The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-02-23

INC real OHeS-lndL ueTe Is TedCneTy Ill
the movement-that it is prompted by secret OPP
position to the progress Of free principlesthat the
design of its originatoFs is to sacrifice the Lber-
ator on the shrine of sectarian bgotry and intol-
erance' and enable the clerical" opponents of i'm
meaiate emancipation to {" feed fat their ancient
grudge, upon the pioneer editor. 49,
Al tne late annual meeting of the state society
the SUBJECT came up and was freely discussed. We
are happy to learn that neither party succeeded in
proving its opposite treacherous to the cause of the
slave, for the very good reason that in the nature
of the case, it was impossible to do So Both man
Tested themselves true to the great and vital prin
ciples of universal liberty. 1t only appeared that
Amos A. Phelps differed from William Llovd
Garrison in theological matters, and that Henry
B. Stanton and Henry c. Wright could not think
alike on the subject Of human governments and the
balot-box. On the great question which had call
ed them together ALL WERE AGREED. No hand
was lifted to lower down in the slightest degree
that standard of emancipation which however torn
by storm and battle, still
&C Streams like thunder-cloud against the wind''
If there were any lockers on who hoped to reap
benefit to themselves and their parties and sects
by condemnation Of Garrison and the Perfec-
tioniss and Unitarians on one hand, or of "Phelps
and the orthodox clergy" on the other they are
doomed to disappointment. The enemy have no
occasion to exult over this trifing dissenton. 1t
is nothing more after all, than the unavoidable fric-
ton of the mighty moral machinery of the Anti
Slavery Society, which is moving the entire ma
ton, and should be regarded as indicative only of
increased velocity and power.
The cause of the slave is safe in Massachusetts.
Safe as that of the reformation when Luther dis
agreed with Melancthon and the less ardent re-
formers-safe as Christianity, when the Apostles,
fresh from the baptism of the Holy Ghost and of
fire, contended sharply with each other Over &
above these occasional conflicts of that freedom and
individuality of opinion which the abolition srug-
gle necessarily cherishes-the voice of the per-
ishing slave-the clank of the iron that enters the
soul, are still heard and needed. To the rescue
of the victims in the prison house of slavery, such
men as William Lloyd Garrison and Amos A.
Phelps will still press earnestly onward, although
one may cleave to Mark and the other to Silas.
In the faith and hope of abolitionism they cannot
be separated. They have indeed been brothers be-
loved let them still remain so. The one, amidst
perjury, reproach and danger first enunciated the
great doctrines of immediate emancipation while
the other at the sacrifice of reputation and compeS
tence and exalted station eucidaed, expounded and
defended them, in argument unanswered, and
unanswerable,- reading of which has been ev-
cry where followed by conversion to the faith Of
abolitionism. The mission of one was to assert q
great principle that of the other to explain and
iamiliarize it to Inc popular mind. One was es-
sential to the other, and both to the PRONUNCIATION
of the high truths of which they were the early re-
cipients The one was like George Fox lifting up
his woodworking testimony in the field and by the
way-side; the other Robert Barclay, framing
his mastery "Apology." Between such men let
no root of bitterness be planted. Together they
have encountered the storm of nOnuIar furV--tha
same evil influences have been arrayed against
both; and while one has kept his post of trial and
danger, the other has braved the missiles of the
mob, and the fires of ecclesiastical persecution, in
half the states of the confederacy. They differ
indeed, widely upon many important subjects but
as aboitoniss their hearts and hopes are the same
Let us then, as abolitonists, do injustice to neither
but love and cherish them both. Better would it
be for the cause of the slave that the Lberator and
its kindred prints should perish outright than that
the old and tried friends of emancipation should
turn the weapons of their warfare upon each 9TH
er. Let us then disappoint the expectations of
our enemies, and falsfy their confident predictions
of a permanent and fatal division in our ranks.
Let us tolerate and forgive in one another every
thing but wilful and deliberate treachery to the
cause. Our merely personal differences should
be buried "deeper than plummet ever sounded"
>-'NNSN ASSSohS
tolerance and charity. We must cease to brand
men as sectarians" because they claim the right
to hold fast their peculiar theological opinions, for
in so doing we condemn ourselves. Ofwhat con-
sequence is it that Garrison is ga Perfectionist"
and Phelps an Orthodox minister" that the ed
itor of the Freeman is Quaker" and the editor
of the Emancipator Presbyterian" Are we
not all Observation-Disclosures al-with our hearts
yearning for the consummation of one glorious
object? What madness then to impeach each
others motives-to doubt each others sincerity
to give place to jealousy and evil suspicion? 1t
is to the perfection and beautiful harmony of our
association-its unity and singleness of purpose,
E." the consonance of will and understanding among
so large number of individuals of such diversi-
fed powers, habits, opinions, tastes and circum-
stances"-that we owe our moral and political
power at the present moment. Like the tabled
stone of Scio which Piny speaks oil, which aoated
on the waves while whole, but sunk like lead be-
meath them when broken asunder, our strength and
safety lie in our union and brotherhood of spirit.
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