Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-04
VIOLENCE NOT THE REMEDY FOR
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gested by the letter received and published
fromz Samuel Colt, my mind ran on; but
there was not time and room left for an ex
preston Of the remaining thoughts then;
so hey are brought in here, under the head
which have chosen above. ~ -. ~. T..
Geo. Bourne. an aged, sturdy and inhu-
entail priest Of Scotch PresbyterianIsm, and
the writer of searching work against Amer
lean Slavery, once told me, before John G.
Whittier, the American Poet, in the office
of the American An'i-slavery Society, in
New-York City, that be Bourne] had at
former time carried q 6Lunderbuss into his
pulpit, on The Sabbath, 1reelc after ueek
Ii was in Virginia. Some Of the slavehold-
ers had threatened TO shoot him. George
! Bourne's name is brought before the public
in such shape and connection as this, not
to harm him, but to show how the man
killing spirit is kept alive in the world.
love Geo. Bourne for his excellent qualities.
love him as noble specimen Of human
nature. There has been the utmost conf
dence between US, except in this matter
where his education has made monster Of
him. His theology has Infused into him
the spirit of man killing. If all orthodox
religious teachers are not prepared to carry
their blunderbusses into their puIpits when
their lives are threatened, no thanks to their
theology. This jastifies them in resent
ment and revenge, 10 any and every extent,
under the proper circumstances. If one be
fearful that he is to be robbed of his money,
( il allows him to arm himself for man-kill-
| ing. And if he may kill the one who would
rob him of his money, much more may he
kill the one who would rob him of free
speech in the pulpit. Money certainly is
not 10 be put In competition with freedom
Of speech. He who will sell out for money
his liberty 10 speak the truth necessary tc
the salvation of men from sin, is recreanl
TO humanity and treacherous TO God. None
can do it butthose who have been prepared
j for il by false and corrupt moral and rel
gious training. | say then, if Geo. Bournt
has a right TO carry blundelbuss in hi;
vehicle 10 keep eff The one who would rot
him Of his money while he is travelling, ht
has at least an equal right to carry the sam,
weapon into his pulpit to keep off the on,
who would rob him of free speech while
; preaching. -:
Now it is the preaching and the practc,
Of those who control the leading influence!
; in church and 10 state, that leads to jus
such results as are exhibited in the case @
) John G. Coli, both as TO his killing and hi
being killed. The doctrine preached place
hnman life at the discretion of human be
: ings. Ii is denial that human life is a.
> inalienabIe human right. 1t is hardenin
and brutalizing, and leads to man killing
None are more vociferous than the pries
II hood themselves, in calling for the kiln
e of such men as Coli. None exert so muc
s influence as they fer keeping up this specie
It of man,kiling. And The killing of ihos
Y who by the customs of society are Ierme
;. and treated as criminals, is of more perm
- cious effect upon society, than the KILN
done by the convicts themselves. Thetcor
: duct of the latter is looked upon with ho
TOR, and avoided as an example. Wherei
IS the act of killing them, is made to be Just
a fed by community and sanctioned by Go
G. The mischief done 10 society in this ca,
y consists in causing light estimate to |
II placed upon human life, BY practically teacl
n ing that il is not an inalienable right Me
- are thus fitted for man killing under spc
y, circumstances as they think proper. The
sympathies are blunted = their passions d
prayed-theY are made brutal and feroc;ou
= Under such Influences men in high iii
a. like Marshall and Webb. go into the fie
with deliberate intention for man killing
er The reasoning whether they are apDrehe