Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-07-19

ishments, or to be rayished with hope of
promised rewards, any more than 10 be ex-
cited with alcohol or any other poisonous
substance. Rum and religion have hereto
| fore gone together most admirably. The
spirit of the former has been a mighty and
efficient helper TO the spirit Of the latter.
The people have been as really deceived by
the one as by the other. But the deception
Of the latter is the greater deception. Tie
people are told that spiritual things must be
spiritually ,liscerned-that no one can know
the realities Of this excitement produced by
action upon hope AMI fear, but by experience.
Ii is 50 with alcohol. No one can know the
realities of its exciting qualities, but by ex-
perience. 1t does now seem 10 me, howey
err, that no one who has looked on consider
alely and Witnessed the effects. Of either Of
these excitemenls, ought TO be charged with
unreasona5leneSs for being content without
undergoing the experience. The people
doing. A nd they will yet see what this re-
Iigion is and what it has been doing. They
! will see its revelrieS and debaucheries 10
have been more besottiny and degrading
than those of rum-more binding, harden
ing and demoralizing-i influences TO have
produced greater accessibility the appeals
Of humanity, and the voice OF The true God
/ in mau. lis elevations and declensions will
yet be seen, in the light of advancing knowl
drunk and getting over H. This same re-
| ligion that went on hand in hand wi h rum,
has always been the handmade of war and
slavery, and is still. 1t has ever held It's
sway over mankind by bring ing violence To
lis assistance. Ii commences lis work by
sealing itself in the highest department Of
violence. 1t goes into the ideal world and
hangs over the heads of men clouds Of
wrath and fury, and opens under their feet
a lake of fire and birthstone. BY these
means il brings to lis aid cannons, bomb
shells swords, bayonets, brick bats -grarel
and eggs. The people are not always 10 be
| kept in ignorance oil this system of tyranny
| that has so long had them in lis power.
Inquiry has already commenced, and is max
ing rapid progress, with astonishing devet-
opements. Religionists are aware Of This,
| and are trembling for the results. And well
they may trembe Their house is built on
the sand, and the storm is already beating
upon it vchementIy. On their own show
Jag, the different parties are utterly dishonest
among themselves. They are constantly
convicing each other before the world, Of
! fIlsehoods and frauds committed against
each other, in their scfambling for proseiy ties
and power. In The Ezra already alluded 10,
! fad the following beautiful coilations:
"FaLSe and sIanderous reporls-EoW in
trigue and nisrepreScntation--EaIse aud
| slanderous repor's-iov intriguing course
t. fproseytis n and misrepresentation, Sian
der and falsehood gross attack--very
wide from the tfulh--alisS;atemens--no
supperabudance of candor--2 grossly mis-
represented my ar.icie--u;terIy devoid Of
the trlth--wrong statements and misrep-
resen;ations-w of truth and cAndor-
misrepresented by you--;naicious motives
charges AUTHORIZATIONS spir:,--gross
and wanton altack--proselytism guilty
of misrepresentalion--pFoseIylism and in-
.rigue - statement flLSr--fals re
porss equally groandless--you have in
dulged in fragrant MISUNDERSTANDING Of
candor and truth charge you publicly
with misrepresentation and lalsehood--
| gross falsehood giaring y destitute oftrulh
--nisreab!e petifogger- Statements are
untrue guilty ofmisrepreseniation-per-
version and Misrepresentation phissry
neither candid or true-breach of con-
fdence" These words and phrases |
understand 10 be aIledged to have come
from The pen Of the " Rec Benjamin
Briefly, Editor of the famous Baptist o.
server, 10 the running fight that has gone
on between him AMI the Methodisls, in
the division OF the prey and the booty"
From the other side the exhibition towards
him is as fJlIows: "Unjnst and mall
cions attacks wanton unprovoked attack
-slanderous Misrepresentation laring-
i ~ des,,tuteof the lruth-ut!er perversion Of
tacts-gross en,ation-statemeut
wholly antrue-statements wholly untrue
--unwarrantabiy isnorant-exposes his
ignorance species Of misrepresentation
&c.--perversion Of facts wholly unjustifil-
) bte--underhanded system of proseIy,ing--
unchrisianizechrisgn dom :lsell-gross slam.