Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-06-17

his soul is bartered must he appropriated to
spread the Gospel among the Heather.
Sir. | feel it is good to be here. There IS al
WAYS work to be done. Slavery is everywhere
Slavery goes out in the Cambria and comes BACK
in the Cambria. Slavery was inthc E'angellcai
Alliance. looking sanity in the person OF Rev
Doctor Smyth; it was III the World l eihpeI-
ance Convention, in the person oi heN, MI
Kirk DIR Marsh went about saying, III 50 mlhy
words that the unfortunate Shareholders IN n
merica were so peculiarly situated, SO enyroned
Nv uncomfortable circumstances that they could
NOT Hberate their slaves; that if they were to
emqncipatc them they would be, in many nstan-
ces. cast into prison. Sir, it did me coed to go
around on the heels of this gentleman was
clad to follow him around for the sake OF my
country. for the country IS not, alter all, so bad
as Rev. Dr. Marsh represented tito be. MY TEL
low countrympn, what think ye he sad OF you
ON the other side of the Atlantic lie said you
were not only pro-Slavery, but that you actually
aided the Stakeholder in holding his Slaves Sc
curely in his grasp; that, in fact, you compelled
him to be a Stakeholder This deny. You
are not so bad as that You do not compel the
Shareholder to be a Shareholder.
And Rev Dr. Cox, too, talked great deal
over there; and among other things he said that
many Slayehoders-dear Christian men were
sincerely anxious to get rid of their Slayes;' and
to show how difficult it is for them to get rid Of
their human chattols, he put the following case
A man living in a State, the laws of which COM
pei all persons em9ncipating their slaves to re-
move them beyond its limits, wishes to llboratc
his slaves, but he is to poor to transport them be-
yond the confines Of the State IN Which he re-
sides therefore he cannot emanciplte them
he is necessarily Shareholder. Bat, sir, there
was one fact, which happened, fortunately to
have on hand Just at that time, which completely
neutralized this very affecting statement Of the
Doctors 1t so happens that Messrs, Gcrrit
Smith and Arthur Tappan have advertised for
the especial benefit Of this afflicted class OF
Shareholders that they have set apart the sum OF
$40, 900 to be appropriated in aiding them to re-
move their emancipated Slaves beyond the jurs-
dicton of the State, and that the money would
be forthcoming on application being made for it;
but no SucA application waS cpcr maae. This
shows that, however truthful the statements O.
these gentlemen may be concerning the thngs
of the world to come, they are Iamentably rec1
less in their statements concerning things apper
tanning to this world do not mean to say TIM
they would designedIy tell that which is false
but they did make the statements which | have
ascrbed to them.
And Doct Cox and others charge me will
having stirred up warke feeling while abroad
This charge, also, | deny. The whole of my
arguments and the whole of my appeals, while
was abroad, were in favor Of anything else thu
war | embraced every opportunity to propagate
the principles of Peace while was in Grea
Britain | confess, honestly that were not
Peace man, were a believer in fighting at all,
should have gone through England, saying to En-
gIishmen as Englshmen, There are 5000, 90
of men across the Atlantic who are whipped
scourged, robbed of themselves, denied ever
privilege denied the right to read the Word {
the God who made them, trampled under foo
denied all the rights Of humln beings; 90 to thei
rescue shoulder your muskGts, buckle on you
knapsacks, and in the invincible cause of IIum2
Rights and Universal Liberty 90 FORTH and tn
laurels which you shall win will be as fadelcs
and as impcrishablc as the eternal aspirations @
the human soul after TINT Freedom which ever
being made after Gods image nstinctvely feel
is his birthright This would have been m
course had | been a war man. That such wa
not my course, appeal to my whole carec
while abroad to determine
Weapons of war we have cast from the catt'e
Truth is our armor-our watchword is Love;
flushed be the sword and the muskery's rattle,
All our equipments are drawn from above.
Praise then the God of Truth,
EIoary age and ruddy youth:
Long may our rally be
Love, Light and Liberty
Ever our banner the banner Of Peace"
Mr.. Douglass took his seat in the midst of tn
most enthusiastic and overwhelming applause, i
which the whole of the vast assembly appeare
heartily to join