Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-12-18

demands that Kansas shall be subjugated, and
our free and enlightened citizens who have gone
| there to make Investments and settlements.
shall themselves become slaves and close their
lips and repress their free speech. Has it come
to this And will Vermont bow her Repuhli-
can head and say $50 be it!" We cannot help
enchanting:
snow by our fathers ashes,
! Has the spirit of New England fed :"
| 0 ye that are worthy Of the good old homes
that gave von birth-who have inherited the
the spirit Of civil and religious liberty. strug-
Cling to make Kansas free, bear up with your
wrongs little longer Relief will come You
are toiling to redeem the fair fame OF America
You would make that territory our Government
at large, d representative Of Liberty, Honesty
and Equality, and not of public thieving and
You believe that the Republic has destiny for
the world. other than extending the urea of the
gag, the bludgeon and the lash the great con-
federation OF republicans, on this continent
The aspiration of the friends of Liberty through
out the world are with you the prayers of the
oppressed, the hopes Of humanity are with
you, all proclaimiug, God speed the right
/ Mr.. President, it cannot be that this beauti-
full land is to be forever enrsed with slavery
In the el quent language of another we would
ask, Ibid the Almighty design to make this
country the burial place Of Freedom Did He
scoop out the great valley of the Mississippi for
its grave pile up the Rocky Mountains for lis
monument and pour out the eternal thunder
ing eI Niagara for its requiemi" 1t cannot be
no it shalt not be ss....s.a
Way do we hesitate Is slavery desirahle1
Do we need the asseveraiions of our fathers
of the heinous sin of holding our fellow men in
bondage to rouse US to greater exegtions to
prevent its further extension! SAID Thomas
jefferson, Il tremble for my couatry " hen re
melober that God is just, that his justice can
not sleep forever. The Almighty has no attri-
butte which can take sides with the stakeholder.
And what said the good aad patriotic La Fay
ette-"W bile am indnlgiag in nay views OF
American liberty it is Notifying to be told
that in that very country large portion of the
people are slaves. Il is dark spot on the face
of the nation Such state of things cannot
always exist And again he says, would
never have drawn my sword for America, if
had known was assisting to found slave-hold
ing Republic" John Randolph said, IA envy
neither the head nor the heart of man who
can defend Slavery on principle Bishop Wat
DOh NSNi"iN%s DNSpouieih ous,iIp itop w We pioN
tced or submitted to. What despotsm can he
compared to American Slavery o. Wilberforce
the philanthropist, once said Slavery So the
full measure OF unmixed wickedness, and, scorn
ing all competition it stands without II rival in
the secure and undisputed possession Of its de-
testabe pre- eminence.
That it is by political action, that this mon
ster Sin is to be removed from our land listen to
the testimony of the father of our country,
George Washington. Said he, in letter to
Robert Morris, II hope it will not be conceived
that it is my wish to bold the unhappy people
who are the subject of this letter, in slavery.
C n only say, that there is not u man living,
who wishes more sincerely than do, to see a
plan adopted for the abolition of it but there
it can he accomplished and that is by legisla
tive authority; and this, as far as my suffrage
will go, shall not be wanting Noble senli
ment! So also did Franklin bear bis trsine
ny against the sin of slavehUlding and all the
patriots Of the Revolution, adopted as their
motto, "REslsTANCE TO TyRANTs is OBEDIENCE 80
GoD -
MIR. President, VIC are net with the old cry
of "wel dissolve the Union" if Wa stop the
further spread of slavery. This threat has been
made so often that it is rapidly Becoming nui-
sancc. 1t is worse than
"-a thrice told tale,
| Vexing the dull ear Of q drOwsy man."
Upon the South this Union confers incalcula
BILE benefits She knows it. Her satety--her
existance depend upon it's continuance. She
feels it. The majority Of her citizens appreciate
in some degree, its blessings; and when the
crisis comes, wi L. at all hazards, proiong its ex-
stence. There is intelligence at the South.
Hot spurs will buster and threaten 1t is their
vocation They have piled it long Once they
demanded Tariff, and threatened to rend the
Union il we did not yield. We bowed the head
in humble compliance Again they said, Let
Missouri enter the Union. or it is dissolved. We
bowed gain. Repeal the protection Tariff, or
we will withdraw. Prostratc VIC kissed the
dust Touch not the District Of Coiumbia-
cease your interference with our peculiar nsti-
tutions, gag your citizens, muzzle your press,
and yoke your working men, or we will split
the Union We are again humblcd before their
threats. Annex Texas or We will bolt Yea
aud Amen cried the North Pass the Fugitive
Slave Law. and submit to our dictatlon, or tie
Union shall go by the board !
Sir, shall we longer continue this howing
down to the dark Spirit OF Slavery? Shall we
ponder any longer to the great sin of slavohoid-
ing, and refuse to open our mouths Tor the sui
tering and be dumb for fear of Disabling tho
Unionl
"ShalI Vermont stand erect no longer,
But stO0p in chains upon her downward wag,
Thicker to gather on her limbs and stronger
Day aftel day
Oh 10, mehinks from all her wild Green Mountains,
From valley, VIII re hsr siumberng father lie,
| From her biue rivers and her yelling fountains,
And clear cold sky
Frola the free Preside Of he, unbough farmer,
From her free laborer at his loom ard wheel
From the brewn smith shop, where beneath the hammer
Rings the red eel
From each and ALL if God hath not fesakcn
Oar State and left to a civil choice,
Loud as The summer thunderbot shall waEen
peoples voice :"
is il necessary, sir, to portray further the
state OF things in Kansas to cause this h0nora-
bic Senate to vote for this appropriation
None among us will justify the enormous op-
pressions which have fallen to this lot of those
noble souls now struggling for freedom in that,
| fear, doomed land, hear the cry coming
across the mighty waters, can such things
happen in America the land Of the happy and
free why, what IL mockery is their constitu
tion their boastcd rights and equality. Worse
things could mol happen in Australia or fur-
key" Yes, the advocates Of the kings and AT
istocracies in the old world make merry over
the Despotism of the United States They open-
y declare, American Republicahism to be a
failure; self Government as it is in Kansas and
Virginia is thrown in the teeth of the Liberals.
They point to The ballot boxes in Kansas, thu
budgeons in Washington, the tyranny of press
! and speech in every Slave State and say, "Ther(
is YOUR Liherty your universal suffrage, youl
Democracy Will you have that +"
: Mr.. President, and gentlemen the nobl,
;ns s ar rer America eIf tho amar;cao Rennh
, lie goes down, Humanity goes down" is tn,
cry from every quarter. People are watching
a US as friends on shore watch costly shil