Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-30

ooS'' .1's nio PlohtS VIII " 3 lOotOi =
How eloquendy and truly do many of
our anti slavery speakers and writers in.
weigh against the internal scheme of Nc
Donough to make profit out of the pur-
chace Of the slaves liberty, $50 mis-called)
while they propose to the poor sufferers
in southern bondage, to effect the great
boon of obtaining for them the privilege of
buying their laUes in a manner exactly
similarl Such are the>ineonsistencies in
to which we have fallen, by not survey
ing the whole ground over which we pro-
poseto tread. | censure not the motives
of ant slavery men and women in this mat
ter -these are, or may be, pure and heav-
en- born-but | depIore the ignorance I'M
der which they suffer, the blindness in not
perceiving that if man is entitled natu-
rally to any portion of the proceeds of his
labor, he is equally entitled to the whole of
it,-that if it is wicked to consume the prin-
cipal proportion of the products of his la
Dor which has been coerced through fear
of the lash, it is as qDicked at least, to con-
sumo a greater proportion, which has been
coerced through fear of starvation. Ila-
ment that they do not perceive the sin is
the same when the products of the white
mans labor ale thus consumed, as it
would be if his skin were black-not that
they make such difference in words, but
that they do in effect 1t is to induce
them to base their efforts at reform upon
principle,upon such foundation that it shall
be impossible, while aiming to subserve
the Interests of one portion, that they shall
be found violating the rights Of another
portion, efecting whatever of apparent
good they may accomplish for the few at
the expense of the many, that venture
thus to ask their attention. What are
those principles, and on them only, upon
which true reform may be founded
They are the natural or Divine laws-en-
stamped upon the constitution of man by
his creator, and from the operation of
which he can in no degree escape, being
compelled to yield obedience to them or 10
suffer the penalty of their violation which
on oil nd II L. L..
coupled with them TO teach man his own
highest good.
The institutions of men, educational,
civil, religious and social, have sprung up,
as already expressed, through accident
and without scarce any reference to these
laws, and therefore it is no wonder the
south is filled with misery. and suffering,
with disease, degradation and crime.
The only means of escape from these pen
allies is to return to obedience to the vio-
lated laws-the onl y method by which in
dividuaIs can hope to return, is by associ-
ated action to arrange in accordance with
them, the institutions and customs of soci-
ely, which form and control the human
being. This is what is needed, social
as we'll as physiological reform : whole
and perfect obedience to Gods laws.
Since the interests of the whole race are
inseparable, since all must enjoy or suffer
together, it is evident this reform can nev.
CIR be complete while single human be-
ing continues to live in violation of these
laws, but an approximation to perfect ODE.
dience can be made by the associated ac-
lion Of comparatively small number, and
this approximation shall become nearer
and nearer the greater the number whc
emorac it, until the millennium, the grea
desire and anticipation of the nations, viii
be established upon earth. AS man ha:
fallen 20 his present wretched condition
(aot by the tabled eating of the fruit of the
tree which gives knowledge Of good anc
evil, but by just the opposite, the refusa
10 investigate, and to know, and to live
the good, and shun the evil y by serie:
Of gradations-lhe sins of parents being
visited upon their defendants, through the
operations of that natura! law by which
the physical conformation, upon which
depends physical health, as we'll as men.a
land natural development is Transmitted
4 from parent to child, SO must the restOra
! ltion of The race to its pristine perfection
be gradual, through the improved physi
cal conformation which will be transmit
ted to the offspring of these who shall