Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-05
Miscellaneous.
From the Herald of Freedom.
"PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION.

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Our obliging friend Lewis Tappan has
sent US photographic Congress scene,
which we wish wecould transfer to the sur
face ofthe Herald, and set before the ewes
OF mankind. It is picture ofthis nation,
IN algebraic briefness of representation.
AS we have not the art to copy the pic
ture, we must give our readers as descrip-
tive an account of it, as pen and ink will
enable us. The print is about a foot
square. It's title is "Senate Chamber u.
s. A. Conclusion of Clay's Speech in
Defence of Slavery" "U. s. A." it is,
for it is for the use and benefit of other ma
lions, as we'll as this. 1t will be seen in
London, and in st. Petersburg, and Wen
ma. Paris will look at it and the French
will content themselves without asking
further for republic. They will thank
God for monarchy, and cry in earnest
"God save the king" Warsaw will look
at it, and no more blood will be poured by
the Polander on the altar of republican
liberty. The Greeks will see one oftheir
tongue champions of America, standing
with his heel on the breast of humanity.
The despotisms of the old world will take
comfort, when they see in this little signif-
icat pictorial" the results of popular
revolutions and declarations of Independ-
ence. But We must take down the picture.
Three human figures strike the eve upon
it in rich, dark Autograph with the shad-
owy outline peculiar to that beautiful kind
of representation. The attitudes and coun-
tenances and forms and positions drawn
to the life. The principal figure, the A
MEXICAN SLAVE, PROSTATE in the dust,
and "dOaOn-troddea." His look and col
or are those ofthat portion of the bondage
ofthe republic, brought in by the slave
trade from Africa-not now a sample of
the mass of our slavery Heis coal black,
with the simplicity and interest of counte-
nance belonging to untaught nature in her
gentle moods His eye bespeaks the un-
speakable desolGtions OF slavery-and the
engraver manifestly considered, as he was
executing it, that he was representing
man.
The other two figures are HENRY
CLAY and JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN,
distinguished American senators, patriots,
republicans. They are both standing.
Clay, at his fine. full height, his Hottest
and most commanding orator attitude
His right foot, which he mainly rests on,
is planted full on the Kentucky Conven-
ton Bill" which lies in the dust, at the
foot of the slave; and his left, not heavily,
on the PROSTATE negro. His countenance
is full of powerful expression, and. his
strong mouth compressed desperately. as
if he were not anxious again to open it in
such behalf as he has just been. pleading.
His eye is gloomy and stern-unillumina-
ted with the spirit ofthe champion of free
dom. He looks, after stabbing at liberty,
like Macbeth fresh from the murder of
Duncan proud mar guilty of a felon
deed, which wronged not conscience on
ly, but lofty nature. His tall forehead
is engraven with painful burrows. The
right hand and arm are finely thrown
back, half lifted from his side. He occu-
pies the right of the picture Horizontal
~, on level with the mouth ofthe ora
tor. runs "Mason and Dixon's Line. -
Clay's head (as suggested by friend)
north ofthe line, but his heart SOUTH
North of the line are these words, uttered
by him IN 1913. s. maintain, that an
oppressed people are authorized wherever
they can, to rise and break their fetters''
and these other words, uttered since
"Iconsider slavery as curse--a curse to
the master, grievous wrong to the slave
in the abstract it is all wrong, and no
possible contingency can make it right. Il
am, Mr.. President. no friend to slavery"
South of the Line" Never mind, | hold
a cool sixty slaves myself. and'' ct will
continue to oppose any scheme whatever
OF emancipation. gradual or immediate. "
North Of the Line, Neither am | a friend