Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-02-19

ne eicct of immaculate emancipation thIa ht
c. would be disastrous to all concerned. No one
can fcroicl the extent.
At the last census there were . 500,0 900 slaves
in the States, and there are now probably 5000,
coo.
Slaves ore worth. IL is computed $500 each, and
6 400 zach a: least aud at this rate the tota, val
ue is s., 200 900 600.
The property is scattered over the Union the
subject 81 debts of mortgages. OF assignment.
And what is proposed to annihste 1t all at once
Immediately and without compensation, to send
these subjects loose with all their ignorance upon
The world.
IT, continued Mr. Clay. the Briiish Parliament
treated the slaves Of the West Indies as freemen
they t'cHted the masters ns slaves. Bot the Brit
Ish Parliament did not 60 50 far as the Abolition.
isis here. They gave $40 00O, 900 10 the mas
tets. There is dogma, said Mr. c., running thro'
The country-,hat dogma is that there s no such
thing as negro property. That only is property
which the law makes to be property, said Mr. &
In all transactions of law and business slaves have
been considered as property, aud this is the fact
which the law recognises.
IL these AbuIltIunisrs sincere, they should at
I once raIse the twelve hundred millions II should
! be raised too among themselves, or in the free
States for II would be outrage on ell equity
aud justice to make pay for our own property.
! But | invoke the Aboltionisis, If they have no
regard for themselves at least to have some regard
! for The Slaves. They are making their condition
worse instead Of better. If had been IN Penn.
syyauIa in 1850, would have voted for abolition
| II was III any Southern State. should oppose
all emancipation, gradual or immediate. In Ken
tucky, recently, upon call for a convention to
consider this subject, ihree-fuurths Of the State
opposed IT, ! wes among the number Of these op.
ponen's. and we ielt called upon to make this OPP
position. hold this example up 10 the Abolition
sts and assure the ultra bollt,onsts that they
have been the means of ths-ior Kentucky. but
for them, would have perhaps ere this have listen
cd to emancipation.
! They have increased the rigors Of legislation
| they have added TO their burdens-thcy have in
creased their bonds and done the slaves great
wrong.
! The effect of immediate emancipation, Mr. Clay
said, would be the subjugatlon of one or the other
class. The effect of emancipation would be to
diminish the wages for labor of the white laborer,
and to increase his hhrdships. The emancpated
slaves would go to the free States, and secure at
any price living necessary for their subsistence.
, Mr. Clay then examined the Colonization question,
and contended that the Aboliiionists were IN favor
Of ANA lgamaton. They opposed Colonization in
: all forms.
The aoeo'i"" &c oton put. snid Mr. Clay,-what
s is to become OF slaves our continent The
0 question was asked fifty years ago. 1t will be ask
n ed fifty and a hundred years acnce--aud the an
D swer is that The same Providence that governed
our ancestors will govern our posrert sufficient
D unto the day is the evil thereof" Let Us cease
s these forebodlrgs about the Impenetrable future.
r The blacks in proportion but as one to FIVE. Al!
though IN certain localities the blacks predominant
t still IN the mass, altogether few in numbers ant
e weak in intellect. Two hundred years hence
n scarcely vestge Of the blacks will be found OF
e the continent.
M Clay spoke Of the natural barriers of the U
= non-'he Aleghanies formed one of those bar
rlers 1t was once thought that the States ives
At Gf these mountains would be eager for dsunun
ID but experience las taught differently and tina
Of in the Union there Is people loyal. Their
of is slavery in the West and Southwest; and Their
nc is The West and South let the subject remain an
J., unsca'hed by amy unhaowed hand.
If their mad schemes should succeed, I will no
raise the veil to show what will be behind ii--lher
- will be desoa,ed felds-consecra,ed cities de
:, stroyed-mUrdered cizens--and all the evils tina
~ man could depict
Cd We are assured by holy writ itself that the rae
is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. N
a. man either could orc.ell the consequences. Whom
- said Mr. &. would the Abohtionists conquer Nc
80 foreign foe.-No. 1t would be a conquest b
=, one portion of common ancestry over anothe
1t would be a conquest Of brethren and relative
over relatives and brethren. Men who 10 tie Ola
'' of the Revolution fought SIDE by side; arrayed
u, gainst each other.
w We Of the South are sometimes accused Of In
,y ing mad and excited Let us reverse the pctur
20 and suppose that the South made such war upc
vs. hem as the Abolionlsts have upon us. Bat the
I'VE could be no likeness, for the Aboli,Iouists ma,
~ war upon those who may rise up to massacre u
y" and we could only make war upon manufactor
7N and Institutions.
wv appeal TO these Aboilonists, then, to stop
~. their mad career. Iappesl to the Clergy, few
- number as hope, who act with them to give the
~ no coUnleusnce.
III When Mr. Clay sat down, Mr. Calhoun ss
'e "when turn oack my eyes but twelve months
am struck with surprise, and sgreeobly, Jet me so
on The spirit Of Abolition is overhrown. This d
'of- cOnvlnces me Of 1t. State Rights have been t
umphant. can row say again, Slavery go
We froai being political evil, is one of the great,
was blessings, and has been the means mainly of Of
iier serving our Liberties. The South IL a osine,