Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-03-11

Will OLACfS IAlO"IHG uIOuAlN LuC OOllA-
munity those restraints which God has
authorized, and the experience of man
has found necessary to curb the passions
and the selfshness of man. Some men
will be influenced by nothing but tempo
raj sanctions. And all men need these
sanctions in addition to the voice Of con-
science and the fear OF God, to restrain
them from wrong. Self interest will often
blind conscience in the best ofmen. And
the still small voice of God is not always
needed in the heat of passions or under
the shock of unexpected temptation. The
welfare of man, therefore, requires the adj
ditiCnal restraint Of human laws with
physical penalties that the three fold cord
may not so easily be broken.
Yours, &c.
MARKS.
My last weeks remarks were closed with
an intimation that more remained to be said
in reply TO the article in that paper But
on examining the article now copied, find
that what had in contemplation will come
in quite as well in connection with this
What had to say perlaned 10 things that
woulo come under the head of erpediency,
and it will be seen that this las, article of
his is based entirely on expediency, laying
aside the volume Of inspiration"
The first thing would call attention TO
In the article now to be examined is, his
charatd6teness-his christian courtesu and
cdndor-when he speaks Of Non Resistants
as modern sol distant ri. e. seLfstvled
or a0outd be" Christians" whom he charg-
es with bowling with more profound rev.
erence to RoSseau and Paine than to Mo-
Ses or P0Wlm However convenient a
disposal 1t may seem 10 friend Curtis he
makes Of the class Of opponents he is now
driving against, 10 denounce them as fol-
lowers OF the foulest of the French Infdels*
In other words to denounce them as beino
! themselves lnfdels of the basest sort-it
strikes me that candid, discerning COM
munily will at least require a better argu-
nlent at his hands. if they do not indeed
Judge that he has made use of this for the
want of better. What have Non-Resist-
ants done TO merit such unchristian, I'M
courteous-not to say savage treatment q
II 1t be objectionable cruelty TO cry, "mad
dog" against an innocent animal, TO pro-
cure his destruction, what must it be. 10
bring such charge as he brings, against
such class of protesting christians, with
no other possible intent but to bring down
/ upon their devoted heads the odium and in
dlgnation of all who can thus be filled with
fury and rage? If his cause can be adyanc-
ed oy such course Of procedure, then |
have greatly over-rated the good sense and
CHRISTIAN candor of the community in which
we live. In 1888, Joseph Tracy, then ed
itor OF the Vermont Chronicle, and Con-
gregatlonal minister, denounced ds French
Jaco6insf all those who preached the doc
trlne OF equal human rights, and immedi-
ale ensdnclpGtion-the doctrine that "God
hath made of one blood all nations of men ),
the precepts of the Lord Jesus Christ.
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyselc"
and, whatsoever We would that men should
DO TO you, do We even so TO them" This
denuncialion from Joseph Tracy was pre-
ceded, or followed, by another, equally wick
ed and slanderous, against the same class
oil persons, and designed by him. according
TO his own avowal at the time, to over
whelm those he was disappearing, with
popular Indignation. The results, imme-
date and remote, were probably different
from what he anticipated. The Immediate
results were MODS, in different parts of The
State, TO put down those whom he was vii.
illylng. The remote results have been
me suppression of the MODS and the univer-
sal prevalence Of the doctrines he labored
10 extirpate. In 1910, Hurley Curtis, a
correspondent Of the Vermont Chronicle
and also Congregational minister. de-
nounces as French Infdels. those who
preach peace on earth and good will TO
men who hold 10 the precept of our Saw
Tor, " that ye resist not evil ;"-and of PanI
recompense 10 no man evil for evil -
but overcome evil with good" What the
results of his labors may be, remains to an
pear. That the Immediate results will not
De what they were in the former case i da-
Voutly to be hoped-and indeed confidently
10 be expected, for sad experience, i, is be.
iieVed, has taught salutary lesson on this
point. That the remote results will roson,
Die the former, in kind if not in. decree i
not improbable, because truth is great and
will prevail.