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

WAIT FOR INTELLIGENCE! Now, these
admonitory suggestions prove the blind
ness, Ignorance and skepticism of those
who aspire to be our teachers and guides.
If thew would disburden their minds of
prejudice, and calmly listen to the voice
of reason, and believe what God has spo-
ken, they would feel assured that tranquil .
ity, order and happiness are reignlng thro'-
out the emanci pated colonies. The dlf-
ference between them and ourselves, 10 |
this matter, is, that we walk BY faith they
! bv sight. We beIiece-theretore we re-
Ijoice! They cannot yet Sentence their
reluctance to change their position Now, !
was there ever people so low or brutal
as not to rejoice in being set free from
bondage ? Is it not morally Impossible,
that the same act which fills 2nem with
gratitude and joy, should intlame them
with revenge? If they will patiently sul-
fer themselves to be
sYoked to the beasts and driven to their TOLL
if they will not lift up Engef IN self
defence, when they are horribly scourge1,
ibrandrI with hot irons, do.rAud'i OF their
earnings, sundered in tialfic like cattle,
ments,-is it to be supposed, for the TWEEN
,icth part of moment that, when they
} are released from such a condition, and
raised to the level Of our common human
. lty,-by the consent, TOO, OF their mas
ters-thev will engage in bltcherv, cry
= havoc, and let slip the dogs of war and
5 make human blood flow like water! Nay,
t can it be nationally apprchendcd that they
T. will resort even TO very slight acts OF vio-
4 Ience? On the contrary, is 1t not to be
: taken for granted, AS MATTER OF
e COURSE, that they will! manifest the i've
r lest gratitude, be docile as lambs, perform
5 their paid labor with alacrty, and make
= each field and hill vocal with melody!
If .Instinct is a great matter'-What says
: instinct. in reply to these interrog't'ons!
e What SAYS common sense? What says
s. history? What says holy writ? Are we
V then. prpsumptuouS ID observing thus da'
IS As joyful fe>tvu2 Run we any htzArc
d of being premature in uttering our atcia
e nations! Is it not our opponents who
IF occupy ridiculous and painful attitude
IS O, they are anxious v lon1tI~S t0r 1nte"1
y g~uce! Why, what has been done In the
= Yves. Indies. thus to fill them with per
5 nlayitv. TO shake their theory O
n rioht aud vrouy,-thus to make it lmpoS
r. s1b}e for them to predict, whether JOY o
t sorrow, order or anarchy, graft ude o
D. revenge, reign Of peace or hurrlcant
2 of fire and blood, is to he the consequence
to In the first place, all the laborerS IN tn
O. seven islands which have been alread
il specifrt,-comprisirg nine-tenths OF tn
!c whole effective population, land hence
p forth to receive wages Tor their work
l. instead of getting no compensation, as mere
N .Iofore. They are n, longer to be SUBJECT
S ed to drivers, or coerctd with he cart
E. whip. or driven into the field. No MAJ
s, may strike Or Cypress them. Their labo
le is to be vo,untarv-theV may work a
or manv or as few hours as they please -
er they are free to make their own contracts
u to choose their own employers, to acqu'r
VI and possess as much as industry and econ
~ ,ony will enable them. Slave mother
As are no more to be compelled to toll tro
ii dawn of day to the approach OF night, l
be the open field, beneath burning sun
be dragoing their infants with them. Inc
" NAV now give heed to the c}i}s OF nature
IS, and administer to the wants OF their heiI
a. less ofsnrng, without being IaCerated 10
RI their motherly tenderness. In short, hor
r. es,v is to take the place of robbery vo
re- uuiarv action that Of brute violence, rec
te- ompense is to 90 hand in hand with to1
lr- WAGES are TO be substituted for the Will
er. Under the slave-drivng system IN tn
be Colonies, it appears, by returns made
81 hot
In the natural increase Of the slave poPul'
Ike ton cut off, but, in the short space
est eleven wears, there had been a decrease
he the frightful amount Of F1FTY-TWo tho
SAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHT
nrs SEVEN, or about FIVE THOUSAND annua
18th w! Now this Wholesale butchery is
mt. cause.-the laborers Cannot be worked
icy death with impunitv We turn to o.
I'VE opponents, and ask, whether this sing
'iI item is not something gained to the eau
d of Notwithstanding that warrant
ley unattended by other favorable clrcnmsta
the ces, jubilee like the present! We
act. thew don't know-honesty mag prove
but be the best poIicy-lair dealing and h
ave manitv are very good things, If they on
nee turn out we'll in the end They sha
at their heads doubtngy-they fear the
Of pertinent will prove ruinoos TO both I
ned EMPLOYERS aud empIoyed-at all even
ON they rat for Intelligence! Let US
Ass again.
ari- In the second place, the claim of pro
gh- erty, whether absolutely or conditional |.
s of in the bodies and souls of half mill
hey Of our race, expired by Limitation at
Of o'clock last night, and can never be
newed. There are to be no more s'a
oud, auctjons-no more sunderinys of faith