Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-12-19

I1dUkeTSOn OF some OtHSi pCiSOu slaves.
Surprise, Indignation, and every other
temper such an insult was calculated to
inspire, aroused me almost TO transport
offury, and [ vowed, so hep me God to
die, rather .han take an oath to support
such Constitution. / then told his gov
ernorship, that had come from the Uni
ted States to be freed from the tyranny Of
the white man, and that | should not be
easily brought again to submit to it:-bat,
my dear Sir, it's but a vain boast, for all
the while that we are here we are subject
to it. Fancy to yourself an establishment
call it colony, or plantation, or what
you wil-with but a single white man at
the head of It's affairs the laws that gov
ern it framed by him, or by his predeces-
sor, which is the same; himself the exec
utive, and so down to the veriest lackey
in the concern. all of his appointment -
see this same white man in the possession
: of and accountable 10 nobody that can
bring him to account for, all the funds
contributed by the gullies of Colonization
see him without the smallest degree of
mercantile knowledge, laying on and
charging enormous advances, say one or
, two hundred per cent. on the very neces-
J saries procured by voluntary contribu-
lions, gotten together under pretence of
bene6uing the colored man in Africa, and
of which he receives not one iota beyond
: what he buys, and must pay for at the
: enormous advances charged on their orig
# inal cost in the United States.
: And for whose benefit are these char
: ges made2 not the individual donors, not
It the managers of the Society, not the Col
i onisls who then! why just Nobody,
e that father of all mischiefs. But it is
IS characteristic enough of any man, who
would come here and satisfy himself
with the blushing honors of being called
Governor, over few crazy freed neg oes
( and mulattoes. You may be disposed &c
smile at the application l make of the
term crazy freed negroes, &c. but, Sir
listen to facts, and then Judge of its pro
Of priety. In the first place, they have aim
N ed at producing certain effects by unap
l. causes. IDLY, they have exerted reason
lie ing, if such it can be called, without prop
E. er data TO ground their opinions on; and
is 3dly, they have striven to deduce certain
n consequences from lily founded premises
IL Now to explain this-Some ofthe Colon
er lists, on their arrival In this country, wer
in possession of some amount of money
G and instead of remembering themselves {
e. be no more than exiles from their naiiy
n' home and outstanding their resources
"a they set up kind of aristocracy, and j
tn order to maintain their dignity, sper
'e- more than all they had. A second elias.
&c are those who went upon the plan of liy
ie- ing by their wits, and of all the devil
or inventions to keep people poor, this ha
OF most wonderfully succeeded; for how ca
ic- men thrive by such means, when there
Cd not in their community subjects for the
ne wits 10 be exercised upon. And thin
ore class, ashamed 10 beg and too proud
ne work, went upon the trading scheme, f
MS finding the gullibility of the natives ar
lon the easy and cheap rate for which the
We stufs could be had, they chose rather
lhe compound with their backs and stomac
~ until they could no longer be trusted, al
me so their revenues ceased and finally, e
2. Gu cry one, until now, seems to have forg
Tue ten that we are to obtain our bread in 4
Oh sweat of our face. You may fancy Ii
We distorted picture of affairs in Liberi
go, but, Sir, | would rather my right ha
ana should perish from my body, than it shou
Snt pen a lie: For there is not an individu
Is man who does not eat the beef and DO
IAN, of some Society, or who has not ate o
Ked until he has almost become choked the
am; with, but will tell you, il he had ii to
rDid again, he would prefer to die rather tn
ac- come here. l have conversed with S
'me' eral, not only of these settlements, but n
1ol- ny belonging to the old Colony, and b;
q TO asked them why they have suffered 81
ms lies favoring these Colonies to be crcuI
pose, ed and published in the United States
ac' Why, Sir, say the more intellig,
DC misery, YOU know, likes company a
re- Sir, say another class, [ did not lik,
IL become conspicuous in any way, Ell
De- for or against, the Society. And. sal
on! third class, we were afraid as ne "
10 here, if we said any thing no more pes
oies' would come, and we should be to5 "
Vhie to stand against the natives. And, 81
peat fourth, which forms the great major
'ered we kpow no,b;ng about what has !
IS said, only this we know, that if we
tied the means of getting away we would
er oy stay here. Now, Sir, it is my being
next volved with such a wretched pack
csc L gives acerbity TO my temper. Woul
hire not rather die, than do the devils gor
great thus deceiving people to their rim;
llnon' does seem to me, that with the one ex
ton of Mr.. Nobody making money o
vision the goods sent here, instead of gi
yet on them, as always thought or under:
could was intended to be done, to the poor
very ishing colonists for their help and
store port, the rest is only well schemed
meal lot Of destruction II has hoan ea;f