Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-09-29

States where the civil laws prohibit the
testimony of colored persons against whites.
Does any one dispute this2 Then refer
him to the Minutes of their. last General
Conference, which was held last year. where
he will find a resolution to that effect. and
which was carried by northern votes.-
twenty-five in number. The same Confer
ence refused to call slave-holding sinful, and
| they retain and take into their fellowship
those who enslave their fellow men accord.
ing to law, while at the same time they
claim to be ministers Of Him, who said His
| servants were temples of the Holy Ghost,
| and that whatever was done to one of the
least of His disciples, was done unto Him.
Now it appears to me, that according to this
doctrine, the Methodists by their represent
atives in General Council assembled, by
their resolution adopted, and other action,
declare it to be right to enslave the Son of
God, if He appears by His Spirit, in slave
holding State, and under cover of an ETH
opian skin, while they profess that God is
no respecter of persons-that He made Ct
one blood all nations that dwell on the earth,
and that they are bound to do unto others
as they desire others to do unto themselves.
Can you get away from this2, 1fyou think
SO, let US see you try. Iwish to be nnder-
stood as not charging such principles upon
each member of any of the denominations
| shall mention, but upon the majority of
them.
l Twill now say few words to my good
Baptist brethren of the Calvinis,ic ORDER
How Is it that some of you are so tenacious
of PERSONS going all over iuto the water,
before you will permit him to partake of the
sacrament Of the Lords Supper with you,
when you have DO reason to doubt that he
has conformed to such other requirements
as you think demanded, while you fellow
ship thousands who you know kidnap and
enslave their fellow beings as soon as they
are born? Do you deny this? Then ask
you whether you believe all men are born
free and equalp If you do not, please say
so publicly. But if you do, will ask you,
how do your southern brethren become own
ers of the slaves they raise on their prem
lses, if they do not kidnap them2 And
which do you think is the greatest crime, to
neglect immersion or 10 convert men to
SLAVES, and hold them there? At YOUR last
Triennial Convention, you virtually said by
your representatives, that it was not sinful
for one man to enslave another; i. e. the
majority assembled said so, by their course
of action. And large array of respectable
names from Northern States, declared that
no new test Of membership should be intro
duced, thereby meaning that all who would
subscribe to your "articles of faith,o and did
not violate the laws of the State in which
they should reside, might be admitted to full
Fellowship, although they should be guilty
according to the moral law, of adultery,
robbery, and many other crimes. You pro-
fess to honor Luther and Calvin for their
leaving the Catholic Church, because she
had become so corrupt. Now ask you,
what that Church professed or practiced at
that time, that had more injurious tenden
cy, than the system Of American Slavery, |
as 1t is supported by your denomination at
the South, and in part at the NORTH? Look
at the greetings Of the Rev. Mr. Davis, who |
visited the Northern States this SUMNER
See the hand of christian fellowshin extend-
ed to him. while he boosted that he opned
thirty human beings as slaves. Would
The individuals who so kindly saluted him.
have done thus, had this same BAPTIST
preacher enslaved their children? think
not.
will close by asking one and all of YOU
Who may chance to read this article, and
who are members Of the Baptist Church, to
weigh matters thoroughly, -invesfigat NOR
u questions, and see whether there is not
for you TO do in bringing about
'etter criterion of fitness for membership in
church; also to see whether you are not
Inclined more for peace than purity in your
denomination. Bear it on your minds to
investigate moral principles for yourselves,
ut this and that together, to see how thew
will compare, and you may be assured of a
ene6cial result. JHo,conn
Brandon, Sept. "a, 1871.
Non-Resistance Conventions