Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-23

of the whip. and then.to consume all the
products of his labor save just what is SUI !
ficent to keep the animal alive, is very
wicked. The same man vii! refuse 10
acknowledge however that it IS wicked to
monopolize the soil, the sole source from !
] which subsistence can be procured, and
thus TO obtain and employ The power 10 |
monopolize and consume the whole OF The
products Of labor of oher men, except
what may be needed to keep chem in ex-
j istence. He perceives necessity in ma
ture that some men shall be capitalists and
others laborers, Just as the Shareholder
has evidence of the necessity for the reIa
ton of STAKEHOLDER and slave 10 continue.
/ With him il makes wide difference
whether the power which coerces labor
and grasps all lis profits, operates upon
the back, or through the belly. The lat
ter species of coercion is innocent he can
practice it not only for his own selfish ag-
;, grandisement, but also to procure the
means to prosecute his benevolent enter
, prize OF breaking down the horrible lack
t system, ard knowing the force Of motives
from experience, he very cunningly wins
: pers 10 the bark tyrdnt, that he can great
: Iy increase his profits by adopting the bel
y lysystem. How many of our benevolent
e, aboitionis:s there are, who bestow means
, for the prosecution Of the cause of negro
e emancipation which have been accumu-
t lated ON The unreqnited toll of Others
Y How few who perceive thatthe evil which
;. it is their Iaudable design 10 abolish, is
: simply an effect which must continue in
n some shape, so long as the cause produc-
: ing it is unabaled! How few of them
r appear to know they are practicing op-
o preston themselves, which proslrates vic
i tins intellectually more numerous than
!. those of that better understood form oftyr.
amy to whichthey oppose thcmselvesl .
is AboIitioniSts-no !esistants as we'll as
!. amos' all other men - evince no living
d faith in the precept "thou shalt love thy
10 neighbor as myself By their rendering
pc it seems to mean Just nothing at all
7. Finding n euutaineu III rtrc- Mveoiv- law
i. and re- pronounced by Jesus, a blind big
J. otry induces them TO profess it with TIT
ve lip, while they deny it practically. They
81 fail 10 perceive that it is a divine law
in written by the 6oger of CID upon tn
n constitution of man, which can never b
j. violated with IMMUNITY. They do not un
50 derstand that the interests of any individu
20 al of the human race are one with, an
70 insenarable from the interests of the Who'll
O. human family, nor perceive that the a
oe tempt to accomplish selfish purpose, {
es- any kind or degree being an infraction
s. this law, must inevitably produce evil
mi him who makes it, as we'll as TO all other
at Oar social relations nearly, our civil al
is religious institutions entirely, ha We bee
csc manufactured as if their trainers were
sed perfect ignorance ofthis all ,important fat
hat have said they have been manufacture
lev bal the term is Incorrect they seem
an have grown up as much by accident
.lf through design, and have certainly n
=, originated in a well considered and e
,ol, lig hlened knowledge of the natural wan
var. of the being subjected to their influence
,iz. The auempt 10 benefit self without rega
,er 10 the welflre of others, commences VI
cas-, the individual property system. upon viii
10 are upreared the systems of involunta
ms rs veil as voluntary servi,ude, again
are Ing technical expresson) human g
uea ernment, war, aud the church and prize
zee. hood, as naturally as dc the specific viz
IN. and crimes which each of:hese engende
zoo. arise out of them. Refusing to love o
IN neighbcr as ourselves at the b, isis, we
he ceSsarly continue TO do SO throughout |
or whole supeFstructure OF human action,
ave verging wider and wider from the law
own every Successive step. Iflhis betrue.a
EN- who can show its fllsily2 how easy it
ands 10 perceive that although anti slavery
,ion, cieties may alter the shape Of the e
open against which they war, not only c
, in they not exterminae it, bat they {
az, scarcely if at all lessen the extent Otis II
the ages. NoE-resistance associations pro
men Use rather more, because they aim to