Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-03-29

- Can soldiers lie De lawful, says ne, !
10 another work, when Christ has pro-
nounced that he who lives by the sword |
shall perish by the sword! Can any one,
who possesses the peaceful doctrine of the
gospel, be soldier, when it is his duty not
50 much as to 60 to law! And shall he,
who is not TO revenge his own wrongs, be
instrumental in bringing others into
chains, Imprisonment, torture, death ?" So
that the very same arguments which are
brought in defence of war at the present
day, were brought against the Christians
sixteen hundred years ago; and, sixteen
hundred years ago, they were repealed by
these faithful contenders for the purity Of
our religion. 1t is remarkable, too, that
Tertu!lian appeals to the precepts from the
mount, in proof of those prl ciples on
which this Essay has been insisting; thut
the dispositions achich the precePts 1mcuI-
cate are not compatible wlth aoar, and
that eoar, therefore, is irrecOncilcable acith
Christianity.
5. Non-resistdnce and torbedrdnce are
principles enoined in the gospel and
these are most conducive to our interest
and safety.
The first principle for US to settle is,
whether God has enjoined upon US 10
parctice in all cases non-resiStence and
| forbearancc. If So there can be no doubt
that obedience TO this law will be most con-
duclve to our own interest and safety
What, says the Director, are we not to de-
| fond 0nrSoIVoc IN Of oSconIt | of
divine revelation decide The truth is,
that 1t is to defence that the peaceabIe pre-
cepts Of Christianity are directed. offence
appears not to have even suggested itself
1t is Resist not euiL;" it is Overcome
eriL with good; )" it is" Do good to them
that hate you - it is Love your enc
mics :" it is Render not evil for eriI ;" it
is Whose Smiteh the on one cheek. >
AIlth,s suPPoses previous offence. or IN
jury, or violence; and it is then that for
bearance is enjoined.
For confirmation that non-resistence is
the most safe,we will mention only two
facts.
In the Indian wars during the early
settlements ofthis country which were well
known to have been most barbarous and
cruel in the colonies, neither man, woman
nor child was lost in the colony Of Penn.
syIvania while they adhered TO the non.
resistive principle.
The fate Of the Quakers during the re.
belIon in Ireland was nearly similar. L
is we'll known that the rebellion was q
time not only of open war but of cold
bIooded murder; of the utmost fury, bigo.
try, and the utmost evaporation OF re-
venge. Yet the Quakers were preserved
even to proverb; and when strangers
passed through streets of ruin, and observ
ed a house standing uninjured and alone
they would sometimes point, and say
"That, doubtless, was the house Of a
Quaker"
1t were to no purpose to say, III oppo'
sltlOn to the evidence of these facts, thai
they form an exception to a genera rule
) The exception to the rule consists in the
trial Of the experiment of non-resistance
not In its success. Neither were it tc
any purpose TO say, that the savages O.
America or the desperadoes Of Ireland
, spared the Quakers because they were
previously known TO be an unoft ndino
people, or because the QuakerS had pre-
c1ousty gained the love Of these by for.
bearance or good Offices we concede
; all this: it Is the very argument which
we maintain. We say that Uniform, IN
derl0ting regard to the peaceabIe obliga-
tons of Christianity, becomes the safe
guard ofthose aoho practice it. We ven
ture to maintain that no reason whatever
: can be assigned why the fate of the Qua
kers would not be the fate of all who
should adopt their conduct No reason
can be assigned why, iftheir number had
been multiplied ten-fold or hundred fold
they would not have deem preserved
[See, Jonathan Dymond's inquiry into
the accordancy of war with the principles
of Christianity, Philadelphia 1851
P. S. 1t is particularly desirable tha
the Ladies should engage in this mora
, enterprise, which, it is believed will be
under God, one among many others in
Fastening on the latter day glory-wheu
r universal peace shall prevail. The influ.
ence of female cooperation has been sen.
sibly felt and properly appreciated in all
the other benevolent operations of the dav.
And here they appear to be specially cali
ed upon to act. They have often been
eulogized for their encouraging the sol.
= der TO deeds of carnage and slaughter u
and now, are they not called upon by mo.
lives far more rational and proper BY THE
PRINCE OF PEACE to exert their power.
full influence in behalf of his kingdom
which must 6Il the earth as the uatars 6lI
the sea2 ...
SILK CULTURAL company with a
: capital of Sl00, 900 for the manufacture re
r OF Silk, has been established ut Whining.
ton, Delaware.