Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1851-08-27
NATIONAL CONVENTION.

NATIONAL CONVENTION.
We are 10 have Convention that is settled and
two good and true will be put in nomination for the
Offices of President and Vice President Some Of our
leading free soil papers mighty dozy it, and
have forgotten apparently, that there such thing
free soil party. In fact, writer in the Era as
the ground that we must organize new party,
and take in freight by adding to the length and
breadth Of platform. The mammoth meeting at
Ravenna thought differently, and has given us the time
and place for glorious gathering. Organized not
organized, we in position where we active
avoid it, The system of slavery is stronger than
before, its forces better drilled its advocates
vgilant, its champions more daring, their tools more
servle and time-s serving
Slavery has lifted her hand and told the cergymen
of the land that Gods law must be denounced a
ganst slavery any of its enactments II to
dictate the pulpit and silence the convictions Of con-
science. But this cannot be as long slavery is re-
garded sin, so long will the moral of mankind
revolt against it, Strike from the minds of the people
the belief that Gods word disaows such niques as
slavery, and you have at blow made them all atheists
Look its evils 1t annihilaes marriage, the Oldest
institution the page of inspiration it destroys con-
science, and bids the slave obey the win of his master
II takes away the power of the parent the child
makes him the property of his owner, and places the
life of the slave in the hands of irresponsible power
strips the female of all protection, and makes her the
creature of unbrdled lust lit bots the slave from mo-
raj existence, sends him TO the grave in moral night,
and clouds his future in moral blackness WHAT tell
us that Gods word upholds such terrible outrages He
is bold blasphemer who utters il stabs truth 10 the
heart and drives right from the abodes of men
This is but n single feature of the thing. Conceived
as it is in spirit of niquy and outrage, every
ure it adopts is wrong and oppressive Sweet waters
flow from this bitter fountain. 1t seeks TO per-
petuate itself by diffusion by extensions and, trenched
il is in the heart of national politics, it makes a
part of the national heart, and sends its black blood
through every part of the system 1t corruptng our
national morality, literature pulpts, our domes
| tic circles Thus situated we cannot turn from
it, it is a breasts and ulcer in our
own stomachs. We cannot if we would evade the
struggle cannot if would, drop agitation; it il
heaving, restless volcano of wrong and outrage and
that of right which binds TO own welfare
leads TO defend the slave, and will keep eternaly in
motion this agitation. When the wings soop low at il;
footsoo for favors, the democratic press herads il OF
the wings of the wind, and the people drink full draf
of opposition TO the abasement. When the democrats
soop for favors the wings cry out that they services
that they the true Liberty party and that all Tho
'religon and decency is with them.
The fruits of these mutual determinations seen il
the production of factions Greeley and Seward mel
fighting the other wing of their national organization
and pushing the Websterites 10 the wall On the ohe
hand we have democratic boilers and Van Buren, hosts
and spirit of strife set in the very heart of the grea
National Democratic party The controversy won
sleep ;-pocians won't let il truth won't let it free
dom won't lei it God won't let such fostering corrup
ton rest in quiet, Justice, deep planted in our bosoms
will point the finger of slow, unmovng scorn at thu
hideous pile of lies and outrages heaped up around tn
black throne of slavery. 1t is hated by the civilized
world and hunted by the spirit of Chriss gospel wher
z ever IL Turks seeks a shelter.
/ We cannot go back or disband need not try il
The position of the old parties naturally impes u
onward the heaving ocean, dashed by tornado, doe
p. the gallant ship. Our vessel is launched; mus
keep her manned & well provisoned and steer strag
for the port of universal freedom.
For the sake of truth don't let sleep, but call th
friends of cause, from the granite hills of New Eng
land TO the slnvecursed fields of Kentucky to counse
with US at Cleveland the Oath of September next
to again of hostility to this towern!
le.-.aShtaJala (OhiO) Sentinel