Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-28
AN ISL A V E R Y.
From the Human Rights Extra.

CENT-A-WEEkS OCIETIES.-I he cause
of the slave has struggled up, amidst
apathy, scorn, and the fury of mobs, to
the pinnacle of public observation
The eyes and ears of the nation are open.
Our books and papers are read, and our
lecturers heard, with great attention.
Halls oflegislation, churches, school hous-
es, and private dwellings, are thronged
with eager listeners 10 anti slavery truth.
But in the midst of these fields, all ready
to harvest, we are compelled to spend our
strength to procure support, while we
thrust in the sickle. We are suffering
for lack of money. If not speedily sup
piled, we must greatly curtail our opera
lions, when we have urgent calls for en-
larging them three-fold. If all who wish
aoeek, we should have four times as much
as we have hitherto received Who will
not thus prove the sincerity of his good
wishes2
We have commenced the formation Of
Cent-a-week- like those which
have accomplished so much in England.
They are exceeding the expectations of
their friends A small society in one
Sabbath School, has paid in 1926 in
three months In one church, where
nothing had been publicl v done for the
slave before, there are now $50 contribut-
ors reported. In a town in New-Jersey
where there had been little systematic
effort, more than 800 contributors were
obtained in few weeks. In church in
this city, whose members are very poor
more than $5 were paid in for part Of
the first months collection, by only 7
collectors, one of whom has 81 contribut.
ors and is thus collecting at the rate o
:. more than S26 per year. A single church
or neighborhood can thus raise 800 OIL
$3.50 per year, without burdening any
one. A friend has sent me the report o
a society connected with a small church
in England, which has raised more thar
, $1,000 per year.
But the moral effect of these societie:
. cannot be estimated in money. They
keep the cause of the slave constantly be
fore the mind. Abolitionis,s canrot east
. ly 60 to sleep where such society is ii
y operation. The collectors become trac
- distributors, lending from house to hous
y the tracts and papers which had gathered
=, dust upon their shelves. They pied will
4 their friends and neighbors for the perish
- ing slave, thus increasing their own yea
,f and enkindling it in others. They be
>, come radiators of light and heat to remov
the mists and icebergs around them
! Many have become contributors VIII
-, were avowedly not abolitionists. Havin
- begun to give to the cause, it cannot b
- long before they throw their whole soul
y into the work.
l. Bv connecting a library with each 81
ciety, the collectors can, at all times, refe
10 their neighbors to books which will me-
n their difficulties, and cure their prejl
$ dices. These societies will thus enab
er aborionists most completely to occup
o. the territory already acquired, and mo
: easily to push their conquests.
u Below, you have particular direction
Us for the formation and management of tn
a Cent-a-week Societies. We beg of you
Sc see to it that one is established in you
m neighborhood WITHOUT DELAY. Tt
% difficulties have vanished whenever a
!. attempt has been made. We send tn
y appeal to about 1000 persons. in the fire.
&c states. If one in four is the means
establishing society with 100 con,ribu
ors, they alone will raise $50, 900 yearl!
al The societies already in operation ave
be age more than loo contributors.
f. As soon as we receive intelligence !,
the formation of a society. we will, if :
NC ouested, make immediate arrangemen
OF for supplying it with the necessary care
and tracts In the meantime, substitute
8 can be easily procured Yours for Il
to slave. IN. SoUTHARD,
Sen. Agent for cens-a-week Societies.