Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-11

ing in good faith 60 1t is not intended BY
this remark, to make the impression, that
the South had all along pressed the ad-
mission of the new slaye-States, simply |
with view to the increase of its. own pow /
er. Bv mo means. Slavery had insinua-
ated itself into favor because of its being !
mixed up with tother) supposed benefits
and because its ultimate influence on the
government was neither dreaded nor sus-
pected. But, on the Missouri question,
there was fair trial of strength between
the friends of Slavery and the friends of the
Constitution. The former triumphed, and
by the prime agency Of one whose raimeut,
the remainder of his days, ought to be
sackloth and ashes,-becauSe of the pres
ent ills which impend over US, the disgrace
be has continued on the name of his ceun-
try, aud the consequent in jury that he has
inflicted on the cause of Freedom through
out the world. Although all the different
administrations, FROM the organization of
, the government, mad, in the indirect man.
ner already mentioned, favored slavery
there had not been on any previous occa-
sion, direct struggle between its preten.
sions and the principles of liberty ingratt-
ed on the Constitution. The friends of
the latter were induced to believe, when
ever they should be arrayed againt each
other, that theirs would be the triumph
Tremendous error Mistake almost fatal
The battle was fought. Slavery emerged
from it unhurt-her hands made CORY
her bloody plume still floating in the air
-exuItingIy brandishing her dripping
sword over her PROSTATE and vanquished
: enemy. She had won all for which she
fought. Her victory was complete-t4e
sanction of the nation sOas give" to slare-
ry!
Immediately after this achievement, the
slaveholding interest was still more strong
ly fortified by the acquisition of Florida,
and the establishment of slavery there, as
it had already been, in the territory of Lou
isiana. The Missouri triumph, however.
seems to have extinguished every thing
like systematic or spirited opposition, on
the part Of the free States, to the professions
Of the holding South. Arkansas
was admitted but the other day, with no.
thing, that deserves to be called an effort
10 prevent it-although her Constitution
attempts to perpetWate slavery, by forbid
ding the master to emancipate his bond,
men withoutthe consent olthe Legislature.
e and The legislature without the consent Of
: the master Emboldened, but not satisf-
e ed with their success in every political
= contest with the people of the fee States
the shareholders are beginning now to
, throw off their disguise-to brand their
former notions about the eoil political
and moral of slavery, as folly and deIu-
+ sion"*-and as if to "make assurance
doubIy sure" and defend themselves for
f ever. by territorial power, against the pro-
= gress Of free principles and the renovation
ofthe Constitution, they now demand open
IV-scorning to conceal that their object
is, to adrance and establish their political
: pocer In the coumtry,-that, Texas, a for
d eign State, five or six times as large as all
*Mr. Calhoun is reported in the National Inteli-
bgencer, as having used these words in a speech de-
e fivered in the Senate the 10th day of January.
"Many in the South once believed that it lsave-
ry] moral and political evil: that folly and
delusion are gone we see it now in its true light
and regard it the safe and stable basis for
y free institutions in the world"
Mr.. Hammond, formerly Representative in Con-
gress from South Carolina, delivered speech FEB.
], 1885, the question Of receiving petitions for
the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia
In answering those who objected to a slave-hoding
country, that it "assimilated arstocracy,
. he says-"1n this they ri ht accept the terms.
1t is a government Of the best. Combining all the
advantages and possessing but few of the dsadvan-
= tages, of the aristocracv of the old word-without
fostering to unwarrantable extent the pride, the
exclusiveness the selfshness the thirst for sway,
the contempt for the rights of others, which dstin-
puiSh The Of civ us he'll
cation, their polish, their munificence, their high
honor their undaunted spirit. Slavery does indeed
create arstocracy-an aristOcracy OF talents, OF
virtue, of generosity of courage. In a slave coun-
try, every freeman is aristocrat. Be he rich
q poor, if he does not possess sing slave he has
been born to all the natural advantages of the soci
ETY. in which he is placed, and all its honors lie open
before him, inviting his genius and industry. Sir,
/ do firmly believe, that domestic slavery, regulated
as is, produces the hghest-toned the purest,
best organization of society, thst has ever existed
That this retrdru of former fouies and decisions
is not confined to the mere politician, we have the
following proofs -
THE CHARLEsroN Is. c. UNION PREsBYrERY-
/" Resolved That in the opinion of this Presbytery,
the holding of slaves, SO far from being in the
sight of God, is no where condemned in his holy
word-that it is in accordance with the example, or
consistent with the precepts of patrarchs prophets
and apostles; and that it is compatible with the most
n fratenal regard to the good of the servants whom
God has committed to our charge" Within the
= last few months, we learn from late No. of the
Charleston Courier, 1.-The late Synod of the Pres
byterian Church in Augusta, passed resolutions de-
claring that slavery is Civil INSTITUTION, with
o which the General Assembly 1.-THE highest ecclesi-
,, astical tribunal has NOTHING TO DO"
Again, the CHARLESTON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, in
a memorial to the Legislature of South Carolina,
l, say-"The undersigned would further represent
that the said Association does consider that the
Holy Scriptures have made the FACT Of slavery a
s question of morals at ALL" And further, SThe
right Of masters dispose of the time their slaves
has been distinctly recognized by the Creator of all
l. things"
n Again, the EDeEFIELD Is. c. ASSOCIATIONS, are
solved That the practical question Of slavery in
r country where the system has obtained as mart al
ID the stated policy, is settled in the Scriptures BY Je