Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-10-11
CORRESPONDENTS.
For the Green Mountain Freeman.

For the Green Mountain Freeman.
Mr.. EDIToR:
In your structures upon my article of last week,
you affirm that my sole mistake is in the SUPPOSE
ton that Uoting against slavery will destroy our
moral Influence No Sir. speak of sour politi-
cal organization and action would have all men
UOte against slavery. But | fear that forming and
welding political party, with its candidates for
office, will absorb the benevoence and moral sua-
sion of the abotionsts and bring them at last, in
to Utotent contact with Veholders-which would,
perhaps, be as bad voting away moral infu-
ence once year, You say you are confident
that am voting man. that have hitherto voted
with one of the pro-savery parties. that still in
tend to do the same thing, that am countenancing
s. unfolding party that has welded the power of
the U. S. Army to sustain slavery in Florida, &c.
&c. do not admit what you aedge, as to nv
support of one of the proslavery parties | did
not vote at all last year; have not hitherto and
shall not this year, and have not the least inten-
ton, (but the frmes resolution to the contrary0
never again to vote with either of the prosavery
partes-but intend to vote alone, or not at all,
rather than help either of the great parties of the
day unless they take stronger ground against slave
ry-and will not even vote with the Liberty party
unless | see the way clearer than now-and hold
and ever have held the Florida war in as utter alb
honence you any other man has or can
never having supported the party that wieldod the
powersof the U. S. Army in it to defend slavery
You are amused at my alarm about San insurrec-
tion among shareholders after the abolition of
slavery in the District Of Columbia and Florida
and the trade coast-wse. You ask, (on the sup
position of quarter of million of masters and
three million sIaves) show could one man control
twelve9 especially while there are eight hundred
thousand emancpated slaves in the West Indies,
within few days sail of the Southern coast, ready
to assist these three miilions-and the concentra-
ted frown of the world, and more than all, the
frown Of Almighty God resting on this little pack
of shareholders" 1t is not, Sir Gas you erroneous
ly imagine, that fear the triumph of the slave
holders-or suppose that slavery could live in the
slave states-long-especially those bordering OH
the line Of the free states, in such crsisNo SIR
But all would terminate in vi0lence and blood she'd
And such fear is to be the fruit of your present
efforts. And let me ask, does not your very suppo-
sition prove it; Do you not intend to bring about
such crisis? Is it your idea to abandon all hopes
ofpreserving the Union--that our present form of
government is to be changed? And are you to be
considered as forming great Northern party to
outvote outIegSlate, circumscrbe and crush the
South, unless they interrOrum, give up slavery
Do you abandon all hope of converting North aud
South to abolition, and thus securing the volunta-
ry, moral abolition of slavery? Please speak out
on this subject fully, and let me-raher the world
know where you stand. ask these questions in
good faith, having been in doubt whether the time
had arrived to decide upon the abandonment of
t our Union and present form of government, and
not seeing any other good ground for your politi-
cal association and efforts.
INQUIRER AND FRIEND.
e P.S. FWho can refute sneer? said Sir Isaac
= Newton. If you intended sheer in comparing
me with certain friends of temperance, shall not
v attempt refutatlon, |. & F.
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