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

received the contribution now called for,
and put them together in one common
treasury.
At this point was pretty thoroughly
interrupted. The house was crowded,
and the audience at large had given pro-
foundest attention. But individuals had
manifested grea uneasiness from the time
| had taken the floor. Israel Reach had
starred off 10 leave the house in the utmost
rage. II seemed as if the violent fires of
depravity kindled up in the poor man
would either consume him or explode and
blow him TO atoms. He was fully as mad
and frantic as when he left the chair of
the council at Orwell las, winter, and
started for home in the night, during
snow storm. =. Ten Brooke enquired
10 know if there was IA MAGlS-
TRATE IN THE DIVINE PRES
ENCE" None came to the rescue.
John Ide in the chair was calling for or
der. | begged Of the brethren not to be
disquieted-not to let madness fill their
hearts of love. called their attention to.
a passage IN the sermon they had just
been listeningt TO. The speaker had declar-
ed that "BAPTJSTS WOULDNOT BE
INFLUENCED BY ANY EARTH
LY DEsPOT TO KEEPFROM MAN
KIND ANY PART OF GODS
TRUTH took Them on their own
ground, md could not give place to their
despotism, no not for moment.
After this matter was got along with.
and the contribution was secured, brother
Wrights resolution was called up. Some
one-I have now forgotten who-moved
that il be laid over to next year, without
discussion, because it contained sentiments
on which the members Of the body were
disagreed. | expressed wish that it
might no: be laid over-giving it as my
view that the fact that there was disagree.
ment on it, was the very reason why it
should now be- discussed. Benjamin
Briefly said he could subscribe TO one
part OF it-but to the other part he could
not. presume he would want the reso-
luton TO allow them " magistrate IN tie
dic5ns presence" 20 put down with vio-
lence what they could Lot NEE: with truth
and argument. While I was on the floor
either in connection with this, or in the
course of the preceding afair-brother
Ide, after calling me to order until he go,
tired of it, asked me if | did not know
had broken the laws Of Vermont, and was
liable to its penalties. My reply was that
had very little regard for any law which
[ confiicted with the requirements OF Chris.
ianity. truth and human salvation. | had
no disrespect for the individual human be.
ings around me. could say in sincerity
that loved them all. And this latter fac,
furn: shed a good and sufficient reaso
why | could not suffer sin upon them
and allow them to exercise tyranny oyel
me or others, unrebuked. Was i
not little curious that human law anc
human violence were the only thing tho
of?-,hat it did not occur 10 the chairman
or any other one among so many RELIC
lous teachers, to point out to me wherein
| had made al nfraclion upon Gods law
or what particle Of reason. truth or 0rgu
ment they had TO present against me, 9th
er than mere brute force2
After they had voted to lay over the res
olution without discussion, ]. Ten Brock
moved vote of censure upon the cours
| had pursued. Rowland T. Robinson
Of Ferrisburgh, being in the audience, in
quired OF the Chairman to know if the
would condemn man unheard. Th
Chairman treated the inquiry with cen
tempt. by putting the question at once /
the audience, on ]. Ten Broeke's motion
: They carried the censure BY strong vot,
The opposite view, however. being Gale
for. noble few stood up in defense Of m
course-quite as large minority as ha
often been found supporting the work
radical reformation. Truth and righteou:
ness are not dependent on majorities q
numbers If najori,ies are right becaus
they a-e majorities, pure Christianity