Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-11-05


Mr.. EDITOR.-I once heard an old fashioned Meth
odst minister assert in a sermon, that it was more diff
fcut to make Christian out of gospel hardened
nearer than out of the greatest reprobate on earth
Before thought, disbeieved the old mans whim but
after thought admitted without scrupe to place in
my cabinet of laid up facts. The position is, that
where there is constant presentation to the mind OF
particular subject, and that mind not particularly
interested in 1t, habit Of indifference is formed; and
the appeal to its sympathy does nothing more than
barely catch the souless eye, without getting single
liUing sentiment to the heart
How well is this exemplfed at this moment by
the great mass of our church going, prayer making
orasts of the free States in regard to the great ma
tional sin, SLAVERY Probably there is not man IN
this class of citizens who is willing to hazard his repu
taton by an express defence of this institutions but, on
the contrary, most of them after they have prayed for
the Burman swinging on his fesh-hoo&s in India, the
Cafre hottentot, digging for roots and bugs in Africa
the twice benighted Sandwich Islander the shverlng
New Zelander, and the sweterng native of the South
Seas will spare the dregs ofhis religious sympathy for
the worse than heathenized torture-enduring, bug
eating, sun-scorched four millions of slaves at home.
Yes us they actually pray God to destroy the evil;
but forget part of their religious theory in this one
particular case, and endeavor to let faith do alone
what, in every other possible contingency, tOorks are
required to assist. They have become gospel harden
ed that is, hardened by the continual preaching of
ant-slavery TRUTH and will not see and remedy the
glazing detect IN their practice. cold clammy stu
por boods upon them and for aught they calculate to
do to the contrary, the evil may remain unmolested
forever.
On any other subject than slavery, one half the a.
mount of evil that exists in this would produce uni
versal warfare of public opinion against one half
the pecuniary burden il imposes the free States
would impel every to resist it to the death one
1.-THE of its reproach to Christianity would enlist every
pretended Christian against it. and one half the dis
honor, aggravation, inequality heaped on the nom
slaveholdng states from any other source of cause
whatever would drive every man to his musket and
bare every breast to the bayonet. Yet in this one
case beggarly minority only, are found to offer
battle. Why is it thus2 Will anything rouse public
sentiment fully against slavery? The continual re-
hearsal of the dshonor imposed on us by slavery
scClo W tllO llC lloOul Du
dens, the cupidy; and the debauchery the religious
opposition of the north But all this fails the soutl
continues to impoversh us-rides us like beast o.
burden and rules us with rod of iron. Nine tentht
of the Offices of govern nen with their enormous sala
res held by shareholders national law is careful
its interest both in enactment and construction
every possible inequality exists throughout the whole
system of government; and last of all, should nsur
rections break out, we ale held bound to shoul,e
arms and march to the support of the very thing tina
Expresses us.
All this has been told and retold until it has becom
stereotyped into remembrance Why does it not pro
duce more decisive effect? Why are there any tina
do not oppose it?
As slavery is a political institution it is useless t
offer any other than political opposition to it; and tina
man must be dolt who cannot see that the only bar
rer in the way ofthe overthrow of slavery is, the pres
ent political organizations among us? Who disbe
lcves that were the two great political organizations
the free states 10 be dissolved and reformed distinct
ly abolition grounds, the institution of slavery woul
be utterly destroyed in five years, and the evils unde
which we and they labor be healed forever. ~
Montpelier, Nous.