Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-08-14


dred millions of dollars Far different was
the manner in which your friend, Mr.. X. w
Emerson, regarded this pecuniary adjustment
between the slave master and slave
GIVE the oicaer compensation,
III up the bag 10 the brimi
Who y the owneri The siate Is owner
And ever was Pay him 20
Not So said Mr.. Greeley pay the money
to the slavemastcrs And this, too, after
they had risen in rebellion, and involved the
country in all the horrors Of civil war to per-
petuate their despotic power and at the cost
Of thousands Of millions Of dollars
Aud this is your " lifetime abolitionist,
Mr. sumner, " always foremost in the great
battle for the rights Of the colored race, aud
full Of sympathy for them !" Why, even
their colonization in Africa was an agreeable
device to him for, personally, he cherished
tho common prejudice against them, though
certainly ready to belriend any suffering ap.
plicant, black or white, being naturally of a
benevolent disposition. 1t is to his credit
that he was opposed to the introduction Of
new slave States into the Union, aud also to
the annexation Of new territory for the ex.
tension Of slavery nevertheless, with his
compromising tendencies and sentimental
views Of peace, If he had been in the Presi-
dental chair when the rebellion broke out,
the chances would have been that the Conled-
crate States might have dictated terms to
the whole country, even to the extent Of recog-
nizing their Independence, aud leaving the
slaves TO their fate. For Mr. Greeley be.
longs to that class Of peace-makers who vo-
ciierously cry " Peace, peace" when there
Is opcace. lie believes in Gaping Vcsuyius.
1t is exultiDgly announced by his organ,
the Tribune, that " few years agoif Horace
Greeley had yentured into Georgia or South
Carolina he would have been hanged on the
nearest lamp post now his name is c4eered
10 he echo IA eterg Southern cifK and the
eraQUeholderS and soldicrs of The rebellion,
the men who always made Southern opinion,
are UNANIMOUSLY IN faUor of electiag him
President !' A boast like this should be
equivalent to tying mill stone around his
neck to drown him in the depth Of the patri-
otto sentiment Of the country. Ii is rebel
cunning and dupicity on the broadcast scale.
Ia fact, North and South, the Greeley
movement Is Characterized by the grossest dis
stimulation Read what the New York
WorH says Of your letter now under review
" We suppose all Democrats irish 10 diDiac
he colorea toie, and detaoh part Of it from
Grant; and if they desire the end, they must
consent 10 eadure The means. What if Mr..
Sumner d9es assure the negro voters that the
Democratic party have become converts to
the principles Of the Republican party? lie
IS only adapting his Language 10 Heir appre.
tensions and preiudices III. e., he is only
attempting to play upon their credulity, and
so secure their votes for Greeley for the
Democratic party have not become converts
to the principles Of the Republican party
they are simply in masquerade 1t is a
frank, truthful, but audacious confession.
With a great show Of magnanimity you
say" am against tanning ancient flames
into continued life. am against raking in
the ashes Of the past for Goals Of fire yet
burning am against the policy Of hate
Freely | accept the hand that is offered
( Art thou in health, my brother and reach
forth my own in friendly grasp" Why this
gushing display Of friendly feeling Have
you hitherto been animated by spirit Of
vengeance 10 your present amicable state
Of mind, wherein do you differ from the
whole body Of the people Of the North To
insinuate that any portion of them that
President Grant or the Republican party
have at any previous period cherished, or do
now cherish, any wrath, or malice. or unkind-
ness toward the people Of the South, is to IL
bel them grieyously. To accuse them of
wishing TO " fan ancient flames into continued
life to pursue the policy of hate" is to
IL. g. -
but one universal feeling Of goodwill, aud
they desire nothing so much as to N let by
cones be by-gones IN good faih. But see
ing how combinations has been the bel
spirit toward every needlul measure for the
restoration Of public order and the protection
Of all classes alike, they cannot allow them
selves to be deceived into the belief that it is
no longer what it was, but thoroughly loyal
and patriotic, merely because of its verbal
assent to any form Of patriotic ayerment
however uuexceptionabe- seeing that it has
at this Presidential opportunity, the most
powerful temptation to lie and dissemble, in
order to clutch the reins Of Government as Of
old ltwas liar from the beginning, and full
of all deceiyeabeness Of unrighteousuess,
having broken the most solemn pledges, null
tiplied its perjuries, and committed such
denominations as 10 make the earth stand
agbast Under these circumstances, it must
not aud it cannot be trusted, even though its
shouts for Horace Greeley are heard in every
Southern city, town and village The
voice is Jacobs voice, but the hands are the
hands Of Esau'
My letter is already much too long to al
low me space to notice your sweeping impeach-
ment Of President Grant, which is but a re-
petition of your speech in tie Senate, Thrice
you have slain the slain; yet the President
will not down at your bidding In charging
upon his administration that ait is marked by
acts of delinquency, especially toward the color
ed race, @ by the side of which the allega-
tons on the Impeachment Of Andrew johnson
were technical and trivial, and that, "unques
tionably, he deserves impeachment for high
crimes and misdemeanors rather than re-
nomination. your extravaganza Of speech is
its best refutaton. The blow is not felt by
him the recoil is upon yourself.
" If any valued friend separates from me
now" you say, at i0W be because he places a
man ADORE principles" Pardon me in saying
that think the very reverse Of this will be
true. The separation will be. mainly with
reference to those principles and measures
which have made the present Administration
iustrous, and to President Grapt only as
one deemed worthy to be entrusted with mag.
isterial powers for another term. The issues
presented make all mere personal consdera-
lions comparatively insignificant.
Remembering that the price of liberty is
eternal vigilance" | remain
Faithfully yours,
WIN. LLOYD GARRISON.
North Carolina.
JUDGE SETTLE ON THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION