Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-04-26
VOL. lX....NO. 81.

tary 10 another, or dependent upon It's la
Dor for support, When this is the case,
the body polite nourishcs and supports
class OF persons, who, so FIR from contrib
utlng to the prosperity Of the state, are
continually extracting from its substance
without adding to the common stock"
INTERMEDIATE CLASS OF SOCIETY.
1.-The effect OF slavery in the southern
states has been generally such, as to divide.
the population into two cIasses-the rich
and poor The intermediate class. which
lies between the extremes Of poverty and
wealth, which is always the most usefuJto
a state is driven BY the natural operation
ofthis system TO seek refuge from extreme
indulgence in the free States They retire
to those states where their usefulness will
be justly appreciated and their characters
proper y rcspectcd.'
But it (sIovery) not only drives off the
most useful part Of our population; it
nourishcs sichly e1emiaacy in that
which remains. That love of country
which displays itself in works of public
utility, is puralyzed that public spirit,
which would make rivers aud mountains
tributary to the general welfare, is render
ed inefficient by the operation of sys
TEN vhich holds out no inducement to
exertion on the part Of the Iaboring class
ofthe community"
sAFETY-sECTioNAL AN1Mos1TIEs-DIs-
SOLUTION OF TIE UNION.
! Having demonstrated that slavery is
hostile TO our Interests, (why talk of COM
pensnti0n then p we will now proceed TO
! show that it is incompatible with our SAFE
ty. In the first pIace-it has a tendency
to excite sectional Gmjmositscs. Ills ari-
srs from the contraricty cfinterests which
will have remarked with pain and ankle
ty: that upon all great political questions,
the NOrtA an4 South have been arrayed
against each other. This difference is
rapidly aHprOxlnatng 10 a state which
will render every effort to remove it una
, vailmg. The South has denounced the
policy Of the North in terms of ~nmc0Su7-
ell hostility, aui this Las arisen from the
artificial difference which slavery produ-
cess
/. "This luminosity between different Sec
tons of our country, if not timely re-
strained, (ard we cannot expect the effect
10 cease while the cause slavery re-
mains,) will inevitably tend to weaken the
bonds Of the national contederacy. Let
, not this be received as idle defamation or
: extravagant supposition. All sectional
) onImosnles, IN any country, natural y tend
TO this result"
Orr situation in that erent uould be
: GWcu|t to portray. ENFEEBLED BY DIS
EASE contuiuing the clements O. our DE-
*TKUCTION IN OUR OWN BosOM-IRRI-
= TATED By the Increasing greatness and
J pooccr Of tbose states uhich surround Us
; 1ce 1CoHt| SOON hare one part Of our once
) ende0ycd c0nIc@er0cy ring upon the IT,
ms Of onother."
If thrn, history be philosophy teach
= ing by example," let US profit by it,
''These are the evils which slavery
imposes upCh our country. We cannot
conceal them from our observation they
are c""t;nuaHy preying upon our pros
perIty'
PLEA OF NECESSITY.
But although many are ready to ad-
nit that it is ali evil productive Of these
consequences, vet they majn:ain that it is
one which has been imposed upon US by
fata4 and inrinciUe necessity. This
assumption Of q dark anil mysterious Ne
, CEssITY, has tcen rcSortcd TO on crery &C.
! GzS1On 1rhere there has bern a conscs0us-
ness Of acting contrary TO the great and
lmmut0ble principles ofjust:ce. Hence
we find, that when a government ceases
to protec; the rights OF portion Of its citi-
zens-when it exercises The most odious
tyranny-when it deprives them of the
most sacred privieges-it seeks its JustlE-
cation upon the underlined principles Of
political c1pcdiency or mora! neceSs;ty.-
1t is this principle upon which the gov
ernments of the old world justify the op-
pressions oftheir subjects; and a part of
the new, in imitation of their example,
would find in it an excuse for the abso-
lutte slavery of a Part of their fellow crca-
lures"
without entering into an argument 10
disprove the general principle, that some
evils arc ncres$ary and vnur0'"06'e from
having Ee,n imposed by circumstances
beyond the control of human agency, we
f must be permitted to deny It's application
to African sl0rrry."
ORIGIN OF SLAVERY.
eff we examine the commencement OF
African slavery, we will find that 1t OFT
cinated solely in the cup;Iitr and Gr0r'ee
of man. mot in necessity Possessing
himself of the poscsr, he fails upon weak
and defenceIess Africa. lie tears from
their country, and from all that is dear to
humanity, her innocent and unoflending
children, and in this country he finds
reward for his CRUELTY, PERFIDY, and
1NuUMANI1Y." 1t commenced in hctf
and robbery. Mark what follows
PRESENT GENERATION OF sLAVEHoLD'