Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-07-23

shock given to the general business operations Of the
country, that brought along with it the ruin of thou
sands, not Immediately engaged in commerce. Scarce
y had the north recovered from this shock and shaped
her commercial and other business relations in accord
ance with the tariff policy, before the war-cry rails
ed against all kinds of protection and free trade made
the order of the day. The commercial and financial
policy of the nation has shifted and vasciaed, accord
ing to the caprice Of slave-hoding despots until bust
ness men have lost all confidence in the permanency
of any national measure. The lament6ble results Of
this want of confidence, may be seen in the sudden
pressures in the money markets. and consequent stag
nation of business, and heavy failures which the ag-
tation of any important measure in Congress so fire.
quently produces
In regard to your second inquiry, my opinion is that
in the removal of any evil means must be used COM
mensurate with the evil to be removed. If we would
remove evil affecting merely the moral condition Of
society," moral suasion of itself may be sufficient to &C
complish it But evil in its nature political, crea-
ted and sustained by law, intertwned with, and being
component part of the political existence of nation
can never be removed but by the of political pow
er. Laws must be repealed by the same power by
which they were enacted. If political action has ere
ated an evil, the same action will be most efectual in
its destruction. Slavery is political institution, afec-
ting all the political relations of the government and
in my opinion the fruitful source of nearly all the ma
tonal evils that have retarded our prosperity for the
last half century. And it be overthrow by polit-
lcal action only That action can be rendered efectu-
al in no way but by distinct political organization,
making an issue upon the great question of human
rights, and putting it directly to the people whether
freedom or despotism shall control the national coun-
ellis; and whether slavery orliberty shall be the chief
corner stone of the Republic"
1t is frequently, and doubtless honestly urged, that
there is no necessity for separate political organza-
ton to effect the overthrow of savery-tha it be
done through the medium of the Wing or Democratic
party. | would that it were So But Judging of the
future by the past can ground for such expec-
taton The Democratic party, with principles profess
sedly the most anagonistic to slavery, with pavilion
broad enough to cover and protect the whole human
family in the free and full exercise of all their natural
rights, has not, during the time it has been in power
taken the first step toward extermnang this giant foe
from the land Nov, if we accord to the northern por-
ton of this party any sincerity in their loud protesta-
tons against every species Of monopoly and their alb
honence of every thing that of oppression, we
are forced to the conclusion that their present organ
cation is utterly poweress, bringing their own prin-
cples to any efficient bearing against this scourge of
humanity. Nor has the Wing party, during the time
has had the control of national affairs, with princ
pies equally favorable to freedom, and at the North
strongly spiced with unti-sayery sentiment made any
eocual effort for its removal The truth is whatever
of sympathy for the save-whatever of anti-savery
sentiment may exist in the northern portions of these
parties, they will be forced to stAe that sympathy and
repess that sentiment within their own bosoms so long
as they maintain their present alliance with save-hold-
ers. Shareholders will remain with them no longer
than they succumb to their dictation. The political
creed Of the whole South is made up of the idea"
of sustaining slavery at the expense of every OF er
great interest" And, until the North shall rally, care
not under what name-whether it be Wing, Democrat,
Liberty Party,and unite to carry out the one i
dea" of impartial freedom have but little hope
of expelling from our midst this common foe to God
and to humanity. When this shall be the case-when
the north shall assume her proud and proper posi-
ton upon this great question: engaging her resstess
energies in the conflict and the General Government
shall cease to shield the monster with her national a.
gs, the battle will be short, and the victory certain.
remain, dear sir, as ever,
Most respectfully yours,
A. JUDSON ROWEI4L.
Rev. JOHN GLEED.