Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-02-24

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| 80 ut ,h.ir rrir. J speak WIh confluence ct ti
| poiut .. hrrc is nuIll'uf !n thG a"I ~ CprgiCts
tmiatlllug lLc -hNG % ,a't'i-e be- nn'IfI riiii
II s,lt def, urc: nor Iu"a % u,.n ga az. rimiy
Tor doug so TIE Drt lrc'r. han n- ploy"tJ nn'tc.
! ~. and upun tiu no uluo. "ni>H'ht Ter
/ killing tis .nls e.. DION IL Wuud upon uul" Tor
The same uri. The lnH pi Juuans> srltirs the
ryhi~ Nl>luy b,lntrn Tie uuttl nuJ boz !e"pir
of llie Stn" 10 Whirli 'iIr slave uny Tie; hut It
does not m,cu,rl I" ueiue HE rigluS cAiSing be-
twctn lle master aud slave.
il pluNs, thCrelnre, tia The slave, when he
reaches our territory, Incomes ut once reiuslnted
/ IN the empty mem I oil his natural tights which
belonged 90 h1 while in Africa 1t !, true hal
we lend him no protection against his Muster bat
We leave him to defend himsrll Wit all the uCnns
in his power lie may tor this purpose, provide
himself with weapons. If there lIc Two or more
oi them together, they may unite their rilurls To
defend themselves aid in all respects put forth
their physical powers 10 the same extent that hey
could do we're thCy on the suil Of their native
land. | am aware thar many Of uur people think
it wrong 10 do uny hing Ivy Wbcl lhG slave shall
learn his Iigins. With such d,,pg,ce II it Wern
IN my power, every person should KNOW Il rights
the moment he luuchrs eur sell, To Withhold
from him This kuowrdgr would aid his master il
rrguning him. " T. are under no constitutional,
legal, or moral obligation thus To aid tic master
therefore, every mans we uHy use Tor mat ldr-.
INrH HHkCs us ilUIlHkCS ~ MS HNtt va t't I'H
lrary, we nre under every moral o5igulcn 10 usr
all our efforts and Influence to the advancement
Of Justice and liberty, 80 lar Us we rHlI, without
offending against HE LAWS If our country. 1t Is
Oh this principle that every cilzen Of our State,
whether lac bc Judge, justice ui tie peace or
any other State Ull.cLr ncurs las mitch moral
quit, When lac assists muster IN rClakug save,
as lie would were he 10 go with the master 10 Al.
rica and aid him in capturing mad bringing mo
slavery the inhabitants Of that unhappy lal!L II
| must lie Vltiated safe ut uhlc opnlon that re"
CARDS Them in any other li-hi. lie oit'ncG IL
| ganSl mankind Is the same IN ei her ciise md
intend Thai no false Grli,ucy stall deter me from
an unrcSCrped expression ui our rights. One OF
these rights is to ni0lni every person WithIn our
borders 81 all his legal privileges. woutd as
soon take from Il slave II physical powers OF Ge-
! fence, AS would rob him Of his moral power; !
/ wOLld MS soon bind his body with chains, us
would bind his lntelitcl in gnoiance. But Wide
The slave enjoys these halula' rights, tie master
! has his Constitutional and legal PRIVILEGES t$d
these we are bound u,su to respect aud observe.
! The mhscr may enter our STATE, md pass through
| II IN pursuit. OF the ugitve slave, aud We have
not the constitutional power 10 prohibit Inn. AS
| indiv Dduals We may rr:il-e hin admission 10 our
dwellings, or we mal drny hln the rIgh's OF hos
plaIuy; we may gard him with horror, and
teach our children 10 detcst him but lac may,
nevertheless, travel our roads, and nny arrest his
save IN our presence; and may bud hllu 1t nee
csSarN, and transport lin sack 10 TIE StWC from
! whence he escaped. " - have no right to lutcr-
lurc Tor The slaves protection, although our sym
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enters SAFE 20 his fugitive slave, 50 )r
as They fro are concerned hr does it TT his own
peril, as uucIIus he would lille were 10 60 10 Alr-
ca to kIlnap nntise Of that country. He has 40
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tut. M, ,r,, ut,l, rur la,, for q. Inch n. wound
be l,n,o,d tii. sam. s l,n,,oh "a. Ind L:il,d
freeman Ah,r 1t. has nrresced ,Ee slave. he can.
moi cuuiol Intn 10 urlsr,i.. any u,eniai service
Nboryrr mar ca,, hr Lrrnly brnt or cllnsii.r linn
Sbni,ld lie do This he may be arrested and uuni.ll-
ed for The Assault and BAKERY. The masters pow.
err extends 81 far ms is NECESSARY 10 dresf and take
back his stare: hrruul This he cannot 90, But he
may din every tli,ig Ia fleet This Object Deccenb
! Here his rights terminate Bn, this he does at his
own ueril aud il tho slave in defending himself
Kill his tHStcr, il is Il matter IN which we have TO
concern Yer he must NOT do il vaLtonly or uu-
necessarily. Shond he heai off his mas er. and
while lho master is retrchtng shoot him, that too
would bc murder, and we should then hang TIE
slave.
rhcs. are SINE of tie rights OF the master, and
of tie slave. nhlle within our Slale: aud it viii
he observed by every reader, that Is a IA uer en-
elm btipeen ihemSe res II is subject IN WHICH
our peoi ode are und no obligation to interfere. IT
ihe slave drive back the master when attempting
10 arrest him there is no moral Or legal uiy rest
ng upon us 10 step mo the masters adj. There
is no surh stipulation cunjuired in our Coh>itu-
Iuon. The patriots who framed that ,rrlor OF
| American lllertY made no such degrading com.
promise for the people Of the free ) u,,s. Yet,
ny the CONSTITUTIONS our STATE is nude HE race
around over which the master NAV pursue his
sLvn: ami funy Use every means 10 urre,l H. IN