The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-02-12
J. H0LC0MB, Editor Il Publisher

T. upon wild and VIC eut sea They VII
S'l secure ~ their Own homes when tt
Z, song of the tempest rings out its wild pea
1t may not dream of the danger aud dark
1t ness OF The evil, even when their imagina
ions are most excited in regard 10 it. Bu
u they who are in It's midst-who see TIT
J. storm, and ENOw they can find no shelle
e 10 avoid ll---lhGt come hat NAV, thei
sails must be SET, and that they, and their.
must sit and perish under its fearful bias
o how much they feel and speak wher
they Undertake to unthread the dangers
and difficulties which besel them, which
J rdnkle IN their bOsoms, and nestle at ,helr
,, hearths, like very pestlence.
Hence 1t is that we like always to hear
Southern men when they can speak out
on the subject Of slavery. There is no
phrey- no Truce no compromise 10 them.
They make boIG mouths, and their tongues
speak with an increased tloquenCe They
'reI The presidential eXacions OF Slavery
and that their backs have to bear load
which mang|es manhood, and bereaveS it
OF ylgor, true judgement, the power of 90.
ing good, aud the power Of growth, and
they labor as men who would heave it off,
and be free, Que feels when watching
The course of such men-when marking
The g oW OF expression which animales.
her whole ountenance--when listening
TO the burning breath which is poured out
with such deep earneStness, as if they were
, he MODEST of all their compeers They
debaae no part OF their nature; they coun>
sci not from their fears; lhev do not trem>
bic when an infuriale rabble grows loud
and InsoIent; they heed no rude social op-
preston ; they never pawn their honor TO
place or bend it TO the seductions of fat
terry; bat moving right on they cry out
against injustice with such electrifying eff
feet as 10 fire the dry stubbe about them
and start blaze Which will tighten up all
kindred minds and lead eventually to the
assertion and establishment of what is ia st
and true between man and man.
And there are unmisakabe signs ia the
Slave States, that The whole question of
Slavery will De thrown open. We see it,
not merel y In the vnder-curren's bubb!ng
up here and there with native force, but in
the Increased boIdness OF The newspapers.
Leading political editors call things by
their right names, They qualify it is |
true, about certain matters they denouDce
aboIlon'sm more bitterly, perhaps, than
ever: and they do this because they wish
10 avoid slrong prejudice, and 10 escape
being whlrred from friends through lis |
hot violence; but with all this, they talk
of The cIlngin9 curse OF Slavery as a
known, familiar fact. And citizens OF
slanding-Pi anters of boldness and virtue,
who love freedom and hate tyranny-long
Tor the hour when they may send forth
their indignant hatred agans. the instilu-
ilon. Says one of this class, writing to
US
81 cannot ard will not keep silence
much longer; | mus! stir myself, aud, il
needs be, threaten the shreatener and out
face the Dragging brow Of Selfshness |
must denOunce, and expose as denouncr,
;he wrongs Of slavery, public and priva e.
Who shall bid me be dumb2 Who at.
temps 10 close my lips with a paddock?
What!a my dools opposed againstny passage?
Have been ever free, and must my home
Pc Pe my rete s,l,lye enemy, my J"I'
p " s shoy 'g ns an r docs h 1t no"
'O' "'''''
II So am prepared Tor the worst; for
am resolved 10 make the issue, and meet
i, De Inc Consequences what they may"
mere are hundreds upon hundreds who
ee' as 'Hlo writer leels' and who, If not
as Feaoy 10 declare openly their course,
DuFh'"g'y pray Tor the opportunity 10 act. :
men T AGAIN me very crust Is uPheavIng
Il, oIu 'r9'n'a on tnls question OF Slavery.
1t IS pressing Itself upon the public mod
5, the people there feel as ifi wns inv j
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