Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-24
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UNIVERSAL INQUIRY AND REEonu

UNIVERSAL INQUIRY AND REFORM
The friends assembled from differer
parts oil the country. for the purpose &
holding meeting in New-York CITY O
the 18th of May. l843. held preliminar
meetings 10 Crolon Hall, on Wednesda
and Thursday evenings preceding
These meetings were addressed by Jaco
Ferris of Wayne Co.. N. Y. John A
Collins Of Boston, Mass, John O. Waffle
Of Ohio, and N. H. Whiting of Mass.
Friday morning. May 18th.
Assembled at National Hall. Com
menced with spontaneous singing. n.
A. Brooke, of Oakland, Ohio. Presiden
OF the Society formed in Ohio, 10 Sep.
TENDER last-the proceedings of which
were published in the 2lst. No. of the
present volume of the Telegraph-spok
and said he had been elected President oil
the Society, and had come here as such.
But he hoped it would not be considered
necessary for him to officia,e. He trust
ed that each individual present would be
left Tree to act on his own responsibility.
No objection was made 10 the course,
and 1t was therefore practically adopted.
N. Il. Whiting of Massachusetts iLtro.
duced the following resolutions, and sus.
talaed them with remarks: "
Resotred, That life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness are the common and
Inallenabe birth right OF mankind that
the Tree exercise Of this right is essential
10 The perfect development and highest
good OF m %, individual or universal, and
That every thing which iuf: iuges upon, or
In the least curtaits that igh:, isuan out
rage upon our common nature and should
therefore be Immediately and forever
forsaken and destroyed. =-....... ~.
ResolOed, That mans right to the earth
and Its products is as lnalienable as his
right TO life !; aud as the free occupance Of
the SOL Is as essential 10 lis possession as
hat OF the air and the suu- light, every
moaopo yofany portion ofthe earth or It's
products. by one man or body OF men, 10
The exclusion OF others, is practical de-
nlal OF their right to live, because it takes
from them that by which life is sustained
and perpeluated. .
RESOLVED. That society, as at present
constituted, does not recognize The one
ness of the human family, an identity Of
interests and community OF rights, but is
4 practical warfare upon all OF man 5
rights; 1t is composed Of clemens which
are irreconcllabIy opposite to each other !;
places man in perpetual hostility TO his
elbow man; generates, fosters, and eneour-
ages crime; is The fruitful parent Of slave
~, war, lntenperahce, RIGHTEOUSNESS,
want. disease and premature death; is sus-
aimed by fraud, violence and oppression
and should be exposed and reuounced by
all who love happiness for themselves
Dr. seek the highest good Of The common
face =.."
ReSoired. That slavery, war. iutemper-
ince, concupiscence, and the various evils
which have rendered our earth one great
Storehouse OF crime and misery, are the
Natural aud legitimate products Of our
present social state,-effects of cause or
causes having root 10 the perverted self
shness OF the universal human heart, and
all etfnrts Tor the removal Of them which
IN 10, At II
inevitably result In comparative if not alb
solute failure, and will most likely produce
,.her forms of evil more dangerous and
more destructive ofhuman happiness than
hose which now exist.
Discussion followed the introduction of
hese resolutions. ard was continued until
nalf past ore. During this sine, the floor
was occupied by N II. Whiting, VIM.
Henry Charming Of N. Y. City, --- ----
Simpson of the same place. o. S. Murray
Of Brandon, VI, Thomas Earle of Penn.
syIvania, and w. E. Rose, female of Il.
Y. City. A Brooke then introduced the
resolution: - ~..
Resotred, That the docGine promulga-
ed aud believed by most OF the reIig ionlsts
la Christendom, that man is essentially
1epraved and unable to live out the nat
ural and divine laws, is curse 10 the
race and a libel upon God. ..... fl
Proceedings were suspended for an
hour and half Assembled at 8 o'clock.
A Brooke introduced and sustained the
resolutions: @-.> =..=.*..
Resolred, That the faithIessness of pro-
fesseG reDrmers themselves in the princi-
pies they pretend to advoca,e,as evidenced
by their constant attempts 10 limit the
operation of these principles whenever
they are perceived 10 lead to the sacrifice
of cherished, GninionS mr. ha hits a hi h lie