Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-09-29
Editor Of The Vernon, ;,

and ethics fIom your "Bu,l ,rv SIN
correspondent He NAV n i, ItOurg
times persuade himself ,b,, y, u 'pIh
system Of Slavery is in o";Is zoe AZ
ment and keeping with a sOs GOD
and christian precep,s y evpel IA
possible that even be NAV co nv y y
own arguments and conclu,ios @a'
would feign have your read Ia.oI'
Il claims support from the RIM s
that the late John Randolph
he was on this subject, lived d lo r%'',al
change bis opinion, and II ' ~! s's
manumitted his slaves. Va ~ 1I
ter of the article referred n n "SEA
enough TO avoid the occasioO ' m,.s
led an apologist for slavery "a % Saa'll Z
friend wonld write the word aP UIs,s
That he might see il. "hn
Woe unto them that dram
cords Of raniiy, and sin a, i r, '.' ~
rope Woe unto them Tia, ,.v
and good erii; hat nut dart.. =" ~
and 'igh for darkness; tIaf fI =, L.
street. and stceet for bitter are w. ro, y
emn caution. ~ "O'a'
Permit US briefly to refresh on, :.
lions, OF what slavery is, and how ~,
ried out in practice, under a roa as
tossing the guarantee Of eou,l ~
equal rights. 'f''' "a"
lcopy from third edition Of a..
ry into the character and teud.a!I
American Colonization, aud Ams,;.,.
Slavery Societies.
"A slave is one who is in III, ~.
master. TO whom he belongs RI.
may sell him, dispose of his De,,s
dusiry, his labor; he can do pO,b;".
nothing, nor acquire any thing M
mustbelongto his master.h- Los;,,.'
Slaves shall he deemed, taL,n
and adjudged to be cha,teIs perso,,I!
hands Of their masters and possespu
intents and purposes whatsoever II
South Carotina-Brerards Disel
"Notonly doihe laws acknowledo,,a
tecteAisting slavery, but they provderl
cling free persons to Hereditary bOnd,s +
South Carolina, fines are imposed on N
groes for certain offences, and IN Al
payment, they are made slaves MI
ed citizen oil any other State enter, G..
he is fined and If he cannot raise d.
ey, be IS sentenced to perpetual s,vsr,J
his children after him. In Ns,yLst
: free negro marries white, The rs,s|
comes a slave. Ia almost ever saRs
Il a free negro cannot prort thai hsi I
{ he is by law sold at public auction s,,|
for life. This is both law and pnar
the District Of Columbia, and viii I'D
tion of the Congress of the UnnsdSrsl
: In no civilized country but The ,lam !
are children punished for the crime, ii
parents bot in these. he ehildrad
r blacks, 10 the latest posieriiy. are sunls
r TO servilude for the trivial offences All
for the most innocent acts Of Their d
r tors.
The master has, 10 point Of tdsi Ihi
. power over his slave ,hs, be has CO
r horse. Some few laws there mar h, n
/. ding the master TO treat bis slave viii !
~. and so the common law every FhsrI
idscruelty 10 beasts; but iiisafasla
force the latter than the former Any 4
/. taior Of cruelty TO beasl, may Ordu'nI
a witness against the offender; but a
may be mutilaled or murdered with lnp
> ~ in the presence Of hundreds PruEdsd|
! eomplexions are colored and even d
, the crime be proved by competent issia
! the master is 10 be tried BY a couri 'na
who are all interested in maintaining D. I
preme authority Of shareholders Thfl
Of South Carolina limit The time vhrha1
!, may be compelled to labor, to fita y
day. The laws Of Maryland, 'ngm
!. Georgia. forbid that the crimlr'sn
! penitentiaries shall be made to hM'
than ten hours a day. We tx'm
place which felons, and unOfentils
occupy in the sympathes Of sin hsda
"1'he slave is, at all times lAss
!, punished a, the pleasure Of BIS nss''
', although the law does not Wansa
I, numbering the slave, i express!
him in killing him, il he darss e
. that is, If the slave does not su0nNs
! chastisement, which brutal mas',
sovereign pleasure choose 70 lDl''A
be legally Shot through the as'e-
"ln Missouri, a master is BY hs
w authorised to impIison bis sla"
pleasure; and thus may a haaaD
legally incarcera.ed for life WHOM %.' 4
even The allegation Of a crime Nv
! being himself property, can owu =" <,
ty. He may labor fifteen noul''
he acquires nothing by bis laDO, :. ~ 4
; Ola, the master is fnedi thirty dSllan
fering his slave to hire himself ! y n
2 for his own benefit, In MaYlana'
: ter forleits thirteen dollars loT e..
!, that his slave is permitted 70 y! I'es'"
on his own account In 'irg".
master i Enable who permits
! work for himself at wages ~ i, II
ri, the master is forbidden u1cs, :.
!. " Of fly dollars, TO let a s,al' i \. 4
|, ton for himself, "orto keep s'0'' :
cription." ..,,