Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-04-21
"a. ,Ls E,Litnr Of The Phnni.r:

W. wore written by DR.. Samnel Hitchcock
N # Princeton. Butler County, Ohio, VIII
,b no last IS years has resided in Virgin
4, MARYLAND but who is a native Of thi
.,y, His opportunities have been ampl
w. Intimate acquaintance with the system
RI,veT al the South, and judging from thes
4 Numbers his object appears TO be TO Civ
ouhlic knowledge Of the facts in the his
Of ibe slave system; and to remove
|sible the hatred and prejudice against th,
|th which is too apparent in the Language
conduct Of many at The North.
These numbers were accompanied by not,
mo liberty for their punishment in "anl
|sr in New England but that edited by thu
Rtical Garrison of Boston"
send them to you Mr.. Editor, and if yo,
n them worthy of place in your papel
can insert them, with or without com
his Of your own. If not inserted they will
Jailed for at the Office. April 7, 1897.
BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO,
February 10, 1887.
liz DEAR SrR.-So.much has been said
\ written, Of late, on the subject Of Adolf
and African Slavery in the United States
! seems almost a work Of supereroga,
j at this late period, to enter into any
! glike an argumeniative discussion, upon
Ier The one or the other of these much
Bed topics But since you, as well
some others Of my correspondents,
TO insist on knowing my particular
Is on this most exciting subject, | shall
comply with your requests, and proceed
Eve you NY own views in asbrief a man
as the nature and importance of the sub
Twill admit And, in doing this, ! can
llIOw myself to hope that shall please
parties. Nay, am almost certain that
alI say some things which will appear
Objectionable 10 Northern Aboitionists,
bell as 10 Southern Slave holders. The
or will, perhaps complain Of my benero-
as being loo coatraeted-and of my pol
as being to liberal; while the latter will
Sc my religioaas being too austere-and
NoraHty as being too expaasire. With
however, attempting to please any man,
SET Of men, ! shall proceed to exhibit
and principles as ] find them; and to
such conclusions as all will admit must
@rIy flow from the facts and premises.
FeIoro enter into any argument on the
at issue, ii seems TO be due 10 candor,
iuII understanding Of the subject, as
as matter of justice TO our Southern
rem, that we should first take hisiori
%g SlarerN that we may be the bet
iaoed to discover by whose criminal
y the blacks have been made slaves?
$50 BY what unavoidable circumstau.
ley have been continued slaves down TO
resent tlme2 The historical e IS and
uGns here introduced, are not brought
IulOr'he purpose of just1yiag Slavery,
'ne purpose of producing recrimina-
eweeen the North and South-or be-
'oIS country and England. But it is
'ne accused Of all parties, that the
pal facts IN the history of Slavery in
PanlIy should be known, in order that
o. candor and of liberality may be
seneTally dlffused amongst the old and
uug' throughout our whole country.
~ uen are some of the prominent his
E Ia'" IN relation TO Slavery in the U.
ae account is brief. We were once
colonies, under the protection and
:" ,ne hlng and Parliament of Grea,
"ewere weak and defenceless.-
'neIce was restricted to the mother
y. Suu We were, not allowed to import
~, vi necessity from any other foreign
o "b mat Of England, Nay, we were
,,, S'uuen 10 manufacture at home, the
s" I,'aiS oil our own production so
My, WY were we under the influence and
s wv" Oh King and Parliament
noa u"a .t these most discouraging cir
II I's Inc different colonies continued
by '' 70 enlarge and to flourish; when,
{, y {edr lo2O, Dutch vessel, from
~; uulnea, arrived in the mouth of
''S T, and sold a few negroes to the
H.D,i us is the frstaccount | can find
"'" S history, of the introduction of
;o Tue United States. From this
pN S ,ns by Dutch ship, the Eng
no , Nv the business, and from
cjO 0"' % became the chief agents of the
/, ra VI slaves into the Southern col.
eIe ~ ' DC remembered, that al this
d y ot were hundreds of individuals in
,, h." power and great wealth, who
AN % ool "ac's OF land in many of the
jon 'OlOnles. Besides, the merchants
had Us well as others, in many in.
Or H. associated themselves into COM
lon Of ~ purpose of encouraging the
ericon iooacco' and of monopoIizing
hari,ab,UH ade In general, 1t is then,
mos, e 10 suppose that those indi-
the he Interested in enhancing the
Omn,. proprietary domain, as also
ouIS mes engaged in the colonial
aves u ~Sial encourage a traffic in
bOro',wS winch 6ymultiplying the mum.
pd al H. would both raise the value of
apc ' ce, same time, largely increase
ect Of commodities which was the
EnaE "r'' associations. Hence we
S'''A 'larers for the next fiay