Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-04-10

in the words of DR.. Charming, it is slave
country that reeks with RIGHTEOUSNESS Of
tais knl, and for proof | refer1t to the op-
inions of Judge Harper, OF North Carroll (
ma, In his defence of southern slavery.
The Senator, as if fearing that he had
made his charge too broad, and might
fail IN proof to sustain it, seems to stop
short, and make the inquiry. where is the
process Of ANA gamation 10 begin; he had
heard of no instace of the kind against alb,
oitionists; they, (the aboltionists, would
begin it with the laboring class; and if I
understand the Senator correctly, that alb
olitionism, bythrowing together the white
and the black laborers, would naturally
produce this result. Sir, l regret, | de-
plore, that such charge should be made
against the laboring class that class
which tills the ground, and in obedience
to the decree of their Maker, eat their
bread In the sweat Of their face--,hat class
as Mr.. Jefferson says. if God has cho-
Sen people on earth, they are those who
thus labor. This charge is calculated
for effect, to induce the laboring class to
believe that if emanci patton takes nIace
they will be, in the free States, reduced to
the same condition as the colored Iaborer
The reverse ofthat is the truth oflhe case.
1t IS the Shareholder NOW, he who looks
upon labor as on Y fit for a serviIa race !,
is him and his kindred spirits who live
| upon the labor of others, endeavorino to
reduce the white laborer to the condition
OF the slave. They do not vet claim him
as property. but they would exclude him
from all participation in the public affairs
OF the country, 1t is further said, that if
the negroes were free, the black would RI
val the white laborer in the free States
| cannot believe IL, while so many facts
exist to prove the contrary. Negroes,
like the white race, but with STRONGER
feelings, are attached to the place of their
birth, and the home of their youth; and
the climate of the South is coneeni al to
their natures, more than that of the North.
II emancipation should take place at the
South, and the negro be freed from the
tear of being made merchandise, they
would remove from the free States of the
North & West, and immediately return to
that country, because it is the home of
Their friends and fathers. Already in
Ono, as far as my knowledge extends.
has free white labor, (emigran's,I from
foreign countries, engrossed almost entire
ly all situations in which male or female
labor is found. But, sir, this plea of ne
cesslty and convenience is the plea of ,v-
rants. Has not the free black person the
same right to the use of his hands as the
white person the same right TO contract
and labor for what price he pleases2-
would the gentleman extend the power
OF the Government to the regulation of
the productive industry of the country?-
This was his former theory, but put down
| effectuallY. by the public voice. Taking
advantage of the prejudice against labor,
the attempt is now being made to begin
this same system, by first operating on
the poor black laborer. For shame! let
US cease from attempts of this kind
The senator informs that the question
was asked fifty years ago that is now ask
ed, can the negro be continued forever in
bondage? Yes; and it will continue to
De asked, in still louder and louder tones
But, says the Senator, we are vet pros
peFous and hsppy nation. Pray, sir. in
what part of your country do YOU find
this prosperity and happiness2 In the
slave States2 No! no! There all is
weakness, gloom, and despair, while in
the free States, all is light, business, and
activity. What has created the astonish.
ing difference between the gentleman's
State and mine-between Kentucky and
OHIO? Slavery, the whitening curse of
slavery Is upon Kentucky, while Ohio is
free. Kennedy, the garden of the West, |
almost the land of promise, possessing all
the natural advantages, and more than is
possessed by Ohio, is vastly behind in
population and wealth. Sir, | can see
from the windows Of my upper chamber. !
lnthe city of Cincinnati, landsin Kpntuck- |
y. which, l am told, can be purchased
from ten to fifty dollars per acre, while.
lands of the same quality, under the same
Improvements, and the same distance from
me in Ohio, would probably sell from one
to i've hundred dollars per acre. was
told by friend few DAYS before left
nome, who had formerly resided in the
county OF Bourbon, Kentnckv-a most
excellent county of lands adjoining, [ be.
ileve the county In which the Senator re
sldes-that the white population oftbat
county Was more than four hundred less
than 1t was five years since viii the
Senator contend, after knowledo,e oftheso
iacts, that 81 avery in this country has been
the cause ofour prosperity and happiness2
No, he cannot. 1t is because slavery has
been excluded and driven from Iarao
proportion of our country, that we are
prosperous and happy people. But its late