The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-26

best thing. wheI the moment comes instruc-
ton and strength will flow from Gcd and ra.
tnr" then lour resistance will be az healthy
as the inevitable lightning. Leave it TO ma.
tnrr. She IS the best teacher, and no abso.
i"'e RUE can s'e made. Tooth is necessary,
hnt take care that II does not become fang
One Is animal. the other human So are war
ana proper Resistance very different
m" one animal. the other human.
Us soon as war in Kansas becomes incvita-
BILE. As !, will he when II is decided that the
present policy towards that territory ~ to be
continued. "" should all earnestly turn our
attention 10 dl>unioE. The blood which has
stained N" free soil of Kansas and stained
'h" floor o! the Senate from her ahc>t alvo-
cate. Is III" Nlrarlnus ransom Of the Norfl,
tor her past sins Of >rrviii.v aud compromise
That blood has hot,-d ont all traditionarv
h"'''S and amenities hrtween slavery and
freedom. The friends of liberty now stand
tree-!rce 10 he enidcd bv their own law
h"nnd l'v no compact but their compact with
''od; under no covenant with any save their
wr"r.rd and >urrin. brethren Now for
once freedom steps forth un,ramelIed bv an,
rose water talk of sectional rourtc>irs. sa.
cree! compa"'~. aud the like: she has now
room for a tree use Of all her strength; We
tear not 'he encounter with slavery.
We only reed now that ,> new strength
Of Frcc'l"m >hculd he rightly directed to
save Us from civil war W. can see that the
strength j. coming. thourh aS vet il but secs
men a> trees We see II IN the houses halt
finished wiilrh may now bc pointed ont in the
North 'hc w"rNucn sent awav that more
money may 90 To Lawrt nee in ,he fact tha,
those who yivc most for this end, give most
III III" North. are hose who never voted for
h"puh'iran IN their lives: IN the fact tha,
: fh- >'a'e> are ta>t forming in A line in optu-
>itlon 10 every rlaim of slavery whirh is no,
. t"und surrendered on the very face of fhr
r t"n>'iu',on TGi> is right. Let them know
That - ,ulh the hranchr> should be pruneh
The tap root o. Border nutilan,>m lies d-er
IN the hnn.n >ul'>oil of Washington. LIT
them >"iu! AY'H tc'~,-hOt invcr,ehrate ami
: m,l>. Who Will hrnd from the honest truth t.
dod4" tipw hnt ''mrn. hirh mlrh.d men
who Know thcir rights, and knowing dar.
maju',lu
Er"thcr>. this I'rion f-eichtcd with 50
many hopes and Joys. is worth another etiOr,
; (" save II. In Tins awful crsi, 1t is ,hc same
"i th'' law and the Prophets. of the old and
NV l. '>tarartt>. the sum and substance Of
thrn al. tia, every man should enter with
: al the tore" that IS IN hun INTO th, work -
. No'Ir- r.,r' :" 'hc solvmni'v and dSNi.,
OF PRAYER. H-ar vour defense. q tre-men
, let Mount Washington and Quincy Granite
and F.,monl Re- K be hrou.h, here in hu-
man h,pe. 10 speak the word of death to lha,
dmon which having eri>lavtd three and a
hat millions of negroes would now conquer
thirty million. of men with Saxon blood in
their VEINS
And let IT be once for all seen and recoc
nlzri tv You who love freedom, that the
cause ,on have adopted Is the mos, sacred of
all causes. II Is the Christianity Of TODAY
Remember that The system which vou have
been alIu:rl hv all the ties tratrrniies
memories. courte>ie> which ever did or did
not exist to tolerate and submit to. 10 one
whose roots are IN The lowest basement OF
mans nature: whose trunk has been ignO-
rance and DEGRADATION 10 white and black
cau>IrL the statistics of Virginia 10 show six
" thpu> md white adults to dav who cannot
read or write: whose blossom has been slave
auctions. slave hurnin.S. Nebraska bills, Mis-
>our E.',iaui>m. Congressional EuilianiSm
fugitive Slave hunts. These are It's blossoms
what The tr'.', al hr God only knows, |,
i 'li,> system. wtlrh vou mrn of the Free
States have continually invited TO triumph
AID rot. ard thonght lla, 1t would treat Won
more ,cr,!,.iy than il did nero mothers and
,bcir babes Then the power whereby YOU
are a lr,>cn, an aimo>. >uhiu.atcd people is
vour own folly.
.Dcar f xcS. YOU have said with feeling.
we wi>E orr geese TO wander in your rich
thlckrtS. that they may Hrow tat. DO not.
We prav Nou. anhoN them. We send them
out with entire confidence that vor will not
nioi">t Sut even protcct them" "Ict them
come. >ali the foxes. they shall bc wei
come to our rirh thirk,tS." Then going
car,lc>>!v on awcck after. Won find every
: brandt. covered with white ir,'hrrs. and
= slowly on vour amazed perceptions dawns III,
+. truth that since the foundations ot the earth
= were Land the eternal laws OF thc universe
j, ethical and rh,>lcal. have arranged that fox
, - >l,ali >lav and eat geese. Slavery is M
= abstraction: II is a great black fact. to tel
y the irar,:l tendencies of whirh no tongue ha:
:. vet been iormtd from the dn>t lou can ex
: pcct nothing OF II. and remember it is not III,
iox"> wi" are hlamrworihv. bu, those wh'
+, committed their geese To their tender mer
cIcS.
; And let ono o,hr~ Thin. I've remembcrcd.- y
!, II is a sad thing to sav.-noh"Iy cni be trust
:. Cd on his >nhjsr'. II it were only "A man tha
;, God made. h. might be voted for in the :aitl
u tia, hc would do ri.ht. But for every maj
n in this country slavery has a brbe at ever,
pore and lash over all who will not obe,
,t> hrhc>,S. II is even in our church an
,s whipped that thin skinned conventional time
Al servants AT Chicago INTO scrvility, drasgIit
'nltariani>m baptl>ed IN freedom into the
n maudln fears feel the presence OF il
: great intcrr.al power III this house to day.
N there lurking amongst YOU Whispering
II don't stand such preaching as thus: If yo
Il 90 your friends will turn away from you an
vou viii be called aboIifionI>t' 1t IS up her
& whispering 20 re.-It vou do not stop thu
preaching against slavery ii will have IT
=. cndgcl over vonr hcad.-yOnr friends Will
;. fewer even than they are pow. Get the
=. behind mr.. cunning Devil. ! will tell o
20 thee will say to northern men, "1rus
6 none but those who are distinctly committee
r. 10 the right side in every way possible
= committed in white and black, ty tempcrd
- ment, by their whole lives, by all the assOc'a
n tonS and pursuits OF their lives, 30 that evel
s,lh-hnr>> ntres>,ates the right SIDE
6 Oh thou Slave king thy days are nearl
T. numbered. Weighed art thou in the oa'An
+, ccs all found wanting. Thanks to the dra
>. God, Every free soul in this land has hear
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