Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-10-12
Get. II, 1895.

nv portion or the press that refused TO en-
~ nron this crusade against the liberties of
orr eitizen,. and ventured to dissent from
The course that was set on foot-if they re-
eommended moderation, or ventured on the
l.gbtest rebuke Of those who were busy In
eoneocting schemes Of violence, they were
ealled BY the most opprobrious and unpopu-
lar names. sr.r.r. 4. t.s~ a1gr
The churches, too, seemed .paralized. -
But their previous department to the aboli-
tionists had made thsm powerless in this
crisis. Of the thirty, provided for as many
fhousand Of the population Of Cincinnati
II the 4th Presbyterian Church In the village
Of Fulton be excluded--there was not one
that would permit the adyocale q IceLIy,
the friend Of the slave, to utter word n his
behalf From this cause, when the spirit Of
n,isruIe began to rise, they had no power to
20 Law IT, But they bad in their own bosofns
mann OF the instigators Of disorder. Instan-
ces were by no means rare. Of members of
churches openly and resentfully declaring,
. thai force ought to be used for putting down
| the abolitionists' press-and even, since the
deed was done TO which such language in
Dictated. they have been heard 10 say, they
would aid in renewing the violence should
n be Again set I'D. OF the thirteen, who
made lup the Market House Committee,
EIGHT were members Of different churches
and TWO OF them MINISTERS or THE Gospel
Yes,s-tpo ministers Of the gospel, and SIR
members Of churckes,-for whom no plea
can be urged on the ground Unconstitutional
righss-came, N the representatives Of an
unlawfhl meeting, and holding over Us the
terrors Of mob at their neets, aemaudsd
absolutely discontinuanre of our paper
No ground was taken as 10 the manner and
sw,t 81 aho al
Il was 20 be discontinued. because siapery
mos discussed IN IL, and because The south
pds disple1sed that such a discussion
should be entertained here. What efficien-
cy can the church put forth in favor of peace
and right and order and safety, when such
are the materials Of which il Is composed2
What. il may be asked, has been the eff
feet0fthis violence on tie mass of hs pop1-
IGIioa throughout the countryi Most
happy. There has been almost uniyer-
sal condemnation Of the mobocratic pro-
ceedings Especially has the weight OF
public sentiment fallen on those who de-
served 1.-THE Market House COmnit lcc
without whose connection with the dis
orderly Of the city, there would, it is
thought have been no mob. The people are
anxious to hear on the subject of slavery
they eagerly read the anti-slavery pa.
psrs and il we mistake not, they are fas.
Fbsginning 10 ace the utter incompaiibility
-of southern slavery with the contiuuanc,
of northern liberty. The outrage on tn,
Philanthropist has given il. and the caus
il espoused, q celebrity that it never woul.
otherwise have obtained Il has mad.
a abolitionists by the THOUSAND. where the
paper by It's own unaided efficiency wa.
making them by tsns; and even ,hos,
who professed not 10 be ebolitionists, hav,
sent IN their constitutions for the re-estab
lishment offhs press. .s'.~ ' -,.'
Wa Ahes outrage ks~ Feasscsdi w,
know not--we trust not. Affer such [
verdict Of condemnation as the country
not even excepting portion of the 6outl
has pronounced on this monstrous in
snrreetion against the very elements Of il
government. II Il scarcely 10 he presumed
blinded As the aristosrary ars by the in
flaence OF slsve-koldiRg nabobism, ths
there will be any attempt TO repeat sue
an act Of parricide. But what if they do
twill only snow their infatuation,
trafe their abused influence, and make GU
freemen Of the North more and more hat
ths asysTEn" Of the South, when the
find il can grow. only on the ruins of th
press--in the darkness and silence Of de:
potism---on the grave Of their own liber
ties.
Bat Lke enemies of the lao Ciu adopt
as,e eosrse-they tCiH hereafter opsrat
privaiely, and The MAeNArEs piH M
be sssH;--lAcir aim wiH be, against ii
persons Of a6olitionists This is now tn
course We fear il not. Threats of pei
sonal violence, to ourself especially
seizure and deportation--are common a
the air we breathe nor have they bee
withheld. which content plated still NOR
disgraceful If not more fatal violence
What infatuation has possessed itself Of
misguided aristocracyl Asif-when W
number among the advocates ofliberty an
law thousands Of the firmest hearts. th
purest lives, the Hottest intellects OF III
4 land-our poor labors would be missed
Has there ever been known cause j
which much was to be periled, more wo
thy ofthe utmost hazard than this La
has been prostrated--violence exuhs ovt
It's downfall the Constitution lies in di
honorable dust, whilst bloody treaso
founshes over it.-Men are struck duml
and speech is useless for the reformatio
Of abuses that threaten to load with Ii
letters Of the slave. themselves and the
fhildren. All this 10 here-almost upo
U.S. now--and shall It be said, LIFE an
FORTUNE and HONOR should not be ha;
arded, That the CONSTITUTION and Ia,
and LIBERrz may be restored 10 the
lost thrones and sway their mild seem,
without rival2 No this must b. Ar
.by those who would rather ,hemselv,
die freemen than live slaves, or our con
try, glorious as has been her hope. i cor