State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-10-18


until they can at least, be shown something
bearing the shape or shadow of dog.
We notice in the last .NetO York Courier
and Enquirer, Il thrust at the abolitionists
over the head of that incendidry zedlor--
as Mr. Webb styles him, by way Of adding
| force to his argumcnt-Mr Birney, because
he has got his vehicLe Of mischief going
again lie is affected with kind of holy
horror because Mr. Birney is adding to
his other sins in having the mechanical
part of the Philanthropist executed in one
/ place, while the paper is said to be pub
lished' in another which by the way, is
by no means an uncommon thing Pious
man Who has pulled the beam from his
eye, that he should see SO plainly, the mote
in his brothers.? How deeply he mus:
feel, in view OF Mr. Birney's sins Hear
him, as he proceeds to admonish kindly,
him and his coadjutors. Surely, now they
,0iW repentn
"This is precisely in keeping with the
palt,y co,Oartce of that sneaking brood Of
'rretcheS protesting themselves phiIanthro-
pists,' aud pretending their willingness to
become martyrs, MARTYRS, .forsooth! They
never yet have ventured within Il hundred
miles of the spot where any such man ly
exhibition of faith could he Consunnated.
They are poor miserable set Of DRIvILLNG
DAsTARDs, who are bold as so many Parol-
les, Mt distance from danger, but who al
ways run into The ShaUingS, like w. Lloyd
Garrison, when their o,cn poor pateS are
even in any suspicion or peril"
These are what a pugilist would call
'knock down arguments Who will doubt
after this, when James Watson Webb hOs
shown the fact so plainly--has reasoned
the case so coolly-and answered the argu-
mcnts of the friends of liberty so fully
that slavery is u divine institution the
corner stone of our republican edifcc =
| Who can now longer doubt that the slaves
ofihe South are much better Off than the
! free laborers of the North; that they would
not be free ifthey could that the abolition
| lists wish to divide the Union; that they all
deserve to be 'lynchcd without benefit OF
clergy?
Seriously, James Watson Webb,-ifyou
wish to make pro-slavery advocates by
such reasoning as the above, we suggest that
you had better send your paper TO some
other section of the world--say Algiers, or,
| if you can find no other spot on the habit
able earth, where the people are not above
you in their regard of justice and liberty
send it to South Carolina; but do not send
it to the Green Mountain State. 1t con-
teammates the fresh air of our climate. The
descendants of Old Ethan have heard too
many similar arguments upon another sub
ject, to be ready to take your ipSe DIRT
without any show of proof
If you honestly believe the aboliiionists
in the wrong, point out the ,orong but
think not that we shall believe Mr. Birney
or his colleagues in the cause OF emancipa-
ton, fools, and scoundrcls. merely because
you say so!
ale that will not reason is a fool" and
when we find man who deals only i'll
epithets we conclude that he must be en-
gagged in bad cause, that admits Of no
sound argument, or, that his intellectual
faculties are so weak that he cannot reason
=, Take which horn of the dilemma you
choose.