Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-05-05

claimed and received the two-tiths represents
ton Did not the reclamation Of iugIi.ye' by
the sameIorganic law, become a political ques'
ton, and not matter for the Church to settle
And upon the admission Of new States into the
Union, made out Of territory which did not be-
long to the Union when the Constitution was
framed, was not the question, so far as Slavery is
concerned, wholly potoaI che? Is not the
same true respecting The legislation for the recl-
nation Of fugtiyes from service And in dec.-
ding political question, is statesman, or even
politician, forbidden to consider tie moraaspcct
Of it2 May not, and ought not, mans moral
convictions 10 control bis vote, if be gives one at
all, or may he set them aside and disregard them
when he is only acting for the commonwealth 2
DO not the value Of Save labor, lis adaptation
to climate and productions, its appearance IN the
census, and its effect upon the growth, and wealth
and population, and character Of the State, be.
long strictly to political economy? Have not
the States in which it is, a right to abolish it in
such humane methods as they may see f! to
adopt for that purpose whether they do it for po.
Iltlcl or moral reasons And It it effects favor
ably, or adversely the general interests or rcpu-
tation Of the United States, have we not all, as
citizens Of the United States, the right to use all
lawful means either to extend or curtail its lin
IisP
Questions like the above might be multiplied to
any length, but we have suggested enough TO show
that the logical road from the premise, the curse
Of Cannon, 10 the conclusion thnt "Abohuontsm
is the causatye antecedent Of the war" is not a
particularly straight or unob,tructed path TIE
facts of history block up this road to very ser.
Gus extent, and need to be removed-thlt is, ex.
planned away-beore common minds can get over
or by, or through them Philosophical and dog
matica theologan,, on the wings ofther highe
law revelation as they interpret t--may b
able to take these distractions at a flying leap
but plain men, who take the bitlc as they fnd it
and history as il has been written, and the wor,
as it is, will hardly be able to argue from the ours
of Canaan that the people Of the United State
have no right ethicaly Or politically to work b
all Lawful means to remove Slavery from the lin
its Of the Republic.
But we cannot forbcar adding here, that "
regret to see any effort made to prejudice peopI
against Dartmouth College by reason Of Pies
dent Lords views on Slavery. The College
good one, and sends out every year able me
who are not at all msIed by the opinions Of y
Lord. The students are aud have been for YEA
{ largely Republican. A large majority Of the ia
( ulty are so now, and three officers Of the COLES
, we're elected on the Republican ticket in Nc
Hampshire this Sprng-one Senator and OIL
Representative in the State Legislature, and d
: Representative to Congress And DR.. 10
=, makes no effort to proseyta students to bis pee
= liar faith, never obtruding his opinions on II
conIroyerted question, unless they are solcitc
We have the utmost respect for the President, o
great love for the College, and we believe tue htt
should receive no hurt from what we think q
i the incorrect opinions Of the former. Ii Slave
in the United States had no other refuge or
fence but such as Dr. Lord finds for it 10
y curse Of Canaan, it would have short shrit a
few friends; and we have no concern lest
preacher Of that doctrine should msleid, by 1
:. subtlety Of his metaphysical theology, body
:. students, who are generally thinking men. Thu
. is no College in New England at which more
ers of and believers in the inaienable rights
10 man graduate than at Old Dartmouth. 10
-. may 1t prosper.