their or
anization to avoid. Even in these days OF
watched ,,lfraic,,,e the naapla will nOt fail