Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-09-07

those who hate and seek revenge, know that they
have something to do. Forced and unnatural af.
finities cost more than they come TO. II will be
difficult to convince the honest that there can be
any benefit to themselves or others by keeping up
profession ofchristian union between themselves
and those in whose honesty they have lifle or no
confidence. Henceforth profession will be worth
less than il has been, and practice, more.
1 as Forthe Telegraph:
THE FALSEHOODs OF ABOLITIONIsTs.
NO. VI
The ig norGnee and degra lation of slaoes.
If some knowledge Of Gods will be
requisite 10 life Of virtue, piety and hap
piness, then hewho deprives any man Of
this knowledge evidently infic,s upon him
the greatest possible injury. He who can
thus wrong fellow being, will in other
respects also degrade him to brute. In
regard to the ignorance and degradation
Of our slaves. abou. which abolitionists
have been supposed to lie so much, you
have my humble testimony Il ssti
|. In all places that visited at the
Sooib ! found slaves permitted to attend
public worship on Lords day. In many
Christian congregations they enjoyed also
The benefit Of something like Sabbath
School Instruction. being taught to repeat
lessons from catechisms, &c. Forths
exercise. Shareholders told me that negro
children often evinced great fondnrss, and
excelled even white children in this kind
Of learning. 4t-Qi4l3 1}.aA 'i5s.
2 Slaves nowhere found, as class,
hughlto read. A clergyman in Savanna,
Ga, informed me he bad there some
Tines seen negro children learning the
rudiments OF reading. hom their white
mates But he acknowledged it was con.
trary 10 the laaos Of The Stale. Ia every
place where travelled, the blacks were
as much excluded from schools of litera
ture, as dogs and swine. l conversed
with many religious shareholders OR thi.
subject, received from them, ia reply L
nv inquiries, answers Of the following
import: I'VE do moi teach our slaves Ii
read If they should learn 10 read ant
write. they would devise and execute plan
for obtaining their freedom They mus
not be taught 10 read or write
8. Wherever | have been witness
family worship among southerners. hav
seldom seen slaves present - not eve
household slaves. In very few instance
| have known them to take some hurnbl
part in a corner of their room - som
times on The floor, as if unftto make
part Of the company. M
4. Southern slaves are UNIVERSAL
treated with disrespeet due only TO brute
lnever knew one invited to sit for cor
versalion in company with a circle I
whites. An aged pious female Slave, ju
recovering from sickness, occupying
hut quarter of mile from her master
house. came into his dining. roUm as b
family and myself were finishing OF
evening meal. to inform 'massa & misse
lha, she felt better. Her mistress inqui
ed after her health, gave her a cup
coffee and morsel Of food, which s
H.. f..
consumed standing on her feeble lim'
as she was moi asked to sit, though the
were empty chairs in the room. AS a
other instance to the same point. an ag
pious man-servant. Baptist, being sol
fifteen miles from home on. business
his master. and happening to spend
night in the vicinity Of an eminent Bap
deacon of bis acquaintance. who was
host at the time, politely gave him CT
The good Deacon and bis wife CONVEX
with him for considerable time I'll
babe him good bye. without asking /
70 sit. 0. shame on such practises! II
heathenish. how disgusting. how abou
able the usages Of slaveryl How unh
the distinctions established between
servant and his master! How unlike