The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-11-12

ni 1885, WtDhD WAY 90 some confederation
relating 90 thr HIGIiT WAY
J. ~ we would benefit tke African a. the
eD4th, Wt must brgiH al home. This l. -
same men ihr musi hispErreHhie pHr of tho
1'.iuuo Of emancipation n beings a thous-
1H1 miles oii blt when IL comes 10 the prnc-
iirii application NJ justice and humanity 90
those about rsi ls not s0 easy, The truths
Di God respecting the ugits and digHitos Of
men, arc Just as important % free colorsd
men as lp eUfaytd colofrd men. Il may
seem strange ilr me tn say that the lever
With Which i0 liu lho load u Georgia is Ia
ArW hors hut it Is, ! do not believe ths
whole free North can tolerate grinding injug-
ura towards tho poor, and iuhumanity to-
ward ihn lubDung classes, without eTering
nu influence unly0rable 90 justice and hu-
mauity iu the South.
so one can hl 90 see the nconsistency
b0Rpcu our treatment Of those amongst VA
who urr in thc lower walks Of life, and our
professions oi sympathy ior the Southern
slaves, How are tho free colored people
iremed 90 the North They are alm.st With
oUt education, with bot little sympaIhy for
ignorance They are refused the common
rights oi citizenship which the whites enjoy,
lhrA cannot even ride in the cara of our city
railroads. They arc snuh,d ~ la the house
40 God, or tolerated with ill,disguised die
u
York lee him hr employed 49, journey
man, and every Irish lover Of liberty that
cuuDs lhr he'd or lroWel would leave a. once,
1r compel him 90 leave Can the black man
hn cTprutor' There is scarcely carpen-
tur's shop BOZ which iourucyman would con-
,Huc 60 work, " % black man was employed
BOO ir Can lhr black man engage IN the COM
mon industries Of life ? There Il scarcely
one lu Nh.chle can engage. lie is crowded
I'D !. al
cilInEf, tU the bottom Of society,
We taN thcu and then refuse to let their
children go 10 our public schools. We tax
them, and then refuse Co sit by them in Gods
house. We heap upon them moral obloquy
more uifur,lus than that which tbs master
heaps upon the slave, And notwithstanding
a.l lbls wc liu ourselves up 70 talk TO the
southern people about the rights and iber.
ties Of ibc human soul especially the Afri-
can tHul' u is true that slavery IL cruel
Bot 10 b. not 90 all certain that there il not
moro love 90 lhc race in the South than Ia
thr Norlh They love their property. We
do not own them, 40 We do not love them az
l.l The prejudice Of the whites against col
OF l' sp strong that they cannot endure to st
ur ride with black man, 40 long as they do
not gru him, IA q ncighhaE tksg are not
Co Doc tolerated, hut us property they are most
iuIrrhir boz thRShousr, the church, the car
rlgr, the cDufh The African, oirned, may
dwell iu America but, unoirned. he must be
cNpltrla,uI emancipation must be jaekal
to colonization, The choice given 10 the AZ
rIcin is plantation or colonization. Our
Christian public sentiment il a pendulum
swinging iriwcon oirHiHg or exporting tth-
poor IN our midst.
Whenever We arc prepared a. show toward
the lowest the poorest, aid the most dcspis. ~
cI, un unaffected kindness, such ns led Christ,
though the lord Of glory, 10 lay aside hia
tfHl'ira, and take on himself the form Of
servant aud 90 an ignomni0us DEATH that
br might rescue men from ignorance and
bondage sWhcuc,cr We are prepared 20 do
such things u these, W. may be sure that the
example ul the North will not be uniclt az
90" South. Every effort that is made ia
brooklyn 90 establish schools and churches
for The free colorcd people, and to encourage
them 90 educate themselves and become in
dependent is step toward emancipation in
ihc South, The degradation Of the free coll
or'a men 100 the North, will foruiy slavery ia
The South
., We must quicken all the springs Of feel
ing in the free States in behalf Of human
liberty and crcotc public sentiment, based
upon truth and true manhood. For IL We act
90 amy good purpose upon the minds OF the
South, We have got 10 do il through n salu-
iaN and pure public sentiment in the North.
When We have corrected our own practice,
and set an example Of the right spirit then
We shall h&c position from which to exert
"A beneficial Nlhc influence on the minds OF
southern shareholders. For this there must
Toe fall and free discussion. Under our insti-
tuiipus, public opinion is.the monarch, and
iice speech and drbatc form public opinion.
3. by all tho ways consistent with the
fearless assertion Of truth, we must maintain
sympathy aud kindness towards the South.
W. arc brethren and I pray that no fratri-
cilal influences will be permitted 10 sunder
this jnl0u. There was a time when | thu't
the body of death would be too much for
life, and that tho North was IN danger Of ta-
king disease from the South, rather than they
our bralth. That time has gone past. | do
l-l-A-IlGAa- -pe+--4tait- separated by
their act or oars. We have an element Of
healing, which, if We are true 20 ourselves
and To our principles, and God is kind to us,
shall drive itself further and further into the
nation, until 1t pcuctratcS and regenerates
every part When the whole lump shall have
been l,avenod thereby, old preiudices will bo
done away and new sympathes will be crca-
ted.
] am for holding the heart Of the North
right up To the heart of the South. Every
L-lLt-heat viii be- ere long not blow riyet-
inE oppression, bat t1T0b caTTyinE new
health, Freedom in the North is stronger
than slavery in the South. We are yet to
work for them, as the silent spring works for
us. They are lawful prey to love. do
not hesitate to tel.ahc South what mean by
loving union with them. ] mean liberty.
| mean the decay Of slavery, and its extinc-
ton. .if might speak Of the North, would
say to tho South, We love you, and hate
Your slavery. We shall leave no fraternal
effort untrcd to deliver you, aud ourselves
with YOU, from the degradation. danger aud
wickcdncss Of this system" And for this
We cling to the Union. There is health in
It,
1. We are to leave no pains untaken, .thro'
the Christian conscience ofthe South. to give
60 the slave himself higher moral stratus.
| lay it downas an axiom, that whatever gives
more nnnhopl to the slnyo slnrkp pnS the