Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-25
VOL. XIV. NO. 10

and the duty of immediate emancipation
are considered as entitled to take part IN
the deliberations aud action of this mee.
ing.
Resolred, That all persons present, or
who may hereafter be present. are Request
ed 10 participate in the deliberations oflhis !
meeting. -
| Pretty liberal for an organizo:ion.
But the usual tyrapnous rules OF decorum,
so called, were adopted. With this alter.
alton, hovever-that individuals should
have the privilege olintroducing business
TO the consideration Of the meeting, after
having submitted il to the examination of
the business committee. This was mod.
i6cation of former despo!ic proceedings.
But the 9agging as TO time was tenacious.
" adhered to. This is no more nor less
than sort Of watchman's club put in the
hands OF tyranny 10 carry ON an oIjous
and vile work of favoriteiSm with. Il is
not designed for general application 1t
is known that few will ever want to 90
beyond the time fixed on. l. is also de.
signed 10 vacate the law in favor ola DOB.
o!ar measure ora popular speaker. The
working of it is to CRAFTY prejudice, pre-.
mote caste, and produce disorder. o. all
the deSpotism practiced among men, that
Of organized Anti-SIavery is the most
odous AID vile, More on this point, here
afer.
( C. G. Buseigh reported the following
resolutions from the Business Commiuee.
The frst Of The series was adopted, after
a labored support by the mover aud 9TH
ers, opposed 1y Harvey F. Leavit and
others-the opposition consisting of ! dis
agreement as TO the fact asserted, That
slavery has not the sanction of hunan
law, i'll the proper sense OF the term.
Rtsolred, That while we dcbv lIat
any human authority Can justify the Ell.
islavement OF human being, ia as much
las il is contrary TO tie law Of God, We
Sill do not adnlit that slavery has even he
sanction of human law, in the proper
sense Of that term, for it is Impossible 10
iegatizh the holding OF man as PROPERLY
ResOIUed, That vi bat it is wrong to d.
it is wrong to help do, aud therefore 10
man has any right to help hold slave
now in bondage, OF ensave man VITO is
now free, Wheeler he has been slave
heretofore or not.
Resolved, That therefore no man has
a legal right, any more than moral
light, 10 pledge himself TO support sia'p,
ry by violence, or return 1 runaway slave
to his master, or do any act for the TOR
pose "f milking II harder for a slave 10
become free, or easier for the nlaStvr 10
. re-ensave him.
Resolved, That it is the duty OF be
people OF the North, not oulv to reluSe
The doing # such acts, but 70 make
clearly Understood. bo;h at the North AID
at the South, that they do & will so re,uSe
The other resolutions are. waiting for
opportunity for discussion at the time this
goes to mail. The advocacy is splendid.
But the work accomplished, ii appears 10,
me is hardly worthy of the effort It
looks too much like the mountain in la.
Dor to bring forth : mouse. Il does MT
meddie with the trunk or root of the tree.
1t only clubs oil and destroys the frpi.
Human law is not the fourdation of slave.
". There is something back Of this aad
below it. seIfshness-Iust OF power and
gain lie at the bottom. Let US have The
test talents more employed at the Creates
part Of the work. But we must all work
= IN our own several ways. after all. Ny
( sheet is full.