Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-02-02
y q XIV. NO 90

Ana1es paw suo o.teueiou was undiyidad
and the impression good. The mex, NM.
ing, 18th, the Convention assembled =,
organized by appointing Othniel Jewns
Of New-Haven. Chairman, and Eloo g.
erts. Secretary. The badness of the ,o.a
prevented very large attendance: h..
The spirit manifested gave. evidence ,b,.
Anti.Slavery is still sgoing down,n-,b.
call for funds to relieve the State soc;.,
from its oppressive deb. being responds
to by pledges amountingto sll7,OO atm,
one half of which was paid on the sDo,
This prompt assistance, together with
$4,000 which had been recently DIeae.!
by TWO towns in the County. for the Sam.
object, affords pretty conclusive evidsn,.
that the Abolitionilts of Vernon, are l..
.ermined 10 sustain The cause in our Sat-.
TO preserve the credit of the Society," and
its Committee from personal loss. ASS,
official repor, of the doings Ct the Con-
,yention Is probably already published ia
the Middlebury papers, no further rsrje.
ulars will be needfui.
The little remaining snow having dis.
appeared in rain on the nigh, Of the
10Th. we proceeded next morning in com.
pany with brother SecIy - our inan,a
agent = t. Brandon, on The ice Of OIL,
Creek. Oar meeting that evening was
held in The large and commodious B,mis
house which was well filled BY eten,ir.
listeners for about two hours, while lhs
lecturer presented with his usual force aat
elosoence the Effects of slavery on lb.
North, and poi..led out some Of the meos,
which the North may exert for lis remoF.
al. We were conveyed from Brandon to
Rutland by the kindness Of our trsGds.
with wagons, through rain and ever mud,
dy roads, and put up with our warm
hearted friends. Reuben R. Thra!I sGj
wife. The weather continuing unt!ycrs
Bile our meeting was not large, though
several were 10 attendance from dtslaG
parts OF the County, and the Convent0a
vas 40 interesting one. The to!!own:
resolutions we're offered by C.C.Burjeist|
and argued BY him with convincing ,f;e,
and unanimously adopted:
Resoired, That we of the No1h Lave
a right 10 demand the abolition Of s utE:-
ern slavery. onlhe very ground on which
the South demands our silrnce in rtgatd
to slarery--that Of the duly Of nor-rer,
ference with the rights of others - l.as.
much as slavery intelferes WIKI Us ccr,
tinually, and can nol exist without eo.tH,
tering our erjoyalents. inj"rlng our Ps-
cuniary interests, invading our r!sas,
involving Us in the common disgrace Of
the nation and putting our lives in peril.
RESOLVED, That if law, as its Learned
sages assert, is "the perfection Of reason
lis dwellng-place 1.-THE bosom Of God,s
its object the protection OF rights and IL
redress of wrongs; if "!he law Ct ia.
ture, dictated by God himself is superiN
In obligationto any other, binding osd
all the globe in all Countries and at all
times" and mo human laws are OF ahg
validity it contrary to this" if "sdcb
human laws as are valid derive all brr
force and all their authority from thF
loriginaI;;" if mo human legislature ba
power to abridge or destroy those rghs
which God and nature have established
such as life and liberty" if IAN men ar
endowed by their Creator wi b these ira'
ienabie rights, and 10 secure them gOFrf'
men's are Instituted among men, deriving
their frs. power from the consent Of the
governed; !" then slavery wherever il ct
ISIS is an unlawful institution, inasNuch
as 10 government or legislature can male
any law for the reduction OF man 10
slavery, which he is legally bound 10 OteE'
OF empowering a man to be s!age.bodef'
which be has aisgal fighs to e0torte.
Rssolrea, Therefore, That every star"
holder. every legislator who at'mf's
sanction slavery by sta'ute, every Joifa,,
tribunal which pronouncSs it Isg.'i 900
endeavors to enforce Submission 10 IT, tT''
ry executive officer or private ind T'doS
who aid 10 retaining huma" beng
bondage where he now is. or IL r'trfa@s
him to bondage whence he has escape
a transgsessof OF he law Of the land
Fhe Business Ccmm;uee rePor'ed '''
following, which was ariopted. AID Pe45".
made amounting TO S57 ,59-94I'00"
which was paid
Resolred. Thai in. view ofthe P'ess'1s
! pecuniary vans of the Vermont A''
| Slavery Sociely, this Convention recon-