The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-06-05


the northern manufactures as swnd
Iers, living on unjust gains wrung from
The south. II vas for no such pur'
pose that they went for acnexa,lon, buI
simply TO extend slavery. He here read
an anecdote Of the loss of free papers by
the mother OF four children in Washing
ton, who were declared slaves in conse-
uuencp, and asked if such were the mer>
c,es of slavery in the mild form in which
j, existed in the District Of Columbia,
what must be lis cruelles2 And, as if 10
outrage common sense and common hu.
manly, this extension of slavery had been
called by General Jackson, extending
the area of freedom !" For himself, he
would extend the area of freedom TO every
human heart, but he would not consent
that the eagle OF America, when She
stretched her wings over other lands,
should carry in her taons chains and
whips and scorpions TO scourge and OPP
press the down.lrodden. And now, he
asked, when and how did this Texas
question become new test in the demo
cratic party2 When was this black
spaaon, which little while ago was de.
nounced in New Hampshire as a scheme
black asink, and foul as he'll, baptized in
TO the democratic family? When did this
demon we were called on to bow down TO,
become god we were bound to worship?
The men Of Ne" Hampshire had Got to
pass in judgment on this question. We
might talk about party discipline, but ev>
cry man who had conscience must see
that this is purely naked question OF
slavery. The question 10 be decided for
New Hampshire, by the approval or re>
versal of the votes of her Senators aud
Representatives who differed from him,
was, whether from innate love of evil you
wish TO carry this accursed institution
abroad, aud faston it upon other nations
He appealed 10 the descendants Of the pill
grim fathers TO rally against The spread o!
the slave power. All collateral iasuec
sunk into nothing 10 view of This grea
moral question. National injustice could
not 60 unpublished. no more than individ
uai profIgacy. Mr. Holmes, of South
Carolina, had called the slaves a feaerina
population. II was SO, aud it was ealin.
INTO tie heart ofthe nation. The sou,t
tell US il was fastened on them bv north,
ern cupdity in the slave trade. 1t wa.
so, and by northern serriltty IL Was up
held. But il our fathers had sinned il
This thing, we did not wish that sin hand
ed down 10 posleri!y by our act or sane
lion.
If this scheme Of annexation received
The sanction OF New Hampshire, we coul'
never say that the south alone was guilt,
of slavery. To-day many southern states
men saw The evils of slavery, and wer
DESTROYS to rid themselves OF it. Mary
land, Virginia and Kentucky were anx
ious 10 abolish it. but if it receives thi
new impetus from union with Texas,
will have received ii BY northern vote
forcing it against the wishes Of the south
ern states. They might turn and reproac
US with ii, and it was huniIiating 10 kno,
that New Hampshire had done it.
one OF her Senators had voted against
it could not have been carried. If homo
and blessings came from II, New Hampshir
can claim 1t, bot when The tears, the groan
The stripes, the agonles and accumulate
horrors OF slavery in the five states tn
are to be made out oil Texas, shall ascen
on high, crying for vengeance, and ii
recording angel shall have filled up ii
accusing record till The wrath can no Ions
err be stayed, it would then be alike lrl
that the vote Of New Hampshire did it,
10 avert this he exhorled the democ "a
who did not fear TO be called federalists,
unite with him, in an appeal 10 the Peep
10 reverse the vote OF their Senator's +
had himself at first felt some dread at b
ing called Geserter and federaIis, b
, needless aa he was, they would percei'
that lie appear ed before them this evenr
in very toerable health. He called upt
them to 60 forward with him. and VIII,
| this feslering sore OF slavery shall ha
5 eaten into the body polite, until it sh'
: send up The exhaIalions Of lis corrupti'
. to high heaven, and the whole land sh'
/ groan under it, le, rs SEQ 10 ii that i
. next generation a, the soulh may not tu
S in reproach to. our children and say, 70
. fathers did i'll And when Texas sh'
Z become as Maryland now is, exhaust
and pural yzed, and feel that slavery h
=. done H., wilhering every manly. mob
: christian sentiment, let them not tell o
# children, as the south now tells as, Yo
|, fathers did i'll And though we blush a
smart under the deeds Of our fathers in
n gard to slavery, shall we go on 10 sin, a
leave our children the inheritance of t
:, like reproach TO us2
: Mr. Hale next repeated substantial
o the arguments, that we never had a
y claim TO Texas, and that the pretence