Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-03-22

WITH those Who lnbor Tor theI S'e''
their country and their KIDD, another year
.uftoil 4 finished the guiltless. heart.
broken dave, another year ofsufierlng and
k;fhinr with this guilty nation, another
wear of foul reproaeh before the world, and
oftren.urinQ up wrath against that day Of
wrath when The God Of the oppressed poor
shall make inquisiiion for innocent blood.
Brethren and friends: We have met al
thHeloss Of this third compaign-or rather |
! OF this bird year Of campaign that has
bern one and unremhted, and that shall
continue. Jehovah Of hosts being our leader.
antil slayery, The common foe Of God and
nan. shall be urerly eItermina.ed and
trodden into an eternal grave-we have
met. we say. on this joyful occasion, to
strike kindred hands to cement coherent
hsarts 70 pour out our united thanks TO
the Father Of mereies for the abundant
success that has thus far attended our ef-
torts; 10 hf up our prayers together fer
the eoniinuance Of His great and gracious
AID. that deliyerance may be speedy; to
I renew covenant with each other, and with
- covenant keeping God.
The apparent progress Of the cause in
Vernon Il believed 10 have been greater
since our last meeting, than in either OF
the previous years since the Organization
ofthis Society. The following are among
,hsfacis on which this belief rests:
Large numbersof Christiansare begin.
ming 10 act in character on this subject
Seven out Of the nine Baptist Associations
IN. the State, passed anti-slavery resolution:
aitheir last sessions One ofthese seven
two years ago, refused to hear an agent
or 10 entertain the subject for moment
The Quarterly Meeting Of Ferrisburgf
for the Society oil Friends in the Northern
part Of Vermont and New-York have pc
iiiionci Congress 10 remove slavery ant
the slave trade to the extent Of its jurisdic
lion. The Congregationaiists and Metho
disis are beginning TO speak out. The,
will soon have majorities in various part
ofthe Sale, 10 swellthe rising cry again.
oppression. ~ ss-,---. e..
Numerous Westinghouse have beef
sopened that were before closed agains
Nc; and the reluctance, heretofore maui
fest 1t giving notices of anti.slavery meet
= ings from the pulpit, is fast disappearing
J. The Monthly Concert for the enslavec
although vet in is infancy. and too niue
neoIected by It's friends 10 this State, is eI
Using the sympaihies of numerous mil
isters and influential lay.members in di
ferent denominations. who have not othe
wise identified themselves with the caus
. And how can Il be otherwise1 How ca
. the professed ministers of Him who pr
claims liberty 70 the captive and the. ope
ing ofthe prison doors TO them that a
bound--how can any who on the " Fir
Monday Of The month pray for BURMA
China, and the isles ofthe Pacific, Tor Il
snirsrsal spread Of truth and salvation
how can these, on the Last Monda
when prayer Is to be offered tor Amerie,
heather, made and held such AMI doub
henthenized by American ChrisfiaHs, e
4 euss themselves and have no part or lot
the matterf There Is goodly numb,
and the number is constantly increasin
who are not thus inconsistent. From
fact that the subject oftheir foreign pra
ers and aims differ with themselves
complexion, or from some other Gnu
IN they have discovered that the tinge Of I
~ skin IS not the true test Of human identi
oflikenessto the Creators image. Th
therefore learn that however much I
slaves Of the South have been ranked W
~ brutes aud brutality treated, they are new
theless mcs who have souls to be saw,
rights to be restored, wrongs to be redre
Cd. and wounds to be healed. They d
~ remember that I" God Is the Judge"-t
80 the hands Of the Lord there Is Ct
and the wine Is red II is full Of mkt,
~. - ,,,,e r H. hre I
dregs thereof" American oppressors,
less they repent speedily, "shall wri
e them out and drink them" And
number OF minister's is rapidly increas
who are making il a part OF their pul
mini1rations 70 discharge the already
long neglscied duty Of opening u
months Tor the dumb and pleading
cause Of the poor and needy. In ell q
the afieBtive observer, whether friend
foe. discovers the accelerated progress.
our cause. - - .
Again, the Arrangement Of anti-slav
principIes IN Vermont may be read in
movements or the press. That Ia
portion Of the public press which, in 9
dicnce TO popular clamor, was at one .
90 loud against abolition, has graan'
. lowered rs tone until 1t is now nes
silrnf, There are occasional spasmc
mnrmurings. but the ariAocracy Of '
mont finds itself too feeble TO sustain
crusade, and i i fast being abaudonet
The mobs. too. another class Of az,
srnSloyed BY Northern aristocracy, and
workers with this portion Of the pr
have disappeared. Our last report
y pressed fhs opinion that mobs had
their day in Vermont. From the trs
- .~(.,,. az the mast wear M well as II