Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-02-26
MiscelIaneOus
oF GENERAL HARRISON.

iadtana, on the 25h OF May, 1885.
| have now, fellow citizens, few
words more to saysto you on another sub
Ject; and which is. in my Opinion, of
more importance than any other that is
now in the course of discussion in anv
part of the Union. allude to the socis-
ties which have been formed. and the
movements of certain individuals Ia some
OF the states in relation to a portion of
the population in others The conduct Of
these persons is the more DANGEROUS no.
cause the object is masked under the oarb
OF dislnteresledness and benevoence, and
their course vindicated by arguments and
propositions which in the abstract no one
can deny. Bat however FASCINATING NAV
be the dress with which their schemes
are presented TO their fellow citizens. with
whatever parity of intention thew NAV
have been formed and sustained thew viii
be found to carry in their train mischiefto
the whole Union, and horrors TO a LARGE
portion OF II, which il is proba5le some Of
the projectors and many of their SUPPORT
efs have never thought Of; the latter. the
hrst in the series OF evils, which are 10
spnng from this source, are such as Won
have read of TO have been penetrated on
me Iair plains OF Italy and GAul by the
Scythlan hordes of Attila and Alaric, and
such as most of you apprehend on that
memorable night, when the tomahawks
and war clubs of the followers of Tecum-
sch were rafting in your suburbs. | re.
gard not the dIsayowals of any such in
tentlon upon the part of the authors of
these schemes, since upon the examination
otthe publications which have been made,
they will be found to contain everv fact
ana every argument which would have
oeen used Ii such had been their objects.
am certain that there is not in this as.
sembly one of these deluded men, and
mat there are few within the bounds of
the state If there are any, I would
earnestly entreat them to forbear, to pause
IN their career, and deliberately consider
the consequences of their conduct, to the
whole Union, to the States more imnedi-
ately Interested and 10 those for whose
oeneht they profess to act That the lat
ter will be the victims of the weak, iniu-
dlcIous. presumptuous & unconstitutional
efforts to secure them, thorouo III exam.
lnaion OF the subject must convince them,
The struggle land struggle there must be(
may commence with horrors such rs
have described, but it will end with more
hrmly rlvelting the chains, or in the utter
extirpailon of those whose cause thew
advocate. Am wrong. fellow citizens.
IN applying the terms weak, presumptu-
Gus, and unconstitutional, to the measures
OF the emancipators? A slight exanina-
ton will | think, show that [ am not
In vlndlcation Of the objects of a con-
ventlon which was lately held in one of
Inc towns OF Ohio, which | saw in a
newspaper, it was said that nothing more
was Intended than to produce a State IF
pubic feeling which would lead 10 an
| amendment of the constitution, anthoriz-
ing the abolition of slavery in the United
States. Now can an amendment of the
constitution be effected without the con-
sent OF the southern States? What then
IS the proposition to be submitted them?
IL IS this The present provisions of the
constitution secure to you the right a
right which you held before it was made
! and which you have never given any TO
manage your domestic concerns in your
own way, but as we are convinced that
you do not manage them properly, We
want you 10 put in the hands of the gem
eral government in the councils of which
we have the majority, the control over
these matters, the effect of which will he
virtually to transfer the power from yours
INTO other hands. Again some of tho
States, and in sections of others. the hlack
population lar exceeds that of the white.
Some OF the emancipators propose an i'm
mediate abolition. What is the pronosi-
ton then as it regards those States and
parts OF States. but the alternatives oil
amalgamatlon with the blacks. or an ex.
change OF situations with them? Is there
any man of common sense who does not
believe that the emancipated blacks beino
a majority, will not insist upon a fnII
participation of the political riobts with
the whites, and when possessed of these.
That they will not contend for full share
oil the social rights also2 What but the
extremity of weakness and follv could
induce any one to think that such nrono.
sltlons as these could be listened to bv
people SO intelligent as those of the
southern States! Further, the emancipa.
Tors generally declare that it is their
intention TO effect their object (altbopob
'nelr acts contradict the assertion) by no
olner means than by convincing the slave
holders that the immediate emancipation
Of tne slaves is called for, both by moral
oootiga.lon and sound policy. An IN
!leuged youth at the moment of his Ieav-
ing Indeed in many instances before he
1aS ieit) his Theological Seminary. nm.
u ,ha to give lectures upon morals to
.ne countrymen of Wythe, Tucker. Pen
uleton, and L.nwndeS \ nr,d L...s.---. -