Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-07-24

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slckens at the recollection.
Which of the questions propounded in
your letter shall | take up first? The
education received by slaves2 Perhaps
one in twenty knows the letters of the al
phabet. Perhaps one in twenty can read,
and perhaps one in fifty understands what
he does read. Perhaps one in ten makes
profession of religion. The existing
laws of the slave states on the subject of
negro education. may be safely relied on
by any lecturer on slavery, as furnishing
ample proofs of the extent of the Negroes
intellectual degradation. In general, they
are extremely rude, ignorant, proverbial-
ly wicked, profane, vulgar, indecent,
thievish and cruel, the Simple result of
their education and condition. But, sir,
this is not all. The ruinous effect of this
system is not confined to the black popu-
latlon. Here is an important particular,
which abolitionists should mention in ev-
cry lecture. 1t might at least seive to nut
down the mobbing spirit of the poor in
Pennsylvania. SIavery crusbes the poor
aohite man, the laborer and the mechanic.
Oh, how love to talk with poor men on
this subject. scarcely ever fail to make
abolitionists Of them. The condition of
the poor white people, in those. sections
of the country where slavery exists on an
extensive scale, is, in my opinion, equally
degraded with that Of the slave. No pro-
vision is made, generally, in slave states,
for the education of the poor. Treated
with scorn and contempt, kept at a dis
lance in some sections of Virginia they 60
by the name of Freestaters, that is. out
laws Oh blessed Jehovah can any
poor white man in Pennsylvania or Ohio
consent to mob an >abolitionist2 Tel
him to 90 south, and present himself at the
palace of some nabob and hdmbly crave
a little remuneration. at his hands, 70
mobbing abolitionists or burning halls
&c. All, the lofdly planter can neithe
look at him nor converse with him. II
! THINKS infinitely more of his black people
The reasons why poor white people ar
, reduced to this condition, reverend sir, ar
, very plain, aa,d in lecturing, always men
j, -tion them. Indeed, | would suggest |
, you the plan of visiting privately the fam
1 lilies of the Iaborer and mechanic. hav
| tried it with great success. In going t
; a village or town for the first time to lee
4 t.lre, this plan should be pursued. Th
! poor can thus be gained, and unless the
b are misled, no mob can be raised. / cal
: not enlarge upon this particular. M
/ letter is drawing to Gloss. From VIII;
n has been said, you will readily perceiv
Y that practical anal gamation is peculis
; feature in the system of American slav
: ry. How often has this charge bee
n hurled at the aboltionists Sir, suf'
lie no man to approach me with such falls
" hood in his mouth. l point him to o.
ID country towns, and tell him that one thi
" part of the slave population are the so
at and daughters Of white men, their brot
er ers, their sisters, their nephews and NJ
If ces and what is infinitely more Grimm
Id in the sight of God, they have been know
ID to sell their own children. And no douI
- business is made of it in many place
e. This is easily accounted for. The slaV
I'd, and poor white people are reduced TO t
s. condition of brutes, hence amalgamatic
le- Dear sir, / cannot enlarge on the
eel subjects in this letter. | give it as r
is opinion, that majority of slaveholde
,al are bad men soul drivers, as they &
W. called, are the most Infamous of hum
an beings-steeped in crime. Abolition
an gaining ground in Maryland. In +
ter next letter, / shall try to give you mt