Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-09-01

myself the pleasure of aiding in its ad- |
by all the means which just c
respect to the guaranteed rights of others $
will permit, and an intelligent regard to
the adaptation Of means to the end pYopos- r
ed, may suggest. 5
The position which the friends of eman-
cipation in the United States occupy, is
one of unexamped difficulty The ques-
ton involved in their efforts is appalling in
its magnitude. DO not speak of the alb
stract question of slavery for It is easy to
prove that slavery is wrong. Indeed, it
needs no laborel proof, for it is selt-tvj-
dent to every unperverted mind. But |
speak of the question-how shall those
who have tAe lower to break the bond !
age Of more than two millions Of ensSavld |
men among us, be persuaded to Go it,
THIS is the question to be cOnsidered.-I
Whatever we may think of the ri ghts Of
the slaves, and the good to them, and the
/ safety to community, Of immediate eman-
cipation, it must, nevertheless, be remem-
bered that those who, alone, have the pow
err of decreeing this emancipation within
the State Jurisdictions, are to be convinced
that thew ought to do it; thai there are,
opposed TO this conviction the prejudiccs of
early cducaton-the force Of inyct2ratc
hali:s-:he strong motive Of supposed IN
tcrcst-,he jealousy of foreign interter-
cncr, and, especially, Of every movement
at the NOrh affecting the inter e3tS of the
S0uh-the pride Of State sovereignty and
the inference that the citizens Of the zee
States have no right to exert, cvtna moral
influence upon the slave States, which
State jealousy and State pride are ready
to draw from the admitted impotence Of
Congress, and the Legislatures of the free
States to touch the subject of slavery, with
in the limits of the States where it exists.
, TO add to all this, there is the difficulty of
making successful appeal to conscience,
or even interest in Conn"X;on with this
subject amidst the warng of the political
. elements, periodically put in motion by
+ the al absorbing contests fol- the Prcsid H.
cy, than which there can be nothing more
unGayorubIe to an investigation of the ques-
ZION OF slavery upon It's real merits, and
: nothing more chilling to the warm heart
, ed philanthropy, which must carry for
ward, if it move at all, the cause of Afri-
: can emancipation. The object aimed at,
t moreover, involves mighty revolution Of
o opinion and feeling, in nearl y one half the
States of this Union; opinion and feeling
which have become deeply Identified with
S the intellectual and moral habits of thai
n portion of our confederacy. A system is
l. to be broken up, which has become inter.
woven with the whole structure of soCie
ty, and an entire change is to be wrough
D in the relations of more than two millions
,e of slaves, to more than three and hal
10 millions free citizens
These are some of the difficulties to b
J. encountered in the prosecution ofthe grea
r, enterprise. TO meet, and overcome them
=. will REQUIRE the wisdom of the soundes
", heads, and the philanthropy Of the purcs
- hearts, in this republic. And patience
e. too. must be brought into full exercise
IS, If any men on earth have need to cult
O. vate this virtue, they are the friends O
emancipation in these United States
They look at the abolition of slavery II
ne the British colonies and it gives new
4 impulse to their philanthropy, and inspire
p them with fresh zeal in the cause. Blu
IS they must be prepared for disappoint
ment of the high hopes which may be ex
'e citet bya contemplation of that example
IS The free States Of this Union are net
strong consolidated government, toward
, which the slave States sustain the relation
o. Of colonial dependencies. The latter are
E. on the contrary, independent soyerel3nties
r. No power other than their own, can abol
IT, ISL slavery within their limits What tn
OF British government has effected ty ii
IS poccr and its money, the f. ee States OF tn;
IS, Union, so far as they are TO exert an,
N agency in this matter, must effect by ap
is peals to the cOnSciences and the interest
st Of the Shareholders. Public sentiment il
to those States cannot, as in Great B titan
is be brought TO bear directly, upon a gov
n eminent possessing the constitutional pow
n er (in regard to the states,) to decree tn
J. abolition of slavery, and the physical pow
re or to carry its decree into execution. Oh
re the contrary, it must act upon masses 0
&c people, forming separate communities an
re entertaining a natural jealousy of all GU
IS, movements affecting their interests; s.
H. that we NAV be doomed to see the strong
a est and most decided public sentiment il
a the non slaveholding States, utterly impo
I'd tent as to an immediate effect in those com
10 munties where exists the evil We propos
ut to remedy. Irepeat, then, patience mus
of Ie brought into full exercise 1t mus
no have its perfect work. And it gives m
ch pleasure to know that the cause Of eman
rs cipation finds some of its mos. efficient al
as vocates among q people greatly distin
rr guished for this virtue. 1t is among tn
or surest pledges that it will ultimately tri
e. umph.