Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-03-06
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.

me to maintain, nor shall endeavor to
prove, that it was any pant of His divine
intention that the one race should be held
in bondage by the other; but this | will
say, that those whom He has created diff
ferent, and has declared, by their physic-
al structure and color, ought to be kept
asunder, should not be brought together
by any process whatever Of unnatural
amalgamation.
Blu, if the dangers of the civil contest
which have supposed could be avoided,
separation or amalgamation is The only
peaceful alternative. if it were possible to
efectuate the project Of abolition. The
abolitionisls oppose all colonization, and it
ifresiStibily follows, whatever they may
protest or declare, that they are in favor
of amalgamation. And who are to bring
about this amalgamatIon? | have heard
of none oftheseultra-a bolitionints furnish
ing in their own families or persons, ex-
amples Of intermarriage. Who is to be-
gin it2 Is it their purpose not only TO
create piHching competition between
black labor and white labor, but do they
intend also to contaminale the Industrious
and laborious classes of society at the
North BY a revoling admixtdre of the
black elenent2
1t is frequently asked what is 10 become
of the African race among us? Are they
forever to remain in bondage? That ques-
ton was asked more than half century
ago. 1t has been answered by fifty years
of prosperity but little chequered from
this cause. Il will be repeated fifty or
hundred years hence The true answer
is, that the same Providence who has
hitherto guided and governed US, and avert
ed all serious evils from the existing re-
latloa between the two races, will guide
and govern our prosperity. Sufficient to
the day is the evil thereof We have
hitherto, with that blessing, taken care of
ourselves. Posterity will find the means
Of its own preservation and prosperity. 1t
is only in the most direfuI event which
can bela-this People that this great inter-
est, aud all other of our greatest interests,
would be put in jeopardy. Although in
particular districts the black population is
gaining upon the white, ii only constitutes
one fifth Of the whole population of the
United States And, taking the aggregates
OF the two races, the European is con-
stantly, though slowly gaining upon the
African portion. This fact is demonstrate
ed by the periodical returns ofour popuIa-
lion. Let us cease, then, to indulge in
gloomy forebodings about the impenetra-
bic future. But, if we attempt 10 lift the
veil, and contemplate what lies beyond it,
|, toe, have ventured on speculative the
ory, with which | will not now trouble
you, but which has been published 10 the
world. According to that, in the progress
Of time, some one hundred aud fifty or two
hundred years hence, but few vestiges of
he black race will remain among our
posterity,
Mr.. President, at the period ofthe FORM
alton Of our Constitution, and afterwards, |
our patriotic ancestors apprehended dan
ger TO the Union from two causes Ono |
was, the Allegheny Mountains, dividing
he waters which flow into the Atlantic |
Ocean from those which founI their ont
ct in the Gulf of Mexico They seemed
o present natural separation. That dam I
ger has banished before the noble achieve |
nents of internal improvement, and the |
genius of Fulton. And now,
Nowhere is found a more loyal attachment
o the Union than among those very west !
I'm people, who, it was unprecedented, |
would be the first to burst lis ties.
The other cause, domestic slavery,
happily the sole remaining cause which
S likely to disturb our harmony, contin-
les to exist. 1t was this which created
he greatest obstacle and the most anxious
in the deliberations of the Con
'ention that adopted the general Constitu-
ion. And it is this subject that has ever
zen regarded with the deepest anxiety
y all who are sincerely DESTROYS ofthe
os our Union. The Father
f his Country, in his last affecting and
GLENN appeal to his fellow-citizens, dep
ecated, as most caIamitous event, the
geographical divisions which it, might
roduce. The Convention wisely left to
ne several States the power over institu-
on of slavery, as power not necessary
, the plan of union which it devised, and
5 one with which the General Govern
1ent could not be invested without plant
lg the seeds of certain destruction There
It it remain undisturbed by any unhal-
owed hani.
Sir, am not in the habit of speaking
ightIy OF the possibility Of dissolving this
lappy union. The Senate knows that |
lave deprecated illusions, or ordinary
ccasions, to that direfIf event. The coun-
ry will testify that, if there be any thing
n the history of my public career worthy
f recollection, j: is the truth and sinceri-
y of my ardent devotion to its lasting
reservation. But we should Be false in
ur allegiance TO it, if We did not discrim-
nate between the imaginary and real