Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-03-11
Mr.. HaIe'S Letter.
& e. A. A. B R'Sn1J' Secretaries.

CHELSEA, Feb. 18TH 1917.
Dear Sir: Owing to i'll health ! was prevented
from attending the annual Convention of the Liberty
Party at Brandon on the 9th ut. and the same cause
must prevent my attending at Danville next week.
Yesterday for the first time for weeks, went out of
my house, AMI am gaining strength so slowly, that
it would be presumption to think of being at Dan
vile.
1t gave me pleasure to learn that the Brandon Con-
venton so fully attended and so ably represented.
In my opinion the there adopted, must, with
the blessing Of God have tendency to promote the
great object for which we labor and pray to wit: to
establish justice, to promote the general welfare and
secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our
posterity."
Oh, when shall the great body of this nation-espe-
ciay that portion of it, technically termed free, live as
though we believed there was truth in the saying that
all men are created equal, and are alike entitled to
life, Liberty and the pursuit Of happiness? When shall
the Church in all its branches awake to the importance
Of the responsibilities resting on them, to make known
the glad tdngs of salvation to the Heather IN our ocl
lani well to those in foreign ands2 True, some
of our northern christians, who have spent some time
at the South, AMI have had some acquaintance with
house SERVANTS and heard some Mothers in Israel Tempt
to mpa oral instruction from certain portions of the
scriptures to their domescs, deny that there is any
heatlenism amongst the slave population of the south;
but pretend that it is all humbug Of the abolitionss
to secure sympathy and support for their zone idea
party. On this subject, let the south answer for them
selves
In 1888, committee appointed by the synod Of
South Carolina and Georgia, amongst other things
repOred the moral and religious condition of the
Slaves as follows:
"W,o wond credit it, that in these years of rev-
val andbenevolen effort, in this christian republic
there are over two millions Of human beings in the
condition O. heather, and in some respects, in acorsc
condition. From long continued and close obseva
ton, we believe that their moral and religious cond
ton such that they may Justly be considered The hen
thin Of this Christian country, and will bear compari
son with heather in any other part of the world"
AT later period the Synod of Kentucky, speaking
of the system Of slavery existing in that State
SAYS: SIT plralyzes the hands Of those who woulf
carry to the slave the bread of life and inevtabl,
consign, the great mass of them to unending per
dition."
Such admissions as these are worth infinitely NOR
than all the fine spun apologies of northern "dorgh
faces" who have spent few months, perhaps years
in the South, amongst the most humane and refine
portion of Society. But" say some OF the norhcr
apologsts, "Savery, to be sure is an evil, mot sin
bnt what can we do to remove, or prevent it? 1t e.
lists, and we are not responsible for it, 1t is not und'
our control, and time and circumstances must woi
out the cure of the evil" But sir we contend that
have something--yea much to do with slavery an
that we have remedy to prevent Its increase, ar
speedily to bring about its entire overthrow IN OF
country.-A remedy, peaceable, quiet, etfectnal I'll
remedy, the Liberty Party say is to be found at tn
ballot box-that potent engine for good or for ev
according as it is used Let the north unite and So
awe will support no man Tor President or Wee IRE
ident, or any other important office under our Cover
nent. who is Shareholder, or who, in his official
pacitv will sustain or connive at its continue ncei al
in less than ten years, have no doubt the work
be accomplished.
But let US see what shareholders say OF the rene