Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-08-06


the earth generally are entirely neglected And not
only so, but the Shareholder like the unamoble dog in
the manger, will neither use these advantages HIMSELF
nor give way to his encrprisng rival, the North
ern laborer And for the best reason in the world
He must live if he is not fit to- and slave labor is so
unproductve that he cannot live and support his a
rstocratc notions, on less land than would suffice for
20 good farms, each Of which, scrubbng and eco
nomical New Engandcr with his wife and seven chill
dren, would get rich. The consequence is, the land
must run to waste and Northern men, on their con-
tracted farms at home, must work the harder to pay
the taxes for the South
Do you doubt that whltever be the cause the South
crn States are in such depoabe condition? By two
or three of their own witnesses let these things be es
tabllshed. Hear Mr. Cownoy of South Carolina -
"Loo at South Carolina now, with her houses deserted and fall
ling to decay her once fruitful @ out and abandoned for
sands of of neyahe lands still promising abundant
harvest the industrious hsbandman lying idle and neglected.
h the interior of the State where BORN and where
hve although country possessing all ha advantages of soil, eli
mate and health aboundg arabic land nrecn ned from the
first rude state Of nature there can now be found many negbor
hoods where ~ population is too sparse to support common cle
one of the oldest memborsof this Unon that dates back its set
Element more than century and half while other States born
but yesterday already surpaS what Caroline
has benin the happrst and proude day of her prosperity
This testimony is from a man who holds Slaves and
who knows the things Of which he speaks.
Hear also Mr. Preston front the same Sate:-
No Southern journey he had lately dona through
the Northern States md witness the prosperity the industry, the
public spirit which they eylbthe sedulIls cultivation of all
those arts by which a rendered comfortable and respect e
without feelings Of deep sadness and shame he remembers his
own neglected and desoate There odwnlmg to be
ahandOned-no farm uncvated Every person and every
thing performs part toward the grand result and the whole
and railroads. az cdces and towns and cities We ofte South
mistaken in the character of these people when think of
gy and enterprise directed all Objects great small within
their reach The number of railroads and other modes Of exped
tOlS communication the whole closely
pcted mass through which the productions Of commerce and of
the the comforts of and thu of knowledge uni
ness makes all ncghbos and promotes interest and
sympathy. How different the condition things in
the sou HERE the face of the country the of
mature old age and decay No MrRo 1N
nothing is done orpGser No man thinks Of anything beyond
the present moment"
hus my friends does slavery operate as q stagna
tim to every description of business eards the growth
of the country, and the growth of mind. Kentucky
was first settled in 1863 and after a space of II years
has "a printing Offices. Ohio has been settled ~ years,
and has l59 printing offices. But Gov. Clarke of Ken
lucky, making his report in 1887, says -"By the COM
putaton of those most familiar with the subject
third of the adult population of the State unable to
write their names" Gov. Campbell reports to the
Virginia Legislature, in the same year, that 46l4 APP
plicatons for marriage license had been made during
the year, and one-t0luth of them were made by men
who could not write Ohio on the other hand, with
all her tide Of immigration, shows that only in for
ty-three of her inhabitants, instead Of one-thrd
unable to read and uYie
Virginia educates at public charge 5000 scholars,
and is the largest State in the Union. Rhode Island
educates 10000 and is the smallest In all the slave
States there are $3.50 scholars at public charge In
all the free States 1919. In the face and eyes of
these things, what consummae GOODNESS and self pos
session Chancellor Harper of South Carolina must have
had, to make the following statement in support of
slavery
"It by the oAs,nc Of slavery STGmpng large portion Of
for PURSUITS and the means of attaining liberal ed
ucaon."
g. Slavery is al ,oar ,cdh the Fundamental principles
Of RcpubtlcanSn, and is no more compatible with the
institutions Of free government, than darkness is COM
pltlbo with light; and therefore | would Impress it Sc
riousy upon the mind Of every freeman to-day that in
precisely such degree we apologize for it, in Just
such degree strike the death-blow to political lib
ery. And this point shall not rely upon mere I'm
grounded assertion, or mere abstract reasoning To
the law and the testimony them and where better thar
TO the mouths and pens of shareholders themselves?
The Richmond Wing thus spicily discusses on the
subject
ave the South have now and shall soon have greater
toconsau te ourselves on the existence of population among
hen neghbor ands rapidly gaining strength slavery
docs not exist pac made the drcg of Euope and the
1873 '.p''''"' ''''""''"" W "'s
Hear again the Sage Chancellor Harper of South
Carolina: IL
%Woudyou do bnafto,e horscor thu OK by giving him
cultivated understandings fine feeling? the
u
hes untitled for his situation If there ordd aborous
0lhcosto be performed is better there soriid scr
vie 'ahOrous DShgsto perform tlem!'
But must not longer protact this subject. Enough
has been said to show to every man who opens his
mind to conviction, that the evil of Slavery weighs like
0n incubus upon every department of life, and Grags
down every attempt at the elevation of rational char
acter and too eecualy nips in the bud the springng
sentiments Of freedom.
1t has not only harassed the State but it has inter
Al Il l.
am of Paul, and Of Apollos, and | of Cephas and
of Christ 1t has made the Church North, and the
Church South, to be of separate and individual inter
est. 1t has broken the common ties of brotherhood
that ought to bind christians together and has placed
them in sad and hunful array against each other Il
has awed the institution of God into silence and stuff
fed the gag into the mouths Of the ministry and thus
the pulpit, the most powerful organ of reform, must
have the right arm of its might parayzed.
And IN keeping, as it must keep, the three millions
OF Its slaves in state of physical subecton ntellec-
tua dwarhshness and moral darkness, raises up gen
Grafton of heather in the midst of the most christian
land In the world and pours forth tide of immortality
and vice that all the power of christian influence can
not stay As well might the rolling surgps of the At
lantic be restrained by spiders web, as to think o
keeping at bay the demorazng effects of Slavery b,
any human effort, while 1t still fourshes in all its pride
and insoence within the circle of the confederate fam
iy 1t breaks down in the mind and heart ofthe slave
C'eiy Sooo anu moral sentiment and expects to up
hold itself only at the sacrifice of every good thing
topens the foodgates hell ITSELF and there come,
pouring out from the demoniac regions every damnina
sin that can degrade nation in its own eyes, take a.
way its public character, and estrange it from Cod
Cruelty and suffering fill its vocabulary Honesty ant
benevolence are unknown to it. Ferocity and inso
lence its necessary concomitants and licentious
ness and debauchery are its household words.
1t takes our money to pay its taxes, support its pau
perlsm, and tootup its bankruptcy it calls for our LIE
gsatures to make laws for its protection and our Ju
dietary to administer those laws in accordance with it,
peculiar institutions. 1t covers the soil with barren
ness and refusing TO deveope the resources of the
EARTH verles the old truth, that there is Withholding
that impnversheth 1t prosates the enterprise of tho
whole South, and refuses to give scope to that of the
North 1t cramps the national growth in every quar-
ter Of its Development 1t demands the sacrifice o
our Interests to its purposes-of consciences to It.
suppor-and clamors for our blood to lave its hesl
affairs