The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-03-14

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| Observation-Disclosures of the Wing victory
| OF 1880 s.Gen. Harrison's Cabinet,&c.Sc.
REPLY TO JOHN CoNANT.
80! what q falling off was there!'
To plainnesS hOao,''s bound."-Kent.
For the Voice of Freedom.
Messrs. Editors Permit me 10 congrat-
ulate the Wings of this State, and of the
whole country, on the encouraging pros
poets presented them from the accession of
so able, so modest, so discreet and withal
so fearless champion as your correspond
ent, in the last Voice. subscribing himself
J. Conant. Able, because his communica-
ton, in every line, bears the strong impress
of profound reasoning and logical conclus-
ions Modest, because he assumes nothing
until proved by fact and illustration piled
on each other until their very excess be-
comes wcarisome Discreet, because, unlike
most political wri lers, he studiously avoids
the most distant allusion 10 vile epithels or
abusive language! And it would SAVIOR of
lemerity TO question his fearleSSnesS, when
we behold him, not only disdaining all
moral and spiritual weapons, but placing
himself alongside of his friend, the slave
driver, united with his natural ally, the
Mobocrat of the North, with scourge in one
hand and letters in the other; and being
thus armed with these eloquent and ire
sistible arguments, they bind their opponent
hand and foot - swing him "high in the
air" in order 10 convince him of the truth
of their beautiful theory of immediate
emancipation, and the means BY which
they intend to effect ii!
But, to be serious. Let me assure the
selfsYled Wings Of this country that if
the cause they have espoused should meet
with failure, as most AssUREDLY it will-for
the blighting curse Of American Slavery
is too heavy load for them, or any other
party, to carry already under its crushing
weight they reel and totter TO their fall.
repeat, therefore, that if ii fails, lis fall will
be accelerated, not hindered by the advo-
Gates they bring into the field 10 sustain it.
1t is not denied that Mr.. C's communi-
cation contains the substance of many of
the arguments used by the Wings to sus-
tain their favorite candidate for the Presi-
dency, and is, moreover, as consistent as
most Of them. l rejoice for the sake of
free discussion that you have seen fit to
publish it. | rejoice that free paper can
be found willing 10 publish the opinions of
our opponents, even though they attempt TO
Willy our principles and measures. 1t would
not deserve the appellation Of freedoms
Voice were it not so. Would that the Clay
and Van Buren, papers would throw off the
restraints of party and the shackles of slave
ry and do the same.
My qualification, however, is not unmin-
gled with pity whenever see Wing who
is professed abolilionst, with moral fac
ulties so supplied by party spirit that he
will, unblushingly, stand up and endeavor
TO defend the consistency of himself and
party in voting for an incorrigible slave
holder for President And, what is still
more absurd, will contend, at the same
time, that, in doing so he is aiding the
cause of emancipation
This hollow pretence has been held out
and acted on for years by political partizans
at every contested election, in order to de-
ceive the people and make them believe
that after this or that election had passed,
they would take hold and do something for
emancipation And what has been the
result Slavery has spread itself in every
direction, and greatly increased the num-
Der of its victims, while shareholders and
their peculiar institution have become
rampant throughout all the land. Yes,
during all this time
"'They keep the word promise TO Cur ear,
But break it TO our hope"
while at
Each new morn,
New widows howl; new orphans cry new SORROWS
Strike Heaven on the face, that it resounds
As if it felt with the OPPRESSED, and yelled out
Like syllable Of dolor."
But in The great conflict which l. liberty