Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-06-23

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-. From the Friend of Man.
An 0utrageg Pulpit Dissertation: Doctor
WeIch's Church, Albany, the Scene.
Nobody lynched, gentle reader, or robbed,
or seduced, or sIandered, or defrauded.-
What then is outraged? Why simply the
cause Of God and Humanity, by the intro
duction of STAKEHOLDER into Christian
pulpit in this city, on Sunday, May 16th to
dispense the words Of life; thet as all!
But the man is crazy, says one, does he
think it=an outrage to fellowship our 'South-
ern brethren as Christians and ministers
of the Lord Jesus? Is a man to be uncbris-
tanned just for holding slaves, and perhaps
now and then buying and seliog one2 Aye
Just as much as for any other gross SIM
Harkee, my dear Christian brother; sup
pose the captain Of slave ship from Africa
should offer himselfto preach in DR.. Welch's
church in this city-do you suppose the
deacons and elders and leading men would
have invited him to fill the pulpit as they
did DR.. Johnson, the Shareholder, the sup
porter Of Southern oppression. Well-of
how much more repute think you such a
Rer. gentleman is as Christian in the eye
of God than the captain OF slave ship would
be, if he had the credentials of a minister:
is the user of stolen goods and the dealer
ia them better than the thief? if so, then
the old maxim is changed. But it may be
said DR.. Jehnson's slaves were never in the
hands of the African slaVe-trader-so much
the worse-then he holds American citizens
in his possession, as goods and chattels men
born in this free country, and entitled Gin
alienably TO life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness" Outrageous still we exclaim !;
and the greater shame for northern Chris
tians to suffer their pulpit TO be polluted by
the man-stealer! Abolitionists of Doctor
Welch's church, what say you, do you
countenanee it? Nay, DR.. Welch, we ask
you--do you countenance it? would you
have permitted the abomnable thing, had
| you been at home at the time, (for we un-
derstand you were absent.) Come out, Dr.,
we have heard you say you were. AN aboli-
ZIONIST.
Now Pve told this outrage to the world,
will just state another, of minor impor-
| lance however, in my estimation. 1t is this:
That same DR.. Johnson left Albany for
the South on Sabbath afternoon, in q Sab
bath breaking steamboat! "WouId you
unchristianize our Southern brethren 2" ex-
claims the apoIogist Who is not sick of
such wbimpering? No, we say nee would
not unchristianize thenl-they unchristianize
themselves!
| propose a question to the members of
DR.. Welch''s church-How long dear friends,
will it require to convince shareholders OF
the sin of slavery, provided you strike hands
with the oppressor, and invite those who
hold the Savior's image in bonds to admin
lister to you the words of Life, and the holy
ordinance of that Savor's religion? De
you not countenance the oppressor in his
wrong doing, and will he be likely TO let the
depressed go free, while you thus tacitly
say he is doing right? But it has beer
said, Abolition ought not to be brought int
the church. But slavery is there-and sure
Iy abolition has quite as good right Their
as slaVery--and indeed how will you &c
! Slavery out Of the church, unless you brin
abolition in? Think of these things, dea
friends. orc.