Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-06
From the Ner-Yerk Er.nrsli.t.

lengthy article, headed ..The Abolition
ISIS " which is certainly very remarka.
pie document, with the prediction. that ab.
oliion viii be annihilated in three wears.
Inc language employed by The editors is
700 vulgar TO be introduced here, or 1
would quote il for the benefit of ali who
would know what is the character of the
means used against US by our opponents.
am a little curious to know by what
aIthmetical process the worthy editors
obtained this result Do they mean that
slavery will be abolished in three wears
and that, 10 consequence, there will no
longer De a1y necessity for anti-slavery
organization2 If this be their opinion,
the most have 70, say respecting it is,
they are TOO sanguine In their expec.a-
tons. The monster will not die so easl.
~. 4 great revolution is to be effected
IN public sentiment al the North, previous
to his death !; and editors who apologize
for slavery, and for mobs, and riots, must
radically change their course. Lei as not
be too confident that all this can b. done
in three years. Or, do the editors sup
pose that the threats of southern men, re-
iterated by their satellites at the North,
will awe US into silence, and that thus We
shall be annihilated We shall see.
Men may establish an Institution, of which
robbery, and adultery. and murder, shall
be the principal properties, and they may
cnristen It dsUine. Probably the editors
mean. that, by the great current of popu-
lar sentiment, our doctrines will be swept
away and lost. So thought the oppon.
ents of Christianity, when it was intro
tduced into the world. But they were
disappointed. 1 believe the advocates of
slavery in this country are doomed. to as
certain a, disappointment. If l am not
very much deceived, the sign of the times
plainly indicates this. Virtue will final
| " prevail over vice-right over wrong
truth over error and superstition. Let
this prediction stand by the side of the one
have alluded to, land, coming from such
a source. it is entitled to some considera-
ton j let them both be remembered; and
let US fearlessly 60 forward in our course,
/ relying on the Lord of Hosts. Our prin.
ciples will prevail; and the history Of
l84l, so far from recording the annihila-
ton of them, will greatly attest their pow
er and their extension, as those who are
i permitted to live at that period will ack-
nowledge ~.......,.. ........- w. -
j The extent to which the ice trade has
been carried from Boston, is a striking
proof of the enterprise Of New England
men. The following letter from ST. Lou
| is, Missouri, we find in an Alton, Illinois
paper boston Press. 2 ..:... -s-,s.~..
i nsaas-a 10 'alsi st. Louis, Apr. 90. p
/ The Boston merchants deserve greet
4 credit for their perseverance and enter
prize No one can deny but that, as a
community of merchants. they surpass all
others in ingenuity, talent and industry
in operative speculation. Not content for
some years past, with monopolizing the
Ice trade Of Calcutta, and New Orleans.
they have for the coming season furnish
ed supply sufficient for our neighboring
city, Vicksburg The Steamboat Selma,
is now up from ~. Orleans, and Capt.
Blood informs me that he lowed up, the
q ship Henry luke, with cargo of Ice,
which when loaded at Boston, was esti.
f mated at 400 tons; she delivered 500 tons,
making loss of "a TONS lam also in.
. formed, that this was the fourth ship that
had made the voyage from Boston, to
Vicksburg, this spring, with ice, return.
ing cotton loaded. The Vicksburg con-
/ tractors for this luxury were to receive
: 1900 tons, for. which they agreed to pay
, $4,000, per cargo, or $4,000. The
ship Henry luke received S2700 freight
. round-out of which she paid $1,000 tc
, the Selma for towing consequently the
Boston merchants receive $500 for each
: cargo delivered, l~-. .l=.-5=
Governor Ritner of Penn, in his proc
!, lamatioR on the riot offering reward o
! $500. says, .1.,a". -. - =. s~.,a IS
f For the first time the orderly city o
i Philadelphia has become the theatre o
r scenes heretofore only contemplated at
$ distance, as dangerous excesses on the par
d of others. They have now been enacte'
;. in our midst, and assumed a form the mos
Z destructive Of property and domestic quiet
a the most inimical to individual rights, an
e the most ruInous to social harmony an
e public order that can be conceived.
i The torch of the incendiary has bee
]; applied by unmasked violaters Of law, il
o the darkness of night, in the heart of ;
n crowded city, and for the avowed purpos
Of of preventing the exercise of the Consti
e tutional and invaluable right of "the. fire.
lie communication of thoughts and opinions.
7, II it be true that if even "error of opin
l. ion may be tolerated while reason is lei
free to combat it, the practice of combat
g. ing supposed error with the 6rebrand, o
re of punishing even crime without the es
fy tablished process OF law, must be the Yer
Or essence of tyranny. Ii is the duty of tn
Is magistrate to protect all in the exercise
to their constitutional rights, without respet
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