Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-04-01

reverent hearts and devout thanksgivings to take
the bread of life at the same ALTAR could not
but indulge the hope that ere long my spirit may
be refreshed by such scenes in every part of my
diocese while could not help believing that,
had some OF our brethren of other lands been
present, they would have been induced to change
the note OF their wailing, over imaginary suffer-
ing, into the heartfelt exclamation, { Happy are
the people that are in such a case yea, blessed
are the people whO haze the Lord for their God
Often at such times have | wished for the
presence of my friend the good Bishop of Ok
ford, as have felt assured that, could he but
once witness what it is my happiness to witness,
though in a too imperfect state, his manly heart
would prompt him to ask instant pardon of the
American church, for his having spoken so
harshly upon a subject which he so inperfectly
understood and that he would perceive that his
Christian sympathy might find much more ma
turaI vent in efforts to remove the cruel oppres-
sions ofthe factory system in his own country,
and his Christian Indignation a much more le-
gitimate object ofrebuke in the English church
men who have helped to rivet that system upon
their land"
If ever TRUTH is peculiarly obligatory, it is
when a Bishop, acting in his high and holy Of
fee, addresses a council of the church of God
We are here informed that our brethren of other
lands have raised a &" note of waiIling over I'M
AGINARY suffering y and the context forbids
us to understand the expression in any other sense
than a solemn official declaration that Southern
slavery is unattended with real actual suffering !!
The assurance is also avowed, that had the BIZ
shop of Oxford witnessed the scenes at Soup
pernong, he would have been prompted to ask
instant pardon of the American church, for hav-
ing spoken so harshly upon subject which he
so imperfectly understood. Such an assurance
is no less wonderful than unwarranted. The
on which the Bishop is accused Of hav-
ing spoken harshly, and without understanding
it, is American slavery, and the support afford
ed it by the American church.
Your address, sir, is the first response made to
the Bishop of Oxford's reproofo of the American
church. So long as it was hoped the reproof
would be suppressed in this country, a most pro-
silence was observed respcctingi it. Scarce
ly an Episcopalian in the country seemed to
know that the history of his church had been
written by an eminent English divine. But no
sooner is an extract from his history published,
bearing upon the horrors of Southern slavery,
and the delinquencies of our Bishops and clergy
respecting it, than you think proper to represent
him as imperfectly acquainted with the subject,
and profess to believe that, if better informed,
he would ask instant pardon of the church for
what he had written.* 1t is to be regretted, sir,
that you found it inexpedient to specify the al
legged suffering which you pronounce imaginary,
or to point out a single mistake into which
your good brother of Oxford has fallen, and
which would tend in any degree to verify your
charge against him, of imperfectly understanding
his subject. But, sir, there are writer's against
whom you, a Northern man, will not think it de-
corous to bring a similar charge. The follow
ing witnesses, you will perceive, differ from you
as to the blessedness of Southern slavery, and
dare to call it wrOng, without waiting for a new
revelation from Heaven
WASHINGTON Your late purchase of an es-
tate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view Of
emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and
noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a
like spirit might difuse itself generally into the
minds of the people of this country, "-Letter to
Lafayette, 10Th May, 1856.
JEFFERSON " Can the liberties of nation
be thought secure, when we have removed the
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people that these liberties are the gift of Cod
that they are not to be violated but with his
wrath Indeed, | tremble for my country
when | reflect that God is just that his justice
cannot sleep forever that, considering numbers
nature, and natural means only, a revolution oil
the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is
among possible events that it may become pos
sible by supernatural interference. The Almigh.
ty has no attribute which can take side with us in
such a contest, "-NotcS on Virginia,
MADISON " Many circumstances at the pre-
sent moment seem to concur in Frightening the
prospects of the society, and cherishing the hope
that the time will come when the drcadtut calam.
ity which has so long afflicted our country, ant
filled so many with despair, will be gradually re
moved to american Colonization SO
cicty, goth December, 1881.
MONROE We have found that this evil (sla
very has preyed upon the very vitals of the com
munity, andhas been prejudicial to all the State
in which it has existed. "-Specch in Virginia
Convention.
WILLIAM PINKNEY " 1t is really matter o
establishment to me, that the people of Maryland
do not blush at the very name of freedom. No
content with exposing to the world, for near
century, a speaking picture of abominabh oppres
sion, they are still ingenious to prevent the hanc
of generosity from robbing it of half its horrors.
Speech on Slavery in Maryland House Of Dele
gates, 1889.
Patrick HENRY at is a debt we owe thu
purity of our religion, to show that it is at pari
dnce with that law which warrants slavery
Letter to A. Benezet.
MANUMMIss1oN SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA
" In the eastern parts of the State, the slave
considerably outnumber the free population
Their situation there is wretched beyond dcscrip
ton. Impoverished by the mismanagemen
which we have already attempted to describe, tn
master, unable to supply his own grandeur am
maintain his slaves, puts the unfortunate wretche
*No doubt, the whole church of England migt
with equal ~propritety be called to ask pardon OF he
American daughter, as it is to be hoped every one c
her Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, most cordially cor
ours in the ~propriety and Justice of the Bishop of o.
ford's reproot. The Bishop OF Norwich, in n letter
10Th October, 1910, to an American gentleman VIII
had furnished him with certain papers, including POI
tons of Freeman's sermon, and Bishop lves's endorse
a