Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-06-15
and said / had got 10 paw him. fif.y dollars


damage or by 49, he would sue me. [.
paid but little attention to him; but one of
my workmen asked me, why | did not
knock the rascaPs teeth down his throat2
and added, eff you say1so I'll do it," I
told him I did mt want to hurt the man
he was in passion, and | didn't want to
punish him for furnishing himself. then
told my neighbor that was willing to
pay all the damage my cattle had done
him, and asked him what he thought it
was. He said fifty dollars. and swore
that he would sue me if I did not pay it.
Told him he was in passion - that the
cattle hadn't done him that much injury.
| told him that would go with him and
look at his corn. When we go, there,
we found about thirty hillstrampled down.
and the tops of afew more eaten off. Now,
said |, neighbor, you see they have not
injured your corn but little, tell me hon.
= 8 /,
estly what is the least you will take. He
said ten dollars. told him tina. was a
great deal too much. was willing to
more than pay him for all the injury
which was done him, without any law
suit Well, he said he would take FIVE
dollars. told him that. was too much,
and handed him three dollars, which any
candid man would say was two dollars
too much. He took it. but had by this
time got great deal more cool. This
! was iE the forenoon. went back to work.
About shutdown | saw my neighbor com
ing. He approached and spoke very
pleasantly, and presently said-Neighbor
was mad this morning and abused you.
Here, take the three dollars back again.
Your cattle didn't hurt my corn much
I hope you will overlook my offence.
In the conduct of the man whose corn
field had been trenched upon, We see a
perfect personi6eation of human Ssvern.
meDts. In the Conduct of his neighbor
INve SEE exempIiied the spirit Of one who
makes the law of Christ his rule of duty
in the treatment OF enemies. This sim,
! pie anecdote SETS the principles Of human
and divine government in admirable and
/ &
striking contrast. JoHN DAVIS.
To be continued-
Dissolution OF the Union or the Abolition
of Slavery.
! The Editor of the Liberator, Wm
Lloyd Garrison, is speaking out fearless.
lly and manfully on this subject. The
rank pro-slavery prints are crying out
treason" against him, for the ulerance
! Of his honest and irresistible convictions
in the case, on his own responsibility
while here and there fearful, time-serv.
ling, party pleasing, tyrant-rideen soul, the
tool Of heartless politicians, or more heart,
less religionists, is screaming, "mad-doe, !
against him-and all Of them carefully
disallowing him hearing. There is :
base cowardice and dastardiy meanness in
1.-THE, course they pursue, which no Ian
| guage can describe. If the glorious
Union which alone keeps millions in
slavery, and thus makes all its supporter:
accountable therefor, is so glorious a thing
as is pretended-ifit be founded in right
eousness and equity-let its deyotees give
Garrison hearing on the subject, and ex
pose his errors, SO that the people can sc,
them. This is all that is needed. Tt
say that the people are incapable of judg
ling. for themselves when the truth is lait
| before them, is to insult the people. II
| say that Garrison's productions are be
meath their attention. is to condemn them
selves for being so greatly disquieted a
them and sounding such an alarm as thel
do about them. They are driven, then
just to this shameful dilemma :-eithe
They must acknowledge that Garrison j.
| SO superior 10 Them all IN intellectual pow
Ter as to make error too strong for them t
meet with truth, flor IN equal hands tru,l
lis stronger than error and scan not b,
put to the worse y or else they must con
fess that he has the ruth and that they ar.
lfghting against il. How pitiful. how
scandalous their work.
i The suhieet will be generally looked