Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-04-12
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2t"huSiSu tue servant OF Oou.-TeIJec-
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MARKS.
The Perfectionisl, n which the fore.
going attack on the Telegraph is found,
is paper published at Fulney, by J. Fl.
Noyes and ]. L. Skinner. copy and
notice the production, not for the purpose
OF making defense. but to expose com.
mon mode Of defending popular systems
regardless oilheir meli.s; and also 10 use-
an occasion which The writer has given
fr wipine oGdn impious aspersion which
modern theology throws upon Divine
Purity.
y L alluded, last week. TO the desporc
power of the priesthood. which is so ter
rible and oyerawins> to as many of the
people as have been brought under its in
auence. as to succeed in imposing upon
them the most absurd and outrageous
iogmas OF theology, with assertion and
Fbtrary diclalion onIy.without the troab.
lie OF bringing facts or reasons. Thistvr.
annous work OF theirs is only part of
system ofdiabolical doings that has kept
iron Jokes upon the necks Of the people.
and CALLING chains upoa their limbs, al
ready quite TOO long. La the foregoing
production copied from the Pertecliopist,
the tyrant whose nod attention is called 10
IS popular religious sentiment Before
the iron sway Of this despot, everything
mus, fall PROSTATE in The dust. AT what
time ihe mandate goes forth, there must
be a filling down, or the crushing must
tie prepared for. Truth, reason, argn-
ment, nothing must pretend TO stand. or 10
be entitled 10 consideration.
But il was my purpose more pur,icu
larly 10 notice and expose single meth
cd OF procedure, habitual,y used as part
of the satanic scheme in operation, under
he garb OF religion, crushing minds and
Iepravng hearts. | have reference now
o the fixing Of odium upon individuals
and systems. aid then striking down The
works Of other individuals, by forcing
hem into identity with what has been
made oGious. right or wrong. This prac-
lice follows what goes before. What
goes before is, the reception Of doctrines
and creeds without examina,ion-wilhoul
liberty Cfinvestigalion without knowing
whether they are true or false. They
are enforced under the terrors Of pains
and penalties. This Effected, the other
follows Of course. For why should he
be reasoned with who opposes u system
which has been received without reason
And when one opponent has been ren
dered odious, whether by fair means OIL
foul, how else can anolher b. so easily
| disposed Of as by being ranked with
hin
This arbitrary and degrading treatmep
of :..ind has quite 100 long been submittet
to already. II is intolerable. 1t is tin,
o break up this herding Of men togelhe
under leaders and distinguishing namc
s. making il Noteworthy 10 be In thes
ranks and hate.worthy 10 be in those
making goodness TO COZ sist IN name
and not in an acL-receiving or reJectIn;
whatever is presented TO the mind. not be
cause il IS truth or error. good or eyli
, right or wrong, but because It does o
does not stand identified with certain
names, or does or does not.come unde
certain auspices, or does or does not agre
with what has been blindly subscribed 10
or is or is not popular with the multitude
; A principal thing done in the piece,
am nov reviewing is, to sound the name
], of Garrison, Gates and Paine, and the
!. garbIe from the Telegraph and undertake
i to rpake out iden,ity and association
Now be it known to The publishers OF u
:. 'e:f.ciionisi, their correspondent ADD
!. mankind, that do not shrink from iden'
d " with truth. whether i has been 10 Il
ie mouth Of this man orthai. Atruth spol
!. en- by either Of the lhree individuals be
4. sligmatized as infIels, is the sane thin
as'ifit bad been spoken by Individuals
different reputation. He who will aba
don truth. because it comes from y
= mouths Of individuals made odIous
Il whatever means, is an ungodlv wretch