Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-04-13
From the Kentucky Examiner,
John G, Rec.


The day will be when Kentucky will be proud
of this honest, singe-minded minister of God
Born among us, he dared, in dark hour,
to speak out in all things pertaining to the adj
vancement Of true religion For time be had
to suffer. For a long season, hot and angry
reproaches fell thick upon him, and even the
bretheren avoided him There is a change
now, and the hour of persecution is past, thank
God Abroad, he is reyered at home he can
90 where lie pleases, and will meet every where
warm, welcome hearing from all sides the eX-
cIamation, " he endured his snferings patient
Iy, anG is good man"
1t is thus that fidelity is rewarded If like
the meek and just FEE, we possessed this quail
ity. how would sin and folly be overcome, and
evil vanish!
We observe that this good man has been give
lng his experience to the Era as to the good
cause, and the manner in which it should be
conducted. Who better able to advised From
whom should we be more wiling to hear advice?
We copy from his letter what follows -
Now, too, is the time for action, If we wait
until the slave area is increased until slave rep
late. The destiny of unborn millions will be
irrevocably fixed and lands whose pure atmos.
phere has breathed only the notes of happy free
men, will bear on its bosom the groans of the
bondman. Friends of Freedom Shall coming
generations anathematize us as sluggards, as
towards, or as traitors! Shall the blood of
thousands stain our garments in time, and their
groans haunt our souls in eternity Forbid it,
humanity Forbid it, Heaven
There ought to be in the field scores of effc.
ent and discreet mem The value Of good Anti.
Slavery papers is MISUNDERSTANDING neces-
sary Still the living speaker has power to
instruct, arouse, and associate in the common
cause, the AntSlavery men of the nation, that
ought not to be lost. This power of the living
speaker is as real in the Aut-Slayery cause as
in the common preaching of the gospel. The
men selected for this work should be men of the
right stamp. This prepares us to notice some
facts given to US by friends of the cause in our
late tour.
|, Injury has been done to the cause by too
often dlVorclng it from religion or even any
religious exercise. Great injury was done to
the Temperance cause in this way; and, be-
eve, is one reason of its decline in many parts
of our nation, Said late writer, The more
see of Slavery, the more fully am | convinced
that whenever we move against sla, cry, we
ought to do 50 because it is a sin against God
Whenever we loose sight of this, we lose our
hold upon the conscience" And when we have
lost this, we have lost a great power We may
by burlesque or witty sayings, gather rabble of
vain hearts after US; but they are not the men
who will stand in those hours of trial which "try
mems souls" The conscience must be moved
2. The lecture-room has, in some cases.
been made a place of merriment-even of buff.
oonery. The consequence is, that many now
come to the Anti-Slavery lectures, thinking that
it is place to talk and laugh, and that they
will hear something to feed their merriment--
The sober and influential men and women are,
in some places, beginning to stay away. We
should not loose these.
3. Injury has been done TO the cause by men
(who have been neglected or opposed) pouring
a TRADE of invective, or abuse upon their oppo-
nents. This leads the mass of persons to con-
Of revenge and ambition, rather than love fer
the souls of men, glory to God, OF even the good
Of their country; that these men think more Of
self than they do of the cause. As conse-
quence, people will grow suspicious of all Anti
Slavery men, even Of the cause itself Now,
this need not be- We can differ from men, yet
do it kindly. We can rebuke error in great
faithfulness; yet as the apostle says, In meek.
ness, peradventure the Lord may give them re-
pentance to the acknowledgement of the truth"
The cause ia which we have engaged is a
noble one. 1t seeks to free the church of Christ
from its greatest curse, our country from its
Gonest blot, the slave from his CALLING chains
1t is generous, expansive, Godlike We should
be wise yet decided and active in the means we
employ
Yours in behalf Of
Human Freedom.
JOHN G. FEE,