Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-07-01

which in our country, as said in our dis '
cipline, IS to spreGd scripturaL holiness
throughout this land 1t was left for this
Church TO be the first to pass such an act, ,
and how far she is now competent to an
swer the design for which she is said to ;
be raised up, let the act referred to an
swer. 1t reflects upon the piety of the
Church, because she regards these per-
sons as sufficiently worthy to be members
ofthe Church, and yet they have not pie
ty enough 10 be believed even on oath -
and further, as they are equally recogniz-
ed members, with the white members, the
former having all the prerequisites for
membership with the latter, if they, the
former, are not 10 be believed, the latter
for the same reasons may not, and the pie
ty of that Church must be exceedingly de- !
ficient, the members of which, in part or in |
whole, are not to be believed even on !
oath.
But sill more, the acts of any professed- |
ly religious body. especially the protested
ministers ofthe cross, tie delegated piety
and wisdom of the Church, which they
represent, those acts, which succumb to
the spirit OF the world, and follow in the
track of corrupt Legislation, or make the
enactments of corrupt political bodies the
rule of their conduct the reason for their
doings do by those acts reflect dishonor
TO the religion Of the cross, and pursue
course which, but for the overruling prov
idence of God, must be detrimental TO the
interests Of the Redeemer's Kingdom.-
| hn n no bo rI ri Ic1
ness and righteousness for the government
of all other bodies, they are 10 follow 10
her track, and not she in theirs.
But the resolution referred to, as well
as hosting the dam, 10 let into the Church
in the sIavehO!dlng States, in greater tor
rents, all manner Of corruption, too revolt
ing TO mention here, and as well as to ex-
pose the clothed members in those States,
whether slaves or free, to greater insults
and outrages Especially the lemaleS) by
stripping them as it does, Of their means
> of defence, and also by removing one mo-
. tive of restraint from their farer brethren,
\ it is also more extensive in its bearing,
than undoubtedly by many members OF
that body, and of the Church generally, it
was at first supposed to be. 1t is natural
to suppose, that the members of that body,
: ofall parties, during the discussion of thai
= question, had their minds mostly upon the
r members of the Church in the savehoId
: ing States, the slave members are the on
i y ones to he affected by the passing Of
u that resolution. 1t appears to US, that il
- never could have entered the minds, of al
Il least the abolition members Of that body
IS and perhaps of many others, that every
lie colored member Of the Church, through
lie out the entire State of Ohio, and also We
think of Illinois, is equally affected b.
that resolution, with the slave member o.
South Carolina, whose will is his masters
Yes, the active, and noble spirited, the in
tellIgent and in some instances wealth.
i, brethreb Of Ohio, many of whom have al
* ways been free, are equally prescribed b,
- this odlous act, and in its operations mus
y, feel more degraded than the slave mem
y Der. Those noble brethren Of Cincinna
IN IT, so much respected for their piety, intel
st llgence and worth, by the ministers an
ne iaity Of the Churches in that city, an
n. whose pleasing acquaintance we had th
81 privilege to form last season, are with ma
/. ry others equally worthy, cut off from al
~ testimony in the Church, where a whit
IA member, however unworthy, is q part
Il concerned; and whatever may be The in
isl terest involved to the colored member, 70
ill time and eternity.
h We do not feel altogether satisfied, vii
no. the silence OF the abolition members du
of ing the discussion of this question; it al
y, pears to US, they might have stood upo
~ the merits Of the case, and thrown the
Ia powers into the breach, and obtained r.
NV consideration of the question and whel
re- was the excellent Mr.. Raper, Of Cincil
I'D Eali, who appeared 10 US, so sincerely il
terested III the improvement Of the colore
population Of Ohio; so much so, as
anXlously want, a number Of intelirel
Isl aud educated colored men 10 come 10 III;
region, to labor among the colored men
OF bers, under the direction of the Confa
fSl ence, to exert an imprc wing and happy il
'se tluence upon their moral condition VIII
an do we not hear the voice of such me
- loud and long in such a matter? Pc
OF baps the brethren thought this would |
W. the dividing point, or as the Sou,her
IN members said, passing the Rubicon,'
We settled IN favor OF the colored member,
nd in o.her words, in favor of righteousness
ire Better in cur opinion would il be, for II
'on Church TO be divided into as many bodie
oo- as there are different Churches, than un
OF ted, to pass acts involving as much
7ep wrong as that resolution. We opine IL
er- this resolution will not work well amor
nj the coIored members in those free STAT
we where the law deprives them Of their te
ties limonv, and where there are color,