Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-04-28
For the Vermont PhGnix.
BUTLER COUNTY, ONO, !
March 1 1871

v
March |, 1887.
Nc DEAR SIR:-l closed my last com
.";ca,ion BY an extract from the origina
tsnnscript COPY of the Declaration of indie
|l.,r5sAich was taniinodsIy approve,
| ,6s committee. who had been appointed Il
fsoor h ba, which was subsequently, alto
fsSer stricken out in committee of the whole
!. here curious to know, why this para
f,,ob or rather, thisarticle relating to Slaves
y not retained in the Declarations lie
\ ou,hor himself who was on the spot, de
|hre SAYS Mr. Jefferson The clause too
fsorObating the importation Of the people o
|irra was stricken out, in compliance to S
Isrolina and Georgia, who had never at
[nMed 10 restrain the importation of Slaves;
Eul who, on the contrary, still wished to con
Enue it. Our Northern brethren also, be-
|err felt Ethe tender under those cen.
.ncs-lor, though the people had very few
kayes themselves, get they had been pretty
sn,lerable carriers Of them 10 others"
4 IAus now turn our attention to some
4e,kapd circumstances connected with the
krmaon Of our Constitution. BY a refer
( nce to the journal of the Convention which
Ibrmed the Constitution, whilst that instru-
bent was under discussion, it will be seen
bat amongst the various propositions TO a.
bend and 10 strike out, there was PROPOSE
lon made TO insert an article forever prohibit
! g the further importation Of Slaves. This
opposition was warmly supported by the
rgina delegation, as well as by different
embers from most of the other Slave States,
lcep South Carolina and Georgia, who,
biting wilhthe commercial interests &ship-
wners Of the east, urgently and warmly
|Untended for the further continuance of the
FaScl After much discussion and many
quenl appeals to justice and humanity, the
Northern interests finally prevailed, South
carolina and Georgia voting with them for
be insertion ofan article toalow the further
|np0riaiiOa Of Slares, even down TO the year
|SOSll Remember this, We Northern men,
|nd blush Atthe very moment when ma.
pity Of the Slave States were urgent to sup
PES The Stare trade Immediately, northern
varlce opposed, and your northern ancestors
soIdIy stood forth the unblushing advocates
ibis inhuman traffic, for half a century
flgerl What does this mean2 Truth
Oges US to proclaim, that the Northern
people, having already experienced the Az,
faO Trade 10 be highly profitable
lnceTn, were still willing 10 continue i'll
|lhey had already been pretty considerable
F'Ilers oil them to others; and they still
|shed to amass wealth by the robbery and
Pc Of negro flesh How well our ances-
r Fohted by this further license to plumber
% ensave, let the tears and groans OF 20O,-
FVAIT'cans' torn by them from their friends,
Ps' country and their home, during that
pug period, attest Shall be told that the
Ea'lern people encouraged this traffic by
EESo'aIuga market2 | admit it, But why
1@ you put stop 10 the traffic and the
1a'Aa also, IN l7S7,when you had it in your
PSefs 1t is true, some of the Southern
a1 continued to purchase your negroes;
you It was, who first ensiaved them -
they bought human souls; but they
~ anIa been enslaved by your hands,
aSmey bought them; but ii was 10 trans.
'usn from the filthy holds of your prison
TE 70 places of comparative freedom and
~"n' 10 the Slaves, it was an escape
H. 'yants and demons, TO masters and
% ineedn expatiate on all the name
u'%tles incident to this Internal traffic.
~s VINO have been personally interested
IrS'gea IN the Slave Trade, can better
% 'nan can describe, all the decep,
''e decoys and the allurements neces-
G %u 'ne hIsI place, to obtaintheir freights
,' '1'' Iiesh,-and then, the separation Of
IGsG '' IAe slghs and tears, the frantic
ksf 'S In tne agonlzing despair, the frenzied
Eup' VINO can weigh tbem2 Nor does this
k6lJ' ' picture end here. Who is able TO
kWSo S Ss. horrors Of 1.-THE middle passage"2
kls ",I Uu' that Being whose eye can pene-
h 1s secrets of the prison house,?
bIm unnecessary to dwell longer on this
/ y.,. will only stop to remark, that when
IplII0 'a' Of 1903 arrived, il was then con.
o,S;" IN the power of Congress to
su1 I as.t 'raihc--they did so, so far as laws
j@ suec' prohibition. But it would not
IOs, sI' 10 show that some Northern shin
4 n,S s I v,!M one of them at least, could be-
fped oI continued, under false colors, or
lnme, n'eI,'ances, to carry on this piratical
j So Iosl so profitable had they found il,
KS of FUN ru were they to give up their pros.
tlval gam have alluded'to one md.
&,e d0 ~ particular. Let that notorious
i h. s. 5 (if he be still !ivingl remember
b % ooa ueedS of darkness are Known Let
\ re y1a' over ,, his shining thousands, and
pie, 81 mat =, "all this gilded treasure" is
rs ar, oo'egolng historical facts and refer
b. in sn nO' brought forward to Justify Sla.
|aed r a"y shape whatever They are de-.
Years ' s0 lar different purpose, Ii has Of
A5oIii,iOO een customary with your North
fen ci,;~ann' and even some other mis-.