Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-25
Vol. X....Noe "A

Christians of the South sustain to slaoe-
~ is an Important part of the subject;
and must take the liberty to advise
Eli Ball, however gratuitous and
immodest he may consider the work
of giving such advice to be, to study
and re-examine this point thorough
ly, before he presumes longer to act
the teacher on it. "For when We
ought to be teacher, ye have need
that one teach you which be the first
principles" of the subject on which
you undertake to teach.
What are the relations which slave
holders sustain to slavery? I answer,
they are the same relations which war
riors sustain to war-which the us-
ers Of strong drink sustain to strong
drinAing-which whoremongers sus-
tain to whoredom-which thieves
sustain to theft-which robbers sus-
tain to robbery-which pirates sns-
tain to piracy-in a word, which sim
ners sustain to sin.
An attempt is made to justify
christian o. shareholders In conun-
uing to be shareholders, ON the ground
that they are christians (!! and espe-
}cially as some of these have chris
tan slaves. The very reason adj
vanced here to justify their continu.
ance of the relation, is the very
strongest that could be advanced
condemning it. Who but christians
ought to be the first to set an exam
pie of self-denic1 and self-separation
from system Of sin. What is the
reasoning in regard to the use Of
strong drink? Is it not that the ex~
ample Of the protested christian who
uses these drinks, is the most PERM
= cious-the most disastrous to the
: cause Of temperance? Do we not,
: and with the greatest propriety, call
} on professed christians be the first,
the most decided, and the most ac-
, tive, in washing their own hands from
this iniquity, and in redeening 9TH
t ers from its thraldomi Bya parity
of reasoning we appeal to slavehold-
= ers.
? Much stress is placed on the piets
4 of professedly christian shareholders.
4 Just as thougha mans apparent piety
e could sanctify his daily participation
: in robbery, and extortion, and soul
=, murder! Let him FIRST be honest-and
! then his piety shall be duly appreci-
= ated. ".Wo unto him that buildeth
r his house by unrighteousness, and bis
e chambers by wrong, that useth his
neighdors service ,cithout ,uages, and giU-
): eth ham not for his,oork." Say and think
r whatyou will of the p;etyof the slave
}, holder, he is despeiler of Gods i'm
n age-a destroyerof souls-a tyrant on
S earth-and rebel against Heaven.
e l cannot consent to leave the sub
: ject, without, for a moment, calling
J. the attention of Colonizationists to d
v single fact stated by Eli Ball. He
e inadvertently testifes, in regard to
r the free people Of color in Virginia, that
"rery fe0 Of [them] are ,oi7Isng to g
to AtTica." Let this be borne in mind
by those who revile Abolitionists fol
stating the same fact.
: 1now leave the subject for this
: time,-hoping that the Editor of tho
+ Religious Herald will have the fair
le ness and the magnanimity to present
le both sides of the subject to his read
le ers. If the truth has been spoken,
( with the blessing of the Great Head
d of the church it will do good If I'M
re truth, let it be exposed. Ihave much
n more to say, but will first wait and
lie hear the other side.
DEATHS FROM DRINKING GOLD wArEG-