Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-02-08

the legitimate and inevitable result of the
present organization Ct society, and be-
lIeviLg, that il is 10 natural laws that we
must refer for explanation OF events, and
a knowledge of natural laws alone, will
enable US 10 produce desired events, and
believing, that human rights are based
upon and defined by the laws Of our be-
ing, and that without clear, distinct, aud
ptlf=cl knowledge Of these, we Cannot Gn-
derStand The causes oil The evils we wish
| to remove, nor the eternal principles upon
which transcendanl order of things can
be permanently established, therefore
ReSotced, That in carrying out The de-
signs of our association, we will enter in
to an extensive correspondence, an Unlim-
tied enquiry, and a universal investigation
with those friends Of humanity through.
out the world, who feel sufficiently iuter-
ested in relation to the CON- Iicated miser-
les which degrade orr nature, and the
causes which produce them, and by pa.
tenl deliberation, and clear elucida!ion,
we will endeavor 10 bring 10 light those
I principles upon which our social relations
are based, and in The violation Of which
we find the causes Of the present suffer.
lugs.
Resoloed. That in carrying forward
our designs we wage go war against men
as individuals, but that we mean TO expose
the evil tendencies of those Institutions of
which men are the victims, and believing.
that the laws of our being are included III
these three general classes, 10 Wit. Tie
physiological, mental and social. The
health Of The body, the happiness Of the
mind, and the peace Of society - that
When we return 10 strict and iml ltcn obe
1dlence 10 them, the three great systems Of
remedy which have their origin in their
inlfactIon, NJ D. lsp, D. D. ism. and L.
l.. d. ism, which do not and from their
very nature cannot remove the causes,
their sole object being TO relieve suffering,
will of necessity come TO an end.
| ResOlred, That in our opinion, society
has been doctored and doctored in vain,
from its youth upward, until disease is in
jcorporated into its very constitution, it is
fuil of wounds and bruises, and purifying
sores-like the woman In the scripture, 1t
has suffered many things, of many phys!-
clans and is nothing beltered, bet rather
lgrown worse, but that by n system of uni
versal brotherhood, and equality of nlan-
kind, oneness Of the human family,
faithful discharge of the social duties, we
can alone remove the social evils, just as
by STRICT obedience 10 physical laws we
must remove the bodily sutferlngs.
Whereas, The social duties are all
embodied inthis one saying, viz. All things
whatsoever We would that men should do
unto you, do We even so to them,-and
whereas, we cannot understanding do to
others, what we would have them do 10
us, unless we first know what we would
have them do 10 US, and we cannot know
what we would have them do 10 US un-
less we know our own rights, and our
rights being based upon the laws Of oar
being, self. knowledge is Indispensable and
unless we know our own rights, we do
not know the rig hts of any, for the rights
of one are the rights Of all, and whereas,
we believe that there is benevolence
enough in the world, and daily exercised
on f4l>e Institutions, TO wit, governments,
sects. parties; associations, and the social
relations, if sufficiently enlig htened by a
knowledge Of natural laws, to effect The
word s reuempuOn, lneIelofe~ <-s
ResoLced, That an enquiry into the or
J, Ii oin, nature, and constitution of human
rights, and by an identical definition, an
individual specification of their number,
]. their extent and comprehension, will en-.
able the friends of social reform 10 carry
forward their efforts TO successful ter
mination, and understanding!y predicate
J. their community on the principles en-
bodied 10 the one great saying, the golden
rule.
/ Resolred, That the individual is great
er than all organizations, constitutions and
combinations of men, which make the in-
diyiduai subservient 10 their designs, and
that whenever such organization or COM
binalions prevent or obstruet The greatest
freedom Of individual immunity, they are
10 be reformed, Iemodelled, or removed,
or which is far better, transcribed or left
behind.
Resolcsd, That we look upon the ex-
istiDg systems Of physical force, the stand
ing armies, nayies, bulwarks and baItle-
ments, prisons aud gitbets, penilentiaries,
pilIories and whipping posts. but as SO
Il a&ng causes to .peppetuate the evils they
are desi Shhed % @pfevehti that the evils
r. and their intended remed3 existing. each
: in the relation of cause to the other, can
). never come TO an end, except by the &C
,e Ition of causes external TO themselves, and
,e that we believe so long as society recog
ut niz4s The right of an individual to holc
{. property 10 the soil, or the produss ofhu
oil man industry, separate from the whole
5. human family. the evils above enumerat
,e ed must from the necessity ofthe case ex
\. list, in some form or other.
IvI Resotued, That history and philosophy
Teach nc that men embrace the theol LEI