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

n fhev could be informed OF our aim. 7 :
,No,t. we cannot reach sthem-then, Il
would BE otherwise. The united power
Of the large shareholders would not be g, |
bic longer 70 keep them in ignorance. III
lths Union were dissolved, they vontd
know the cause. and discuss =, and con-
demh Il. 81 80 ),
= a second reason whythe South will not
.dissolvs the Union Is, that she would be
sruos.d 10 ,hs visitation Of Tsalincendia-
rics excitinQ her slavesto revolt Now, I
| 4 would cover any enc with infmy, who
would stir themup lovindicate their rights
hv the massacre Of their masters, Dissolve
tks Union. and The candidates for "sLo-
ar, would find in the plains Of Carolina |
and Louisiana as inviting q theatre for
their enterprise. as their prototypes, the
Hounous, the Van Rensselaers, and the
su,hsrlands did. 10 the prsiries Of Texas
or The lorcsls or Canada. RS slg.ean ID |
"a third reason why the South will not
dissolve IL, that the slaves would leave
fhsir masters and take refuge In the free
States. The South would no. be able to
establish Gordon along her wide frontier
sufficiently strong TO prevent Il. Then,
The slaves could not be reclaimed, a. they
now are, under the Con. Some may say,
/, the free States would not permit them 10
come IN and dwell among them Believe
il, not The. fact Of separation on the
ground supposed. would abolnionize the
whole Norih. Besides this, in an econom-
ieal point Of view. the demand for labor in
the Western States would make their
presence welcome. Al all events, a pas
sage through the Northern States to Cana
d would not be denied them. a:f
A fourth reason why the South willnot
dissolvs u, that large number Of her1most
steady and effective population would EN-
igraie 70 ihe free States lathe slave-selt-
az States, especially there has always
.be-u class who have consented 10 reman
there with their families. onlyin the hope,
tina, slavery would. IN some way or other.
be terminated. do not say, they are alb
oliticnists, for many Of them are slave-hold-
ers hmay be too, that such would expect
compensation fortheir slaves, should they
be emaneipated, and also that they should
besent out Of the country. The particular
mode Of emancipation. however crude it
may be-, that has occupied their minds, has
nothing to do with the point before us
They look for esaneiPa tiOR--in this hope
thsy, hare renained,a and noiOs remain
.ehers they are. Take away this hope
by making slavery the distinctive bond of
sDnion Of anewgovernment and you drive
them to the North. These persons are
not among the rich. the voluptuous. the eff
fsminaie, nor the despised, the INDECENT &
ihrinless--they are men Of moderate prop
erty, of intelligence, Of conscience-in ey-
ery way the "bone and sinew" Of the
South. atsf. s. agf.E,aE.E
A fah reason why the South will moi
Dissolve IS. her WeakaesG tits q remarks
bic fact. that in modern times, and in the
Christian world. all sIave-hoIding coun-
tries have been united with countries thai
are free. Thusthe West Indian g. Mexi
can and South American slavs-holdmg col
onies were united 20 England, France
Spain, Portagal and other States Of Eu
rope. II England (before her emancipa
ton actl and the. others had at any tim,
withdrawn the protection Of. their pope
from their colonies. slavery would hay'
been exiinguished almost sirnultaneousl,
with the knowledge .of.the fact. In tb
West Indies. there could have been n
doubt Of this, from the disparity in mum
bsrs bstweeno the whites and the slave.
from the multiplied attempts made fror
time 10 time by The latter to vindieate thei
rights by ins1rrection; and from the fac
that al their iusurrections bad 10 be sur
pressed BY the forceof he mother country
A. soon as Mexico and the South Amer
eancoloniss dissolved their connexion vii
Spain. slavery was abolished in every on
ofthem. This may, know, be attribu
Cd 10 the necessity imposed on those State
BY the wars in which they engaged . E.
lablish their independence. However th
maybe. the fact still remains. The FIRE
States OF this Union are. to the slave, so "a
az the maintenance Of slavery is concerned
SUBSTANTIALLY, in The relation of the Eurol
ssn States 70 their slsye-holding colonie
Slavery could not. in all probability, }
maintained BY the South disjoined frol
the North, . single year So far froI
there existing any reason for making th
South an exception, in this particular,
ether slave countries, there are eircumstal
C. in her condition that would seem
make her dependence more complete
Two ofthem are. the superior iutelligenc
Of her slaves on the subject Of huma
rights, and the geographical connection ,
the slave region 10 the United States. |
The West LADIES'. ia Mexico and South A
mericn. the great body Of the slaves wer
Gar below the slaves of this country in lhei
Intellectual and moral condition-& thei
power to act in concert was weakened. b
the insofar fragments into which the
were divided. -, ssit Ea. afs e z
.sArain. the depopulatiou Of the Sout