Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-05-26

pie were denied a pew in the church, a
place in the steamboat or coach his body
is even denied corner in the usual place
of rePose for the dead and they would
deny his soul a place in heaven if they
could The first thing to be done in
America, is to plead for the slave as for
man to establish his title to humanity -
and make him stand before their ewes as
a human being. There was one test
which he always applied to man about
whose title to the full honors of human
nature there was some dispute. He ask
ed not Of his cline, his color, or his stat
ure, of the texture of his hair, or the con-
formation of his limb; he asked not if he
issued from the majestic portals of pal
ace or from the humble door Of misera-
Bile wigwam-he asked but one question,
-" Could he love his God2' And if he
answered that in the affirmative, then he
recognised his humanity, claimed him as
brother, and elevated him to the position
which he himself occupied. (Tremen-
dous cheering) Well, how did he 60 to
AM RIGA? He went without name and
without influence, and without wealth.
Well, did he fatter them? No. He
could not call them the freest people, for
he did not believe it {; he did not call them
the wisest people, for he had left Edin-
burgh, and he could not say so. Laugh
ter and cheers.) After describing the re-
ception he had received Mr. Thompson
proceeded to say, he had been punned up
on, sneered at, and pnied. Even in Ed
mburgh, he understood, he had been call
ed an amiabe enthusiastic title which
he begged to disclaim. An enthusiast
/ was one who soug ht TO obtain an end
!. without using the means; and therefore
the term applied more to the. person that
used it than to him. He Mr. Thompson)
went leaning upon the arm ofthe Almigh-
tv, and trusting in the enunclation of
truth, believing that God is ever with the
truth, and that truth is God. He was not
an enthusiast, therefore, who by the enun-
citation oftruth seeks to overcome preiu-
dice, and interest, and superstition, but he
is an enthusiast who seeks those ends
without using the means. (Cheers. j.
MIR Il. went on to show the degraded
state of the American slaves, and that
even Church dignitaries and ministers
were Shareholders. One ofthe Professors,
he said, put to some slaves tie revolving
question, not of 1ch0 are you? but rh0se
are you? One answered, | belong to
Mr. -, and another said am Mr. such
a ones, and another said | am the Congre-
cations. This was explained by stating
that certain pious persons bequeathed
their slaves to the church by way of en-
dowment, to keep up the preaching ofthe
Gospel! And it was we'll known that no
, slaves were so Wretched as those that be-
, long to the Congregation, which arose
from their being hired out like hacks for
, short periods ofthree or six months 10 per.
sons, who, having no interest in their flu
ture welfare, only strived how they could
make most out of them for the time. He
J affirmed also that the slaves were denied
the blessings of religion, and that in the
t State of Louisiana the second "ofence -
) of teaching slave to read the Bible, was
punished with death. To show that the
slave trade still existed, he stated that in
the District of Columbia, the license fol
7 dealing in slaves was 400 dollars, and thai
the revenue derivable from this source
? was applied to the formation Of canals and
f the education of the white youth of Amer
: lea. In this same district, a poor man
t was taken up on suspicion of being 8
: slave; he was advertised as such, but nc
2 one came forward to claim him. In these
e circumstances what did his oppressors do
: Did they give him compensation for false
s Imprisonment No, he was put up tc
: public auction, and sold to be a slave fol
# life to pay his Jail fees After some fur.
! Their illustrations of American slavery, Nj
f Thompson turned from what he called
s the dark side of the picture, and showed
: the rapid progress which the principle O
= slave abolition was making in the mum
# Der of societies embarked in the cause
e and the extensive funds raised in colIec
= tons for promoting it, into which partcu
e lars we have neither time nor space to en-
) ter.
= At the conclusion of the lecture, tn,
!, Rev. DR. Richie stated that the committee
0 instead of calling upon the meeting t.
: adopt any formal resolutions on that oc
d casion respecting the character and con
= duct of Mr. Thompson, considered it bet
d ter to draw up the resolutions leisurely
l. and bring them forward at the next meet
- ing.
e The meeting then separated about hal
J. past nine o'clock.
r MODESTY.
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