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Editorial
December 5, 1850
Green Mountain Freeman
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
What is this article about?
An old liberty man argues that the fugitive slave law has awakened many to abolitionism, drawing support from Whig and old-line ranks, predicting unity among liberty supporters and potential Union dissolution leading to slavery's end.
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Results to Grow out of the Slave Law.
[An old liberty man, at the close of a business letter to us, takes the following brief, but we think correct view, of one of the results which will grow out of the slave law.]
"Sir, may I be indulged to write a few lines on the fugitive slave question, which is so much talked about. There has not been any thing, since the abolition agitation, which has so effectually opened the eyes of many, as the passage of this law, and the threats of enforcing it. Old abolitionists that have borne the burden in the heat of the day, may now stand and look on, and see the ranks filling up out of the whig and old line ranks. It must soon come to pass. that Herod and Pilate will soon become friends. and honest men will see who is for liberty-who the free soil men are. If the South want to dissolve the Union, let them do it, and slavery is abolished at once; for they will be divided among themselves, for "a house divided against itself cannot stand."
[An old liberty man, at the close of a business letter to us, takes the following brief, but we think correct view, of one of the results which will grow out of the slave law.]
"Sir, may I be indulged to write a few lines on the fugitive slave question, which is so much talked about. There has not been any thing, since the abolition agitation, which has so effectually opened the eyes of many, as the passage of this law, and the threats of enforcing it. Old abolitionists that have borne the burden in the heat of the day, may now stand and look on, and see the ranks filling up out of the whig and old line ranks. It must soon come to pass. that Herod and Pilate will soon become friends. and honest men will see who is for liberty-who the free soil men are. If the South want to dissolve the Union, let them do it, and slavery is abolished at once; for they will be divided among themselves, for "a house divided against itself cannot stand."
What sub-type of article is it?
Slavery Abolition
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Fugitive Slave Law
Abolition Agitation
Whig Ranks
Free Soil Men
Union Dissolution
Slavery Abolition
What entities or persons were involved?
Old Abolitionists
Whig Ranks
Old Line Ranks
Free Soil Men
South
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Results Of The Fugitive Slave Law On Abolition Ranks
Stance / Tone
Optimistic Pro Abolition
Key Figures
Old Abolitionists
Whig Ranks
Old Line Ranks
Free Soil Men
South
Key Arguments
Fugitive Slave Law Opens Eyes More Than Prior Abolition Agitation
Threats Of Enforcement Draw Support From Whig And Old Line Ranks
Herod And Pilate Will Become Friends, Revealing True Liberty Supporters
Dissolving The Union Would Abolish Slavery Due To Southern Division
A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand