Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-06


e Of the State Anfi-slassry Society, called forth
y ths recent Outrage IN Philadelphia. Below Is
be closing paragraph Of this document LIS tone is
mild. yet manly. - 49, es /;
sIf il be inquired Of as what course we
mean to pursue in this time Of trial, our
answer Is brief. We shall move onward
IN the right line Of duty. persevering in the
and defence of those righte-
Gus principles which we have ever upheld.
confirming ourselves, as we ever have done,
to the exertion Of moral power, and the use
Of peaceful means. We shall plead with |
renewed and still increasing energy. the
cause Of the down-trodden poor. acknowl-
edging in our practice, as well as our
words. the universal brotherhood Of man,
and that we believe, what almost all profess,
that .sall men are created equals in rights.
and that those rights are inalienable. We
are wellaware thatthe worldly-wise would
recommend a temporising expediency-a
pause in our exertions-a bending to the
storm, till its fury be overpast The rhet-
ORIG may be fine which enforces such coun-
sci, with simlles of the reed rising after
the blast, and the rigid oak shivered and
prostrated for It's obstinacy; but the policy
itrecommends, we utterly repndiate. The
| Welding reed may rise, but it bends again
at the next gust Who would lean on it
for supporta Who would rely on 1t as a
prop 10 his feeble steps2 The pliancy
which saves it. proves il not worth saving.
No!-never let this supple plant which
seeks safety by tamely bowling before vio-
Hence, be the emblem of the Anti Slavery
cause or its advocates. Let them be rath-
Ter like the rock-rooted oak which gathers
fresh strength from its resistance to the
tempest, and never bending till il breaks,
continues to give support to those who re-
cline against It, as long as It can sustain IL
sell. Are we told of the events of the past
week, and warned Of the futurei Our an.
swer is ready. Our fathers preferred the
maintenance Of their rights to the preser-
walton of life ITSELF and we should be de.
generate sons indeed, if, when not our own
i rights alone, but those Of the enslaved
; millions of our sinful land. -of the mill.
ions yot to be born to an inheritance Of de
graduation and oppression, or of liberty anc
honor, according as we succeed or fail, are
depending on the issue Of our moral enter
, prize, we should tremhle and falter, anc
shrink from the contest as soon as il wax
es warm, and chickens with difficulty, ant
toll, and peril Are we pointed to th,
> smoking ruins of that beautiful Temple o
Freedom, which we fondly hoped wou!t
long have echoed the noble and free senti
ments of Franklin, Rush, Benezel
Lay, and as we look sadly on its earl,
downfall, are we hidden to learn henc
the fate Of our own dwellings,, If we per
: severe2 Think not the intimation vii
: drive Us from our post. Mol rather vii
I we gather in handfuls, the yet warm ash
4 es Of the ruined edifice, and cast them to
4 ward heaven. that they may come down j
5 boils and blains upon the monster Slavery
: eating with caustic energy to his very "
IF tails, and consuming his life-blood wit
>, what he had varnly deemed should be hi
K nourishment. We shall 60 on then, calm
F. " but firmly. Our work is too molly, to
) great, too intimately inwoven with all thi
: ouff sllow-men, or desire for our posterit
! to be lightly abandoned at the appearanc
y of difficulty, or timidly given over a: Il
approach Of danger. We feel that &C
has called Us to this work, and if it is h
! purpose that we should finish what "
If have begun, he can preserve US, though
st be in the lions den, or the seven fold hea
,e ed furnace; that he will deliver us out
" every danger, and uphold us by his fl.
Spirit, until all is accomplished that he h'
" given Us to do. II he has otherwise o
as dained. and designs 10 permit the wick.
d. to triumph for a little season, and the wi
y nesses for his truth to be slain THE stree
= of our city, we shall have at least the sati
~ faction Of rejecting that we fall in the pc
q. of duty. with our wounds in the breast al
not the back and that he whose work v
an are doing can raise up other hborers
nd reap the rich harvest whose seed we ha
s. sown. and whose growth our blood W
sr- have nourished" T=ss@.+ ..
pGovernor Ritner, of Pennsylvania, has off
ed $500 reward g for the apprehension and conv
ton Of each and every person engaged in the bun
- ing Of the Pennsylvania Hail." -
10 The Mayor of Philadelphia also has offered GO
the Afor the apprehension and conviction of the v
or perpenator or perpetrators"
ing The aPennsylvania Hall Association" have is.
at ed the following card:
=, PENNSYLVANIA HALL.-The friends
- liberty, of equality. ofcivil rights, and
= free discussion, are informed that su
scription list is opened a. No. 3O7 MuIbt
-, ry-street. where all the friends Of freedo
- may subscribe towards the erection of
new Hall.
I'd: As soon as the sum Of fifty thousand d,
ink lars is subscribed and paid. the Manage
wo of the Pennsylvania Hall Association "
emit proceed TO erect another Hall, larger. Al
If possible, more beautiful than the form
or Signed in, and bv direction If ~. D..