Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-11-16
ANTI-SL AVERY.

According to previous notice, the citizens
of Brandon, favoring the abolition Of SlGre-
7,y and the S!are-trade, in the District Of
Columbia, met at the North School-house
on Friday evening, 18th inst.
The meeting having been called to order
and its object explained, by o. S. Murray,
Josiah w. HaIe was called to the Chalr,-
and Eph. Markham appointed Secretary.
The following preamble and resolution,
introduced by Mr.. Murray, was sustained
by Messrs. Davenport, Marsh, Sherman,
Kingsbury and others, and unanimously
adopted -
Whereas, The Congress of the U. States
has the power Of exclusive legislation, in
all cases whatsoever, in the District Of Co.
lumbia. and consequently has the same
power over Slavery within that District, that
any individual State can legally exercise
within itself,
Resolred, That the non-slaveholding
states are responsible for the existence OF
Slavery and the Slave trade in the District
Of Columbia, in proportion TO their repre-
sentation in Congress.
The following resolutions, introduced by
Mr. Marsh, were, after extensive and inter-
esting remarks upon the points involved,
unanimously adopted:
Resolred, That as citizens and freemen,
| we will never surrender the right of petition
and the liberty OF free discussion, guaranteed
to US by the Constitution Of our country.
ReS0tred, That the continuance of slave
| ny IN this District over which Congress has
exclusive control, is an evil of such serious
magnitude, that it calls aloud for every
| patrot and christian to raise his voice with
out ceaSlng, until this national disgrace il
removed.
On motion Of B. Davenport the following
memorial was adopted, as expressing the
views of the meeting, and ordered to be cir
culated for signatures.
MEM ORAL,
To the Congress ofthe United States:
Whereas, the people of these United
States, by their delegated authority, on the
4th Of July, 1875, did declare as "self evil
dent TRUTHS" that all men are created
equal; that they are endowed BY their Gre.
aor with certain inalienable rights that
among these are life, liberty, and the pur-
suit OF happiness %
And whereas, in 1857, Convention OF
Deputies, lin order to form more perfect
union, establish justice, ensure domestic
| tranquility, provide for the common Defence
! promote the general welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty to themselves and pos
te1ity," did form and adopt a Constitution
which was ultimately so amended as to
provide that No person shall be deprived
Oh lite, Liberty, or property, without due pro-
cess of law:'
And whereas, slavery and the slave-tr trade,
as they exist in the District Of Columbia,
over which you have Exclusive jurisdic-
tlon2" are contrary to the preceding avowed
truths, to the great law Of Nature, to Divine
! Revelation, and subversive Of justice and
the true spirit Of our national institutions:
Therefore, We your memorialsts, inhab-
ltants Of the town of Brandon, in the State
OF Vermont, most respectfully but earnestly
entreatyour honorable body to pass, without
delay, such laws as in your wisdom NAV
seem right and proper for the entire aboli-
ton of slavery and the slave trade in said
District: and thereby carry out the true
principles of liberty and justice asserted by
the patriotic founders of our Republic: and
also strongly to eface from your statutes the
inconsistency of authorizing and sanction
ing an act as just and lawful, when done
within the precincts Of our capital, which
dC', Wneh committed on the high seas, this
and all other civilized nations have declared
to be piracy.
Voted, That the proceedings of this
meeting, signed BY the Chairman and Sec
rotary: be offered for publication in the Yer
mont Telegraph
JOSIAH w. HALE, Chairman.
EPH. MAxHAM, Secretary.
Will not the friends of the cause, in other
towns in this county, aud elsewhere go and
do likewise ? Let every individual who is
capable of understanding natural and civil
rights, and who respects these rights IN
fellow beings, speak out ED. TEL.
The following are among great num-
Der ofsound, spirited resolutions, passeda'
= the late meeting of the New York State
Anti-Slavery Society