Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-29
Vol. X....No. 40

| CN''~A ~ SOAI polCu Win
the preceding years, was stored through.
out the sugar districts; and that one man,
large. planter, has expressly avowed
that with twenty freemen, he could do
| more work than with hundred slaves, or
| fifty lndentured apprentices. Now,
maintain continues Lord Brouqham
that had we known what we now know
OF the character of the negroes, neither
would the compensation (of g2O,OOO,OO
sterllng) have been given to the slave
owners, nor we have been guilty of pro
posing to keep the negro in slavery five
years, after we were decided that he had
a right to his freedom. Phe money had,
in fact, been paid to them by mistake;
and, were the transaction one between
man and man, an action for it's recovery
might lie 80
Such are some of the glorious "cons4
quences" which have attended the mm>,-
diate overthrow Of slavery in Antigul-
such they will be in Jamaica and The 9th
err islands, and in the Southern States of
America, whenever similar event. takes
! place Think you, there is one person in
! Great Britain, male or female, rich or
poor, who has signed one memorial, or
! offered up one prayer, or made one effort,
or contributed one mite, for the extinction
of the West India slave system, that re.
grets the deed? o no! they recur to
it with pleasing satisfaction, IamentiGg Oh
! " that they had not beenmore fervent in
spirit, more liberal in giving, and more
jealous in fastening 50 bllsstuI a consum-
nation!
Some people are quite astoundcd at the
prosperous state Of things in Antigua
They seem to regard it as almost miracu-
Ious. Ii is no miracle at all 1t is no
more surprising than the autumna har-
vest obtained from the sowing of seed in
spring-time 1t is the natural result OF
wcI-do;ng, unattended by au4ht that Is
mysterious or incredible. Remembering
wat man i5-in whose image he is Gre
ated-What are the motives by which he
is made to be controlled under what gov
ernmen: the Almighty has placed him,
free, moral, accountable agent-what pron.
ises that glorious Being holds forth to
those who let !he oppressed go free-I am
surprised at nothing which has trnnspired
in any of the West India islands, NV
surprise would have been unfeigned. my
disappointment great, had there been a dit
ferent result. AS a believer in Divine
ReveIaton-as worshipper at the shrine
Of Chris!ianity-is it Tor me to be aston
ished when God exactly fu|fIs his word
No. When he fails, in single instance,
to maintain his veracity, then may l well
distrust him for ever
What has God wrought? GOD | sly
not man-not any body of men, but GOD
Him first, him ast-him middle, without end'
The means, the principles, the measures,
the weapons, by which this mighty victo-
ry has been achieved, are all of Him
TO Him, therefore, be ascribed the honor,
renoWn, praise and gIory-excIusivcl
universally, erernaIIy! Yes, "lel all the
earth fear the Lord; let all the inha bitan's
Of the world stand in awe of Him for
He spoke, and it was done; He command
ed, and it stood fast.'' . But, while "no
flesh shall glory'' in thistnatter, we are
permitted, and it is our duty, to remember
with admiration and gratitude the instru-
mens which God has used to effect his
great designs. This day, then-as phi
IahthroPlS's, lovers of our race, co-work-
erS in the cause of human liberty-Ie, US
, Unite IL prott"rlng our heartfelt &C knows
+ e4gementS to the faithful and fearless, the
'ndetatlgabie an uncompromising. tie
generous and victorious friends Of ncCr
: emancipation across the Atiantc-the ~
be men and nob?er women of Great B rj.-
ain-by whom under God, the cause h.5
been carried through to triumphant te,-
m nation Animated By their example, az
taking flesh encouragement from th,N
success, let Us redoubie our exertions t.
deliver our own oppressed countrymen
from the yoke Of slavery. Richly are they
entitled to the gratitude and applause #
mankind have called them noble m@l.
and NoBLER WOMEN-foT, had it not been
for the superior devotfdncss, activity az
perseverance Of the WOMEN of EngIauI,
Scotland, and Ireland, reminding the a.
pirlng torch of philanthropy, from timc'o
time, and stimulating anew the 1aggiug
z'al of religion, it is historically certain
+ that the vast multitude, who are this day
rejoicing in freedom throughout the Br
lSh West India Islands, would now be PIN
ing in slavery, without any prospect Of a
speedy or peaceful deIiverance. Let it
never be forgotten in the history of hu-
man liberty, that the doctrine which has
annlhilated the slave system in the West
Indies and will subvert it in America
the on y doctrine that has power to stop
the slaVe-trade, to extirpate slavery uo,-
,versaIly without the Shedding of blood,
to rescue and redeem bcnighted, suffering
Atrlca-the doctrine of IMMEDIATE EMAN.
cIPATIoN-was first promul gated IN Great
! Britain by a An-ELIzARErH Hey.