Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25

g,s the United States 1921 90, and the Judiciary
committee have reported in favor of taking this
money out of the pockets Of the people, and pay
ing it to him. Here man put in jail by
order of a private individual, and kept there
three gears and fee months, lying upon cold
brick floor. In what other land would it be
tolerated? Had he committed any crimes
Not any, He had attempted to escape from
slavery to land of liberty, and for this attempt
for three long years and half he was shut out
from the light of day And remember, this
was done in the District of Columbia, where the
people of the United States represented in Con-
aress have exclusive jurisdiction" and now
they are asked to pay more than four hundred
dollars for this barbarity, and committee, a
majority of whom are Northern men, report in
favor of the payment And this is but one SOL
itary case out of one hundred and eighty, IN
which the Marshal asks pay. O, Could the
people take look into that jail and witness the
burning tears that are there shed, and listen to
the agony of the broken heart-could they see
what have seen, surely they would not place IN
power doughfaced partizans whose hearts are so
calloused by the love Of gain, that they cannot
be touched by the feelings of humanity. Surely
they would break away from the thraldom Of
party, and would edo Justly, and love mercy"
But as parties are now constituted nothing eff
fectual will be done so long as Northern men
strive for political success through union witt
Shareholders AS well expect that religion viii
triumph by taking into the Church its bitter en-
emies, as that liberty can triumph through the in
strumentality Of either the wing or democratic
party through the aid of shareholders IN 1t. Tc
keep up such union, you have to cry "GO0o
Lord," on one side of Mason and Dixion's line
and "GOOd Deo3," upon the other side; and
am sorry to say that many Northern men who
were the loudest i'll ploclliming Good Lord
when north Of that line, are the most jealous in
shouthing Good DeUH when on this side Of IT.
They regard this as necessary to prove they are
not abotionsts, in the same way that Arnold
after his traltorsm, carried fire and slaughter IL
to New England, and every where marked his
footsteps in boop, to prove the sincerity of his
newborn zeal in the cause Of Great Britain
The present Congress has abundance of talen
more than any Congress that has assembled
here for years, but nothing is to be hoped from
it in the cause Of liberty The people may in
deed be thankful, if before it rises, it does no
even refuse to block the wheels of slavery. Ia
lent, indeed, is not what is needed here. We
need men who love liberty more than party
men who are ready to be offered, upon the ALTA
Of freedom, if necessary to its universal triumph
Thank God there are few such men here nov
the salt of the land. In the Senate, there il
Hale, firm as the granite hills from whence bt
came. In the House is Giddings from our owr
good state, who trampIes the arguments of op
pressors themselves, and the doughlaced apologi
zers of oppression and lays them trembling anc
prosirate as the loaming pillows of Lake Eric
excited by the angry tempest, take up the Graf
that ride upon her bosom, and throw them al
wrecked upon her shore. Then there are Pal
frey, and Tuck, and others that are coming NJ
to glorify humanity, by rescuing Gods image
from being brutalized by oppression. Let the
people stand by these men-men who have beer
tried and whom neither threats, nor hope o
gain, could swcrye hairs breadth from the paths
Of rectude. Slavery is doomed The Soutl
begin to feel it and grow pale. Let the Nortl
maintain steady hand in this hour Of trial, anC
victory will soon perch upon the banners Of free
dom. The spell of slavery will be broken, anC
"the oppressed 90 free" Then in our hearts
without hypocrisy, we will join with Europe
emancipated host, and shout hallelujahs to the
triumph Of freedom.
T. S. II.
IVnsh;1Dt0n. Anvil "a. 1919