Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-02-20
When | ATTEMPT. as | have

them, | know not where to begin, or
where 10 end One must see, m order 10
know and feel how unspea kable boon
these islands have received-a boon, which
is by no means confined TO the emanripat-
ed Slaves; but, like the dews and rains Of
heaven, it fell upon all the inhabitants of
the land, bond and free, rich and poor, to-
gether.
1t is common thing here, when you
hear one speak of the benefits Of emanci-
pation-the remark-that it ought to have
taken place long ago. Some say fifty
years ago, some twenty. and some, tha,
/. at any rate it ought TO have taken place
all at once, without any apprenticeship.
The MONDAY sun is not clearer than the
fact, that no preparation was required on
the part of the slaves. 1t was the dictate
+ of an accusing conscience. that forctoId of
boodshed, and burning, and devastation.
Can it be supposed to be an accidental
Circumstance, that peace and good will
have uniformly, in all the colonies, fol-
lowed the steps Of emancipation
. Is it not rather the broad seal of attest
alton to that heaven born principle, /" L. is
+ safe 10 do righl?" Dear brother, if YOU
or any other friend 10 down trodlen hu-
t manity, have any lingering fear that the
e blaze of light which is now going forth
a from the islands will ever be auenched,
0 even for moment, dismiss that far
e The light, instead of growing dim, will
e continue to brighten.
n Your prayers for the safe and happy
]; introduction of freedom, upon a soil long
}: trodden by the foot of slavery, may b
IS turned into praises-for the event ha:
IS come to pass. When shall we be able t
rejoice in such consummalion in our be
,e loved America? How | long to see
III deputation Of Shareholders making th
~ tour of these islands. Il would only b
d necessary for them to use their eyes an
e. ears. Argument would be quite out c
Sc place. Even an appeal to principle
re compassionate the fear Of God-woul
e. not be needed. Selfin;erest alone woui
as decide them In favor Of immediate emanci
ol patton. Ever yours,
es w. r. HAYES.
re /. II will be seen that "Colonelo Stem
&c avouches for the correctness Of the foregt
" ing statements. He says they "can be RI
,ot lied on" 1t is TO be hoped that he will no
f. cease TO denounce, as fanatics, madmen, an
Of fools, those who are laboring an the use
ST. precisely the same means which have DIT
te, duced these glorious results, TO bring abo
s the like devoutly-to-b wished for consur
oo nation in this slavery cursed Republic.
FL.
on recorded may appear TO some, they are ne
no ertheless the legitimate effects Of know
AT and appreciable causes. 1t is just VIII
VI ought TO have been expected by every son
Adam who puts his trust in the Lord A
rtv mighty and resolves to do his own duty a
led call on others TO do theirs. What saith d
!, s. word Of revelation Loose the bands
at wiokedness *.undolhe heavy burdens
tue let the oppressed go free break eve
- yoke. Then shall thy light bre
r. forth as the morning, and thy health sh
Who spring forth speedily. If thou IA
act, away from the midst of thee The yoke, =
re- then shall thy light rise in obscurity, a
llar Thy darkness be as the MONDAY: And /
But T ord sbolI a,;da ,boo oon,;nn,iI. 81 -,
;sI. fly thy soul in drought, and make fat
orr bones: and thou shalt be. like waered .
den, and like spring Of water, whose W
han ers fail not" Such are Gods commar
roa- and pr 'mises, directly applicable TO the ca
me- Then every word Of history, from the CT
, or ton of man down TO the present moment
ned and right reason all join in anticipat
these very results. True, the most sangu
sity may have INDUCED occasional fears that
d OF incorrigible wickedness Of the Cypress
70 might, for time, be suffered to retard
80 progress Of the heavenly work; but n,
eve. ever had right, for moment, to doubt
'rb- fiaal triumph of truth and righteousness
. la the determination OF this enormous ST
to none had right 10 expect different resi-
orer from slch causes.
80. Let 1t not De thought TO be vain boasti
,;cn when Abolitionists remind their oppone
luce that these are exactly The results predic
fer years ago. Ii is not, aud was not, prele
On ed that the predictions depended on
y. oi' gifts of prophecy, or any super-human
10 or agency. They were based oareason,
&c nature and the history Of man, and the Fl,
OF a ity of the God of truth and riyhieous1t
To him who reslraineth the remaindeI
pro- wrath" be all the praise for so signal ;
"ew speedy triumph Of truth, and prineiJ
and humanity, and Christianity, over fal
hood. and preiudlce and cruelty. and hea