Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-06-08
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
The Only True Test.


Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them."-
es' by the fruits; by the acs instead of opinions.
Inc Pharsees of old had frst-rate creed-which
they were careful every day to nullify by their works"
and traditions And in our Heaven-fa favored, but Sla
Verycursed land, there is enough speculative philan-
thropy-if that alone would do ito right every
wrong, gladden. every heart, and make this nation,
what Washington, Jefferson and every true patriot
and christian of the last century, meant it should be-
the happy home of the oppressed the favored abode
of Liberty for ALL.
But right speculation and wrong action Tor, no &C
ton) is not whit better than "aith without works"
and only amounts to this-"Therefore to him that
knoweth to do good and doetl it not to him it is sim"
but, Mr.. once a Wing, you seem very full of
scrpture-can't you give us something ese?"
Yes; and will, if this oAends you. Every man
you meet-and of course, every woman will own
Slavery wrong, deplorably wrong; it oughnot to be
SO, and must not. And their hearts, are SO aching
full of sympathy for the oppressed that you cannot but
think the long wished for, favored time has come;
the Jubilee of triumph about to sound from Maine
to the Rio Grande. But come to talk of acIon, what
a change their sympathies are in moment forgot
tcn they don't know about this Political Aboonism;
but are very much in favor Of moral sudSon and are
sure that VOTING is needless and wrong-and they
can't do that, any how. Moral suuson! you don't
catch them trying to raise corn by it. And there's
another thing you cannot find these moral-suason
folks in this work themselves. If you could, it would
prove them sincere and having tried that and found
it fail would be willing to adopt other lawful means
But they will not try their moral suason, but on
in favor of it, and willing others should use it. Yes,
and while others are and have been engaged in the
work, these benevolent souls will nine tenth's Of
them from habit or something else, vote for Slave
holder or northern dough-face, President!
Moral suasion was, II or II years ago, tried, faith
fully tried and what was the result? AT the North
mobs, brck-bats, rotten-eggs and every species Of
abuse, that guided men could think Of and dare
use. Even our Montpelier gave a sample and spec
linen Of it, and of the actors have neither dice
nor reponted. But at the South! [ cannot begin tc
express the Indignation manifested by the
"brotlcr Patrarchs,
By Isaac, Abraham and Noses"
to think their peculiar" institution, the darling o
heaven and greatest blessing on earth, should bt
questioned by those who chad no right to do it."
+ Can only tell that Gddings was expelled from AM
by Congress-all but kicked home, but somehow, hi
didn't stay at home. Old J. Q. Adams, had anvthn!
but a vote ofthanks from the same august body. Gu
liberty of the Press, was voted away by the Senate
or rather by Martin Van Buren, its presiding officer
Il l. 4b,to A. g., g
Publication BILL some Southern Senators rebuked thei
more shameless Northern allies by changing thei
vote.
But the threats and Imprisonment, the tarrng AM
ynchng; the "Death to .1boHton," Bowie kniyes an
the thousand shameful acts which would disgrace an
despotic government under heaven-are proof posi-
tive, that moral suasion will no more abolish SLAYER
here, than it did in Egypt $500 years ago And thes
advocates for it, act prudent part, by standing aloe
from danger whether they act wisely righteously an
do as they would that others should do to them-is fc
them to settle at the proper tribunal.
Under our Constitution, laws and government, W
all constituted politicians, or have direct nterey
in the subject. Some of us are made so by taxation
and this includes representation and legislation
least, so our Fathers decided it at Bunker Hi
and Yorktown and the world and tits thought HEAVIER
confirmed their decision. And if there is anythin
better than the ballotbox; Or if there is anything Elk
but the balobox, to bring shareholders to repentance
sh ould like to know it, and see it tried-and tre
soon. And till some other better way is proposed an
adopted-as one of the General Committee of tn
whole on the state of the Union move the ballot
used, without fear or favor Of any man, and in str
accordance with that oath, which qualified and col
sttuted US voters And there is no reason to doub
that if of the North were as unanimous for Libe
ty, the South is for slavery Shareholders woul
soon change their tone of arrogance for the inqur
"what must we do to be saved" from the curse
saveholding. There are enough good men in ever
Slave State, to readily answer the ntorrogatory
We all remombertho parable Or fable, of the was
oner stuck fast in the mud and how he was rebuko
for calling to Jupiter for help, before putting his cw
shoulder to the Wheel
Every goodman in our state and nation is, no doub
praying for the downfall of slavery, And he that ne
ects to USE in reference to the subject of his prayer
i the means within his reach the baot-box-s like Il
Il WAGNER who without putting his shoulder to tt
wheel, called to all the god he knew, to Jupiter: an
as Lorenzo Dow says "this is truth, and you cann
deny it,
ONCE WING, AND TWICE A FREEMAN.