Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-09-06

Let ps. 81 observing The consequences
whieh have ensued from the endeavor TO
change the systen Of labor, for the Amer
lean negro, get faint idea Of what may
possibly follow the attemH q. radical re.
iOum. And yet there is some reason to
hope TO escape such consequences OF
worse.
live can but succeed in adopting the
whole law Of God for our government
there can be no danger Of unhappy COD
sequences. The CANCERS which Leses re-
formers arise from their ignorant attempts
TO overcome evil with evil, suppossing it
lobe good-to supersede wrong by wrong.
We shall be liable TO these for we do not
profess to understand all natural o. Divine
law, bot Of this we may feel assured, that
wrong action can never be made TO pro-
duce good results, any more than right ac-
tion can produce bad. The immutabilhy
of God and his laws render this certain.
True, that while any portion Of our race
continue rsbellious 10 these, we shall hare
to suffer with them, for they will render
perfect obedience on our part impossible,
yet inasmueh as the moral or social law,
which binds as to act under all circuG-
stances for the good Of the ,race, is the su-
pfeme-the other natural laws subserv-
ieDt. our highes good is attained by fut
filing it. Does not the experience Of
every onecon6rmthis Who ever made
a sacrifice 10 pecuniary matters, in health,
or in any way, in obedience to the law,
thou shalt love thy nelghbor as thysel2
No one ever did, but on the contrary eve-
~ instance Of obedience to that law has
wrought happiness to our minds, then
and forever, when, present to our reeol-
lections. ! do not mean by this that no
one ever made what might appear to an
other 10 be q sacrifice Of health, or money
but that in the experience of:he individ-
,uaI, sacrifice in obedience to that law is
impossible = and why? Because the in
teres,s Of all being inseparable IN serving
another we bless ourselves.
Ny desire and object in these communi-
cations is to get into correspondence with
those who may feel prepared to cooperate
in the grea. work of reform, upon the
principles which have been glanced at in
them. uniting in system Of associated
labor for the good Of the whole, in suffi-
Gent numbers TO render as as nearly as
may be independent of existing instiiu-
lions. To endeayor to yield obedience to
the physiological laws. or laws Of health
in regard to labor. food. purity Of a.mos-
phere, cleanliness. sleep, &c., &c.-inves-
| igating, and SO far as comprehended,
obeyiDg The laws of mind and adapting
The training which The young shall re-
ceiye to the compound nature in them to
be influenced by it - aGhering to The So
cial law. which is so simple. and has been
so clearly revealed to man as to be easily
understood. Among the abolitionists of
the United States. if any where. arc to be
found the persons who are prepared by the
ordeal they have passed, through The
selfdlscipline to which they have subject
ed themselves, and the intellectual deyel.
opment, and high views Of moral principle
TO which they have attained, 10 introduce
new era upon earth, realization of
true christianity, to take the place Of that
spurious profession Of it which now ours
es mankind. In The hope that the period
is not far distant when such shall be found
eongregated for that purpose. and that
any who feel prepared TO help on the
work will make public expression of
their views and intentions.
remain your and their friend,
A. Books.