Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-02-10

lutIS 10 litai tho ullNhh bVhi NhlSH
begins with the declaration that Sod so loved
the world" not the church. taccepts the ehu'ch
according to what it can dc, as a co-worker for
humanity. 1t holds that the business OF the min.
ister is to take the things of salvation and bear
them right down TO the hearts-not cf select
few-bui Of mankind (Appause.) The Puri-
tan conception of the duties Of the minister OF
religion is, that he is the drawn sword that Christ
declared be came to send into the world, that he
shall learn that his business is to agitate men.
He thanks God that he is true to his character.
The Puritan holds that Gods truth is as the sun.
light and there Is no place on earth sacred from
its intrusion, and he has right 10 carry it there,
because he is ordained minister Of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
The minister of New England from the earli
est days, they have been pleased to call meddle
be literal TRUTH (Applause) | hold that the
glory Of New England was in these bright days
gone by when every minister Of the gospel felt
that he was part of the Commonwealth, and that
there was no citizen so low that was not his broth
zen and Christian Chris nj bi;os6of 10Th t0S dol%dh,' "a tib
among men, to bear their burdens, bringing the
consolations and the warnings, and the truths OF
the gospel to every man. For the last fifty year,
that doctrine has gone into decline and the minis
Try have been deceived for short time to believe
that their business n the pu pit and not in the
forum, and that has been the most despsable pc
Rod of New England's history But the bandage
has been torn Off and that spirit has come back
again to New England, and the voice Of the min
ister sounds through the whole continent, and it
is the gospel Of liberty preached by New England
ministers that makes the ofense. Find mea man,
fat with bis Incidence, pleasing to all men, that
rebukes no profitable sin, and that holds himself
tco sacred to touch citizens duty, and you may
look at him from the top to the bottom and you
won't fud that passion or reproach has ever
touched him. He is not detestcd. Find me
man that with the spirit Of the old fathers that
wrought out on his anvil the doctrine that broke
the fetters snd that discrowned erowEs-hnd me
such a minister that Of his own spirit wrought
out the doctrine that every man by the ri.ht and
title that God put in him has a right to civil lib.
, erty, and there is not whep on the face OF the
( earth that shall not bark and hewl at his heels.
And this is the peculiar glory Of New England,
ntermitted but for short disastrous reriod. IT,,
then, these two things could be changed, the po-
/ liilca philosophy and the liberty OF New Eng
/ land mind, Slavery could walk unmolesIed. 1t IL
e the glory Of New England that as she was the
cradle Of liberty, she refuses TO walk after its col-
! fin.
d And now what is the ime Of this dsturber OF
the nation Is ii that New England loves mon
ey? Since she is the on ny part Of the nation that
a does, may she not be forgiven' UsughIer.)- y
;. New England owns the money that she earus With
o her honest hands. Others love the money that il
IS earned by the black hands of Slavery. That i,
i. the diffel ence. Is il that New England boasts
:. She ough, not. having such unparal- ed example:
4 modesly of the first families Of Virginia, the
meekness Of the CaroIinans, who have Taught beI
=. to be meek The boasts Of New England stand
II in singular contrast with The exquisite principle
Is Of modrsty of every part OF this land she should
0 be condemned for boasting. Is it that in nation
M and sh sad h s9G os, men n G
" revolutionary struggle Go back and ask if ii
,e the war Of 1912. which New England hated, sh,
!. did not give the none, anG was the moral sup
ID port of the Administration Ask il 10 ever,
al struggle since when the Government las beet
t. jeoparded, which part of the country has gver
y, the most material and the most moral support tt
4. the public welfare, and that shall be New Eug
lands clearance and apology for the declaration
.. that has entered all this land. New Englant
er has patiently borne the fruits and has never shrun
a. uo' Iaheu W oeai u'"'V N'"'' "N' P's - ~
er public burdens. Wherever there is a State yo
ne you will find the glory OF New England he
IS. school mlstresses and masters and churches
al tes,ifying all ever the and what has bee
d her fidelity in the civilization OF this contloen
in MOI Tnis is the cause OF her otisnse' that IN
nd nation that run greedily after worldly gan, sh
es would never suffer this mischief that when th
ng nation was giving up It's principles ana silvat'o
in to Southern revoluiionists, New England stoo
he firm as the apostle OF God against apostacl
is For this national fidelity, it is proposed to recon
of s,ruci the Union end leave her OUT.
IL. But " u you be kind enough to tell me whef
e.) New England is! Not on h.r own efri'or!
he New England ia wherever her ideas are, ana yo
have got to tear down the books that MI the
bis braries Of this continent, before New England
10. shut out. Shut out this terrllory-New Engan
,et amt out The laws that she made thro6 s'i
oc the blood that she put into them, the institution
hi, that she framed stand as witnesses TO bring h'
%. back. Her sons and her daughters bill the lane
lon One.third part Of the population of America
to either New England, or descended from New En-
n, lang people, to-day. More than one million mt
Of live in this nation to-day that we're born IN Ne
len England, and are you gsing to turn them ou'
ap. What will you do with those threads woven !
mas to the hbrc OF the country There viii
ha, holes and patches, take it, when New EnsIar
ha, is turned out. applause
for And il she were turned out, is her honor gon'
sho Was Chrslianity destroyed when they destroy
ms Jerusalem? Again, il you should sack kou
ion. aad rae ii 10 the ground, would the Romao Cat
civ. olic faith 20 because Rome went? IL you ou