The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-07-31
For the Voice Of Ereedon1.

( Mr. EDlToR,-l was among the audi
tory last Thursday evening at the Towr
Hall in this Village, where your papeI
and its course was denounced in no mea.
sured terms in the course Of lecture or
abolition by The runaway slave, Milton
Clark, who is led about The country by his
keeper as a sort Of raree show.--And !
was among the listeners on subsequent
but more private occasion. where his de-
nuncla,ions were repeated, and where he
made the boast that he would never cease
until he threw your car off The track
From all l have beer enabled 10 learn. and
by putting this AM tina, together, j, is nv
decided conviction that the main object of
these ilineran. showmen, is not so much,
to impress the people with great truths, as
10 give them The benefit Of their opinion as
to the merit OF your paper and its claims
to public patronage and support. or rather
Its dement's, and absence OF all claims.
Before proceed further, let me state
very frankly my own sentiments. am
not an aboitionis,, such an one q. would
suit Milton Clark. lam one of those who
abhor slavery. but l am not one of those
cold blooded fanatics who incucste the
principle that it is preferable to dissolve
our Union, cemenled as i. is by The blood
OF so many glorious martyrs, than to con-
linue slavery.--That i, is not nm act of
dishonesty in a slave TO steal horse
wherein 10 runaway to ffeedom.--Who
teach that even the horrors Of civil war.
a war which must be one OF exte rminallon,
is preferable 10 slavery. Who, 20 abou,
melting slaves 10 rise and massacre help>
less women and children, in vengeance for
wrongs inflicted on them.-Such an abo-
lio,ionst am not l, but long for the time
when there shall be no such distinction
as Master and Slave. but | canno, con-
ceve tina: such men as Milton Clark and
his keeper can do very much Of good for
the attainment Of that object.
The same man | understand has on |
more than one occasion denounced the |
course Of your paper as hypocrilical, and
recommends all true aboIit;onis, to stop it.
II these are any who could suffer them.
selves 10 be turned aside one instant by
any argument from such source, for
one. would thankfully receive their notice
Of discontinuance, but believing tina; | am
addressing sensible. rejecting men, | pur>
pose in few remarks 10 enquire into the
ruth OF the charge against you and The
PAPER under your chorge, no. for The pur-
lose OF convincing the lecturer or his
Keeper, for their motives are TO we'll un>
erslood and TOO easily seen through, but
0 shew the utter fallacy, Of the charges,
0 those who may BY possibility have been
into giving them credence.
Asto hypocrisy, il were called on to
ass an opinion as to the possessor of the
veatest share, should without any hest.
ton, name the Editor Of an opposition
'urna who probable seeing his own cir
ula'ion falling off, secures a man Friday =
60 about with him and under the avow-
object of fading the cause OF freedom by >
cturing on abolition. denounce his rival -
urDaI as inconsistent and hypoc filical,
ID endeavor to excite prejudice against
And why-forsooth, because lis editor St
'nscicntiOusly believes that he can do y! "a
ore good to the same cause in his own 4,
'y. A hypocrlte is one who processes of