Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-16

answering 10 the highest offence. This is
not to be taken as having anything to do
with duration, condition, or situation, one
way or another. 1t is only saying that if a
small amount Of wrath and fury may be
poured out on trivial occasion, larger
amount may be on a greater occasion. Is
not ihe holding Of the people to these views
and practices the very worst feature of the
priestcraft system? This is emphadcally
their system. BY the fears and terrors and
tormenrs Of it they have hindered the pro-
gress Of mankind In knowledge and good
ness. All their talk about "peace on earth
and good will towards men" is sheer cant.
They have stolen and adopted the name OF
one who is said 10 have used this beautiful
and blessed language, and SO they must
steal his language TO help them on in their
hypocrisy. With hearts Of adamant and
hands Of ruffians they ascend the scaffold
to see the knot or moose properly adjusted
10 the neck Of the wretched victim of the
system they advocate and sustain. And
from this they COLO the camp and with their
prayers help on the wholesale slaughter of
the battle field. Then they will turn about
and swear" they all the while loved those
whom they helped TO kill This lesson of
scandalous hypocrisy and rankes, lying they
have got into the mouths of their dupes and
followers generally. The less they bestow
upon me of such love and good will,;' The
happier will think myself.
Now what | want 10 know of the Editor
of the Investigator is, whether, if they will
throw away their hypocrisy and cant, and
say that hatred, wrath and fury is the thing
TO be specially bestowed, he will join them
N il. He will believe Tue when say that
the object in thus bringing him along by the
side Of the priesthood is not TO cast odium,
nor TO give him pain or uneasiness by point
ing GU, to him any existing affinilies, il they
do exist, where he may or may not have APP
pretended. The object has been illustra-
ton. Truth is one thing with me, whether
coming from the priesthood or from any 9TH
er source. And sois error. The priesthood
and their orthodoxy now aside, l should like
TO know whether The Editor Of tie Investi-
gator holds TO retodrds and punishments
If he does, will be favor me with his views
as to where the discretion lies?
If have not already said enough 10
satisfy him as 10 my views of such case
as the one ttat he has brought, will say
that look upon all transgressors, under
all circumstances, as objects for pity, not
for punishment. Neither the light of the
sun nor The rain is uiIbholden from them.
To do them good m v reform them To
punish them never can. To svmpathize
with the weak and helpless is noble. TO
suffer injury with patience and forbear-
ance, especially from those in your power,
is more noble. In the case brought by
the Editor of the Investigator, the s!rang-
er was only true to humanity in extending
sympathy to The defenseless. Butt must
be Better acquainted with the particular
facts in the case. between tie logger and
the aogged, before ! shall be convinced
that the latter might not have been dissuad
ed from his purpose by practical "IoVe ant
good wili' from the former. Doubles
the conqueror treated his enemy as kind
Iy, and tenderly, and huinanely. as b
could, under the circumstances, with tn
views he entertained of duty and right
and the means Of redressing wrong. BIZ
did he practically manifest love an
good will towards him How could thu
: be, consistently with his fogging him
And when The war had begun. suppose th
two to have been so evenly matched, an
: both to have been SO perfectly determined
$ that it could no. have been ended b.
:, with the life of the one or the other, Q
:. both. Can principle that would lead
I sGch results be safe, or good, or right
+ Will it redeem, or regenerate mankin
II and perfect goodness and happiness
earth
IS can conceive Of the jagged in b
. greater ignorance and worse organlzatlc
: being as excusabfe as the one who fogs'
. him. do not say that he vas. But
Is looks probable to me that the fosg'
be having the war spirit in him as ne mai
to tested practically and most fully, was
ID able to use such Language towards the OF
I err as to provoke him. or leadshim TO thin
ce the interference an unwarrantabie one.
n FAR as anything appears from the staiene
Of the case by the Editor, it is quite maj