Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-01-17

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-, s.. geo these awful opnressionn 'y q',L" ~, .l
OF the nonn,ao 'io'ned 10 put down every oitetpnt
which man is No 10, 70 reeo'er those rights without
,,,s . 80 10 no 'ohger HUMAN Ra.;.,s,, ~ y,
WIS sometimes attempted Inv Tho stance hueeu
We superior skll ard discipline of the % c''s>es on.
,h "u dnahemas OF the church, which nuen py
uunuers with the shout of the riders If, nInsled us
,neth down, never failed TO trumpb a ,,,a,np,ed
"n, Unframed and ssyish peasantry and Euroscon
historians still treat these spasns Of aronized hn
I""y, tnese writings of the worm that is IT, d.
o'. oioi a. reasonaOie insut ections nsliga,ed by
the hope OF plumber and rapne and aggravated by
every crime that disgrwes humanity.
In all these struggles we scarcely find a SINGLE
eccesasc arrayed upon the side of mercy, scarcely
single tonsured advocate of the rights of man RI,
should do injustice, were here TO omt In po,;oa
the heroic John iIall honor to his nam,i who mr.
chased lasting enown by daring to prefer the cause
this 10 Tue interests Of ms order Thrsen 49,.
incarcerned, not IN the roya, bison as an
but in the Byssshs r, Tor he crime of preaching the
1t.ainn doctrine of equality. But neither CHAINS,
nor the fear of DEATH were able 10 qne his generous
epirit and I've persevered in his noble, but unavang
Efforts, until he sealed his testimony with his blood.'
Nor is 1t true. that these ages were remarkable for
the exercise of Christian heuevolcncc. The articles
OF the clergy indeed extorte large for the
ton Of hos u es for the pl,tns 10 the numerous
shrincs of Nolatr0us supcrs mon, and the religions
houses dealt unt mcagre dole to the starving poor
whom their own cxnctnns had contributed 10 i'm.
poverish, hut it may well be doubted, whether The
aggregate charities Of Catholic Europe exceeded
the legal provision, which we are compelled 10 make
H.. ro,arn,. ,,,,,,,en,n, If E,nmo ;,,s n,,,,, or
800. r. ,,nnI ,,r ,nr,,s ,nI re,rJ,, an roi;,on
because II inds It cheaper 10 transport them hther,
than TO MAINTAIN them IN alnshouses aud prisons at
home.
81 ,lona 10 ,,roIr,,, ,,,r ,,I, ~ hs,,oi o,,r.s
zion. Ii WIS IN Herd empha,calv an era If spiritual
distant Il Bic ,I,nt ,wiokeJ though the gloom e'el
fell upon IT, &c gropln suIIit,de from whom they vert
as far removed as tile :erscopc stars from earth.
orbit. The great and good mind> which t., our snr
pened vi-ion shine con plcuous through he murli,
night, were bat suns IN eclipse t, rher ccnteurr..s
RES They wrote and spoke for each other, aud wa:
part of heiI vocation 10 dispcl the darkness tia
enveloped the erring wanderers beneath them IL
the material heavens celestial orb en'ightens orb
aud the Respondent spheres rccipgorate the ray,
which receives from another, hu, they illarnal,
not the chaotic void, through which they wheel the
appointed courses, and the pathway Of the mos
radIen star ret ins no vcsi-c If The beams II sheds
Superhci1 spectators affect 10 'reat the pre,aln.
opinions IN regard to the dtbascd condition Of socet,
in the middle ayes. as vulgar prejudice, and ask u
to judge the spirit OF those t.es not by the genera
character md fundamental principles Of then ns,ltn
tons, or their actual inilance on the physical am
moral well being Of man but J the lives and opin
ions Of the few enlightened men, who were dislin
lusei rather by IN If relative superiority 10 the
temporary standard Of their age Than hv their ilrin
SIC excellence Bu, her, the error lies in n SUPPOSED
analogy between those times and our own. There il
ilptiilNvE rTp1t follow
rather than lead publ, opinion. and whose Who'll
wisdom consist. in an instructive slrncitv that ena
tleS them to predict and antlciDate the chanres d
-rtr shifting CURRENT and thus to appear to Guide 1t
movements. when in fac, they are but the first I
yield to its Impulse. The lives of such arc indeed
sure index TO the temper Of times and counrio,
where public opinion has anv substantive existence
But in III. ages of which we speak, there was no rec
ognlzei public, no co nmpn reason, in short no com
MUMMY. As the Ere ch monarch said of himself tn
ruler was tie state, and the prizes, was the chuich
The learned Of the middle yes had no sympatIlc.
no common l,ngunge no common interests with II,
mass of the o temoornris and in general cxere
nonfuence o r Their own aye, unless it were BY tn
mere superior of n,e ect over brute force 81
man can bene,itaIly influence man. only through III
medium Of sy p1ihe'ic relations, and when this go
den chain is severed, the teacher becomes a tyran
and the pupil slave.
From a | these horrors The Reformation was III
one lndlSpen>a Ie. and only sufficient means of d,
lVcrance as It's principles are III orr only Safeguard
IL Is vel 700 soon I" assume int lis results are full
developed hut us f"ndamena al grounds seem 10 it
volve all that IS necessary for the erection of Inn
monions but independent system Of civil and ecclcs
astcal poliy, which shall be perfect as human n.
tnrc w'.' admit.
The free Development OF IS principles has receive
check from the reaction which followed the ovel
throw oil Napoleon, aud one can hardly cast rlnnC
nj the recent history OF the human mind IN Europ
nnn espe'"'y III 'ha' country. "lcA common cor
sent places NJ me heAl OF ING npaan political sys
tenn ~''ionl counting whether society be nor IN far
IefoS''ul"e' ,''s eau ~ advancing. opseIVe the eA
elusive neVo'"i Oh bfiUsl intellect 10 schemes
WcchhH!cal mn Hla'trA! improvements tl' numb
chnthcier WIN it" exceptions OF her phLosophic;
writer's llr s'a.iow zone OF Her aS'heica criticism
the unVeisnl iniIIy 81 rank anu wealth, the sutir
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w. ~ PC ~, nun mo'' ~ o''e ~ "''c'
lhc G'siV"e victory OF Waterloo necesSar
Pch'PS, 'ot we rescue Oh EUROPE rom NE tempoFh
rcn rue OF military despot-in came full ten yea
son, ana unhafliy arrested before ms task w
cone 'hh' great ushrpe', wh" himself despn' and
tyrah,' was un'ohse"'s'y w"IAlna ont his hl9h voc
no" OF PREPARING men tor me acquisition aad EMO
mem o' ha'nhl' ifecnon ny hai'ernG down Old al
nsci'e', NpNi,2 '!sii'u inns' nfac'lchiy roiuili
noa.y i,'sel'"' ri an ulspe'ihe inc 'S's "i nnln
Acknowledgement tho onysrno' 's RI r, " 49, II,
downf,U oC N,rnie,n s,,',ns =, h L p -, y
h,ck ih, sh,J,,v nm Tho J;,i T., rnn,s,,' - t
,,eJ vail and ronl,c. ,ha r,a, W. s
he had dcun,ah,J ess';,p,ion NO., r.oara,o" i" H.
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AMI ots,rr,,ri ,har sn,nri,rs IN he I'D r
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nre san.,n, 90 n, ,n,ranr iss Of o,arn,o, L u
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