Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-07-25

majority, by legal voting, 10 acquire preponder-
ance in the government, that liberty may be Sc
cured TO oil, and the country thereby be saved
forever, is denounced as traitor One Of the
writers who has attacked me in support Of Mr..
Mason. saws: "a bruiser who should kick his
ANTAGONIST, or strike him when down, or attempt
10 oouoe him, would be mobbed on the spot by
the ruiiians of the ring This isprecisely what
Brooks did to Mr. Sumner. and which Senator
Mason opprored in deliberate letter. II this
man saw fit TO show himself at Bunker Hill, he
should have been treated with austere decorum.
He received much more. How would Mr.. Gar
rson have Jared at public celebration in Rich
mond? Mr.. Mason, judging from his aniece-
dents. would have headed the mob. The one
is not more identified with Northern Fanaicism
for Freedom than the other is with Southern
fanaticism for Slavery.
During the very time when, in old Faneuil
Hail. Charles L. Woodbury., United States Dis
lrict Attorney, was saying; If we are true to
ourselves, and true 10 the principles Of the Con
stiution, this Union will defy all monarchs, all
tyrants, and all bayoneis,' and was greeted with
vehement applause-during the very time when
Charles A. Phelps, Speaker of the House Of Rep
resentatves, after 'hymning the blended glories
of Saratoga and of Kings Mountain, of Bunker
Hill and Of orktown, and at er abiding IN
complimentary terms 10 that distinguished son
of VIRGINIA Senator Mason, who very proper.
" reminded us the other day at Bunker Hill,
ETC., was decaiming: The lesson which come'
in fiery volleys from Bunker Hill to kings anc
cabinets, and prncipaliiies and powers, is, tina
they must not dare 10 outrage the sentiments o
a free people'-at that very time, America wal
holding over three millions Of people in the cru
elest bondage known on earth Aye, more thai
that. While the above words were pronounced
to wells Of tunultuous applause, three tugltv
| slaves who had fed to Nashville, Illinois, ant
had been pursued thither in the strength of tn
Bill which that distinguished son OF Virginia
devised, were seized, and one Of them, in tn
spirit of Patrick Henry. resolved on liberty O
death, and resisting capture, was shot dead
This was the accompaniment to our bells an
cannon this the echo Of agony, crime, and hor
ror, which made response to the sentiment {
Faneuil Hall on the eightyfirs anniversary {
the glorious independence Of the United State
of America | should have scorned myself fol
ever after, had suffered the opportunity of,hi
day to pass without an Incorporating prote
both AGAINST the Slave Power of the South an
its funkeys in the North. If this be treason
'vulgaritv,' bad taste or malignant abuse, il
the most be made oft. Some persons seem il
capable of discriminating patriotic ardor iro
partisan zeal-the eager attempt TO compass
selfish end from the disinterested fulhnent
duty-generous Indignation from poisonous hat
The attacks of such are harmless, and their ow
punishment is in them. Those persons who tai
every hearty word against corruption, dem
eogues and slavery, or in behalf of purity, pr
ciple and freedom, as personal insult, and Il
0 speaker of il as pers nal enemy, are surely
: much to be pitied as they are 10 be despised.