Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-11-17
NEW CHANNELS,

i NE w Of1ANNELS,
Excluding the Price Of Blood.
Professor Sears manifestly threw him.
self upon his professional dignity and his
assumed self-importance. have already al
luded to his contemptuous sheer thrown
upon the Convention, by way of inquiring
to know "who this Convention acas.n* He
marked out the wrong course for himself.
The jewellers among the Green Mountains
are not TO be awed or cajoled by dignitaries.
With them, the. working, self-sustained
classes are the most disni6ed and co1se-
quential beings in this lower world. With
them, truth is truth and error is error, whe,h.
er preached BY pope or peasant. IT..
He distinctly avowed, at the beginning,
that he placed the entire merits Of the ques-
lion on the ground Of erpediency. This
might have been seen, as he passed along,
II he had not made the ayowal A simple
statement, therefore, Of his positions will
be sufficient confuta:ion of them. And
this may be very short, although his speech
es were very long. 1t might all be justly
summed up 10 this-sinfu! practices may
be continued in, that good may be brought
out Of the object being good, aOe are not
to be scrNpHlous about the means to attain
it. do not say that be defined his posi-
tons in these words. No doubt he would
abhor them, "in the ABSTRACT" "as much
as anybody" But be did virtually adopt
and teach them in the course marked out
for practice. 1t was not "erpedient" TO
separate from Shareholders, because Of the
consequences to the good cause, from dipis-
ion. In other words, it was expedient TO
continue in the sinful connection, for the
good that might be brought out of il. The
conversion Of the beathen to Christianity is
a great and good object-therefore we may
cooperate in preaching Christianity to them.
with those who violate the first laws of
Christianity and live down the whole sys-
tenn of il in their every day conduct towards
their fellow beings. Strange, that these
lovers Of expediency do not learn what the
true expediency is. But they are so much
frightened at the imagined evil results of
obeying God and doing right, that they en-
tirelY overlook the certain consequences of
| An incident occurred in the course of the
proceedings which will here relate for the ben.
eht Of others who may be liable to misiudge of
Vermont character. Joab Seely,a Congregational
minister, who had been invited by the Conven-
ton to participate in the discussions had made an
able and deeply interesting speech, to the general
satsfacfion. Professor Sears arose and undertook
to obtain capital for his cause by appealing to the
sectarian prejudices of Baptists, intimating that
it did not come well from Pedobaptist to come
among Baptists and advise them to "diride j" ]
All brother See'y had done was to hold forth
powerful argument for separating from slavery
and shareholders, in the matters under considera.
tion-agreeing exactly in sentiment with ma.
Jorlty OF the Convention. His argument would
have been equally applicable in Padobaptist
convention. A Baptist might with the utmost
ProPriety have said the same things in Pedobap-
| tist convention. There was not a word in the
whole of it that would have excited the least
suspicion in any candid mind But the Professor
thought he could get capital out of 1t to help him
in his opposition to the reformation which he saw
was going like whirlwind. Poor man! He
failed sadly in judging Of character. So he had
to be taught that there is sometimes common sense
and magnanimity Of soul in those who do not
wear fine clothes or have soft hands and delicate
fingers. A motion was made by member of the
Convention for a vote of censure upon the Pro-
fessor for his outrage upon the Convention and
their visiter. He now found, very soon, to his
modification, that instead Of arousing prejudice
he bad created disgust-that instead of fattering
he had only insulted. A generous and manly
indignation against his conduct was manifested
from all parts of the house. Even an influential
member of the opposition acknowledged that the
Professors course was very "uafortmate p
The Professor, seeing how things were going,
made such an explanation" that brother Ssely
expressed himself satisfied. He was more easily
satisfied than the injured Convention. It was
thought best, however, after virtual censure had
been thus expressed, to Withdraw the motion:
and 20 the matter passed of. So far as recol-
'ect only single individual in the Convention
expressed the least sympathy with the Professors
humanity attack; and that individual was brother
Noah .Nsehois, one Of the opposition, who |,
understood to havea daughter teaching at the
So.fk or some other attachment of the kind to
slavery. The Professor went away wiser than
he came, no doubt. Brother Nichols disgrsced
himself By sympathizing With him in his gro.s
discourtesy.