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


about walking by faith: as for themselves,
they will take nothing upon trust. They
will believe their own eyes. They will
see what the Journal of Commerce, or the
Courier and Enquirer, or the Commercial
Advertiser, or the New. York Obsel yer,
or the Washington Globe. and other kim
dred prints say of this affair, and make
up their minds accordingly. "A bird in
the hand is worth two in the BUSH say
they. ..~
Very WE'LL will not stop 10 pick a
feather from the wing of that fuIl-f1edged
adage. Let them have their own way in
the argument, for whichever path they
choose, their escape is impossible. They
will hear nothing, it seems, about faith
promises eight darkness REPAIRS
ruins or any such cabaIis;ical nonsense.
They are YOUR practical, cautious, shrewd,
calculating men. They know what they
know, and believe what they believe
among other things, that to steal a six.
pence out Of their own pockets is crime
deserving the frown of heaven, and con-
dign punishment by the magistrate, but
that to ki1nap a whole plantation of ne
groes is no crime at all, but patriarchal
exploit, which heaven smiIingIy approves!
But press to the point Between them
and US, for long time past, there has
been a warm controversy as 10 the 'con-
Sequences that would follow the immedi-
ate emancipation of largo bodies Of slaves
without education, ignorant even of its
lowest rudiments. We have maintained
that such an act, IF voluntarily performed
| by the masters, or effected in any peaceful
manner, would be safe, bloodless, proGta-
bic, and mutually advantageous to all par
ties. They have asserted, that it would
involve both masters and slaves in one
common ruin-that the soil would be left
uncultiva;ed, the plantations devastated,
and butchery be the order Of the day
that, in short, it would be, 'chaos come
again. with thick-brooding darkness, and
thronging horrors Now for practical
trial of our conflicting theories Our op-
ponents very well know, that, four years
ago, just such an experiment was made,
on large scale, under Instantaneous
circumstances, where there were 5 blacks
to white-a most unequal disproportion,
surely! In one hour, not less than So
900 slaves were transformed into freemen
Now let them tell US, whether one of their
frightful antici pations has been realized
whether all our happy predictions have
not been fulfilled to the letter. One
two-three-four years have elapsed
since that adventurous step was taken,
though the planters might have retained
their authority for the term Of six years
longer. Well, during all that time, has
a single throat been cut, or a drop of blood
split, or lynch law administered in sin
gle case, or an embryo conspiracy detect,
ed, or the ghost of rebellion seen? No
J Has the property Of the planters been
injured 10 the amount Of a farlhing? No
Has any plantation been left uacultivated?
Have the emaneipated slaves refused to
work! Have they shown the slightest
= disposition to be idle, turbulent, or intract
= ibIe? No. On the contrary, has not the
: measure been attended with the happies
: consequences, in detail and in the aggre
e gate Yes. Are not the employer:
;. (now masters no longer,) enjoying un
n woned security, an enviable peace o
n ward for weIl-Ioing? Yes. Are not tn
u employed, (now unpaid laborers no long
er,) industrious, economical, orderly, do
E, scie almost to a fault, filled with grateful
= emotions, aspiring after intellectual anc
: moral cultivation, and rejoicing continual
n ly over the boon Of lberty2 Ycs-thes
- facts are notorious. How do our oppo
!! nents get ovel them2 They can nenhe
IS get over, or under, or around them, no
is escape their flaming omnpresence b
D. flight. How is it that cause and eflec
ot have ceased relationship-that the bes
e possible result has accompanied the worS
1t possible act-that d frebrand, thrown int
n a powder magazine, creates no explosion
7, that water runs up hill, and a thousan
e other miracles are winessed-lhat tn
1t planters are not torn limb from limb, an
l. all their property annihlated how is ii
lie | repeat, that our opponents have witness
IT ed the laws of nature reversed, (if we ma
g believe them,) their own ingenious thee
:! ries turned topsy-turvy, and everv pre-
!! diction OF the 'fana,ical aboitionists' liter
Of ally fulfilled, and they have made no con
r fession of error, uttered no exclamation {
ID surprise, attempted no explanation of thcs
le remarkable phenomenal How is it, lha
d they are SO stoical, so phlegmatic, so dumt
te | have conceded too much to their human
b ity have said that they are poaiting 70
:! Intelligence from Jamaica, in regard t
IS the transactions of this day in that islanc
a before they hail the emancipation act as
OF blessing But THEY WILL NOT HAIL II
y though il shall appear that the very wiz
d dows of heaven have been opened, an
he such blessing poured out that there wa
1t no room to receive it. They will be file
h. with cbaorip with III diosstad snlsan w;