Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-04-19

This is evident both from the history Of
moral reforms, and from the fact that Gar
rison and BirHey are alike hated and out
ragged.
But TO the point. Personal slavery
results not from holding men IN subIectlon
against their wills, but from regarding
and treating them as property, without
rights oftheir own, and TO be disposed of
by others. Abolitionism, on the other
hand, exclusively consists in regarding
and treating slaves as moral and social
beings, having rights other own, as we'll
as lying under obligation to others. The
child subject to. his parents is not OF course
slave. No one can be a slave, who is
treated according to his moral, intelIectu-
al, and relative character A person may
be bound to service by his own consent or
without it, he may be prisoner at the
bar. or even a convict in state prison :;
and yet to all the intents and purposes Of
aboIitionism, may be perfect freeman.
Toprotect the slave in his marital rights
and prevent his being sold like a beast
would be only mitigation of slavery
The master mi ght still retain the power Of
holding him in ignorance Of tasking him
unreasonabIy, aud Of doing violence to hin
IN a thousand ways. The slave would
still be property in aquaIifcd sense
But protect him in all his rights, and Sc
cure 10 him aHthe privileges 10 which his
character and capacity entitle him, and his
emancipation is complete. Surely A. p.
will hardly object against giving the slave
such emancip patton at once and without
condition.
Abolitionists never thought Of abolish
ing the relation Of master and servant
Let the slave be emancipated at any rate
and then, if he needs a master, let him
have one. But give him in common with
white servants the privilege of choosing
his own master Let him be encouraged
to labor by Just reward, not driven to it
by the lash Let the masters control be
limited by Law, and let him be restrained
from all unrightcous exercise Of power
A. p. says, But slavery cannot exist
where the slave or servant is not cntiiely
subjected to the will ofhiS master" Then
surely it ought mol 10 exist another mo-
ment. Ifslavery ends where the slave is
placed beyond the violence and rapacity
Of his master, then let it end without de-
lay and without condition. Let there be
such laws to prevent vagrancy and idle
ness as the public good may require but
let no person black or white be subjected
to the will Of an irresponsible master
A. p. says, "Give the slave his free
dom Internationally and does he know
how to exercise it how to enjoy it %
He might have answered the question
himself By a reference TO the West India
Islands, where Immediate and gradual
emanci patton are in a course OF expert
ment. But such reference would have
been decisive against him. Twill answer
it by asserting that the slaves are quite as
well qualified for freedom as their mas,
tiers. What do shareholders themselves
saw Read their advertisements. How
frequently are slaves, who are about tc
be sold, represented by their masters as in
telIigent, faithful, industrious, skiIful, anc
even pious. Do the masters themselves
possess better qualifications for freedom ?
AS 10 the slaves coming by" scores anC
hundreds to Waits6eId, | have no mor'
fears Oft, than have that their master
will cone. But fit be necessary to re
strain their emigration, let the restraint b.
laid too upon their masters. Emigrant
who are accustomed to labor will be les
troublesome to the North. than those who
live without labor. Ifthcre be any priv
iIege which the slaves arc too ignorant o
too vicious to enjoy withhold it from them
but withhold the same from ignorant an
: vicious white men.
If the slaves should not be at once sc
at liberty because they would abuse thel
freedom, why should not those white me-
) who do abuse their freedom be ensaVe
till they will use freedom better! Tn
mobs and outrages, which aloud in tn
North and South, show that slaves are no
the only people to whom it is dangerou
" to entrust freedom. Treat blacks an
{ whites alike. Let their freedom have tn
same condition.
Anxious Populi accuses abolitionists {
being "too unsparing in their denuncia
tons" and yet he exceeds them in thi
very fault. He had but just before said
The Legislation Of some Of the sIavehoIt
ing states in relation to this subject,
enough TO make demons blush" Now
Y | have read the Liberator for years, an
: venture to say that This sentence is quite
e match and think more than a match &c
: Mr.. Garrison's bitterts denunciations.-
n On whom does the censure OF this sever
= sentence fall2 Not on those who intr
= dHesd slavery. but on those who make an
y sustain the existing lawson the info
+ tunatc. in whose favor A. p. would ha1
e US discriminate. He declares all voIur
ei tary slavery to be sinful, and says, Iegl
D; lation which has for its object the unllm
d ed perpetuation Of slavery is unrighteor