Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-05-26


3. Thatlhe missionaries are guilty of
propa eating seditious doctrines. s,etended
to sednce the citizens of the colony from
their allegiance 10 the government; of OPP
posing the laws and contemning the con-.
stituted authorities. of the colony; and of
the design Of spbjeeting the civil au,hori-.
Ties OF the colony; and Of the. design Of
subjectlng the civil power TO the absolute
dominion of the Methodist church.
These three items nay he said to en-
brace all the charges Of Governor B.
against Mr.. Seyes and the Missionaries !;
and IN communicating them, the Govern
or demands the. immediate expulsion of
Mr.. Seyes add DR.. Goheen,' as the only
alternative of his own resignation and
Abandonment Of the colony He assures
the board that he is SO .impiacabie and IN
exorable, that be. shall neither make nor
receire concessions in regard to the miss
lonaries;' and adds his purpose to EN-
?oy physical force if necessary, even
THOUGH BLOOD FLOW.
Here is the other side, as stated in the
pamphlet: ~..s.-.s. --...-s ...s
The grounds on which MIR. Seyes re-
sisted the payment Of this claim have been
already stated. Not that he denied the au-
thority Of the American Cooniz ItioE So
Getty, of Gov. Buchanan, in the premises,
for this he diSclained at the time. But
the act exemp,ing goods and merchandise
imported by missionary societies from du-
Ties, excep; used in the way Of trade,
having passed by the colonial Legislature,
had been Sanctioned by the Board of the
American Colonization Society, and thus
had become Il law. But the Governor
obtained from the Board a resolution,
passed subsequently, interpreting the
law, and after Mr.. Seyes had agreed to
pay the demand, he learned from mem
bers of the legislature who made the law
that the demand was illegal, and the inter,
pretation Of the Board at home, not only
uncons: itutionHl, but in violation Of the
true intent and meaning Of the act Of the
colonial council; and they warned him of
the consequences of his submission to this
unlawful demand, since it would subject
him to Imprisonment, and the confScation
of property, as we'll as burden the miss
ION with an annual tax for license, aud a
fne Of forty dollars for every mission sta
lion in the colony. 1t was under these
circumstances that Mr. Seyes resisted the
demand as an unlawful one, and the result
of the the trial confirms the justice of his
opinion.
1t remains to be seen whereunto this
matter will grow. We add a single re-
mark at this time. The colonization
scheme has difficulties which its friends
seem TO have overlooked. Whenever the
COLONY from any cause, shall come to think
itself competent to elect its Governor and
manage its own aff1irs, where is there any
power TO prevent? The Colonization So
ciely has uone, and the United States have
none they can exercise there. This peri
Cd must soon arrive if the colony flourish.
es at all as its friends represent. Where
then is the security that Il will not become
corrupt and openly engage IN the slave
trade, as we'll as other enormlties We
are no; able to perceive.
The BEAUTIES OF WAR.--A letter
published in the Boston Mercantile Jour-
nal quotes an extract from the Florida
Herald. in relation to the expenses of the
war in Florida as follows:
'Iheseost of the provisions and forage
for the troops of tie regular army, this
aointer. when delivered TO the soldiers, is
! SI,049, 400. We estimate The number Of
Indians remaining IN the territory, at
| 5000; and the warriors not exceeding
600; therefore the expense OF eata bIes
Consumed in one winter, IN the attempt TO
caech the said warriors, is Sl749. per
head. Saying nothing of sugar, coffee,
potatoes, picked onions, sour krout, and
such Iuxurles, the biscuit and pork con-
sumed BY the regular army, this winter,
will weigh Secen times more Man<ALL TIL E
! INDlANs-fnen women and children, re-
naming in Florida ~
L NAV be added, that every Indian war
rior killed or captured since the war com.
menced. has probably cost the u. States
$4,000! This may be considered as &C.
terminating at dear rate.
At this rate how pleasant it would be
to have brush with England Especial
! lv If we could find some question rs i'm
portant as the iurisdlcl Oh of few thou
/ sand acres of mountain rocks, or the dis
posal of border refugee!
The Morning Post publishes the follow
ing =
4 A melancholy instance Of the uncer
taintv of crcums;antiai evidence occurret
at Gibraltar last February. A wealth,
English merchant Of that place, names
James Boxweil, was convicted, upon tina
: kind of testimony, Of the murder of hi
own daughter. Ga approaching to til
place of exec ulion, he recognized an Eng
l1shman named John Keats, who had bee
active IN procuring his couvlction, whor