Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-02-28

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Known Or single instance in which the
.ranc;ps,ea turned upon his master with
,sole,ee 81 sven manifested any want Of
,v,,;,ude7 He was silent. This point, as
v.Tl A. the former, has been demonstrated
On The great blackboard Of history, and
stands before the world. The history Of
man win not show . drop Of blood thus
shed. The danger Of throat-cuiting Is from
slavery--not from emancipation.
But slaves are Zoo ignorant 10 fdkecdre
Of themselves. Here, again, he appealed to
history. The history Of St Domingo was
n point In 179e the French emancipated
their slaves, for the express purpose Of en-
listing them and preventing their going over
and carrying the island with them into the
hands Of the English. The reader VIII
See that this fact applies 70 the preceding
proposition with at least equal force as to
shi..1 The stratagem was based on the
PHILOSOPHY of mind, and worked admlra-
BIZ. The island was saved and the friend
ship and gratitude Of the cOlored race Sc
cured. And il was not until the French
again oppressed the colored man, that he
arose in his might and resisted unto blood.
circumstances taken into consideration,
This nation Of colored men-of emancipated
slayes-has marched forward in the road of
human improvement, for the last 20 years,
al an unparalleled rate. And yet the gov
eminent Of the United States cannot be
induced to acknowledge their Independence
among the nations Of the earth. z IL was
prompt to acknowledge the independence Of
q few hundreds of free-booters in Texas.
Our speaker could conceive Of no reason
for Withholding from 81. Domingo the favor
bestowed on this den or thieves and rob
5ers, but the mean and dastardly purpose of
sacrificing the good name Of this long abus-
ed race on the Altar Of American slavery,
BY withholding just acknowledgment OF
kheir true worth in human society. 0,
shame! horrible shame! -- 49,
For further testimony, on this point, the
speaker cited Antigua, Bermuda, and others,
hll Of which have heretofore been referred
oin the Telegraph. 20
WEDNESDAY, ArTERNooN.-A. Stewart
poke in support Of the Resolution marked
No. j, as given in the foregoing proceed
hgs. ia @s-+ IA -.
He confessed that he perceived, in the
cts stated in the preamble and resolution,
pmething truly alarming. A blow had
een struck which had inflicted death
.Dund on the Constitution Of the country.
e discovered, however, difference be-
seen this Constitution and that Of the
imam body--it being in the power Of men
restore the former TO life. Let this as
embly, this afternoon, be considered cor
hers inquest over the dead body OF the
toustitution. You have authority for as
,mbliug here this afternoon. You are
.sembled under the authority Of that grea'
strument, which though dead yet speak,
.h. For, although dead in some parts o
e country, il lives in Vermont 1t lives q
bur firesides-in your school-houses-lr
.our social circles--in your public assem-
||ies--in the heads and hearts Of the people
But the right, cloyen- down by the &C
ferred TO in the resolution, is Alright which
9 further back than In the Constitution
Al. was not derived from the institutions o
e eountry--it is not to be bought or sold
does not belong TO human barter-th
vereign people themselves cannot TAX
vay this right--nor can they give tit
right derived from the Creator--a Divln
rhi-a heaven-descended right-in wore
relation between God and man. "
On the part Of power, there is constant
tendency to invade and violate the PR
bus rights Of conscience, among which
NJ, right Of petition. Suppose that p
lion, signed by few scattering individ'
4. saw from Wisconsin, Tor the preserv'
..n Of game in the forests and Of fish
- rivers, had been thrown into the Hou'
.| Representatives, and proposition h'
10 started to lay the petition on the tabl
..hread, undebaled, imprinted, unreierre
and unconsidered: - what would have be-
effect Of sush proposition on IN
dy7 II would have produced insta
..nvulsion. But here IS a petition iro
ndreds Of thousands of law-abiding, Go
eying men and women-some 10000
some half dozen different points, amour
i'm the aggregate to millions--a petiu'
Ore nnmerously signed than any oth'
i,h very few exceptions, which the $
FER shone upon-a petition the signatur
which are becoming like the leaves
trees FOR number. This petition "
[, Cor the preservation Of remnant