Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-16
From the Human Rights.

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lish the above.
From the Human Rights.
ARE THE PETITIONS IN CIRCULAT1CN2
In another portion Of this paper will be
found an extract from a southern parer,
on the subject of the admission of Texas
into the Union. Read that extract and,
you will not wonder at the earnestness Of
our interrogatoty, ~ Are the petlti0ns
entrusted to your care IN cirewtGti0n?SI
The FIRST OF SEPTEMBER is at hand.
The petitions against the annexation,
should be placed in the hands of the Rep
resentativcs before they leave their con-
stituents for Congress. All may be lost
by few weeks of delay. Let every
man and woman, who has Il copy Of the
circular of the American Anti-SIavery
Society, or a copy of the July number of
this paper, or who receives this sheet, go
about the work of obtaining signatures at
once. Do not wait for others TO move
Do not put offthe work a single day-or
even an hour. Lave the harvest ungor-
ncrcd-let the workshop be tenantIess--
let the plough rust in md-furrow, if need
be, but see to it, we bescech you, by your
love of your own liberty-as you desire
the welfare Of your country-and above
all the appreciation of Heaven, SEE TO 1T
THAT THE WORK is DONE. Let not your
posterity, when the counsels of the cp-
D. essor have triumphed-whcn the chains
Of Texan Slavery are upon all the land
when the life of Northern Freedom is
expiring under the heel Of Slaverv-be
compelled IN very bitterness OF soul to ex-
claim: " Our fathers and our mothers
might have spared US this dreadful in
hernance
Extract from the Constitution Of Texas, Sec 9&10
Sec. Q. All persons of color who are
} slaves for life previous to their emigration
to Texas and who are now held in bon
dage, shall remain in the like state Of
servitude, provided the said slave shall
be the bona 6de property of the person 50
holding said slave as aforesaid. Con-
gress shall pass no laws TO prohibit emf
grants from the United States Of America
from bringing their slaves into the Re
= public with them, and holding them by
the same tenure by which such slaves
: were held 10 the United States; NOR
SHALL CONGRESS HAVE POWER TO EMAN-
CIPATE SLAVES; NOR SHALL ANY SLAVE
: HOLDER BE ALLOWED TO EMAACIPATE
HIS OR HRR SLAVE OR SLAVES, WITHOUT
THE CONSENT OF CONGRESS, unless he or
: she shall seld his or her stuVe Ut saves
y without the limits Of the Republic. No
+ free person of African descent, .e1thrr IN
rLo1o IL Ill l.. 10
side permanently an the Republic, ~'tho~t
the consent of Congress, and the imporla-
! ton or admission Of Africans or eorocs
e into this Republic, excepting from the
e United States of America, is forever pro-
J. hlbited, and declared to be piracy.
Sec. 10. All persons, Africans, tie de-
sce~domts Of Africans, and Mdiqns et-
: cepted,) who are residing in Texas on the
J. day of the Declaration of Independence,
d shall be considered citizens of the repub-
lie, and entitled to all the privileges Of
, SUCH"
b This, fellow citizens is specimen OF
- the beautiful democracy Of that precious
IT Republic, which portion of our country-
II men are so DESTROYS of attaching to this
o union ! Bearing on its front the shame
e fuI inscription and symbols Of PERPETUAL
|, SLAVERY, it comes knocking at the door
v of the union, confident Of a speedy ad-
mlttance.
That the Sou!h should be in favor Of
the annexation, is not matter of surprise.
/ 1t would strengthen their darling "inst,-
e tuition - and put off the death hour CT
e their execrabIe tyranny The follow ing
t is an extract from the Port Gibson miss
= Southerner, and affords an index to the
feeling ofthe South:
= 1.-THE admission of Texas into this
u Ccnfederacy, is destined to form a pivot
to most exciting and important Political
g divisions. The gauntlet has been thrown
r by Mr. Webster, in bis noble address at
n the city Of New-Yor!;. 1t has been as
# dlsiIn:tly thrown by the late resolutions
u OF, the Massachusetts Legislature hich
Il we will publish. The same Point VS.
distinctly made by the gifted and eloquent
! Senators from Sonln Carolina in thcir
: speech, at the Charleston dinner-rhe
n sketch OF which we published last week.
e Inc issue IS made-up betreen The N'o7t3
= and The Soyth-sHALL TEXAS ENrrR
y THE UNION Tie people are the Judge
and the jury to make p The VERDICT
a This can not. need not, be unanimCCs. in
s the great political court, where this case
i must be decided. In the meantime, let
u the argument of the Press Zone OF tie
I counsel engaged in the great trial, for
I0ao ices however, and those badly patd,)
proceed.
What are the interests Of the South,
that require the annexation of Texas to
this Rt.nnhlic Refare we taEa ~. IL =