Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-02-05
Correspondence.


HAvERmLL, Mass. Jan 80, 1916.
MEssRs, EDlToRs-Gentemen With much sur
prise and deep regret have perused the communica-
ton of our friend to Emancipation, Mr. A. A. Phelps
published in your last paper of JAM q. From the
fact of my deep interest in this delicate case of Fe
male, and from personal knowledge so far evidence
reaches this specific charge, brought gravey, and with
much apparent weight, against Miss Webster's char
acter for veracty and strict TRUTH in that she denies
seducing" slaves to escapes deem it but justice to
Miss w. and also to Mr. Phelps, to give brief state
ment of facts concerning which Mr. Phelps Declares
he is sorry to be obliged thus to speak them before
the public especially in reference to female and
protested disciple of Christ" "Nothing but sense
of duty higher than all personal considerations should
ever have led me to do it" Now gentlemen, without
quoting further Mr.. Ps grave charges, beg leave in
Justice TO truth and character of which we all should
first cast stone at ourselves and feel its petng blow
in our own bosom, before we cast them at others at
random shot. Here give you some facts which cor
roborate the explanation of Miss w. in reply 10 Mr.
P. and conceive all your readers, and Mr. P. ALSO
will be fully satisfied that Miss ". did not tell false
hood or intend to- because the acOrd aiding happened to
be used instead of "seducing" slaves to escape, &C.
Let every reader and especially Mr.. P. notice the evil
dencc give. At the Eastern Convention became ac-
quaned with Lewis Hayden, the slave in question,
helped away by Fairbank. asked himthis plainques
ton: O. Did Miss Webster do anything to seduce and
entice YOU to leave your master? No. his reply,
frmly-neither Miss w. nor Fairbank seduced me it
was Gov. Slade of Vermont seduced me- if any body
did, replied, how is that p Lewis replied A friend
gave me Governor SHADES message to read, (cither
message or some other paper touching slavery0 and
after that was seduced' and determined to have my
liberty if could get it; and Fairbank came to me to
get money to aid him to get off Berrys wife; and /
told him wanted to 20 too. So the plan was fixed"
&C. Now, Gentlemen, Mr. Phelps and all readers of
the above statements declare them true, us under
solemn oath. Now appeal to Gentlemen and Ladies
of Vermont whose generous souls love truth and JUS
tice, will you not yet take your deeply afflicted sister
by the hand and say she shall be shielded by your hui
manity and Justice from this hard and | must say,
harsh attack of Mr. p who never ought to have made
without knowing positive facts to Justify the high
considerations" he speaks of. Although Mr.. P. and
others, may pick flaws in Miss WIS book, owing to her
peculiar situation and circumstances of its publication
yet in this one specific charge earnestly hope Mr..
P. will be satisfied that he has labored under wrong
impressions in his publication and will be guided by
manly and frank acknowledgement of it to Miss w.
who already has suffered too much to have wrong
fixed upon her which she ought not in justice and
charity to bear friend to the slave and to justice
also; and let all who love justice, see to it that the
forget not also, to love mercy.
Respectfully, Gentlemen, Yours,
LADD HASELTON.