State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-03-22


) said, and | repeat it., that the man TO be
selected by the antimasons for the Presi
dency should be "known as an opponent
both Of secret societies and of the miSruie o
, the present administration" Let such {
: man be presented, possessing the cage, eX.
periencc, talents, temper, and moral prin-
cipIes," necessary to qualify him for ma.
: TONS confidence, and / will be deferred
from giving him my support by no name
; lac may wear. 1t is, in my opinion, time
that we thought less about names and more
, Of principles. Give me an intelligent, up
: right, independent man, who has higher
/, ycncration for the Constitution than for
men or names, aud who would account it
more "glory' % have defended it,, than to
have "scrvCd under such Il chief" as Gen.
+ Jackson, and | will not be very soicitous
about the name by which he may be called.
1t is easy to give good man bad name
much easier than to iniuse into bad man
good principles.
The occasion which has led me to speak
particularly Of the wings, seems appropriate
to notice the allusion you make in your
second letter to me, of the treatment lave
met with from the wing presses in Boston,
by which, if am to credit your Statement,
the "insulting ALTERATION of Adams man,
abolitionist, and antimason" has been APP
piled to me. This you call 'rather rude
treatment to one who like myself have
I been working at the hazard of seli-Sacrifice,
to raise up their cause in [my] State"
] have not been favored with a sight of
any of the Boston papers, except your own,
and, of course have not been annoyed with
any Of the remarks to which you allude.-
The Boston editors, however, including
YOURSELF may as well understand, ut once,
| that | neither speak nor write to please
them, but follow the dictates of my own
Judgment please or displease whom ii
may. Neither praise or ccnsure in these
times is very greatly to be regarded. | do
not, indeed, affect to feel, nor ought to feel,
an entire indifference TO them; but do not
intend to live for the purpose of either Sc
curing the one oravoding the other. There
are nobler ends for which we should all
| live. But, enough of this.
There is a suggestion in the above quo
tation, upon which ! will bestow a mo-
menl's attention: ''Norkng at the hazard
of SELF Sacrifce to raise up Their cause in
my State" What do you mean by Wter
cause % Have they, tthe Boston wing ed
itors,) any cause in Vermont? THE coun-
! try has cause depending there of inn
mense magnitude-a cause i'll which every
man, woman, and child, throughout the
| whole lcr 9Th aud b~o"I'h "f'ho lnnh hoe
interest. This, sir, is Il "cause" in which
am engaged; and in which should rejoice
! to have your cooperation. | do not much
! expect it, however, while the "Boston wing
masons," occupy 50 large portion OF your
attention. These "masonic wings" may he,
and no doubt are, to you, very important
personages but | pray you to spare me
| from constantly seeing them reared up as
bug-bears to trghtcn us, sup in Vermont"
into the ranks of SHE party" The "Boston
wing masons," may, for ought know, he
very bad men, and Withal, very bad mana
gers. If so, regret it, because am sorry
to see n good cause-l mean the cause OF
genuine wing princplcs-suller by the
| folly of any of lis supporters. But though
the world, with some, has been SAID TO turn
on masonry, yet am not quite ready TO
believe that every thing turns on the con-
test between the editor Of the Boston Adj
vocate, and the "Boston masonic wings"
In saying this, however, ! would not be
regarded as evincing want OF sympathy
with those who are brought into conflict
with frecmasonry. That sympathy shall
always feel, and feel for you, while you
maintain in their fair and full ertent the
principles of antimasonry. If, however,
those principles are TO he abandoned for
the sake ofgetting into "certain majority"
and you suffer yourself to he drawn within
the influence of that which General Jackson
predicted with prophecy which has met
an astonishing iultilmenl) would "become
the order of the day." then l must reserve
my synpathics for the faithful few, who, i'll
a spirit ofunyielding devotion to their prln-
clples, "perSerere."
But the hazard of seli-sacrifice You
wonder that any thing can he done at the
hazard Of SeLfSac,Gce! There as self
sacrifice which | would not lightly hazard
But talk not to me of any other If the old
maxim that "honesly is the best policy is
to he reversed and seltsacrifice is TO come
as come it may--thcn all | have TO say
to YOU and to your correspondent, and TO
any and every body else is--LET n COME.
am, Sc. w. SLADE.
ANTI-MAsONRY IN ENGLAND.-The Lon
don Advocate adyerises new work en-
titled "a ritual and illustrations of l'recna-
sonrv, and the Orange and Odd-FelloWs'
societies accompanied lay "a pages of en-
cravings, containing about 200 signs OF
brotherhood and distress, and Key to the
phi Beta Kappa;' also, an account OF the
kidnapping and murder Of William Morgan,
who divulged the ridiculous and prolane
usagcs of the Free-Masons. Abridged from
American authors"
The publisher cautions the public against
those booksellers, who being themselves
Masons, or under the influence ofthe broth
+ erhood, refuse TO fulfil orders for this book
Yet the light will shine into the lodge room