Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-04-03
For the Voice of Freedom,
GEO. II BEAMAN

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his present views aud feelings upon II,
subject Of Temperance His position a.,
"a rig,d neSirai,it on 80 rr'iiiae is.
ie"
When mcn oiihc rahdng and nGp,,,o
offu.nd I}eaman take the positive cto,,l
ol neutrality. in tclnlion to one Of IN, r,.o,
rsl moral enterprises the world ever ,or
We feel 10 amen, the Ind ference. and ,pv
the ben,rolcnse BY which they seem to b.,
ac,ualcd.
The above remarks appear in the last
Voc, of Freedom over the signature Of r
VI p. Now although We are swsr,,b,,
the Rsr Mr. Phdir, is an active and wars,
hearted and we doubt not, ,in,c,,
IN embcr of,herhird pary'-we can b,,l,y
make up our mind to believe ,ha, he Nonld
~l'iHgiy do US injustice, spd entirely
m''-rcprcsen, US in relation to the .pb,,,,
oil which he speaks We were in ho,,,
thu, we should not be compelled 10 s,y ,,y
thing more at present, in justification Of ON,
course IN reference to !hls u1,or AMI b,
for the remarks above, we should not.
Mr. Philip, IS pleased in his commup,
cation 10 reprcscntus as saying that we ,fo
for maintaining rigid neutrality IN refer.
encc 10 the question oftompernnce and 10
proycthis he processes 20 quote our Ian.
gunge &c. Now the Rev gcn,l,msn in
making this assertions either aclualed bv
a dishonest motive or else, he is labotlnr
under grcn, Misrepresentation Ia our
paper Of The 9th Of Msrch-nor Of nnr
other dnte-did we ever make nny such
statement as he nIledgcs On the other
hand, we stated explicitly in the paper to
which he refers, that we conceived il tho
duty Of every man connected with the pre-,
10 advocate The principles Of Temperate.
but ut the same time we did say tina, upon
the question of Licenu or an. Licean-
asihc conductor ofnWbig Journal &:-wc
should, al lcnst for the present; 'malntain a
rigid neutrality In reference to qucs.
ton upo1 which such n difference opin.
ION existed, even among our most ardent &
devoted friends Of the temperance cause -
wo conceived II 10 be not only our right,
but our duty, to take this position In do.
ing so we are aware that we have given
ohcnc c 10 n fer on bath sides OF this con
uovcisy; and we know TOO, ,hn, some
who are personally hostile TO US, and few
Of those whose zcal for the advancement, Of
certain political tenet, outrun their love for
the cause Of temperance, nrc disposed to
find deal Of fauI, with us, md would fam
take advantage of,he course we have pu
sued, to render US cd ious 10 such ofihc real
friends OF Temperance us are in favor oflhn
restrictive policy. Whether these gentle.
men are 10 succeed in their designs remains
10 be seen. As il regards the lamentations
OF our friend over our indifference 10 the
cause OF temperance, and his pity for our
want OF bcncvolence..- have nothing to
say, more than 10 express il as our opinion
tina, hi, wailing is MS uncnled for, as it is
hcartless and hypocrilica. II is true tina,
our benevolence has never led US 10 become
tho tool oflhe sagncious leaders Of n fac.
ton who brought Texas into the Union to
keep slavery ont Of IL, and though We do
profess 10 feel an nleros' in the ultimate
success oflhe temperance reformation, We
do not feel bound to follow the scnsclc.s
cry Of these leaders, who having made
shlpwreck Of the cause ofnboliionism arc
now so ready TO ,ench others their duty in
regard 10 temperance. We believe tina,
our experience through life, thus far, enables
Us to Judge in regard to this, and mos, other
matters qui'e ms undcr.nndlnglyns does,hO
gentleman who assumes 10 dictate 10 us our
line Of duty and who so tetlinglv com
miseraies our want Of bencvoIehee-snd
mourns over our indifference 10 n cause,
which he II h. could have bis way, would
utterly destroy
The remark, Of Mr. IIoIcomb in refer
enee to tbs matter, are prtcIsely such MS
we shon!d have expected from him md
they rcqnire no comment As his proto-
type The Rev Mr. St Clair would say-he
has shown his fool-w lIh tho boo, or
NARRow EscsPE We learn from ths