Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-03-25

So of Temperance, Anti-Slavery, and eve
ry other moral, religious, and philanthropic
would not have the friends of
any condescend to mount their hobbies and
enter the political arena. Let the pots
herd strive with the potsherds."
But this would have all christians-all
Anti-slavery, Temperance, and other NOR
al and philanthropic men do. would have
them let it be known that their votes must |
not, and cannot be counted on by anti-chris- |
tians and wicked men. Let the infdel, the
blasphemer, and impious man know, for
certainty, that it will be a vain thing for
him TO expect the vote of consistent chris
tian. Let the stakeholder, the apologist for
slavery know that they cannot have the
votes of Anti-Slavery men. Let the drunk
ard and the drunkard- maker know that they
need not count on the votes of Temperance
men, unless they would be certain of dis
appointment. Let the whoremonger know
that he cannot have the votes of the lovers
of chastity and moral purity. And so of
every other class Of religious, moral, or phi
lanthropic men. Let it be known TO all par
| ties in politics what is TO be depended on
in relation to their voles. When religious
and moral men become thus consistent, they
will be terror TO all the workers of iniqui-
ty around them. If they had hitherto been
thus consistently it were now certainly
known to both the political parties that no
professed Anti-Slavery man would vote for
either a STAKEHOLDER or an opponent to
emancipation, one party or the other-or
both-would forthwith hoist anti-slavery
colors. Their present candidates would be
compelled to shift their attitudes, or 10 sur
render their places to others, who would
sustain the cause of freedom.
Experience already confirms this view OF
the subject. When the State Convention,
of the party in power in this State, was
held, last fall, for the nomination of State
officers, there was strong itching manifest
in different quarters. for a different set oil
candidates. But it was feared that if they
set up anti-abolitionsts for candidates, they
would lose the abolition votes, which they
knew to be more than a balance between
the parties. The result was, an anti-sIave
ry ticket, which was elected. A step wa:
taken in the same course, al the late Har
risburgh Convention for nomination of can
dIdate for Presidency. Henry Clay was
the man, of all others, for the party. But i
was known that abolitionists would not vote
for Henry Clay, because he was slave.
holder, and because of his notorious anti-ab
clifton speech in Congress. He was there
fore relinquished, by his own party, because
ii was known that he could not obtain thu
Anti-Slavery votes. But abolition.sts hav,
r not always been perfectly consistent. 1
they had been, the same policy which LEI
. to the REIMBURSEMENT of Henry Clay woul,
have secured better nomination than Un,
Henry Harrison, and John Tyler, the LAT
ter of whom is understood to be slave
holder. Nor would the other party-if alb
8 olitionists had always been consistent-ev
er again set up Martin Fan Buren, @
Richard N. Johnson, the former of whom
: is pledged to the interests of the South, i
regard to that aceLdama in the Ten Miles
Square, and the latter Shareholder,
In future, then, let abolitionists be coz
sisfent. There is no need of separate an
;, independent organizations and nomination.
Only let them make known their sentiment,
/ and approve their integrity. Let them Ii:
ten to no aatteries-no briberies-no com
promises-no seduclions of whatever kline
Let it be known that they stand upon prir
! cipte, unyielding, answering, unawed.-
That party in politics must be miserabl
bankrupt in moral character, indeed, tina
cannot produce one sound Anti-Slaver
candidate, possessing all other requisit
qualifications. A party thus corrupt is Gel
talnly unworthy of the support of abolition
> lists
u N. B. The arguments here used al
equally applicable TO the Temperance caus,
= as to the cause of Anti-Slavery.
= TEMPERANCE.
II The true conservaiors of public moral
: In this village and town, are arousing 10 Ii
interests of this oood oo,ea Soro-,I -.