Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-10-20
r,,r CONSEQUENCES OF SLAVERY.

character are of frequent occurrence lit 'no
Slave States, at this present time One can haru-
" take up paper from that quarter without
,,,oo,;r, with notices of them. Nothing Is
,,,oro natural or reasonable than that wheh
man has once been taught to despise humanity
IN tho form of the negro, he will soon come 10
dss,;se it in all other forms. AS the oewi'cheu
persons of Salem first began to accuse memoe'S
Of the lower classes of society OF having oe-
witchcd them, but finally came to accuse the
most pure and elevated characters, so inc ihhu-
man, spirit inculcated by African Slavery is now
M longer combining its inhumanty to negroes
but is giving vent to its rage against the wh'c
rooo itself The whites themselves, maddened
with ITS inehriatng effects, are made the ihs'ru-
rents of visiting the iiend-like wrath upon
each other. The Sidce spirit, like Mephis'o-
,,holos the Prince of Darkness in the drinking
cellar of Leipsic after leading its friends INTO
drunken. bewildering brawl, leaves them IN the
lurch to fight it out among themselves
One of the latest afirays that we have no'lceu
occurred between Mr. Millican OF the one part
and a Mr. Kennedy of the other, at lailauesa'
Alabama. Mr. Millican was prompt to dray
ro,olver and Mr. Kennedy was no less prompt
and manly in throwing chop-axe at MS
adversary. which severed the vertabra OF the
neck and killed him instantly
II is the character Of slavery to make man
who practices it as savage as meat'a as
the saving is. 1t renders him impatient OF res
tront. and resentfu of all opposition "hile
in the attitude of one foot upon the neck oil the
slave. he is quick to suspect one CT attempting
% assume n similar attitude towards himself;
and like the tiger growls deianty even when
the prey lies helpless beneath his paws "hlie
subiecting negro to the most abJect suomis-
sion. he is not willing to submit to superior
mower himself 'And hence, even the laws III
slave.holdng communities, unless made IN Ia
vor of slavery, come to lose all vigor and force.
All authority, save that of man over his fellow
man. of brute force over unprotected innocence,
:. d;sroroped or ignored. This is one reason
why authority has become so weakened among
us of late wears; it being the interest OF the
slavc-holder that there should be no authority
in existsncc above that of his own free and I'M
NERVOUS will. He substitutes the violence anu
brutality of Lynch-aw in the place OF the whole
some'lrws of the land, as being more congenial
to his temper and not feeling assured that just
laws would give him their support.
Lvnch-law and mob violence, which have been
appealed to by the shareholders as ministra-
tons of Justice have thus far been confined III
their application, chiefly, to the lower classes
of slaye-holdihg communities but it is not
probable that they will stop there, any more
than that the accusations of the bewitched folks
Of Salem stopped there. They will reach a
higher sphere yet and strike at the most emil
nent. We would ask Messrs Mason, Hunter
and Wise, who have so mscrupulously advo-
Gated the slave interest, if they have not, IN
their own persons, already felt the toreshadow-
ing of this event? Governor Wise, himself
was rather the instrument of mob-violence IN
the execution of Brown and his followers, than
minister of the law, which he pretended to be-
All that array of soldiers that assembled around
the nallows at Charlestown was rather an armed
mob acting of its own free motion, than con-
sentative force under the CONTROL otthe govern
or. He would endeavor still to lead the peo-
pie, or at least appear to do so; but he mas
taught them to despise Legitimate authority IN
prolongng the evils of slavery. and now they
will either hold him to the consequences OF MS
teachings. or else discard him entirely. lie
stands in helpless awe Of that moh-violence
which the course o. his whole political life has
helped to coniure up. Ex-Governor Wise, the
advocate of slavery, is now experiencing the et
fects of slavery in his own person. lie vii
stand. and see the militia of Charlestown notori'
ETY. paid for their services as if he had ordered
them out of his own authority, though they
came of their own free will, and he will SILENT,
bear the blame. The law that hung Johr
Brown and his followers was after all but {
species of Lynch law; and while it struck dowr
its victims, it at the same time overawed ant
ovcrruled the governor of Virginia. And in 81
doing, the mob but held him to the logical conse
quences of his political leadership.
Ex-Governor Wise and his fellow advocate
of the policy of slavery have reached the enc
OF their rope. lhey nave oecome hopeIess'.
involved in the consequences Of their own doc
trnes and they will be, in their secret hearts
as glad of the election of Abraham Lincoln a
was Brigham Young at the arrival of the Amer
lean Army. The attention of the people OF tn
south will be turned from their ancient leader
to the general government; and as they vii
find in that government revival of the spiri
of the laws and respect for all human rights a
well as for all humanity, they will become sep
arated from their old leaders forever. Thes
leaders will buster and threaten; but thei
prestige and their power are gone.
RECEPTIONS OF THE PRINCE.
The Reception of the Prince of Wales i
New York was on the whole creditable to tn
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