Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-12
Slavery VS.. Freedom.

The following from The Augusta (Ga.) Chron'
icle of ate date illustrates better than thous-
and sermons or orations, the utter immpossibili-
ty Of long sustaining our republican institutions
if the slave power is permitted to Coon increds-
ing as of late. IF such proceeding are to be
had for such simple and harmless exercsosof
the constitutional rights Of every citizen, the
next step will be to the chains and tofures of
the Inquisition. and even the North will not long
be exempt from the iron despotism.- Ed.
By the telegraph, and slip from the office of
the Georgia Citizen, published at Macon, under
date of Saturday last we learn that, IN conse
quence Of some offensive matter contained IN a
letter from Atlanta, under the signature Of Ca
briel,' in that paper of the 23d instant, a meet
ing Of citizens was held on that day. which re-
solved to appoint committee of fifteen to cali
on the editor and proprietor, DR.. l.. u. w. An
drews, and demand the author Of the offensive
letter, and TO notify him that he should not is
sue another number of his paper in Macon.
The Committee waited on hun to whom he
gave the authors name but says he will de-
termine hereafter as to the issue of his paper
The matter complained OF, says the editor, is
contained in the following paragraph
"ATLANTA, Aug. 81, 1850.-Among the nu-
merous buildings that are now nlpfocess of cree
ton in this city, is one in full view of, and
scarcely u stones throw FROM the Atlanta Hotel,
which is designed as a depot for the safe-keep-
ing and sale of negroes. Two thirds of our
people who know the purpose for which it is in
tended are opposed to lis completion, but as vet
| ha,,n 1of boit t,l, n,
it. On Sabbath last, however, the heavey rain
with which we were visited washed away near
one-thlrd of the eastern wall thus showing Ito
the minds of omen believers at least) that Provi-
dence dsapproves the unhallowed purpose for
winch the building is designed. For my own
part am fire, to say I should rejoice to see it
RACED to the ground as often as its owner re-
bull Ids it,"
From present appearances having, heard only
one side of the question, this seems to tls a most
high-handed outrage upon the rights Of citi-
zen and the freedom of the press.
Ofthe editor we, know nothing except through
his paper, the conduct of which in many re-
spects we have never approved; nevertheless,
he his entitled TO the protection of the law:
The speakers at the meeting were J. A. Jones,
of Paulding, Howard of Crawford, and Bilbo,
of Baker county.
The Augusta Conslituhonaii8t has the follow
ing remarks on the same subject:
"THE GEORGIA CiT1zEN.--.Tt will be seen by
a dispatch to the Saahnnah Georgian, that so in
dignant have the people of Macon become at
the course pursued by the editor of that paper,
that meeting was held and a resolution passed
requiring the edeitor to take himself of and his
materials, in the space of ten days. The Of
lensive articles were the remarks of the editor
in his paper issued after the mass meeting was
held, and portion of a correspondents letter
from Atlanta under the signature of "G4brieI."
We have before us a private letter from Ma
con, dated August %, which says: