Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-09-07

edge of all the intelligent that the |
classes sustain the world. {
And they are wanting in observation
who have not seen adisposition man
Tested by many among the consum-
ers and squanderers, to keep one
hand over the eyes and the other IN
the pockets Of the producers. This
is not said to create jealousy or un-
kind feeling, but to aid IN opening
the eyes Of all classes to the truth,
that the. remedy may be sought out
and applied. The wronged[ I'd. should 10
not be enyious. They who commit
the wrong are the most to be pitied
for while they wrong others they
wrong their own souls more. q The
working classes themselves are more
or less responsible for the existence
and continuance of the evil. They
manifest too much willingness to
have it so. Farmers andmechanics
have been too fond of getting their
sons into the "zearned professions"
so called-that they might rise in the
/ world, and obtain some office or sta
| ton that would bring them money in
/ a more reputable manner than to per-
/ form manual labor for it! Thus they
have dishonored their own calling.
1 A grievous & deplorable evil among
| the working classes themselves is,
that they wrong each taking
all the advantage of each other that
] human law and loose public NOR
atty will alIow-neighbor deceiving
and defrauding neighbor-one MAX
: ing anothe1's necessity his own OPP
| portunity or taking advantage of
/ the others weakerjudgment, or more
benevolent feelings, or greater cred
ulousness arising from honesty Of
heart. But the weight Of. response
: bility, for the continuance of all the
: evils arising from selfshness, and
: for the results of them here and
hereafter, rests most fearfully on the
teachers of morality and religion
| The popular religion of the times
: fails to reach the root Of the evil. 1t
l does not eradicate selfshness. The
teachers Of it are as mercenary a sci
:. of beings as can be found on the face
3 of the earth. There are noble ex-
9 ccptions. But they are only excep-
$ tons. For general thing the cler.
S ical calling is made a trade. Tho
:, priests thereof teach for hire, ane
: the prophets divine for money" No
: but that moral and religious teacher:
t should have as good and competen
t a support as any other class of com
S munity. But the mischief and cor
= ruption of the present system con
r sists in their being employed to do sac
II evork as as required By those acho pa,
n them, and to refrain from such a0oak a
st IS forbidden. The things that ar
: popular with the employers must b
! advocated, and the things that al
/ unpopular with them must be lie
;, alone. The most popular, and prev
+ alent, and destructive thing anon
o men is sc5fshness. This the popula
/ religious guides and teachers wi
Y denounce, "in tie abstract" o. jus
P as they will slavery, one of its fruits
,, But then they will go right off an,
! live down their own preaching B,
! their own practices, just as have tn
q authors and supporters of America
e independence, so styled. These hav
s. always talked largely about freedom
6 and human rights, but at the sam,
II time have been the greatest practic
$ al oppressors and tyrants living
: The popular political and religious
=, systems Of this country are in league