Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-05-22

these States and the former cities OF refuge r
Well. the former received the fugitive joyuly,
treated him courteousy, and suffered not the
avenger Of blood" to pass the line; But the
latter must be caught, chained, dragged oacN.-
And if we don't help do it, $1,000 tne' and SIX
months in prison that's all.
No wit will naturally be asked, Unto what shalt
we impute the difference between the Punish-
ment of crime in the two aforenamed tegltlVesF
Well, can't tell unless it be something AXE
this-God was President Of Congress in those
DAYS; so of course, mercy, righteousness, and
peace, was the natural fruit Of that adm'nlstra-
ton. But since God has been turned out OF
Congress, and one of the new names OF men mas
taken His place, the fruit appears quite OF anoth-
er cast NORWOOD and gall
Well, the readers will ask again, Have you
not got about through with that bill Have yon
not already said enough on that subject? No,
not vet. We must weigh it off with sacred
moral precept, and see what figure 1t makes
in that scale Take, for instance, these words,
+" Be careful to entertain Strangers" Now who
is SO great a stranger as poor lonely fugitive !?
But the bill says if you do, vengeance is your
lot. Take another" See that ye break every
yoke and let the oppressed go Free" But the bill
says not so, but, Put on double yoke and take
him back into bondage. Take another, do
Oh hnr bon
ed among these "aH menu" Read again.
&C Feed The hungry" Who is half so hungry as
a fugitive /? "Cloihe the Naked" Who is half
so naked as the black save2 But we will sum
all up together, and say, we find no moral pre-
cept given. IN either the Old or New Testament,
which may have bearing on this case, but are
confronted fiat and plain by this abusive, God
dsbonoriug, en,darlng bill.
We will close this comparison with the appli
cable words of the Son of Man, Depart from
me, ye curstd, into everlasting fire, prepared to'
the deva and his angels :" He then gives them TIC
understand why" For IDdS an hu,tgered, ana
ye gaze me no meat Iwus thirsty, and ye garC
ms no meat !" &c. &c.
Now fellow-countrymen, you see, we are plac
ed between two fires. True, they differ in ele.
ment and magnitude, yet both are distressing
On the one hand, the slave bill says VIC shal
not do the least good deed to these strangers
and more than that,-if we do not assist the
pretended claimant in experimenting them, ant
taking them back again into slavery, then W.
shall, without distinction of persons or character
pay one Thousand dollars, and suffer close con
fnement six months. And, on the oher hand
if we neglect to do this, everlasting fire is thu
penalty. And now, what shall we say 10 thes
things? Say this, "B the Lord be God, SerU
hun !" but if our Wh,g Congress, and The South
be God then serue them.
shall be intenogated again, " can't you sto
here ?" No, have not come to full stop yet
This case must be tried once more. Remembe
that slaves aud souls of men," have ever beer
through all ages, the merchandise of Babylon
And you see, here she is in the fugitive bill
slaves and souls of men," Read the eight
eenh chapter of Revelations There you ma
see we are not only commanded to come out
her, but we must pay her up Yes, must 'dout
lie unto her double:for all her works." And no,
we will try this case once more The Who'll
Bible seems to represent two kingdoms in tn
world,--one the kingdom of light and the othe
the kingdom Of darkness. Two princes, alst
are set over these two kingdoms one called til
prince of light, and the other the prince of dark
ness. And our orthodox divines tell us, that a
men are under the power of the prince Of dark
ness by nature but we are, at the same time, q
liberty to turn fugitive and run away from tn
prince of darkness, and come over into the king
dom of light.
They tell us, also, that the prince of darkness
is bard master, (some like the STAKEHOLDER
keeps his subjects in slavery, gives them moth
ing fit to eat, keeps them naked, works ther
hard, whips them often, and keeps them in pei
petual ignorance, and in the end will be eternal
Iy FURNISHED. The prince of light will eceiv
US gladly, never will give US up to our old claim
ant, and will feed us, clothe US, bless us, CON
fort us, guide US, guard us, and forever keep u
in the kingdom of life, light, and liberty; an
in the end eternal life.
And to prove the doctrine true, many witne
SEES say they have tried it, and find things ju:
exactly as the divines have represented. The
all bear record that the friend of darkness ha
) tried his best and worst to drag them back agai
into bondage, but he cannot. He has, also, ser
out false teachers, 10 decoy, to bewilder, an
to bring them back again into slavery bl
all to no purpose. So then the old infernl
FIEND, with all his IMPS, cannot make out
recover one of his fugitives, who have deselte
his kingdom Of darkness, and have fled for re
uge to the kingdom of light
But, behold, our Wing Congress, in the Fl
=, nous, or rather infamous fugitive slave bill, he
fairly, or unfairly, outdone old Apolyon, an
has so far gone beyond him, that he will, if h
is wise, yield the palm, and for the future, Il
, the Congress of these United States go ahead
More next time, Gentlemen Freesoi Democrat
Your most obedient and and humble serv't,
not MOSES OF OLD, but
, OLD MOSES.
Sheffield, April %, 1850.
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