Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-10-02


not allow it. o. who of US would be an
ldolater, TO fling the babe to the crocodile
Ito swing by the iron hooks-to be
crushed by ponderous wheels-thus to
shed blood that could not possibly atone
thus TO lose life only to gain eternal
Death But millions are doing so, and
who will pity them
$. Consider last, but not least, the poor
down-trodden slave. A certain spot ofour
land is consecrated to liberty but it is
polluted by vassalage, and the moral filth
OF lis influenced There you have the
emporium OF freedom, and the foul mart
OF the slave-tradel There hangs the cap
of liberty, and under it the yoke of bond
age! There is the capitol of independ
ence, and the loathsome Jail for crime
less vassals There is the blooming
nursery of Tepublicanism, and IN 1t, the
smoking hot-bed of slavery There is the
spread eagle of democracy, but she is fly
ing off with the liberties of twenty-seven
hundred thousand! There is the STAR
oespangled standard, ever furled over the
slave cofies! There are the living ora
cles of freemen, and their intellectual
Merchandise! There burning eloquence
goes forth against every kind of aris-
tocracy, and, in the same speech, 10 de-
tend the most abominable despotism =
There is the red-haired slave, and the
dafk-halred slave; the thin-lipped slave,
and the th:ck-lipped slave; the strait
haired slave, and the curl-haired slave !:
the halt-cast slave, and the black-iet
Save. o anna gamaiion amaioa nation
how you scare US at the north And
how many more living absurdities, and
monstrous anomalies will you find in
those 10 miles square2 Just as many as
could be produced by the many-headed-
idol ofthis Commonwealth, at whose in
fernal shrine not less than The WHOLE
MAN is inundated. The poor being who
bears the calling yoke is not only NOR
al paece of goods, an intelligent commodi-
ty, barlered, mortgaged, and sold under
the stroke of the hammer, but the Bible
is kept from him, and every other means
to improve his imperishable nature
Thus this vindicated system of national
disgrace, while it tears from his hands the
lmmunities of man, daringly usurps the
authority of God.
Now brethren. the question is, do we
possess feelings of neutrality-suspicious.
OF genuine disinterested benevoIence If
we have an interest in Jesus, if we are
partakers of the divine nature, we certain
ly do. Then we must be missionaries,
and not only so, but abolitionists. He
was Missionary, and glorious Adolf
ZIONIST Do not be startled at this. He
came to seek and to save that which was
lost He came TO put aaoay SIN by the
sacrifice of himself. If He came to seek
US, then He was a Missionary; if He
came to put away sin, He was certainly
an Abolitionist. For, is not slavery a
sin? 0 yes: it is bood-red criminality /
Take notice again. Now commander
He all men every where to repent
Not by degrees, or gradually, but NOW!!
And what is this no,c, but the radical I'm
mediatiSm of the Anti-slayery enterprise?
Here then brethren are millions of OBJ
iects for our christian benevolence. But
still it may be asked what can we do2-
We can do much If we are willing
What If we are obliged to scrape up a
living among the broken ribs of nature.
The poorest of US can give as much, at
least, as the poor widow. And where in
the annals of human benevolence does a
case of liberality stand forth more promin-
emily than that of the same widow p
Her panegyrist was the King of Glory ;
He who will soon say, well done good
and faithful servant to every faithful par
taker of His heaven-born benevolence.-
We appeal then TO your hearts.and through
I them to your pockets, in behalf of these
objects. Others are endeavoring to obvi-
ate their woes. And shallthis Association
remain behind them all? We cannot bear
such an idea. Q. where is the spirit d