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

anu character OF d ldISe pO''IOl VI t4I0
Colonizationsts, now proceed to exam
inc with freedom the capabilities of the
scheme for aboIishing slavery. There is
one argument in it's favor, which is much
thought3of by some. 1t is said that Col
onizahon alone is adapted to reach the
minds of those who have the power to
emancipatc. | admit that if this is so, it
is an argument of weight for 1t is a ne
cessary prerequisite to the success of any
scheme of abolition, that it should have
the power to reach the minds and con-
vince the conSciences Of the people who
hold saves. But why does Colonization
enjoy favor at the south2 Simply because
il is believed not to have the power of
accomplishing the work Of aboIishlng
slavery. Why has the doctrine of imme-
date emancipation no favor there! Be-
cause it is believed to be mighty and effect
uaI. Because it will not stop to debate
with the STAKEHOLDER about the Compensa-
ton he shall receive for ceasing to Cypress,
or to discuss the question at what age the
oppressed shall 60 free. Because it re-
fuses to take its issue on any point which
virtuous and honest minds may differ, but
comes to the stagnant conscience Of the
Shareholder and brings to him the law Of
God, and presses him to do justice, and
show mercy, and do it now. Because it
has no respect to his love of his own
wrong, and his pleas for delay; but says
to-day, and not tomorrow. 1t is this
which makes the doctrine Of Immediate
Emancipation hated and feared by the
impenitent and obdurate Shareholder. If
Colonization could ever intrude upon the
playground of the heart, and say to the
Shareholder, "stop, now;' it would be
considered as rash and visionary and ia
natical and ncendiary as the ranAeSt no.
tons Of the most ultra school.
The Colonization enterprise is now
more than 20 years old. Nothing ever
entered upon the career of bcnevoIence
with more favorable auspices. Politicians
of the most opposite views rushed into 1t
as a charmed circle, and set up their shout
Of united appreciation. The teachers of
our youth, the officers of our colleges
went beyond their bounds to give it favor.
The church threw open her parti-colored
gates; Calvinists and Arminians, Unita-
rians and Trinitarians, Baptists by INNER
sion and by aspersion, Protestants and
Catholics, throwing aside heir sectarian
armor by common brotherhood adopted
it as a common cause The day of our
nations independence was further conse-
Grated to the service of founding a new
nation, and stamping our nations image
, on new empire, on the coast of Africa.
The friends of humanity supported it, be-
cause it removed the oppressed to land
of freedom; the STAKEHOLDER, because it
removed a nuisance and increased the VAL
ue of his property. The soldier saw in
prospect all the pomp of glorious war on
new fields. The merchant dreamed OF
proud argosies, freighted with barbaric
pearl and gold.
| Now let us examine, with all these ad-
vanta ges, what colonization has accom-
p!ished Out of the whole number OF
slaves in this land, it has removed about
four thousand, or in 20 years, 200 year.
! Does not this bare statement strike the
mind at once with full conviction Of the
impracticabiIity Of the scheme for abolish
ing slavery in this way? The increase
here is $4,000 year. During the exist,
ence OF the society, this population has
gained million, while the society has sent
out scarcely the increase of a single
month.
1t is said, colonization has been opposed
by abolitionists. Why, Sir, what an &C.
knowledgm # scheme Of benevo
lence, supported by the talent, the religion
and the wealth of the nation, and design
ed to free the land from the most intolera-
bic evils, and the most imminent dangers
can be thwarted by few fanatics, it shows
that there must be an inherent weakness
in the scheme itself, which nothing car
remedy.
But suppose all opposition to be nov
Withdrawn, the fps Of abolitionlsts sealed
and the Goals which abolition has scatter
ed on the naked hear: of this nation ex
tingushed, and all the wounds cicatrlsec
bv the oil and wine of colonization. NO"
YOU are prepared to undertake the work
unmolested and unhindered. What will
you do? What will you do to-day Wha
this wear! Before we shall come togeth
, er aGain. to celebrate our anniversaries
5000 colored persons will be added tc
the number you have to remove. Wher'
will YOU 90 for $4,000 to send out this
wear? will you 60 to the politicians o
2 the south McDufie, and Pickens, anc
Hammond, and Calhoun, tell you tina
, slavery is the stone Of our politica
edifce, and that if you undertake to ex
tinguish slavery, death without benefit o
clergy is your only just desert. viii
you apply to the churches of the south
Go and ask them for the increase of
single day, for 200, and they will reply
that it was most G lorious event In hISto
ry, which brought the sons of Africa t'
y, this enlightened land, and that it would b'