Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-10-02


erak welfare, and 10 secure the blessings Of
liberty to us and to our postcriiy' Tho slave
laws are fragrant violations Of these funda-
mental principles. Slavery destroys justice,
promotes the welfare of few to the manifest
injury Of the poor deicnceess slaves, and robs
many OF the posterify of our forctathcrs Of the
blessings of liberty. This cannot be denied,
for Paxton saws in his work on slavery, the
best blood in Virginia flows in the veins of
slaves = Yes, even the blood Of Jefferson.
And every southerner knows that it is n com
mon thing for the posierity Of our Joretatiers
10 be sold on the vendnc tables Of the South.
The posteriiy of our Corefathers are advertised
in American papers as runaway slaves. Such
advertisements often rontuin expressions like
these, has sometimes passed himself off asa
tchife man. has been mistaken for u whHe
man, SC.
Now, thou wilt perceive, that, so far from
thinking that stakeholder is bound by the
immoral and unconstitutional laws of zihe
Southern States, we hold that he is soleFnly
bound as a man, as an American, to break
them, and that Immediately and openly, as
much so, as Daniel was 10 pray, or Peter and
John to peach. We protnul gate no such man
pleasing doctrine as that set forth by thee
when we talk of immediate emancipation, we
speak that we do mean, and Tho Shareholders
understand us, if thou dost not.
Here then, is another point in which we
are entirely at variance, though the principles
of abolilionsts are generally adopted by our
opposers' What shall say 10 these things,
but that am glad thou hast afforded me an OPP
purtunity Of explaining to thee what orr prin-
/ ciples really are, for apprehcnd thou hast not
been sufficiently informed IN regard TO The
| feelings and opinions of abolltonlsts, even as
to the A OF their christian doctrines.
! 1t matters not to me what Dictionaries or
standard authorizes mean by immediate ema l.
| cipaton. My Dictionary is the Bible my
standard authors, prophets and apostles
| When Jehovah commanded Pharaoh 20 let
the people co. he meant that they should bH
! Immediately emaHcipated; ho did not mean
that the monarch must first make out Legal
instrument and issue his royal proclamation
and then set them at liberty. | read his
meaning in the tremendous judgments which
followed in rapid succession Pharaoh's repeat
cd and obstinate refusal 10 let The people 90.
read it in the lmipersal emancipation Of nea
300 900 Of lstaees in one dW(ul night Whc,
the prophet Isaiah commanded the Jews tC
loose the bands Of wick dness, 10 undo ti,
heavy burdens and let the oppressed 90 Tree
and that yo break every yoke he meant Il
teach no giadual or partial emancipation. bu
immediate, uniuerSai emancipation. Wher
Jeremiah said, Execute Judgment in til.
MORNING, aud deliver him that is spoiled on
OF the hand of the oppressor,' apprchen'
that he meant his commands TO he oboyCd i'm
medidtely. And so also with Paul when h
exhorled masters 10 render unto their serve nj
that witch is Just and equal. Obedience t
, the command would Immediately ovettnrn tn
, whole system Of American Slavery, for hbcr,
is justly due to every American citizen, az
cording 10 the laws OF God and the COnsti,l
lion OF our country, and lair recompenso f.
his labor is what every man is entitled TO. -
Shareholders know this is just as well as W
do hence the following assertion in a speecl
> delivered by John C. Calhoun in Congrcs
b 1888. He who earns the money-who Dis
ii out Of The earth with tho sweat of his brow
; has just lille 10 it against the Universe n
U one has right 10 touch it Without lis consen
y except his government, and 1t only 10 the c,
tent Of its Legitimate wants 10 lake more
robbery
1t our fundamental principle is right, that n
Il man can righifully hold his fellow men as pr,
8 perry, then it follows, Of course, that he
. ! ound Immediately to cease holding him
such, and that in ricldiion of The Immoral On
u unconstitutional lslos which have been name
. for the express purpose Of turning aside Il
# needy fom Judgment, and TO take away Il
night from the poor of the people, that widow
= may be their prey, and that they may rob Il
l. fatherless.' Every stakeholder is bound
I, cease 10 do evil nOlg, 10 emancipate his slay
noiU.
Blu, it may perhaps be asked, what met
by emancipation. | will endeayor to expIa
myself in few words. /. Ii is 'to reie
with indignation the wild and guilty phan;as
l. that man can hold property in man. 2. I
pay the laborer his hire, for he is worthy OF
3. No longer 10 deny him the right OF ms
rage, but 10 let every man have his own wifi
as saith tho apostle. 4. To lei parents ha
10 their own children, for they are the gilt of I
" Lord 10 them, and no one else has any right
l. them. 8. No longer TO withhold the odyhn,
m ges OF education and the privilege OF readi
~ The Bible. G. To put the slave under the pl
er lection of law, instead OF throwing him beyo
rs its salutary influence.
Ir Now would ask, why all this may not
t. done immedatey-and which of these thin
n is TO be done next year, and which I
ar year after, and so on. Ought they not 10
~ done noio, without any reference 10 hum
10 laws? Ii So, then uur immediate emanciI
D. ton means, doing justice and loving mercy
a. day, and this is what we call upon every sla'
c, holder, in The lame OF the Lord, 10 do, thou
~ like The prophet OF old, we may have 10
[. claim IN the bitterness OF our souls, who Ia
20 believed our report, and TO whom hath
n arm Of The Lord been uled2'
v. have seen too much of slavery to be
, graduali4t. | dare not, in view of such $,
OF tenn, tell tho stakeholder, that 'he is physica
n, unable 10 emancipate his slaves say he
" able TO let the oppressed go free, and that su
n, heaven daring atrocities ought TO cease no
a. henceiohh and forever. Thou wilt excuse
ID eurnestness on this point, because my yC
ly soul is g!ieyed TO find northern woman III
" sewing pillows un Ter all arm holes, iraml
o. and fitting soft excuses for the slaveholde