Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-24
V 0 L. XIV. NO. a.

Occupying the time durinp H.
afternoon session. -. --..."..
t An evening session was held coruo..
f ing at hafpast seven and cop,;np;nr IN
half past ten The speakers were Iobn
A. Collins, o. S. Murray, BENJAMIN
Timms,t w. E. Rose.
Saturday morning. Met at nine O'Clock
} Inc meeting was addressed by John A
CotllHs, Amos GiIber; of Ohio, BENJAMIN
Ttmms. N. Fl. Whiting, o. S. Mnrrsv
| }. X S. Van VIeet of Hudson, n. YA
Brooke, w. E. Rose, HolIick fran
England, Henry G. Wright from Emo
land, John Hudson of Brooklyn, and OH.
ers.
The proceedings closed, and the Con.
venlIon dispersed. little pest noon, hsv.
ing had six sessions. including the meet.
Inss on Wednesday and Thursday even
ing. ".....
MARKS.
The attendance was sood, for numbers.
But what are numbers2 What are
names The spirit and principles are
what give character and assurance |
have had part in many heavenly meetings
but this exceeded them ALL Violent
organization and government were Set
aside. No despotic moderator to com.
:nand. No absolute rules OF decorum TO
shackIe. No aristocralic business com.
mitee TO gag or control. No concession
10 the. authority of numbers by voting,
No strife for places or preferments. NJ
jealousies. No contentious. No recoe-
ni:lon of color, caste, creed, sect or SEX
Of course there was the best of order
the greatest harmony the largest good
will. Forbearance and Kindness charac-
terzed the proceedings throughout The
utmost liberty was conceded 10 all, of
whatever views. lIIiberaLily found no
place for the, sole of its foot. One poor,
bigoled individual thrust himself forward
al an ear y period. But it was the first
and last attempt Prescription and ino,
GRANGE hid away and kept out of Sight, .
1t was an assemb!age and an effort, not i'm
behalf ola class Of men. but Of mankind.
Hitherto the best means may have been
used that were wNkln reach. Bat our t..
forts have been wasted too much upon f.
Iects, without, getting at the causes. The
societies we have had have done what thew
could, and. many of them have done glo-
rlouSIy. But their work is chiefly done,
There is little more use for them, with The
means they have employed, aud Tie al
plcallon they have made oIthen,. Their
work is partial. Il is patchwork. 1t
stops short of getting at tire root Of lie
evil. 1t leaves the human family discr-.
ganIzed ana distracted. j. is not u ma'ch
for the governments and the religions
which have been devouring nianhOol 1t
has not been able to cope with the power
which sustalns these bloody institutions.
That power is mOnev-aadlr5dua proper =
ty-ln achat nerer belonged to. 5n2irld3aIs.
out to The race. This monster must Ee
met and driven off from the earth, before
it can be made the garden of God. Men
have no more right 10 individual property
IN the earth, than in The sea, The sun
light, or the stars of heaven. The soil
and It's products belong 10 universal man
not to a"dlciduaL man. All men have
IA rIghI TO it. by virtue of their hu manitv.
When, where, and from whom has enc,
received a preference to another2 If all
have right 10 The soil and its products, de-
rived from the God of the universe, then.
one Individual has not right to exclude
another individual from them,--nor have
all the rest Of the individuals Of the race
together right to exclude one.
The present arrangements of society
are founded on practical affirmation of
an inequality Of individual rights, which
is falsehood. 1t is not to be pretended
that individuals are equal in wisdom, in
power. or In goodness of acts--but they
are equal in the rights common 10 the
race. The affirmation of the right of one
individual to seize and take into possess.
ion, is in Itself practical denial Of the
right of another individual or of the race
TO anything. For if the individual may