Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-08-15
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ffom The Christian Messenger.
" Strangely infatuated"

The above is the heading Of an
article referring to myself, in the
Vermont Patriot, Of the 25th inst.
In this article, the editor represents
me, "As deemiug it my duty, as a
minister of the gospel of peace, to
stir up strife aud contention, and
civil war, all to aid the disunionists
to elect Fremont. Selling my SER
vices to political party, misStalng
facts and traducing democrats for
pay, and belonging TO a class of men
of few brains, indlSposed to work,
who preach only when they cannot
get living at swapping horses and
making patent whiflle,rees
The above extract contains only
some of the rare gems of the Ma
jor's article, in which he exhibits
the spirit Of candor and courtesy
with which he is trying to serve his
country and develop the glory and
pnrlty of the present administration.
He accuses me of hard things, but
| defy him to show in any particu-
lar wherein | have misstated facts,
and traduced democrats, for pay or
without it. defy him also to give
the name Of any respectable repub-
lican who heard my remarks in the
State House on the 4lh inst, who
made the remark about my being
taken for a "greenhorn," which he is
so anxious now to father upon some
anonymous person of that party
The Major ought not to suppose,
that because lie is paid for serving
the present administration, and for
the same reason could serve GER
tain Literary Institution, which be-
tore it had been his pleasure to OPP
pose, that, therefore, all other per-
SONS, in serving a good cause, do ii
from motives equally sordid.
But what have | IN reality done
to merit such treatment from the
PdtriO. When returned from
Kansas ! continued my correspond
ence for the Messenger, by giving
All account of my tour in the Terri
tory, aud the abuse received from
the Pro-Slavery party, for the crime
of being Yermonler. Some of
my friends Of this village, without
distinction of sect or party, wished
me 10 give, in a public lecture, an
account of my experience, and |
complied with their request. When
/ IN attendance at the session of the
VI. Conference, my brethren there
desired me to do the same, and
consented. did IT, in the first in
stances, to crafty personal friends
who wished 10 hear from one on
whose statements they thought they
might rely, in relation to the actual
state of affairs IN Kansas have
since continued 10 lecture on that
subject, when could find leisure
from my other business, with the
hope that | might serve the cause
of freedom in Kansas, by raising
material aid, to assist the company
that now propose to go from Yer
mont, TO become actual settlers in
that beautiful Territory and, as yet,
have done this work without fee
or reward.
While in Kansas, | was frequent
| ly requested by those whose lives
and property were then i'll peril, to
do something for them if my life
was spared TO reach the States. |
shall not soon forget the request OF
DIR. Graham and his wife whom
, saw at Prairie City. But few
days before the DIR. was going quiet
ly unarmed, to Palmyra, and somc
Of the scouts of ii. &. Pate's party
:. took him a prisoner, As his cap
tors were soon expecting an attack
, from the Free State party, thel
threatened TO shoot him. The DIR
watched his opportunity, and made
an attempt to escape, but he wa
discovered, and they shouted ate
. him, "d--d abolilionisi, shoe
HIM ! shoot him - aud some hal