Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-11

INC SOuSlltutlOu. Al ZIG uAOSu0SISh Va sAS
bill, slavery, as connected with some form
Of emancipation, seems to have constituted
the most inpolt ant element The public
journals too. that are opposed to touching
the subject at all, declare that the main OBJ
iect for recommending Convention was
to act on slavery in some way. -, +.
= Now, it strikes me, that It would be In
vain Tor the planting South to expect, that
Kentucky or any other of the farming"
States would unite with her, in making
slavery the perpetual bone of a new pol1t-
ical organization. Ifthey feel the lncon-
venience of slavery in their present con-
dition, they could not be expected 10 enter
on another, where these inconvenience
would be inconceivably multiplied and
aggravated, by the very terms OF their
new contract, PerPetDated. g..
This letter is already so protracted.
that cannot stop here to develope more
at large this part Of the subject. To one
acquainted WITH the state OF public sentI-
ment, in what l have called the farm
ing" district, it needs 40 further develope-
ment There is not one of these States
embraced in it, that would not, when bro't
to the test. prefer. the privileges of the un-
ion to the privilege of perpetual slave
holding. And if there should turn out to
be single desertiOn in this matter, the
whole project must come to nought.
But la ying aside all the obstacles to un-
ion among the seeding States. how IS it
possible to take the first step to actual sep
aration2 The separation, at the worst, can
only be political. There will be no
chasm-no rent made in the. earth be-
tween the two sections. The natural and
ideal boundaries will remain unaltered.-
Mason and Dixon line will not become a
wall of adamant that can neither be under.
mined nor surmounted. The Ohio river
| will not be converted into fame, or into
another Styx, denying passage to every
living thing. ..I-'...-.
Besides this stability Of natural things,
the multiform interests Of the two sections
would, in the main, continue as they are.
The complicate ties Of commerce could
not be suddenly unloosed. The bread
stuffs. the beef, the pork, the turkies, the
chickens, the woolIen and cotton fabrics
the hats, the shoes, the socks, the "hora
fimts and bark nutmegs,"' the machine
ry, the sugar-ke!tles, the cotton-gins, the
axes, the hoes, the drawing-chains of the
North, would be as much needed by the
South, the day after the separation as the
day before. The newspapers of the NORTH
its Magazines,i its Quarterlies, its Month
lies, would be more sought after by thu
readers of the South than they now are
and the Southern journals would become
doubly interesting to US. There woulc
be the same lust for our Northern sum
mers and your Southern winters, with al
their health giving influences; and last
though not least, the same desire of mar
rying and of being given in, marriage tina
now exist between the North & the South
Really it seems difficult to- say ,chere tn,
long Threatened separation is to begin
and if the place of beginning could b.
found, it would seem like poor exchang
for the South, TO give up all these pleasan
t and profitable relations and connexions 70
the privilege OF enslaving an equal mum
3 Der of their fellow-creatures.
, Thus much for the menace, that tn
Union 1oiU be disSoLred" unless the dis
: cussion Of the slavery question be stop
!. ped.
1 But you may reply. DO you think tn
D South is not in earnest in her threat of dis
n solving The Union p l rejoin-she pur
Z sues perfectly reasonable course (eav
= ing out of view the justice or morality G
It it.)-just such course as should expec
e she would pursue, emboldened as she mus
d be by her multiplied triumphs over tn
+ North by the use of the same weapon
j. "We'II dissolve the Union n was tn
e cry unless Missouri be admitted ~ Tn
II North were frightened, and Missouri wa
! admitted With SLAVERY engraved on be
d forehead. well dissolve the Union I!
g unless the Indians be driven out of tn
j. South The North forgot her treatie.
= parted with humanity, and it is done-th
) defenceless Indians are forced to icon
e sent to be driven out, or they are left III
protected, to the mercies of the Souther
landjobbers and gold-hunters. I'VE
dissolve the Union if the Tariff [estat
lished at her own suggestionl be not re
? pealed or modified so that our sIave-Iabo
e may compete with your free labor" Tn
II Tariff is accordingly modified 10 suit tn
: South. "We'l dissolveEthe Union.I" ur
less the freedom of speech and the pres
be put down in the North with tn
!. promptness of commission merchants, tn
k alternative is adopted. Public assemble
a met for elaboration are assailed and bro
n ken up at the North her citizens al
!. stoned and beaten and dragged thro' tn
+. streets Of her cities her presses are a
e lacked by mobs, instigated and led on b
. men of influence and character, Will
!. those. concerned in conducting them ar
!. compelled to fly from their homes, pursr
: ed as if they were noxious wild beasts