Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-05-25
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!" SLAVERY AS TT 49,,

"sLAvERY AS 1T Is.o
After allthat has been done and said
respecting slavery at the south, it is prob
able that the subject is but imperfectly un-
derstood, either by aboli,ionists or their
opposers.Q( When we have attempted
TO show the possibility or probability of
the overthrow Of slavery, we have been
met by the assertions that the South was
welded TO the system,(2) that she would
stain her plains with her best blood before
she would Ter her slaves 90 free. Our OPP
posers have evidently fallen into the err
ror Of supposing that proportion Of the
lnhabllonls of the South, embracing al
most the whole, were in direct and Pc
cuniary manner interested 10 the perpetu.
ily Of slaveryl3) Upon This view. erro-
neous as il evidently is, their plea of the
imutility Of abolition is based. This erro-
neous view of the subject has been
strengthened, if not originated in some
cases, by the unguarded aud wholesale
charge made BY some. who, wishing 10
benefit the slave. have unwittingIy injured
him. TO excite sympathy for The slave
and hostility to slavery, if not TO the slave
holder, the South has been branded as a
large bTothel, It's citizens as murderers.
thieves, adullerers & manstealers,(4) with
whom il was SIN to hold fellowship. and
in connection with whom IT would be
wrong 10 labor, even for the conversion
of the wofld.(5). Now, so long as such.
statements are made by the abolitioniss
themselves, so long will the enemies ofab-
clifton consider ours an Herculean, if not
Quixotic task (6) Truth is always better
than error.7) II we had from The begin
ming, known and stated, that bat a small
part Of the South were shareholders or de.
sirous of the continuance of slavery, we
should not only have told the truth, but
abolition would have been greatly the
gamer ihereby.(8) Instead of strength
ening the position Of our opponents by err
roneous statements we should have weak
ened il BIZ truth Thousands there are
at the south who have nothing TO hope,
but every thing to fear from the continu-
ance of slaverv(9) Again. There are thou
! sands OF others. who, though holders OF
/ slaves, are sick Ct the whole system. 10y
They detest i,and long for deliverance form
it rs from Political,pecuniary and moral
evil. tits in their opinion barren waste,
without single green spot on which the
eye can rest-a blight and curse upon all
THAT is fair and lovely among them-a plague
foul as leprosy. 1t dislurbs the peace oil
the South, polIutes its morals, endangers
!, lis safety, wastes its energies, curses il
, soil, and sits like an incubus upon j
crushing down its spirit and making hor
rid its thoughts BY day and its dreams By
/ night. They know and see and feel tina
r il is evil. and only evil, md that continu
i ally-cursing both the oppressor and tn,
= depressed Ql)
, The above classes are on the side Q
< emancipation. They have already EN-
braced the essential principles ofaboitior
h and are arrayed against US only becau>,
i, they do Northumberland US. Ii this. ves
: be not erroneous, we have then Iarg
s. portion Of the South with-us (l2) And IN
at aboitionisi who charges the whole Sou,
.. with the guilt of slavery ard represents
= as unworthy Of operation with US in Il
= moral ard religious enterprises Of Il
We age. (I3lis perhaps qually in error with Il
\, violentopposer ofabcIilion, who affirmslh
~ the South is atiacned to slavery and wi
sooner shed it's best blood than break Il
~ woke and let the oppressed go free. II
IL fac: is, that at the south. more are tn,
" that are for us, i. e. for our principles,lh
!. they that are against Us :(l4) and II is
!, facl, eknowledge Of which will administ
as much Of hope 10 the abolitionist as !
nd buke TO his opposers. The following e
er tracts will fully sustain the view here Ia
H. en- of the weakness Of slavery. and the
! sire of the South for its abolition. III
u first extract is from the pen Of DIR. Cha
NJ ming. the others from letter 10 Ger
re Smith Esq, from one OF his Tenness
correspondents.
II have spoken ofthe great major
in our country who have no participant
mis- whatever in slavery. Indeed it is lit
mr.. suspected at home any more than abro
NO how small is the number OF slave-hold'
here. learn from ajudicious corresp'
IA dent at the South that the slave holders
/. that region cannot be rated more y
cea. 100000. Some make. them less. 5
otll- posing each OF them to be the head oil Ia
/ to lily, and each family to consist -ot
ame members; then there will be 10000
Her. having direct interest ia slaves as pr
- ieriy. This is about one eleventh of
=. popu lation of the United States.
- three hundred thousand ac,oal sIayeh
'u ers. are about fify.sixth part of
ana whole population. Those govern
MN South entirely, by acting in concert.
ou'd by The confinement Of the. best ednca
I an 10 their ranks; and still more..to con
me cradle extent. they have governed
hich whole county. Their cry rises abov
lime. other sounds in the land Few ms
how are, their voices well.nigh drown the