Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-10-20
Gov. wise ana Che Abo,,ti Iul :

The abolitionists OF Boston have r.ce;v
ed the following reply from Gov. Wise +,
answer totheir invitation TO deliver ON. If
acourse OF leeiuses, on slavery, at fremont
Hall, this winter. We heartily epda,..
and commend this letter to the conside,a.
top Of our readers:
ONLY NEAR ONANcock.
Accemac Co., Va, Oct. 5, 1855.
Gentlemen On my return home, sher
an abscnse OF some days, found yours Of
the 18th ult,, respectfully inviting me to-
deliver one Of the lectures on the course
OF Slavery, at fremont Temple, in the city
OF Boston, on Thursday evening, January
Nth. 1896. or ii that tine will not suit nv
engagements, you request that will men
ton al once what Thursday evening, ne.
tween the middle Of December and N.
middle Of March next, will best ateomo--
date me-" s5E
Now, gentlemen, desire to nav veu
due respect yet you compel me to be w.
ry plain with you, and to say that your re-
guest, in every sense, 10 insulting and Of:
iensive to me. What subject of slavery
have 20" initiated lectures ucoa? can.
not conceal j: from myself that you have
Undertaken. to discuss and 10 decids ,ohesh-
er my property. IN Virginia, ousMto 70.
main mine or not, and whether il shall BE-.
allowed the protection Of laws federal
and State, wherever it may escape m the
United States; or. whether il shall DC d.
stroyed BY higher law than constitutions
and statutesi
uho are you, TO assamc thus euch a ju-
rlsdiction oysra subject so delicate and al
ready fixed in its relations by solemn
compact between the States aud by States
which are sovereign will not obey
your summons nor recognize your iurisdic-
ton. You have no authority and no jus-.
tliication for thus calling me TO accoun, 1t
the bar OF your tribunal, and for thus sr-
iaigning an institution established BY laws
which do not reach you and which YOU
cannot reach. by calling Oh ma to defend
it.
You send me card, 10 indicate the char
acter OF the lectures. It reads:
admit the bearer and lady to the iudt-
pendent Lectures en- Slavery. Lecture
committee, S. G. Howe. L. Gilbert, Geor.
&c F. Williams. Henry T. Spooner W.
WashbuIn, A. G. Mussey, WI Spoon-r.
James w. Stone.
1t is endorsed.
Lectures at the tho fremont TrmpIe.
Boston, 1915. November %, Hon.
Charles Sumner, Rev John Pierpont. poem.
December T. Hon Salmon p. Chase of
Ohio. December Ia, Hon Arson Bu,liu-
game. December q, W.ndall Phillip,
Esq. DeccMb.r the 2S, Ca.sius N C!ay.
Esq, of Kentucky. January 4, Hon.
Horace Greedy. January II, Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher. January Is, Hon. John
+. Hale. January 25, Ralph Waldo EN-
efson Esq. February 8, Hon. Nathaniel =.
Banks Jr. February Is, Hon. Levi, ID.
Campbell, Of Ohio. February %, Hon.
Samuel Houston, OF Texas. Mnrch /, D.-
yid Wilmot, Of Pennsylvania. March,
9th, Charles W. Upham. Al! HonoraJfes
and Sqaires, except those who are Rene.
rends The esrd does verify indicate their
characters by simply naming them. Aud
your letter. gentlemen, is ranked bv &c.
Sumner, U. S. S." With these character.
istics, anu at DO loss to understand YOU
aud your purposes.
You say, during tho mex, srason, =
large number Of gentlemen FROG, tho South
VIII be invited" &C., &c., Ifegres IL,
II any others Can be found in the slavehold,
ing States to accept your lnvitation. You
plead the example efGrn. Houston. Ii /,
the last would follow, have no doubt
that you accorded very respectful attention
TO him last wiuter, end wera very grateful
for bis services in your cause.
You oder Zone hundred and Hfty doIl.r.
to b paid to the Lecturer, he bearing hi.
own expenses." Let me tell you that Ire
mout Temple cannot hold wealth enough.
to purchase one word ofdisscu.sion from
nae, IAers, whether mine here, shall Be
mine or not; hut am ready TO volunteee.
without money and without price, TO sup
press any insurrec,ion, aud repel any inva-
sioa which threatens Q, endangers tho State
Rights o. Virginia, CT any individual rights
under thtslaws aud constitu.ionsof my coun-
try, or the sacred Union, which binds Slave
States and Free together in one::bond Of No
iiomal coafederacy, ands in: sepu5cte boad,
Of Independent ouereign.ies!
In Short gentlemen, will rot deliver
Que Of the lectures Of the course on slave.
~, at the fremont Temple, in Boston, Oh
Thursday evening January, 10Th 1855,
and there will be no Thursday evening
between the middle Of December and the
middle of March next, or between that
md doomsday, which will best arcomoda,e
ne, Toy that purpose.
give sou an immediate answer. end.
At my earliest convenience, indicate TO YOU
hat "the particular phase ofihs subjec,"
lha! will present Is, deliberately: TO
rIsHT ~ WE MUST.
Your obi servant.