Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-05-15
VOL. XII. NO. 81,

eduluS Hltn OF lne cnuTcn al Tue Worth,
while obliged 10 confess that slavery is
great moral evil" are waging ecclesias-
ical war against their brethren who pro-
claim it a sin, for the sake Of keeping
peace with those who unbIushinglvlde-
clare that it is not moral evil. These
men, when they have had the power, as
in the New York Conference, have sus-
pended their brethren from the ministry
for the crime of attending a Methodist
Anti-Slavery Convention, and have con-
demned the lions Watchman in this
city, for taking the part of the slaves
In The New-England Conference, where
they have found themselves In the minor.
ity, they have endeavored to entrap their
brethren into a REIMBURSEMENT of their
principles under the guise of "paciica.
tion" 1t is gratifying, though but mat
ter of course, to say that these champions
of slavery, headed by bishop who quotes
the Golden Rule as good authority for
slaveholding, have done nothing but ad.
vance the cause of abolition
We might add similar statements in
regard to other great denominations
While the leading men at the North are
madly striving to keep The peace of chris.
tian fellowship with the perpetrators Of
robbery and the justi6ers OF adultery
their fellow christians are beginning to
be arousedro their duty, and to take the
earliest opportunity to perform it. This
committee may be accused of stepping out
of its sphere to disturb the peace oil The
churches; out their real disiurbers are
their old professions of faith and rules Of
practice. Would they but abide by these
their peace might be las a river" but
while they violate them, and there is
free tongue left to upbraid them, they
must expect to be like The troubled sea
which cannot rest.
? During the present year it has been
= deemed important that the abolition power
f accumulated should be practically ap
= piled. The petitions of half a million Of
? freemen, piled away unread in the Carl
r iol, show the importance Of having men
3 in Congress who will dare to adycca'e
d the peoples rights. In accordance with
this necessity and with the design Of thr
3 Society as expressed in lis conSirGli2n,
Il our fellow-citzens have been urgei 70
= support the cause Of human rights a, the
h polls. Great as is The difficulty of pre-
d serving political influence without o.,
"a ganizing distinct party with scparas
ce nominations, it has thus far been clfe,l,i
ID with no inconsiderable degree Of succ4
: In the election of such men as Mr.. A,
s. word Of Massachusetts. the aaihor of abb
N reports in the Legislature of that CON.
a. monwealth on trial by jury, and The an.
W nexaiion of Texas, Mr.. Gates of New.
ne York, and Mr.. Giddings Of Ohio. and
s. the reelection by an increased majority
81 of MIR. Slade of Vermont, we have q
m sample Of what has been done, and an
o. omen of what will be- The case Of Mr.
4 Alyord finely illustrates the character d
er political abolitionism. He had an anti.
er abolition opponent in his own as wei
d. as in the opposite democratic parry Ye
nd his majority over both was 1897 out Of
"a 6,86l votes, and his majority over Bis
3D. political opponent exceeded that OF Cor
hit Everett over Judge Morton by |, I35 woes
cb showing that that number of voters q.
IS least had left their political party for The
us cause Of the slave. We may probably
he add 10 this $50 votes to compensate To-
I'D the Wings who forsook MIR. Alvord br
III his Wing opponent, which will give Is
nd 1855, or about one-half of the Demo.
,m cratic voters of the district, who gave Up
Dr. their political predictions for the sake
ed OF humanity. The time is not disanl-
Ike we believe, when throughout the Tree
ses States a similar portion of both patles
he will be ready 10 take the same course
in What makes political action still nore
es- important at this stage of our cause Is
by the fact that our own rights are assal.ed'
~ and while we are struggling 10 oball
: liberty for the slave we are in danger o.
10. losing our own. The last year, like ihos:
wn which have preceded it, has furnishTl
nly painful evidence that our opponen.s arc
ready TO trample on the rights of ever
'ns man who advocates the cause of the Stare
rid The ruins of that noble Hall. erected 70
ty accommodate free thought & free speech
nd IN the city of PniladeI phia testify thai
zen abolItionists, if they would either malnialn
eet heir own rights or regain those Of in'
les, slave, have no political power to throw
by away. The hall was really destfOyel
rg, not by the lawless rabble, but By ID,
functionaries whom the ballot box ha-
We clothed with power for the conserva'"D
on OF the public peace. 1t needs no testImI
ere ny but that of the city authorizes plea.
oon ing in self-defence, to prove that the el.
the ments OF the mob were al the first PEI
for fectly within their control. That the!
on fostered and encouraged the violatofs 9
the peace. by endeavoring TO get the aOo
ing lltionists to desist from the exercise
the their undoubted rights, and by PROMISE: