Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-12-22
From the Au,i-slayery Record.
SPURIOUS ABOLITION.

SPURIOUS ABOLITION.
Il am as much Anti.Slavery as YOU are"
Then trust yon have Joined the Anti.
Slavery Society, and ranked yourself with
Antl.Slavery men, according 10 the old max
i'm, tina, birds of feather flock together
"Why-no--Pve not done that don't
like the men, but I'm as much Anti-Slavery
as you are"
Indeed You are as much OF Baptist
ms am but then you'll not 90 with the
Bap,ists-O yes as much of Methodist
as am. but then you'll not show your head
among the Methodists-as much OF Qua
ker as l. but you'll take good care not to be
caught with the Quakcrs-as good Pres.
byteran as !. but those Presbyierians-Oi
you'll not be seen with them las much OF
a Temperance man as |, but you'll not join
the Temperance ranks--not you, o no-you
dom, Ike the men
But the Anti-Slavery men are so rash and
inconsiJeraie /"
Then you have joined them | trust, on
the ground Of principles and no, men" and
by the "escrtion Of kind moral influence"
tried your utmost TO Curb their rashness, cor.
rect their mistakes, and put the cause under
wise and judcious management
Move not done that-their meas.
ures"-
20 yes-I understand it, they are such
a set of incorrigibles. &c &C. thai you have
more hope OF the Shareholders than OF them.
Wel-but If you don't like their way of do
ing the thing, you probably have some plan
OF your own-some system of correspond
ence with avehoders-some plan TO show
the superiority Of free over slave labor-or
some other scheme, by which you propose
10 do the thing
mo, cam, say that have-but Pm as
much Anti-Slavery as you are"
Doubtless--doubtess as you have
no plan Of your own, / suppose you give
something now and then, lin silent way, J
TO aid us in our efforts.
Mot L"
You give something to the Colonization
Society then--once the darling OF your
heart
mot Of late--The truth is. don't ex-
actly like either society but Pm as much
| Anti-Savery as you are"
Well, if you are minister, you do this
You preach on the subject; you speak
and pray about it, from time 10 time, in the
church and prayer meetings, and especially
on the Sabbath and then, you open your
pulpit to the abolition advocates, at least, the
better and more moderate sort Of them.
"Why-no-my people are so sensitive
that haven't thought il expedient 10 agitate
the suhject-but I'm as much Anti-Slavery
as You aren
Well, then, minister or not, you at least
bring the subject into your family. You
mention il at the family altar, converse with
your wife and children about il. and take ev,
cry method possible to enlist them in the
good cause, as you used TO do, for instance
in respect TO colonization.
"No--I never mention these political
things in my family-but l am as much An
ti-Slavery as you are"
You take some Anti-Slayery periodical
then, that you may keep peace with the pro
gress of the cause, and circulate il also a
mong your neighbors. who are not as much
AntiSlavery as am.
What that Llberator and Emancipator
No, sir--such papers are not needed at the
North. they had better be sent TO the South
to those that hayegot slaves"
/ You have doubtless subscribed for one oil
both Of these then, to be sent TO some friend
at the South that owns slaves for instance
| that brother minister that went down there
from yorktown, and married wife with hen
hundred negroes.
mol don'tthink it exactly belongs "a
me TO NEEDLE with other peoples matters
but Pm as much Anti-Slavery as you are"
suppose, then. when you hear men re
wiling abolilionists. and calling them IA
natics,p "cut.throats," "incendiaries," "for
eign emissaries." sc. &C., you always steT
right up and take theiI parts, and tell Their
revilers--"Hold, srs--pm as much Anti
Slavery as they are. FN
"No-I never do that--exactly."
Well, yon atleast make apology for them
on such occasions or
"Wby-I eal't say precisely as to that