Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-04-13

6iSSdllou OTOught MIN without the camD,
and stoned him with stones and he died +;
as the Lord commanded Moses" Anoth.
er section OF those laws may be found in
Deut. xii: l8, 10, 90, and 81; IF a
man have stubborn and rebelious son
which will not obey the voice Of his faith.
er, or the 'yoice Of his mother, and that
when they have cha$tened him, will not
hearken unto them then shall his father
and his mother lay hold on him, and
BRING him out unto the elders of his CITY,
and unto the gate of bis place, ana they
shall say unto the elders of his CITY, this
our son is stubborn and rebeIIious he
will not obey our voice; he is eIutton
and drunkard. And all the men Of his
city Shall stone him with stones, hat he
de Now, know not why we are 10
consider the laws in Lev, xiv: II, and
Numb. xxxv: 81. obligatory upon US at
! this time, and feel ourselves at liberty to
dispense altogether with the penalty an
Need TO the Two last sections If :hese
are all general principles b. which we
are all to abide in all ages, truly it were
| time that our teachers aud our rulers be
Instructed somewhat into these doctrines,
lest our teachers be found handling the
word Of God dcccilfnIy. and negecting
to " declare the whole council of God"
by not giving US proper instruction in re-.
gard 10 the punishment Of GU. disobedient
| children: and our rulers prove not 10 BE-
| men after Gods own heart, and rule MOI
the people in the fear of God Moses
probably saw clearly 10 regard TO :he
Jews, that, in consequence Of the hardness
Of their hearts, as mentioned by Christ in
Matthew, xix: 8. Col gave them this
law, as likewise the law of divorce, &c
] Another example he gives US, Exodus,
| xxi: IL :; He that smitpth man, so that
ne die. shall be surely put to death"
His strict principles Of retfi5utive justice,
perhaps, would not permit him to cite in-
stances Of capital punishment for any OH.
er crime than murder; or he might have
shown us along 3 or verses in the same
chapter, verse l6: "And he that s,eaItth
man and sellelh him, or if he be found
in his hand he shall surely be put to
DEATH" BY what rule is the general
principle" contained in the 18th verse,
perpetuated, and that in the 10th verse an
nulled!
We can very readily anticipate the
method BY which our modern religious
teachers would dispose Of that thing in a
hurry. Talk TO them about stealing men,
or selling men, or holding men as prop
; erty, and they will graveIy tell us that i,
is something that does not directly concern
us here at the north. Although we BE-
lieve il to be wicked TO steal men and sell
them, yet, it is not subject which is ex.
act!y tangible by US; and it would not BE-
exactly compatible with the strict rules o.
: modern policy; it would not be of genera
l utility, for US 10 question the propriety o
those principles and practices, which re
ceive the sanction of many of our mos
brilliant and shining lights, and which arr
so necessary for the perpetuity of GU
churches and other religious institutions
Such course, they tell US, would be cis
organizing in its tendency, andif pursued
: might eventually produce separation be
$ tween the northern and southern church
! fes: consummaion more 10 be deploret
$ than the total destruction and misery O
I our fellow creatures who are so far be
! meath US in the scale of being as TO rehde
$ them prime articles Of merchandise, AM
proper subjects for The vassallage Of thos
whose compassion is not moved by tn
groans of the suffering; and whose deed
ofbenevolence are graduated by their pros
/; poets of pecunidry advantage, AMI popula
: favor. And if perchance the dealer il
human merchandise be a walchman upoI
Z The walls OF ZION, it were imposing indIg
:, nifty upon The sacerdo,al Office, for US
y pity the poor victlm Of his "tender mel
IS clcs." which at best "are cruel" Thus
o the principle OF union between the north
81 ern and southern institutions is urge
10 upon US by many Of our religious teacher
r as being paramount to the present and fl
n 49,. honn;noes of thoneands IF Cd -