Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-02-27

ReSOLred, That we cannot commune In u
with shareholders, or those pro- p
essing christians or churches that, after re- I
oeated admonilions, fellowship slayehold- Ia
ers. Adjourned. le
o'clock, pm. Is
Met according to adjournment Prayer
by o. Scott.
Heard the Fifth Annual Report Of the
Executive Committee, from E. D. Barber,
Corresponding Secretary. l: was written
with characteristic force and intelligence
After exhibiting the doings Of the Society
during the year, it went into a thorough |
sitting Of the gag proceedings of Congress.
1t also took survey Of the working of i'm
mediate emancipation in the British West |
Indies, showing its triumphant success.
The following resolution was then ietro-
duced by the Business Committee, and af-
Ter being ably supported by J. p Miller, B.
Shaw, o. Scott, Q. Johnson, and J. Battey,
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That northern churches and
protesting christians, by holding religious
fellowship with shareholders ; by admitting
them into their pulpits, and to the commun-
ION table; and by apolosiziag for their an
! fortunate relation, do more to strengthen
| the bonds OF slavery, and to arrest the cur
rent Of public opinion against it, than all its
sophisticated casuists and shiyalrous de-
tenders Of the South.
On motion:
RESOLVED, That we have learned with
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lutions of this State, on the subject of
slavery, the slave trade and the right Of
petition, were treated by our Senators in
Congress, on their presentation of them to
that body; and that we regard their con-
duct on that occasion with unqualified dis
appreciation, as betrayal of the high trust
reposed In them, and as a covering down
to the " dark spirit OF slavery" wholly un-
: worthy OF the representatives of Vermont
ers.
t The foregoing resolution was sustained
e by P. Miller and E. d. Barber, and car
ried with reclamation.
On motion
Resolped, That we view with approba
ton the decided and manly course of Messrs
: Everett and Slade, on presenting the Yer
: mont resolutions in the House of Represent
# atives Of the United States. Adjourned.
,fl 6 O'Clock, P. NJ.
a Met pursuant to adjournment Praye
by w. G. Johnson.
: On motion:
;, ReSolred, That slaveholding, under al
possible circumstances, is SIN, and ought &
z be Immediately repented of and abandoned
v and hence every philanthropist and chris
4 tian-in short, every moral agent is unde
the most solemn obligation to all mean
q sanctioned by law, humanity and religion
,. to effect the immediate abolition ef this sin
D. full relation.
= The following letter, from w. r. Ran
: ney, was read and referred to the Executiv
Committee:
o. TowNsHEND, Feb. IS, 1889.
Dear Sir:-Accept nv thanks for you
{. favor of the 18th of January, soliciting m
III attendance at the anniversary meeting c
of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society, to b
:. held at Middlebury, on the goth instant
y Till very lately have entertained tn
Id pleasing expectation of meeting the friend
" Of humanity and of equal rights, on that oe
=, casion; and liz being able to take some lii
- tie part in deviSing measures 10 effect tn
IN great and philanthropic objects of this asso
ly citation. But recent i'll health and bad tray
e cling will probably disappoint those expee
tatlOnS.
IS You very truly remark, g we are engage
in a great woIk."-lf the Liberation of tn
descendants of Jacob from the woke of or
preston in Egypt was aided oy divine an
miraculous interposilion, surely an effort t
e, confer the blessings of freedom on tire
n millions Of enslaved human beings in thi
- age of enlightened policy, and in the Ian
- OF boosted liberty, may be justly denomina
b ed "greGt" and good. 1t is work in whic
v the patriot, the statesman and the shrstia
:, can cooperate, and with absolute certaint
of success. The same God who froWne
X with signal judgments on Egyptian Cypress
ion, yet lives; and his attributes Of justic
and n1ercy are in no sense diminished.
was fitly said that the Almighty possesse
l. no attribute that can be enlisted on the sid
j. Of the STAKEHOLDER, in this contestant tina
4 by a southern man well acquainted wit
"southern institutions" We contend nc
= in our own strength, nor with blood staine
re weapons but relying on infinite power W
of place our dependence Tor victory 10 argu
menrs unanswerable-in reason undethrone
~ and in The gospel unperverted
r IL our fathers of re were justified in re
sisting with the sword British oppression
how much more are their children, in a
tempting TO e.rpunge, through moral suasior
nd so disgraceGul a stain from our national e.
cutcheon, as American Slavery. If dut
!, demands sacrifice at our hands, in behalf {
- per;shing pagans on far distant shores, ho'
e. much more imperious the claim of our col
he ored brethren ia the South to 4" come ov.
and help them. If liberty, a blood -bougl
= treasure, be boon worth the purchaser t
~ ney, let it be shared equally by every Anne
P. ican-born citizen! ALd let every eroti
transplanted by the hand of violence, r.
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