Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-16
A NUT FoR NON REsIsrANrs.


NUT FOR NON REsIsTANTs.
Two travellers were waylaid by a rob-
Der. They felt that united they were
stronger than he. and fearlessy pursued
their journey. AS they walked on logeth-,
er, they discussed the manner in which
they shouId pass him. The one said IL
will arm myself, and if he ventures an at
tack, will repel force with forces" The
other said, No, not so, let Us reason with
him." Doubtless both plans were well
meant; but they could not do less than
quarrel. The rCbber heard their Dispute,
and attacked the armed man, whose COM
panion would render him no assistance.
Slngly, the traveller was no match for the
rob5er, and, though he galIanlly defended
himself, and severely wounded his as
slilant, he was at last slain. The robber
then turned upon the man of peace, and
stabbed him 10 the heart. = Investigator.
Such suggestions and fictions NAV in
crease odium, strengthen prejudice, and.
TO some extent, stay the progress CT reform.
But they are more befuing a prostitute.
purblind priesthood, than professed friends
OF free inquiry. Give US facts and reasons,
friends, instead of such treatment Show
Us that practical love and good will is not
the true philosophy Of human redemption.
And then show US what the tue philoso-
ply as w. Telegraph.
Oar friend does not exactly take the
meaning we had IN view in presenting The
case of the robber and travellers, ard
hence we are not surprised a, The nature of
his remarks. We were endravoriug by
that case TO illustrate the necessity of re-
! siStauce on certain occasions. As a gen
cral principle, we perfectly agree with
h;m. that practical love and good will is
the true philosophy OF human red.mp-
ton J" but in the case supposed, and 9TH
| ers similar 10 IT, where there is no other
way lefl TO protect the innocent except by
physical force, we contend il is right aud
! proper TO us.-nav, that practical love
aud good will" imperatively demand il.
We prom ised, last week, 10 give our Yer
mont friend an Instance in which i, would
be jusiifiable 70 use force; and as he likes
acts better than suppositions. we will,
in redeeming oGT promise, give him a
case uf this kind which we know from
personal experience is founded on fact and
not conjecture -
A young man, 10 i'll health, was on the
point of being attacked by person Of
\ muscular frame. for accidentally turning
over a pail Of water which was Standing
on The side walk near his house. A
stranger, passing by, upon hearing the cir.
4 cumstances, endeavoTed 10 diSsuade him
from his purpose, the young man also o..
fering 10 get another pail of water, or &c
pay for getting one, or TO take almost any
course 10 satisfy the man. The quarrel
some fellow. however. would not be salts
fled with any thing short of inf1lcting VIC
lence upon The invalid; upon which the
. stranger. perceivlng that he was actuatec
entirely by nalieiousness, determined L
prevent him from executing his threat
; p aciny himself before the Young man, BIZ
received the blow Of the other, and bat
tie commenced, at the close of which th,
stranger had the satisfaction Of seeins
,hat he had fJgged his antagonist mos
> soundly.
j Taking the circumstances into the &C
!. count and also the fact that il the strange
had cot interp osed just at the moment b
did, the young man no doubt would hav
: been seriously injured, we would ask Oh
e respected friend Of The Telegra il thi
was not iuSli6ablc case OF resistance
and practical illustration of his own doc
'rine o: love and good will2' At 90
i rae, f1r our own. part, we can swear tn;
s the stranger had feeling evidence f
. some time at er the battle, that he though
il was l-Iarestigator.
= II the Editor Of the Investigator pretend
: THAI " love and good will" were manifesto
I towards the individual s'logged," cam
l. agree with him. lam not sure that he l
s tends so 10 be understood. II appears rsth
n, that, in his attempt to turn my use Of wor
re in the case to his account, he would not
a.. understood as designing to say more than
give il as his sentiment that love and 60
wiIr' towards the one projected required
- olence towards the other. My acquaintah
~ with the Editor Of The Investigator is ye; Il
- perfect. But the Little. there IS oil II lea
me 10 think far better OF him than TO belle
his be will join in the by pocrilical cant OF p
a verse priesthood, which "swears" they
Il exercising 'love and good will" towards
ole fellow being, while they are slranglins D
nod to death. II 10 this am not mistaken
10 he is beyond such Inconsistency AID abe
- such hypocrisy-theD, to justify The fioggi'
he will be driven to say we may sometlu
- hate and harm our fellow beings. This
'eo the orthodox doctrine afterwards and P'
'ny ishments. IL hatred and vengeance are
IN themselves practical virtues, then no be
~ in the universe, or in existence, is too 60
iom to exercise them. Cease, then, your ~