Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-04-13

You ask me TO allow you to come home
lpon my feelings. In your remarks on
hat point, you surely did touch my feel
Ings, or sympathies, in such way as 10
start the tear in my eye; but after all
hat, could see no argument in it. For
if my daughters were enslaved by either
the American or Algerine pirates, and !
felt that they had a perfect moral RICH: to
escape, and to take horse or boat or pro-
visions, such as they should think they
needed to effect their release, | should, as
now view the matter, be very unwise to
publish TO their oppressors, that l advised
my daughters to run away, and to take
such things as they might think they
needed to effect their escape. For should
expect as a natural result that they would
be guarded more closely in consequence
of such advice. (4)
You laud me very highly so far as my
heart is concerned, probably much too
high, bat my head, in your estimation, IS
not very clear. (5) How it is as to the
latter part, the public must judge. You
will, however, recollect that | did not
pretend to express an opinion one way or
the other, as to whether the taking of a
horse by fugitive to facilitate his escape,
would be violation of the spirit of the
moral law. (6) l ouly said l could see
no way for him to get rid of atoning for
theft, should he take horse as advised,
and he should be brought to trial for the
act (T supposed that you, and all your
readers would understand that had ref
erence only to his being accountable to
the powers that be, or in other words to
the civil law. ~ Perhaps was dull of
apprehension in that. You say, you envy
not the being who has heart - or, to
speak more properly, who should be so
heart|ess as to withhold such poor privi-
leges frou the distressed and Strengthened
fugitive And you seem to think that |
would not withhold. have the vanity
to think | should not refuse assistance,
when | had the pecuniary ability.
think 1 have had much enjoyment in feed
ing and lodging the fugitive, and trust l
shall ever Le ready to aid in similar
way. But in doing this, do not coosid-
er that sanction the taking OF horse
by the fugitive, from another man without
his consent, to help him on his journey.
| (9) AS to the Chronicle 'Observer,'
&c, l think if they would come out
against sIauehOIdimg, as strongly, accord
ing 10 the magnitude of the crime, as you
represent them to DO in regard to the
wrong of the advice spoken of, we might
expect to hear moral thunder in the ears
of this nation, far exceeding the 'seven
thunders' spoken of in the Apocalypse
hope these Editors will follow the ad-
vice of the Editor of the Evangelist, and
let this question be sounded, and 60 forth
ON every breeze: If stealing Qo) horse
is a sin, how much greater the crime tc
steal man?' You refer to Matt. xii
IA: Mark XII: 1876; Luke vi: IA
and the p-omptings of humanity A:
the above references to the acts OF the
Savior are of the same import, I vii
transcribe that from Matthew and few
verses connected with those you allude to
/" Al that time Jesus went on the Sabbath
day through the corn; and his disciple,
were an hungered, and began to plucl
the ears Of corn, and to eat. But whel
the Pharisees saw it, thew said unto him
behold, thy disciples do that which is no
lawful TO do upon the sabbath-day. Blu
he said onto them, have ye not read wha
David did, when be was an hungered
and they that were with him; how b
; entered into the house OF God, and did ca
the shew- thread, which was not lawful 70
him to eat, neither for them which wer
; with him, but on y for the priests2 o
have ye not read in the law, how that O
ths Sabba,h-days the priests in the temp!
profane the Sabbath, and are bIameless
But say unto you, that in this place,
one greater than the temple. Blu, if Y
had known what this meaneth, will hav
! mercy. and no. sacrifice, We would ne
: have condemned the guiItless. For III