Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-02-28
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INDUSTRIOUS slaves may VIC SuP'oyS - ..'~,'
quandam masters, whilst the idle ana VI
cious must suffer the consequences OF Their
folly. Stealing will mot increase, as some
argue. but be diminished, Tor vigilance Will
be more active and punishment more GER
tain and severe. Let candidates be started
in all the counties in favor Of a convention,
and run again and again, till victory shall
perch on the standard Of the free. Wheth-
err emancipation be remote or immediate, re-
gard must be had TO the rights OF owners,
the habits Of the old, and the general good
feeling of the people. TO those who cry
out forever what shall be done with the freed
slaves, il will occur that upon this plan, no
more will be left among us than we shall
absolutely need, for we have every reason to
suppose that many of the opponents of the
movement will leave us before its consum-
nation, taking their slaves with them; and
the state ought not to, if she could, at once
deprive herself Of the slave laborers now
here.
Then let us, having no regard to the
camors of the ultras of the North or the
South, move on mistaken in our purpose,
to the glorious end. Shall sensible men be
forever deluded by the silly cry Of abolition
lists, is this becoming not only ridiculous,
but contemplate! Can you not see that
many base demagogues have been crying
out wolf whilst they we're playing their
traitorsto their party and the country for
personal elevations Is it not time that
some sense of returning justice should re-
vive in your bosoms, and that you should
cease to denounce those who in defeat do
not forget their integrity, and Who though
fallen, do not despair of the Republic.
Washington, jefferson and Madison, and
the great founders Of the Republic are my
standard bearers; Liberty and Union is my
motto. Never yet has Kentuckian desert
ed his country's standard, and fled the field.
Shall be the first TO prove recreant to the
sentiment which should ever be uppermost
in the bosoms Of the gallant and the free,
when danger, no matter whether of the
sword, or more damning despotism, threatens
his native land.
- Think through ,chon
The life blood tracks its parent lake,
And then strike home
/ have given my slaves freedom for the
public good. Is more needed TAX me to
the verge Of sustenance and life, and make
my country free! call upon all Ken
lucky to speak out upon this subject; let
each man come to the press in his own
name let us hear others-hear all. Trust
not to those who in private whisper approval
in your ear, but denounce the open advo-
Gates Of the same admissions
do not profess to be infallible; if am
wrong, show me the right, no man will do
more, suffer more for Cancellation. listen
TO advice, implore counsel; but neither
denunciation, nor persecution, shall silence
me and SO far as the voice Of one indi-
vidual makes up the omnpotence Of public
will, say, Kentucky shall be free. Let no
looked upon slavery as matter of course
thing Of necessity, which was to live for
centuries. Now, few are so hardy as to de-
ny that some 30 or 80 years will witness its
extinction.
The time is, in my Judgment, yet nearer
at hand. A space of three counties deep,
lying along the Ohio river contains a decid-
ed majority of the people Of the State, as
well as the greater part of the soil. How
long before slaves there will be, from obvi-
Gus causes utterly uselessl Soon, very soon
will they find themselves bearing all the
evils of slavery, without any, the least re-
Enumeration. Does any man believe that
they will tamely submit to this intoerable
grievance? If slavery does not tumble
down of itself, they will will vote il down, or
they will have the power, and it will be
their interest to do so. The rich interior
counties of the State have the least need
Of slave labor of any portion Of the globe
The mountains are ruined by the decreas-
ing population of the lowlands, and the
inability to consume their products where
slaves abound. The Green River coun-
try should remember if Pandoras box was
opened again upon mankind, two great
ercurses and forerunnersof poverty and ruin,
than slaves and tobacco, could not be found
Kentuckians, be worthy ofyour past fame
be heroes once more God has not designed
this most favored land to be occupied by an
inferior race. Italian skies mantle over US,
and more than SiciIan luxurlance is spread
beneath our feet. Give US free labor, and we
shall indeed become THE garden of the
,Oorld.' But what if not! Man was not
created only for the eating of Indian meal
the mind-the soul must be fed, as we'll as
the body The same spirit which led us to
the battle field, gloriously to illustrate the
national name. yet lives in the hearts of our
people they feel their false position their
impotency Of future accomplishment This
weight must be removed. Kentucky must
be free. CASSIUS M. CLAY.
Lexington, KY, JAN 1916.
Arr REpLY.-Jodge Warren, of New