Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-12-08

var inl. hu.,Jt for ilc iuo u.Id,rali, ,t
lc.ts 60 vti,b have jest ulcrr-l.
/, Wi b, repeated arr veto have ~ ia-
dcmri,y ct the expense %! tie var ,--
Mc1,ca ). utterly uuabic to make u. a.,
r~cun.ary Indemnity ). ID" justice q t'is
var on .lf Part entitled ~ g. demand it,
Her ,cuuir, o. been laid waste, hcr clurs
hurn,1 ny clr,,l by .ut troor,' ~ mcans
81. ,thau.t,l tuat co., D, uuabl, t. Iay icr
.pu armies. AID every dat rrDsrrbtiar
% ,lc var. while u would Augment thc
amount az our i. q, muiiN would lessen tie
ability Of Mexico TO pay 1t We have seen
howe, - that there il another form ~ which
We arc T. dcmaud Indemnity. !, is to be-
territorial indemnity ! hope ior reasons
alfcad, stated, that that Ere brand will not
b. h,pugAt INTO our country
Nmuug tL, resolutions ono proposes ia
,uur hchal.. aud nine "a disa, ~ lot e il.s
f, sil,c manner auy dcairc ou our Part. 10
8,lu.rc any foreign Territory whatever for
tho purpose Of introducing ,h,u, ITO IT,
Il, not know tuat any cItilDu q. toe | uitod
states ru,crains such a wish Bu, such
motive has often been imputed To- the slave
States. aud therefore think IL necessary to
motto, it on this occaslon NJ opinions on
the subject Of slavery arc well known --
They ave tic merit ili' D., enc, q con,;-
louc, uniformity aud Ing duration /
lave over regarded slavery as great evil. q
wrong for the present, tear an irrodcon..
able wrong t. It, unfortunate victims
should ryoirc it no, a single slave
brcathcd the air or was ~ the limits Of our
country Bat here they are, 10 be dealt
with a. well as We can, with due consider
alton OF all circumstances affecting the So
curity and happiness Of both races. Every
STATE has the supreme, uncontrolled aud cX.
elusive power 10 decide for itself whether
slavery shall cease or continue within is
i ui,s without any exterior Intervention from
any quarter In states where the slaves
outnumbcr the whites as is the case with
several, the blacks could not be cnanciratcd
and invested with all the rights of irecmcn,
without becoming the governing race IN
those states. Collisions and conflicts be-
tween the two races would be inevitable and
after shocking sccLcs o! rapiue and carnage,
the extinction or expulsion Of the blacks
would certainly take place. In the state Of
Kentucky near fifty years ago. | thought
the proportion OF slaves in comparison to
the whites was 50 incousidcrablc that VIC
might safely adopt system of gradual e,
Emancipation that would ultimately eradicate
this evil in our state. That system was to-
tally different from the immediate abolition
Of slavery for which the party Of tho abo-
ltionsts of the present day contend -
Whether they have intended or not, it is
my calm and deliberate belief that they
ave done inca culablc mischic' to the cause
they have cspouscd, to say nothing Of the
discord which has been produced between
different parts Of the Union. According
to the system we attempted near the close
of the last century all slaves in being were
to remain such, but all who might be born
subsequent TO specified day, were to be-
como free at the age of twcuty-ci hit, and
during their service they were to be taught
To- read write and cyphcr Thus instead
OF being thrown upon the community IL
noraut and uuprcparcd, as would be the
case 10y ''"'"c''o'c ',"'h''P'"'n' '"tl WG'n u
nave entered ut'" tue P'S,'''''" o' '.''
iIc'u u ca "'I', i" some u'Ir'' '' c'J'N
ing II. A'i,F a ara struggle tue system
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