Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-01-24
Vol. X....No. Is.


ton in the Telegraph. Tits given, though
at this late hour, because it discusses nri,
ciples, and illustrates truths, which are !,
all times the same.
NoRTH-F ERRlsBURGH, 18th mo-, %, 1872
Dear brother Never, since the CON.
mencement Of the present Ant-Slayer.
struggle, was there a time when evprv
friend of peaceful, impartial freedom was 81
imperiously summoned 10 put forth all his
energies, and throw himself into the breach
in order TO save our cause from utter do
struction.
Scarce had we recovered from TIE
shock given us by the tidings from the east
of the treachery of some who had profcssed
allegiance to the cause of the pershinp
slave, when we were called upon to mourn
| the untimely fall of beloved brother in the
west, under circumstances calculated 10 i'm
press US with the most gloomy forebodings
for the fate of our greatly favored but guilty
country, and to ell US with alarm fo1 We
issue of our righteous cause. For, willis
many of our friends are consoIing them
selves under our bereavement with the
cheering hope that the awful tragedy of
Alton will result in the rapid spread of our
principles, and the acquisition of large num-
bers to our ranks who have hitherto stood
aloof from us, confess my mind IS oppress-
ed with far different anticipations,-
| those too of a character, the expression of
which, high regard for the noble intrepid
| ty, the unsubdued energy, and the self-sacr
fcing devotion of our lamented Lovejcy
and deep sympathy with his afflicted
family would gladly suppress, and indue
the wish to spread veil over the fraity OF
human nature, did not duty to the cause to
which we are pledged imperiously demand
their expression.
perceive in the course pursued by our
friends at Alton, in the defence Of their IN
doubted rights, and in the manner in which
it is treated by some of the Anti Slavery
prints. what conceive TO be violation not
only of one Of the plainest precepts Of Jesus
Christ, but also of one of the most import
ant principles of the Anti-Slavery organiza-
ton; and which, if persisted in by the body
of abolitionists, will prove more disastrous
to our peace than all the Clerical Appeals
2 and designating and recognizing efforts
r of professed friends or avowed enemies.
The Constitution of the American Anti
Slavery Society declares that this Socie-
ty will never in any way countenance the
oppressed in vindicating their rights by re-
) sorting to physical force" And in its
Declaration Of Sentiments =" it holds this
truly christian language" Our principles
= forbid the doing Of evil that good may come,
and lead US to reject, and to entreat the op-
y pressed TO reject the use of all carnal weap-
ons for dellverance from bondage-reIyiDg
: solely upon those which are spiritual. and
mighty through God to the pulling down
Of strong holds" And again" Our qreaD-
= 0"S shall be such only as the opposition
OF moral purity to moral corruption"
Now what was the principle on which the
Antl-Slavery Society adopted these pacific
sentiments Was it on the ground of
mere human eapediency; surprising they
= had more reason to hope for the speedy
deliverance of the slave by the use of moral
Il effort than by encouraging him to resort to
physical violence? Most evidently they
IL referred to higher and nobler motive
81 "Their principles forbid the doing of evil,
10 even though good might be the result"
> The adoption of this sentiment, then,
a. was clearly the result of deep conviction
g that the laW Of lore, which they professed
'e to take as tn cir rule of conduct, when ex-
~ tended to the oppressor, denied the use oI
&c all means to bring him to justice but those
Of a spiritual or moral character
al But it may be said that these pacific
~ principles IF the Society were only intended
ne to apply to the treatment of the Shareholder
n, in the case of his slaves; and that aboIl-
d ; tionists were still at liberty to assert and
of defend their own ri hrs in any manner they
he might each judge expedient. And shall We
ID, So l@t yteto 10 tne splFlt OIL caste, as 10 du
RS NIT that there is one rule for the colored
FAR man and another for us2 Have we so soon
on forgotten the first rudiments of our a5olI-
no tonism-the perfect equality of all men 10
,tb their inalienable rights? 1t surely will not
be urged by abolitionists in justification Oh
80 our friends at Alton, that they were acting
- under the sanction of lar, and deny TO the
:: slave the right of forcibly asserting MS
I'll l;hertv an tho Ground that by so dong ne