Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-09-07
For the Vermont 1ezeeraph.
SALISBURY, Aug. 25. is

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Brother Murray:-Al your request will
send you a communication, but hardly know
how 10 begin it, or what to write about, or
what title or caption to give the article I
guess, however, will call il Gni ,hfTov
noLcoMB's RAMBLINGs. AND REFLECTIONS. r,
| will then say, three weeks, ago last Mon
day l left home -crossed the Mountain thro'
Goshen, and tarried in Rochester over night.
| The next day started on for Montpelier,
going through Hancock, Warren, &c.,iand
| arrived at the former place on "Wednesday.
found matters getting into better shape as
TO the printing of the Voice of Freedom
Staid till the paper was out, and having
! become somewhat confident that il would
not in future be so much behind the times,'
left on Saturday morning, and arrived at N.
Ferrisburgh in the evening. The road from
Montpelier 10 Richmond was so dry that
the dust was really burden 10 me. But
soon after left Richmond found the road
little moistened, and before arrived al
Ferisburgh the mud was burden. lar
ried over the Sabbath with Cyrus w. Wick
er, and on Monday morning went to Row
land T. Robinson's and spen, The forenoon
with the family. While there, as well as
at other places, / felt9to thank God that /
had become engaged in the anti slavery en-
terprize, and in such way as to enable me
the more fully TO become acquainted with
people of different religious views, SO far as
wha; 4 call non-essentials are concerned.
feel more and more TO say with Peter,
E"Of truth perceive that GOO is no re-
specter Of persons. But in every nation Cor
denominalion) he that feareth Him and
workeih righteousness, is accepted with
Him." Suffice 10 say, was highly enter
tanned at Rowland's, and thankful for the
partial acquaintance formed with his people
next went to Vergennes and then to New.
Haven to make arrangement with some Of
the good folks for the reception of Charles
C. Burleigh the fore part of next month
Il Those with whom | conversed did not OBJ
J iect TO Charles giving an address on a
meek day, and some of them were quite
| anxious to hear him on the Sabbath. Other.
: were somewhat fearful as to that, lest thu
, day be desecrated, and they had some fear
Of him on any day, lest he come under tn,
cloke Of Abolition and stab Congregation,
dlism. They said they did not believe r
It. Robinson carried Burleigh about so mucl
for nothing they did not like the looks o
y that "white heap yonder." No one how
lever objected so much on his own accoun
O as in behalf Of others. Very kind you see
e From New Haven went 10 Wey bridge
n then 10 Addison, and engaged some men I
: make an effort 10 obtain subscribers to th
. Voice Of Freedom went 10 Bridport an
tarriei over night, (Tuesday) and chance
to lodge in the house Of Mr.. Gay, who ha
with him as temporary resident, Pre-
bylerian minister, by the name OF Reynold
y who was born in South Carolina, and gre
$. up among Shareholders. He thinks there
l. much TO be done at the North in gettin
Of public sentiment right on the subject
St slavery. He named number Of ministe
and other professors Of religion, who hE
!, gone from the North, and ION reaching Il
slaveholding region, soon engaged in So
4 tanning slavery by purchasing slaves. I
: spoke, too, Of the COLONIZATION scheme. T
: said the southern people generally we
u averse 10 il as means of remoriRg Slarer
OF and mentioned the name of man who lie
ne tured on the subject in Georgia. and W
bs, heard patiently till near the close, when
re advanced the idea that one good resul; fro
IN. this scheme would be the removal of I
ed system OF slavery, and then be was not pr
No mitted TO proceed farther, but barely escap
= with his life. name this as additional Il
timony to what has already been presen,
on the subject. L
us. In regard TO farming prospects in Br
my port, mus, say they looked gloomy in
all. extreme. According to the best informant
sed could obtain, the large majority of
len farming portion Of people had become
i'm lyolved in purchasing farms, cattle, OF she
! = at high prices, and now that the prices
q. produce had lowered about one-half =.
:, crops lessened near that proportion, and
Wy grasshoppers seeming determined to 4
tne the balance, gave farming prospects d,
the lous appearance. The houses, fences,