Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-03-31

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the herceness of its character and the fire. i
quency OF Its occurrence, yet the spirit OF |
mlsrule still lives in the vitals of the rublic. !
But few weeks since an occurrence trans
pired at Mortified, N H., at which humani-
ly and religion NAV, with EQUAL prorrie1v |
weep. George Storrs of Concord, man
whose moral and religious character needs /
no commentator of ours had been invited |
to deliver discourse on the subject of slave |
ry at the former place. The meeting had
been opened, and the speaker was in the
solemn act of prayer, addressing the throne
of grace in behalf of the perishing slave,
when, sheriff approached, arrested him as
prisoner, under the charge of vagrancv,
and compelled him to quit his humble
posture, and retire from the meeting.
But the persecution of VIM. LLOYD Gar
rison and that Of George Thompson, the
Washington and the Lafayette Of our moral
revolution, crown all the deeds OF infamy
with which modern "mob- law - has
disgraced our country's character VIM.
Lloyd Garrison is the man, to whose moral
energies, selt-denying integrity, and chris
tan perseverance, under the blessing Of
God, the existence ofthe present Anti Slave
ry reformation, is, chiefly, if not exclusive
ly, to be attributed. He is the man who
commenced The work, who first attempted to
rouse this guilty nation from its sleep Of
moral death and he is the man who has
done more than any other to carry on the
work. Hence it is, that those who cannot
bear the TRUTH" who choose darkness rather
than light, because their "deeds are evil"
seek 10 destroy him. His enemies at the
South have "set a price upon his head"
| They have offered rewards amounting to
several thousand dollars, to the wretch who
will take his life or deliver him into their
| hands. At some places in the Southern
States subscriptions have been opened to
raise money for the purpose procuring his
destruction and that Of Arthur TapTan, in as
public a manner as that in which we should
raise bounty, to induce the destruction Of
a wolf that infested our hock> with his night
ly depredations. . revolving to humanity
Shall system be continued, in support of
which, resort is had to such measures as
this Pin support of which, its advocates
make bold to offer rewards to promote the
shedding of innocent blood? But to return,
his enemies that thirsted for his blood, had
once, we'll nigh obtained their desire; for
once has he been in the hands ola demoniac-
al mob, a mob of thousands in the "CRA-
DIE OF LIBERTY" But he was fortunately
rescued from the hands Of his enemies be-
fore they had taken his life; and after ore
nights imprisonment, by the civil authority,
ostensbly as disturber of the public peace
but professedlY for the pre- <ervation of his
| life, and few days seclusiOn from public
notice, he resumed his usual intercourse with
men. But surrounded by foes, inveterate,
! numerous and strong, his life has ever since
been exposed to danger incessant and appal-
ing. That Providence, however, who call
ed him to the work, has hitherto preserved
him from the blood-thirsty designs of his
enemies; and we hope that the protecting
care of Omni potence may be continued
that the cause he has hitherto so successful
ly advocated, may continue to be blessed
with his labors that he may live to witness
their successful result in the final triumph of
the cause; to realize the earnest of his hopes
in the total extinction Of American Slavery
But torthe prosecutions Of none, do we
entertain, on the one hand, feelings of
deeper sympathy, or on the other, of more
unqualified adherence, than for that of
our trans Atlantic brother, GEO. THoMP-
SON. Among the phiIan:hropists of the
pre sent age, with whose efforts the cause
Of Humanity is blessed, there is not per-
haTs another so eminyntEv qualified by nat
ural and acquired parts for usefulness as
he; and certainly there is not another more
devoted to the cause of universal freedom
and the general good of mankind Inhu-
enced by that philanthropy which knows
no distinctions of cline or color, or geo
graphical bounds and sacrificing the en-
I]oyment of honors, which he had richly
earned BY his efforts in behalf of the
West-Ind,a an slave-he came to this coun-
try to plead the cause of the American
slave before the American public, at the
hazard Of his reputation and his life
And faithfully, fearless Y, and necessarily
did he plead the cause of the "sufering
and the dumb" But how strangely, a as!
was he rewarded BY the pseudo phiIan-
thropic-the liberty Boosting, but liberty
disgracing, Of this enlightened country,
for his labors oflove! By his unanswer-
able arguments, thrilling elcquence, and
conscience-stirring appeals, he shook the
nation to the centre, and reused the SUM
bering senslbilities of the better part to a
perception of tho exceeding sinfulness of
slavery, and of its attendant blood-guilt
ness and dangers-whie the baser sort
returned in exchange for his arguments
and facts, clubs and -bats-and for
his eloquence and appeals, misrepresenta-
ton, SANDER and abuse. This apostle
and champion Of freedom has indeed been
compelled to drink frequently and deeply
OF the we'll of persecution, duling his short
his memorable stay with u.s. But he
is gone The storm of opposition forced
him to retire from the scene of his labor,
and return to his native land, ere he had
fully accomplished the service contemplate
ed IN his mission ofmercy and love. He
has gone; but he has left an impression
which will not soon be efaced. The toll
and sufferings which he endured while a.