Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-04-28
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veterans, pioneers, patriarchs, in the cause
OF human liberty. (God be praised that
when the two former went up to Heaven.
they did not take their nantes with them =
and that the latter lives to vindicate the
rights Of many But there is another side
to the picture. Rhode Island is steeped
in the guilt and infamy of the African
slave trade. Some of her princely for
tunes are the product of traffic in the souls
of men! We hail your State Anti-Slaverv
Convention, as the glorious first fruits
meet for repentance; an offering of a
sweet smelling SAVIOR! What more befit-
ting than that Rhode Island should organ
ize State Anti-Slavery Society, in whose
full LAYER she may cleanse away her stains,
and wash her hands in innoeency2,'--
Further she is the most profitable Gus
toner of the south in her great staple of
cotton thus deputing the master, as her
agent to plumber the slave Of his all, and
then by inviting him to her market with
her spoils to receive the wages OF his in
iquity, she brides him to plumber again.
Further your beautiful city and villa.
ges, along your shore and through your
sands who hold slaves at the south What
opportunities for influence against slavers,
for argument, remonstranee, warnings, en-
treaties, and tears! Verify, Rhode Island
must have State Anti-slayery Society,"
| have no fears as to the issue of your con-
vention. Though a stranger to your per-
sons, perhaps without an exception, vet
your creed | know. Your spirit, your
testimony and zeal, and patience Of hope
and labors of love, | know, and claim q
oneness with you in indissoluble brother,
= hood
The circumstances under which the
convention will assemble, are marked and
| peculiar. Events the most extraordinary
and portentous arecrowding upon usthick
as the hours. Now Is THE CRISIS
Congress and state legislatures, in debate
on questions vital to our existence the
rights OF discussion :-petition freedom
OF speech; Of the press; of the public
mail whether the constitutions shall be
charters or the Knockers of rights:-vheth-
er law shall be a reality or nullitv -
Where are we2 Robberies Of the mail,
perpetrated by its official guardians -
Mobs headed by judicial officers! Con-
stitutional assemblies of the people, broken
3 up by violence, while judges and mem
bers Of Congress, preside on the occasion
and otticlate during the ceremony! Mu-
J. nlcipal authorities appeasing the wrath Of
frenzied rabble by the violent seizure Of
private property, and sacrificing it as a
peace o1ering An innocent citizen,
y seized IN bed at midnight, gagged, threat
ened with mutilation and death, and drag
a ged from the house by score of ruf1ians
|. Another, chased down in the streets of a
i city, and dragged about with ropes at
y MONDAY Another, he stranger on an
d errand of love, hunted like beast of prev
is from town to town, and city to city by fe-
Y roclous multitude, eager to lap his blood !
e All this, and thousand times more, in
If FREE states and LAW MUTE; and pub
l. he sentiment with loud acclaim, shouting
its exstacies over the whole! While
these outrages are enacted at the north,
- thousands at the south, no longer content
l. with the robbery of individual rights are
- making desperate clutch at the rights of
" nation and wagmg deadly strife to wrest
(, Texas from Mexico, to make it a slave
O market!
g. Would that these were the only signs
|, of the times, black with balefuI portent.-
l. But no! The church of God not only
is lays upon his altar robbery for burnt
e Offering" but now she wakes holder in
IS impiety, and summons her Great Head to
d prove, that the imbruing of His image is a
virtue! And she blasphemously Graves
l. His aid in the process and His benedic-
= ton in t1e result; claiming, that to traffic
e. in the purchase of atoning blood, and to
d make merchandise of the temple Of the
l. Holy Ghost, is homage to God, obedi-
20 ence to the law oflove, an imitation of the
r. patriarchs and apostles, and we'll pleasing
IS to the Holy One
g But, need not enumerate. have al
10 ready wearied you with detail. My apol-
e ogy is, that yours is the first State Anti
at Slavery Convention held since the spirit
re of slavery stript off its last DISCUSSES, and
S, revealed in its own reality, walking naked
" and foaming out its own shame and BIAS
a phemy and blood. All who love our
lie blessed cause wait, as those who watch
y for the morning, to hear from your con-
y ventlon testimony voiced forth in the
v, majesty of Truth and in the name of Je-
h. hovah: such a solemn testimony as the
er crisis demands, and such as God will
hit surely enable the convention to give We
* wait to be girded, strengthened, abundant,
- ly refreshed and nightly impelled onward
en- by your proceedings We expect to find
be in them SYMPATHY, melting as the heart
n of Jesus, and wide and deep as human
vn woe. B ENEvoLENcE, flowing like the
is water of life, in the river Of God PR1N
Yer c1P1e disdaining alliance with the poll
ct CIV of the world. Truth AND RIGHT