The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-18
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Soor to be Decided.

Is British abolition anything but sham
"a piece of specious, hollow hypocrisy p
Has England meant anything more III her
denunciations Of this Country for its COM
pcity with the sum of all villanies, than
the qualification Of The Stand off. lam.holier.
than.thou feeling? Has she been in earnest
in her Exter Hail meetings, her resolutions
and speeches? Have hera OF Parliament
been honest?
Three months ago we did not dream Of
asking these questions, but now they are
forced upon us. The Southern States have
gone into war up less pretexts than did
the Sepoys Of india. They have thrown OF
allegiance to our Government, and to G ernal-
ize and indefinitely extend African Slavery,
to compel its recognition, have made an ap-
peal to the cannon,
The moral sense of England, the religion
Of her people, the spirit Of her constitu ion
ar and laws have all been pompousy par ded
as agains Slavery. In its favor, and the dl'
rect agency in its preservation and extension
are british cotton spndIes, and, If we may
Judge from the Quceu's proclamation, from
the speecpcs oil Russ, II aud Palmers on, and
the sheet-iron thunder Of tho Times, the spin
dies are outwcighing the religion, the constl-
tuition. and the boased moral sense! Is 1t
really so?
Southern men said it would be so. They
said, j ohm Bull has not oppressed Ireland,
crushed [ndi !, and driven opium down the
throats of the unwilling Chinese with the
bayonet, to lose one pou d from maudlln
sympathy with darkles. John busters and
swaggers. but we know him. Ho Is orr
slave We can stop his mouth with cotton;
can put cot on over his eyes; Can plug his
cannon with cotton. Our cotton owns John,
body, soul, conscience aud pocket. lie Will
hluster-that keeps his people q net, but at
our bidding he will kneeI l' the DIRT with his
queens. his lords his commons, his bishops
and his capitalists
We said YOU arc mistaken. Old England
is honest in her stern disapprohation OF sav-
cry, and will show it by her deeds. Were
we wrong? Are the tarnts OF the cottor
ords only bitter truths? Is cotton the Brit
ish God, and Manchester his high altar upon
which shall be offered the conscience OF Eng
lish Christianity?
We wait the answer. What say our
brethren in Canad4? In Nova Scotia e.
What say the thousands OF English in Amer
ca? What say British es'eyans They
have lectured us severely, sometimes mmod
esty, about slavery Where are they now ?
But we believe that the English people will
yet right the trucking, heur'less government
now in power at st. James, Or sweep 1t from
existence. They will soon learn the facts In
r the case, and when they speak, there will be
different voice.
2 The course Of our government is plain, and
: its duty imperative. If England recognizes
y directly or indirectly the rcbelous contcder-
! acy, if she directly or indirectly extends pro-
V tee ion to Southern piracy, let her Minister
! be dismissed revoke the cxcquatur OF cach
consul suspend all Diplomatic relations and
s submit the case to the great American people
s If Ford John Russell wishes to 20 to war
5 with us, as the ally of the Southern rebellion
;. and the knight-crraut of slavery, let him o.
d tain his supplies by vote OF the British peo
nle. and como on. Our government will stanC
IS firm if England and France shall lend them
e selves to the aid oil Davis and Beauregard.-
n We can stand alone if need be, for we stant
- in the right. One with God is In ma
= jority.
We are somewhat tired of the fuss ant
|, pother the secular press make over what Eng
land means to do Let her do as she pleases
$ If she pleases to write hypocrisy aud brlber
g upon her brow, it is her own matter. Ii sh
'e chooses to bury her national honor, ami p'ac
e at its head stone inscribed with offered
- sacrifice to cotton whose business is it?