Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-25

distinctly to understand that the individual
who first seized me by the collar and with
help dragged me out was not professor
Of religionl And what, pray, could he
mean by this2 Would he have il under
stood that their religion or its professors
disallow of the thing! Que word from
him could have prevented the viOlence.-
But that word he did not utter. He did
not even now to me 6isclaim sympathy
whit. 1t was a work TO which he had
more than consented. Lsst September, in
the same house, and for like purpose,
he called for "magis'rate in the Divine
presence" The individual who was the
second 10 lay ruffian hands on ME was
Moses Atwood as was afterwards told,
one Of James Ten Broeke's proseiytes
who has recently joined his church. But
the first pirate upon human rights who
assailed me, and whose name was after
forwards given me as Heman Hosford.
was not professor Of religion, forsoolh |
But beg to know In whose behalf he
was al work = in whose base employ he
was engaged? Was not his labor in de-
tense of the church! Most certainly i.
was. Perhaps shall be told, however,
that he was engaged as an officer Of the
state. If he were so, it only shows how
much the church and The state are united,
and for what purposes. II he came to
the aid Of the church, 10 strike down Truth
and Freedom in the sanctuary, it shows
the sympathy Of the lust(uI state for the
Iibidinous church If on the other hand
the church had called bim to the work, it
shows the hypocrisy and deceit of saying
he was not professor Of religion. And
there is no way to escape conviction OF
base, black hypocrisy. in view of the fact
that the second bull dog who laid hold of
me, even if he did il at the bidding Of bis
master, is one of Ten Bfoekes church
members. Report says Heman Hosford
is magistrate. But he indicated nothing
of the kind to me. His work was all
done in the employment Of judge Lynch.
Ele seized me, not as an officer OF the
State tf Vermont, but as IN emmissary OF
the church AMI the devil was not
taken into the States custody, but drag
ged into the street. So this magistrate
trampled down ali law and order in the
dust = whether il was pretended that
was acting disorderiy or not 1t was a
splendid specimen Of human government
part aud parcel Of the same system
with military despollsm and slavery. i
shows that human laws are things made
to be written in books, for the porpose Of
giving employment; TO legislators, judges
lawyers and sLeriffs = not TO keep order
or procure justice. These come from
other sources. When the violence was
over, l was told that the priests and the
church were holding protracled meet
| ing. Ii was the FIRST in!imaton Of il
had had. After | was thrust out, and my
wife was prevented by The crowd f.on
getting 10 me, she went 10 Jas. Ten Brooke
and asked him if he was Baptist minis
ter. "Thal's nv name" was his reply
She asked him if he thought this work 0
violence was Christianity. He accused
me Of interfering with thei. meetings.
She assured him knew nothing abou
their meeting. 81 prayed" said he
designing to intimate, she supposed. tha
ought TO have known all what they Wer'
about from his prayer. He was ll'tI'
careful however about acknowledging II
SO many words that he vas praying t
be seen of men" Other things were ii
my mind, preventing any particular at
tenlion 10 his hypoclitical performance
His praying for the palsying of an arm
which | understood 10 be my own, di
indeed take my attention al the moment
But knowing The character of the mar
: " II has been told me that he denies having use
: such language. But Rowland 7 Robinson, MAJ
cia Ann Murray, and numerous others heard an
narkedit distinctly at the time. 1t is no uncon
mon thing for james Ten Brooke TO deny the trutl
II would scarcely be too strong to say that untrut
. is the rule truth the exception, with him. II
procured passage from England TO this country
and got himself employment here IN the practIc
of subtle system Of deception = fllsehood an
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