Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-04

known. We would therefore, at this time
do no more than fully to endorse the senti- I
ments herein advanced BY our beloved
sister in the good cause. We commend
her article, as well for the sweetness of I
It's spirit as for the soundness Of its doc {
trine. We hope that the Telegraph may
often be favored with the illusions of her
able and eloquent pen.
For the Telegraph.
SLAVE LABOR PRODUCE.
ESTEEMED FRIEND More than
wear since, as thou wilt perceive by the
date, a communication was addressed to
"a distinguished individual in the Anti
Slavery ranks. accompanied by request
tina, it might never be published, Since
that time, my objections to its exposure
have been overcome by other and, | trust
less interested motives. 1t is now forward
ed to thee, with some alterations; and if
thou thinkest it can in any degree sub
serve the cause Of 1.-The oppressed" am
willing TO east it as mite into the
treasury" L. N.
18th Month, Sd, 1885.
RESPECTED FRIEND My deep in
terest in the holy cause thou hast espous-
ed induces me 10 address thee on a sub
ject which, in my view. is Intimately con.
nected with the progress Of that cause
1t is the propriety and even neeessityo:our
abstaining, as far as is practicable, from
the use Of all such articles as are procur-
ed by the sighs, the stripes, and unrequited
toll Of our disgracsd, and unoffending fell
low creatures. To me, it is a source Of
regret that position 50 tenable, and in.
volving considerations so important,
should ever be, either abandoned or I'M
occupied by Abolitionists. Behind the
/ intrenchment of its truth, we should be
invulnerable to the most pointed shafts Of
6 our opponents. Surely. no conscientious
? person could under any circumstances
), feel justified in preparing. or partaking
of an entertainment, when its delicacie'
must be procured by robbery and eompli
Gated wrong. The absurdity THE Grim
Z inality,l Of such conduct would be toc
= palpable to require any argument for it
;, eIucidation. And how, would mildly
ask. can a philanthropist or Christian
IS unless he forfeit his claim to consistency
employ another 10 perform for him an act
from which his own heart and hant
would recoil. as from the deadly sting Q
Y aviper7 Now, are we not, as purchas
y ers and consumers Of the gain Of Cypress
ion, virtually abettors Of the iniquity or
|, is the crime OF the slave holder transmute
q into innocency, when he becomes the agen
y ofthose, whose moral and religious sensi
it bilities, utterly forbid a persona! contac
e with the cruelties OF this abhorrent svs
tenn?
o 1t has sometimes been urged, that b,
il refusing to use the avail of slave-labol
l. we shall erect barrier between US an
- those who traffic in "the bones and sir
" ews" Of their fellow men, and thus e,
Of clude all opportunity Of retaining ther
from error. To me, this objection doe
not appear valid for our Southern brett
rem are not blind-at least, their percel
re tion is 81 fficient|y clear to discover whe
Il, interest is sacrificed, let the offering /
it. made by whom it may; and were they
It's behold in US, the advocates of huma
ne rights, ian inAexible determination to eta s,
~ not touch not, handle not" the forbidde
ne fruit, 1.-The wedge Of gold, and the Bah,
. lonish garment accompanied BY chri
OF tan kindness and integrity in all respec,
" it would, l believe, prove one of the mo
ehectual arguments ever welded in O,
1s cause to convince them OF ourupriphtne
ge and sincerity. But while we are urpin
Ill upon them, their obligations to make sa
. rihces IN behalf of Justice and Human;t
las may they not reasonably suspect our m
for tives' when they perceive our reluctan,
We to abstain from the Injuries or their 60;
nts Injuries so destructive to the lives of,bo
he engaged in procuring them, as to be er
for phatiealIy the price Of 6lood!s'
nd l have no doubt that there are man
es- very MANY, who feel comneIl.d l.