“I do not say these things to palliate the conduct of these writers in the anti-slavery papers who have poured such _torrents of abuse_ upon the non-conformists among the clergy. I have ever spoken freely about many of these communications, both to friends and opposers. I think there has been _a bad spirit_ manifested on the side of the abolitionists toward the opposing clergy; or, if you please, those who stand aloof and do nothing. I do most sincerely hope that my brethren who _like you_ (!) hate slavery, but still remain neuter, (!) will calmly review the whole ground, and sacrifice all minor considerations, and work with us in this cause. I see no insuperable objections. I desire this the more ardently, because the character of the ministry suffers, in the estimation of many good men, by the course they pursue, while the enemies of all righteousness take occasion to thrust a sword into the vitals of religion itself, through the clergy. Mr. Garrison, sir, is not the principal offender in this matter; [very gentle!]--he is made answerable, as a public editor, for the conduct of others. But ☞ _our brethren_ [such men as Moses Stuart and Ralph Emerson!] _can easily take the sword out of the hand of these_ VIOLENT AND PREJUDICED MEN. ☜ ☞ And I trust they will soon do it EFFECTUALLY, by some course of ACTION. _The cause would be greatly promoted by their co-operation”!!_ ☜ Wendell Phillips, the same who took the brunt of the battle at Faneuil Hall, upon the day when men met there to wash their hands of Lovejoy’s murder, was among the foremost to detect the subtler form of danger. His letter to the financial committee of the Liberator, which appeared in the next column to the call of the watchman, stripped the opposition of their disguises, with a firm and dexterous hand. It exhibits, in a condensed form, the mind of one who had knowledge of the cause throughout the State, as a lecturer and a manager of the Society, and throughout the land, as an acute and philosophical observer. In politics, a voter,--in theology, a Calvinist,--in church government, a congregationalist,--looking on these things from the same point of view with those who were laboring for the destruction of Freedom, toleration and fraternal confidence in the cause, he came to diametrically opposite conclusions.-- “The _heart’s_ aye the part aye, That makes us right or wrong.” LETTER OF WENDELL PHILLIPS. _Messrs. Jackson, Quincy, and Bassett_: