Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-04-28
The Remedy.

have referred to some oil the most prOuineHt
abuses to which those rights have been sub
iected. Il remains for me to call the atien-
ton of nv readers to the remedy But this
will at once suggest itself TO the mind OF ev-
erv reader. and each will say that our REM
edy consists in united eradication Of onr
RIGHTS: that the real difficulty consists in
our divisions, and our first efforts should be
to unite the friends of northern rights. In
order TO do this, we must search out the
cause of our division, and understand dis
tinctly the point on which we Separated
III understand our Liberty men, they are
anxious 10 maintain the rights OF the free
States, and they ask for nothing more. |
speak upon the authority of many leading
men Of that party. have never met with
an intelligent man who asked or demanded
any thing more than this yet they say,
''the Wings have neglected portion of our
most important rights, and they feel It their
duty to separate from them, and TO form
distinct party, whose principal efforts are TO
be directed to the maintenance Of such OF
our rights as have been neglected by the
Wings. 1t was not my intention, when
commenced these essays, to throw censure
upon any class of men, nor is such my pres
ent object; may, however, be permitted to
say, that think our Liberty friends did not
well "de6ne their position" before they sep
arated from us. For the correctness of this
remark, will refer to the recollection Of
the great mass of our people of all parties.
At the time Of separating from us, they had
not clearly set forth TO the world our rights,
which had been trampled upon; nor did
they state. with perspicuty, the abuses
which they sought to correct. Neither did
they definitely mark the boundaries, and limit
the extent of the political reform which they
were endeavoring to effect. On the con-
trary, there was degree of obscurity per-
yading their objects. They professed OPP
position to slavery, and left the public to
infer design to invade the privileges Of the
slave States, instead Of maintaining our own.
This idea has rested in the minds of large
portion of our people, both in the free aud
in the slave States. 1t is true the charge
was often denied; and it is equally true that
the denial was not carried home to the minds
of the great mass Of our people many Of
whom, to this day. really believe the object
ofthe Liberty party to be an unconstitution-
al interference with the privileges of the
slave States But so far as | have been
able to learn their motives, and to anayze
their views, understand them to be simply
the preservation of our oVn rights; the re-
peal of all acts Of Congress, passed for the
support of slavery or the slave trade to
separate the Federal Government and the
free States, from all unconstitutional con-
nexion with that institution, and TO leave it
with the individual States, where the Con-
stitntion placed it. This, L believe, 10 be
the boundary and farthest extent oGtheir po-
RticdI intentions. If they entertain any
other or further views, | hope Judge King
1.-THE candidate of the Liberty party for Gov
ernor of Ohio) will state to your readers,
through the Chronicle, the point on which
have failed to express their objects. | hope,
also, that the editors of the Phiianthropist
and Emancipator will, through their respec-
tive papers, set forth definitely any error into
which may have fallen, in regard to the
design and objects Of their party. But, for
the present, taking these to be the definite
limits TO which they aspire, | will respect
fully ask the Wings as party, and the
Liberty men as party, to show me the line
of demarcaion between them Is there
an individual in the whole Wing party of
OutU, VI III TIC UGC CthlCS, tudt 10 Wnll1O
to surrender single right of our people
If there be such wing, have not met him.
Ifthere be Whig editor, north of Mason
and Dixon's line, who is willing to yield up
any ofthe constitutional rights of the free
States, hope he will favor the country with
his views and that he will inform us dis
tnctly Which part of the Constitution we
ought first to surrender. speak with great
confidence when | say, that believe no
such can he found. Let the rights of the
people Of the free States, in regard to slave
ny, be fairly and distinctly pointed out, and
there will be no want of 6rmness nor of pat
riotism to maintain them. 1t is true, how
ever, that many Wings have, and still do
oppose the abolition of slavery in the Dis
trict of Columba but they will assign to
you, as the reason, that Congress has not
tie constitutional po,oer to abolish it. If
you then ask them if they are willing that
Congress should repeai its o,on laDs, for the
support of slavery and the slave trade in
that District, they will, at once, answer you
in the affirmative. If yon inquire whether
they are willing to lend their influence, or
their property, to support slavery, they will
answer you that they detest the institution
Hyon interrogatc them in regard to any 9TH
er rights Of the north, they will unhesita-
tingly assure you of their determination to
sustain them.
If then, our Wings are willing to sustain
all our rights, and our Liberty men have
no further objects in view than the support
of such rights, the question at once suggests
itself, why do they dioidc? What princi-
pie separates them from each other! And
il is question of high and solemn import
which the writer would repeat in the ear of
every Wing, every anti-slavery man, and OF
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