Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-16

sustain the fact, that it is Slavery, itself, that
Injuries our reputatian abroad, and not the
question, shall we sustain and extend Slavery
Every true friend of freedom and of humanity
will agtate the subject of Slavery and its cor
relative, Freedom. Win talk of the practice
of mems purchasing slave women, and then
selling their own children into bondage sep
arating families, and making general traffic in
human flesh and blood
1t is our unyielding, determined position,
that there shall be no further extension of Slave
ry in our borders.
We wage an exterminating warfare against
every man and every party who would extend
the curse of human bondage, or increase the
Slavo.Power in any degree.
When the people Of the North see a fellow
being seized, chained, and dragged into Slave
ry, sold ane brutalized, and look upon the MUIR
dered corpse of fugitives, shot down by govern
ment agents, shall they say nothing about it!
w ill men, created in the image Of that God
who is the father of US all, whose immortal
souls glow with love divine for all the works of
creation, who have reared standard of consci
entious rectitude to guide them in their duties
to God and man, that principle, aided by the
Divine Spirit, which permeates every avenue of
the soul, refuse to adhere to the law of their
creation Never no. never
The spirit of the age, and the points Of ele
walton which we have gained in the progress of
events, are against the institution of Slavery :;
and that institution is certainly destined to fall
1t is system directly at variance with the set
tied views of mankind, and with the general
principles now established, from which our race
is not to go backward
Everything which has been developed in the
long track of ages, and in the revelation Of God
about the equality Of man, the fact that al are
of one race, that the same blood has been shed
for human redemption, and that the same i,
open to all, is against the institution Of Slavery
feel assured that the people will discuss
these things and that the time is lot far dis
tant when they will hurl from power and place
men who thus contemn the popular feeling
The people Of the United States have Away
agitated this important questio and will con
tinue 50 to do.
jefferson in the Declaration of American In
dependence; Washington, in the battle field
and John Quincy Adams, in the halls of Legs
laton were very important and distingu ishe
agitators This agitation will still continu
and increase until the friends of Freedom sha
be relieved from all participation in the disgrac
and crimes of Slavery. All our action unde
the constitution should be to protect the life an
liberty of every human being within our exclu
sive jurisdiction.
The true anti-savery feeling cannot be allay
ed ; the party will never lay aside their arm
until our Government shall be redeemed an
disenthraled from the foul stain Of chatt'
slavery. 1t is our duty as phianthropists, Q
Christians, so far as we have the power, to rails
up the bowed down, to exal, the humble,
uiopiSooSt
and increase the prosperity and happiness of IA
who come within the sphere of our politca
our moral and our religious influence" No
withstanding the unwarranted efors in OF
country TO sustain the Slave Power. SLAYER
must cease to exist. In this enlightened ae
Freedom is destined to triumph over oppre
sion.
Let the friends of Freedom remember that 4
departure from truth and duty, no compromi
of principle with policy, can add to our streng
or advance our cause hut let us fix our eye @
the steadfast polar star of principle which Shin
through all da kness, and CLEANS beacon
hope in every night. Let us not despair. - f
the cause OF Freedom is the cause Of God" Ii
US, them shape our course and press forward
for g if God is for us, who can be against us
If % it is conceded that Congress has no pc,
or over Slavery in the States that is not a.
hitting it is not our duty as citizens of an Ell
lghtened community to do all we can to pr
vent its spread, and crush out of existence tn
as we'll as every other moral evil. claim th
it is our duty to look at Slavery in all its bea
ings, to exhibit it before the world in all its d
formity, and in SO doing discharge our du
"without fear or favor of any man." APP
East Calais, July LIST, 1857.