Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-11-15

sold as sel wants I'd, such as were trans ported
alter having been found guilty of crimes punish
able with death. When they come here the)
make no difference the planters buy them snC
they work together in the field till their time
IS out. Hence many Newgate.brc
becomes great man. We ha;o several Justices
ol the peace, officers Of the trained bands and
magistrates of the town they 1--we in, that have
boen burat in the hand. - Some Of the best
men 10 the country are burnt IN the hand, and
are not ashamed to own IT, There's Major
--, he was an emnen, pckp0eket there '5
justice BI-.r, be was a shopIiitr. Both OF
them we're burned ia the hand, and could
name you several such as they are" fortunCs
md msi0JtuaeS ofMe Famous MOL FiaHders,
+. IS. Nothing IS said here Of cavaliers "
have referred to Massnger. Here is a
curious bit from one OF the grave comedies Of
that poet dramatst
"Lpks. II i4 butte Virginia.
Lady Frugak How Virginia
High Heaven forbid Rem YER, sir, heSeeeh you,
what creatures are shippgi th!llet
1ans. CONDEMNED Yrelchcs,
Forfeited to the iae
For the abOml" alton Of thcf life,
speWed out VI their own r0untry."
me city Madam, Aet 5df. !.
Thus from every quarter hO testimony ac-
cumulatcs. Ana YET We are constantly told
that Virginia was settled by " cavaliers
The territory now occapied by South Carolina
originally c0nstltu Ell pIit VI Virginia, II
was out Of Virginia that il was carved into d
sepcrate colony. Although differing 10 some
respects, the popu alton seem u be kindred IN
character. Ramsey the historian Of the State,
10 work published ut Charleston in 1869, Gays
that, he emigrants were medley OF different
nations aud principles, and that among them
were persons wbo took refuge from the pow
ers OF fortune and the rigor Of creditors y
youn! men, reduced to misery by io.ly and
excess /" ani restless tiris, i0ad Of roying
10 these were added llugenOtJ, driven from
France by the revocation Il the cdict oil Nantes.
Rams1y's Hsio,y Of SogA Carolina, p. >, g.,
.. But Graham tolls ns that, " not Il trace Of
the existence OF an order oil cl.rgymen is u be
found in the laws Of Carolina during the INST
tvealy years OF its history" History Of Uni
ted States. Vol. ., P. s3.l AM another hIs'o-
rlan says that, " the innaoltants far from living
IN friendship and harmony among themselves,
were sedltlOus and uDgJy ,rnabe." Hsg'H' S
Hdory OF SyUh Cu0AH7. Vol. l, p lQ4. !
Slch people we're naturally nssnsl5ls NOR
81 Distinctions, ~ that, according 70 Hewitt,
pirates were treated with great cIyl!ty and
irlendship,' aad, " BY bribery and corruption,
they often found favor with the provincial jures,
snl By this means escaped the hands Of Justice. -
Al OF winch Is declared by the hlslon 10 be
evidences Of the lcenilocs spirit which pre-
yllel 10 the colony IBID, pp. ", lIj.l
Graham uses sliil stronger language, when he
says, " the governors, the proprletors, deputies
and tho principal inhabitants degraded tlem.
selves T. lCyel with the yiest OF nank!ni by
abctting the crimes Of pirates aud becoming the
receivers Of their neiarI3us acqul iIions. his.
i0ry Of United States, Vol. >, p III. SaeA IS
the testimony with regard to South Carolina
10 call such a people e ca alters Is An abuse
Of terms.
hope hat have not Iaken too much time in
exposing a vain glorious pTeienslon, which has
helped to give tho Rebellion character OF re-
speotabIl.ty 1t does not deserve. dismiss 1t to
general contempt, as one OF the lies by which
Slavery, the greatest lie OF all, has been recon-
mendoI to weak persons who could be tsesyed
by names. Bat you will not fail 10 remark now
naturally Slavery furnished among such a con-
GENIAL people Conyicls and wretones who had
set It n4ught oil rights OF property and all de-
iDg pretension OF property 10 man.
come back to the p0stulate with which |
began, that the prese t war is simply eOnHtc.
between Slavery aud Liberty, Ihis Is plain
statement, which will dely contradiction. 10
nv mind 1t Is more satisfactory than thar other
statement, which IS Of en- made, that 1t is a con-
hict between Arlslocracy and Democracy. This
IN certain s,use is true bat from Its general
ity It is less affective than more precise and
restficted statement 1t does not disclose the
whole truth for II does not exhibit the unique
ana except nal character OF the pretensOn
which We combat For centuries there nus been
a conhlcJ between Arstoc.acy aud Democracy,
or, in other words, the few on one side h We
been perpcIualy striving TO rule and oppFess
the many. But now tor the first time m the
worlds annals o people protesting civilization
has commenced TO uphold the intOlcrabe pre-
tension 10 compel labor IpRhom iolges, and that
most disgusting iucdeat, the whipping Of wo-
men and the selling OF children. Call there
preteuders arslocrats or oligrchs ii you will /;
but do not forget that their atistoeIacy or oil
rarchy Is the least respectable of any ever at
tempted, and is so entirely modern that 1t IS
autedated by the Durham bull hubbuck, the
short.horn progenltor OF the ollgatohy OF cat
tie, aud by tho stallion Godophin, the Arabian
Erogenitor Of the oigarchy Of horses, both Of
which may be traced to the middle Of the last
century. And do not forget that, II YOU woald
find prototype in brutality, you mus. turn
your back upon ciyili1ai history, and repair TO
those distant islands where wars have had their
origin in clumballsm, or 90 10 barbaroas Africa,
whlch as been kept III barbarism by wars iJr
slavery.
Thas it stands. The confic. is directly be-
tween Slavery aud Liberty. But because Sa-
very AIMS at the life OF the Republic, the con-
dict involves our national existence aud be-
b,use cur national death would be the despslr
OF Liberty everywhere, it involves tins grea;
causs throughout the word.