The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-24

;n., Inc a, list als.ary OF Spain j. an es.n,.
ing at once our attention. oy ,b '9 Az.
OF her crimes aud the lora,.. ,"' '"agniqi.
Scarcely ever such opportpni,, .. aer ID
a people. The prows If rbs;J was .iyg
bus first stirred the nlets alo.,. .'pnef CoIuu.
South America. there lived , n'o.' so'| o.
won 0y sentleness, easily governed P s e,4ig
ness Spain could have i've, rbon hIa:
Pel-she could have given them ,' y 'ns Go,
t'anlty with its glorious riviIil,tio. 's '2'''
was then wealth and lower ''''u' hsI
She played the roio Of -.
no" she tortured, aud crushed ~, rP{P'1''''
the natlves-how she comp.I,.l ,u' Rove
MAI and unpaid tasks, and how. '' rr.' % n:
sun greater gains, she imported Il. '3
man, and placed African slavery , n' '1'S
virgin soil-all this is written rpm lie
written the swift decadcpce og :. w
proud empire, its sinking into n.iao;e '-:'
the loss or the possessions for which ' :.
tered all-that too is written Tho ~ +" VI
the oppressed was not dead, neilbor wv
sleeping neither was he upon Journey
Nearly every nation furnishes .ono
lar historic record. God through al ''-.
been on. the side Of the poor and o,a .' ~
Through centuries OF war and hIooj ' f..
flons knew it not, but they were coDy,.'
with tie brththroes Of civil ao,ornno,.
The dignity OF the struggle wa, often NJ .a.-.
TO the contestants, but, though ca9s.4 =
somc local injustice, some ,m4If rr..
compared with the mass OF wroos., ri
struggle was between absolute pre-,,.,.-'
and me rights Of the people, bevge' =.
oppreSsor and the oppressed, between =,
troub!er and til. troubled.
Through all early English ni,ory b..,.
test went on. There was victor ,s,ao
the field of Runnymede Naqna Charm T.,
wrung from the unwilling hand of law,
Dlmly was perceived the trutn--.ec,
the beacon on some tar-off aeadIapd-,,,
human rights are from God; that the n,.
session OF life and liberty is from God yl
from MN the right to seek for happincs.-
that because he is man, and that they ar.
the common rights Of all men.
Through long centuries all this was ,iuv
seen, aud men struggled for what they saw
often lmporfectly, sometimes with rever.e
sometimes with disastrous defeats and We,
somehow getting ahead There was advan.s.
ment.
The glorious Declaration of Independents
caught inspiration from these great princip-,
and III words the world never can let die, r..
cognlzed, not the rights OF rauk, Of 0atio04.
lty, OF caste or color, but the rights OF
men The nation that day placed ,set o.
God side and against the oppressors Of the
poor,
We were not true to that Dee ara,i]n
We did not accept and never interpreted tue
words of that glorious document 10 tneil III.
and obvious sense We saw tares-Be let
them with the wheat, iorgettuI they toe
would multiply. We saw tetter, and san
Leare hem-they wll soon rust Of.
Slavery had built Its nest among or rat
tiers. We said, It's a pity-but it Won,
stay long meanwhile, however, We Iettae
unhclDed poor, robbed OF the rights Of man
hood, saying, This won't last tod CAV,
us time, saying, | will also leave in the
midst Of thee an afflicted aud poor pcoPt,
and they shall trust in the name Vi the Lord
We have grown worse. Vast territories hav-
been opened Tor extending the curse. u"
torbdding the poor to read the word Of u4
have been passed laws to hunt Gods poor
who claimed the divinity given right OF Sc =
ownership, have been ordained the :amNI'
of Gods poor were sundcred at the pleasure
oil those who claimed to own them-to own
MEN whom Christ redeemed
And then statesman and ministers said f'I
i, tiyht-this oppre sion is not wrong 1'l
has given US charter to buy and SELL aD1
it is right.
Our cup was full. From thousands o.
rude affairs, from unighted cabins, from MI
lions of oppressed went up great, oI''4
cry. God heard it. The cry Of the oppF''sfa
called for vengeance and it has come.
Slavery this day arrays two mighty aFns'
--trom each the slave is almost pFonloH'u'
Readers of the Adrocate, We do soI''na
fear that peace can never come to TINS ''"-
ii it continues to stiAe the crys OF .n7 20"
who plead for rights
The hand Of God is seen N this war tnl' -
He will give US victory if " let 'o' Y
pressed 90 free God spraNs to Us "0'
Happy it We hear his voice and Arc