Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-08-27

they come to elect United States Senator? If So
they are of the right sort Will your candidate for
Vice President vote right in case of tie in the Senate?
If so, vote for him. Will your Presidential candidate
refuse to sign bill repeating the slave laws of Con-
gress lfso, it is treason against the religion of God
and the rights of humanity to vote for such candidate
or for electors who would do so.
Here hen Brethren, is the grand secret of the con-
tlnuatlon and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF slavery The
slave power, by its artfu management in keeping the
two parties continually ptted against each other, on
the subject of he other great interests" has efectuay
palsled the only insrumenaity which can be brought
to bear efecuay against slavery. The Uoting against
slavery has been suppressed That weapon, which
under God is destined to break the power of the op-
pessor in our land has been ocked in the scabbard"
by the fooishness, the wickedness of party strife
Political party idOlat,N is the great guardian shield
behind which slavery has grown fat on the blood of its
victims, while the only hope of the slaves redemption
has been suffered to be neglected and forgotten Yes
it is the peaceful little slp-the noseess baot-the
silent but OmnipOtem Uote-this,-THIs it is, which
God has given, with which to open the door of the
prisoner and let the captive go free
/" A weapon, which comes down as STILL
AS snow-fakes fall upon the sod,
And executes freeman's will
AS Lightning does the will of God"
IT these views are correct when servant of God
stands up before the great congregation in discharge
OF the sacred duties of his calling and nvokes the in
deposition of his great Master in behalf of the slaves
and that slavery may be brought to a speedy end
xuho &c Abo Al r.
operate upon the hearts of the people and induce them
to UOte dOrn slavery? And ought not such servant
then, who thus prays to make manifest the sincerity
of his prayer by voting in consistency threwith?
But again, it is the duty of every freeman not only
to vote in the manner before named but also to use
his whole influence to induce others to do the same.
Hence the necessity of Withdrawing all support and
countenance from every party which is not organized
upon the true and only anti slavery ground, to wit to
support no for any ofthe offices above mentioned
unless he will use his whole constitutional power to
abolish slavery. The reason of this is TOO plain to
need Illustration In this as in many other matters
is true that she that is not for is against us and
hence the command, to "come out and be separate"
And nasmuch as Sin union there is strength" it is the
duty of all who wish slavery terminated to unite to-
gether for the common purpose of operating against
the system efectually. If all the members of
the various churches in our land or even within the
free States would take the Bible as the rule of their
political action, there would be no necessity of any
new different associations Our churches would
all be anti slavery associations and such too as would
demosh slavery without that opposition which the
friends Of the have heretofore contended with
the opposition of the church itsef-the very severes
the most distressing part Of the anti slavery contest
But all do not thus take the Bible as their gude and
hence has arisen the necessity of another organizations
and such is the LIBERTY PARTY, whose foundation is,
the common brotherhood of man-whose object is, the
redemption and elevation of the save-and whose rule
of action is, the Bible and the constitution And
whenever this party shall be seduced 10 abandon their
great and glorious object and to repudate their heav
emily principles, and to return back again hungering
after the fesh-pots of Egypt, which they have once
forsaken then land not till them will it be time to
charge the party with corruption
Thus have attempted to speak Of one branch of
labor necessary, ndispenSab necessary, for the peace
full termination ofslavery. know that prayers and ex
hoations, and entreaties are also necessary beside
doubtless, other nstrumentaties still "Prayer moves
the arm that moves the world" But all these are but
many agencies to bring up to take hold of the
great moral and religious las well as poIitcal lever,
VOTING, which is to upheave the bloodcemented sys-
TEN. State slavery, have said, must be abolished by
the State legislatures Any resolutions, any systems
of church discipline in reference to slavery and slave
holders, which we may adopt or devise, intended to
cause the individual STAKEHOLDER to manumit his slaves
or tending purify the churches here in the free or in
the slave States or calculated to ncite men to poti-
cal action, either in the slave States or the free, we
are bound to originate. The anti slavery torch,
wherever lit up, must be raised on high to shine
There is darkness enough in this land of Bibles God
knows 1.-THE poor slave, grinding in his chains,
knows and feels 1.-THE church Of Heaven is buried
SO far down beneath the wrecks caused by slavery as
to barely see the light of day;-and if there is dry
light any where, which can relieve the oppressive
darkness of the scenery, let it be borne aoft Let
its rays flash on the midnight around us. But still
it must ever be remembered that VOTING and that
) only, can demolish the old Bastile of slavery
Here leave the first two points Of the general prop
ositon stated to w.t. that three things only, were al
: first requisite to abolish American slavery:
l. To convince the people that Slavery ought to b
abolished.
H. To convince them tClat each one ought TO do Il
abolish It,
ILL., To persuade them TO DO WHAT THEY KNOW Tt
BE THEIR DUTY in the matter.
NV third point leave for each individual to discuss
/, for himself with his conscience and with his God
Respectfully Yours, for the Oppressed,
Aug. II, l746. PHILEMON.