Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-01-10

corpsei Does my partnership in his |
guilt blot out his part of it2~ 1.-THE slave
were willing to be,a slave, his polantari- |
ness, SO far from lessening the guilt of the
/" owner" aggregates it. If slavery has
so palsied his mind and he looks upon
himself as a chattel, and consents to be
one, actually TO hold him as SUCH falls in
with his delusion, and confirms the impi-
Gus fa'sehood. These ueyy feelings and
Convictions of tke slGce, (if such were pos
sibie) increase hundred fold the guilt Of
the master in holding him as property,
and call upon him in thunder, immediate-
ly to recognize him as a MAN, and thus
break the sorcery that binds his sou,
cheating it of its birth-right, and the con-
sciousness Of Its worth and destiny.
Many Of the foregoing conditions and
relations are, GPpeadages of slavery, and
some OF them insepersble from it. But
no one, nor all of them together, consti-
tute its intrinsic Exchanging element.
We proceed to state affirmatively that,
EEsLAvINe MEN is REDUCING THEM
TO ARTICLES OF PROPERTY, making
free agents chattels, converting persons
into things. sinking intelligence, account
ability, Immortality, into merchandize.-
A Stare is one held in this condition.
He is a mere toolto anothers use and
benefit. In law che owns nothing, and
can acquire nothing" His night to him
self IS GbrOgated. He is anothe-'s prop
erty. If he say ny hands, my feet, ny
body, ny mind, MYsslf they are figures
Of speech. To use himself for his own
good is CRIME. To keep what he earns
is stealing. To take his body into his
own keeping is instruction. In a word,
the profit of his master is the END Of his
being, and he, a mere means to that end,
q mere means to an end into which his
interests DO not enter, of which they con-
stitute no portion" MAN sunk to a thing!
the intrinsic element, the principle Of
slavery; MEN sold, bartered, leased. mort.
gagged, bequeathed, invoiced, shipped in
cargoes, stored as goods, taken on execu.
tion, and knocked off at public outcryi-
Their rights another's conveniences
their interests, wares on sale, their happi
) ness, household utensl; their persona
, inalienable ownership, serviceable arti
; Gle, or 2laything, as best suits the humol
OF the hour their deathless nature, con
science, social affections, sympathies
, hopes, marketable commodities We re
peat it, the reduction of persons to things
: not robbing man OF privileges, but o
t himself; not loading. him with burdens
; but making him beast of burden; no
restraining liberty, but subverting it; no
curtailing rights, but abolishing them -
not inficting personal cruelty, but ami
| hilating personality; not exacting invol
] untary labor, but sinking him into an i'm
I PLement Of labor; not abridging his hu
+ man comforts, but abro eating his humG
: nature; not depriving an animal of In
J. munitIes, but desPoiiing a rational bein
e Of Gtt.tbNtes, uncreating MAN to max
E room for a thing!
s That this is American slavery, is show
e by the laws of slave states Judge Stroud
: in his "Sketch of the Laws relating t
5 Slavery" says, THE cardinal priLcipl
n of slavery, that the slave is not to be rank
o ed among sentient beings, but anon
d things-is an article Of property, cha
d tel personal, obtains as .pndoubted law
If all Of these states," Re slave states. J.
l. The law Of South Carolina thus lay
n down the principle, Slaves shall be deem
l. ed, held, taken, reputed, and adjudged
Is law to be ehattels personal in the hanc
IS Of their owners and possessors, and the
y executors, administrators, and assigns,
ALL 1NTENrs, CONSTRUCTIONS, AN
NJ PURPOSES WHATSOEVER Brevard
De Digest, 229. In Louisiana, "a slave
D one who is in the power Of master
n whom he belongs; the master may sc
- him, dispose Of his person, his IrGu
: try, and his labor; he can do nothin
- possess nothing, nor acquire anythin
o. but what must belong 10 his master."-
IS, Civil Code of Louisiana, Art. 35.
0e This is American slavery. The etc
10 nal distinction between a person and
lis thing, trampIed under foot-the crownir
a distinction of all others-their centre al
ne circumlerence-the source, the test, al
a the measures of their valuc-the rationt
to immortal principle, embalmed by God
OF everlasting remembrance, consecrated
IS, universal homage in a baptism Of glo
rs and honor, by the gift Of His Son, H
:, Spirit, His Word, His presence, pro,
H. dence and power; His protecting shiel
BY unfolding staff, and sheltering wing !
by His opening heavens, and angels mini
BY tering, and CHAIR OTIS of fire, and songs
Is morning stars, and great voice in hea
Ill en-, proclaiming eternal sanctions, al
ey confirming the word with signs folIowin
IL Having stated the principle of Anne
ey can slavery, we ask,
M DOES THE BIBLE SANCTION SUCH
ne PRINCIPLE II To the lao and the tes
ng 5a...~ u =
whatever system sinks man from an END II
. means, or in other words, whatever transfor