Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-02-01
V Q L. x v. NO. {
Eighth Anniversary Of the Vermont An,
~-.-. Slavery Society.

My report last week came down TO Ia
adoption Of The first of the four resoIullops
[ The orher three were subsequently a1on,
ed, was told. Was not in auenidsncs
during the morning of Thursday.
| WAS hindered in consequence of mis-
! fortune that happened to US, while riding,
! the day previous, by which our liveswrre
greatly endangered and yet We We're
wonder fully preserved from injury. The
frig htening of our horse and the bceaNia,
of the thiIIs from our carriage, resu.uo,
from the dropping of tug, was the only
serious harm. 1t has been deemed propet
TO mentlon the case for the purpose q
saying in connection with it that there il
not generally due precaution agains, suc6
an occurrence. Tugs are not sufficiently
secured in their places - nor are tails
The latter ought to have such a connec
ton with the harness that they will net
fail at the dropping of the former
A considerable part of Thursday was |
occupied with the appointment of officers.
| The prejudice, intolerance, sejishne&,
arls!ocracy and despotism Of sectariausn
were most admirably developed. The
name of Rowland T. Robinson was pre-,
scented for President of The Society. Ths
! brought out The arrogance, imprdence,
; and shamelessness of Harvey F. Leavilt
President incumbent, beyond all coucvp.
ton and imagination. The "extrancous
topics,' so called, were now logged in,
J, just as they always have been, By the rery
ones aeho cry out against them, No.
word could be said against the quaiiG:a-
tons of R. t. Robinson, as man, or as
an abo!Iionis!, for the Office. AL allowed
him to be superior man, and super.
eminent aboitionist in soundness and fl,
cheney. Bu! he held 10 certain senlimeus,
aside from his Anti Slavery, which r,n.
Gered him obnoxious to orthodox religion
1 ISIS 1t was not pretended that be Ind
ever allowed them to interfere with bis
AntiSlaverv work. The question vas
not is the candiIute for service to the
Anti Slavery cause great ana good n,aG,
and true andt aboltionisl-bul does
he endorse the religious dogmas oC Ger.
tain sects! With the same rroprie,y he
might have been questioned as 10 bis 70.
itical or scientific views. There is Ike
same propfiety IN asking his views 0, t4r
tariff and the currency, parenoIogy, my&
neeris&n and neurology. as Of the SalJs.&
the church or the mia stry. Il is r.aS
inGIe'ity to the cause, for any one s'aa4.
ing on the Anti Slavery Society's rIS,t:ra
: to>introduce any one o. thesetopics. FIT.
vey F. Leavitt conceded he sountn,ss
and worth Of Rowland L. Robinson as an
AntiSiavery man. But they must have
man who would not be obnoxious o.
certain reIigionists. Otherwise those II.
EigionistS would abandon the Socie,v.-
/, And what, pray. does this tel for t5v;;
e attachment to the cause? They believe
d that the Society is The thing to pro"c,o
u Anti-SIavery in Vermont. And they -
(, work in it provided ii can be under tie
| control of certain religionists. Not with,
0 OCT. Everything they NEEDLE with n.us
: be made subservient to their sec,aIianisaa,
+! Nothing could have been more per,tc,,
d Iy unconstitutional or disorderly than this
+ in9glng, In Of " extraneous topics" bv the
81 President and others, for the purpose Of
; securing an orthodox successor. 1t led
Y to disorder at once. Those who thus led
n oil from the ground Of dignity and De.
I cency, and tolsook the platform Of The
8 organic alton, soon found occasion 10 car
d ry their violence further. John Oys
e took them up on their own ground. This
d was more than they could bear. The
ID PRESIDENT could travel away from all law
r aod precedent And then because he vas
e, pursued and overtaken on his own ground,
= be assumed the prerogative of pconouoc.
at Ing the one who had followed him, 10 be
re out OF order and out Of place What
I'd could have been more base or contempt.
a Bile! He did not stop with The base and
n contemplate. He went on the riotous,
the baroarous and brutal. Because john
of Ofv's dlsfegarded his disorder!y, awIes'
Is and tyrannlcal mandate, he called on The
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