Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-09-23


the post-ofEice law If he hesitates, just remind
him that he gets his pay, in the postage which he
collects from you the papers. "
From the Biblical Recorder.
THE NETWORK coNvENTIoN.-No.
And question This most bloody piece of work,
To know it farther. Fears and scrupes shake US:
In the great hand of God stand snd, thence i
Against the undiyaig'd pretence, fight
Of treasonous malice. ~. Shakespeare
The present crisis is doubtless he most
momentous that has occurred in the his
tory Of the Baptist denomination. Abo-
litionisn has filled up the measure Of its
Eenormities, has reached the climax of its
monstrous impieties, ard after perpetrat-
ing outrage upon outfagsson the feelings
of the Southern Church, has. at length,
thrown aside all disguise and taken the
attitude Of non-in,ercourse and excommu-
nication War is declared; and the prog
ress of few months must disclose on
| which side American Baptists are to be
ranged. Every man must now take a
decided stanl There can be no neutral
ground. At such a junctuse. neutraiit~~if
1t were possible, would be infamous. Our
! brethren Of the Free States must either
| repudiate and disoWn these dis;ufbers OF
our peace. and thus satisfy the reasonable
demands of their wronged and viIifed
southern brethren, or join in the unhoiv
crusade of abolition and become sharers
/ in their shame. He that is not with US
is against US () ....
The organs of the late Convention in
/ New Y ork, among whom are Grofyenor,
| Galusha Neale, Turnbull, &C., pretend
to disavow all connection with the abo!l-
Itionists of the day.(2) True, they may
not be members Of any abolition society.
I(3) tits scarcely reputable to be.ongsto
lthem.(4) A man must be an enthusiast
indeed to enter into partnership with
radicals. Jewellers and Fanny Wrightists.
But they are in heart and in purpose,
aboiilionists. They are aiming to carry
out what was begun long ago by the
American Anti-sIavery Society. In the
first report of that Society we find the
following resolution
Resolved, That as the actrof holding
human beings as property, is manifestlya
4 violation of the Divine law, and is coqse-
! qnently totally inconsistent wi!h.a credible
profession OF Christianity, &C., therefore
| the principles & practice of those clanret1ss
which do not admit any slave eis 10
their communion. aud which ext s|e -
slaveholding preachers from die 81 bis.
are cordially approved BY the s. IS ~
Anti Slavery Society. -
Thisswassin / 853. A shoF time before
the ,New-England Anti-Slavfry Socitty
| had declared that "no STAKEHOLDER could
be christian. and his Profession there
fore, like thai Of all other thieves was
downright Hypocrisy We cafSs nothiag
about names. We are looking It pr;nci-
pies % In what respect, do, the{rrinci-
| pies put forth by The Coaventiorsfn New
York, differ from those cSthe Anti
Slavery Societies? Tie reason Of their
disclaimer is obvious. The are polite
gentlemen. They are acre that these
Societies have fallen int1 disrePute sand
being unwilling to incur ,ae odioHt Of an
ostensible orgaaizatioqsthey seek 70 Sc
cure the same ents "a 2 more reentaOle
way. Withou, the hpnesty, they possess
lall the malignity 6 tae pr0fss9d aboli:-
ltionists. Spaniar55 like II th1ir tastes
they wear their daggers in their bosous.
10y
Who are saese men? Grosrenor, once
a pelobap1st, was baptized by DIR. Fur
marl-clo Nm ct veaeraJiis aomen-a man
whose unblemished life has proved, as in
the centurion of the scriptures, that The
noblest attributes Of character may be
combined in Shareholder. Il is gener.
ally known that Grosvenor was, durino
his residence in s. c., very hard mas
Iter;(7 and he is now attempting TO calm
the reproaches of his conscience BY whin-
ping his offences on the vicarious back Of
bis southern brethren. From an timer
ant lecturer in the service ofthe abolition.
lists, he has been elevated to the ranI, of
an editor, and has made his paper the
vehicle OF communication for the Infamous
address. which has been circulated anaono !
u.s. Galusha has, we believe. done the
Denomination some service. BIT sna1-
ness IS IN his heart and although Presi-
dent of the New-York Convention. no
souhernor can hereafter occupy the same
platform with him. We are sorry to sea
Ine name ofsNeale in such bad company. |