Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-10-02

promise with the rebels
al John Jones lives in house and owns it
and the property in and about it,, and some
day when he is out three or four scoundrels .
enter the house and steal all he has 10 It, and .
take it in the yard and If John should come .
in and catch them at it. wha. do you think /
John would doc Compromise the matter
OF course not. What then Suppose he
finds the servants of his house have been privy
to the act. aud, to his astonishment, these
servants who have intrigued and got these
thieves in there, md after that had got the
property, say to Jones, Oh settle this diff
Guilty. and not have any trouble Well,
says Jones' How will you settle it The
thieves say, We propose to take ali the per-
sonal property we have we propose, also, to
take end hold the estate, and live here, be-
cause the property belongs to this place and
lastly, az 1t cost us something to get here,
we want you TO pay the livery hire Of this bug
gy and horse great laughter DO you sup
pose Jones wonld acquiesce, My friends,
that is almost ideutically the case with the
rebels and our Northern Copperheads.'
" Hang tho slavery question I'm disgust
ed with it, Let us ignore it and put down
the rebellion" Hearken, Oh, solomon, to
your brother, who is even now running
through the streets, yelling at the top of his
voice " My house is burning up Don't mo-
tice the fire AT all, for I'm Disguised with it.
Let us ignore the fire and put out the couAa-
grafton We can ignore the fire and cx-
tinguish the flames just easily as we can
ignore slavery and put down the rebellion.
Why, the rebellion is to slavery what a cough
is to consumption only its Legitimate mani
festau %. We cannot avoid the slavery ques-
tion wa must either settle it, or il will settle
MS most edeotuully, forever.- Nashville UH-
ion.
A HINT TO WoRKINGMBN The Nash
Vile Union SAYS; Slave labor is forever in
competition with free white labor in Tennes-
see. Smith is boss carpenter who owns and
works in his shop four slave carpenters.
Their board and clothes cost him about s 100
each per AMMAN, and all which they earn a.
hove that goes into bis pockets as clear
profit. Jones, his neighbor, is also a carpen-
ter. who owns no slaves and has to hire white
ouneymen at s ?, so and 90 per day l.
it not plain that Smith, with the help of his
slaves, can easily underworld and starve out
Jones and his white mechanics, When Jones
is driven away, Smith, having monopolized
the business, can charge any price he pleases.
Such are the fleets of slavery
SAD CA1AMIrY.-We noticed last week
the fact that the dwelling house of Homer II
Beardslev. of East Fairfield. was DESTROYED
by fire on the 1lth inst. and he himself was
badly burned He was the Town Agent for
selling iqnor, and while engaged in his cellar
drawing some high-wipe the flames of a can
die set fire TO the liouor. which caused an ex.
plcsion. covering his clothes and epyelopinD
bim in the flames. He lived to suffer intense
ly until relieved bv death. which occurred
on Monday morning the 2lst inst. Hisdeath
casts gloom over the neiqhborhood where
be was much esteemed, aud the community
mourn the loss OF good citizen MS age
was about forty hve years eegrHP1.
The New York Times specal Washington
despatcb saws - Intelli5ence has been re-
ceived here that propositions have been made
by Napoleon to jeff Davis TO abolish slavery
in tbe Soutb and establish a evstcn, of roon-
ACE similar 10 that nov existing in Nfevico
Sbould This lac done. Mannheim believes that
NO onnosition wonld he made Inv ENGLAND IN
the reco,nition of the Confederation nv
France. Napoleon further assures Davis that
he adont4 this policy the South migbt arm
the nesroes and nrevent their heinz psed
a,ains, Them IA, the Government
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