Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-03-03

ERTY, ana no WOnQeE that sue makes lnem
Green Mountains, as her footsteps press
heir genial soil! Was STARKE gradu-
alist or an immediatist? Let the battle of
Bennington answer! What voice is
heard on the plains of Lexington and Con-
cord-from the heights ofBunker Hill?-
. INDEPENDENCE NOW-INDE-
FOREVER! Tell me,
We whose blood was freely shed to make
your children free-would he not have
been deemed traitor, or a mailman, who
should have maintained, in view of your
suferings, perils and oppression, that the
mother country ought to be compensated,
if she should cease to tread upon your
necks, and to spill your blood Your re-
ply would be, in the conclusive language
Of an eminent patriot Slavery is a |
ZINE, and crime is not marketable COM
modify, to be bought and sold Never
was the duty of compromising oppressors
urged. but in the case of the oppressors Of
the colored race-the most fagitious des-
pots who have ever sought to brutalize
mankind. If one of these monsters tells
me- he has given one thousand dollars for
his slave, that he may hold him in bond
eye; my reply is this-Jesus Christ has
given his life for that sIore, that he may
bring him into the glorious liberty Of the
sons Of God! will give you an anec-
dote, which puts this matter of compensa-
ton in clear light. At one of the great
anti.slavery meetings in Manchester, Eng,
land. Just as the audience were about to
disperse, an eccentric but excellent Bap-
fist Gle gyman, who was standing in one
of the aisles, rushed forward to the plat
form, and cried out vehemently-' STOP,
my friends, I've something 10 say to you
It's about compensation Now, suppose
thief had been stealing the goods of his
neighbors for days, and weeks, and mouths
and suppose he had filled his house
with them-and suppose at last the sheriff
should find him out-and suppose he
should 90 to the house, and begin to pull
the stolen goods out into the street-and
suppose the neighbors who had been p un-
dered should cluster around, and one wo-
! man should exclaim, "Thats my era
die" and another should say, That's
my frving-pan " and so all the articles
: should be designated by the lawful own
, ers. Suppose the thief should reply"
: know that's your cradle, and that's your
=, frying pan and know that have used
and abused them, without your leave; but
if you take them from me, you must give
me Compensation" What, my friends
, would the sheriff say TO the thief? Why,
. this" Yes, you villain, you shall have
:, compensation-youn need not be uneasy on
8 that score-that's just what we intend tc
y give you-and you shall get 1t at BOtan9
Bay" This simple illustration of pIair
: case electrified the vast assembly, and eli
cited thunders of applause. And yet how
much greater is the crime OF using, anc
- abusing, and defrauding the bodies anc
minds ofthe slaves, without their leave
q than of stealing and maItreatlng house
;, hold furniture
" You remember how clamorous were
= the West India SHAREHOLDERS for compen
3 sation, when they found that England
y. would no longer tolerate the bloody sys
TEN of slavery in any part other domln
. ions. This claim upon the mother coun
~ try was made in full view of the fact that
!, during a period of thirty years, she haf
- added $50 millions (sterIing) TO her debt
20 in support of the colonies that So OO(
~ British subjects had, during the same Spac'
,f of time, been sacrificed to the climate, t.
- guard the slave system and that the saw
!. population was diminishing by thousands
" annually, in consequence Of the cruelt!
. of their masters
80 InJuly, 1888, l attended an anti-sIave
o, ry meeting held in Exeter Hall, London
J at which were present some Of the mos
distinguished advocates of emancipation
~ In the course of its proceedings, the meet
40 ing was interrupted by Mr. L1eeINs,
!. person connected with the West Indies
-. who contended that emancipation wouF
r. certainly ruin the planters, because
~ would be impossible to pay the slave
&c Gl6O,OOOa week for their labor, las al
r., f., that sum would be required for that pun
y pose,) whereas there were not more thai
p 100000 in the whole of the coIonles.-
=. Mr. OCoNNELL instantly rose and said
10 He (Mr L1eG1Ns) had announced an an
10 full fact, that the coionists could not pa
~ wages to the slaves-that it would co:
them 100000 week What toaS thu
bat robbjmg tie sl1oes Of 100000
:, 1oeet? robbing them of labor worth thu
sum- But he told them another fac
or which he (Mr O Conne?l) was rejoiced t
re hear, as it showed that it was inconsister
of with the providence ofan all great and jul
~ God, that viIlany should prosper; be tol
id them that this villany was of the most bee
at CARING description-for though the vi
e. lains got 100000 a week for nothin!
n yet they had not 100000 in money! H
fv turned to the West Indian, and asked biz
NJ how he dared to rob the negro of R16O
O0O when instead of benefit, it was onl
he productive of beggary? How frightfl
mt this appeared on the face of it, Th