Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-23
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clsion in the least surprised us.-Knowiug
Inc strength of popular feeling in Eng land
on Inc subject of slavery, and the deep
! root which anti-slarery principles have
,aken IN The whole foreign policy of the
bri'lSn government, we have never i'm
aglnei that either the nineteen mutineerS<
II such they may be called, or the lenain-
der OF those negroes would be surrender
ed on the demand of our Government.
We have thought, from the first, that if
there were no other ground of refusal, the
| action OF our Government, or rather of our
tribunals, In the case of the Amis,ad
negroes, would be held in England as n
precedent from which there could and
would be no departure.-N Y. Spectator
IRON STEAMBoATs.-Not many of oar
readers are advised, we suspect. tina, some
body is building four iron steamboats-or
perhaps they may be sailing vessels-at
one yard in this city. The YARD is in the
space bounded Washington. West Jane
and HoratiO streets. Those who live in
the Immediate neighborhood, hear the
"cllnk of hammers closing rivets up all
| day long; or at least all the time they
pass at home. The hull of one of the
vessels is nearly completed, and the others
are in good progress.-B.
In the Sites of Mississippi and Louisf.
ana there is IL growing interest On the sub
iject OF the religious instruction of slaves,
and an increasing disposition on the part
Of The planter to do more than he has hith-
erto done. In some cases a single planter
is willing to be at the whole expense of
supporting a missionary to his slaves
and ia many cases, few planters are
ready to combine to accomplish the same,
object The missionaries too would be
ecsU supported. Where are The men that
are ready to go?-Bos. Rec.
The above paragraph suggests two or
three things to our mind. We should be
glad TO know what sort of "religious in
struction" is wanted. We have no doubt
- men who are ready to 60" could be
found in the anti-slavery ranks, provided
they could be permitted to preach the
'ohOIe gospel, after they got there. But if
The missionary should be required to make
use OF an expurgated edition Of the Bible,
or none at all, and preach to the slave,
Siaues obey y0ur masters" and no! TO The
master, " naaSterS, render un.O your SER
rt1nsts thot aehich IS just and equa!," we
do not know as men could be found
"ready to Co." unless among the numer-
Gus patrons Of the Boston Recorder .
We confess our faith in the "growing
Interest," is not very strong, since it is we'll
known, that an agent o. the Bib'e Society
was arrested, not long since, in one of the
above states for giving Bible, yes, on The
enormous charge Of giuing Bible to a
sLare, and only let off, after an examina-
tion in court, on condition that he would
promise never to obey God again in that
respect.-EmGneiPatOr and Free Ame1i-
can.
SALE OF 1NDULGENCEs-ln Mass6c+
husetts, we have system established by
aw, of religious compulsion, for the sup
port of religious societies and sec:arian
machinery, which it is time 10 look in the
face. Religious societies, building meet
| ing house, become corporate bodies, with
power in the majority, to Cypress and re-
quire as they please. If meeting house
IS built, A, b, and &, 6c. take their por-
| ton Of the stock in pews The society
then Ievies a tax 0s they see fit, be it more
or less, upon each pew, for the support of
the clergyman, &C.; and if 4, 3, OF C.
decline payment, fer any cause whatever,
their property is liable (and is often taken)
to be sold against their will, at The Will of
!. the majority of share owners in the house.
If any are not able to buy pew they
must hire, and also pay tax on the privi-
Iege of hearing, whether they are able or
not; or sit in some miserable corner, call
ed the free pew" Those who are oblig-
ed, from penury to lake the free pew"
: are looked upon as degraded, aud those
who have money enough to buy fine
. pew, and pay a tax on it are honorable.
t The sins Of the rich are passed over very
carefully, but The poor rebels get tTe-
! mendous flashing for their sins - Tie
Genius Of Christianity.