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THE VOICE OF P
REEDOM.
POETRY.
The Fugitive Slave's Apostrophe to the
North Star.
BI REV. JOHN PIEKPOINT.
Star of the North f though night winds drift,
The fleecy drapery of the sky,
Between thy lamp and me, I lift,
Vea, lift with hope, my sleepless eye
To the blue heights wherein thou dwellest ;
And, of land of freedom tellesl.
Star of the North ! while blazing day ,
Fours round me its full tide nf light,
And hides thy pale but faithful ray,
I, too, He hid, and long for night;
For night : I dare not walk at noon.
Nor dare I trust the faithless moon.
Nor faithless man, whose burning lust
For gold hath riveted my chains;
Nor other leader can I trust
But thee, of even the starry train;
For all the host around thee burning,
Like faithless man, keep turning, turning.
I may not follow where they go;
Star of the North, I look to thee
While on I press : for well I know
Thy light and truth shall set me free:
Thy light thai no poor slave decoiveth ;
Thy truth, that all my soul believeth.
They of the East beheld the star
That over Bethlehem's manger glowed;
With joy they hailed it from afar,
And followed where it marked the roaJ.
Till, where its rays directly fell.
They found the Hope of Israel.
Wise were the men who followed thus
The star that sets men free from sin!
Star of the North! thou art to us
Who're slaves because we wear a skin
Dark as is Night's protecting wing
Thou art to us a holy thing.
And we are wise to follow thee;
I trust thy steady light alone,
Star of the North! thou seem'st to ma
To turn before the Almighty's throne.
To guide mo through these forests dim,
And vast, to liberty and HIM.
Thy beam is ox the glassy breast
Of the still spring, upon whose brink
I lay my weary limbs to re9t,
And bow my parched lips to drin'.',
Guide of the friendless negro's war,
I bless thee for this quit ray '.
In the dark top of southern pines
I nestled, when the driver's horn
Called to the field, in lengthened lines.
My fellows, at the break of morn.
And there I lay till thy sweet face
Looked in upon "my hiding place."
The tangled cane-brake, where I crept
For shelter from the heat of noon,
And where, while others toiled, I slept
Till wakened by th3 rising moon,
As its stalks felt the night wind free.
Gave me to catch a glimpse of thee.
Star of the North I in bright array.
The constellations round thee sweep,
Each holding on its nightly way,
Rising, or sinking in the deep,
And, as it hangs in mid heaven flaming.
The homage of some nation claiming,
77113 nation to the Eaglecowers;
Fit ensign! she's a bird of spoil;
Like worships like! for each devours
The earnings of another's toil.
I've felt her talons and her beak,
And now the gentler Lion seek.
The Lion, at the Virgin's foet
Crouches, and lays his mighty paw
Into her lap! an emblem meet
Of England's Qjieen, and English law:-
Queen, that hath made her Islands frco!
Law, that holds. out its shield to me!
Star of the North! upon that Bhicld
Thou shinest Oh! forever shine!
The negro, from the cation field
Shall, then, beneath its orb recline,
And feed the Lion, couched before it,
Nor heed the Eagle, screaming o're it. !
The constellations Aquila, Leo and Virgo are here
meant by the astronomical fugitive.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Extract of a letter from the Rev: E. W. Clark,
Missionary at. the Sandtvich Islands, to Eev.
S. McKeen, of Belfast, Maine.
Canton, China, June 5, 1S39.
This great city, Canton, presents many won
ders to the traveller from any other part ol the
world. Such a mass of human beings, both on
land and watt:, I never before beheld. I have
crowded through the narrow streets, gazing at
new and strange wonders, until the eye became
weary with seeing, and the ear with hearing.
Yesterday 1 went out with Dr. Parker, to visit
one or twoBudhistic temples. We passed through
a succession of narrow streets, six to eight feel
wide, lined with shops entirely open in front; the
streets being sometimes nearly covered over head.
On our way we called at a mill where animal
power, instead of water, was used to propel the
machinery. Twenty millstones, turned by ns
many bullocks, were crowded into a very small
space. The millstones were arranged in a row,
and the rapid and circular motion of the bullocks,
passing each other in different directions, and the
bolts kept in motion by the feet of men, presented
quite a noval and animated scene. I was struck
with the indications of industry in every direc
tion, and with the skill displayed in all kinds ol
handicraft. The temple which we visited was a
low building, of grey colored brick, with many
apartments' and open spnees adorned with a great
variety of trappings. The entrance was guarded
on both sides by huge images, in human shapa.
A sort of iron fur.iace contained the ashes of the
Japer burned by the devotees, and another the
os.'. sticks, (a sort of lighted taper, which meets
the eye at every turn.) Almost every shop has
a little miniature fire place by the door, where
these little sticks are standing on end, lighted up
at evening as a mark of devotion.
There has been a great commotion here of
late, in consequence of the severe measures adop
ted by the Chinese liovernmeni to stop ine opi
um trade. All foreigners were confined to their
factories, (rather fplendid prisons.) for six weeks;
their servants were all ordered to leave th-ein ;
a:id of course they were obliged to be their own
waiters The innocent anil guilty were all treat
ed alike. They are now released, and the Enr
lish Commissioners here, and nearly all the mer
chants have left Canton and are now at Macao.
Opium to the amount, of ten millions of dollars,
and more, has been given up to tho Chinese
Government. The week is fixed upon for its
destruction. A large pit is digging, into which
the opium, amounting to more than two thousand
boxes, is to be thrown, mixed up with quick lime,
salt, dec. one. A good lesson to teach Christian
nations how to treat the equally pernicious article,
rum. r oreigners all say that 'opium is a very bad
thing as here used; but they feel that they have
cause to complain of the arbitrary and oppressive
acts of the Chinese.' What the end will be. is
yet uncertain. Things wear rather a warlike as
pect, at present. Dr. Parker has just received a
letter from Mr. GutzlaiT, warning him to
flee from Canton Sodom as he calls it, before
the storm comes. But we feel no special appre
hension just now, 1 expect to return to Macao in
a few days ; and thence to the Islands in a week
or two and lenve my family at Honolulu, whtre
they will probably remain till I return. Much
love '. your family and other friends.
Yours, affectionately,
E. W. CLARK.
From the Liberator.
Letter from George Thompson.
Manchester, Sept. 17, 1S39.
Mij Dear Garrison :
This morning brought mo by way of my belov
ed homo, the Liberator down to the lGih ultimo.
Soon after I had devoured the news thus furnish
ed me, I met a friend in the street, who informed
me that he was returning to the U. S. in a few
days. Through hiinI send this hasty token of
unfailing remembrance and affectionate interest.
Though separated far from you, my eye and heart
are upon you. My imagination annihilates the
space between us, and brings me to your side.
Oh how I long to see you once again. I have no
more ardent wish connected with things temporal,
and my own personal gratification, than to tread
once more the shores of America, and see face to
face the abolitionist host now multiplied and
marshalled, and proceeding onward, to victory
You will readily believe that my heart has been
deeply pained by the dissensions that have sprung
up within the camp more than by all the fiirv
and smoke and malignant attacks of your uncivil
ized foes without. If it be possible, ' let brotherly
love continue.' At all events, he well assured
that the step taken (whatever it may be) is de
manded by the interests of your bleeding client
the cause of truth which you are pledged to sus
tain, and the glory of that God whose servant
you are.
It is now long since 1 have been refreshed by
the sight of your hand writing, and if you can
find time and strength to write me, you may be
sure that I shall hail a letter from you with the
sineerest delight.
I want to write yon a. long letter respecting our
present movement in reference to British India.
Its bearing upon your question is most important.
A few years will, I hope; prove that we have put
our hands to one of the. most powerful lovers for
the overthrow of slavery and the slave trade.
Ever believe me,
Your ever faithful friend,
GEORGE THOMPSON.
CT A correspondent of the Liberator, writing
from Manchester, (Eng.) says:
" I crossed the Atlantic, as you know, in com
pany with that firm friend of the slave, and elo
quent advocate of the rights of the slave, John
iicoblc, whose visit to the United States will be
long remembered for the happy effect produced by
his public addresses, in calling the attention ol
our blind and bewildered people to the safety of
immediate-emancipation, as aemonsirateu in the
West India Islands, and in urging us to apply the
same remedy for euro of slavery, if not through
out the States, at least in the District of Colum
bia where, it is admitted even by many slave
ites, we have a right to interfere. There was also
among the passengers another anti-slavery friend
from New York, Rev. G. R. Haswell, who visits
Europe for the benefit of his health. The Liver
pool had sixty three passengers in all, and among
them were two Marylandcrs, one Virginian, one
Mississppi slaveholder, and saveral West India
proprietors. With such characters in our compa
ny, you may readily conclude that the subject of
slavery was sure to be brought on the tapis.
Emancipation in the West Indies was one day
introduced at the table. The West Indies, of
course, took the lead in the conversation. Thev
prophesied the total ruin of the colonies as the
result of the folly of freeing the "niggers." The
blacks, they said, were lazy and would not work;
ihey had grown insolent to the whites ; to elevate
them was pronounced an impossibility; they
were evidently a different race from our own ; a
mark of inferiority had been placed upon them by
God himself, and they were intended to be under
tho sulfectitn to the whites. The West Indians
were fierce in their denunciations of the anti-
slavery people. Now all the above is what every
slaveholder aiv.l every pro-slavery man says,
whenever he engages in conversation on the sub
ject, being instigated thereto by the father of the
system which they are endeavoring to sustain.
I5r. acoble soon began to probe them, and under
his searching operation they were soon forced to
make the following important admissions, which 1
noted down at tho time, word for word, as they
were ut'ered.
1st. That slavery was sinful.
2d. There can be no question that emancipa
tion greatly benefitted the tierroes.
3d. The internal commerce of the Island of
Jamaica lias greatly increased since emancipa
tion. 4th. The commercial and trading interests are
in a more healthy state than they have ever been
before.
Thus we have a corroboration from the lips of
tne lormer masters, ot the truth ol Ur. Scoble s
statement to the public, and the information we
have received from anti-slavery friends in that Island.
I do not pretend to give you a full report of the
conversation; it continued for several hours, and
excited a good deal of interest both among the
passengers and officers of tho ship : and I am per
suaded that many who heard, have a better
understanding of the present condition of the
black population of the Islands, than all the com
mercial reports, with which the London papers
are weekly crowded, can give them in a twelve
month.
I cannot foibear mentioning one circumstance.
The Mississippi slaveholder, after the conversa
tion above alluded to was at an end, spoke to ft
sympathizing friend about the cut-throat abolition
ists; he only wished he could get them in his
country he would show them what Lynch law
could do! These men, said he, tell men that
slavery is wicked, but if they will only let me
alone, I am not afraid but I .shall go to Heaven as
soon as any of them. ''No, sir," answered Mr.
Scoble, who overheard the remark, " You never
can enter Heaven if you die a slaveholder. You
are guilty of the blackest crime with which man
can be stained. Go home, sir, and repenl ; eman
cipate your slaves, pay them for the labors of
years, which you have iniquitously extorted from
them, and then a-k God to forgive you ; perad
venture he will hear. Then, and not till then,
have you any prospect of nn entrance into Heav
en." The slaveholder retired to the fore cabin.
About an hour afterwards, I went down, and there
lie was declaiming about the indignity he had re
ceived, and commenting upon the advice to eman
cipate. " Let my niggers free," he exclaimed,
"and go into the fields and work, and make my
self a beggar for the abolitionists ! Pay them for
their work besides! The fellow is mad. I should
like to hear him tell rne again I ni;int repent. I
am as near Heaven as he is," &cw. Thi3 man
was in a perfect phrensy, which continued for an
hour."
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From the Rev. I. JV. Sprague, Pastor of the fourth
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Second Letter from Dr. Eaton, dated Brookfield, Ms.
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tainment of which our contemplated periodical is to be in
stituted ; and for whose encouragement, we would, confl
dently, yet courteously, present our claim to public patron
age; not, however, without the provision of its being cheer
fully relinquished, whenever the value of the work shall
havo Iailed to justify its continuance.
Montpelier, Oct. 1839.
By the provisional Editorial Committee
ERY A. ALLEN,
'S5oo8,Jot13SaitejS8ette,',M4
AVING procured from Boston new and elegant founts
of the most FASHIONABLE TYPE, is prepared to
prosecute the above business, in all its branches : and has
no hesitation in saying that all work entrusted to him will
bo executed in a style not inferior to that of any oth
er establishment in Vermont.
ICZP Office, one door east from the Post-Office state st.
Attention Artillery Companies !
R. It. RIKER,
(State sreet, opposite the Bank,)
MAS this day received from NEW-YORK, Scarlet
Broad Cloth, for Military Companies' Uniforms, Ar
tillery Buttons, Yellow Wings for Sargcants, Red Cock
feathers, Red Pompoms, Red 12 inch Vulture Plumed,
Yellow Lace, Yellow Epaulelts, Red Sashes &c. for sale
cheap for cash.
3'J doi. Infantry Hat Plates, White Cockfeathers, White
Wings for Sargeants, 12 inch White Vulture Plumes,
Swords and Belts, Flat Eagle Buttons, Laces, Epaulelts,
&c. for salo cheap for cash.
Montpelier, June 10, 1833 24:tf
MERINOS, cheaper than ever, mav be found at
JEWETT, HOWES & CO'S.
Sept. 27. 39:3wis
USLIN Edgings and Insertion, Cambric do. do
Thread do. do. Plain and fig'd Swiss Muslins jus
received at JEWETT, HOWES & CO'S.
Sept. 27. S9:3wif
21 ADDLEltY, Hard Ware, Neat's Oil, Patent Leather
3 &c. for sale by CUTLER & JOHNSON.
Montpeler, April 27th, 1834
ANTI-SLAVERY ALMANACS,
TOR 1810 for sale at this Office.
HATS, CAPS, FCRS &C. &C.
UST received at the Hat and Fur Store of Badger
& Partridge, opposite tho Village Hotel on Stats
Street; a new and splendid assortment of hats of various
descriptions viz. Brush, Plain, Mole Skin, Nutria and Com
mon Naps, also Otter, Nutria, Seal and Cloth Caps of the
most approved fashions; Fur, Seal, Nutria and Russia Dog
Collars; Buffalo Robes, Boas, Muffs and Neckties, Stocks,
Dickeys, Bosoms.Ruflle & Plain ; Suspenders,Gloves, Um
brellas, Capvisors, Pantaloon Straps, &c, &c. Ladies and
Gentlemen please give us a call ?
BADGER & PARTRIDGE.
Oct. 25th. 1839. 43:tf
FEW pieces of choice Bonnet Ribbons may be found
at JEWETT, HOWES & CO.'S i
Sept. 27. 39:3wis j
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ness, a smart, active, intelligent and respectable lad
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Brandon, Dr Hale.
Jamaica, L Merri field, Esq.
Hubbardton, W C Denison.
Norwich, Sylvester Morris.
Hartford, Geo. Udall, Esq.
Tunbridge, Hervey Tracy.
Strafford, W Sanborn, Esq.
Bar net, L P Parks, Esq.
Morristown.Uev S Robinson
Morrisville, L P Poland, Esq
Cornwall, U F Haskell.
Craftsbury, W J Hastings.
Westford, R Farnsworth.
Essex, Dr J W Emery.
Uunderhill, Rev E B Baxter.
Barnard, Rev T Gordon.
East Barnard, W Leonard.
TValden. Perley Foster.
Starksboro', Joel Battey.
St. Albans, E L Jones, Esq.
Rutland. R R Thrall, Esq.
Royalton, Bola Hall, C C
Carter.
Danville, M Carpenter.
Glover, Dr Bates.
St. Johnsbury, Rey J Morse
Middlcbury, M D Gordon.
Cambridge, Martin Wires.
Bristl, Joseph Otis.
Hiuesburgh, Mr.Allen.
Btrkthire, Rrv. JhonGlerJ
Derby, Dr Richmond.
Perlcinsville. W M GuilforJ
Brookfield, D Kingsbury Esc
Randolph, C Carpenter, tsq.
East Bethel, E Fowler, Esq.
Ji'aterbury, L Hutchins.Esq
E S Newcomb.
Waitsfield. Col Skinner.
'Moretown, Moses Spofford.
Warren, F A Wnght, lsq.
Water ford. R C Benton, Esq
East Roxburu. 8 Rueeles.
Fcrrisburgh, R T Robinson.
Vergcnnes, J 1 Kobe.-ts. u
WestAeld. O Winslow. Esa.
Corinth. Insley Dow.
Williamstown, J C Farnam.
Chester,' Stedman, Esq.
Spring field, Noah Safford.
Franklin, Geo S Gale.
Waterville, Moses Fisk, Esq.
Hydepark, Jotham Wilson.
Elmore, Abel Camp,
Hinesburgh, W Dean.
Butlinston. G A Allen.
Montgomcry, J Martin.
Lincoln, Benj Tabor. -
Calais, Rev. Benj Page.
Sudburv. W A Williami.
Pomfret. Nathin Snow.
Johmen, Elder Byingtoa.