Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-05-16

then the impression is strongly fixed on my i
mind that he is not what he processes 10 be.
There is one thing which wish such peo-
pie 10 do, and that is, 10 study the Consritu- /.
ton of the United States, the Constitution of
the American Anti-Slayery Society; study
the Bible-the laws Of slave-holding States
study your own hearts, and the command
" whatsoever We would that others should do ;
unto YOU, do We even SO unto them" DO
you think you would be willing to be under
the control Of any man and 10 have your
family separated from you at your masters
will? apprehend that very few can be
found in this section of country who would
feel thus. Still there are some who claim to /
be honest, while they say they believe the
slaves at The South fare better than the la
boring class of men at the North. This I
attribute 10 the want of a knowledge of what
slavery really is.
3D. Try to feel that colored people are
human beings as well as ourselves. re-
Numbering that, "Of one blood hath God
made all the nations that dwell on the
face of the earth" When you can feel
this,-when you can really feel that they
are men, then remember that you are
bound to lore all men, and strive to pro-
mote their welfare Strive to do>away
the prejudice you have nurured in your
breasts. Could that but be removed,
slavery could not long stand. No.
could we but have the same sympathy for
the slaves, that we have for our relatires,
and those we call our countrynen, We
should not long look silently on and see
them thus treated Just look back few
S years and see how YOU teIt when Com
: modore Decatur had orders 10 sail to
e Algiers for the purpose Of demanding a
: release OF the Americans who were there
!; imprisoned. Did not your desires ascend
b TO God that your countrvmen might be
!, released2 If so, where has that svmpa-
!, thy-that feeling for another's wo, flei2
d Are not these our countrvmen, for whom
+ we now plead? If so, then | ask you to
y rest not until you are convinced you are
J. doing something for their release. l
you have relatives, or acquaintance II
J. the slave States, you can reason with
y them on the subject, aud try to persuade
(. them to clear their skirts Of this crime
lie Should they tell YOU in return, that the,
Ir hold slaves for the slaves benefit, you ca
reply that, do they desire the freedom o
!. welfare of the slave, they can show thei
" love by Immediately taking them to a fire
MS State, and there giving them their fire.
a dom. They have no lease of their live
they know no. how soon they will
called to appear at the bar of Co
he there to answer for their conduct; an
to should they be taken away while holdin
o. that relation, who can tell the fate o. tt
a. slave2 The buying slave and holdin
hi.n according to law. any length of tim
ID let the motive be W hat it NAV, is san,
D tioning the practice. 1t is nv firm opir
en- ion that were professed Christians clear
RS, holding the legal relation of master
as slave, slavery could not stand one yea
he If that be fact, then ought not all VIII
&c profess to love God and their fellow-mel
fe to be examining themselves, 10 see whet
be er they are the main supporters of slav
o. ry2
~ Sd. want each one, whether profess,
N Christian or not, to examine the Const
nu tuition of the American A. S. Societ
el instead Of the actions of some abolitio
lists. If you are persuaded that that il
to strument embraces correct principles, tht
rev act in accordance with them. Ifthey a
erv not right in your mind, then study be
zoe ter plan, and let the public know wh
70 that plan is. Whenever one is mac
~. known to me that think is better tn;
'eo the one which is now the foundation
en- the A. A. S. Society, then will act upc
IN that plan, but until then must 90 whe
| now am, and ask all others to 90 wi
}. me.
ke, 4lh. Let those who have desire tn
Law slavery be done away, but are not Y
ord prepared to have it done immediateL
ID meet and reason with these immcdia
1sO men, and see whether we cannot sot
'o' understand all alike respecting this ma
rs ter. This keeping at distance does n
ng, do the business. If have misunde
av- standing with my neighbor, the sure
ing way to retain it is, to stand off-to ha,
the dignity of not speaking TO him wis
nv chance to see him. Let US at the nor
T. get agreed on the subject,-let US all f.
tho that no one has a moral right to hold
a,s fellow man in bondage one day. or ev'
Iie one hour-then oursinf1urnce would !
lies with tremendous force into the Sou,he
Estates. But now, while one is saying
the oppressor lie: the oppressed go free
rHE break every yoke, and do it immed,ateI
and another is saying not just yet
> sin in all cases to hold the legal relation
'SF- benefit to the blacks to have Christia
'or- hold them in bondage, and entail everla