Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-19

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United States, will on that day Gath JULY if
never before, remember them in bonds as
hound with them. And if meetings cannot
be holden in every town, that our friends
will 60 to neighboring towns, and while we
commemorate the birth day of our liberty,
let our PRAYERS and our aims 60 up in me-
mortal before Him who holds the hearts OF
all men (even slave-holders) in his hands,
and who turns them as the rivers Of waters |
are turned. Whatever money may be raised
on that day may be either transmitted directly |
to the American Society, at New-York, or
to the State Treasurer. Who will forward
4th of July offerings, as pure iucerse, not
polluted by the price Of blood; but purely
offered on the altar of Liberty?
Yours, &C. B. F. HASKELL
Voice from Protestant Methodists.
To the Editor Of the &c Telegraph"
Dear Sir: 1t is we'll known to you, and
many of your intelligent readers, that am
an unwavering and uncompromising aboIi-
zionist; and this fact may, perhaps, require
of me little explanation of the cause, why
the subsequent Resolutions have not soon er
appeared in your paper, or else, (where they
should have appeared, in our Church Peri
odical, the Methodist Protestant" publish
ed at Baltimore, weekly, for the NJ. P.
Church. The circumstances were briefly
these: The Vermont District Annual Con-
| ference held its last session in Monkton, VT,
in January last; and subsequently, through
the Secretary of the Conference, forwarded
"Extracts from the Minutes" agreeable to
the requisition of Discipline. Amongst
other matter, (Which was printed, as it
should have been,) the above mentioned
Resolutions were sent, but-were not print
ed as they should have been. How far the
Editor of the Methodist Protestant, or the
Book Committee are clothed with power to
mutilate the Minutes of our Annual Confer
ence, shall not pretend to determine, but
sir, | think it somewhat incongruous that
these brethren should publish their deter.
mination 10 remain neutral" on the ques-
ton of slavery, and ye, publish numerous
communications on the subject Of Colonial
ton, while they reject the doings of an An
nual Conference in reference to the all
exciting subject" Now, sir, permit me to
put these Resolutions into your hands, and
with them, the statement of a few princ;-
Piles which I deduce from the practice of
(professedly) Christian Churches. They
are these: The practice of stealing is a
sin: Therefore becoming the dbettor of a
thief, is sinful. Hence, ifmy brother steals
my horse, and will not give him up to me,
the rightful owner, and forsake the practice
Of stealing, will not continue nv fellow
ship with him in the church. But if he
steals the image" of Almighty God,
which is tenanted by an immortal, undying
soul, or becomes an abettor in that crime,
he is my brother indeed! What an aston
ishing metamorphosis of Philosophy -
| w III you please ask our CnElStldn OTeIQren
in Vermont, who is the thief and who the
abettor, and thereby oblige your brother in
the cause Of suffering humanity
CALVIN G. MUNGER.
Chittenden, VT, July II, 1887.
Resolutions otthe Vermont District Afetho-
dist Protestant Annual Conference, at
its session in Monkton, January 1887.
l. Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Annual Conference, the act Of holding our
fellow men in invol untary slavery is sin,
repugnant TO christianity, and odious in the
sight of Almighty God.
2. Resolved, That obedience to God, JUS
tice to our oppressed colored brethren, and
every principle Of expediency and humanity,
require that American Slavery should be
Immediately and forever abolished, by the
proper legislative authorities.
3. Resolved, That in our judgment the
day has now arrived when the Church
ought to listen to the cries Of suffering bu
mainly, and raise her voice aud influence
against this great moral evil. and do all that
she can, by moral suasion, to undo the
heavy burden and let the oppressed 60 free.
Attest JOHN CROKER, Secretary.
- A''es', C.G. MuycER Ass,t g.