Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-01
Vol. X....No As

'"''Ae' eEIoenCe 10 we need, RESPECTING
either the duty or the safety of immedislss
emancipation. To him who will exercise
direct tanh In God, the evidence is per.
lecl II Is not mere y nor chiefly, that
revenge on the part of an emanciDated
slave IS unnatural, ii is rather unon theso
high assurances Of truth itself tina, wo
would cast the whole great question Of
duty, respecting immediate emapcina,ioo
But if the duty of Immediately acknowI
edging the right of our feIow-men ia
liberty and OF Immediately casting away
all pretensions to property in health, or
their PosterIty, is perfectly clear from the
light OF original prime plies indrpenden,
OF concurrlng events, and clear IN ref-r.
ence to slavery in its mildest form, with
what augmented force docs i, demonstrate
our duty. respecting slavery as it exists at
the Sou h.
Confident OF these truths, we have nev.
er felt moments doubt respecting the
duty of immediate emancipation. All our
early indoctrination into the system Of
evangelical truth, involved the essential
principles of human rights. and of instan,
taneous remuneration of all oppression
The abolition therefore which we regard
as calculated TO endure, amidst severes,
trials, is that which arises spontaneously
for the engfafting of these truths on tie
hear, and not from any individual in.
stances of success, however briliian, and
overwhelming.
! Such we believe to be the standard Of
| faith, which every Christian ought 10 OF.
tain. The cause Of abolilionisrn, founded
upon such basis, will be sust aimed BY all
energy worthy Of its object
! Still it would argue but little }now'e lee
of human seIfShness and insens billy
but little Of Christian inperfection, dill
we expect that the force Of these consider
atoms would be acknowledged. and they
carried into action by mankind at large
without some corresponding illustrations
Thanks be to God that be has not left
himself without witness-Ih4; We can
read in the progress of emanciT ation in
the West Indies, delightful veri6ca,jon
of the doctrine that 10 Acknowledge the
great rights Of mar, is always dutv and
always safe. When we consider the case
Of Antigua, an Island of $1,000 Nkabr
I ants, 10000 OF whom were slaves, all
$500 free co5ored people, leaving only
$500 Whnes-certaInly involving dang:
! in appearance as far as any case that {
: be supposed; receiving in one b!rst h.,
the boon OF universal freedom, and litt!
up in that same hour the voice of t,enrl }.
) lent and exulting gratitude; mancs:n.
a depth Of joy, which did not permit
lower expressions of popular d"Iigh, ;
difficult to conceive what further eyil,,nce
) we can demand
When, moreover, to the testimony Of
: three glorious days Of harmless and cle
I vated rejoicing, which followed the first
alighting Of freedom, there is now added
the experience of more than three years
: demonstrating the universal satisfaction
| produced by the new condition OF aft irx.
: and esPeciall Y that the planters themselves
, have received most ample reason to rejoice
S at the event, rs directly conducive t. their
e own personal good, every vestige of doubt
s must be swept away.
Y In addition to this, the diScreit thrown
upon the apprenticeship system, " an
experiment of the same in Barha las ANA
JamaIca,-prOducing demand in Eno.
u land tor Its immediate abolition, and " ha,
y IS more astonishing, creating a sill IouI-
Z er and more ef1ectual demand in the Isl.
an1s themselves, SO that their legislatures,
u unwilling to wait for its regular exIIra-
t ton, have put their own hands to the
work, and outrun the mother couu:ry IL
e, their eagerness for emancipation enr:
L and untramne!ed-aI@ this comes in with
Sill more impressive aspect of confirms
l. ton.
g 3, The probable bearing ofthese erents an
d me system o. SLAVERY in the nnited states.
e The proximity of these Islands to thu
L. Southern States will tend TO make their tx-
Is ample one Of special interest. The ar:
Il of emancipation is itself such an uuouo}i.
>" he'd condemnation oftht slave system, tha.
'e Cannot fail TO make impression. The lis
/" tory OF many coIored inhabitants removed
u from bondage to peri CT liberty, and the con.
s. slant prosperity which attends them, viii
re- furnish hope to the slave, though i, come
10 - to him in fragments. and afford conviction
~ to the planter that his real interest requires
IS him TO emacipate.
~ The interest awakened lhrouchon: The
VI Christian world on this question, WILL in
~ the hight OF these events, speak forth III
al deeper Indignation against the plan Of ad,
a herence to slavery, as perpetual ins'iu,
AZ ton. The Southern STAKEHOLDER will feel
'' the weight of the frovn of nations He
. Will be conscious that he and his brethren
- stand alone, and he will be unable 10 pro-
ne duce apology or justification. The sD@'
u. cess OF the experiment will remove from
,'s him his long cherished excuse
IN He can no lamar nlnnI IL no.o,e;.rM