Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-01-28

Letter from Rev. J. c. ASpenwall.
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 18th, l647.

Letter from Rev. }. L. ASpCnWalI.
Mr. EDITOR Il have just read your last No. with
than usual interests though of the five or six pa
pers take, the Freeman is always received with far
the greatest interest The thought that there should
be any falling off from your subscription list is painful
to me; for the requires an increased circulation
and Iknoc that you cannot afford to lose one of your
present subscribers.
All the friends in the northern and middle parts of
the State should make grand rally for its support III
once for unless they do, seriously fear an insuppora-
Bile burden will be thrown upon the publisher Its cir
cuaon in this and the west part of the State will now
be diminished of course. The first No. of the &C.
MUS of Liberty" published at Ludlow, by Brother An
gicr; very respectable Sheet made its appearance
yesterday. understand the good people of that town
furnish two hundred subscribers and we shall do what
we can for it here and at other places in this vicinity
We must also know what the National Era" has to
say. But with all these new and excellent things,
there is great danger Of forgetting old and faithful
friends. Now in these circumstances what is it best
to do? Ihave concluded to take them all, and when
have read them what can myself, scatter them
among my neighbors. At any rate cannot give up
the Freeman, and | hope others will not | do not
believe there is any way can do so much good with
the means God has put into our hands.
The earth has brought forth beautifully, and still
produce brings high price, The railroad build
ers IRE als) bringing an abundance of money
among us. Shall we not edo good and communicate
while we have ability? God will bless us in it. ant
shall feel thousand times better than to hoard
up to be squandered by others or perhaps be ours,
to those who come after us.
Our feelings in this place are often reused by visit
from those who have just left the land of whips pad
dies and humbscrews; with laceraed bodies, fleeing
from two-legged demons, and weeping for the love,
ones they have left behind whose faces they will SCI
no more till they meet at the Bar of God. One wa
here this week, right from the proud state of Maryland
He started for liberty once before, and taken bac
after lie had got almost to Philadelphia and an adver
isement was out for him in that city this time, severa
days before he got there His sufferings on the wa,
J were great, and he says he would not endure then
again for house full of gold; though he overcam
them cheerfully in prospect of the glorious boon
liberty. His master formerly owned sixteen or seven
teen but they have nearly all left his fatherly care,
provide for themselves. -Four or five who left at ON
time wrote him back from Canada that they were do
ing pretty well, and were quite happy, but wanted h
should send them of the money they had earned
Their letter happened to be read in the hearing of on
who told his sister the whole story, and she of cours
told it to all her acquaintance.
This is no time for the friends of God and humant
to be idle. Let us take good supply of truth-telnI
papers, and furnish ourselves with knowledge o
what congress is DOING rather what the slave pow
is doing, through their tools at Washington and al
turn lecturers. With tclerable amount of knowcdg
on this subject, one plain, honest farmer may easi
chase thousand pro-slavery ministers, doctors an
lawyers; and two poor crushed slaves can put tel
thousand ofthem to flight.