Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-12-16

large number of human cattle. He is at the head Of
the theological seminary, to which large number of
slaves is attached, as It's property, and whose tolls and
abor5 90 to defray the current expenses oithe stu
Dents In this schuol of the Prophets, young men are
trained for the christian ministry, to preach the gospel
to the poorand degraded heather in foreign lands; and
the money to defray their current expenses is snatch
ed from the hard earnings of these slaves, who "enoy
religious liberty in an unexamped degree" 1t may
be that these slaves are permitted to sit beneath the
droppings Of the sanctuary and hear the young men
lecture; that the young theologans, in their ram
bles for exercise, wander into the cotton-feds and
rce-swampsand teach the slaves the "creed the Lords
Prayer, and the Ten Commandments" and that they
are regarded as enjoying unexamped liberty" because
they are allowed such exalted privileges But what
kind of liberty is that which dooms one man to hard
labor for life to defray the expenses Of another? Do
these unaught slaves, as they weller under burning
sum- and behold these pious students in their cool
rooms to whose support their own hard earnings are
devoted regard this "uneXampIed liberty" And
how could the good Bishop of Georgia lend his sane
ton to such sentiment when he practicng the
most brutal intolerance? Bishop Polk, also is
man of wealth, and owns large plantation which j.
worked BY slaves. The Bishop is kind aud melcifu
MASTER we doubt not, and yet it cannot be true tha
hi, slaves enjoy "unexamped religious berties."-
But these great and good men declare that i'll tlu
country we enjoy also, the greatest "ciyi liberty y"
We cannot suppose that they are ignorant OF the in
stiuton Of slavery, They are learned men, and un
derstand the system, and thirteen of them live a
midst it4 pracc Il denominations At the time they ut
tered the sentiment they knew that nearly four million
Of Americans were 10 the most degrading bondage, il
comparison with which, the bondage Of Egypt wa
"unexomplcd liberty" They knew that three million
were bought and sold like cattle in the market-tha
they suffered every civil prvaton and disabIy-tha
the right Of suffrage denied them-tha they cOuI
hold no office, however humble, nor testify an
court of Justice against white man--tbat they wer
shut out from the light Of science and ground down
the earth by cruel, barbarous and unrghtcous laws
These good men knew that every colored man from tn
free states was liable to be seized at the SOUTH throw
into prison a runaway slave, and if unable to prov
himself free man, he is sold into slavery to pay hi
Jail fees and yet in the face and eyes OF these facts
these Right Rev. Fathers declare that in this country
we "enioy civil Liberty in an uneXamped degree"
In most other countries Of the globe, slaves cannC
breathe-hunan beings are not reduced to goods an
J chatteI7; and yet in the opinion of these good mel
their civil liberties cannot begin to compare with ours
For one, am sick Of such miserable cant-such uth
eloquence vtinglorious bnlgtlngs about bert
and equal rights. These vapd herrangues are bad
nongh when found in poll icaI rubbish but much wors
when sanctioned by one OF the most ustrious an
; dignifed bodies Of modern times. E, H. SAYLES
East Berkshire. .NoU "a, 1917.