Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-04-12
cAssIUs NJ. Claws LETTER.

Many OF the liberty party express themselves sur
prised and disappointed that so strong an anti
slavery man Mr. Clay, should avow his intention
to vote for slave holder. They have much fault
to find with his implied declaration that the third
party movement is ill-calcula,ed TO advance the
cause of Emancipation, and are willing to allow him
scarcely any credit for his noble act Of freeing his
sloves,-and all this, forscoth because he considers
II best 'to vote for HESRr CLAY for President, in
stead of James G. Brney They would have him
initiating their conduct in most of the Northern
States-use all his influence and talents against
the party which has shown itself TO be pre-emnent-
y the champion Of the right of petilion-and, by
drawing votes from that pAsiy, -i--- ihoss ~ siP
into office who, as party, have so often trampled
that right in the DUST that its revival seems almost
hopeless. They seem TO expect that MIR Clay VIII
indirectly aid locofocoism to rivet the collar Of
vtude still tighter upon the neck of the down-trod
den slave, instead Of assisting the Wings in meas
ures which give that slave ground for hope that
"the rod and yoke Of the oppressor' may yet be
broken, and he stand forth, ga man and brother"
In short, they are dspleased that this far.famed
Liberator las he may properly be styled.) does
not favor the carrying of the subject Of negro
cpation into the political arena instead of letting il
remain moral question.
Well, we trust Mr. Clay will not find his arm
palsed his heart faint by reason of the condem-
nation his course meets with from the abotionists
at the North. II would indeed be matter of great
regret, did the display OF the mole-eyed vision OF
of that faction cause him 10 relax in his glori-
Gus effort.
The liberty party is invariably bitter against in
dviduals who leave il and join the Whigs--with
whom, as is well known, nine-tenths originally be-
longed. Why this is we do not know, for the very
fact last mentioned, without any other proof stamps
the Wing party The one favorable to the anti
slavery cause. friend at our elbow, however,
preiends TO find reason in the maxim that "deser-
tiers always hate those whom they have left"
The third party press, too, is forever firing alder
popguns at the Locofocos, and forty two FOUNDERS
at the Wings Henry Clay is stigmatzed with all
the epithets current at Billingsgate, while Van Blu
rem, the "Northeru with Southern principles
the iawning tool of those who would forever per-
Petuate the curse of slavery, he whose policy has
always tended to build up the slave holders at the
expense OF our free labor-is let off as easily as
though he had no more interest in the coming cleo
ton than General Tom Thumb Against Mr. Cal
houn, too, the other prominent Locoloco candidate
for the Presidency, the third party have scarcely
word to urge, notwithstanding his violent and I'M
compromising advocacy of the Fright of human
property" They can bear any thing but VINO
stakeholder; and him they seem to dread as though
they feared all their liberties would be subverted by
his rule.
But Mr. Clay's letter, eloquent and candid as it
is, will exert great aud abiding influence upon
the public mind, and will, we hope, convince many
that the support Of Harry of the West may be con-
sistent with an earnest desire for the removal of
that mdew upon our national prosperity, negro
slavery