Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1853-10-12

and ll.hat is wanted is TO let one another know how
you feel, and you will be surprised to find so many
others ready to follow those deeply impressed convc
tons Do not be alraiu. Let every true man in the
State know every other true man. You may be Old
Hunkers. They not the worst creatures in the
world, because there are great many old Hunkers
who have humanity in their hearts, but the difficulty
is that they have long been in the habit of neglect
ing their humanity that they have almost forgotten
that they had any. Now let this manhood come up,
let it have vent You have voted all your lives with
party, but do you know how many times you have
voted against conviction! Make up your minds to
follow your convictions TO the baot-boxes and when
you have made up your mind tell your neghbor, and
YOU will be surprised to find that he is ready TO do
the came thing You want some sort of system in
this State by which those determined TO stand right
and act together upon this great question: may know
every other true heart
Now let me say single word to a class Of my
audience not generally supposed to have much TO do
with this matter. want to appeal to the women of
New York. I sec some disposed to sheer and
ask, "Why talk to the women! they do not vote"
know it, know it used to be the fashion, once,
when you had meeting to belte it by saying most
of the audience were and children. Very
good If wanted to regener1te the State, give me
an audience of women and children. Give me them,
and the old gentlemen may stay at home or CO. If
thew please but take the back seats But let the
women and children come; let the truth sink deep
into their hearts The women of New York have
an immense responsibility. Think of your daughters.
Think what horrible lot is before them, brought up
to womanhood blooming in youth and beauty, and
adorned with all the accomplishments of life and
then be consigned TO the--emhraces OF old Hun
kers. [Great laughter. ask mothers to see that the
first lessons of maternal love are mingled with admo-
ofc ,is in he Son
ate of the United States, received letter from the
mother of five children. She wrote about the time
of the passage of this beautiful Compromise Act
She wrote in despair, and put the question TO me,
"What can dol | have determined that | can do
one thing and that will do faithfully will indoc-
trinae The chiidyen." And when she has done that,
she has done much. You can do much, very much to-
wards the moral g. political regeneration of this State
One other subject. l want to appeal to Christians
to those who pofess to be the followers of the Prince
of Peace. | tell you it is my settled and firm con-
vction that if the Churches would Just wake up to
the first principles of their duty, it would not be left
to poor politicians like myself argue this question
Though | may drive slavery out of the Democratic
or out of the Wing party, what can do if it can &c
and hide itself behind the affairs of the Church,
What good for poor politicians to talk about slavery
if you 90 into the Churches of the Lord Jesus Christ
with hands dripping with the blood and pollution OF
slavery and sit down and break the elements of his
cruciied body | ask you, Christian friends to wake
up upon the subject and let there be in the high
places of the Church, and in the low places, too fl
deity this great question, and do not let those who
reeking with the guilt and pollution and blood Of
this sin find excuse counenance in the fellowship
with which you receive them into the Christian
Church. Just as long the Church halts, and fa
tiers upon this subject, long will slavery maintain
its position in the field.
But it is said that at the north we have nothing ic
do with slavery. l think l have demonstrated that
if we have nothing to do with slavery, slavery has
great deal TO do with We at least form this
TeSOlutIbn, u
be arrested, if the judgment of Heaven must come
down upon the nation for the multiplied wrongs o
this system we resolve that in the day of reckon
ing the blood of the victims of oppression shall no
be found upon oar garments. Great applause.