Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-06-28

records TINS iae has heard asn of "a case where negro
was recently punished IN neghborng county. and died
n minute two Afterwards The verdict n this case
was Died from combination Of circunstanees.' Ike
iosha ftnies
But those are a combination of crcumstan-
ccs with which every man in this nation has
something to do They involve guilt, and
when God makes inquisition for blood, he
forgets not tho cry Of the humble. When he
chastises a guilty nation for its sins. the inno-
cent must suffer with the guilty. Each Of the
whippings, poundings, burnings, groupings,
mamings and murders Of those poor slaves
are all noted in his book, and bye and bye the
day of rctrbution will come and who shall A.
bide It's coming; The lesson taught by all
history is, that the persistcntly guilty shall
feel the weight Of His hand who said "Ven-
gcaucc is niue, 1 will repay" The blood Of
few thousand slaves, which has been wan
tonly shed during the last ffty years, may
have been forgotten by the Slave Ogarchy,
but not by the great ruler Of nations That
blood with Old John Browns and all Of that
shed in Kansas in defence Of liberty, and that
of Bewley, and Of hundreds Of others Of Nor
thern men who have been hung, shot, burnt,
butchered in the South because they tcere
Northern men, and dared TO advocate Gods
truth, cries for vengeance, and we have reason
20 iear that God already speaks Of them who
shed it as those whose judgment now Of
long time ngercth not and their damnation
slumbercth ~ a." We do not add one fcath-
crs weight TO that punishment Nay, we
would avert it if possible, and bring down for
them blessings but Justice in US and in uni
versal humanity, cries out with d" the souls
under the altar of those that were slain for the
Word OF God. and for the testimony which
they held, and they cried with loud voice,
saying How long, O Lord, holy and true,
dost thou not Judge and avcnge our blood on
them that dwell on tho earth r. Little has
been said of these atrocities but they have
been perpetratcd and they constitute the tcs-
timony on which the sentence Of divine con-
demnation is based We haveno pprobrious
names 10 heap on them, but the utter reck-
less disregard Of the sacredness Of human life
which slavery engenders, the malignant sus-
picous she fosters, and the hot revenge she
pours, in times of the least excitement, on all
she deems enemies, arc matters of notoricty ;
and they have thinned the ranks Of many a
mans friends who have travelled or sojourned
in the South. Nor does it avail for these ca
wiling and craven apologsts here to deny these
things, when the Southerncrs not only own
them, but publish and boast Of them Seua-
tors and Representatives in Congress assassi-
nate. or attempt to, and threaten those from
the North with death if they come to the
South, and glory in it; but our penny sheets
at home cry out wondrously when these facts
are rcconnted here.
This war is mostly for the punishment Of
those whu have shed that blood and fostercd
that plaguc-spot in the nation, and who gree
di.y retain that enormous system of absolu-
tism which merses all individuality in the
master and makes MI under his control the
footballs of his passion, and all who consci-
cntiously oppose it the objects of his scorn,
hatred and violence. Il was not inaugurated
for that, it is not now waged for that by the
nation but Providence has other designs
than those which appear in the maniiestos OF
ru crs. Slavery is the preventive Of all loyal
ty, demanding the whole service Of It's deyo-
tees, making It's claims paramount TO those OF
the national government or even to those OF
God In accordGn,e with its behcsts, the
bondmen are preserved so long as they sub
serve the predominant passion of the owners;
but when malignant anger rises, IL destroys
prudence and humanity in many instances, aud
Justice being abolished by the initiation OF the
system itself, the nfurated master or over
seer has only TO beat and pound, and bind and
drown his victim, and jury Of his country
men, having the fear of slavery before thcil
eyes, have only to say upon their oaths, Died
by combination OF circumstances
When some statesman. some moralist som,
human being utters protest against all this
Immediately the ire Of the same man is arous
ed, and the roproyer is seized, beaten, tor
mcntcd, drked, shot, or hung. God's law
which says Thou shalt not kill'' is reversed
and by slavery reads, Thou shalt klll. ~
The civil law which provides that no man shal
hts
utterly abolished by slavery, whose institut,
reads, And every man who renders hmsel
obnoxious &c the suspicion of the slavehold
ing power, must run for life. leaving all hi
property to the rapacity Of his prosecutor
nor open his mouth till he is north Of Masoi
& Dixons; or must die at the ropes en-,
from the limb Of the nearest tree
1h. is one part of slavery, and fair aver
age of an It's parts. Can 1t ever be in allegl
auce. think YOU, to common law; 1t is in o
pen rebellion now. but it has been in cover
rebellion, according to its own confession, 70
thirty years 1t has openly made war on tn
United States OF late but that with all 1t
turpitude, is to be regarded as among its NOR
honorable acts. Having drawn the armies O
the nation upon itself is it to be spared =
Shall our war making power assume the res
possibility of sparing this monstrosityt TO per
petrate fresh murders without number-rais
new conspiraeies and blacken all our horizo
with crime, Must our soldiers pour ou
their blood like water to reduce the prescr
horde of rebels, only to prepare the way io
future rebels to be successful If the nation
al cause is successful, the government wi
have the responsibility on its hands of cor
tinung slavery, 1t may then abolish it.
it does not it will be recreant to duty false
humanity God, by every indication Of h
providence, is saying to the nation, " Ia
my people co. that they may serve me-" Sha
the government fight against God; TT
Shareholders have abolished the league an
covenant of the Constitution, and shall "
endeavor to patch up its shreds for the sal
of covering the greatest enormity the su
shines on We are not bound to kill Jol
the Baptist, although we promised Herodia
with an oath, to give her whatsoever 81
should ask The oath was void from the m
ment she asked what it would be immor
aud illegal in us to give Besides, war max
slaves the creatures of the victors; aud II 5
all humanity cries ont imploringy to our y
lprs - let these peODle 90 - If they cam