Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-02-22
aces. rhey would Keep them forever penl

atinp their animosilies, and constantly en-
dangerinq the peace Of the community
They proclaim, indeed, that color is moth
ing that the organic and Characteristic dit.
ferences between the two races ought 10 be
entirely overlooked and disregarded. And,
elevating themselves to a sublime but i'm
practicable philosophy, they would teach us
to eradicate all the repugnances Of our ma.
ture, and 10 take TO our bosoms and our
boards the black man as we do the white, on
the same footing OF equal social condition.
Do they not perceive that in this confound-
ing all the distinctions which God himself
has made, they arraign the wisdom and
goodness Of Providence itself2 Ii has been
His divine pleasure TO make the black man
black, and the white man white, and to dis.
tinguish them by other repulsive constitu-
tiona differences. II is not necessary for
me to maintain, nor shall epdeavor 10
prove that il was any part Of His divine in
tention that the one race should be held in
perpetual bondage by the other but this
will say, that those whom He has created
different and has declared, by their physical
structure and color ought to be kept asun-
der should not be brough, together by any
process whatever Of unnatural amalgama-
ton.
But If the dangers Of the civil contest
which have supposed could be avoided,
separation or amagamation is the only
peaceful alternative, lift were possible TO eff
fectuate the project of abolition The aboli.
tionsis oppose all colonization, and il ire
sislibly follows, whatever they may protest or
declare, that they are in favor OF amalgama.
ton And who are to bring about this a.
IMAGINATION | have heard of none Of
these ultra-aboitionis furnishing in their
own families or persons examples Of inter.
marriage. Who is to begin it2 Is j. their
purpose not only 20 create pinching com.
petition between black labor and white
labor, bu. do they intend also TO coniaminate
the industrious and laborious classes of soci.
ETY. at the North by revolving admixture OF
the black elements
1t is frequently asked, What is 10 become
OF the African race among us2 Are they
forever to remain in bondage2 That qurs.
ton was asked more than half a century a.
go. II has been answered by fifty years of
prosperity but little chequered from this
cause 1t will be repeated fifty or a hundred
years hence. The true answer is, that the
same Providence who has hitherto guided
and governed us. ard aveiled all serious
evils from the existing relation between the
two races, will guide and govern our poster.
ity. Suficien, 10 the day is the evil thereof.
We have hitherto, with that blessing, taken
care Of ourselves. Posleri,y will find the
means OF It's own preservation and prosperity.
Il is only in the most direfu event which
can befal this People that this great interest,
and all other ofour greatest interests. would
be put in jeopardy. Although in particular
districts the black population is gaining up
on the white, it only constitutes one.fith Of
the whole population Of the United States
the European is constantly. though slowly,
gaining upon the African portion. This
fact is demonstrated by the periodical returns
OF our population. Let US cease, then, to in.
dulge in gloomy forebodings about the i'm
penetrabe future. But, If we NAV auemp,
to llft the veil, and contemplate what lies be-
yond II, |, too, have ventured on specuIa-
tive theory, with which | will no, now
trouble you, but which has been published TO
the world. According TO that, in the pro.
gress Of time, some one hundred and fifty or
Two hundred years hence, but few vesiiges
OF the black race will remain among our
posterity
Mr. President, at the period of the forma.
ton oil our Constitution, and afterwards onr
patriotic ancestors apprehended danger 10
the Union from two causes. One was. the
Allegheny Mountains, dividing the waters
which flow into the Atlantic Ocean from
those which found their Quite, in the Gulf of
Mexico. They seemed to present a natural
separation. That danger has vanished he.
lore the noble achievements Of the Split of
internal improvement, and The immortal
genius OF Fulton. And now, nowhere is
found more loyal aitachme to the Union
than among those very Western people. who
It was apprehended, would be the frs, 10
burst its ties.
ihe other cause, domestic slavery, happi-
~ the sole remaining cause which is likely
to disturb our harmony continues 10 exist
II was this which created the greatest obsta.
Gle and the most anxious soliciIude in the do.
iioeratlons OF the Convention that adopted
the Federal Constitution And it is this
subject that has ever been regarded with the
deepest anxiety by all who are sincerely de.
sIrous OF the permanency of our Union
The Father OF his Country in his lasraffec.
ing and solemn appeal to his fellow citizens,
deprecated, as most calamitous event, the
geographical divisions which il might pro.
duce. The Convention wisely leli to the
several States the power over the institution
o, slavery as power not necessary TO the
plan Of union which il devised, and as one
WIN which the General Government could
not be invested without planting the seeds Of
certain destruction. Thpra Ia, I, r.n,o;,, -.