Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-18

yoke If he can. lf ho wishes liberty, and
Is willing to dare and suffer for il, let him
If by his manly courage he achieves it, he
ought TO haveit. And honor such man
Nay, if he has escaped and camesto me,
owe him shel or, succnr. daftnse, and
God-spoed TO final safaiy. If there were
as many laws MS there are lines in the fu-
gitive slave law, and as many officers as
there were lions in Daniels lions den,
would disregard every law, but Gods, and
help the fueitivel The off -ers might
catch me, but not him, if ! could help it.
A man whose own heart has inspired lib
erty and courage sufficient to enable him
to achieve what he desired, shall never
come to my door and not be made as wei
come as my own child. ! will adopt him
who broods over the weak and perishing.
Nor am | singular in snch feelings and
purposes Ten thousand mrn, even in
the South, would feel and do the same, A
man who would not help fellow creature
flying for his liberty, must be either a vii
lain or politician.
But all this is very different from STIR
ring up discomfort, and setting on men 10
escape by outside influence.
stand on the outside of this great cor
don of darkness, and every man that es-
capes from it, running for his life, shah
have some help from me, if he comes forth
Of his own free accord; yet I am not the
man to 90 in and incite slaves 10 run away,
to send any other man to do it, TO approve
| Il, or 10 counienance 1t. do not believe
we have right to carry into the system Of
slavery exterior discomfort; and for this
reason: that Il is not good .tar the staoes
themselves. 1t Is short-siehted humanity,
at best, and poor.policy for both the blacks
and the whites. And say again, would
not trust man that would do it. II
would injure the blacks chiefly and espec-
ially. How 1t would injure them, will ap-
pear when ccme to speak positively of
what is the right way to promote the lib
erty of the enslaved. i may say here,
however, that the higher Q msn is raised in
the scale of being the harder it will be to
hold him in bondage and sell him; while
the more he Is like the animal, the easier 1t
will be to hold in thrali and harness. The
more YOU make Shareholders feel that when
thay oppress and sell man, they are OPP
pressing and selling Gods image, the hard
| err il will be for them TO continue to enslave
and traffic in human beings. Therefore.
whatever you do to inspire in the slave high
and noble and godlike feelings, tends to
loosen his chains and whatever shall in
spire In him base, low and cruel feelings,
tightens them.
4. Still less woulh we tolerate anything
..,,,,..o..;a,, a,,i sorviIa II xvOulh
be the most cruel, hopeless, aai desperate
of all conceivable follie', TO seek emanci-
patton by the sword and by blood. And
though love liberty as my own life
though long for ii in every human being
though, if God, by unequivocal providences
should agdain that it should come again as
of old, through terrible plaques on the first
born. and by other tcrrors of i'll, should
submit to the Divine behest; yet, so far as
human Instrumentation is concerned, with
all the conscience of man, with all the
faith Of Christian, and with all the zea
J and warmth of q philanilropist, protest
against any eannseis that tend TO insurrec-
tion servie war and bloodshed. 1t IS bad
: for the master--bad for the slave-bad for
all that are neiglrbors to them-bad for the
/ Whole lufiu-Ddt ITOtii ~ CIV
An evil so unminded and malignant, thai
its origin can scarcely be doubted.
believe, however in the right Of a peo
pie to assert and achieve their liberty. The
, right of a race or nation TO seize their free
dom is not to be disputed. 1t belongs Il
all s,an on the face of the globe, withou
regard to romli xion. A people hava th.
} right TO change their rulers, their govern
/ ment, their whole political condition. Thi
, right l. not either granted, or limited in tn
: New Testament. II is left, as is air, wa
5 ter, and existence itself, as t,iEgs not re
, quiTing command OF legislation. But &C
5 co5ding to Gods words, SO long as a maj
!. | remains servant, he must obey ais aaaster
G The rgli ef the slave TO throw oft the con
r troll Il his master is not abregated. III
n right of the subject TO do this is neither dc
n fined or limited.
i But the Bse of this right must conform I
4 rea .on and TO betsafit, The leaders Of
4 people haze no right te ~belm their hell
e less followers into terrible disaster by ia
e citing them 10 rebel, under circumstance
: that afford not the slightest hope that tllei
t rebellion will rise TO the dignity OF SUE
J ces.ful revolution.
q The nations Of Italy are showing grca
/ wisdom and 6iaess in their leaders for tl:ei
J work, in this very thing, that they sss aurl
: ing ffetful ard irregular outbreak, and hod
. ing the people stca'liast till success sla
! surely crown uprising revolution. This la
u been the cniinen, wisdom Of that iungaria
: exile-kosSuth.
In spite Of all that Is written and sal
: against the noble man, stand 10 my fir
:. fiIll faith in him. The uncrowned hero
: the noblesi m IN, aftes adj, ia Europe! An
his siairsmanship has been shown in this
!, that bis l4,yrins sense of the right of II
:, people to be Il &c, has not led him to itei,
! them to premature, partial. aud easily pse
: matched revolt A man may give his ow
: life rather than abide in seIsiIulc, but !
4 has no right iG lead y rylolc people
! slaughter. without the strongest probability,
!, L Of succcss,
A. is nations @eys 81 armed men, IT wor
N be disereai, Soldiers can die. Bat a N
il tios is made sp a sshrr material bcsid
re ARMED men--ii i ma,lc up OF women. n
child,en aud youth. Tn Sc are TO be co
Is ~idesed-pot merely men If sause'4. al