Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-01-17

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assuming such vast tosdom asyou are disposed
70 accord 10 me, to premise, that civil govern
mea''' to be prosperous, harmonic and perpetual,
must be IN hatmoay With the moral government
Of tho world a, established in the eternal relations
oi justice, cause snd effect.
Had We, asa nation, carried out practically the
principles We theoretically proclaimed to the worId'
"s mgdt have stood forth at this time a model
nAuon' to tho & E' Of an admitting world But
"' cAoss different. We proclaimed the equal
IlGh'' OF al mcn-then hypoentical.y listened TIC
chains aton our tslloa. Al ans ths evil vas
anal, MT bigger than mans hand at called
1sn evil then, bat soon many, grown more fam
lIaf with its face, frat ptti,d then embraced.
lis more immediate yotares soon b.came
naughty suPerciliops, ,domineering the Legitimate
fruits OF oppression, and finally clutehed at the
Vtas OF the republic, and we ara now in arms
struggling for national existence Far seeing mep,
Like DR.. George Oombs, saw whittier ne we're
dTlfLng and warned US OF our dAAsAr aha " years
ago. ua saya " OF all national enormities, that ol
legall1Lg the purchase Of human bsingg and con-
ductns them into slavery is pro6aby the m9at
Atrocors and dsgraosiul. The ancestors Of ths
present American people stole, or acquitted by an
unpnncipsd purchase, the ancestors Of tho present
negroes, aud doomed them to degrading bend.
age IniI act wn utterly at variance WITH the
dictates OF tho moral sentiments and Christianity.
Their postsrlty have retained the blacks 10 thral-
dom, treated them with eontuney, and at this
day regard them as scarcely human beings. This
ai' grevous iransgression Of the natural and
reVsslsd laws Of morality. Evil and suffering
must flow from these trausgressions to the Amer
lean people themselves, i God governs the world. ."
Again he rays "Iho principle which regulates
national chasIissmsnis il, that the precise combi-
nation Of faculties, VII hch leads 10 the transgrcs-
hon, carries in its train the punishment" How
iruthfAly il this principle verified ia our pres
snt experiences and alas how many lacsrated
bOiomS and bleeding hearts, amid the death throes
Of our distracted country respond to the truth OF
the prophscy, that Evil and suffering must how
from thsss uansgresSions TO the Amsrioln people
Ihsmselyei." Slow have been cur statesmen-
iloT have bsen our generals, and slow have been
'hs people OF this nation 10 rscognizs the princ-
pies Of govsrnnsnt laid down by this profound |
philosopher. But air. fld am philosophizing
had almost forgotten the weight Of your steel Z
must hasten to a close, ls,t weary the patience
II tas printer.
Your Smoked Ysnkse played OUT" and nu-
nsrou, ineIrogatories relative to my age, health,
md the Rsgt. belong to, &C., together with your
lind Admonitory counsel,, arc all acknowledged
ss uu,! with all due appreciation. Ts relieve
you Of all soheiiuds in behalf Of Lieut. Campbell,
l will last say, he is tavusman Of mine and :.
sher' convsr,aIion with hin coon shsr hi, rsturp
from war, Iltiahsd me entirely Of hi, postion
This, | trust, will rsIsvs you from su hr,hsr
pick,! duty" on bis account You advise us,
to wait till "Gm dead" before publish "sl
men knGpes." This isgratuitous. You csrt,inl,
are not acquainted with your correspondents
am not bslierer in "total depravity."
10 conclusion, cordially rscipIocats your kind
" regard' Tor my future vefdre," rejoicing
that, "s!diering has improved your health,
and hoping our little warfare may cod with sn
Increase Of charity on my part, and in the emanei
patton OF universal humanity.
Our readers can now Judge which Of US have
u,sd Goldfish or lsadsn balls" B.R.