Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-13

Suffer me, then, brethren of the working
classes, to appeal to your hearts, and consciences
on the deeply interesting subject ofhuman rights
and to urge you, affectionately but earnestly, to
40 your whole duty. This you cannot do while
you cling to the two great parties, which at
present divide the country. Justice, Humanity,
Conscience will be sacrificed on the altar of par
ty. This you have seen done repeatedly, and
you cannot doubt that it will be done again.
Neither of the parties can be trusted. Each
Will betray you, and the holy caus, of freedom.
Cease, then, pray you, to heed their words, or
to be influenced by them, When any of their
leaders solicit your votes. and make you fair
promises of attachment to their country, be not
deceived by them. Think of the past. Read
the history OF your country for the few past
years. Recollect the doings of Polk and John
Tyler. Think of the shamful Mexican War
Of the wholesale murder of men. women and
children, and of the amount of guilt and shame
treasured up against the day of wrath Think
also of the mean and wicked Fugitive Slave
Bill, and its bitter fruits. And look now at the
despotic measures Of the new Administration
worthy of the genius of Austria. beg Of you,
dear friends, to look at all these cases, that you
may see that both parties arc equally deep i'll
the mire ofpolitical degradation-that they are
both leagued against Holy Freedom-that neither
Of them can be trusted for a moment. Abandon
them, l besoech you, at once and forever When
tempted to support their favorite candidates, be
they Wing or Democrat, say /" How can dc
this great wickedness and sin against God ~
Think of the oppressed as the special objects o.
His compassion. Think of them as your suffer
ing brethren, As you are able, aid them. SPEAK
in their behalf as you have opportunity. Lee
all who can do 50 write for them. Show to al
around you that you are not ashamed to b.
known as the friend Of the poor and down trod
den. Look to God in their behalf, and last
though by no means least, assist them at tn
ballot box
Jan. IL writ, with my left hand, my RICH
one being manned. trust, however, you will b.
able to read what forward you. Some of m,
correspondents think my writing is moro easil,
read than it used to be when wrote with TIN
right hand In my letter of August 9th, dc
not see but one mistake in the English part You
make me say serially, when | said "servilely ;
as never copy, servilely, letters to my friends
You will excuse me for saying that the way 20,
printed my Hawaiian quotation was caution
to me at least, to be more careful when writ
in foreign language to one who knows nothing
of it-not one word nor syllable being as
wrote. But It's all the same in Vermont. lie
me now give you some items of Hawaiian news
l. am happy to inform you that the rayage
of the small pox have greatly abated. Som
few cases on Oahu are still reported, and hea
of few at Hama on Maui. Neither on Hawai-
nor Kaieci do hear of any cases of late, ant
the islands of Molakir and Rana have been ex
i empted from the dreadful scourge. Only min
Le9ses. have | had in my particular field, and O
HEheso three proved fatal. We hope that we shall
soon be able to report, in relation to the Who'll
j group" No case of small pox."
2. It seeus that at the date Of, publishing m
letter of August 9th, you had later news fron
theislands, for you speak of the fall ofDr. Judd
1t is not strange that you had later news than
gave you, for frequently intelligence from Homo
lula, the metropolis, does not reach us till it ha
ncasly reached San Francisco, though we ar
less than one hundred miles distant 1t is Ger
tainly truo that DR.. Judd is no longer one O
the Kings Ministers. l presume he does no
regard it much of fall, as he is an active an
successful physician in the village of Honolulu
doing the business which one of the physician
who prosecuted him needs, l think, to gain hi
daily bread. 1t is something like the fall 0
one who had long been laborng to hold up hi
neighbours old and decayed house, and VIII
finally is told by this ncighbor, that his service
were no longer needed. You speak of great re
ioicing on account of the fall of DR.. Judd. |
is true, the wretched clique who accused tn
Doctor and Mr.. Armstrong ofwholesale murder
made silly demonstration of rejoicing on tn
occasion, forming a night procession and making
darkness more horrible by their uncarthly yell
ings. But assure you, no respectable maj
had any sympathy with such silly doings. Tw
physicians of the six or eight, both of WHOM
had some private piquc against DR.. Judd, an
two lawyers, one a hero of the shameful Mexi
can War, and the other shameless advocate @
the repeal of all wholesome law at the islands
were the leading spirits in getting up this jolli
Gcation meeting. | hope these men will live
repent of their dongs during the entire excite
ment consequent upon their attacks upon Dr.
Judd and Mr.. Armstrong, for SO grossly mea
and wicked a business have never seen at th
islands. well know DR.. Judd, and can tes
tify that he has been a faithful and devote
friend of the Hawaiian government and nation
And the Sun in his course does not look dow
upon a more disinterested,. kind-hearted, excel
lent man than Richard Armstrong, For tn
world would | not have sympathized with thos
Infamous men. The day of God will see I'll
authors of the outrage covered with confusion
| have not doubt Of it.
beg to correct one mistake which | see i
some of tho United States papers, though d
not sec it in yours. 1t is that Dr. Judd head
the party that is opposed to the annexation Q
the islands To the I1iteJ St,tes ON, ho,..:l
opposed to the measure Of annexation. In TIL
| believe am with the people, and with tn
Ch'cls, but it does not seem proper to speak O
US as party. Certainly we have no head o
leader. And can assure you that DIR. Judd i
decidedly and warmly in favor ofaunexation, a
| can show 20" understandinsly. am sorry, Q
course, that nc is so, butas know this to be
fact, do not like to have it said that he oppose