Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-04-18


professions so literally made by the Wings pu, q
few plain direct questions which they have been
careful no, to answer. b
l. Do you no, intend 10 vote for Henry Clay The n
owner of 60 slaves and practical Duelisi, for c
President and If so, with what proprie,y do you IL
call yourself HAn Abol,ionis?
g Will Henry Clay and his party, in the Ian. ?
guage OF Washington, give their 'surrRAcEs for y
The orerihrow of Siareru2" and arc they willing !,
to favor legislative authority for that purpose
g. Has not Henry Clay said tina, two hundred g,
years Of Legislation have sanctioned and sanetifsd
negro slaves as property And if so how can he
consistently give his vote or sanction bill
abolishing slavery in the District, Territories, or
anywhere else2 How can he favor the abolition
of system, in any of its parts, which he has sol.
EMMY declared 10 be -"sancti6ed"
4. Is American Savery-founded as it is nck-
knowledged to be- on robbery and murder, and
directly leading to incest, adultery, and every spe-
ces Of oppression-we say is this system she fir.
NEST prop Of Religion, and Morality, Is it 'the
GREAT PILLAR Of human happiaess2" fyou
answer, No--theu is not "equaly the duty of the
politician as well as the pious man" to VOTE
again st ?"
If the 'whig' party, through their CON-
mittee, were sincere in their declaration that they
contend for the abolition of the odious s,itu,ions
of domestic slavery by any and every constitution
al means" then would it be extremely easy for
them TO give simple 'Yes' or mo- to the fore
going questions which, if carried out in practice,
would forever set the matter atIrest. Your corres.
pondcnt also, is willing totak on almost everything
foreign to the subject, yet when direct issue is
made, he lodges the questions. Answer the
questions gentlemen or the people will be inclined
to answer them for you.
Before proceeding further wish to digress mo.
men, in order 10 expose few ofthe many falsehoods
of which San Abolitionist" is guilty He says
have stated Tor the Voice. that 'ahey Uhe whigs)
keep in force the gag rule and that 'they, and
they alone are responsible for he evils OF slavery.
RI This is false, inasnnch neither myself (nor the
Voice. ever charged the wings with being alone
responsible for the evils of Slavery, or alone
, keeping in force the gag rule. Equally false is
the charges that differences can be drawn from my
articles or from the Voice Of Freedom, THAT 1.-THE
loco party as the gentleman calls them, are"Simon
pure Abolhonists," that no complaint lis made
y about them in the Voice. When the democratic
;. party through their accredited organs declare to
), the world, as have the wings that they are Isl
q mon pure Abolitionsts, then it will be fine to
= expose the hypocrisy of such declaration. Nc
n Liberty paper or writer can be found acknowedg
" ing the right of the Van Buren, or the Clay par
c. ties 10 apply TO themselves the terms Democracy
es 'Whig' or 'Abolonis. IAN Abolilionist pro
< nounces my statement thotahc committee had fail
nd IN dacc riho their oyn et,nd,rd 90 f,lseboof
Of written with the Address of the State COMMITTEES
a. before him. Let US see. The COMMITTEE de
clare that they measure their political principle
a. and aims by the Standard' of Washington bu
ca they do not refer us TO a single opinion o
no sentiment ofWashingon tending to show, what .hu
n, standard is. IfAn Abolitionist' had half Of on
90 idea he must have seen that the committee
op avoided describing their oun Standard and thu
0y he instead Of myself was guilty of falsehood
Thou that sayest another should not lie do
nd thou' lie?
no But sir the only vital question yet remains VI
zee answered-"Do the wings contend for the ABB
IA. ltion Ct Slavery ?" Make as many collateral j
as sues as youpease, you only sink yourself and pa
rh y the deeper If you fail 10 meet this one fairly
aid faithfully, In deciding the question | wish t
rr state, for your consideration, one true erin
49, rule from which i, will not be safe to depart
>, That is if "a man is known by the company
keeps, so is party k nown by the conduct, Il
the character and the principles Of their leader Ar
more especially, when that leader is the man fc
i whom they about TO cast their votes for Pres
Ill., dent oflhcse United States TO use the langua!
s go, of wings he is supported because be embod
law the principles CT his party" 1t isuseess thereto
: to refer to The professions OF party TO the recor
e.. of their conventions, 10 their resolutions, or
=, their clectioneering speeches, when all these
A conlradicted by the acts and conduct Of the par
~ and the end they seek TO accomplish in placing
~" uncompromisng Shareholder in the President
=, Chair.
So impressed was your correspondent with |
truth of the above considerations and the imp
,Dfy lance Of showing that Henry Clay, like hinls
' -. was AN Abolilionist that he absolutely QUO
'"' from some of his published speeches to prove 4
DE fact Now unless Mr. Clay is better lat dodgii
=, than The riimblc animal 10 which alluded at
Wv beginning Of these remarks he cannot preienl