Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-29

who perceive the end from the beginning,
looking before and after'-these, | say,
who are now Stumbling, doubling, wait
ing, In relation 10 result they have all
along asserted to be inevitable, are the We
ry men who have held up the abolition
lists 10 public scorn as fools or madmen,
bind rs TO consequences" ignorant OF
the relation Of cause and effect, and inca
pable Of understanding that bad prlncl-
piles andabad measures, if successful, Tor,
in other words, the sudden overthrow OF
the slave-system,) must inevitably lead to
violence and bloodshed 0, most surely,
they are the people, and wisdom will die
with them But the sooner such wisdom
perlshes from the earth, the better for man
kind. So ends the serio -cOmIcO turce en-
acted three hundred and slxty-tve times
year, (Sundays not excepted,) for the
last FIVE years, by unfortunate opponents.
In what pitable plight do they stand
For, in one hour, all their ingenious soph-
iStry, subtle jesuitis:n, metaphysical hair
! pilting,--their confident predictions
their false accusations, their legal poStu-
Iates, and their biblical perverSIons,- TO-
gether with the bIood-red scourges and
calling letters OF that detestabla SYSTEM
which they impiou5ly labored to uphold,
.-have been broken in pieces by TIE
S!eIge hammer of Freedom, and Consum-
I'd in the ire of Immediate Emancipa-
ZION
Now, look at the aboItionists, and OBJ
serve with what eXuitatiou they greet this
most eventful era Where are they, bu,
where they should be-crowding the pub
: lie halls and temples of wo'ship, to return
thanks to Almighty God for the wonder
! ful salvation he has effected for d people
"peeIed, melted out, and trodden unde
; footr There is no fear in their heart, l.
no doubt in their eyes; for, IN their rev
-, erence for the immutabIe principles
Justice, they looked we'll TO CONsEQUENC
rs. For a series Of years, they hav
been procIaimiOg in the ears of Cypress
ors, in season and out Of season, the dut'
, of ms an}Iv releasing all their slave
d from bondage They have marshal'e
together all the facts of hiS'ory-th
eXperiruce Of all a9es-the testimonies c
the wise and good in all natlons-Proot
without number, and 'Strong rs no.
writ'-to demonstrate the lnpoIIcy, dam
tr and wickedness Of exercising Oppre5'
ion over the needy AMI d3fenceIe5s. .
> the score OF personal safety, Of seit,lnter
i est, they have strenuousl y urged the plans
) ers 10 give up their impiouS claim of PROF.
ertv in human flesh. They have ind'e
: nantIy secuted the notion, as opposed
reason and revelation, as equally unphIj
- sophical and unSCripturaI, that 1t IS peri
Gus to entrust men with their ma'lenab'
rights They have challenged their CT
y ponents, in vain, to produce single IN
stance, in any quarter of the globe, tro'
. ancient or modern history, in which d!Sa
trous consequences have followed the IT
! movaI of heavy burdens from the back
~. and CALLING vokes from the necks OF tn
U" oppressed, however feeble in Intellect {
: darkened in mind or umprepared to ente
y upon liberty and the pursuit OF happ
=" ness Give freedom 70 all whom y"
:e are uniustlv retaining in bondoge,' the
= have said to the masters, and, as true {
J. the Lord iveth, there shall no evil Def
~ YOU. Not hair Of your heads shall
y, y, injured, not drop of your blood shall /
" shed, not a fragment Of your proper'
$ shall be DESTROYED. Instead of darkues
W " YOU shall have light; instead of trIbuI
.9 20 ton, Joy; instead of adversely, prosper
). Itv. For barrenneSs, you shall have te
~ tiItv; for wasteful, indoIent and reveng
~ ~ fuI serls, provident, Industrious AMI graf
ne full Iaborers; for liability to servlIe inst
u. rections, perfect exemption from dang
n ~ The execrations Of your victims shall
Oe turned into blessings; theiG waiIings In
y shouts of joy; the judgments OF God,
~ 10 mercies. Your peace shall flow /!
SiI a river, for there shall be none to moI'
az or make afraid. For the mouth OF t
~. Lord hath spoken it."
MI WeIl-God be praised the p'aHtf
- of Jam l;ca have this day resolved, W
eI perfect unanimi.y, to try the cxperIme
% Are the aboitioniStS uonOIed, that tn
H." have been taken at their word Ha
''' thew not some for, bodings, that all W
'n n0tturn out so well ashley have predictr
Il" ia None at ALL They know whereof tn
me ofii:n, and accurately perceive all
gu consequences Of the emancipation a
'"I They have taken a bond, no; Of fate,
oS' Of HIM who cannot lie, and thus Ia
~ made assurance doubIy sure" Her
as it is that, unlike those who have deprec
~. I'd the measure as suicidal on the part
npI the planters, they do not feel constralr
w. ~: 10 wait until they get Intelligence tr
~ -: the West Indies, before they can ?
~ =" Judgment upon it. Hence 1t 's' !" Vi
. III Gus parts of the United States, throu3!
VII. out old England, among the highland:
ice ice Scotland, and in the Emerald Isle, II
10 a.e now swelling the grand chorus
~ LIBERTY
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