Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-06-28
RISE I.
AMOS III. 6.

4 Shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD
hath not done it
We are informed by the Evangelist
81. Luke that, when our Lord was told Of
the Galileans whose blood Plate had
mingled with their sacrifices he replied,
suppose We that these Galileans were sin
ners above all the Galileans, because they
suffered such things. tell you nay, but
except we repent We shall all likewise per-
ish. That is to say, from the manner Of
an individuals death, we cannot decide
upon his relative moral desert; or per-
haps we are authorized to generalize the
sentiment yet more widely. and to assert
that from the external circumstances Of
an individual, we are not warranted IN
drawing any conclusion respecting the
estimation in which he is held in the sight
Of God. In the world, saith the Savior,
We shall have tribulation; and Of that trib-
ulation the larger portion is not untre-
quen.ly assigned to those who, to all hu-
man seeming, might Justly have escaped II.
n The case, however, is, apprehend,
different with social evils. When wide
spreading calamity overtakes a nation ;
when the same stroke Of adversely falls
not upon one but on all when the cup is
pressed to the lips of men of every rank
and every occupation, we naturally look
n for some common cause to account for sc
universal an effect Conscience natural
" inquiries, what is the moral law for the
violation of which most merciful Cor
inhicts so grievous punishment upon tn
creatures whom he hath made. We ask
with the Prophet in the text, shall Their
be evil in city and the Lord hath no
done IT'D And if the Lord have done il
it must be for our iniquities, that this evi
hath come upon US. Our duty, in such
case, is plain. We are, by the Prov
fdence Of God, called upon to inquire wha
are the moral causes Of this infiction; l.
break off our sins by righteousness; an
10 treasure up for our future benefit III
lessons which may be learned from tn
calamities through which we have passed
That there is, at present, evil in tn
city and in the country, no one, | pre-
sumo, will be inclined to doubt. A cris
of apparently inextricable financial en-
barrassment has arrived to which no IlN
ing man hath ever beheld parallel. w
are already in the midst OF memorabI
commercial catastrophe. Exchanges thro
put every part Of our country are almo
% an absolute stand. The salesman sit
the livelong day, with folded hands 10 Il
warehouse which so lately was throngt
with eager purchasers. The busy ma
is desered. The exchange shows, he
and there, an anxious group, trembling
the hourly intelligence Of some new al
more alarming disaster. You may pa
bn quiet mediation, through streets whel
! & but Few months since, you could scare
4 ay thread your way, elbowed aside
lostling multitudes. And if you go abro
into the country, no less melanch
spectacle awaits you. The hum OF
manuEactory is dying away. The wat
fall is turned of from the wheel. I
whirl of the spindle has ceased. I
click of the loom is unheard. The mi
uiacturer, who but yesterday gazed y
pride upon the stately edifce and the sn
log village encigcling il that told to
the country the story Of his oPuler
now beholds tall turned into useless he
of stone and mortar. which are procla
ing on every side the tale Of his hope'
insolvency Nor ihthis calamity fail
only upon the rich. The operative "