Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-09-04
THE HERALD,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER I. lsl5
G. NJ. CLAY-i.BERTY OF THE
PRESS.

IRESS.
We last week mad bri,f notice Of the
n,icnr, on the part Of the Scvocrtp ofLor.
ing,on, TO suppress the publication Of the
True American and as we could not at
tina, time give our readers the cottcspon.
dcncc in Z, li,lun to this matter, We publish
this week, the irs letter OF the COMMITTEE
appointed 10 address MIR Clay together with
has answer &c,
Since ihIs,a subsequent meeting Ia. hccn
held more numerou.Iy attended, and nj
which a committee Of 60 men were nppoln
ted 10 see that the press, type, Sc. Of the
True American Office were Mt once r..
moved to Cine innali and it IS unnecessary
10 say that this gross outrage upon the To.
euy Of the press and the rigL,s Of every
freeman OF Kentucky aud the Un,on was
promptly executed We say it is vSsccr.
sdry to chronicle the result ofthe action Of
these mad men for when, we nsk. hns
the institution Of Slavery ever required an
act OF injustice, perfly or crime, thai the
pnuy did not succeed in carrying ont .
Does the peculiar institution require the
Imprisonment ola dcltncel, IS and unpro,cc
ted woman2 the scoutging ola humble
missionary (who falsely It would seem)
d,omcs II his duty to teach the reading Of
the Sacred word, every where md TO all !;
docs it require the application of the brand
ing iron to one suspected of opposition to
it-or the blood Of him who openly and
manlully uses freemans right in dcnounc-
Ing II men are a, oil times found ready
to execute any or all of,hese acts OF ,yrra.
ny and aggression upon the free people Of
this Union, How contemplate appears
the boosted chivalry Of the South when cx.
hibl,cd IN these miserable and cowardIy at
lacks upon weak women-sick and de-
icnccless men. How Iong,i may be reason
nGIy asked, are the free people of,his coun
try 10 be thus dcfcd and scontd a,
The article in the True American which
gave particular offence to the brare Ken
tuckans, assembled on the occasion refer.
red 10, contained the following pa sage ;
AMI which was regarded as most objection.
able
Blu, remember, yc who dwell in marble
palaces, hat there are strong arms and
fiery hearts and iron pixies in The streets
aud panes Of glass only b'hoecn Them and
the surer plate on the board and the smooth
skinned women on The ottoman When
you have Knocked at virtue, denied the n
gcncy Of God in the affairs of men and
rnplncd your honeycd faith, trcmble for he
| day Of re,ribulion is at land, and the mass.
es will be avenged
In reference TO this article, the same pr.
per Of subsequent date say.
1T will be perceived by the render of that
article, that The whole piece nludcs 10 ma.
,ional policy and tina, the loss of high
sense Of Justice in the national affairs, re-
suklng from the influences of negro slave.
~ upon the national action even to the
hab'tuel violation OF the Constitution and
and | funher meant 10 convey the idea IN
my cliptIcal manner that in u country like
ours, where suffrage /, universal and stand
ing armies imp ssibe-,hat those men who
! are drawing substance and power from the
existence of Slavery, ut the expense Of the
interests OF the great masses OF the legal vo.
ters otlhls Union. " no are now and have
been sacrificed a, the shrine Of slavery
that these men the white millions Having
no alusion whatever 10 the blacks Of the
South would in course OF time, when that
poverty pressed upon them which Slavery
had been most instrumen tai in causing fol.
low the example OF their plunderers, md in
turn plumber them. Such was the case in
France, when the oppressed rose upon the
opprcssor, and spared neither property, life
nor sex
Let any one for a sing lie moment refer 10
the English writers for the few past years
and compare their exciting. blood string
| appcalsto the radicals Of tha, county,
with the sentiments above, and then ask
themselves where is The freedom of
spec oh and Of the press tolerated 10 that
country or in this!
ELECTION NEWS.
Al the time Of ruino IN nrcSs 10 1av