Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-07-31

The hills. When | asked him about Je- |
sus Christ, | found he had heard his
name, but thought he was son of the Gov
ernor of Kentucky. One of my pious
Presbyterian brothers charged me with |
being too severe upon him. He said he
certainly did instruct his people, he did
not suffer them to grow up in heather ig-
norance. | soon after asked one of his |
slaves if he could tell how many Gods
there We're. "Oh yes, massa there are
two Gods."'
Being asked concerning the treatment
OF slaves, DR.. N. said, L have not at
tempted to harrow your feelings with sto
ries of cruelty. I will, however, men,
ton one or two among the many incidents
that came under my observation as fami
ly physician. l was one day dressing a
blister, and the mistress of the house sent
a little black girl into the kitchen to bring
me some warm water. She probably
mistook the message; for she returned
with bowl full of boiling water which
her mistress no sooner perceived, than she
thrust her hand into it, and held it there
till it was half cooked
: remember young lady who played
we'll on the piano. and was ready to weep
over any fictitious tale of suffering. was
present when one of her slaves lay on the
floor in high fever, and we feared she
might not recover. | saw that lady stamp
upon her with her feet; and the only re-
mark her mother made, was, am afraid
Evelina is too much prejudiced against
poor Mary
| MY hearers, you must not form too
harsh judgment concerning individuals
who give way to such bursts of passion.
None of you can calculate what would be
the effects on your own temper, If you
were long accustomed to arbitrary power,
and hourly vexed with slovenly, lazy, and
disobedient slaves. If sent on an eIrand,
they would be sure to let the cattle into
the cornfeld; if they gave the horse his
oats, they would be sure to leave the peck
measure where it would be kicked to
pieces. Such is the irritating nature of
slave service.
Il am asked whether Anti-Slavery
does not tend to put back emancipation
Perhaps there is less said about it in Ken
lucky, than there was few years ago
but the question seems to be this; in an
swer to my arguments, shareholders re-
lply, Why, Christian ministers and men,
bers of churches at the North, say they
do not think slavery is entirely wrong
Now, they certainly have better chance
to form an impartial judgment than we
have This operates like dose of laud-
anum to the conscience but the effects
are daily growing weaker. l do not
know how it is, but there seems to be
class at the North, much more ready to
apologize for slavery, than the majority of
the shareholders themselves.
Much Is still said about the excitement
produced For the sake of the little boys
here, will illustrate this by an example.
The Greeks were cultivated and refin-
led people; but it was part of their wor-
ship of Diana to whip boys at her altar,
) until their sides were worn so thin, they
could see their bowels; and their parents
| were not permitted to weep while they
witnessed this cruel operation. When
. the apostle Paul came among them, he
, lifted up his voice against their Pagan
> rites, and told them their Gods were made
} by the hands of men. Then they all be-
| gan to scream, Great is Diana of the
4 Ephesians I Some good people hearing
5 the uproar, might have said, See how
t Paul puts back the cause of Christianity
< None of the other apostles will dare t.
: come here to preach. Paul himself hac
r to run! Yet what was the result?-
r The images of Diana were finally over
III vi Nhr;ct Cd ~
e her stead Just so it will be with tn,
n Shareholders. They scream, because the!
[, feel the sharp points of truth prick thei
/, consciences but they can't stand Their
! and scream forever. The postmaster
d may try to shut out information but it i
d like piling up a bar of sand across rush
l. ing river. Let the broad stream roll on
J. and it will soon carry the sand before il
is l am glad of organized abolition, becaus
| believe that over all the din, some por
|, ton of truth even now reaches the slave
Ii holders conscience. Already, many hav
v learned that every thing is safe and pros
d porous in the British West Indies, an,
t. that property is fast rising in value there
Y more will learn it soon. hear of on
l. acquaintance after another, who begins t
L. feel uneasy about holding human being
lie in bondage. Members of my forme
at church in Kentucky beg me to print NOR
,e letters about slavery and when l te
II them the postmaster will destroy them
It. they answer, Then seal them up in tn
e, form of letters; we are willing 10 pay tn
lie postage Already it is observable thu
Id professors of religion are afraid to Sc
| their slaves. This shows that the wedg
ct has entered. 1t will enter deeper yet.
g. Am I asked what is the remedy fl
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