Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-07-26

means justly due. 1t is my candid opin
ion, that if had continued "good Bap-
:isi," should before now have received
large amount Of pay long ago due aud
now withheld. Are these the fruits Of q
religion that has always proceeded on The
principle that all things are lawful which
will accomplish its OBJECT = that evil may
be done that good may come-.hat the end
sanctifies the means-!hat where there is
power there is righ.2 =.
! UNIVERSAL INQUIRY AND REFORM.
In what wrote and published under this
head two weeks ago, said il had long been
percelyed and felt that something is necessa-
ny TO be done, which existing systems are
moi doing, for the removal OF iniquuy and
wrong from among men. There has been a
growing conviction that there is no power in
the religion or the politics Of the times 10 af-
ford relief. That these systems al the best
are but proselytism and patriotism. That
they are not Philanthropy and Goodness.-
That TO turn the scale in favor Of this reig-
ious sect or Of that political party avails moth
ing. That whoever is faIiered by them is
cheated by them just as much as he is hat
tered. That as many as are driven by them
are -wronged as grievously as those who are
led by iEem. That all who are Influenced
by them, one way or another, are corrupted
and injured. III. -.
/ Not but there has been as much sincerity
and honesty IA what has been done as the
circumstances would permit. Mankind have
sinned ignoranlly. BY sin mean a viola
ton OF law. BY ldW mean, not spoken
commands or written statutes, but relations
| # things eriSting. In our ignorance we
have TOO much taken for law what has been
| spoken or written, iastead of going to The
grea; volume Of nature. THIS has been less
our criminaliy than our folly. We have
done generally according TO the best of our
| knowledge. The time was when those who
drank alcohol as beverage sincerely and
honestly thought they were beneftIine them
selves and serving mankind and their Maker
in so doing. But it is now plain that they
were committing no small sin. That is,
they were riOldting id1. No matter if i'll
had not been spoken or written" thou shalt |
| not drink alcohol" 1t was none the less
violation Of law TO drink it. If on the con-
lrary, it had been spoken or written" thou
| shalt drink alcohol" it would not have al
tered the law Of nature Ia the case. This |
would have stood unchanged IL is the vi
! olalion OF This that Is S.R, be statutes or COM
mands what they may. | care not where |
The license comes from TO make habi!ual use
I of intoxicating drinks As beverage -wheth- !
err from heaven, earth or hell. Whoever !
makes such use oil them sins against the
laws ofhis being, and all the legislation a
mong men, angels and gods can never avert
the consequences or make it not 10 De sim
The relation eristing between alcohol and
healthy human stomach Is the tdU in the |
case, forbidding their being brought together; |
and whoever brings them together is VIC
knows il or not, and whether commands or
statutes let or hinder.
Htre is a principle 1rhich hold 10 be cfl
universal application. To sin is 10 violate !
the laws of The universe, without reference
10 commands or statues. Commands and
statutes touching human life, make mott ing
right or wrong in regard 10 il. If The COM
mand, "thou shalt not kill, made il wrong
to kill, and ii was not wrong 10 kill before
that command was given, then the first man
killer should have been held gulIless, for
aughl that appears on the record which is in
this country claimed TO be the history of The
| beginning - there being no evidence that
such command was given previously to
that terrible lransgression OF the law of the
universe in the case. But the account given
does not undertake TO clear him on any such
plea. And if il did it would not aIler The
! law in the case. The law 10 be observed in
the case runs parallel with the existence Of
human life. Whoever violates this law is
sinner against the universe, whether he
knows il or not, and Whether any commands
in regard 10 ii arc one thing or another As
said il regard TO using alcohol as bever-
aye, SO say IN regard 10 man killing-rhe
law existing in the nature fthe case is above
all commands and statutes, whichever way
and from whatever source.
Things spoken or written make MOTH
ing right or wrong. Commands and
statutes are only indications of the mind
and will Of men expressed from time 10
time, according to views and opinions
held. 1t might be dificul; to ascertain
whether they have olIener led into the