Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-04-10
EAST HARpwIcK, March %, 1856.


Mr. BoYcE,-Sr Il perceive that others are
writing to you respecting your paper. Why
may not 50 do also! Hear what your friends
have to say, and act wisely, as one that must
give an account to God Yes, sir, Editors are
moral agents, hold an important position in So
ciety, and will have good or bad influence on
many minds. They must then one day give an
account of themselves to their final Judge -
Happy if they meet his appreciation.
From the first establishing of the Green
Mountain Freeman, have given it my support,
and have furnished many pieces for its columns
have, and still do, wish for its prosperity; and
| hope you will take the right ground, act indie
pendently, and never let party leaders induce
you to depart from duty. Do not let them
think they can buy and sell you at pleasure -
Your paper has improved since the first issues.
You will, trust, make an effort to improve it
1t should be the best in the State. Take high
(not violently ground, and play the man. Half
way measures will not do. No, nor shuhling
You must come up near the mark, if you mean
to secure those tried men, who will sustain
you.
Slavery must die, but it may be rolled in
blood. Whom God means to destroy he con
verts into maniacs. And the Slave Power have
acted like demons or demoniacs ever since they
repealed the old Compromises am glad they
are all swept away, and hope an east wind will
Dig tlyrm up. 1 have little fear now for Kan
sas and Nebraska. A few more murders viii
do the work. | sympathise with Goodale, anG
think it must end there. {" He that doetl
Righteousness comcth to the light. Why should
he not! Why skulk in the dark, if you hav'
clean hands! If the old Wings have nothing
better to offer than Fillmore, they are in a sac
state. Consumption must have nearly finished
its work when nothing but the tail remains
It's no go.
am glad you are going to print the Consti
tuition for our youth. 1t should be read in al
our schools until the young men and women toc
understood it as as well as their A B Cs-
Would you place on your first page such docu
ments in large type, or interesting descriptions
Of beasts birds, cities, nations, persons ard bis
torical facts, in the room of fable and worthless
novels. you would, think, improve your paper
pleas, the better portion Of your patrons, ant
might help to correct the frenzy for novels
which too much prevails. We live in world o
facts. and it is our wisdom to attend to them
Never put down your paper to increase you
subscription list Make it cheap, and soon i
will be worthless and be despsed. Mammoth
papers abhor. Ipay my printer that he ma,
collect what is aaoat worth reading, and con
dense. If he can't do this, let him retire,
want not his verbiage-haye no time to spen
so unproftably.
Give US a papes of decent size. good type, in
structiye matter, calculated to interest and i'm
prove ; don't affect to have a large sheet, charg
living price, and show yourself a man tina
may betrusted, not bought; then ifyou canno
live in Vermont, 60 where you can. dislik
this changing of Editors. The old is better.
| am too feeble to write. You will see blum
ders !; let them 90. wish to have my old pa
per live, and be what it should be, staunc
Liberty paper: IT, you will honestly lead of
then ga ahead. and the Lord help you, and in
cline all the friends of human liberty in thi
StatetO give you cordial support.
AN OLD MAN.