Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-09-08

/ ,,.dv been at the soutn long enough
PuD'eo om, we'll qualified for the task, pray
peoOaV rood long dissertation on the NOR
i've Us or,he system Of slavery in all its
dtt e,;ons Tell us whether the institu-
P@'ll y marriage is universally respected !;
on :, :. RIGHTEOUSNESS prevails, and if so
he'oe sa,, the extent; tell us how far Praeti-
PT 'Janmation has obtained foothold, and
a ,s"r / would probably be increased or
ne' a;.beI BY abolishing the absolute con.
4 4 ~ masters and drivers over the souls and
F0iol :" # slaves whether male or female;
9ple go , IL probable number of slaves in each
Us ,' "" Stand in the relation Of children to
ae ~ '"s,ers oyerseers, OF drivers. AS you
e, IformerIy lived at the north. tell US
ave- War riirtne is more easily induced 10
n.'u to the demon Of vice here, where
I s ! OOrolrcted BY public feeling and the laws
ny land or among slaves. where nothing
Wv w. 4 and where resistance is vain.---
\ 'y IN as i YOU can, the quantity OF white
,I ' ,b,, rhifens the veins Of eofored sfaecs
O ~, United States, and how many tchife
I "s "a rh;ic ,romea this blood would keep
no,iou Tell us, if you please, how
",,b difference there is in the colors Of
Sso blood and black blood. IL colored
Nu"' ronM on being made fee, "spurn the
n ,la. ~ command from the whites. whit i
"' r6i,,s should "show proper resentment
.aoruinc the mildcst command from the
4 .,Es and so quit event
M You say, furthermore, having no
:, "a calculate for them, they would idle
,bsir,imrtills some accident beiellthem,
BoJ ibey would become town expense and
nuisance to the public" Wonderful! dis
forpryl What say you, Sir, to forming a
f0mo,uv in your famous city of Augusta
f.s5o eaphaI Of Sl00,000,0 900, yourself Of
E0or,c at the head of it, for the purpose OF
E"ync M northern paupers at half price
60Is SLING them out 10 your humane Gcor-
= planters for slaves, on speculation2 thus
4, opce freeing the north Of their town ex-
|rs0scsn and @public nuisances," and at the
|f,me time adding grcatlyto southern respee-
HahEy!
Sh You say, Some among you no
|1oubl would hold that they ought 10 be eman-
|cipated. Such thought is as totally desti-
|ue Of reason and justice as it would be for
4 he south 10 rise up and say Congress ought
4 Il enact law that your horses and cattle
I shOuId be taken from YOU without your con-
sent, and shipped into the hands OF some for
zion uower.h Which of the two has. in
YOUR mind, the better right to his property.
HE man who steals your horses and cattle.
or the man who steals your wife and chill
|dren, and sells them, for filthy lucre, into
perpetual slavery, thus robbing them Of their
|cHsprng forever-of the 'inalienable rights
Of liberty, and the pursuit of happiness q
Tell me, if you can, what better right you
have to steal the wife and children Of an Al.
ricsn prince, Tor 10 buy them-for the par
nker is as guilty as the thief than ! have TO
steal the wife and children Of a Georgia
slave driverl Ii then YOU
have no just rigM 10 hold men and women
in bondage, why do you talk of the unfeason'
ableness and injustice Of the thought that
they ought 10 be enancipated2 Does moi
the law of every State in the Union compel
The holder Of stolen property TO give il up
without compensation or his consent. thong
be may have paid the full value Of it and
moi knowing il was stolen?
9Th, You say, ga majority Of the slaves
would prefer remaining here as they are
before going to Africa and have their free
dom" Be it so; what abolitionist evel
thought Of cmaneiPating siarcs in the sam,
manner that England disposes of robbers
aaassOs and desperadoes, to wit by trans
portaton for life?
10Th. You say, II would not have yo,
lnler that wish 10 see slavery increased o
extended over our common country, on thu
contrary regret that it was ever introduced
into our Union" Why regret il, if slave
ENJOY privileges, in your mind, superior t
those enjoyed BY many day laborers at tn
noHhs Why not extend those 'superio
privileges over our common country?
I'm. You say. "rest assured the slav
holders Of the South will never give up thei
,hghlul property, except at the point of tn
%1yOneL" Once moreI ask you To show IL
Tue principle Of moral right on which 20
ground your claim TO the unequivocal SCI
'seo your teliOw man! Tell us what be
Sf night you have 10 steal Tor buy. | car
n0l which, the principle is the same) MA
WITHOUT compensation OF his consent. and
w Una'n bin, and task him, and exact his sweat
w wnn stripes, that mercy, with bleeding heart,
"eep' when she secs inflicted on a beast
'nan you have 10 steal our horses and ca
'. ana sell them as your rigbtful 'prope
I'm As you are probably extensivel
%qua'nied at the south, please give US
:AV'cn o. the characters for truth and vera
q Hon, James G. Birney and the Miss
u''mSe and host Of others who ha,
Iseu 'helr slaves, and to escape southel
yHSn laws, have come among the bac
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