Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-10-07

the courts, as many of them as have any
conscience on this subjectand BY examin-
alton il will be found that these are the
ones whose opinions are entitled 10 the most
consideraiion-lhrow the responsibility back
on the law-making power. The people
should at The same time understand and re-
member that republican Legislators will new
er move until they at least believe they shall
be sustained BY public opinion. Let the
petitions, then, be circulated and sent in un-
sparingly.
Brother A. H. House, has removed from
Coventry, VT, to Barnston, L. c., and
wishes correspondents to direct to the latter
place.
From the Biblical Recorder & Southern Watch
NEW.YORK CONVENTION, NO. ..
Who sows the serpents' teeth, let him not hope
To reap joyous harvest.--CoLERlDcE.
The dismemberment of our denomina-
ton is an event greatly to be deprecated.
Il cannot be contemplated by serious
mind without horror. Hitherto it. has
been our pleasure and our pride to labor
together. We had hoped that the frater-
nal spirit of christianity would obli;erate
all sectional distinctions and that event.
ually, its genial warmth would fuse and
consolidate all hearts into one. Common
aims and purposes, and those the nobest,
to which human nature is permitted 10 as
.pire, bound US together. The Missiona
rs enterprise had enlisted our sympathies
in general cause, and kindred schemes
of plous activity in which we were mutu-
ally encyclopaedia to unite US for
ever in amity and peace
Many, if not all of Us, here atthe South.
cherish warm affection for our brethren
at the North. We have toiled, PRAYED
and wept together; some of us were once
familiar with the halls Of science, and
have drunk at the fountains of sacred
learning, which their signal liberality has
provided. Such attachments we cherish
with deep solicitude and they will not be
severed without pang Many of their
own brethren, nursed at their fireside. have
come among US 10 labor with US, and Law
their bones in our soil. We have receiy.
ed them as brethren beloved, and love
them as if they had been reared in our
midst; for our religion recognizes no dis
iinctions ofcountry and cline. Ii is enough
for US, that we are related by the consan-
guinity of piety and that our brotherhood
is that of the family of Christ.
With all these ties 10 bind us To the
North, It IS yet very certain that the SonIh-
ern Baptlsts and the abolltlonists, can no
longer act in concert, and therefore, the
mass of the denomination in the free States
must reject one or the other. It is posi-
Bile that the abolitionlsts may, in their in
relieve their brethren of all en-
barrassment on this point, by refusing to
associate with Us in our General Conven-
lion. To be consistent. they must take
this course. How can they unite with
men whom they stigmatize as culprits a.
But their career hitherto has been mark |
ed by such inconsistency and folly, that It
is impossible to predict with certainty.
heir future steps. The only question
with US is, whether we ought not to insis,
upon declaration of opinion on the point. |
on the part of the Convention. Its meet |
ing will occur next April and we must
prepare ourselves to act with promptness
md unanimity. Should the abolitionists
luietly take their seats, what are we 10 |
to2 There can be no real union under
such circumstances, and is it proner To
maintain the form of it?
Our position is taken, and until we
have new revelation from Heaven. we
shall not recede from it. We believe
slave holding perfectly compatible with
ne possession of genuine piety, and are
assured that the Apostles would have re-
;eived Us to their fellowship. We Judge
y slavery, as we do Of every thing else
'rIng i 10 contact with the plain meaning
y the Bible. Such being our position,
We are already accommodated bv The
lbolItionists. They speak of REASONING
lnd demonstrating with US. This they
AVE been doing for 90 years, with no
prospects OF success and we are free 70
;oniess that on that subject, Southern Ban.
lists are incorrigible. We are excluded
rom their fellowship; they are no lonoer
'ur brethren. Can we meet them
as such2 We apprehend not
nd It IS our decided conviction that South
m Bapiists ought no longer to act direct.
y or indirectly. with those whose acts
'roclalm them to be our determined foes.
Grosvenor, Galnsha. Neale, Turnbull
nd their co-workers must no longer 81.
uPy seats in Convention, in which we
representation. That bodv
must exclude them. Of dispense with IS.
While these are our views. we shall read
y submit to those who can show as !,
nore excellent way.
we have great confidence in the inteO-
Ity and wisdom of the Convention. and
rust that they will not sacrifice the union !
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