Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-01-05

in future 10 be called "TRe CLqrjo.~
The editorship is also TO be changed
not the place of publication Who is,
edit, and where the paper is 10 be pub'iI,
ed, are not yet determined. There is r.
be suspension of tie paper for SON.
weeks. Thank brother Knapp fyr III.
following article, which he received loo
late for his last number, and 50 forw1rd44
it TO the Telegraph:
Mr.. Editor.-The truly christian an
fraternal letter from the Friends in Gree.
Britain 20 their brethren in this county
! published in the Voice of Nov. 9Th, ms
commend itself to every mans conscience
and should carry conviction to every bear
1t is we'll known, that the Friends, VIII.
contendiny for their own rights, have NJ.
been unmindful OF the rights of othtrs-
] Their actions and words have been cen.
sistent. Like honest men they have c4f-
ried their principles into practice: have
shown their faith By their uorks; bav.
required, that all their members shouI
break the yoke of slavery and let the @.
pressed 60 free; OF rather they Require
this Of every one, who wishes to join >4.H
society. So that no man, who ho.ts i
brother in slavery. can be admitted ip;,
their connection. The consequence is
that there are no SHAREHOLDERS In tnt
church, and they can Eod up their heal:
with boldness before the world, and tx,
hort each other to oppose an evil 50 gree,
so rulnous 10 the master as well as lie
slave, SO repugnant to the laws ofA-r'r
Have these good people suffered my tan.
in their temporal interests by wholly cA.
gliding slavery from among then urs
:. they not, as body, as prosperous Z. l..
Shareholder? Indeed, is it not }rJ',,,
bal saying, as thrifty as Qsa@"'
) Have they suffered any thing in TIKI.
character, as men or as christians, ty Z.
fusing to hold fellowship with sIdve'y
Are they not as much resp, c.sd even II
Slaveholtirg states, as any oher deao"iH
alton Of chr'stians2 True, some n.@y 1c'
refuse to join them, who would do t.
1 could they carry their slaves with t.'o'
but they are better without such inca, lDaa
with them. And even such men, in }arI
cohsclences, must approve OF their cen
Edoct. So that, IN fact, they have the o2
probation of God and men stand on
commanding eminence, and may We.
think that tie pro-sIaVery spirit, that
no1riShed by others, can be attriJu:1t@
nothing short. Of The deceivaUe@tss 6
Satan, 'oorking upon The fallen naI4n@
man. May the good Lord bless tD5o'
establish their goinss, and enable them y
witness good confession against s!aTr'y,
and never allow 50 foul spir to have
any countenance ia their socie:y. N2T
| why should not every denomioa:Ico q
! Christians follow the example Of Ink
Friends, rise up as a body, and banS1
slavery from the church, Would L ID
lure lheiE temporal Interests, make them
less respectable in the eyes Of The "of'''
offend God. or injure their fellow 0sD'
Such movement has not injured 'D'
Friends, why should it ~inj"re any o''S
denomination Some other c2D''1''
are now making the experiment. lD'
have yielded to the voice Of c"HSo'S"'
| the dictates ofreason. and the au'h0'.' ~
| God, and have resolved, that they "''D'
/ hold fellowship with slavery, that 10 '"1
holding his brother il bondage shan D ~,
a place in their puIpits, or at ths' 'I I;.e
Why should not all the churches ~ w. :,
/ Can any man .eIt why they should w.,
/ Why should not the church say WIN -
voice to the STAKEHOLDER, you must ''' u
from doing evil and learn to % w." W.,
must bseak every yoke and let '@''5
pressed 60 free, or We can not hold 'D ,a9
tian fellowship with goua Why SD Is.r
not every individual church say his ' ~,
their own skirts, and separate 'heH1 T.s,
from the crying sin of slavery n
The Question home to the eonsc'ess' -,
the individual, and let him decIl' "D '.r5
er he will give up slavery ard JOIN