The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-09-19
V o L, VI. N O. 1 g.

| treason of one man may serve 10 increase
! the ardor of his comrades-in cause rem
dered more unequal by his deserton, but
shall he be rewarded for the vctory2 By
he recent election in Maine, it is probable
there will be no choice OF Presidential
electors 10 the withdrawal Of alb
| olionsts from The whig party. Ia this
case the appointment Of electors will de-
volve upon the Legislature, aud that body
is In favor of supporting james X. Polk,
for President-the advocate of immediate
and unconditional annexation. Will the
organization oflhe Liberty party in Maine
tend to haste" or delay this great measure?
Or has ii been delayed by the efforts of
aboitioniss to defeat the election of such
men as John @. Adams, Joshua r. Gid
dings, William Fl. Seward, and William
Slade Q3) Perhaps, however, the spe-
cific action alluded 10, is not yet ascertain.
ed, and as the investigation would be &C.
companied with some discouragement,
leave it for the purpose of noticing vour
remarks concerning the Hons. S. Phelps.
You express wish that your "lrieGd
would not bestow too much praise on the
Vermont Senator" who "thanked God
that he did not 60 TO Washington with a
niger on his back" This statement is
not only incorrect in all its particulars, but
conveys an entire y erroneous impression
in regard to the character of this gentle
man. 1t originated some years since in
a locofoco newspaper then published in
Mddlebury, and Mr. Phelps in a letter
published soon after, denied and disprore&
ever having used such language, or given
expression TO such sentiment (l4)
Perhaps the 'annexation OF Texas" was
delayedby the influence Of theIhird parry
upon Senate: Phelps. He was oae Ct
those who stood up in NE breach in the
Senate, and helped 10 roll back the tide
which was about 10 oyerwheim fbe coup.
try. Yet "you are going TO use all your
efforts 10 defeat his Reelection" Truly
such logic does moi commend itself to nv
understanding, and by the decision of the
people at our late election nm inclined
10 think they also do not appreciate lis
iorce-or that you have mistaken the PER.
son upon whom sach defeat is to be visited.
But forbear to trouble your readers with
airy further consideration Of these co!Iatey.
al topics. lfLhey are interesting in HEM
selves, or subsidiary TO the proper UNDER
standing OF the question of political aboi.
ton, they are nevertheless foreign from
the object and subject of the letter from
which they were ELECTED .aod are nc, there
lore pertinent to the case in question. The
author OF that letter, conscious OF his own
weakness, endeavored by a temps rate ard
lnohensive expression of his views, to a.
void such discussion as irrelevant 10 the
real issue, and Improbable to the reader.
But probably approaching the humble a.
blIly OF your antagonist, and being liule
eIa'ed wrh an anticipated victory, you in.
dulged in "A review which not Only lacked
The essential qualify of candor, but which
was in other respects personal 10 the wis
ter. Il5) II, therefore, under these cir
cumstauces, you should suffer any disaD.
pointment, if the victory should not ap~
pear to be so entirely ccmpele--'it will not
be the first time in the history of human
affairs, that The vigor and success of the
war have failed to equal the lofty and
sounding phrase of the manifesto"
81 charge thee fling away ambition;
By that sin fell the angels, how can man Il en-
The image OF his Maker, hope TO win by't."Q6)
II. F. ID.
Brandon, Sept. IL, 1914.
EMARKs.