State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-06-14

~ tne uellOcrduc altllnaSOnlc candidate
for President and this, too, without attempt
ting to show that he ever uttered syllable
in favor of antinasonry. The only act of
Mr. Van Buren, which tends in the renotest
degree to convince them that he is in prin- !
ciple an antinason, is, the issuing of proc
lanation at the time Of the murder of WIN
Morgan for the detection of the perpetra
tors of that horrid crime. Now, Sir, if this
proves MIR Van Buren, an antimason, wish
By precisely the same evidence to prove
De Witt Clinton the highest mason in tn
United States, to have been real substan
tial antimason Enclosed send you al
proclamation issued by him, while Cover
nor of the State of New York, offering a
rewa d for the detection of the murderersE
of VIM. Morgan.
As the editor of the Free Press seems so
much to admire Mr. Van Buren's sntma-
sonry, and as | am wholly ignorant of his
being an antmason, | would ask, when
and where has he ever given any assurance
that he is opposed to the institution of free
masonry? Has he i'll supporting Willians2
l.. Marcy in opposition to Francis Granger,
the regularly nominated antmasOnic candi- ~
date for Governor of the State of New
York Has he in his repeated endcavors
ltldIN
State Notwithstanding all these things
we are gravely called upon by this editor
to rally unitedly in support of this same
Martin Van Buren,, as the only democratic
antimuSonic candidate! And to effect this
object foreign aid is to he brought to bear
B,njamin f. liaett, who has been so law
ish in his abuse upon the Hon. WilliaIn
Sladc, and Dutee j. Pearce of Rhode Is
l., Ia, l,l 81. Cal
superintend the movements of the antima-
sonic party of this State. Hear what The |
latter says in a letter TO u Van Buren, man
in this State Gle (Mr Van Buren, will
have the cordial support of the animasons
and democrats of Rhode Island, Connecti-I
cut and Massachusetts and IF IA very
important word those in your state will
give him their support, he will receive the
electoral vote of every State in New Eng
land. Why should your late Governor
ed men in Vermont, democrats OF the oldI
school, betray for moment n want of con-
fidence The way for them is open, nndI
their friends in Massachusetts,, Rhode Is
land and Connecticut say, as with one UNI,
ted voice, Come, let us travel together"
II is not true, as Mr. Pearce here asserts.
have taken refuge in the Van Buren, party
Some of them, it is true, in Massachusetts
and most Of those in Rhode Island by theL
management and intrigue OF such men as
b. F. Hallett and Dutee J. Pearce, have|
been allured into the support of Van Bu-
renlsm. But it is not true with respect to
Connecticut The antimasons there hayei
ever been opposed to the present admins
tration; and many of the opposition candi- +
dates for State Senators at the recent cleo
ton in that state, and among them the late
antimaSonic candidate for Lit. Governor.
are staunch antimasons. But how is it I'M
Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio? TheyI
have ever pursued straight forward CON
sistent course, increasing in numbers al
every successive election, until in Pennsyl-}
vania, they have achieved most glorious
victory over the old handmade. And whad
do the antimasons Of those states say to us?
Most emphatcally, "as with one voice,
come let us travel together" What course !
then will the antimasons of this State pur-
sue? viii they adopt the suicidal policy
of uniting with Van Burenism? They'
will never do it while they have one drop
ofgenuine antimasonic blood in their veins |.
BIT the position recently assumed by the
editor of the Free Press is such as to leave
not doubt upon the mind of any observ-
ing man,-that his untrin2 efforts will be b.
used to effect such an object. He will
learn, however, perhaps when 1t is toe
late, " that the democratic antinaaons are
not TO be nosed about by him or any one
else that there is tirmness and integrity
in the party, and that they are inflexibe in
their purpose. They will be found true u .
the great principles which they have ever
maintained with zeal and magnanimity
worthy of antlmasons. They will never
be found recreant TO their principles, altho
the editor of the Free Press may abandon1
and execrate those very principles which
he has so long cherished, and i may add +
so ably sustained.
The editor of the Pree Press, although
he may he a true antmason at heart has
abandoned the party, and gone over to the
enemy for without all utter abandonment
of political antimasonry, he cannot now. be
found arm in arm, with such men as
Araunah Waterman, Charles Lindsey, n
q. Haswcll, and L. c. Tucker, who, when
antimasonry was Walking in the majesty OF
its strength, through the State wished to
crush it forever, and who used their utmost
eXertiOns TO elect Ezra Mech Governor OF
the State, in order to use his own express
sion, "to redeem its lost charqcter:"' With
such men the editor of the Free Press is
now zealously laboring to divide and de-
stroy the party which he has striven for
years 10 sustain, and to build upon its ruins
u party composed of the most adverse ma
terials, and mo whose embrace the Old
Handmanl has taken refuge, as the only
spot where she can hope to fihd a restiAgI
place!
In this crusade he hopes to carry with
him some of the most prominent Of the
party-the pionesfs of the cause, who have
devoted their time and influence to its
support Such men as Gen. Flint, James
Tarbox, Calvin Blodgett, Asa Adds, Geo.
Cream and n host oiH others aostnlly rom