Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-03-23

Tor her she besought the friends of freedom to wres
her from the liability of being sold to yet drag out 9TH
er years. ser of the naughty southron The friends
OF humanity bid well for her, they acted worthy !;
but the monster too mighty for them. She rested
upon mere point while her noble SONS and daughters
viewed with trembling anxiety her critical state but
the hammer tell,-it too late,-she was gone and
doomed yet longer to go and come, however degrading
may be the work, at the nod of her master. We adj
mt iully the disappointment we feel We had looked
for her redemption from the infamy which she but
justly and too willingly suffers by her strong alliance
to the despotic army of American man crushers, and
Tor triumphant egress Of her yeomanry from the pale
OF oppression. Our prepared to hear from her
hllI-tops and vallies the jubilant shout
"New Hampshire is free,-henceforth she treads a
new path-that which guides to freedom and to
peace"
We say we are disappointed so we are. Not so
much however that the Liberty party have failed to
elect their candidates. but that the monster Slavery in
all his ugllness and deormity hedous in every fea-
ture, should yet be Rugged and nourished by the sons
of New England We had more confidence in the
men who dwell among the Granite Hills than to think
that they would still maintain their grasp upon sys-
TEN of unparalleled niquity to accomplish the aims of
a despotic clique. The result is a master triumph of
wrong over right-of fasehood over truth, oftyranny
over liberty, of monarchy over repubcanism. Yes,
truths as important as ever were uttered by Him who
could not lie hushed into silence by the device of
the father of lies aided by his willing instruments in
that and other states Principles benevolent ey-
lorn tho Of &c
Love- todden in the dust by the step those who
become ready emmssaries in this great wrong. De-
cepton, fraud and intrigue, yea and the basest
and most servie trickery have been the implements
used to do the work of sin in this matter In the dark
world of despair they originated and ththerward is
their tendency
But Liberty men ofVermont, this result is not with
out its teachings to you. The whole matter is repete
with loud warnings and each iniqutous feature which
the scheme presents calls to you, lest you walk the
same downward road, You see in this, the niquity
which you must encounter before your cherished
state can be redeemed. You may labor slightly on
but mighty struggle must be made ere the foe is
conquered. Ten thousand resorts will be made to
tain Vermont with oppression, and to check in the
love for free principles. Schemes worthy of concoc
ton in pandemonm will be developed, as having beer
in operation to chain you to slavery. Sin is a host
and can use devices OF which you think not to acili
tate its work. Prejudice has strong hold upon thu
mind of the people, and ignorance blinds their eyes,
If your work is ever triumphant it will be at sacri
fee on your part yet, victory is yours as surely a
heaven shall triumph over hell Look not to men, o
to numbers; but confidently trusting in the righteous
principles which you would establish, we entreat you
f to labor on spirit is among the people which the
tmid now, will nevertheless anon rend the chains o
OPPRESSION and lead them on though pleasant walks
a condition of exalted national honor Whatever thel
may be our immediate prospects, though they ma
be dark, and uninvtng,--though the sun of righte
BUSINESS may entirely blotted from the horizon
yet labor on and know that very soon it shall shin
out from the zenith with day effulgence and it
$ rays falling upon the you have trodden, sha
reveal to you that though you doubted then, you
nevertheless right Up, hen,-and with becoming cr
. ergy, pursue the work you have enlisted to do, an
soon, earlier than you are aware perhaps you sha
hail the dawn of the day when oppression in Amerc
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