Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-11

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BLOWN sparks inter a powder mill,
or stirrin' up rattlesnakes when
ye're barefoot. -
What we got gov'ment for if
it amt to perfect folks in their lib
critics; and I'd like to know why a
black skin shets a man out from
bein' one O. Gods creeters."
"Wa-al, wa-al, we hain't got no
right to NEEDLE with an institution
in the South. 1t amt none O. our
consarn. )" interposed the Squire.
I'm I'd like to know" retorted
Uncle Ez, if bile on your knee or
a stone-bruise on yer toe amt none
O. your consarn. l b'leve it's a con-
stooshenal dooty to try and get rid
ont, fer it makes We sick all over"
These are but samples of a dis
cussion that grew in interest and in
tensity.
i was glad to see Pastor Ransom
get up and have backbone 'nough to
pray fer the slave and pray that
God would move the hearts O. men
to strike the chains from the limbs
O those in bondage" said another;
and arter the meetin' Deacon Tai
cot called him down n told him
that he was treadin' on dang'rus
ground. | couldn't hardly keep
from latin right at the foot O. the
pulpit, when the pastor said in a
kind O. sweet, smilin' way, Brother
Talcott, be you really afraid that the
Lord will get on the wrong side of a
political question in answer to my
humble prayer?' The deacon hem
med and hawed, and finally said,
That amt the pint, Elder. The
pint is that if we let ablishenism get
into the pulpit we amt goin' to get
no subscriptions to support the gos-
pei from the leadin' men O the
church"
Thus was many a clergyman con-
fronted in those days; on the one
side conscience, humanity, all the
impulses that spring from the Chris
tan rule of duty; on the other, the
spirit that sought to stifie all this
lest it lead to a break between the
two sections of the Union, and dis
please wealthy subscribers to the
fund from which the clergyman $
modest salary was to be paid. On
the other hand many conservative
clergymen were outspoken against
the abolitionists. One of this sort
even refused to allow Alvan Stew
art to commune in his church,
assuming that all abolitionists were
infidels.
Another listener to the above con-
versation got opportunity to add his
words: "Wa-al, friends, said Hosea
Lampson, all this amt worth wor-
ryin' about. The poor colored folks
won't be slavery but three years
more. Then the Judgment Day will
free en-"
"How's that?" asked a listener.
Why" said he solemnly, it's all
put down in the book O. Daniel, in
that dream that the prophet inter-
preted for Nebuchadnezzer: William
Miller has figured it all out and it's
as plain as a sum in 'rithmetic that
the world is comm to an end in
eighteen hundred and forty-three.
That things settled beyond all
doubt"
"Wa-al, eff that's so," said one
hard-headed Yankee, it'll save lots
O. trouble coaxin' a Twin out this
airth we're on; and es long as it hits
all of us, they's no use O. grumblin',
Well have lots O. comply. Fer one
| wouldn't want to be left out when
the whole airth and all the folks in
| it had to be burned out"
you should seek salvation" said
Hosea. and get your robe ready to
ascend into Heaven with all be.
levers"
This conversation alludes to a sub.
ject that soon after became one OF