Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-10
President Lord on Slavery.

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President Lord, delivered at the recent Com
mencement at Dartmouth, we make the fol-
lowino extracts
a.,
we quote IRON report III inc boston
Daily ddrcrfSer
Tho rsssocos or his eulocv or croo,es, in.
torres, and valne 10 those wbo uere NOT init.
ma,elv associated u;,h u, Iord concerned
his anti. slavery views which conscd so mnch
bitterness durinc tho no, con,es, which ended
r;,h no rohal1'on 4, 10 son,h Thoso n.
Crosby Insisted wore rcncatedlv misreprosen.
tod Whom Dr. Lord assumed the nresiden.
cv or tho COLLEGE no said no was strongt,
an,i.slavsrv and sn,irolv onnosed TO the plan
Of colon;z,,,on His s,mnaibies wore en-.
tirelv with the onslayed and the oppressed
nor did bo ever lose them. lie was in fall
work;ng svmna,bv with Rogers Pulsbury
and Garrison R,t he was soon shock ed by
n nublic statement of Rogers. endorsed by
Garrison. TO the effect that "if the Bible sus.
tains the principlo Of slavery. and iusti6es
slavery. either in the Old or New Testament,
then down with the Bible! As between anti.
slavery and the Bible | accent anti.slavery."
The superior authority of the Bible as a rule
of faith and life. was perhaps the strongest
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,ed no, 20 o,,act Chris,iani,v and tho church
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uo" III respect 70 slavery nc oV'o' ''u '"A'
'ue Dsg'oes n"u o'eu io' Spes coon'u r"0e'
su"e',"g auu eua'a'eu' N"'ns "C"I ''ne
'nuv ''',"e",o''a' y" '"o oo,1eis VI ''o mus
','Au' na''ops VI ,'o "oi.u' yo' "PPH'euu9
"'.nou' e'',e' '"e u,sPos'''Oii VI '"o AMY
'nPio'e '"e'' e0""i''o"' ,SS'u wiz
io iao' NC was 'Vu " '"qu''e 'nerv oou'u
w my ours =, ies''"s uPo" '"o uosV'uue",s U,
NA"asu' ue oo"o'usion " "n'o" Nc "'l''u
was 'nat 'hete was suen curse ana tnat Al
ilcan slavery was governmental ana peua'
INSTITUTION ues'gueu 20 marx uous u,sp'eas'
ure against ,r'asou' n',a' u'snonor anu Sacr''
leee' ne, therefore, oe'ie.eu .ua' slavery
was n'E'pe institution No' ,@at II Wa'
P'easan'' oe'u,"ul' uesiraoie OF piesseu' pu'
as nc once sa'u' II was oN.ue lust as nell
was uls'ne e's,ne because you na' gov
ern"en.ay Jus',ce aup Jaw "n'cn required
"e pnnisn'nen. OF sinners'
-, ~ 'v''o"o' 'nen ~ PIE Wow 'na' 'nere
oou'u oe no ee'''ua'e war "ea'nst slavery
as suon, ou' on'y sga'ns. us apuseS' just a.
an government oelng u'Vlne 'nere coulu d.
y r
ahuses ,bat nad ".n, O,o ,ho "~s,o a"s. ,b
south and wha, be believed 70 10 ,ho Gin .,
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