Excerpt from The Crisis Slavery or Freedom: A Discourse, Preached in Williston and Hinesburgh, on Sundays, June 25th, and July 2d, 1854

During the present session of Congress, slavery has been crowned absolute monarch. Northern men with southern principles did the deed. Upon them rests the responsibility. But by being traitors to northern sentiment, they have been the means of bringing the issue before northern people and it is for them to decide which they will have, all slavery and 720 freedom, 07' allfreedom and slavery.

The passage of the N ebraska bill sweeps away all compromises with slavery, so that not a vestige of them remains. This bill declares that the Missouri compromise of 1820, which solemnly forbade slave ry to go beyond 36 deg. 30 min, is inconsistent with the principles of non-intervention by congress with slavery in the states and territories as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the comepromise measures, is hereby declared imperative and void. This measure is an open violation of plighted faith. It drives us to the side of freedom at all peril to the union of these states. If the union of these states depends upon maintaining the interests of slavery and throttling freedom in New England, the union is a curse and ought to be broken - the sooner the better. Before we are driven to this al ternative, let us try what truth, justice and determined opposition to the slave power will do in the present struggle. In the great con flict now commencing, says Horace Greeley, to resist the surrender of this union and government to the slaveholders, we wish to know no party names or divisions. We desire to see enlisted under our ban ner all who are opposed to the invasion of the free territories of the north by the slaveholders of the south all who wish to see liber ty and not slavery the great interest of the state. We ask, who is ready to league together to dethrone the new monarch? Freedom has been betrayed and sacrificed. Its gates have been thrown Open by foul treachery, the invader has entered and revels in his spoils A territory which one short year ago was unanimously considered by all, north and south, as sacredly secure by irrepealable law to freedomfor ever, has been foully betrayed by traitor hearts and traitor voices, and surrendered to slavery. Conspiracy has done its worst. Treason has done its worst. Who comes to the rescue 7.

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