Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-02-13

whole nation, IN that we have not orot s
all the tithes into His Storeh0gse. Heaven o
grant the church better heart Ia heart i
honest enough to pay the last cent of the G
mighty debt she owes" IS
r.. We respond to the charge-TRUE. |
To the prayer, we heartily say, AMEN.
If this is done the slaves held by professors {
oil religion will no longer groan in bond ;
age, nor their services be used without {
wages"
The report after saying that" The
missions to the colored people, and TO the
poor whites sparsely settled in some Sec
lions of the State, certainly claim our at
,ention," &c. adds j
but we protest against this narrow
confinement of the operations Of Christian |
benevolence. 1t is treason against the
laws of the kingdom of Heaven thus to
inptiSon a spirit to whose tender sympa-
thies the Great Master OF US all has CEN
mended the sufferings of the world. Let
it have freedom and enlargement-com
nit 10 its keeping the treasures OF the
church--6ll its hands with gifts, and bid
il God speed to the utmost verge of the
round world Yes. go benign and heav-
en- born messenger go to the prison
house Of human wretchedness and speak
a word seasonable and kind to him that is
weary-mantle lheshiyering sufferer with
the garment of love; and stay The craving
of hunger withthe bread Of thy bounty
visit The sick mans chamber; pillow his
head upon thy bosom, and wreath his lips
with the smile of thy favor-take the
> stranger to thy dwelling. and let the bless
ing Of him that is ready to perish come
upon thee--deciare Jesus and the resur-
rcetion to the dying, and preach the Cos
pei 10 the poor. Go, translate the Scrip
lures, locate missions, employ men, COM
pass the earth in thy pilgrimage; nor
cease until the shout Of redemption rolls
in thunder through the Temple of God on
high"
70. All this is eloquent indeed, and spir
it.strring; but one can't help thinking al
the whie-what good will it do to trans
late The Scriptures" if slavery, which by
custom or law prohibits them, sis no
moral evil r. What good is to be ef
fected by the translation, j! a system is II
be submitted to, which efectualy cuts Of
men from reading! Perhaps the Geor
gia Conference is not so scrupulous abou
attacking the domestic Institutions" c
other countries as of her own.
1T is treason against the laws of tn
kingdom Of heaven--to imprison a spiri
70 whose tender sympalhies the Grea
Master Of US all has commended the SUI
ferings Of the world.''
A noble sentiment May it have il
weight, both at the North and South, o
those who are constantly tauntlng Us viii
the cry, that slavery rs none OF our col
Germ.
The following extract from the repo
needs no comment-il speaks for iselfar
shows what sink Of corruption SLAYER
IS The itali.ising and -capitalizing
just as we 6nd it in the reportl
1t has been found by sad experient
that our efforts among the slaves, as mi
sionaries, have been greatly neutraliz,
by the drinking establishments with whic
the country abounds. The individual
engaged in this abominabe traffic are
yond our reach With them argument
vain. appeals to the moral sense useles
and defamation on public order and int
est, an idle employment. They deri'
their chief support from the corruption
the negroes, and promote recIlessly, al
by system, all those evils which folio
uron intemperance. The very choice
their business in view of the certain I
suits, demonstrates the ascendancy of tn
wickedness of purpose, that grovelllr
selfish love of gain, which throws the
beyond the redeeming power Of me-
public opinion. We would earnestly r
commend to the legislature such chang
in the license law as at least to break ,
~ the petty g.og shops that infest the Ian
They afford The means OF corruption wit
= out the possibility ofprevention; and The
attract large assemblies OF slaves, Il
masters command TO the contrary nc
wilhs.anding. These unlawful conve
lions, gathered by the. whiskey seller
day and by night (most generally by Il
latier) present Temptations 10 mischief al
theft and under the excitement of liquc
TO violence and bloodShed They lead
the desecration of the Sabbath day by 4
whine man that sells and negroes that b.
they are ecii, only, and continually.
Those men who in defiance of the 81
emn enactment Of the Legislature, op
by night and on the Sabbath day The ba
do0rs OF these :aanufactories Of drunkar
and secre,e there tar the most iniquito
purposes, the slaves Of The surrounds
country, certainly merit the condemnatl
ofthe virtuous, and are not upon any c.
sderation entitled to the protection OF
State Legislature. The present tax
the retailing privilege, is so low as to
vite the indolent and corrupt to the mu
.Eo,;o., nf ,hesa establishments ~