Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-02-07

Ian. 1915.

L . " 1E~I'J NNf
G. Bailey, JE, Esq send you by the beqr-
er of this 81, and want you to send s copies of
sFacts for the People, for this year, to the person
named below
HE sends the names of Observation-Disclosures,
owning an aggregate ofS3 slaves
"IfI have any enc desire stronger than all
others, it is to see Kentucky lree-and you may
be astonished to learn that ! am a slaveholder--it
is true, but l do net intend to continue so. Ny
servants are women and children, Except one
boy) and I fear to turn them out upon the world,
lest they should not do well but my heart is in
the matter, and hope at no distant day, to make
some just and equitable arrangement for them.
The persons to whom | have ordered your pa
per, did not request it ofme, nor do | know what
reception it may meet, but | think such facts ought
to be made public, and conclude to order the pa
per as a New Years gift to them.
Ifyou think it advisable, | would be very hap
to see in the columns of the Herald Ito which
| am a subscriber, the letters ofPresident Way
land, and some gentleman in the South on the
subject of Slavery, | saw one of the letters in
IllC DupLlbI IoCbOluJ II L illlobdhC llOt'#H .. ...
Send me a copy Of Facts for the People, O.
.a5 Yours, &c. e
Dclaware.-- "A late number of the true WEES
leyan, published in this city, contains letter from
the Rev. L. c.. Matlack, giving an account of an
anti-slavery meeting lately held in Wilmington,
Del. Benjamin Webb presided, and Isaac A.
Flint acted as secretary. Resolutions were pre-
scented declaring the wickedness Of slareholding,
the guilt Of the nation, the duty and policy of i'm
mediate emancipation, and the special advanta-
ges to be secured by Delaware, in her civil rela-
tons and moral character by abolishing slavery.
These resolutions were ably discussed before a
crowded audiance assembled in the Athenaeum,
and adopted by aclamation without a dissenting
voice. The meeting though announced by a
public crier, bell in hand, created no symptoms
of disturbance. Tribune.
Margland. The Editor of the Baltimore
Saturday Visiter in a number of his paper some
weeks since, says /:
We do not hesitate to say that the great mass
of the people Of Baltimore city, from whose
ranks a jury lin Mr. Torrey's CASEY mus, come,
have no love whatever for slavery. The popu-
lation of the State at large have no love for it.
They have not been wholly blind to its blasting
Influence upon the soil of Maryland--not to name
other obvious facts. We declare what we know
az one but recently a STAKEHOLDER in Maryland,
as we had been hereditarily in our native Vir-
ginia. There is a sentiment on this subject
which is growing daily, and will ere long COM
mand respect and demand a hearing in a form
wholly constitutional in a national as well as
Marylandic sense, . L.. ...I ia
District of COlumbia. A late number of the
Alexandria Cd. c. Gazette contains an able ar
ticle on the subject Of slavery, advocating man
c%ipation Oh the ground of the pecuniary disad-
vantages Of the system, and containing some
striking confessions of its deteriorating effects
upon Virginia. a. d aeie.an .dr 81
Virginia. The Richmond Wing of Noyem-
Der 23d, pu' fishes the following letter from YER
mont, without a word of comment or criticism,
in opposition to the views presented. The pub
LEGATION of such a letter, from such a source in
such a Journal, and at such a time, is not with
out its meaning. In the light of such letters,
the question of the abolition of slavery canno
sleep always in the Old Eominion. Men will
speak by and by, and speak in earnest when
they do. A. S. Rep. 'm M a
-" "-' Montpelier, Vt, 1874.
To the Editors Of the Wig; e t.
GentIemen,-A paper from your office has
accidentally fallen into my hands, in which is an
article inviting northerners to locate in Virginia.
Your inducements are very great The cheap
ness Of the land, its productiveness, easy access
to market, salubrity of climate--are unanswera-
bic arguments in favor of migration to your State
over that Of any other portion of our country OF
O Texas. Virginia is known to be the garden
of the world. A New Highlander seldom thinks
of leaving his native soil for the great West, but
he first turns his eye Virginiaward.a ALI wish
Virginia for a home and a few make it so. Vir-
ginia is left behind, and the second choice is ac.
cepted Severe winters, greater distance from
market, less productive soil, less beautiful coun-
try, are chosen in preference to your soil. The
why Of this is question of great importance tc
your State. Ils'a ore aI. .aIal71 tm ta.t f.
Nv One and only one obstacle removed, end such
a tide of emigration as our country never saw
will set towads Roanoke--yuur wilds will give
place to gardens, fruitful fields, villages and cit.
i6s--the sound ofthe loom and the axe will take
the place of the hooting of owls and the yelling
of coohs--that obstacle is 3SSLAVERY.a edi
a You speak of Texas, Should Texas be ad.
mitted to our confederacy, with slavery, she will
be a second Virginia. Northerners will not, tc
any extent, remove to Texas. Planters will 90
and ofthem you have none to spare. Texas will
bepeopled by the South, othe loss of the South
while the Southern States and Texas will be
nothing bettered but like Pharaoh's lean kline
the Southwill be %leaner, and mora %illfavored 1af
ter she has devoured the fat land of Texas.
81. Hoping thatthe tide of emigration that now
sweeps past your slavery-bound coast, may soon
rollpeacefully over Virginia's emancipated soil,
is the ardent prayer of Your humble servant,