Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-29

any pe0ple,-Ir0m the personal owner
ship Of the most brutal tyrants known in /
the annals Of time,-from all that is beast.
ly 10 rank and treatment, and all that is
terrible in irresponsible power,-this is an
event in which tree, republican, christian
Americans feel no JOY, and evince no in
terestl In honor of it, they will not fire
a single gun, nor hoist single flag, nor
ring a single bell They leave it to the
subjects of monarchical government to
'agfators,' incendiaries, and madmen,
to free negroes, to exult over it! Oh, L
blush for my country, to think that an oc-
currence which is filling all heaven with
glalness, excites not throb in her obdu-
rate heart! Bat how can she participate
ia the general feslivity. while she is active
Iy engaged in forging chains for the limbs
Of millions Of her own children? The
Ioudesl in her boasts of liberty, she is the
vilest Of hypocriles and the worst of op-
pressors. Let her b. clothed in sackioth
and ashes-let her brow and her lip be
prostralel in the dust !or shame and con-
fusion OF face-and let her be the scorn
of the earth, until she ceases to plunder
the poor and defenceIcss, and TO turn away
the stranger from his right. Thanks BE-
to God, there are at least seven thousand,
-ay, seventy times seven thousand of her
sons and daughters, who refuse to bow
down to the Blal of Slavery, set up in her
midst. 1t is for them to rejoice, therefore,
on an occasion Ike this, an they do re-
Ijoice with joy unspeakabIe. Ia various
parts of our willy extended territory,
they are solemnzing this great jubilee
with thanksgiving and praise to HIM,
who, by his mighty hand and outstretchcd
Farm, his wrought 50 great dellverance.
"Sing " to the Lord, for he hath trium ph-
ed gIorious -
The event We are assembled to com
memorate cannot be overratel in import
ance, nor adrqlattIy described in any hu-
man dialect. lis altitude exceeds the
highest fight Of Imagination its cIrcum'
ference cannot be measured by human
calculation is ramica:lous extend thro
time into eternity. Ii has terminated such
an amount of human sufering--effAced
such frightfuI stains Of blood healed uf
so many wounds-rolled back such d
lie of licen!iouSness-opened so many
fountains Of hlppiness-poured such {
flood Of light upon the darkness OF ages
rescued so many victims from destruc,
tion-brought such glory to Gol-and
removed su,h mountainous obstacles on
Of the path of the gospel Of Christina
neither men nor angels can COMPUTE the
aggregate of blessings bestowed, or o
horrors dispersed, by the extinction
West India slavery. 1t makes set phras
e. Of speech, and formed attempts at de
IscriUtiOn. seem almost contemplate
Words are for the common transactions
of Ife-bul not for an occasion like this
, | trembIe to proceed. The subject shouIl
have been committed to some master
mind, capable Of doing something Xix
f Justice 10 it, But what am |, in my 7Ov
4 erty Of speech, and my tedlo9sness
a manner, and my leebleness of mind, tina
e [ should adventure to grapple with 1t, o
= 'soar to the height Of this great argu
It ment!"
il "For have neither wit, nor worth, nor words,
Action, nor uttcrance, nor the power OF speech,
70 stir mems blood"
speak, because the lOftCst intellect
j. in the land are dumb. A question OF do
J lars and cents-respecting moIiticalo
u of the Tariff Bill, or the regulation of tn
J Currency-can induce a WEBSTER loul
" to declaim in Faneuil HAIL. bnt II
! transformation Of hundreds of THOUSAND
- of slaves into freemen, is too trlt1mg a
IL affair 10 extort an approving senten
re from his Inns And the same thing
& true of other giant minds. Pollc mtr
u u. No. that they love freedom less, but tn
= they love popularity-"that weed OF Il
~ =, dunghiIr'-more Verify, they sh'
have their reward. Let them refuse
y hail this glorious jubilee, if they WI
d Their conduct demonstrates, that tn
90 have shriveled sous, whatever may
the size of their intelects LlBERT
like her great author, COB, is no respee
or of persons: she chooses the tool
things of the world 10 confound the WE
- and ", ak things of the world to contou
the things which are mighty II [
x rulers in Church and State arc not p
i'd pared 10 celebrate the most important
eel tory she has ever obtained over oppreP
re ion, it is because they are recrednt ~
ii lcause. Honor TO whom honor IS uu'
il- Before proceed any further let
.heteall the attention OF this assembly to
om narkable exempIi6cation OF the inslnc'
Ike ~ and effrontery of the antl-ab0tl.lon ?
BE- ty in this country, as manifested TINS q
i've What have they not done, for the last
SET years, to csst odium upon our primer ?
to and measures Have they not rIdIcul
lily without mercy, our demand tor me im'
Of date abolition Of slavery, as wlid' cnlH
ck- ical, monstrous? Has not the laea
mt /! turning LOOSE so many unlettered' P