Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-01-30
For the Telegraph.

Brother Murray Unqualified as am, |
hope 1 may be permitted, through the medi-
UNI of the Telegraph, to share in the noble
struggle for the promotion of moral great
ness. l feel an indescribable sensation
throbbing at my heart, at the urwilingness
of man TO do justice to his fellow. If |
betray weakness, | cannot help it. l am
emboldened by the claims OF my cause
The promotion Of justice and equal laws
the promotion of religion, prosperity, and
peace,-and the release of three millions Of
human beings from the letters, oppression,
and misrule of that inhuman system, whose |
brand must necessarily burn upon our fore
heads, while slave cries to heaven, ought,
| think, to unmuZZle the mouth of every
man, who is worthy the name. The times
demand it,-fuly demand it. Language
must be stripped of its deadly smoothness
Truth must be presented full and shining
1t is 10 those who deprecate the system Of
slavery In all its horrld features, and who
petition Congress to exercise all their COLI
stitutional power for its immediate abolish
ment, that more particularly address N.Y.
self. These, think, desire TO act consist
emily, and from pure motives, but, in their
actions, they are as preposterous as should
be, If declared that three and three made
seven, or that the radius of circle was
equal to the diameter. Let me explain my
self. They send to Congress. men whom
they know to be opposed to the emancipa-
ton OF the slaves, and consequently will
debar themselves from the attainment of
| that for which they beg In their Petitions
This Is the reason for. which petitions are
thrown under the table like pedler's pack.
| am glad IL is so. 1t will make men act
consistently. 1t will make them feel this
Vexation of their own procuring, and act
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for those Who will regard
their petitions. 1t is necessary that this
revolution, in the conduct of Abolitionists,
should take place Immediately. The hand
of thraldom lays heavily upor. ourselves
But it cannot invalidate our right; nor in it
take away the moral power of vindicaung
that right mean the right Of petition.
! Ii is impossible to observe the proceed
ings of Congress, without seeing how bold
ly the wishes and interest of the North are
set aside, and all this at the sacrifice oil
justice and freedom. But this power is fas
melting. 1t must soon disappear like the
snow of spring. The men who now pos
sess it, have been hitherto supported by the
freemen of The North. But the North can
no longer deny itself. 1t will not cringe
: under the tyrannous and revolving power oil
: those who hold an usurped dominion ovel
: the rights and feelings. The appeals Of
r justice and humanity cannot be treated viii
contempt. Public opinion cannot endure
such treatment. 1t will soon carry its cleo
trio force from breast to breast, until al
shall knit their strength together to obtain
the full measure of justice. The struggle
$ OF the friends of liberty in this country i
f becoming desperate. But consciousness
of truth and the wholesome PRINCIPLES q
the Gospel are more than equal to the
struggle. This consciousness / hope i:
: cherished in the hearts OF the readers of the
Telegraph If it be, they will no Longer
, act inconsistent with themselves. They
will not send man to Congress with hi:
. eyes blazing before the shrine of Bacchus
who pays his devotion to Diana OF the
Ephesians, and who walks in the shadow
of the father of thraldom; and at the same
time, fills his portmanteau with petitions
: begging of him and OF his coadJutors at the
shrine, to abjure their idols. What viii
r such begging amount to? They may a:
| well beg of the torrid sun to lessen its heat
d or of the monsoon not to shift his course
: Let any man look at the organized govern
> ment of the land, and see how much of the
. glory of God is to be promoted how mucf
! the general veal is TO be regarded, and how
much the right Of man secured by the pam
pered partisans, who now support its tragic
= and barbarous scenes2
: Here, undoubtedly, throw myself opeI
/ to the charge Of an enthusiast. But mus
It confess ! could as soon countenance III,
: law OF the absolute empire of cherries
V China, as to link with men whose proceed
4 ings must be the theme of oboquy 70
future generations. And, while three mill
ions of human beings are fettered Xix
brutes, where God has done so much TO
. the happiness OF man,-where the bountie:
{ and beauties Of nature afford the best facil
y tiles for the perpetuity of the universe
: interest and general welfare of free peo
pie, could neither pander to prejudice, no
barter for reward my just indignation a
any action which stands against an equal
cation Of laws, or against the Liberation O
those miserable beings, who are foull
wronged-whose condition shocks humani
ty, throws blot upon the face Of nature
i and chilIs the life blood of freedom. Ever
: honest man ought to denouoce the system
s in all its relations, as one upon which tn
l. fri9htful storm of the wrath of God mark
Il doom and destiny. If it be said that W
nave no regard for the feelings of thos
who differ with US upon this subject.
J frankly avow that it is because | have
l. regard for the feelings Of man, that thu
a speak. | also frankly avow that know 9
a nothing so well calculated TO wound tn
lie feelings of man., as TO cause the blood 1
bloat upon his back, and steam in red bui
bles upon the ground before his eyes. An
'e with equal plainness | must confess that
g think the man who can brood oyer sue
te scenes of 6endish horror, has feeling nc
very dissitnilar TO that Of the beast men
! toned in the Apocalypse, with seven head
and ten horns. Of course do not her
. meat all who are not Immediate abolition
e lists: ! mean only those whose inHuenc
itends, either directly or indirectly, TO door