Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-08-12
VOL. XII. NO. ~.

the gentlemen around iIln. WIN - mEca
zeal and earneSluess IS II taIs question
had never been started. O. tae motion
of MIR. Surge, lhe convention the adjourn
ed TO ten O'Clock Tomorrow morning.
Satu day. June - D.
Mr. Surge in the chair IL. izambcrt,
a Member of tae Chamber OF Deputies,
and VI. Laure, were intfodlc,G as dele
gates from France The Chairman taen
said he hoped be should nUt b. violating
the Conscientious scruples of any che. If
he requested th1t thy M gat BE- l.'c.ed
10 sit d miarte or two in silence bei5re.re
business Of the meeting couusac-s. IL
was shortly afterwards announced iLat i
WAS the intention OF those who w!saed to
ion IN deyo:ion before Tie commandments
, OF the meeting, to met IN the adjoining
room for that purpose at half pas, EIae.
: MIR. O'Conueli entered the room and
was received with loud cheers The Rev.
, g. Goodwin of Oxford, read paper on
= the essential snfulness Of slavery, and lis
! direct opposition to the spin. aud precept
e of Christianity. Mr. Clarkson here ar
f rived, and took the chair, but owing 10
faintness he was obliged to leave before
the adiournmentl Rev. G. S.ovei pre-
d scented several resolutions which he wished
u referred with MIR. Goodwin's essay 10 a
Y icOmmit,ee, TO be thrown into practical
Il form, as a recommendation to all Chris
O. tan denominations TO make slavery mat
,e ter OF church discipline Severa! gentle
2. men spoke on the subject. Rev. Mr..
i. Binnev believed that slave-owners had
n been members Of primitive church, and
ne that under The eyes Of the apostles The
re men had held property in their fellow
,is men, and that those masters had not be-
f. come subject to church discipline.
cf Rev. ]. A James said that the church
rp was the main prop Of slavery IN the u.
IN. States. The demon Of slavery hid found
or a haunt, shelter, and defence, not so
I'm, much, he believed, under The presidential
4 = or the professional chair, as under the
to altar 9th Lord, and in the house Of God
An 1t was, Therefore, their duty 10 DO some
,cn thing which would tell on the church
or Hear, hear.) The question was a moral
in one, and they all knew that the church of
,ri- God professed to be based On moral
ose grounds, and that moral influence per-
and petuaIy proceeded from it either for evil
,me or for good. 1t appears 10 him, therefore,
,en- that they should DO something which
, lis would act On the professors of religion.
,rv,. and he did not know anything more like
the ly 10 effect that end than temperate, but
mes. firm aud uncompromising recommenda-
ton, such as that alluded TO in the resolu-
arsi ton then under the consideration of the
hall meeting. He belonged himself 10 a de-
re in nomination proverOially sensitive as 10 If:
rho rights as church-a denomination which
81 TO would allow no invasion OF those rights
and which would set at defiance that Con
m of vention, or any other body, which NIGH
Tn attempt 10 dictate TO its members the term
G e.. of communion; but they were prepare
,b.r to listen to Recommendations, and espe
zion lciallvto recommendations emanatIDg iror
com. such body as that which be .hen ad
Dr dressed. He would still say that th
,dinr suggestions Of Mr.. Binney deserved n
tl,,1 crave and serious consideration oil IN
,binl, Committee, when It came before them
arnU, The shareholders sheltered themsey
Rev under the pretended sanction o! the Sen
time lures, and would tell them that there we
,n,;on Shareholders in communion with d
:, lift nrimiiive church. He would meet the
lies of on that ground. by showing that mode
nven. slavery bore no analogy 10 that whi'
ed by prevailed then ana Oeslaes: 'he'e y
luton, mol the same 'i9n' 10 !eFS"i = enoiI'''
oar as now He thought that 1t would
r Ian wise to take up that suggestion. Tbs
oment object should be TO produce an lmpre'
II our ion on the public mind, and 10 convin
naril- parties that slavery, as il existed al
r. in present day, was sin. and such SIN
IT.. ought TO exclude its authors from col
Crow munion with their fcllow-men. Clei
anada, hear)
=, w Alter an eloquent speech from
md nv Thompson, and remarks b. others.
bomr- ORIGINAL motion was pui,-that the par
rev Of .,fr. Goodwin Be referred 70 conn
-, r ite, 70 prepare resolutions. liereon,--a
Mor- carried with only few diSscniienis.
IN and Professor Adam, late lioIn lndi1, Z
statement facts, which was decly
80, ort4restinr, in reference to the present s.
80 Of slavery in British InGia. Re n
-, ~ some remarks on the general bearing
= Co.. the subject. Other gentlemen spoae
). ,6ina, the subject Of slavery in the East Ind
!, boreSj The subject vas referred 10 a commits
20 ones. The Rev Mr. Bevan then read n
oor, no on the moral influence Of silFery On
,,ro,or character Of the ensavcr aud eas'a'
division and its opposition 70 the a1'1neei: =
request civilization, education ana 'S' 80
=, " their Mr.. Morgan read a lester from ~. -
,,,a The ming on American slavery MF- =, :
met Tho Alexander said that IN the Autumn o.
rs rs - ,-ear h.. had visited Denmark. and y
: - ;bere he took an opportunity OF inqni
40 the state Of slavery N the In
Colonies. He mentioned some int
al as the ;oy facts Mr.. D. Turnbull stated
ia ne he opiDions regarding the comparative s.
!n'l 80 ;tv Of slavery il Denmark, America,
NJ ns..,--aJ the French West India Islands A
OGSu' y. -. -, 10 DaniSh Islands was