The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-04-18
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GA VERMONT VVHIG.o
According to promise, the facts presented
by the above writer in answer 10 a challenge
from Investigator" will now copy from
| the Rutland Herald. AS the reader will
see from the following sentence, the first
part of the CO COMMUNICATION is occupied in
! settling collateral issues, and does not per
tain TO the tTue-reaL issue. For this rea-
son, and considering the length of the whole
article-our want of room, &C., | trust
shall be pardoned for commencing as fol-
lows:
And now Messrs Editors, having got
these little collateral issues into train of
adjustment, and laid out summers work
for your correspondent we arrive at THE
| true Issues" and, that there may be no cav
| lllIng about that tissue" we will let ala.
veSl gator" State it, as he has GOT it arrang-
ed in his last article; and here ii is.
"What is the true issue? See Investi-
gator of the 29th Feb. and March Ia
Erst.-The Wing Stale Committee pro.
less to be In favor of abolshlng the odious
institution Of domestic slavery. Second-
The Wings generally, claim identity of
political and Liberty principles with those
Of George Washington and Thomas JEFF
fersOn. On both these questions have
joined issue and demanded The proof
He was liule more valiant than this
in "lnvestigator of March 18th" He there
ventures on Challenge which is one of
the richest specimens of fool-hardiness that
you probably ever met with. Hear him.
Il challenge any committee or indivld.
ual member olthe Wing party in the whole
Union 10 produce the ecldence Of their OPP.
position to slavery or their identity with
the principles of George Washington or
Thomas Jefferson.
Quite material variation, you perceive;
but we will not grumble about that, but
let him have it his own way, if he will
promise to "sland this ground' now.
1.-The Wing State Committee profess 10
be in favor of aboIIshlng the odious inst.
tuition of Domestic Slavery" Certainly
they do, and so do those whom they rep
resent. The "Whlg State Committee" are
the autholized eXpostors OF the principles
OF the Wings of Vermont. take 1t. Aud
now let US see if they have, like "Invesli-
gator" manifested zeal without knowI-
EIDE" He demands the proof" and will
endeavor 10 satisfy him with an amount
that will leave him with no disposition,
like Oliver Twist, TO ask for more He
informs US that we are 10 know the Wing
party by what they do and not by what
they say; and this test accept; being per-
mitted to indulge the hope that he will not
shrink, bimseIL, from It's application. Com
menclng, then, with the year 1886. the
date OF the organization of our State Sen
ale, and long years before the formation Of
any third, or Liberty parry, $50 as to re-
pei any lmputaton of unworthy or selfish
motives arising in that direction) humbIy
request investigator to mourn over the
following historical records.
At the session ofthe Legislature OF 1886,
Mr.. Grandy, Wing Senator from Add
son County, introduced the following res
olution:
Whereas, to US it appears that slavery
is Inconsistent with the principles OF Re-
publican Government; therefore
Resolved, That our Senators be instruc-
ted and our Representatives be requested
to use their influence in favor of the aboll-
lion ofslavery in the District of Columbia
These resolutions were finally laid on
the table, and the following, having been
received from the House were adopted,
and the Governor was requested to COM
munlcate them 10 our Senators and Rep
resentallves.
Il. Resolved, That neither Congress
nor the Stale Governments have any con-
slitutiona right to abridge the free express
sion of opinions, or the transmission OF
them through the medium of the public
mail.
2. Resolved, That Congress does pos
sess the power TO abolish slavery and the
save-trade in the District Of Columbia,
-Four Senators, to wit, Messrs. Barnes,
Merrill, SMILE and Waterman voted
against the passage of the last resolution.
OF Mr.. Barnes political character l know
nothing, but the other three, at least, were
leading Democrats and Mr.. Smile has
since undergone the honor Of successive
defeats as the candidate of the Democrat
ic' party lor Governor, nolwilhslandng,in