Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-01-19

servant Il to be profitable 70 the master.
the islier Is bound in fair and equiia-
bic manner 10 provide for the slaves sub
sistence and happiness Although ne
processes 10 believe that faithful adhe-
renee 10 Scriptural injunctions on this
,oint. would eventually terminate Ia the
emancipation of the slaves. he thinks it
not necessary to inquire whether the New
Testament does or does not "tolerates
slavery as PERMANENT INsTITUTIoNl"
From the foregoing synopsis il will be
seen at once that whatever may have been
The motives Of the writer. the effect Of his
publication. so far as it is at all felt, will
be 70 strengthen the oppressor in his
guilt, and hold him back from the perfor-
nance Of his immediate duty in respect TO
his slaves, and 10 shield mis- conscience
from the reproofs Of that class who, ac.
cording 10 !" Evangelicus," have no per-
sonal acquaintance with the actual domes-
tic state or the social and political con-
neclions of their southern fellow citizsns.'
We look upon it only as another vain al
tempt TO strike balance between Christ
ian duty and criminal policy--to reconcile
Christ and Beliai-lhe holy philanthropy
of Him who went about doing good, with
the most abhorrent manifestation Of human
sel6shness. lust aud hatred which ever
provoked the Divine displeasure. There
is a grave-s.one codness about It. The
author manifesls as little feeling as it he
were solving question ia algebra. No
sigh Of sympathy breaihes through its
frozen pages for the dumb. chained mil.
Iions-no evidence Of feeling akin to
that OF Him who at The grave of Lazarus
swept and forgot His power 10 save
no outburst of that indignant reproof with
which The Divine Master rebuked the de-
vourers Of widows houses, and the OBJ
pressors of the poor, is called forth by the
writer's stoical contemplation Of the fiend-
ish tyranny Of his Chfis,iaa brethren"
at the South.
! Il is not necessary saws Evangelicus,
: to enquire sshethey the New Testament
does not tolerate SLAVERY as a PERMANENT
INSTITUTIONS" And this is said when
the entire slaveholdIug church has shell
tered It's denominations under the pretended
sanction ofthe gospel-when SLAVERY,
including within itself violation of every
command uttered amidst The thunders OF
Sinai-a system which has filed the
whole South with the oppression Of
Egypt and the polutions Of Sodoin, is de-
clared to be &C Institution Of the Most
High. With all due Difference 10 the au-
thor. We !e'| him, and We tell the churc h.
| North and South. thai this question must
be met. Dnce more we repeatthe solemn
inquiry which has been already made in
our columns. us. THE BIBLE TO ENsLAvE
THE woRLp?' Has it been but a vain
dream Of ours that the mission ofahe Au-
thor of the gospel was 10 undo the heavy
burdens. to open the prison doors, and to
break the yoke ofthe cap,ive2 Let An
/ dover and Princeton answer. 1.-The COS
pei does sanction the vilest wrong which
man can infict upon his fellow man-ifit
does rivet the chains which humanity.
left to itself. would Otherwise cast off,then.
in humanity's name, let it perish for ever
from the face of the earth. Let the Bible
societies dissolve; let not another sheet is.
sue from their presses. Scatter not its
leaves abroad over the dark places of the
earth they are not for the healing Of the
nations. Leave rather to the Persian his
Zandevesta. TO the Mussulman his Koran.
We rereat Il. this question must be met.
Already We have heard Infidelily exulline
Owe. the astule discoveries Of bespectacled
theological professors, tina. the Great
Head Of the Christian church tolerated
the horrible atrocities of Roman sla ,ery.
and that his most favored apostle combin.
ed slave catching with his missionary Ia.
bors. And why should it not exulta
Fouler b!asphemy than this was never Ut
tered. A more menstrous libel upon the
divine Author Of Christianity was never
propogased by Paine or Voltaire, Knee.
land or Owen; and we are constrained TO
regard the professor OF theology, or the
doctor ofdiviniiy, who tasks his sophstry
and learning 10 an attempt 10 show that
the Divine mind looks with compIacency
upon chaitei slavery, as the most danger.
Gus enemy with which Christianity has
to contend. The friends of pure and un.
|deiled religion must awake TO this dan
ger. IHe northern eharch must shake Il.
self clean from as present eeanecfion Nth
bfaspaemers and shareholders, or perish
ioitb them.
A RuMoR.-Rumor says that the op.
ponen,s Of the Telegraph. 10 the Baptis.
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