Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-08-19
Gene and 60 with Is.


J0HlG dIiQ 60 Win is.
To the honest- minded, con~scicntio Is citizens Of Yer
mont, irrespective of party or sect, we have few
things to saw. Such men there are, we hope, in every
party nd every sect. Reader. if Won are one Of those
who wish to have a conscience void Of offence towards
God and man. we have word to say to gou. To those
who care not for truth, RIGHT, Justice, nor mercy, our
words will be powerless things. But. to men Of prin-
ciple, men of honest hearts, we say come and 20 uih
us. In the behalf Of the sixty thousand and more in
the United States, who have cut loose from all conncc-
ton with slavery. at the ballot box, we make our ap-
peal to you. viii you Join us? Deliberately and
with a full sense of the Importance OF our resolve, we
have fuIIy determined. asink or swim. live or die" that
we will no longer be The allies Of slave holdors-wo
will, in no way, participate with them, in their "pecu-
liar institution" No, never, our hearts are fixed. If
there be any "|peculju' J|iesa.a9sin the system they may
enjoy them. Ifthere be honors to be won, in robbing
man women and children of all their heaven-bestowed
rights, they may wear the laurels. If there be any sin
and curse in the business, let them not ask us to be
~pprtakers with them, The die is cast. We have done
it, but shall never again. We have enlisted in a war
where thorc is no discharge. To 20 back from this
position is to be a traitor to the claims Of genuine
christianity and The interests Of man.
But with merely doing nothing to sustain the pecu-
liar institutions eff southern oliglrcby, we cannot con
tent ourselves. Its not enough to cease to do evil,
we must learn to do we'll" Ilence we are resolved to
take the reins Of government out of the hands of tyr
ants and their allies, and put them into the power Of
those who fear God and regard man. We mean that
slavery, that leprous spot on the body of our noble re-
public, shall be removed. So that our country may
move forward in the race Of human improvement, a
giant IN size and a giant in strength. Such Is our
purpose "without concoalment without compromise"
No|,wltl all earno5tness,w We ask you,wjIl you come and
60 with US in this noble enterprise? Our state cleo
ton is at hand. There are three parties zach wishing
your help. One of them will have your vote. The
principles OF one of the three will receive your sane
ton. If there be virtue or sin in them your vote will
make you a pqrtaker Of the one or the other.
1t is not our business to SANDER our n~oighbors; a
cause Of truth needs no such means Of support. But
; it is no SANDER to say TINT neither whigS nol democrats
are innocent Of the bood of the crushed Stare. 1t is no
SANDER to charge on them the guilt of perpetuating and
. extending this prince of denominations. Have they not
both embraced slave holders? Do they not eXalt them
: to the highest posts of power, honor, and Of responsible
iIity? Do they not both refuse to proclaim to the
world that they will no longer vote for oppressora?-
Does not all the world know that neither of them have
! any design or intention of ever a|bolishing slavery? In
: deed, how can we expect them to have any such de-
, sign, so long as each party is under the management
Of southern men? You might as well expect satan to
cast out satan. Have they not both voted to extend
the institution Of slavery over territory previously free
in more instances than one? Have they not each bent
= their influence to carry on the war with Mexico for the
purpose Of charging the domain of bondage? True
the wings have condemned it in words, but by their
votes have granted men and money to carry ton.
Are they not now both anxious with a few mdividu-
= al exceptions) to eXalt Gen. Taylor, the slave holding,
war %chiettain, to the presidency? In view of these
facts, which they dare not deny, we ask you to 60 with
us. In all frankness, we ask your vote to sustain a
party who have no fellowship with these "unfruituI
works of darkness. Our reasons for such a request,
are such as no honest man will blush to ayow, before
i heaven and earth.
list We ask your vote. because we can see no way,
by which the DAYS of slavery can be nnmberel. bnt Nv
taxing It united stand at The ballot bor in oopogton 10
ii. What other pan is there. within the circle Of DOS.
sibilitv and of riubt. by which human means c,n ii.
rectly reach il? All moral means .nro,cbinr proyino
&c must be carried ont in action. or thew are nerf,ct-