Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-07-28

wen us tne saNei ana iheh again aS eAuoo-
hi'g 10 'he muster II not 10 'ne Save Is
ON! t'ic h'St s.'P "'l'en c"StS' anu 'ncre'oIe
Wv " ""''I'' VI '"V'' "P',io'.'' >" ShucAi"S W
!"c "'o'"' sensc' w "o. l,eN"'te Ut o'neI oPin-
IONS equnl{ snocNliiR 10 'nc rcoSon wi'ich pre-
t,"u W nmu ''iPoSs,uie N""o'io"S ,or s'uNer! III
the CONSTITUTIONS LISTENING 10 tneSe eN'ra'a-
gahGeS, VINO would not eNc''im Win Den JON
NJ" i" ''e P"'!'
Grave father he. posscst; again say
Po'seSt. Nay if there be possession
ana ope'''oh' he h''s oo'h
POLITICAL BEARINGS OF SLAVERY.
The actual number or slayeholderS was for
long timo unLnown and IN this occount vos
rntnrolly oxoggorntnd was olten rrnroscntod
ia he very prrot On ono occasion. n distin
puished renrescntotivc from Massachusetts
whose name will oyer bc cherished for his devo-
tiou to human riphts-I moan the late Horace
Mann-was rudely intcrrupted on the floor of
Congress bv n member from Alabama. who
overred thai the number Of snvrhodcrs wns os
manv ms three million. At that fine thern was
M official document bv ,vbich This nvtrovngouco
could be corrected. But at last we have it.
The late census, taken in 1850, shows the whole
number of this peculiar cass-embracing men.
women and children. all told. who are SO unlor-
tunate as to hold slayes-was only three hun
drcd and fortv-sevcn thousand; and of tins
number. the large part are small Shareholders.
leaving only ninety one thousand persons as
the owners of the great mass of slaves and the
substantial representatives of this class And
vet. this small oligarchv odious in origin. with
ont any foundation in that Justice which is the
essential basis of every civilized association.
stuck together bv coniederacv in all the fre-
hcaa,d wrong of slavery, and constituting in
itself lT1gnuD, LdfyociuiuBi, has. by the con-
fession of one of its own leaders, for sixty years
governed the republic To this end two things
have concurred. First. its associated wealth.
being the asserted value of its human flesh.
constituting hagtious capital of two thousand
million Of dollars; a, d secondly. its peculiar
representation in the house of representatives.
where. under the three -dGhs rule of the consti
tution ninetv mcn,bnrs ac,uallv holl their sen, :
by virtue in bart Of this dasili6us capital. Thus
are the slayemasters AN enormous corporation.
or ioin, stock comn,ny. by the side of which
/ ,bn Tnitcd States Rank ,,;,b its ret,v thirty
millions of cani,nl and vi,hou, any neculinr
rrnresentation. is dvorrcd into in,igni6cancc.
| ferl bumbled whrn dv.ll on fbc am,ziny
disnronortion nf Offices usnrnnd hv this olig,r7
| chv From ,be bnrinring ali the great nosts
Of the rrnublic--,br nresidencv. the vice ures.
/ iJ.ncv sro,s in the c,biurt. sp,ts in the su-
meme conr,-see,ns almns, ncruotnollv in their
! I'll A, ,i;s ,,,,,,,,,, H., ff.,, ,,,,c. Win
! hp t,fatht M al -
n,,Iy f,rr an, NJ ,hn rinn ;n,I,,as NJ tho sn.
,,,e,,o cnurt ami If ,bis n,,y. II n,st br said
,hrcn ,re ,or,hsrr MAN win snntba,n n,i,ri
| ,Ins. aud In tho bu,,hl,r ,i,c,s n, tho de,nrt.
n,ar,s ,ba s,,,,, ,,,r,,ri;,,r,. d;.,,,,oriior
nra,a;ls IN, ~ ,bn Who'll, rnp,Lsr ,bere ON.
,,IoroJ tol ara From, IN, f.o, s,,,es L,,t mostly
ni;,t II, ;,a;,i,s a,,I snG r,,,, ,h,, =,
,,,,os me- ;r.,a,cos ave. ,,n;caI Tbern !.
no,hing in tho rational Government, which III.
oI,,arrI, do.s No, a,,rrnor;,,n nowp ia mi,
r,G,,an, !, bas belr ,br Levs NJ ovcrv Office
from the nresiJent to the humblest nostmaster
nnr,oti;nlr al =, Io ,s b;Jd;nn /, orT,ni1n.
c,i;ro,s Il or,ar;lrs corrts II dirrcts tb,
orry ,,n1 navv /, m,nogps cvorv denartmcn
of nublic business. Itnrr,ides over the census
II controls the Smithsonian Institute. founded
bv the generous charity of f,rcicner. TO pro
mote the interests of mankind. And il sub
sidizes the national press. alike in the remotes
villages of the north.
In maintaining its mower. the slave oliparch,
has applied a test for office very different from
that of JefFrrson-"Is he honest Is he cana
bic? Is he faithful to the constitution ?" TheS
things are all forgotten now in the single ques
tion' which signalizes the great change whcl
has taken nl,ce. "Is he faithful TO slavery p
With orroGant ostracism. il excludes fom ever
national office all who cannot respond to thi
fest. So oonplete and irrational has this tv
rannv become. that at this moment while
now sneak. could Washington. or Jefferson. O
Franklin. or John Jay. once more descend fror
their spheres above 10 minnle in our affairs
and bless us with their wisdom. not one of them
with his recorded. u1yetrocjed opnionS on sla
very could receive nomination for the pres
idency from either branch of the divided dem
orratic party, or from that other political com
bina,ion. known as the union party; noi
,, stranger still. could either OF these sainted pa
triotS. whose names alone omen perpetnq
fountain Of gratitude in all your hearts. be con
Grmed bv the senate Of the United States fo
onv noliiicol function whatever. not even fo
= the local Office Of nostmaster. What now sa
, anil vour natural nstoni,hmeut. | have ofte
, sniI before in oddressinr the people. and hay
more than once uttered from nv seat in tn
, senate. and no man there has made answer, fc
e no man who has sat in its secret sessions, an
. there learned the test which is practically al
piled could make answer; and | ask you
accept this statement as my testimony derive
from the experience which has been my 10
g Yes, fellow citizens, had this test prevailed
G tie earlier days, Washingtou-frst in war, fir
in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymel
coul1 mot hayn hppn created ppnpralis sSimo {