Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-04-06
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For the Green Mountain Freeman.
Letters to an AntiYSIaYery Whig.


DEAR W.T. is with great pleasure that conten-
plate the fact that tho writing to one with whom
greatly differ in opinion, yet to one in whom have
the utmost confidence, and for whom | have always
had the warmes friendship 1t is great satisfaction
to me to know that can thus honestly differ with an
individual and yet feel the most ardent attachment
to him. And YOU know, will not doubt my sincerity
in writing to you in regard to the topics about which
we differ, question my motives in the least We
have always been friends, and we will continue the
same II | do not succeed, las expect to do,l in
convincing you of the inconsistency of Your conduct
as an anti-savery man, shall still believe that you
honest and that fail to set the matter in such
light as to enable you to things just as they are
know that if can get you to things as do, you
will vote with me.
Now | calculate to handle you without gloves, and
you must not complain if am severe; for you know
that have kind heart if do use severity some
times.
You think that you are a consistent anti-slavery
man yet you vote for a slaveholler Now must
touch you up little with the argumentttnl ad homnem
You are temperance mainland don't know an
antislavery man, from heart, who is not a borouoh
temperance MAINLAND you have had not little to
do for the cause for several years past What have
been your sentiments respecting political action on
this question? All, well remember and YOU have
not forgotten, the bold stand which you took some
years ago. No reason, in your view, could excuse a
temperance man for voting for any Incorporate man
to fill any town Office. Well do recollect how YOU
took old Dea. S. to task for violating his temperance
principles to sustain his party You well roccollect.
too no doubt, the arguments which you employed on
that occasion to convince him of the inconsistency of
his conduct Now the same arguments villa Jo,tior,
apply to your case at the present time If Dca. s.
was inconsistent are not you likewise How will
you evade the force of your own arguments, when
applied to another question?
must coneaa that am 50 ohtnse as not to sec yhv
he was not just as consistent them as you are now
Can you point out any difference If not, must YOU
not admit thayou nota consistent antisavery man?
1t was with no little emphasis that you remarked in
my hearng-"A temperance man must and temper
ancc man wiH, act ont his principles" So say, an
anti-8'aoey man will act ont his. Now what kind of
anti-slavery principle is that that would continue to
sustain party that Is doing so much to sustain slavery
and sayoholding interests as the Wing party is con-
stanty doing? In my opinion, the same reasoning,
that would show such principles to be true antislavery
principles, would prove that white is black or that
black is white,
know how you have made your conduct appear
consistent and right to yourself Abolition of slavery
is on y one thing to be aimed at as you have viewed
it. and there other great and important interests to
be attended to besides. There arc other important
principles of national policy that cannot as you have
looked at the subject be carried out only through the
Wing party. And as you were certain,as you thought,
that you could not accomplish the former, you would
try, and If possible succeed in securing the latter.
In 1910 the Liberty party feeble and not likely
to effect anything and it was an easy matter for You
to persuade yourself that it was your duty to vote for
the Wing candidate for president at that time. You
had no doubt however, but at the next presidential e.