Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-20

~ Sonfk Caroline delegation ~ Con
~ress and Jdmes g. Birney, one Of
ihs Corresponding Sserstaries Of the
Ansrieaa Anti-iSlavery Society.
s, [Continuedl
as WA ID vou estimair as sumber Of thOse
- eo-opsrafs u tks mnaerf Wkaf ProPOvtion do
-. 49, = fhs popuiafios II fhs Northern STATES,
- -hns & Ae Middzs siaSs-heiding Staiesi Are
Rev insfeasiag, AID a phat rate"
Axswxs.-Those who stand ready to
;o;n our 8 ,cieties on the first suitable oc-
casiou. may be Sc, down as equal in num-
ber,o those who are now actually members.
Those who are ready, fully 10 cooperate
,,s;fk, ss Ia supporting the freedom Of
ysuscch and the press, the right Of petition,
&C. nav be estimated At double if not tire
~. the Joint numbers Of those who are
s1,ndv 10 Join rs as members. The Re
cordihr Secretary of the Massachusetts
Society stated a few weeks ago, that the alb
oEtionists in the various minor societies
I'm that State were one in thirty Of the
whole population. The proportion of alb
oliIiouists 70 the whole population is great
er in Massachusetts than in any other of
The free States except in Vermont, where
the shirt Of liberty has almost escaped
ne corruptions which slavery has infused
into Id ia most Of her sister States, by
means Of Commercial and other inter-
course with them In Maine, not much
a systematic effort has, as yet, been put
forth to enlighten her population as toour
principles and proceedings. ! attended
ne Anniversary ot the State Society, held
ON ihe 3IM Of January. al Augusta. the
seat Of government The ministers of the
large religious denominations were begin
ming. as I was told, to unite with us-and
politicians to descry the ultimate ,preva-
ience Of our principles. The impression
i received was, that mu:h could, and that
much would, speedily be done. In New
Hampshire, more labor has been expend-
Cd, and greater effect produced. Public
functionaries who have been pleased to
sneak ia contemptuous terms Of the prog
ress Of abolftionism both in Maine and
New.aampshire will, it is thought, soon
be made to see, through medium not all
deceptive. the grossness Of their error
Ia Rhode Island. our principles are fast
pervadin0 the great body Of the people.
.This, il Is thought, is the only one Of the
free States. inwhich the subject Of aboli-
lion has been fully Introduced. which has
not been disgraced by mob, for the time
being. over The right Of the people to dis
cuss any, and every matter in which they
feel Interested, A short time previous to
the last election Of members of Congress,
cues ions, embodying our views as to GER
tain political measures, were propounded
70 the several candidates. Respectful an
,swers-lnd in the main, coniorlnable with
our views-were returned. Ishall trans
I mil Won newspaper containing both the
questions and the answers In Connec
ticut. there has not been, as yet, grea
Z expenditure Of abolition effort. Although
The moral tone OF This State, so FAR a:
slavery Is concerned. has been a gooC
deal weakened, by the Influence of he
imuitiform connections with the South, we
the energies that have been put forth +
lre-animate her ancient and lofty feelings
so Car from proving fruitless, have bee
followed by the most encouraging results
Evidence of this is found in the faithfr
administration Of the laws by judges an
lures. In Nav, slave who had bee
brought from. Georgia to Hartford, SUI
cessfullv asserted her freedom unGer tn
laws Of Connecticut The cause wa
eIaborately. argued before the Suprem
Court. The most eminent counsel at ID
Bar Of that State was employed on bot
sides. And i Is but a few days, sine
two anti abolition rioters THE only one
ON triall were convicted before the 81
.prsme Court in New.Haven, and sci
, fenced to pay fine Of twenty dollar
each, and to be imprisoned six month
the longest. term authorized by the Law
+ al Convention for the organization of
State Society, was held in the city
Hartford on the last day OF Februar
II was continued Tires DAYS. The ca
for Il (which send you) was signed b
nearly eighteen hundred Of the citizens
that State. Secsateen. hundred, as | Wi
informed, are legal vote-s. The proces
incs Of the Convention were Of the me
Harmonious and animating character.
New-York, orr cause is evidently a
,vancinQ. The State is rapidly comir
ND the high ground of principle, so
as universal liberty is concerned, on viii
the abolhionists would place her. Sew,
al large Anti-Slavery Conventions ha
lately been held jn-the Western Counti'
Their reports are Of the most encourage
/. character. Nor IS the hange more l
markable 10 the State than 10 this city.
Less than Eve years ago. few OF
citizens advertised meeting to be held
Clinton Hall, TO form City Anti-Sla
TN Society. A mob prevented their
sembling at the place appointed. I'll
repaired privately 10 one Of the church
TO this they were pursued by the m
and routed from Il, though not before II
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