Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-08-14

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read your speech Of l-C m the Inielrrneer IN &,
Vof ci antsavcry aud take great pleasure in satipc
N't was highly delighted With ~ contents Justice
PNiAn'hfepy aud religion ionad IA YOU an eloquent
thanP"a the wrtiched. degrade down uoddrd slay
we poor LnGhf rss African found IN YOU Amsn shl.
ana wiling 10 plead their cause II - Sir, noble
spectacle u see ms having the confidence Of an en-
uprising intelligent people, volunteering his services
4" 'rhaIi oi people whose rights hs,r been wholly
sf'grded BY m enctnaching and avarcious pc or h.
OF class too ignorant know their benrf4ctors TOO
poor 10 Tenunerste, too lpless 90 s'sis n any way
iou sif, have my thanks Tor every effort vou have
made 10 extend the blessings OF liberty among us and
hope that you will not be weary 10 well dong Init
PetseNere Tor "in due ums We shall reap II We faint
not
wr''e this letter for the purpose Of stating tho de-
ght pernsll OF your speech dec I-.i7 which Mr. Rus
sci senl, has given No wonder the southern dele
Ra'on should have been greatly excited and that they
should sthe all discussion by resolution S7vert hides
It's head when bfougrt the test Of truth reason and
justice. II - system rotten, 50 cnrrunitng so
wrong and OF so much evil tendency, moral social and
political, that 1t shtHks abashed from scrutiny and
seeks to cover It's drormites under far and sorcs
prcierts. The American people have been long occurs.
ed and ccludrd by these flmsy excuses and / rcioc.
uSi INC i'me has come when men are both able and
Nhhg 10 sever The Inks of prejudice, by which We
nave been governed, and to dspel the moral aud intel
leciual darkness IN which we have been propng '''
sr, was born IN the arms and nursed in te bosom,
OF slavery have always lived in slave state and tr.
ceived my education, ~ the midst Of its influence
Know many masters and many slaves. Nv relatives are
all masters sustain this relation also Nevertheless
declare, Tar as Caqabe Of Judging the systen
OF slavery hrou ghout master ana slave parents ind
children, black and white is full OF evil,-ev deep
dark damnlng-eStendng To every ram6cation Of So
ciety. In the language of Mr. Clay OF XIV, IN is a
curse to the master wrong gTievious wrong the
slaveln the abstract is all wrong, end possible
contingency can make IT light
The political evils Of slavery Sstonsl.ngly great
The breath OF slavery is political death lis tendency
rs to make labor dsgacetul bv assigning it to slaves
Consequently the thrfy and industrious poor W no work
Tor an honest livelihood who constitute the wealth of
Lation IN peace, and lis Uulwark war VINO introduce
all the Improvements into society the arts sciences
commerce. manufactures and agriculture are prescribed
the society of u more wealthy neIghbor and are redu.
ced almost TO level with the slaves in point of respec
abihy. Ioa proud and noble mind nothing is more
CALLING than such proscTlpt and tie ceilings in which
II originates Human nature revolts at such distinct
ions. The industrious and worthy seek more con
genial home, leaving only the very rich and the very
poor behind. Our lands and houses are vacated and
impoverished, our activity energy and enterprise trans
ierTed 10 cities and Tree stfes The stlesSness, apathy
and Incidence of the rich and the hopclessness dcs,tu
ton and wretchedness OF the poor is all that LETT
slave countries
The moral evil Of slavery is still greater Every man
must OF necessity do violence 10 his conscience who
acts with the iron rod OF Gesposm the labor and pro-
cecds OF another toll without compensation who ss.
tans and advocates system which has life without
liberty, and families without marriage, which dssoves
the closest and dearest Of human ties at the within of
caprlcous master, which absoves child from all pa
renta! obligations, and reduces from the dgu,ty
ana majesty OF man to level with the brutes Slavery,
like the Java tree, lends its pestiieous breath to the
WINDS OF heaven, and carries RUN and desolaon moral
and political to master and slave in its train.
i nave lived long enough IN land of slavery 10 be-
eve that It's moral end social evils cannot be exagger-
ated Truth is stranger than fiction. 1t is difficult
to believe what We know 10 be true, eat the C.
horny OF the system What think you sir oa mans
the tears, remonstances and en,reaties of his wife Of
his being jealous OF son, in of negrcss to
drive him from his paternal home and of having chill
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