Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-09-27

the truth nthe cause of humanity.
After hurting my body into the after
part Of a Wagon, without even hand
ful Of straw, which often is afforded to
brute victims, when taken in like man
ner and for like purposes, namely, to
satiate the ferocity of mans distorted
nature they then drove on to the vii
lage. (Clyde,) and there left me in the
hands of base ruffian, who after drag
ging my body from the vehicle to a
grocery partly under ground, was driven
out with his booty, in consequence Of
the anger of the little purveyor. As l
then commenced talking, the shops Of
the village being yet lighted, humanity
and curiosity promiscuously gathered
around, until the religious mobocrats,
fearing TO have the people hear me ex-
pose their works Of darkness, again took
! fire, and under direction ofJudge Jones,
dragged my body to his office and
placed it before him on a bench. He
then told me whathe should do with ii, but
to procure more evidence should defer
execution till the following day. | re-
piled, that neither threatenings of men
nor iron shrouds, had any terrors for
those enlisted in the cause Of truth and
humanity. That my warfare was "not
against flesh and blood, but against prin.
cipalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world, a
gainst spiritual wickedness in high pla-
ces." At this, justice and Judge Jones
became more enraged and told me to
STOP told him God did not create me
to be his slave, and continued in giving
him the message believed he had sent
me to deliver He felt that it was too
much. in the presence Of SO much hu.
mainly as was crowded into that room,
and his overwhelming passions became
so violent, that they ordered my body
knocked down, its neck choked, with
many other execrations. forbear wri-
ting; for, the heart sickens as my mind
is brought TO retrospection of so bar
! bareus n seone- this nnnmant wns
heard the unfeeling voice, from among
the croud, " that man is crazy; COM
plain to the poor masters, that they may
secure him in the Utica asylum; when
this same Colonel Smhh-or Judas
while | was out in the street, Grawed
me away from the people to tell me they
! all knes0 that was a nice young man,
only my zeal had lead me on too far, and
they feared | was doing the people no good
BY t.lking-(by exposing their iniquity.I
On the day following, they got new sci
of ru(ians, and then carried my body
through the streets it-being daylight
and set it before this same Hiram Jones
again. They then got six men who
: said, they found no fault in the man.
greatly to the dissatisfaction ola poor
: blind, ignorant set of priest ridden big
o's. o! degraded, impious man. How
: long will you close your eyes, to be LEAF
by bloody minded priests and crushed
by their tyrannical pimps? They con
tinually cultivate your passions, by bind
e ing heavy burthens upon your strug
I" Cling minis, grievous to be borne.-
. Twenty thousand Of these men draw uE
on your bones and muscles, no less tina
;" TO the amount of ten millions yeal
. while you protect them with a swor
: which cuts your purse strings short n
: less than fifteen mi lions ayear. w;
:, you open The batteries of truth uPo
!" such time honored-goliaths' hey wi
y rave aud persecute; but
o. Let the storm come
1t beat with 6ercer rage
When cried the multitude, with maniac shout
- -"LKr HIN BE cRUcIFIED" Ye war with Go,
D. Inpious and unbeeying! lie hath barred
n, His right arm Cor the battle, and hath thrown
,ld His buckler over us-and every wound,
And every outrage which We suffer now,
10 In the hot conflict for the RIGHT, shalt be
Cd A token aud a pledge u uictoryn'
+. S.JENKINs.
th The foregoing account is narration
ID the legitimate tendency Of the popular r.
mt ligion of Chris,endom, and of every oil
er superstition in the world. Ii can o,
ng bear the light Of investigation, and s0i
ic- not peaceably be contradicted or suffer Vi