Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-12-26

ligen, vermonier has but 10 look, n, the
institution OF Slavery, TO loa,h III He has
bu, to reflect upon the PAST nggrcssions OF
the slave power, and contemplate the with.
cring and eorroding influence Of the Slave
system upon our free ins,itutions--i,s en-
croaehments upon the rights Of the
North, and its opposition to the labor Of
f~reemen-,o at once, lead him TO oppose
lis longer continuance, and force him 10 say,
AWAY with it, away with III
But we have already dwelt longer upon
the Introductory portion OF the gen,lemnns
leler than we had intended, and we shall
now conclude by noticing, very briefly.
the concluding portion Of his important and
interesting communication. To the gen
tleman's firstly, we have only to say, that
we hope he does not expccius 10 believe his
indirect denial ofthe authorships of'Watch-
tower We should be willing to believe
almost any thing TO accommodate him, but
really this is too much.
As it regards the controversy between
our 'Ass-modeous,' under the name Of 'ln.
vestiga,or,' and the luckless member Of the
ESias Committed We have nothing 10 do;
and shall have bu, little to say in reference
to it. 1t is true, we have heard 1t sugges-
ted, tina, the result of that controversy was
somewhat different from wha, MIN wou d
fain have the community believe, but as
glory is sweet, we would as soon rob an
infant Of its swee,ened pap nsto take away
the least drop Of 'Sacharine' from the cup
which he, is draining with snch apparent
extacy. In justification ofourself, however
we beg leave to remind the gentleman that
what he says Of us,in connection with this
controversy, is unqualyfedly and wilfhHy
false! He very well recollec,s that at the
time ofthe appearance ofthe article of W.
Wig the victimized member of the State
Committee; we had no connection whatever
with this paper, and consequently could not
have been guilty Of the unfairness alledged
against US. We rejoice that another chan
mel was found, through which, the bright
emanations ofhis mind, and the unanswerablc
argument drawn from the rich storehouse of
his knowledge was enabled 10 find the light,
and that the world has not entirely lost the
efforts of his great genius.
Our limits will admit of our saying
but a few words more in reference 10 the
concluding portion Of this letter. The en-
ergies ofthe gentlemen, in the third and
last divisions Of his communication, are d.
rected to prove a fact; that to the best Of
our knowledge and belief, was never be.
fore argued, for the best Of all possible rea.
sons, we never before heard an intimation
that il mas ever doubled! 1t is unncces.
sary 10 say that here, the gentlemen docs
himself full justice, and displays his
powers in their appropriate sphere of action
His grasping mind and keen disernment, &
hisnicc perceptions enable him 10 present to
us the facts to provo that the Who's OF
II SOUTH, as a party, are not out and
out Abolitionists! in such a manner as to
leave us almost as clear upon the subject as
We were before, Planting himself behind
this great TRUTH he boldly throws down
the gauntlet de6es the world, and we almost
hear him exclaiming in the language of an.
other.
"Here, here | take my STA nd
And tho contention rise upon the clouds,
Mix heaven with earth, &roll the ruin onw ard,
Here will | fix, and breast me 10 the shock.
Till ! or Denmark fall"
We will simply here remark, for the
gen,leman's edifcation, that we did not in
troduce the extract alluded to in his CON-
municalion, for the purpose Of showing that
the Wings Of the South were ardent Abo.
litonists-but only as evidence going to
sho~, who, the Siaveoerats ofMe South, re.
gard, as the leading and prominent ami
Slavery men Of the North.
In consequence of The extract appended
to the letter Of Mr. NJ. we cannot give it
plac e, and moreover, as we have already
admitted the force Of his argument upon the
point to which it tends; we conceive this I'M
necessary. We do not think that he has
in his elueidation,so hid the truth as to pre-.
vent our readers, generally, from seeing the
correctness Of his position. We will pre-
serve the extract, and should he, hereafter,
become SO confused in the maze Of argu- ,
mentaiion as to lose sight of his great truth,
we will send tito him, and he will find thai
II will again bring 1t to his yiew-as fire