Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-02
UNIVERSAL INQUIRY AND REFORM

II IS not my purpose 10 be very system
ate, according to the common views o
systeInatlzng, in wiring under the head
Universal lnluiry and Reform. The
held is wide; and ! propose 70 range in
1t, IRON time 10 time, at full liberty. NV
cau!iousness is so great as 10 lift me above
and carry me beyond taking heed 10 the
bounds set by men in the Ignorance of
past times, to The observance of better laws
and systems Not that the past is 10 be
treated with contempt. But it is 10 be
left Standing 10 its own place. And a
better regard is TO be paid to The present.
This has been spoken of before. Bat it.
vii! need TO be repeated, again and again.
heoPposlse doctrine has been KEEP! sound
ing IN the ears OF The people continually,
In all past time, and the cIamor is now in. |
creased, since the enunciation of some
lhing truer and better has been heard. |
So that a single utterance of the voice Of
innovation Is not enough. As long as it
continues 10 be rung and reiterated that il
Is presumption aud audacity 10 think OIL
beng wise above wha: is writteu,n 50
long will continue to be necessary TO [,
hun Ter and keep numbering. that man is
'foSTesssce an his nature-that discorerV I
md advancement in the pursuit of all I
ruth is only acting harmonious part in
arrylng out the laws of the universe
and that 10 interpose obstacles to the
Dole and ennobling, the heavenly aud
applying work of enIightening and i'm !;
loVtng mankind, IS the highest and worst f
al lNFlDELTY. And how are b
ley TO adoance who are tiedup 10 "aohan a
'of'tte"" How are they 10 improyta L
ho are not allowed to "think their own 81
oaghls'? et
Much has been said in the world about OF
1man freedom. There has been erea, "
'astlng about it, BY this nation, over 9th e,
nations, for half a century past. Sixty cI
ven years ago the declaration was pu, m
rth that Life, Liberty and the Pursuit its
Happiness are the lnalienab!e Rights IN
all Mea. Then followed a seven on
airs war, under the 7retext, on the part en-
those who made this declaration, Of de- th,
lding and establishing its principles. viz
1t acre they defended and established thi
ot at all. Take the declaration that to
te is mans lnalienable birth,right. No sys
'ner had il fallen from the lips of those ent
10 uttered il, than they went forth des diff
ylng lives by thousands. La fac: the Ger
y Instrument that they commenced i
n this declaration, they ended with the He
r OF their own lives to be thrown away spi
the altar Of strife. Then look at VIVA, The
said about Liberty, and compare it t4i,
b what has been done about it. The tret
lie was between one class ofoppressors 10 4
another class of oppressors. That the
ALI The oppression thrown off was 10 4
filing hing, unworthy to be named, mtte
pared with the oppression ever since from
cled upon others by The very hands RICH
threw the load from their own should The
The lltle hager Of the oppression may
cted BY Americans in 1913, is thick ever
IAN the loin of that suffered by them w
re. As for the Pursuit of Happi. else
The story is in part told in what has own
saia touching the Proceedings fol- good
ng The other parts Of The declaration. tyran
practice does not agree with The pro- prime
IN here any better than there. The and |
un Of Happiness is not enjoyed where aud
rty IS not enjoyed. And Liberty is US th
iere enjoyed on earth. The whole and $
y. '"e sfoohd IS under oppression. right
loot of It is exempt. Every human Il is
nv" Oo'l i'i,S al once INTO the hands pie al
!. 'Fn'e' ne iivts by permission right
rIgh'. Ills right to The soil, with Til,
his life is necessarily connected, is uro,e
caliy and 10 all intents and pur- in n.
denied BY the existing order of been
). All the soil has been seized on wb;sh
Hence, and by violence" is held in the he :,
- VI "'1h2oiG ac- petuat
1t al pleasure. The holders Of it He,
= = a@y 0'.f's 20 a. Here right
re tie great battle FIR HUMAN Free 50 ,bo,
lasegot TO be fought. Eyervth;nr