Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-05-29
VOL. XI. NO. Sc.

~ SLAVERY. Is slavery, as copd;.
J. lor human beings, good bad or in
uiicfentE We submit the question wib
ool argument You have common se,sa
anu conscience, and a human heart. nro'
nounce upon it. You have q VIC, pro
husband, a child, father. q rnotha =
ototner or sister-make The casa ..,.. :.
own, make 1t theirs, and bring - ul
verdict. The case of Human
against Slavery has been nd;od;.1SS n's
I Inc eo ~, Oh conscience times innumera.
pie The same verdict has always hen .
rendered" Guilty." the same Semen ea
nas always been pronounced, "TaI !, IL
accursed;" and human nature Win %
million echoes, has rung it ronnd ,sa
word IN every language under bsana
LEI It Dc accursed- Let il be accurssd,,
lis heart is false to human na,,re
VIII not say "Amen." Their i my
man on earth who does not belisva LII
slavery IS curse Human heinz .nas
De inconsistent, hut human NATURE Is trrs
to herself. She has uttered her testir :, oe
against slavery with shrek ever sly
me monster was begotten; and till il nsr1
iShes. amidst the excavations of he mn.
we're, sne Will traverse the world on IL
track, dealing her bolts upon its head snS
aashng against it her condemnino hrand
we Fepeatlt, every man knows that slavs.
ry is curse. Whoever denies this -.
lips libel his heart. Try him: CLAM ,bs
chains in his ears, and Tell him r. .
iof ntm: Give, him an hour to prepars
MS n: wife and children for life Of slaTsrv
6ld him make haste and Get ready tbe;f
necKs for the yoke, and their wrists for
Tue come chains, then look at his pale Inns
ana trembling knees, and you have nafurr'i
testimony against slavery.
Two millions seven hundred tbo,so,5
persons in these States are in this corJ;
tion. They were made slaves .nJ -
eeld such by force. and by being mi n
lear, and this for no crime Reader who,
nave you to say of such treatment2 T.
rlghh just benevolent Suppose IsbonI1
seize You, rob you of your liberty. driv,
Yoalnto The field, and make you work WIKI.
out pay as long as you live. would Iba,'bs
justice and kindness, or monstro1s -.
ice and cruelty? Now, every 81,
knows that the shareholders do ,I~:S
things to the slaves every day,an1 vet Il :
stoutiy affirmed that they treat H. III. = ~
and kindly, and that their tender TeasrJ
for tnea slaves restraints the masters
from III, int1ictlng cruelties upon them
we snail go into no metaphysics to show
the absurdlty of this .pretehce. The man
VINO fo0s you every day, is, forsootb.
quile 100 tender-hearted ever 20 cpf or
KICK youl True, he can snatch vonr
money, but ne does 1t gently lest he s6onI5
nurt You. He can empty your noaLe'.
without qualms, but if youi stomach i
empty. 1t cuts him TO the quick. He con
make you work life time without na,,
Out loves you too well to let You 90 bp9'
CRY. he feeces you of your rie6fs ,vi,h
q relish, but is shocked If YOU wort bara.
headed in summer, or in winter VIII,
warm Stockings. He can make YOU 90
without your liberty, but never without =
SHIRT. He can crush, in you, all hone of
oettering your condition, by Yowinp tba,
you snail die his slave, but though be can q.
cooiIy torture your feelings, he IS too
compassionate TO lacerale your back-be
can break your heart, but he i vsrn
lender OF your skin. He can s,rin -,
u u, all protection and thus expose Won n
Ill outrages, but if you are eEnosad - -
heather, half clad and half sheltered b. ,
yearn his tender bowels! What ST.
holders talk Of treating men well and -,
20. only ROD them OF all they get, and a.
last as they get il, but rob them Of f6em.
setces' also; their very hands and feet ali
Iheir muscles, and limbs, and senses tbe,r
bodies and minds, their time and Iiber,u
ano earnings, their free speech and riobt,of
conscience their right to acquire lfnovI-
cage, and property. and reputation and :
yet iney, who plumber them Of ali ,hoss
would lam make US believe that their soft
nearts ooze out SO lovingly toward their
slaves tnat they always keep them we'll
housed and well clad, never nusb tho,
too hard in the field, never maLe-,ha;.
dear backs smart, nor let their dear &c. &C.,
achs get empty.
But there Is no end to these absurd;t;es
Are shareholders ounces, or do thew ,aks
all the rest OF the world TO be. thai thew
mink 10 oandage our eyes with such him
gauzesF Protesting their kind REGARD
Iof those whom they hourly plunder Of an
they have and all they getI Whatl-
when they have seized their victims and
annihilaIed all their rights, sliIIclaim 20
be the special guardians of their A0ppi.
nessi Plunderers of their liberty, yet
The careful suppliers of their wants9-
Robbers of their earnings. yet walchful
sentinels round their Interests, and kind
providers of their comforts Filcbino
all their time, yet granting generous do.
nations for rest and sleep7 Stealing the
use of their muscles, vet thouohffnI IF
hair aase pnitinnr Al g. - "