Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-01-24

ance of Rev. Hiram Wilson, which now stand
in special need of pecuniarY support,-there-
fore
8. Resolved, That we cordially welcome the
agent of that mission, Rev. Josiah Henson, to this
State, and respectfully request the friends of HUI
mainly to give him a candid hearing, and to con-
tribute of their substance for the benefit of that be-
n%evolent object.
8. Resolved, That we, as a body, will urge G.
ternal war against each and every principle, or set
OF prlnciples-nction or course of action-which
may, or can, tend to enslave or degrade the human
species.
10. Resolved, That, holding with William Pitt,
that " Slavery is the greatest practical evil that ev-
er afflicted the human race, . and in the language
of DIR. Hopkins, in 1776, "That slavery is in all
instances a very great and crying sin, there being
nothing equal to it on the face of the earth;'' there
fore, it is the solemn duty of the Christian Minis
try to discuss this subject as one of the appropriate
duties of religious teachers, and that a neglect of
this duty, in this fearful crisis of our history, con-
stitutes a full exoneration from public confidence
as religious guides.
II. Resolved, That, in our judgment, the Con-
gress of the United States is responsible for the ex-
istence of that system of slavery which, in carry
ing out the laws essential to its existence, is shock
ing the civilized world with inhumanly branding,
pillorying, filming and Itnprisoning Capt. Walker,
consigning to the penitentiary for years the hui
manipulating Torrey, a Work, a Burr, a Thomp-
son, a Fairbank, and even a Miss Webster, a
daughter of our own liberty-loVing Green Noun
tain State; and as the free States have a %controll-
ing majority in Congress, the brand of guilt will
be placed upon our foreheads at the bar of an in
telllgent universe.
10. Resolved, That the overthrow of slavery
will ensure the success of all those pecuniary and
financial measures on which depend the p%rosperi-
ty of the whole people of this country.
IS. Resolved, That experience confirms the SEN
tinent advanced nearly two years ago, by the Ma
tional Convention at Buffalo, that the Liberty par
ty has not been organized merely for the overthrow
of slavery. Its first decided effort must indeed be
directed against slaveholding, as the grossest form
and most revolving manifestation of despotism, but
it will also carry out the principles of Equal rights
into all their practical consequences and applica-
tons, and support every just measure conducive
to individual and social freedom.
IA. Resolved, That the vile attempts of mem
bers of one of the political parties in this country,
to prove, by a base forgery, that Mr.. Birney had
pledged himself to support the men and measures
of the Democratic party, and to refrain from agit-
ating the subject of slavery, deserves, and will re-
ceive, the warmest Indignation of all honest and
candid men OF every party.
IS. Resolved, That the agency of the leaders OIL
the Wing party, in procuring and circulating the
forged letter purporting to be from Mr.. Dirney tc
j. B. Garland, at a time, and in a manner, that i
could not be contradicted until after the Presiden.
tial election, proves them responsible for this gross
and palpable fraud.
16. Resolved, That the colored woman recently
abducted from this State by Bailey and Mutt, hat
been brought into this State by the voluntary &C
of her owner, and thereby became free, and emit
tied to the protection of the laws.
II. Resolved, That it is a duty which the Stat
owes 10 emancipated slaves within her limits, t.
its native colored population, to the people a
large, to freedom, and to the honor of its oWl
name, to use all the means supplied by the consti
tuition and laws, to bring the perpetrators of thl
bold and fragrant act of kidnapping villany to spec
dy and condign punishment.
10. Resolved, That we deem it of the highea
Importance that County, Town and school-distric
Liberty meetings be held by the friends of Huma
Rights throughout the State, for the purpose c
bringing truth to the minds of all electors, tha
they may be brought to understand their duties
and their power over American slavery.
10. Resolved, That, Notwithstanding all the fol
geries and ISLANDERS heaped upon our beloved B'
Q neg, for base purposes, by base men, we have flu
o confidence in his ability, honesty and fidelity.
90. Resolved, That we deeply lament the deal
of the late Hon. Thomas Morris, the candidate
the Liberty party for the Vice Presidency of Il
q United States, and feel that in his death the caua
of human freedom has lost one of its purest, able
and most noble hearted champions.
% 81. Resolved, That the thanks Of this Convex
~ ton be presented to the chairman, for the abb
dignified and impartial manner in which he h
20 presided over its deliberations.