Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-03-27
A Letter from Franklin
FRANKLIN, March II, 1856,

FRANKLIN, March II, lo0o.
MR. BoYCE,-Dear Sir Il enclose So, 90 tor
the Freemaa-two copies. have
not the happiness of personal acquaintance
with you. but am not stranger to the old
Frsemaa-have done something for it in procur'
ing subscribers, from the days OF Poland d
Briggs to this time, and shall ever look to the
Freeman for bold and incorporating friend
of Freedom .a,ss
Permit me, though stranger to you, sir to
say that cannot quite understand the policy OF
running fire to be kept up between the Free
man and VatchmaR. would not be constantly
impugning the motives Of my fellow-soldier in
the great battle Of Freedom--even il he did not
come quite up to my standard. lie is probably
on par with very large part of the Republic
can party, and will, as matter of necessity
not to say policy-be obliged to 50 on, irst-to
the ground Of no more Slave States-no more
Slave Territories--to an entire divorce of the
Slave Power from the General Government. He
in common with the Wing portion of the Re-
publican party, have already gone too far to re-
cede from their position. The old Wing party
is nearly dissolved even in the North-and en-
tirely so at the South OR gone into the miserable
Fuller Faction of National Americanism.
shall be reminded that the Democratic party
proiessed to 60 equally far in the adoption of
liberty principles in 1913 9. reply that lin
tied portion of it north did--while the Southern
wing remained unbroken, and large part north
perhaps majority-was still organized for
another effort
Again, the people are now generally aware of
the aggressive power and policy of Slavery
which was not he fact then. Policy, necessity
and, may | not say manly instinct-an Unborn
love of right. (rcmoved from selfish motives of
mere policy impcl him and others like
him to go on. Let us cultivate spirit of for
bcarance and generosity. We can never succeed
without the aid and cooperation of thousands
of selfish, unprincipled men. While would
not wantonly repcl SUCH would keep my own
standard up to the line-and kindly and earnest
ly try to persuade my brother on to higher
ground But these family quarrels-this gucr-
rilla warf're-for such demons as the Patriot
for instance, to laugh and shout at, have nc
desire to see.
Permit me to add farthcr-and pardon this
freedom for my old friends, the Freeman sake
that liked the tone Of your paper Of the 6tl
of March. respecting Repubcanism and Fill
mores nomination but do not understand
+ you in the 18th of March-your last You dc
not, it is true, dsclaim or directly endorse thu
nomination of Fillmore, butt did certainly ap
pear to me that in your zeal to deal hard blow
on the Watchman, you grievously wounded on
cause.-(unintentionaly trust)-by apparently
sympathising with the Mildlebury Register
that betrayer of Vermont Freedom and Wndso
Journal that old straight Wing Journal
their endorsement Of Fillmore and South Amer
icanism. see some four or five articles, an
1 illusions to the subject, in one column-the sec
e ond. Judging from these extracts and quota
: tons, it did seem that if you was not prepare
to endorse the nomination fully, that your SYN
t pathies for its advocates and prejudice agains
{ the Waterman, was preparing you for such
course. But will not judge too hastily
h shall look for the next with interest.
: You, perhaps, are member of the America
i party. So am |. But it is, land we shall,
e think. agree in this) our duty first to free gu
l. selves from the chains that already shackle an
j. bow us to the carth-and then we will engae
If in an eternal war against the coming foe of P,
J. pacy. Slavery the present foe, with which "
II are already grappled, the first and paramoul
! question; and Papacy, coming foe, for wbic
st we will try to be prepared when the first is Sc
tied.
p Th se are some of my views, hastily throw
=, toget 1er. Pardon my seeming ofIicousness, ar
,e believe me, an old and continued friend of Ere
e. dom. C.