Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-04-10
VOL. XI. No, 30.


deslSt, Tor, between their conscience and
their Coo, we have no power TO interfere;
we do not wish 10 make them political
agents for any purpose.
But the Senator is not content 10 entreat
the clergy alone TO desist; he calls on his
counlry-women TO warn them. also. 10
cease their efforts and reminds them.
that the ink shed from the pen held IN
their fair fingers, when writing their
names 10 abolition petitions, NAV be the
cause OF shedding much human blood :
Sir. the language towards this class OF
petitioners L. very much changed of late:
they formerl y were pronounced oilers,
fanatics, old women, and school-misses,
unworthy of respect from intelligent and
respectable men. | warned gentlemen
then that they would change their Ian.
guage; the blows they aimed fell HARM
less at the feet of those against whom
they were intended to injure. In this
movement of my country-women, thor
was plainly 10 be discovered the opera
tons of Providence, and a sure sign of
the fina triumph of universal emaneipa-
tlont ALI history, both sacred and pro-
fame, both ancient and modern, bears tes-
tlmony to the efficacy of female influence
and power In the cause of human liberty.
From the time of the preservation, by the
hands of woman, of the great Jewish
lawgiver, in his infanlile hours, and who
was preserved for the purpose of freeing
his countrymen from Egyptian bondage,
has woman been made powerful agent
in breaking to pieces the rod Of the OPP
pressor. With pure and uncontaminat-
ed mind, her actions spring from the
deepest Tecesses of the human heart
Denounce her as you will, you cannot
deter her from duty. Pain, sickness.
want poverty, and even death itself, form
no obstacles in her onward march. Even
the tender virgin would dress as a martyr
for the stake, for her bridal hour, rather
than make sacrifice of her purity and
duty. The eloquence of the senate and
clash of arms are alike powerless, when
brought in opposition TO the influence of
pure and virtuous woman. The liberty
of the slave scenes now to be committed
to her charge, and who can doubt her
final triumph2 do not. You cannot
fight against her, and nope for success
And well does the senator know this
hence this appeal to her feelings, to terri.
| fly her from that which she believes 10 be
her duty. 1t is vain attempt
The senator says that it was the prin-
ciples of the Constitution which carried
US through the Revolution. Surely it
was; and to use the language of another
senator from slave State, on a former
occasion. these are the very principles on
which the abolitionists plant themselves.
1t was the principle, that all men are born
FREE and EQUAL, that nerved the arm of
our fathers in their contest for independ-
ence 1t was for the natural and inherent
rights of man they contended. II is
libel upon the Constitution, TO say that its
object was not liberty, but slavery, for
millions of the human race.
The senator, well fearing that all his
eloquence and his arguments thus far are
but as chaff, when weighed in the balance
against truth and justice, seems 10 find
consolation in the idea, and SAYS, that
which opposes the Interior objects of abo-
lIlionlsts is, that the General Government
mas no power TO act on the subject of
slavery, and that the Constitution or I'M
ION would not last an hour. if the power
claimed was exercised by Congress. 1t
is slavery, then. not liberty, that makes us
one people. To dissolve slavery. is to
dissolve the Union. Why require of Us
to support the Constitution by oath, if the
Constitution itself is subject TO the power
OF slavery, and not the moral power of
the country2 Charge the form of the
oath which you administer to a senator. on
taking seats here. Swear them to sunport
slavery, and. according to The logic of the
!, gentleman, the Constitution and the Un-
!. ion will both be safe. We hear almost
daily threats of dissolving the Union, and
, from whence do they Gomez From citi-
zens of the free States2 Mol from the
slave States only. Why wish to dissolve
it? The reason is plain-that a new
government may be formed, by which we,
as nation, may be made slaveholding
, people. No impartial observer OF pass
/ ing events can, in my humble judgment,
, doubt the truth of this. The senator
thinks the abolitionists in error. if they
wish the STAKEHOLDER to free his slave
, He asks, why denounce him. / cannot
) admit the truth of the question; but 1
might well ask the gentleman. and the
shareholders generally, Why are you
, angry at me, because tell you the truthp'
{ 1t is the light of truth which the slave
: holder cannot endure; plain unvarnish-
, ed tale of what slavery is, he considers a
libel upon himself The fact is. the slave.
/ holder feels the leprosy of slavery upon
him. He is anxious to hide the odious
f disease from, the public eye and the