Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-05-24

q WORD, L would NOT wan VII nau nnlsn-
ed these remarks, before had sounded it
throughout the land, IMMED1ATE EMAN-
CIPATIoN-ALL At ONCE.
What q sight il would be to see the
slave states, bringing up their codes Of
slave laws, written in blood, and making
a bonfire Of these terrible volumes -
What sight, to see the church leading
forth their brethren, whom they have so
long enslaved, and kneeling down before
the universe to ask forgivness ofthose they
have injured. and forgivness of God,
whose law they have so long despised,
and whose image they have trampled on
Would il not be more honorable to the
south, than to have plundered the mails,
and made their sacred contents bonfire
in their streets2 D, sir, what would this
not do for the cause of hbertyQ What
would Il not do for the cause of religion,
throughoutthe nations of the earth2
A few words, sir, in answer to an OBJ
lection against this scheme. 1t is said, if
the slaves are all emancipated, the free
states will be oyerrun with them. am
not caleful to answer this, because | OBJ
iect to our colored citizens seeking
habitation where they choose, but because
believe the apprehension has no founda-
ton in fact Why should the emancipat-
ed slaves come to the north When
thrown on their own resources for sup
port, will they not want wages, and will
not the planter still want their labor to
cultivate his fields and gather his crops
Here will be common interest, as a rea-
son why they should remain where they
are, where they understand the agricul-
ture and are Injured to the climate. where
their relatives live. They are likewise
generally ignorant Of the resources of
other regions
/ have thus briefly given the outlines Of
the argument to show that all schemes Of
gradualism are Intellectual, and that imme-
date emancipation is both honorable and
safe, to the church and to the nation, and
to all concerned. And now l ask those
who have hitherto been spell-bound with
these dreams, why we may not now have
their aid in the only practicable scheme to
secure the church from disgrace and guilt,
and the nation from impending and inevi-
table ruin.
Rev. CHARLES GARDNER, a man OF
colcr, and pastor Of Presbyterian church
in Philadelphia, presented the following
ResoEued, That sufficient evidence has
been given to the world to convince the
enlightened public, that the immediate
emancipation Of the coIored people is NOR
ally right and politically safe
Permit me, sir, said Mr.. G., to say, that
Aog, ssl rs h.
-WbS--r1 cast my eye over this respectable
and enlightened congregation, see that
the doctrines Of this resolution will be re-
sponded to by every intelligent mind
Let me take view Of what is American
slavery. Il consists in this; in making
men ehattels; in brutalizing the image Of
God, the purchase Of the blood of Jesus
Christ; impressing its seal on childhood
and wrestling from the hand Of the right.
full owner that exercise of the judgment
for which he is accountable only to God
II denies to the slave, and in many part,
ofthe country to the free coIored people
also, access to that heavenly chart, which
is laid down by Jehovah as the only saf
rule or faith and practice, the liberty O
reading and understanding how he ma
serve God acceptably. 1t withhoIds from
him all the proceeds Of his labor, except
scanty subsistence and two suits Of clothe
in year, OF the coarsest description.
Il morally right and politically safe, t
abolish such system Immediately!
Let Us look at the evidences. The
are not drawn from the days Of Ham
= bal, NOR from a period thousand veal
back, nor even one, hundred years since
but from to-day. from things as they ar
and may be seen to be, in our own time
now.
The first evidence l will give, is that
- the Shareholders themselves. They a
certainly good witnesses. In their dali
papers you will see, at any time, adve
tisements for the sale of ten, twenty, fit
or one hundred valuable negroes, recor
mended and qualified in such terms
these: Jack, a good farmer; Joe, a SIX
ful carpenter; Bob, first rate shoemake
Jim, a capital blacksmith, fully guaran
ed; Bets, q good washer-woman; Ne
faithful nurse SalL a seamstress full
guaranteed. Is not that evidence II
they may be safely made free2 II, un1
the operations Of slavery, they can becor
skilful mechanics, trusty housekeepe
and safe nurses, would they be less so,
made fully freel I trust not. If tn
sustain so much moral worth, while crow
: ed within the small circle which slave
allows, what would they not exhibit,
placed in circumstances 10 develope
the powers with which they are endow
by a bene6cient Creator.
In the second place, will call your
tention to the evidence from the dispc
ton that has been manifested by tn
who have already obtained their freedc
II is in evidence, that those who b
been slaves, and who have been liberal