Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-11-21

o4ICl WI OduuIuSs lncu 1'AiHiStSt, udu
used this language in relation to West In
dia Slavery:
IF am asked whether | am favorable
to its immediate abolition. say, No. And
if am asked which would prefer, per-
manent slavery, or Immediate abolition,
do not know, whether under. all The per-
picking circumstances of the case, must
not say, | would prefer things remaining
as they are. !"
They were met by the government, al
ways opposed-even TO this hour-to
emancipation-h threw them the crust of
Apprenticeship Cor four and six years
This did not satisfy them; they re- ected
it; and we have Seen within the last two
months, the full accomplishment of their
object, in the actual and entire emancipa-
ton, oil, it is believed, every slave OF the
African race in the British dominions.
The same spirit is busilv at work in
France. 1t has made captive many of
the best minds and purest hearts of the
country. 1t Claims the Hottest intellects
in their respective departments of excel
lence. The poet. the orator, the States
man, moralists and philosophers, are the
advocates of emancipation. The De La
marines. the Guizots, the Barrels, the
Isambests, the De Labordes, the Bro gkios,
have openly espoused the side Of the
Emancipationis,s; and it is now believed
by The most intelligent men in France, as
we'll as by some OF the most comprehen-
sive of our own citizens residing there,
that in despite of the reluctance of the
/ government, the emancipation of the
French colonial slaves will be entered
upon in two or three years.
| But we are more. deeply interested in
the progress of reform among ourselves.
1t is bat few years since it entered our
country in its present form, and urging
Its present pretentions. And what de-
scription of persons has it summoned into
It's service? Who compose its cohorls,
now rapidly swelling into legions? Not
The rabble. No: it views the rabble as
incapable of ascending 10 the elevation Of
The principles on which it acts. On this
account, too. the rabbIe hate the very name
OF aoolltonism. Not those who swim on
the surface OF society-the indolent, the
proud, the luxurious, the efeminate. No
these look On the doctrine of equal rights
as hateful !; they consider the elevation Of
thelr nelghbor as their own degradation
Not the tin,id conservative, ignorant o.
principle, dstrustful of men, willing to
surrender the a0hoie future for the enjoy
ment that noao as, be it right or wrong
who trembles at the breeze that is stiff
enough to sweep away the impurities Of
the atmosphere around him, because, a,
the same time. it makes a leaf to rustic at
his feet. No: it has fastened itself on the
mind, where that has been found in con.
Junction with the morals of the country
It has subsidized the high power of a
Chan@ang, and energized afresh the life O.
an Adams, till his youth seemed renew
ed like the agle's." 1t has summoned
Iato its service the religious, regardless O
sect or denominated distinction; i, has
approached the hard handed artizan-the
sturdy yeomahry Of the land; and they
are responding tremendously to its cali
Gut OF these ranks they have drawn, ant
! are still drawing, their levies; and this i:
the secret of heir being seemingly endu
: ca with the virtue Of times yet to come
t when it is predicted lone shall chase E
hundred, and two shall pu! ten thousand te
5 flight"
, With small array at first, thew have
hastened from one conquest to another
s'ifl more important. Without being in.
i, Inundated by rebuff, dismaved BY failure
or appalled, by danger, they are sweeping
into their service. Governors, LnqisIa,
lures, Churches, States; Massachusetts,
Vermont. Connecticut, Rhode Island, are
theirs already; Maine is about to come
in, and New Hampshire, it is thought,
will not be far behind Even New York
and Ohio seem not averse to assisting in
their objects.
1t has taken but four or five wears to
make all these inroads on the old order ot
things. Our religion, the principles pub.
l.shed in our Declaration OF In Independence
In the Constitution of the United States
the known sentiments of the most ven
Grated fathers of the repubic-,he sym
pathlss and the example of the civilized
world--aIl unite TO inspire these reform
ers with the energy of hope, and TO un-
nerve their adversaries with The FEELING OF
despair.
Nov, sir, sound philosophy, when ap-
Piled to public affairs, ad.nonish. $ rs not
to despse principle-or, if twill please
better an impulse of such power; one
that has already put forth, and still con-
tinues TO put forth, such tremendous eper-
gy' and that has so strikingly affected the
great mass OF trained and intelligent mind.
by which the largest, the oldest, and the
wlseSt nations OF the earth are controlled
But to what, 1t. may be said, does all
this tend What connection has il with