Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-04-19

SLOW bot irrspressiblc uprising Of principles ol
natural justice and humanity, obnoxious Ia
prejudice, because they conflict inconyenienlly
with exesiing material, social, and political in.
'eresH' belongs 10 olhers than statesmen
chareee WIN inc care OF present interests, io
conduct the social reformation OF mankind in
us o'oadest bearings ! leave to abollllonlsIs
,neir own WORK oi seli-Nndication. may,
however, remind Shareholders that there is a
.'ne Wneh oppression ana persecution cease 10
ne enec'uai against SUCH movements aud then
.he ou'um 'hey nave before unJnstiy incurred
becomes an element OF strength and power
Ohrisuaniiy' blindiy maliened during three
centuries by pr@'ors, governors, senaies, coun-
Gus ana emPerors, lowered above It's enemies
IN iout'h ana even The cross on which It's
founder had expired, and which therefore was
,he emblem oi lis shame, became the sign un-
o'r "nleh II went ior'h eVermore thereafter,
eonquerlng ana 10 conquer. Abolition IS only
YET 10 It's hrsi century.
The president raises 10 his defense a false
issue, and elaborates an irrelevant argument TO
prove that Congress has no right or power,
nor has any sister state any right or power, to
interfere within a slave state, by legislation or
force, TO abolish slavery therein--as If you, or
], or any other responsible man, ever main
tanned the contrary.
The president dis,orts the constitution from
its simple text, so as TO make il expressly and
directly defend, protect. and puarantv African
slavery. Thus he alleges that the "poyein-
meni'' which resulted from the rey,lution was
a federal republic of the free white men Of
the colonies,'' whereas, on the contrary. the
declaration Of Independence asserts the poIiti-
cal equality Of all men. and even the cons,i,u-
tion itself carefully avoids any political recor.
milton not merely Of slavery. bui of the diver
sity of races. The president renresen,s the
fathers as having coniempla,ed and provided
for a permanent increase Of the number ot
slaves in some of the staies. and tbereCore fo,.
hidden Concress ,o touch slavery IN tho v,y n,
attack or ofTense, and as having ,herr,,rc also
nlaced il under The memorial s,fec,a,a oe ,h.
cuns,itu,ion. whereas The fathers bv ,,,h,,.
izinr Congress 10 abolish the African slave
trade after lsos. as a means of a,ack inflicted
on slavery in the state a blow. of which ,bev
exnec,ed !, In l,ngpish ;mmadi,,elv ,,5 ,I,;-
ma,ely 10 expire.
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.or The soutbe,n states a, The neril or tho vs,v
.ex;.,e,ce nf tho cons,;,u,ion ana os al ,hs
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There she stands. Survey her univers,ies
colleges, academies, observatories, primary
schools, Sunday schools, penal codes. and pen.
ilentiaries Descend into her quarries. walk
over her fields and through her gardens, OBJ.
serve her manufactures of thousand various
fabrics, watch her steamers ascending every
river and inlet on your own coast, and her ships
displaying their canvass on every sea follow
her fishermen in their adventurous voyage:
from her own adjacent bays to the icy ocear
under either pole and then return and entel
her hospitals, which cure or relieve suffering
humanity in every condition and at every peri
cd oflie, from the lying.in TO the second child.
hood, and which not only restore sight TO the
blind, and hearing To the deaf, and speech tc
the dumb, but also bring back wandering rea
son to the insane, and teach even the idiot tC
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