The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-30

wilt thou have me to do pit the Christian
public will settle their duty in the light o. eter-
nifty and the great truths of Gods word-It
they will take the slave and bear him TO Calva-
~ and Law him down under the cross OF Him
that gave his life for the poor and wretched
and then, as the great drops fall from the
wounded side upon his beaten and bruised body
| il, kneeling down, they will say. jesus, what
wilt thou have me TO do Tor this poor and op-
pressed one and will settle it there under that
influence, have no fear. We shall see strug
giles and 60 through deep and bitter trials yet.
but the future is bright, for where Christ SITS is
daylight and morning. And if the whole Chris.
tian public of the North set their faces toward
God and move toward Him they will move away
from night and toward the day-a day that,
wien it shall have arisen Upon this continent,
will know no setting-a day of Christian llber-
ty, the harbinger of univera' liberty, oil
world rcgenented. God grant it,
As for me, am determined by that same help
that has been vouchsafed TO me from the begin
ming to preach gospel of liberty, among you
and 10 bear witness for liberty, as founded IN
religion, to all this nation. | will not he intim
idated shall n It be persuaded. | am simply
calm, but infexible. Come veal or come wo,
whether We are defeated and cast back again,
or whether we go forward Immediately to the
prosperity of an ascertained and settled liberty,
as long as have life, and health, and strength,
and breath, will use them first, last, chiefly
and only for the enuncialion of that gospel
which brings release to tho captive, and liberty
to man. | won't be put down; | will not be
stopped by mobs will not be intimidated by
political threats; and with me is thrice ten
thousand men whose hearts Will grow holder us
men seek to stir up the common people to poll'l-
cal acts out Of winch shall come intimidation.
| say to them land they may as we'll know ii
first as last) there is no power in hell though
you bring Is egionS and its monstrosltleS upon
the earth there is nothing that foy one single
moment will Under or turn back this testimony
that God made man to be free. III preach it
for the serving woman, for the day laborer, for
the white and for the black man, III preach
i; for the oppressed OF other landSfor the I7Ish-
man, the Dane the Eng iShman. The struggling
Italian, the Hungarian, for every man-for God
hath made all nations OF the earth of one blood
to dwell together. | own the brotherhood. |
aucept every man as my brother, inheriting my
right and IS long as | claim for myself liberty
| Il assert it for other meG--Ill live for it and
die for it, (Appause 10 all parts of the house
feel this is moi my own individual expression
| am moved to this because it is the public SEN
timent of States and of cummur tiles. | am but
the mouthpiece of millions of men, and say to
those that mediate treachery and tyranny,
:" beware God has come to judgment, but He
has come to judgment that will purify his
people and make them a peculiar people JEALOUS
Of good works. We shall see a glorious ma
ton, restored constitution. We shall see a
liberty in whose bright day Georgia and Massa-
chusetts will shake hands that never shall be
separated again, There is love to be raked open
yet. Now there is ferceness Of hated but
there shall come concord, fellowship and union
and when this comes we shall have a Union that
no foreign influence can break and no home
trouble shall ever mar again