Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-21

and that God had set his face against it,
and called all men to do the same They
insisted that polity which deprived men
of the image of God and quenched in
them human instincts, was criminal in
itself. Like the immortal Wesley, they
, felt themselves justified in calling slavery
, 1.-the sum of all villainies"
They would not hear of compensating
the holders of slaves, should they consent
to emancipate for a consideration. Slave
: ry being heinous sin, it should be aban-
doned and repented Of, instantly. TO
, talk of compensating men for ceasing to
: be criminals, was preposterous.
5 Thus they plead, toiled and suffered,
until the insolent Slave Power, like its
) pagan prototype against the early Chris
tians resolved on silencing these moral
pleadings by violently subverting that
: constitution which guaranteed liberty of
speech.
= Having wrested the government out of
the control of the American people, they
| would secure for slavery that perpetuity
! and universally, by the sword, which
: they and President Buchanan failed to
effect for it at the ballot box In this
Y work they are engaged now.
, But have they silenccd the abolition
S lists? Silenced the abolitionists Why,
they have converted almost the whole
: nation into such 0, what millions of
t, abolitiouists are now clustering around
: the little nucleus Are we under some
e magic delusion? 0, no; we are all in
our sober senses. What We sec is no illu-
!, sion it is sober fact, working materials
= for history. Think of the mighty agcn-
}, cies now working with the abolitionists !!
n Take examples at random Now General
= Benjamin F. Butler is laboring for them
t General Thomas is laboring for them
!, Governor Andrew is laboring for them
J. General Hunter is laboring for them-Van
: Buren, and Brady and West Virginia and
d Missouri, and the Federal government,
C congress included, are laboring for them
e not, indeed, from their moral stand
s. point and motives, but laboring in good
l. faith for the death of slavery. But the
d most touching circumstance of all, in this
/. divine propagandism, is, that at this hour,
d thousands Of black men arc being gath.
J. cred into the public service, while other
e thousands, already accomplished soldiers,
,e are carrying the banner of liberty to their
h oppressed brethren, proclaiming that tie
d gear Of jubilee has come! These agen'
le cies, like indices to powers in mathemat-
t, les, reveal the public sentiment, deep ir
n the hearts of the people. And that SEN
rs timent never will be satisfied until slavery
Y. is overthrown. This is now the issue
q, and takes precedence of all others anc
Y, yet it is the last thing that they contem
70 plated in their mad revolt. On slavery
y their new national life must rest. Thi
L. was fundamental principle in their con
S. stitution, and had the sanction of tn,
le chief dignitaries of the Episcopal churcl
le within their confedcracy. Destroy slave
re ry, therefore, and their national life ex
l. pires. This our government now sees
r, and hence the multiplied agencies referred
id to above.
rt Think then, with what purpose the.
W must be inspired against the Government
J? and people. Is it too much to say thei
r. political existence is more at stake? |
!? is, therefore, that acts of such revoltin,
m cruelty are so common among them. VIII
d, would believe that to prevent slaves fall
to ing into our hands, they would butche
,s, and burn them by the thousands
n They set out to limit the political pow
I'd er of the people, that government, base
OF on slavery, might be effected. To thi
~ end they took up the sword and have thu
compelled the nation to resort also to tn
H. sword, in defence of its existence. Wa
se has ensued. And what war Talk W
to of Persian and Roman wars! In wha
IL war, before, has the issue been SO distinct
ey ly right and wrong?
Is If the sublime ever attends upon con
un hi Il dnna eo nnw Tho cnirit of eui