Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-15
MISCELLAN EOUS.

Some time In the Fifth mo-, 1888, about
one year after the organization of the
New-Ehgland Anti Slavery Society, and
when the principles and views of aboli-
tionists were little understood, a CORES
/ pondent of the Liberator spoke in terms
OF strong Indignation of the advertisement
of one Lewis A. Collier, human flesh.
dealer, Of Richmond Va. The writer
had been evidently greatly excited by the
unblushing atrocity Of this detestable SELL
er of his fellow beings; and his remarks
were consequently severe and denuncia-
/ tory. Not one word was said of George
Washington or any individual, except the
infamous Lewis A. Collier. Upon this
article the editor Of the Vermont Chroni-
Gle seized with ayidity;-not to expose
the horrors and atrocities of the domestic
slaye-trade, not to speak out ia tones OF
manly indignation against system so
cruel to man, so abhorrent to the benevo-
lence of God. He thought not of the
agony Of the parted family-the wife torn
from her husband and her children, at
the slave-prison Of Virginia-the slave
ship floating along the coast with her
cargo Of despair; he did not follow the
victims Of wrong and cupidity to the
slave-markets of New Orleans the
rice swamps Of the Carolinas, and the
cotton plantations of the Great Valley
Oh no. The editor of the Vermont Chron-
icle was no "fanatic" His business was
the abolition of the Anti-Slavery Society,
not Of Southern Slavery. He could toll.
crate Lewis A. Collier, the Richmond
land-pirate, better than William LLOYD
Garrison, the editor of the Liberator.-
He saw, as he supposed. an opportunity
to. make the friends Of Emancipation obi
Gus in the eyes Of the community. BY
practicing a little pious fraud. the Ian
| guage applied TO the Richmond man.thiei
and his kindred slave-drivers, could be
turned against the almost idolized Wash
ington. Accordingly he psnned, the fol-
lowing article, and published il in the
Vermont Chronicle, Of the oath OF Ninth
mo-, 1893: -. go"
CHARACTER OF GEO. WASHINGTON.
Commander and Chief Of the American
Army during The Revolutionary War
and first President Of The United States
Scarce any man, in modern DAYS, ha:
stood higher in the estimation of the
whole civilized world, than Gen. Wash
ington. As patriot, a sincere, enlight
ened, and undertaking friend of freedom
and of the rights Of man; as man o
the strictest integrity, as a sincere and
devoted Christian, he has been held up t.
the gaze Of an adniring world, and sci
. dom, if ever, has a voice been raised t
4 question his claim to this high honor
: But it seems that all this is delusion-
q the very reverse Of truth. The honor o
a this discovery is due to the advocates o
Z the New-England Anti.Slavery Society
! whose delineation- of his true characte
we proceed to copy. s~.s.r -. .
i. In religion, he toas hypocrite.
e Call the stakeholder by what gospe
b name you please, his profession OF rel
o gion is insulting hypocrisy.-Li6erator
i'll e. As TO has honesty, he i0as a thief
9 His religion and Christianity are insu
b fcientto actuale his obedience to the eight
If commandment--.th thou shalt not steal. ~
) ID. -. ..' as'.,>-s. '....
s 8. He tcas kidnapPer rss. S."
r For he is man-thief, . sinner of th
i first rank. and guilty Of the highest kin
4 OF theft, who IS condemned to death b
\ the law Of Moses.-Ib. IS 4
nj 4. He uas habitHaIiy guilty of perjar,
r. Every man-stealer, who takes the oat
! of office in the United States, commi
J. wiIful and corrupt perjury, and durin
n the whole period of bis continuance
e office, he is living with the guilt of b,
d bituaI discovering attached to him.
,e 5. He is aotc ia hell - NJ
X And unless he repents, with all 9th,
e workers Of iniquily, will "have his pa
q in the lake which burneth with FIRE an
). birthstone" No man-stealer can entt
70 the kingdom of heaven.-B. 2
II At least, such was the doom for whic
II his general character prepared him, an
II there is no evidence that he escaped
e even by death-bed repentance; for /
4 lived and died Shareholder.
~ This description Of the true charact,
n Of Washington. Is found 10 foriy-six In,
Cd IN the fourth and fifth columns of n
second page Of the Liberaior Of May Isl
~ By'a more extensive. and yet not labor
II ous search. we might prove, BY testimon
is equally conclusive. that he was ero'
he bsf. Prof E. Wright thai he was
! f..tyrankn Mr.. Garrison. passim !; and III
r. he deserved many Other equally Apr,
brious names. We hope men will lear