Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-12

must not humanity let its voice be heard,
and tell Israel their transgressions and
Judah their sins2
May God look upon their Affections.
and deliver them from their cruel task
masters! Iverily believe he will, ifthere
be any efficacy in prayer. / have been
to their prayer-meelings, and with them
offered prayer in their behalf. | have
heard some of. them in their huts before
daylight praying in their simple broken
language, telling their heavenly Father
of their trials, in the following and SINH
lar language:
Fader in heaven, look upon de poor
slave, dat have to work all de day long,
dat can't have de time to pray ONLY In de
night, and den massa mus not know it.
Fader, have mercy on massa and missus
Fader, when shall poor slave get through
the world when will death come, and de
poor slave go to heaven;' and in their
meetings they Frequently add, Fader.
bless de white man dat come to hear de
slave pray, bless his family and SO on.
They uniformly begin their meetings by
singing the following
And are we yet alive,
To see each others face &c.
Is the ear of the Most High deaf to the
prayer of the slave! do firmly believe
that their deliverance will come, and that
the prayer ofthis poor afflicted people will
be answered.
Emancipation would be safe. have
had eleven winters to learn.the disposition
OF the slaves, and am satisfied that they
would peaceably and cheerfully work for
pay. Give them education, equal and
just laws, and they will become most in
teresting people. Oh, let cry be raised
which shall awaken the conscience of
this guilty nation, to demand for the
slaves Immediate and unconditional eman.
cipation. NEHEMIAH CAuLK1Ns.
At this time there was some fear of insurrection.
aud the slaves were forbidden to hold meetings.
A GRIEVANCE DESERVING REDRESS.
A correspondent calls attention to the fact.
that our medical practitioners are in the
habit of taking, for the purpose of dissec-
tion, the bodies of all persons who die at
the House of Industry, that they think
worry Of their attention. We are aware
that the Legislature has granted to our
physicians the right, in certain cases. to
the bodies Of those miserable beings who
are supported dt the public expense; but
we do not believe the makers OF the law
intended that the physicians should helm
themselves to any extent they please, and
should select such bodies as they think
proper, without reference to any other
circumstances. Nor, for our part can we
see any thing like justice in the law itself
1t may be owing to our obtuseness, bul
we can't see what right the Legislature
has to. grant for dissection, the bodies Of
the poor. any more than it has ito gran,
those of the rich. Poverty, we know. is
pretty generally considered as cri me. a
very heinons offence indeed; or, at least
those who experience it are often. treated
as criminals. But it carries with itselfits
own punishment To be "despised, neg
lected, Jeff alone to die" after life Of
misery. one would think punishment suf.
heIent for being guilty of poverty, without
adding to it any post mortem penalties.
We have at heart the advancement of sci,
ence, as much as any of our contempora.
ries, but we are not disposed to violate. for
the sake of its branches some of the best
feelings of humanity, to the extent demand
ed.-BOston Press S Post.