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

v this you will see that the first accounts
re not at all ~mitigated. Many people have
one down from Vicksburg to aid in remov-
10 the dead from the ruins-and am in
ormed by a gentleman just up from below,
hat the odor from the putrid corpses, still
the ruins, is almost int%olerable.-
)ay after day reveals distinguished indiVid-
lals from other States and from abroad vic
of the ruin. These latter facts are dis
covered by the hotel registers, which have
oeen disintered.
The water is exceedingly high in the NV
er-many of the river plantations are over
and the levee has been broken in
many places. Much apprehension is felt
in New Orleans from the rise and much
injury has already been sustained opposite
the crescent city, by the undermining of the
bank and precipiiating many buildings into
the river. l shall 60 down 10 Natchez and
New Orleans in a day or two, and will give
you further particulars. N. N. w.
l find nothing in the paper accompanying the
above, additional to what has already been copied
from other accounts.
New England An~ii-sIavery Convention.
The seventh annual meeting ofthis Con-
vention was held in Boston, commenc-
ing on Tuesday, the Goth of may, and en-
ding on Thursday following. Il appears
to have been d full and harmonious sess-
ion. The following are among the reso-
lutions adopted
On motion of G.. G. Burleigh, Voted,
that all persons present, whether favora,
bic to immediate emancipation or not, be
invited to participate in the discussions o.
:his Convention.
Resolved, That s~laveholding is, an all
CASES, sinful and that no man who
claims the right Of property in his fellow
man, or who refuses 10 proclaim tht
truth OF God against slaveho!ding, should
be recognized as a true Christian minis
ter.
Resolved, That the professed Christian
church and ministry at the North, by In,
course which they have taken upon III,
subject of slavery, have made themselves
the main pillars to that hateful system o
oppression; and we believe no abolition
isl can consistently support those minis
tiers, or churches, who continue - Civ,
the right hand Of Christian fellowship t
those who hold Gods image as an articl,
of merchandise; or neglect TO raise thei
voices in condemnation Of this atrociou
crime; or use their influence to obslruc
the free action of their members in lhei.
efforts to advance. our righteous cause.
Whereas, the institution Of slavery rest
upon the lust of power and gain, e~xistin,
in the universal human heart, and derive
lis origin not from the peculiar wicked
ness OF any one people, but from perver
ed principles Of human nature, commoi
TO all nations; and whereas. that syster
5 is suffered to exist only through the falls
public sentiment of the civilized worlC
: springlng from a mistaken s~elfinteres
and fostered by a prostitute Christianity
and whereas, 1t can be peaceably owe
thrown only by the irresistible force
) the healthy opinion of regenera:ed Chris
endom: Be il therefore
Resolved, BY the abolitionists of Ncy
? England, in solemn convention assemble
That we nail with Joy The summons SCI
: forth by the philanthropists of Gre
Britain, inviting the lovers of equal b
man rights throughout the world TO cor
: vene in London on the l2ih of Jun
| l84O, for the purpose Of devising mrar
r for the peaceful overthrow Of u~nivers;
slavery and that we reglrd it as a haI
py omen Of Inc speedy downfall of ever
, form of involuntary servilI1e.
: Resolved That we rejoice to belle,
! that this assembling together of II
/, worlds humanity will afford a proof tn
the nations Of the earth are beginning
s feel The sinfulness Of their participation
e the system Of slavery, and TO resolve
put away from themselves this blool gui
lheSs forever.
Resolved, That we confidently look
: that Convention 10 give q fresh impulse
the holy cause Of impartial liberty thro
out the world, aud TO originate new an
: vigorous efforts for the extinction of Il
common crime of all mankind.
Resolved, That we would most earl
. estly invite The especial attention Of II
, Worlds Convention to the institution
American Slavery, believing that there
e to be found the strong hold Of this mo
: atrocious form of human tyranny, an
r that the overthrow of American SLAYER
r would shake to its foundations every 9th,
j modification Of oppression and wrong.
Resolved, That we heartily enireat ID
philanthropists of all nations TO unite the
: endeavors with ours TO rescue our coul