Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-05-25

things they are constantly doing, and will
throw themselves into bad temper if their
acts are called by right names so, in kind
ness and sympathy they must be treated as
if they were not guilty = we must saw to
them by our kind and sympathetic conduct
towards them, that they are honest men and
Christians Such kindness and sympathy.
making Us, as it does, 10 speak falsely in
our conduct, and them to be deceived there
by, is not the kindness and sympathy which
Christ used and taught. There is not a
particle of kindness or sympathy in il, or
about il. II is downright unfaithfulness and
| dishonesty. True kindness and sympatby
require preaching truth in love, whether
| those 10 whom it is preached be pleased or
offended whether they will hear or forbear.
That the guilty take ofense is no sure proof
of unkindness or want of sympathy on the
part of the reproyer. None ever gave Of
tense oftener than our Savior himself And
who will charge him with unkindness or
want of sympathy? If the acts of men
are adultery, robbery and theft, they must
be shown that they are adullerers. robbers
and thieves, or they will not repent Of these
their evil deeds. They will never repent
of sins they do not believe they have COM
mltted. And they can not be convinced
that they are guilty of such monstrous on
goodness by being treated as if they were
honest men and Christians. They alone,
then, | say, exhibit genuine, Christian
kindness and sympathy, who deal faithfully
and honestly with sinners, pointing out 10
them their sins, and specifying what the
| sins are. Calling men sinners in general
terms will not do the work. Especially
this will not reach those who have already
protested 10 be Christians. The Editor of
the Journal says,-"If denunciatory Ian.
guase, and the frequent application of the
epithels murderers, mansteaIers, AMI such
like, would have reformed the South, il
would have been reformed long ago." Ii
is sufficient reply 10 this to say that If
letting the South alone in their sins i'll
sympdthtzing with the oppressor in such
manner as to leave his heels on the necks
OF his poor victims - if treating him with
such kindness as to leave him quiet and
undisturbed In such unkindness towards
those he brushes for gain-if " bidding them
hearty welcome to our labors of love"
and thus practically saying 10 them that
they are not thieves, robbers or adulterers,
but good followers of Christ and examples
Of piety and holiness-if all this, say, and
all the rest of the unfaithfulness. dishonesty,
and hypocrisy that have always been prac-
tlsed towards Shareholders "would have
reformed the South, it would have been re-
formed llongerl ago.! The faithfulness
OF true and genuine, abolitionists, in point
of time and numbers, is not 1.-THE of the
"nialthfuiness of their opposers. Who, !
ask, have brought about the present state of
things - that the nation is reused from an
awful slumber which was well nigh being
the sleep Of death-lhat chains are ALREADY
falling in every direction - that those who
PertlnacIousiy tighten their grasp, "sinning
wllfully after that They have received the
knowledge Of the TRUTH" exhibis ga certain
fearful looking for Of judgment and fiery
Indignation y that the moral elements are
In commotlon - that the American Jugger-
maui already 'reels to and fro, and staggers
like drunken man." and its supporters
ARE at their wits end % that heartless |
politicians turn pale, and hypocritical reli-
g'onists cry out and "gnaw their tongues
Tor pain =? Who have done all this2 And
what are the measures by which it has been
accomplished Who but the very ones the
Journal is faul:ing = and what but the very
measures by which they are distinguished.
and for which they are decried and made
odious? Up 10 the time they commenced
opesations, the very measures which the
journal prescribes had been in constant op
eratlCn during the existence of slavery:
and the effect of this treatment had been TO
enlarge the place Of its tent, and stretch
forth the curtains of its habitalions: to
lenglhen its cords aud strengthen its stakes:
to cause it 10 break forth on the right hand
and on The left, until it inherited the nation
and the church. The language of these
popular measures was, and is, to slavery
: Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed.
neither be thou COMPOUNDED; for thou shalt
not be put TO shame" What could be more
comforting to slaveholders-wh better de-
tense could they ask for slavery, than TO
have such papers as The Journal come in to
their aid, at such time as this, and al such
Stage in the conflict. and stoutly deny for