Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-10-05

higher. After he got so clamorous as 10
interrupt my speaking and confuse the very
attentive audience, turned and asked him
for his authority. He seemed TO be at a
loss and proceeded. Ii may be proper TO
say that, previously 10 calling me TO order,
he asked me how long wished TO speak. !.
i told him would occupy but short lime /
would mol be unreasonable. Before taxi /
ing my seat protested agains; the right o.
any TO exercise such authority and domino.
ton as had been usurped against me al that
time. The sentiments then briefly alluded
to, will now express more fully.
The interests of truth and holiness = OF
humanity and Christianity = are common
interests, as much as light. air and water.
Whoever harms them harms me and all
other human beings, and sins against the
universe. These great common interests
not only do not require any party, or monop-
olizing movements for their promotion, but
they reject and forbid all such movements.
They who make such movements, subject
themselves 10 just suspicion at once. They
are justly chargeabe with selfish designs,
and need looking to. Nothing but selfish
ness, which is sinfulDess, can prompt to such
down all rule and all authority" II allows
no one TO rule over another, OF olhers-and
no one to be ruled over by another, or by
others. II requires each TO rule himself, and
leaves him responsible for himself to God.
1t does not allow communities to get togeih-
er and sacrifice their individual rights, for
the sake of promoting the interests, as il is
called, Of the community. True interests
and rights go together. The one never re-
quires the sacrifice Of The other. The idea
that communities have right TO devour in
dividuals, or that individuals have right
10 allow themselves to be devoured by COM
munilies-thal is, 10 throw themselves away
in the community voluntarily-is an outrage
upon reason and common sense, and con-
trary 10 all revelation from God. To form
a community on the principle of sacrificing
the rights of any individual of that com
'aunity, or of any other individual is anti
Chrtsfion and subUerSire of the general
good. No individual has right to enter
such community, as one of its component
parts. No individual has right TO be ruled
over by such community, whether out of
it or in it. have no rigbtto cut my own
throat, and throw my life away, any more
than have TO cut my neighbours throat and
throw his life away. And have no right
TO join with any number of individuals in
cutting the throat Of any one Of tie indivld-
uals joined together, or Of any other indiyid-
ual. 1t can never be right 10 sacrifice inaI-
ien1ble rights, in ourselves or others, under
any possible circumstances. Christianity
and human rights are great common inter-
ests. They are not only compatible with
each other, but they are indvisibiy joined
together. They who talk about humanity
as separate thing from Christianity, talk
nonsense. Here is the rock on which mod
ern fashionable religionists have split. They
have taught a religion which takes care OF
: itself, and the selfish interests Of its devo-
tees, instead Of caring for humanity. Herein
is the evidence that they are strangers &c
;, the true light that was shed by Him whose
j name they have stolen. Jesus Ctrist's re
Y ligion aoas nothing more and nothing less
than practical humanity The religion
!, now taught sets aside the interests Of hu
Il uanity for its own selfish interests. Moth
$ ing so much dislurbs the popular religion o
s the times as the work of humanity -whict
$ is but the revival of primitive Christianity
s now going on in the world. The parties t
" this fashionable religion join themselves
L together and profess TO be seeking the inter
ests of Christianity. take them on thei
n professions, go among them, and claim /;
q common interest. They rise up against m,
er with violence, and thus show that they hav,
IN "stolen the livery Of heaven to serve th,
re devil in" They now show that il is no
e. the great common interests of Christianit,
re they are engaged in, but their o1rn Interest,"
'e The selfish interests of the party. Chris
W tiani,y knows nothing about the interests Q
g this party, or that party, in distinction from
the Interests Of any other party. What thes
AZ violent pariizans have TO do then is, to la
: aside their stolen garb- to throw off thei
y profession OF Christianity, and identify them
a. selves 10 profession, as they do in practice
~ with the other violent kingdoms of thi
Nc world".. land they will find me at prope
70 distance. Let them say plainly and hon
10 eslly that their assemblages are violer
nj clans, brought together and organized o
X principles Of violence, for party and SELLS