Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-04-14
N U M B E R 20.


wearing a straw bonnet, itwould have been
almost signal for a mob Now they
dress as well as any people of their stand
ing.
tFhe'imports generally are doubled
A very great increase has taken place in
the importation of American productions.
The blacks begin TO live like human be-
ings, The importations were never so
greatas the last year
A gentleman Of very extensive acquaint-
ance and travel, one of His Majesty's
Council for the island of Barbados, said
that formerly, when he went home to Eng
land, the negroes on his plantation used
to receive him on his return with sullen
silence, regarding him as tyrant return
ed among them. Since the abolition, he
had visited England again and returned,
and he spoke with tears in his eyes Of the
joyhis people manifested at his return,
receiving and welcoming him rs a friend
and benefactor. Think of that, We treth-
rem who hold slaves; when will such
pure Joy be yoursY
A hurricane in 1881 destroyed most of
the parish chuches on the island, except
in Bridec:own. Many Of them have lain
in ruins till he past year. Now they are
bCve referred to, said, that when they com
menced the work in his parish, the ne
groes came together without any sugges-
ton or solicitation, and offered their servi-
ces to work on the building on their day,
Saturday. The offer was at first declined,
out of consideration for them, hut they
would not be put off, They insisted on
it, at belongs to us, this is our church as
much as yours, this is our country now,
our children will worship here,' &c.
The women came with the men, ail;ani-
mated with one spirit, and all taking the
deepest interest in the work. How much
more grateful to the heart than COLOMBIA
toni
The change Of feeling on the subject of
obo]iion is entire. Our friend was sur
prised on his first arrival to hear the SUBJ
jet so freely spoken Of Immediately after
the act took effect He,supposed he should
, have to talk carefully and in whispers, as
at the south. The papers are beginning
to publish in favor Of the act Whileit
was talked of, the people and the papers
were violent and furious against it, After
the First of August, seeing no disturbance,
they began to congratulate each cther.-
Now they are coming round entirely and
already begin to reTroach America for
continuing the system Of slavery This
change does not seem to have arisen from
any rev views Of slavery as a sin; but
from what they see Of the effects ofaboli-
tion they are satisfied it is a great benefit.
And they say it will come to the same re-
suit in America, whenever abolition takes
place. Said cur friend, Il felt ashamed
of my country, to hear it reproached for
the absurdity and inconsistency and sin of
slavery, ard | could make no reply
Here, among our own people, one does
not feel it so much; but when we get a.
broad, we feel it keeny"
1t is not the case that the negroes be-
came impudent towards the whites, in con-
sequence Of emancipation. On the con-
trary, it is universally said that they are
more civil than they used TO be-
In short, one onl y needs to See the West
Indies, to be convinced ofthe safety and
utility of abolishing slavery. The exper-
iment Decentralization has already gone on
long enough to prove that negroes are
like other people; if you civ" them their
rights they are grateful, and have sense
enough to see shat it is now for their inter-
est to suTportthe Jaws, and that if they
make disturbance they punish only them
selves.
The whites on the island are rather
t pleasure-loving PEOPLE, hospitable and po-
t lite, but there is little serious rietv appa-
rent among them. We regret to learn
I that the Temperance Reformation has vet
} to begin on this interesting island