Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-02-26

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We cannot understand one thng-the cow
ardice Of portion of the press in the Free
States, on the subject Of slavery, or the misera-
bic subserviencv of an honest class of citizens
there, who support IT,
The South manages things better and WISER
according to this worlds wisdom Contrast,
for moment, the action of the two divisions of
our Union In the Slave States none dare tell
the truth on the subject of slavery it is sacred,
and no vulgar hands must disrobc t-no vulgar
tongue speak of it. In the Free States, few,
comparatively speaking, venture to become the
honest defenders Of constitutional freedom or
universal emancipation; these are considered
there dclcatc subjects, and men do not like to
hear them boldly discussed The man, indeed
who does so discuss them is set down at once
as an Abotionist, and all sides try to destroy
him. Is it not sol Recorded facts and pass
ing events prove it. And what is this but sub
hitting to dictation on the part of the Slave
Staesl
Now that the stakeholder should control his
own press, and that Editors should passively sub
nit to that control, we can understand. But
that man in New York-frce, and surrounded
by the frce--away from slai cry knowing it only
as curse to be dreaded and dlsowned-taught
from earliest infancy to hate it-that he should
be silent as to its wrongs, crlnge before it, or
bIanch when he comes in contact with It's,
with US, an especial marvel. Does ayarice pro-
ducc this result Not alone Is it love Of
place? Not altogether Can it be cowardce!
Not always Its a mingling Of these vile
traits, and of all baser feelings, more or less
it is a surrendering up Of good and manly quail
tiles, and substituting therefor heartless truck
ling which makes him bow the knee, in vile
prostration, and lift up his head imploringIy,
while slave owners pat it, and, with an encoura-
giqg and ordly air, call h;m-trusty friend =
Aye, trusty fricnd is the phrase, but they mean
Obcdicat lackcy, and they use him as SUCH
Are such men fit to represent-to WELD nhu
ence--to hold position-to live in the Free
North We are confident if its honest public
opinion could be once expressed, that this whole
class would be forever swept from within its Dor
ders by an indignant public scorn.
And this ought to be done For it is these
men, and that portion of them particularly
that curse the manhood of the North Why
VIC have heard Souherners say over and owe
again, when we could talk with them freely OF
this subject, that such 'poor dogs might b'
kicked by shareholders if they would pay then
for IT. or bought up when they, with good cause
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opinion entertained Of dough faces And how
can it be otherwise!-lf there be row in Mas
sachusetts, they lip forth brave words, and NOR
alize finely; if riot takes possession of an.
North ern city, and rms wildly through it
they arc bold to fault in their denunciations.-
But where slavery is concerned, they have soft
err words and smoother tongue their eye lose
its quickness and their ear its readiness. Thu
right Of petition may be denied in Congress
insolence may be offered to the free labor Of th'
North-memorals from Massachusetts treated
with contempt-citizen3 Of New York and Bos
ton may be put in Jail in Virginia or South Car
DINA, and when the Bay State sends an agent t.
the latter he may be thrust out of her terrltor,
by force, and AL appeal to the United State
Courts denied him-all this may be done, in tht
most insulting and taunting manner and ye
these craven spirited Mortimer are dumb "a
serfs-become all at once wonderfully pruden
blaze away, at what they call violence" anC
say these difficulties must be settled, smootheC
over, as if the North had no lofty character to
sustain, no generous spirit to yindicate, no grea
principles to assert, and no constitutional privi-
leges to defend 1t is trcachcry and coward
ice that make the Free States plumber grounc
for political gamblers, and their labor but play
things for legislative halls, and, thus wW 1t be
until the North proves itself worthy its ancient
fame and shows a freenlan's courage and wis
dom in lreemans conduct.
Nor need any fear that what we recommend
will create angry feelings, or lead, in any way
to violence. The measure is one Of peace-oi
peace commercially, socially politically. True
courage, we know, is always discreet A brave
man never heedIessly proyokes another whom he
knows to be equally brave with himself If
then, the Free States would occupy consttu
tonal ground-if, throwing overheard, as Sc
much rotten stuff traitors of every party, who
would sell themselves to the South for pef
place or power, they should sustain mouih-pieces
able and fit to speak for them-if, firmly assert
ing their rights, and the rights Of man, they
would as firmly stand by them, the South would
never dream Of assaultng the North and We
should have no vasciIIating policy in our nation
al Government, and no disturbing causes veXing
the peace, or endangering the prosperity of the
different Commonwealth Of the Union. Bal
this has to be done; there IS no safety in DIFF
fcrem course. The South will rule, and rule
with rod of iron, until taught that when the
Puritan meets the Cavalier in conflict, (be it
contest of enterprise, of commerce, of growth
of morals, or of arms,) that the stern souled
man will bear the shock in triumph.
We are fully persuaded, indeed, if the Free
States were united on the great moral and social
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