Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-18
Vol. K....No. IT,.

lnelC loTCe GTeaI' dugH.suteu DY new
recruits, and renew ed the work of dc.truC.
ton. The printing press first engaged
their attention; its power TO dispel the
clouds of darkness and ignorance, the on.
Iy safeguard Of tyranny, being too Wei!
known and appreciated by these jealous
friends Of the constitution, to escape their
notice. The press was broken in pieces.
and with the types and other contents u
the office, thrown into the street The
mob then marched 10 the residence Q;
James G.. Birney, the Editor and of sew
eral other leading abolitionists, and de-
handed their persons but they provi-
dentialy happened to be absent They
next proceeded 10 the dwellings Of some
colored people, and after doing considera-
bic damage to their property, and giving
three cheers for the mayor, who was
silent spectator ofmost of these cutrogcs,
the mob retired. These disorderly pre-
ceedings met with merited rebukc from
! the PEOPLE, who could not but perceive
that such lawless outrages upon their it,
critics, if suffered to pass unnoticed, would
at once introduce the reign of terror ana
anarchy. They saw that their own rights
were invaded in the persons of the abOli-
tionists, and many, who were not Aenti
! fled with our cause. came out in stron,
and determined language Of reprobatloH
, ofthese daring violations of law and or
der and urged the re-estabiishment Of
the Philanthropist press, as the apPropr'-
ate means of asserting and maintaining
the majesty of their constitutional rights
This valuable advocate of impartial hb
crty again soon made its appearance, with
an augmented and still increasing sub
scription lis, teaching the enemies Of free
dom, that after all the sacrifices nude %
the shrine of slavery, the PEOPLE sill SCI
too high an estimate upon their own LIN
ERr1Es, tamcly to surrender them al the
call of southern task masters:
{ The history Of George Thompsous
mission to this country, as agent and rep
resentative Of the phi!unthropists Of Great
! Britain, is we'll known and the circunl-
stances connected with its termination,
will long he remembered to the lastingrv-
proach OF the American name. On his
return to his native lana, instead of being
apprehended as fugitive from justice, is
( was maIiciousIy reported Of him when
here, he was received with enthusiastic
5 demonstrations of joy, and large and most
, respectable meetings were held in Lor-
: don, Edinburgh, Glasgow and many 9TH
er places, to manifest their entire,epproJa.
i, ton Of his iabors in the DISCHARGE Of his
important mission to our country, and 10
hear from his eloquent lips the horrors Of
? republican slavery. This odious dcpu-
= ty OF the old maids of Glasgow" for whom
}, 1t was faShionablet to affect the utmost con-
= tempt was now found to be Of sufficient
: responsibility, to induce prominent od-
: vocate for the Colonization Society and
an apoIogist for christian save-holding
t recently on visit to Great Britain, to &C
f ccpt from him challenge to discuss the
question of American slavery, and It's con
!, nectlon with the American Churches
5 The masterI y manner in which George
2 Thompson sustained his positions, and The
= complete triumph with which he rcpelIe}
the personal and vcnomous insinuarors
t of his "nprincipled antagonist, has con-
tr'buted largely to fix in the minds Of
British christians just abhorrsace of the
hypocrisy of slave holding christianity
which we trust will exert a powerful inhO,
ence upon the destinies of our suffering
, bondmcn, whilst the name of Robert J,
S Breckenridge shall perish: from the an
e mails of philanthropy, and stand eursIse'i
; on the side of the opprcssor.
A case was recently decided by the 81,
preme court of Massachusetts, which cs-
tablishes the important principle, that I
slave coming into free state, 1ciM IL.
i consent Of d's master, is legally entitled
to freedom; and it is hoped that this prin-
+ c'p'e' sanctioned as it is by humanity IS
y we'll as justice, will not be suffered to lie
= dead letter but when the freemen Of
Vermont are again insu'ted by the exh!.