Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-12-19

loies, begin at the bottom and dig out.
AS to the refuge, will only add, "Thou {
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God" And
this may be done, either by jumping off
a pinnacle Of the temple, or unnecessari-
ly exposing ourselves to personal injury in !
any other way.
~ Not so, by any such means, in any such man
ner, with any such results, my brother proba-
bly, apprehends. As for the crushing" no other
is aimed at, andno other possibly be effected or
experienced but the crushing Of sin out of society
and the world, without the least violence being done
to the persons CIR the rights of daughter of
Adam. Its not the purpose ofthe Non-Resistance
Society, nor it result from their principles or
their measures, to NEEDLE with, disquiet the ex
listing order things, in any other way than peace
ably to withdraw from any and all participation in
those measures which take vengeance out of the
hands of the Lord into tbe-hands ofmen. 1t is ex-
pected that while men in general entertain their
present views and feelings and sentiments, they
will act very much they now do. And they GER
tanly have no violence to expect from a class of
persons who distinguished from all other pei.
SONS living by their total abstinence, in principle
and in practice from all manner of violence.
~ do not suppose my brother means to insin-
uate that there is anything in the Declaration of
Sentiments which justifes a refusal to pay debts.
III thought he did, should ask him to point out
the line or the word. He might with the same pro-
priety have said, an individual has only to deem
that to refrain from killing his fellow men is con-
trary to the command of the Gospel, and forthwith
he is OF full liberty to kill whomever and where
ever he deems it proper" The doctrine here
brought forward in regard to paying debts can no
more be drawn from the Declaration of Sentiments,
than the doctrine in regard to murder. Neither the
one nor the other of these doctrines are any more
inculcated by the Declaration of Sentiments than
by the purest religious creed in Christendom.
| Obligations to pay debts, and TO refrain from
murder, like any others, exist in the nature and
fitness of things-they are laws written on the
hearts of all men. These obligations, it should be
well understood and borne in mind, can never be
augmented by the annexation of human penalties
Every individual who adopts the sentiments of the
Non-Resistance Society will recognize these, and
other cardinal obligations, AS laws written by the
| finger of God, and will observe them accordingly.
For the acts of those who do not adopt the princi
pies of the Society, the Society will not of course
| be held responsible.
81 Ii any of the members of the Non Resistance
Society at any time deem it to be contrary to the
commands of the Gospel" that they should pay
taxes TO assist in the work ofhuman butchery be it
remembered they will not resist with physical vio-
lcnce those who plumber them of their substance to
| obtain sacrifices for this bloody Moloch So that
you may charge upon these members of the Non
Resistance Society the sin of " dsquieting" their
prosecutors, and troubling" them to do the work
of robbery and plumber, with the same propriety
thatyou may charge upon Daniel, Shadrach, Me-
shach, and Abed-nego, the sin Of Dispute ting ~
their prosecutors, and /" troubling them to cast
the one into the lions den, and the others into the
burning fiery furnace! This would be making
"troubIe " and =" disquietude" with vengeance
wouldn't it?
But have not yet done with my brother, under
this head. The doctrine which he has here set
forth by implication if understand him, will, when
carried out, unless have greatly overrated his
christian character, exceedingly "trouble" and
"disquiet" himsefas a follower and minister of
the Lord Jesus Christ. He makesi It the duty of all
who may be drafted to go and assist in slaughter
ing their fellow beings. In the first place look at
! the dbsurdity of this doctrine. Why is il duty TO
obey the summons and do the work of murder p
Because it is the mandate Of government-not be-
cause the warfare is in itself right. WELL there are
governments on both sides Of the question And j,
must be equally the duty of the subjects of British
governmental that be the government with which
the war is waged-to obey a similar summons and
take the field. Here, then, have opposing ar
mics both doing duty in obedience to government,
and slaughtering each other!
| Let us now carry out the doctrine in another
direction. Suppose that the wretehed victims Of
Southern tyranny and cupidity should rise in des.
pair and throw off the CALLING chains. The nation
al government is pledged to fly to the assistance Of
the ungodly oppressors, and help them to butcher
the very last one of their millions ofvcms if the
hold out unsubdued. In this unchristian and mos,
horrible work, my brothers doctrine holds him
bound to engage. At the call of government, he
must shoulder his musket, go to the field of blood
and engage and persevere in the diabolical work
until the last drop of blood is split, and the last
unprepared soul is sent to hell. o. Christianity
! o. EARTH! o! heaven!!!
But this is not all. My brother asks, "could the
signers of the Declaration contribute to pay the
expenses of Juggernauts templen' l answer 70,
the signers-no. Nor they knowingly violate
any of the commands of God, for the sake of obev.
ing the commands men. But my brothers septi
ments require him, only contribute to defray
the expenses, but to fall down and worship at jug
gernauts temple, if government demand it, and e
trampe on every command of the decalogua.-
There is no escaping this conclusion Let him
who tells me he will obey the summons of govern.
ment, calling him into the work of wholesale MIR
der tell me what mandate of government he will
not obey, and which of Gods laws shall be nara,
mount by the side of mems laws to the contrary.
On looking over the foregoing paragraphs. fen,
that there is single point which is not vet iI,ns