Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-29

and vehemently affirmed that their sim-,v
uItaneous liberation would bring forth aa- :
other st. Domingo tragedy? Most Ger
taInly, all this have they said and done
and great deal more, equally creditabIe ;
TO their common sense, benevoence and !
plety Now, how do prove them to BE-
Inconsistent, if not Observation-Disclosures
of consequences, if not hard hearted t
Iukewarm friends of humanity if not her
treacherous foes | will show you. 1t
Is known throughout the country, tina.
an abolition experiment is to be made this L
day, in the British West Indies, on a
scale such as the world has never Witness il
ed. All the slaves, belonging to the fol-
lowing islands, rose up this morning with
out chain upon their limbs,-free men,
free women free children,-without an
owner to Cypress them, without a driver
to order them into the field, without any
! other restraints upon them than thoS'
which bind all the ubject5 Of Great Brit
ain, whether at home or abroad Tie
cart-whip, the thumb-screws, the yoke, the j
! feuer-alI the Internal devices of slavery !
! to extort unpaid labor and servile obedi- |
ence-have disappeared as by enchant-
ment
. Torto}a emanci pates 5,4o0; NIontser-
rat, 6,2OO; Nevis, $500; Dominica. 49,,
400; St. Vincent, $500; Bobadoes,
$4,000; Jamaica, $4,000; making a
grand total of 462, 100!
Now, [ ask, if the ap?rehensions ex-
pressed by our opponents are not teign-
ed if they are sincere in their opinions;
if they really credit their own assertions;
if they are not actuated by selhShness; If
they truly love their neighbors as them
selves; if their humanity is not restricted
by geographical boundaries ;-lf, In free,
lhev believe that to "turn loose" in the
twinklng of an eye, large masses of I'M
bru1ed slaves, will subject the planters to
imminent peril, if not 10 certain destruc-
tion-Whv, in the names of consistency
and humanity, are they 50 lmperturtabe,
) so entirely indifferent, so absolutely I'm
cons ious, as it were, in full view # what
is now tronspirng in the West Indies ?
How shall we account for their ConIuCt
excent at the expense Of their understand
inqs or their hearts? Why has not M
tional fast been ordered Why do they
| not toll the bells, aud sing funeral dlrges
This they do, if but the President OF the
: United States dies m7t@r0L death And,
lovers of mankind as they are,-can
I they do less when thousands of planters
are given up to indlscrimina;e butchery
T. with their wives and children, by L" turn
u ing loose" upon them troop of niuriat-
u ed slaves? AT least, can they not refrain
y from their usual merrment, or wear UPON
: their countenances a sembiance Of Con-
, Germ, or affect to be horror-strcken DO
: thew not know that the aboHtiOnlsts are
D. looking them full in the face, and taking
u notes Of their behavior, for the very pur
pose of recording it in print? Have they
T remembered to forget that this is the
e first of August! Verify, 1t would seen
u so-or else that they have been playing
a. a. the part of hypocrites, for long time
u past, for a very bad purpose, and with
l. verv bad success! How is It with the
newspa per press Are there no edltor
al waiIings, no lachrymical forebOdings
no communicated ebuIIitions of grief an(
IS horror? Whv are not the Journa 0
u. Commerce, the Evening Star, the New
N York Gazette, the Commercial Advert's
1e er, the Courier and Enquirer, the New
4. Y ork Observer, the Christian Advocat
he and Journal, dressed in deep mourning
ds Or have they already imprinted upon the'
an IA ges, too many black marks, 10 teStImo
&c nv of their regard and sympathy for tn
is robbers of Gods poor to render lhel
. MULTIPLICATION necessary? BLACK MARI
,at indeed, which no chemical liquid shall
he able to efface, nor any element destro!
all If these shrewd, fairs GIFTED, IntalIIbIe &c
10 iors shall tell us, as a reason tor the
ILL., present composure that they mean to wa
ev rn,i thew learn how the eXper:mel
be works in Jamaica, before they comm
ry, themselves by shedding too many tear
Ct and uttering too many groans' why me
ish let US acknowledge that they have methc
Sc, in their madness but while we common
nd their discretion, let us inquire after the
he consistency. Though they. have bee
re- prophesying "eviI, and only evl, an
.ic- that continually" of any & every scheH
,ss- If immediate enanci 2atlon,-
her thew have advanced it as a selt-e1lde
e." proposition, that boodshed and ru:n mu
me b. Inc inevitable consequence Of IettIH
re. all the oppressed 60 free at once,-lt seen
4ri- after all, that they know nothing ado
ar the matter! What was beyond all dou
ay. with them, a short time since, IS now ~
five of uncertainty--ttey so0it for '"'eS
,les gcnce! 1t is possible that the thorn
led, emancipation will produce some very I'll
me. grapes that the thistle of liberty w
1er- grow some very nice hgs-that bad tr
of will bring forth some very choice 1fu!'
,en- They wish to do nothing rashly' l9r tn
IN. are civilized and christian men, and as I