Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-02-27
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Mr.. A. was about closing his remarks on

Mr.. A. was about closing his remarks on |
the 2lst, thus interrogated him:
These are important and interesting
declarations; and as the honorable gen.
tleman has sought this occasion of stating
his true opinions on The subject of aboli-
ton, Mr.. t. supposed tina, he desired to
keep nothing back. He therefore begged
to ask the gentleman, whether, when he
said With special emphasis, that he
would not vote for abolition IN the District,
it was not solely for the reason that such
measure would retard abolition all over
| the United States and whether he did not
hold the opinion. that the federal govern
ment had the power to abolish slavery, not
only in the District, but also in the states
and territories +; and whether he would
not note for such proposition of general
abolition. If he would not so vote, Mr..
T. would be glad TO hear him say so: it
would do much good"
Hitherto said Mr.. A., "the fear
seemed 10 be, lest | should go too far in
these statements now, the gentleman
says, | do not go far enough. Why, sir,
to answer the question he has put to me,
would take at least the rest of the day
perhaps two more days. wish the gen
tleman TO understand that if ever the
House shall open that discussion, they
shall, then, have my whole heart and soul
on that question, cost aohatit may | will
not open it now; shall wait till the
House throws it open for full and fair
discussion. When that shall be done,
repeat, | am ready to give all my opin-
ions, and all my feelings. to the House
and to the country
To remain as we are is impossible Ii
slavery is to continue, the North, (by this
| mean all the free States) ought TO con-
sent to REIMBURSEMENT of the right of
petition-the freedom of speech-of the
press-of debate in Congress, and in State
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that have heretofore
been considered essential to the perfection
of individual and public happiness and
prosperity, but which have been found on
a fair experiment to be inconsistent with
the secure and peaceable existence of
slavery Ifthis be done, it is not improb-
able, but that the South will be fully salts
he'd, and the Union preserved from any
rupture.
| There is another plan of preserving
the Union and removing our present diff
culties. At the first presentation of it, it
! may be looked on as ironical. But it is
NOT. ask for il sober examination
Let 1t be tried by the test of Reason, and
| by those laws of political economy which
have been received as true bv all persons
conversant with the science. The plan is
this: For all the States to become iNare-
holding States.
have not leisure, now, to maintain
this position by showing the ground on
which it rests. l will leave it for the
present, by suggesting but single one
TOR the consideration of the readers of
these remarks. 1t is this Can there be
uniform system of Legislation in coun-
try where its labor, the great subject of
legislation, is partly free and partly SER
vile2 1t is thought not The experience
of every country proves that its legislation
is unharmonious and difficult, in proper
ton as the subjects Of 1T are dissimilar or
contrary. The fierce discords witnessed
IN our own country, have sprung out Of
attempts that must ever prove unsuccess-
ful. to apply the same legislation equally
to free and slave labor. The politicians
Of the South, who first insisted on the tar
III policy, soon complained of its opera
ton. Why? Not because it would have
disappointed them, if all the labor direct
ed or influenced by it had been such as
was used in the South; but because the
free labor of the North outstripped theirs,
and made its results, in comparison, pre-
Judicial, contemplate So it will be found
: IN every similar attempt to conjoin things
that are, from their nature, unharmonious
dissociable.
Ia the foregoing remarks. have left
out of view entirely the moral influences
of slavery,-not because | un1ervalue
them in the argument, but because | wish
to present the question. simply as an eco
nomical one, about which people who diff
fer are not so likely to quarrel.
will, in conclusion, state the several
alternatives presented by this subject, in
hopes that they may attract such public
consideration and discussion as their i'm
portance demands.
l. We cannot, as people, remain in
our present condition. If it is not now. il
will soon become, aoar IN disguise. Slave
ry itself cannot be sustained under contin-
ual assaults. Mr.. Rhelt, from South
Carolina. has truly said, slavery must be
enjoyed IN peace or not at all.
z The Union can be preserved harmo-
nlouslv, only by the South conserving to
abolish slavery, or by the North consent
ing 10 establish it. The paucity of blacks
IN the North will make no material diff.
terence. By an eficien, combination of
Inc wealthy and powerful, whites NAV be
reduced TO the condition of slaves. There
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