Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-07-01

The passage of this provso would have stopped the
war, recalled our armies and restored peace to the
country for the south want more territory from which
human bondage is forever excluded, Slavery, in the
Florida war cost the nation forty millions of dollars,
and in this war it will cost US some hundred millions,
and entail upon us national debt which our children,
to the tenth generation will be obliged to pay This
vast amount of money must come from the free States
for the south furnishes only small part of the national
revenue Slavery proclams and carries on wars
slavery punges the nation into debt-slavcy squon-
ders millions on millions in the swamps of Florida and
in the chaparals of Mexico and northern energy north
ern industry, northern sweat and toll must pay the BILL
And yet slavery procaims these warsand creates these
debts by means of northern votes Five northern traitors
to liberty whose names hereafter will rank with Bene-
dict Arnold threw out the Wlmot proviso, and thus
opened the conquered territory to the curse Of slavery
When the subject Of the annexation Of Texas was first
proposed to the cabinet of Mr. Van Buren,, it re-
o,ted in the most decided manner, and almost every
man, from Louisiana to Maine approved of the right
eous decision But now the nation has so far lost that
high sense of honor and justice which she then foster
cd that she is camorous to reve in the halls of the
Monezumas-thus showing that a course Of iniquity
harlens nation as well as an individual.
How completely does war swallow up every pnnci-
pie of humanity and close every avenue to beneyo-
lence dark and mysterious providence has permit
ted famine to visit Inflated Ireland The pale ghost
of starvation stares that noble and generous poo-
pie in the face They hare been, and are nor dy-
ing by scores and hundreds, by peacemeaIs-lto by
little What object more noble, more heavenlike, than
to send relief to starving humany-to feed the hun
cry, and thus snatch from the jaws of death mutudcs
Of starving men, women and children A bill was
brought into the last Congress proposing to send only
one half million Of dollars to buy corn for starving Ire
land. This bill, so noble, so generous, so like the
gospel Of Christ, struck dead and those, too who
pretend to be the friends of the people, the dear people,
Congress had money for starving Ireland none to
feed dying humanity-none for the cause of benevo-
lence; all was wanted to feed, the demon of war;
Three millions were put into the hands Of the Presi-
dent to Joy, or Jjbe, or conquer peace in way
or other; twenty eight millions voted to raise ar
miles, equip fleets, bug cannons, guns, swords bayon-
cts POWDER bullets, and all the implements of dcstuc-
don to run the ploughshear of death over the whole
face Of Mexico, to enable our armies to reye in the
halls Of the Montczunas aud to restore human bond
age where it has, long since, been abolished, but not
cent to save the noble, generous SONS ofthe Emerald
Isle from the jaws of death. But, says one, admit
that this war is wrong that there are no Just grounds
for it; but yet 60 for it the principle "NTy country
right or crong" All, indeed and has it come to this:
Is it true that in these days of intelligence and the
onward march of the christian religion, that any one
can advocate principle so unsound-a principle un
worthy Of the Autocrat of Russia, or the Sultan o.
Turkey. Abomnabe as this resolution is, yet it i;
defended, not onlyby politicians but by mitrcd dig
nitary of the church of God. The Roman Catholic
Bishop Of Cincinnati, in an address TO his Roman
brethren s,ys. at is not for you to inquire into the
business of this war-t is nothing to you that Mexico
processes the Roman Catholic religion; all you want tc
know, is that your aopted country is engaged in war
AMI then it is your duty to enlist and fight it out and
even if need be, to batter down the walls of the eer
nal CITY," have somewhere read Of Jcsuitism of its
craft, cunning, and low policy. ] have somewhere
!
( of British reformation, and declaimng against the
church of Engand-oi its Formally and poperv, and
that these same Jesucs went TO Rome and were re.
warded by his Holiness for their treachery, have
somewhere read of .Eatiuc .4mcrcaa party in this
counry-of the burning of convent near Boston. and
of riots and burning of churches in PHILADELPHIA, and
oattempts to exclude foreigners from the right of stuff.
rage and to create peudices against thcm and it ap
pears to me that this position of the Bishop sm0cket
OF craft cunning low policy and Jcsuitsm.
But to be serious. "My country, right or wrong
What must blind my eyes and stop my cars and
strike when and where my country directs? Must |
bind in slavery my reason, Judgment conscience and
sense Of justice, swallow down balls and grape shot
and yomit up destruction when the President applies
the m2tch2 Must the people transform themselves
into swords, guns, cannons bombshes, mortars, bag
gage wagons and mules, and push on the plough shear
of death, right or anong at the bidding of those in
power? Must the principles of eternal equity Justice
and righteousness and the Book of Almighty God be
tramped in the dust at the mol of tyronts Rub the
ears Of faithful car shout s-boy, and he II bark and
run, right or ,or0ng. And when James X. Polk, Tho
mas Ii. Benton, Cass, Allen and Houston, c. J. Inger-
SOL Dromgoole and Bailey rub my ears, point out the
halls fthe Monezumas, must bark and run. yigH or
rrong? From such principles-from the Mexican
war-irom human bondage, may the good Lord dey-
err US.
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