Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-17


invite the abolitionists in everv mart of M
country to extend to said paper that gen
erous patronage which will be necessar,
for its support, and which, we doubt moi
it will richly merit.
Resolved, That in the present crisis q
the Anti-Slavery enterprise, exposed a
we are TO the combined opposition of mul
tltudes of professed friends, as we'll a,
open enemies, we earnestly call upon alb
oiltlonlsts to pursue a course of rioie
economy and self-denial, that our ca9se
may not suffer for want of pecuniarv as.
slsRnce; and we conjure them not to as.
sIst IN sustaining any Of those professed
benevolent associations which counter
ance slavery by knowingly receivino
shareholders as members, or The confirm
tons of shareholders for their upport
Resolved, That the prejudice which
excludes the people of color ia this conn.
try from those social. political and reIi.
glous rights, which belong to them il
common with every other portion of the
human family, under whatever ruise i
may manifest itself, is a violation ot
Christian law, and of the great princinles
which lie at The foundation of our enter.
PRISE and is one of the great supports of
American Slavery; and that, CONSEQUENT
~ 1t is the duty Of every moral beino
but especially of abolitionis,s, to bear =
faithful testimony against it, both bv nrc.
cept and example.
Resolved, That we will do all in our
power to elevate and improve the condi-
'ion oil the colored people, by introducing
them, on equal terms, into schools and
semlnarles, and every honorable occupa-
ton of life.
Resolved, That we earnestly entreat
several State Societies, auxiliary to
the American Society, to render prompt
pecuniary assistance TO that Society, that
1t may have the means of vigorously
prosecuting lis appropriate work:
Resolved That the government of the
United States, in thrusing into prison and
treating as felonS the high-souled band of
the Amlstad, for acting on the princinIe
: resistance to tyrants is obedience to
God, has given fresh occasion 10 the ma.
ions OF the earth. TO Hold US up to the in.
dlgnant scorn and whitening contempt Of
the whole world, as guilty of the grossest
hypocrisy, in boasting ourselves the land
OF the'tree, the home Of the brave, and the
refuge of the oppressed
Resolved, That we regard with the
deepest commiseration and sympathy the
unhappy condition of these captives, and
that, as members of the same human fam
ny; and as Christians, we ought to make
use Of every righteous means, to prevent
their being thrown into the hands of the
Spanish authorities to be judiciaIIy muir
Whereas, The American and Foreign
Antl-Slavery Society, in an Address to
Friends of the Anti-Slavery cause
throughout the United States and the
World has either expressly or by insin-
ua1ion accused those, or some of those,
who remain connected with the American
Society ofhaving identified
the latter Society with sthe private opin-
ions of Individuals, as to the inherent sin
OF human government, and the
sphere in which females ought to act,' or.
obtained its official sanction to principles
evidently foreign to any thing contemplate
ed, or set forth in its Constitution :; and
OF. designing to introduce measures FOR
to the original principles and de-
Signs of the anti-slavery enterprise, tend
ing to divert the minds of abolitionists
from the cause of the slave, and the rights
of the free people of color; and has de-
that the same persons belonging
to the anti.slavery ranks, who are CON
tending for what they call "women's
rights the civil and political equality
of women with men-deny the obligation
of forming. supporting, or yielding obedi-
ence t~oacivil government, and refuse to af-
firm the duty of political action; that
{ they contrived to bring to the late annu-
al meeting ofthe Society a efficient num-
Der OF men and uOmen to compose a ma
jority of allthe members present, TO sus.
tain their views and measures that 'of
the whole number present this year. four
hundred and sirty fur were from the sin.
gle State. of Massachusetts = and STYLING
themselves non-resistan:s,' they seem de-
termined to carry forward their ~favorite
theories and practices, at all events, even
if the great moral enterprise in which they
and we originally embarked, should re
trograde; therefore
Resolved, That we feel constrained Il
express our astonishmcnt at the publica
ton, from such a source, of statements AM
i%nsinuations so grossly untrue, and IN
worthy The character of honorable men
engaged in an enterprise Of philanthropy
as the above and others contained in tn
samedocument, and to record against ther
our express and emphatic denial.
Resolved, That the Convention recon
mend, as a matter of expediencv as we