Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-09-26

horn of truth, and aCiU sound it until those {
proud walls shall have tumbed down,
who have done this. No, sir. 1t is not
those who, having in faith espoused the
cause oil universal freedom, on the immut
able, eternal truths contained in Sacred
Writ that of one blood hath God made all
the nations that dwell on the face OF the
earth, and that all men ale our neighbors,
who have said thus. Ii is not those who,
if they have once bowed the knee to this
Idol, Slavery-have solemnly resolved !
never again to bow before this modern I
| Baal who have brought this false report. |
! No, sir. trust there are at least seven
Thousand efficient men, who will labor in
demolishing this long-worshipped image.
And they have not confessed, or shown "a
ny such thing as you represent. Well,
who then was it that brought this evil re-
port? | will tell you, sir. 1t was those
/ who were void of moral principle and
courage-who professed to be friends Of
the enslaved while their actions show
ed them to be their worst enemies
Those call abolitionists, are men who
are not afraid to speak, for fear it will be
npopular-those who are willing to Ia
Dor with the purse as well as the pen, or
the tongue, according to their ability, when
duty calls. The uniting with az Anti
Slavery Society does not make man an
t Abolitionist, any more than uniting with
, church makes him a Christian. In Ell
7 Their case l suppose the gain in union is
} strength to the cause and to the individu-
: ais. But if the member is drone, and
r does nothing, he is neither benefited ror
e the body to which he belongs, nor the
= cause he processes to have espoused
; After reasoning awhile Mr. Emerson
: says, "We have indeed, as individuals,
S and as collective bodies, repeated our SOL
y ernn declarations of aversion to slavery,
V This, sir, I do not deny But when the
! only sure remedy came, you opposed thai
s more strong ly than you did the evil. |
d think the case is somewhat analogous tc
e the general admission that drunkenness is
= a sin; but when the sure remedy is preach
t. ed, the cry of Misunderstanding too fast
? and too far-of taking away our liberties
2 our property, &c. is raised. Many minis
y !ers, and others considered to be respecta
Y, bic and Influential who preached strongly
n against drunkenness, turned short rounC
l. and fought the total abstinence men, like
e, tigers, for awhile. But now, after NOR
e thorough examination Of the subject, the,
Id fall in with the high standard doctrine.
It's trust sir, it will soon be so with yourse
ee and many others, in regard TO slavery an
&c emancipation.
,ir l will now quote little from your al
no ticle. Speaking Of the charges made b
ho abolitionists, you say, Meanwhile th
as charges have rolled on, wave after Wav
S. to the South. And there they have foun
Oft men with hearts willing enough to belle,
no them-not indeed as charges, but as 10,
au full proofs of what before they could NJ
ID have hoped-proofs that they had not OF
e y? Iv real friends at the North, but frient
he who were becoming prepared TO suppo
led their principles All this could not
the once be believed. But when hearing
,ay continually repeated, and that, by me-
in whose strongest interest it was TO mainta
on the contrary, and no formal refutation fo
all lowing it; and finding our publicatio
cen teeming with opposition to the aboIitio
zen lists; and finding US, too, as they met wi
.all individuals, spending most Of our ardor
us, gainst what we suppose improper me-
S of ureS for the removal of slavery, and b
lies little of it against slavery itself "a sad fal
ear Of ours, confess, and one which | dee
ose myself happy in now incidentally attem
: TO inc to cure,) Witnessing all this, say, \
en- ought not to be surprised at finding SUI
riv assertions believed extensively by su
5 at men. And now, who, and how many a
5 Of the friends whom the shareholders tn
,cts find doubly dear to them? Nearly all /
sir, clergy here, and a vast proportion of t
les numbers, talent, and influence among [
laity. Aye say they, if these indie
hat be all for Us, what need we care for t
in opinion, he influence, or the power (e
way cept to excite to insurrection) Of those "
be- are against us?' This | verify believe
the the reasoning, and this the conclusion
val, which many Southern mind has be
nat led by the preposterous statements a
lon charges respecting the prevalence of A
ect, ti-Slavery principles at the North. A
1eir how could any man in his senses, exp,
ry, them 10 reasonin any other way 2" Tn
i'm of course could not And [ am sorry
you see you so much inclined to look to /
airy wrong source, as to evidence furnish
igs the South, in regard TO the abettors
that slavery in the North For believe if
9TH an admitted fact that factions speak Iouc
t to than aoords,' and you Acknowledged Il
hey you have battled abolitionists harder tn
we're you have slavery, and that the South lea
em- ed that fact from your o,on actions. A
be- ! am really grieved to find that, at Il
the day, the South are aided by ministers a
ould other influential men atthe North. So
aos. may hardly believe this but | fullu