Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-07-20

est OttISuduOW6u US. ~ lie sense Ol HI
presence that prevailed, was better restrain
than all the rules hatcould have been mad,
by the body and enforced by an appointed
executive officer. True, now and then twt
or three would get the foo. at once. Blu
there was less disorder from this, and les
lime squandered in deciding who shouk
speak first than have frequently seen un
der other regulations-an then all the il
feeling was saved. The feeling generally
manifested among those who wished Il
speak was this-if you feel it to be impor
tant TO speak now, will give way. Kind
ness and good will were thus uniformly
kept up among The members Of the ConVen
ton throughout. say among the members
OF the Convention. A man calling his nam,
Church, and calling himself a Washingto
man Temperance Lecturer. came among u.
and acted such part that he felt the neces
sity OF assuring US he was not mad. Il i:
quite doubtful whether he succeeded in con
vincing all those who witnessed his perform
ance that he knew himself perfectly wher
ne uttered this assurance. The poor mar
was entreated not to act any more so as te
feel under the necessity OF making such as
surances. But this was not the worst thing
ne did. Without any other possible motive
apparent, but desire to Great prejudice
among the people against on-Resistance
and shut up the eyes of others and keef
them as ignorant of the subject as he was
ne arose and affected great wisdom in rela.
lion 10 il, and undertook TO make it out to be
very corrupt and corrupting. He was a.
tive of Salem, Washington Co., N. Y
He had been travelling extensively in New.
England-had "cut it all up into checker
boards"-or atsleast several of the States
and he was well acquainted with Non-Re-
slstants and Non-Resistance. He assured
the audience that Non Resistance nulli6ed
the marriage institution. He had recently
had It from one of their leading men. The
name was called for. He refused to give il
did not hold to dragging names before the
publlc-had received his information from a
private interview with the Individual.
Why then did he drag a private converse
ton with an individual before the public and
undertake to hold a public body responsible
Tor private individual views2 Benjamin
w. Dyer followed him in an admirable
strain Of Christian eloquence, showing that
Non-Resisrance requires and secures the
keeping Of the marriage relation, and all the
other social relations, in purer and holier
state, than any other system Of things ever
preached or practiced among men--and
stating the fact that Non esistants are in
general Moral Reformers The poor man
Church came to several of US after the
close OF the meeting, this was on Wednes-
day. and undertook to make an apology.
He was given TO understand al once that he
was among those who not only too we'll un-
derstood the principles of the enterprise in
which they were engaged, but were too well
acquainted with the principal leading men
engaged in il, either personally or by repu
Iation, TO be imposed upon successfully, or
10 allow an audience TO be, by an individual
making such an exhibition of himself as he
had. The poor fellow now finished up the
display Of his real character. In the course
d the conversation, being hard pressed for
he fact on which his assertion before the
audience had been founded, he said that
Nom Resistant in New Hampshire had told
aim that he would not have priest or
magistrate oficiate in solemnizing mar
.iage for him. On this he had based his
assertion that Non Resistance does awav
ne marriage institution! Whether the diff.
lculty be in his head, or 10 his heart-espe-
'lale II 1t be in both, as 1t seemed to be-be
howed himself utterly unfit to teach the
'ublic in behalf of any good cause. The
more such advocates the Temperance cause
las, the worse for it. They are blotcbes
nd excrescences on its fair face. He was
dvlsed to go before the audience the mex,
morning and correct his misstatements. He
ould not do that, he said, because it would
estroy his responsibility by which he
meant, suppose, il would de stroy his rem
tatlon for truth, discernment, and discre-
lon. he might thus have shown himself
n honest man, in intention at least, so far
II pertained to this matter. But ne re-
used to DO il. His contempt and mockerv
love- his manifestation Of gross and vile
ceilings throughout, together with his ready |
Sc OF fictions and fabrications for facts, rem.
cred him an objec, Of pity. Take one more
peclmen OF his work. He arose in the