Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-27

tcH iuVueho tnctO udS uCcu pdlu INTO tue
treasury the sum Of $4,000 dollars.s-
These sums are independent of what is
raised by State and Auxiliary Societies,
for expenditure within their own particu-
lar bounds. and for their own particular
exigencies. Also, of the sums paid in
subscriptions for the support Of newspa-
pers, and Tor the printing (by auxiliaries)
Of periodicals. pamphlets, and essays, eli
Their for sale at low prices, or for gratuit-
Gus distribution. The moneys contributed
in these various modes would make an
aggregate larger, perhaps, than is paid
into the treasury of any one ofthe benev-
client societies Of the country. Most of
the wealthy contributors of former years
suffered so severely in the money-pressure
of This, that they have been unable to
contribute much to our funds This has
made i necessary 10 call tor aid on the
great body of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., gen.
orally, in moderate circumstances. They
have well responded to the call, consider
ing the hardness Of the times. To shew
you the extremes that meet at our treasu-
rB-General Sewall, Of Maine, a revolu-
tionary officer, eighty five years old
William Philbrick, little boy near Bos-
ton, not four years Of age-and Colored
woman, who makes her subsistence by
selling apples in the streets in this city,
lately sent in their respective sums to
assist in promoting the emancipation OF
the "poor slave. All contributions of
whatever kind are voluntary.
A In mt "A arb.J ,,,,.,,oee, do ana,
apply these funds p --.-
! ANswER:-They are used in sustain
ing the Society's Office in this city-in
paying lecturers and agents of various
kinds-in upholding the press-in print
ing books, pamphlets, tracts. &c., contain
ing expositions Of our principles=-accounts
of our representations of objections
and dispositions on points, scriptural,
constitutional, political, legal, economical,
as they chance to arise and become i'm
portant. la this Office three Secretaries
are employed in different departments OF
dutv; one Editor; one Publishing Agent,
with an assistant, and two or three young
men and boys, for folding. directing, and
despatching papers, executing errands, &c.
The business Of the society has increased
SO much of late, as 10 make it necessary,
in order to ensure the proper despatch OF
it. to employ additional clerks for the par.
ticular exigency. Last year the society
had 10 its service about 60 permanent
agents" This year, the number is con-
siderably diminished. The deficiency
however. has been more than made up
| by creating large number of Local
agents-so called, from the fact, that be-
ing generally professional. men, Lawyers
or Physicians in good practice. or minis
tiers with congregations, they are confined
for the most part, to their respective neigh
borhoods Some Of the best minds ii
our country are thus engaged. Their
labors have not only been eminpntly sue
cessful, but have been rendered at small
charge to the society; they receiving ONLY
I. their travelling expenses, whilst employed
in lecturing and forming societies. Ii
the case of minister, there is the add
tional expense of supplying his pulp
during his absence on the business of hi
agency. However, in many instances
these agents, being in easy circumstance:
! make no charge, even for their expenses
In making appointments, the Executiv
Committee have no regard to party dis
y elimination. This will be full y under
= stood, when it is Stated. that on lat
y occasion, two of our local agents wer
e the Candidates oftheir respective politica
p par ties for the office of Secretary of Stat
for the State of Vermont. 1t ought to
M stated here, that two of the most effectiv
advocates of the anti-slavery cause ar
. females--the Misses Grimke' -natives
1. South Carolina-brought up in the mid
o Of the usages of slavery-most INTEL
n gently acquainted with the merits of lh
it system, and qualified, in an eminent de
le gree, TO Communicate their views 10 Other
% in public. addresses. They are not onl
f. the advocates of the slave at their ow
g charge, but they actually contribute t
;e the funds Of the societies. So succ essfull
le have they recommended the cause {
lie emancipation to the crowds that attende
Is their lectures during the last year, thu
10 they were permitted on three several o,
IN casions publicly to address the Joint Con
$ mittee ION slavery of the Massachuset
at Legislature, now in session, on the intel
= esting matters that occupy their attention
ID 10: Hon many printing presses and periodic
= publications have your"
: ANswER:-We own no press. Gu
: publications are all printed by contract
" The Emancipator aud Human RICH
:, are the organs Of the Executive Comm
4 tee. The first (which yon have seen
= is large sheet. is published weekly, an
: employs almost exclusively the time
!; the gentleman who edits it. Huma
- Rights is a monthly sheet of smaller sig
7. and is edited by one Of the Secretaries
= The increasing interest that is fast man
- Testing itself in the cause of emancipatio
= a a =