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Brandon Saturday, Sett. 1G, 1837. :
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Original matter excluded last cce Ly
the President's Message.
WHAT DOE1 THIS MRAS 1
The Religion Herald, a Baptist paper,
published iu Richmond, Virginia, after j
giving in substance the statement of facts
which we lately copied from the Monthly !
Paper, under ihe head, "Baptists in Ja
maica," subjoins the following statements
and remarks :
" Jamaica contains about .".IO") square
mik'S, with a population of 30,000, of
whom. 330,000 are slaves. The capi al
is Kingston, with n popul ition of 33 Y)i)
inhabitant the next considerable town is
Portroyal, containing 1'tOO.
For several years ufer it3 establish-
rritnt tlii miinn pnciiin'rrcH I Yte mnf
determined opposition. Four or five,' en,orPnse must withhold his influence from
years ago, this arose to such a height, I her3- True there are few "''"Js sum
that several of ihe ineeting-houses were I ciently vigorous and powerful to investigate
burnt down, the missionaries were im-j every subject, and ma-ter every department
prisoneJ, many of the members cruelly j of reform, so as to be engaged profitably as
surged and the mission for a season puMic a(jrocates. But the great first princi
was abandoned. la this persecution, . r, , , ... .
r.u -i.i i . i ! Ples ol the whole are witain the compre-
some of the wealthiest planters, and even! ! '
magistrates and Episcopal clergymen nens,on a child, and he is without ex
were, concerned. Subsequently the I3rit- cusc xvno '3 either unwilling or unready to
ish Parliament granted a considerable j defend them Whoever k.iows that intem
sum Of money towards rebuilding the I peravce is wrong, may and ought to know
Churches, which, with liberal subscrip-:
tioos made by friends to the cause
in
EnjrlanJ. has enabled the missionaries to;
place things in their former state. .Vnecncu, lUen l',e a5"811 Propriety, or
GoJ has-blessed this mission with a juslifiableness of withholding influence and (
hitrh degree ol favor. As far as their j testimony against any one of these, or any
ability extends, the members contribute other sin, as there may be opportunity ?
liberally to the support of the gospel. He who will rebuke one of these sins,
They also arc auxious to Weep up dis- and w.:n refuse (0 rebuke the others, isjust
cipline and to cultivate good works.-, , ,iable Q be vjewcd su ick)n in re.
According to the statements of the mis-1 1 . . ,.
I i j , card to the motives which actuate him
stonaries they are an orderly, pious and .
devoted body of Christians." a?a,nst the one- Fo' wh should he test,fy
Why does the editor of the Herald say d warn against erMer? If he do it be
that there are 330,000 slaves-or that there' cause il is a du,y owcd to God' 10 Clms
are any laves-in Jamaica? Does he not1 aIld t0 humanity, will not these
know that the British Parliament decreed motlve lead hlnl aSainst al1 lhe 8103 sPecl
what it called emancipation, throughout the 1 1 If he be not ac,ua,ed by one or a11
British West Indies, which took place j of lhese motives, then, for aught I can see,
more than three years ago? Or does he hc "moved by sheer selfishness,
call the apprenticeship, slavery? which, Again: It is unph.losoph.c.l, as well as
by the way, is to end in entire emancipation, j unscnptural, to suppose that an individual
at the worst, in 1940. If his views of the j will have less influence in favor of one
apprenticeship are so unfavorable that he ! nch of reform, for withholding counte-
cans ii siBTery, we snun ui iuunc a t
to find him no stickler for gradual emanci-1
ii t.ii r
pation. Which then does he prefer, immedi-1
ate emancipation, or pcrpe'ual slavery ? j
How is it, brother San'ds 1 .
Again: The editor of .'the Herald ought !
tnh.T. known ihe caue of the determin-!
A munition" which the "mission en-
countered, four or five years ago" If he did ,
know it, he ought not to have suppressed it. I
It mijht have done his slayeholding readers ;
good, and been the means ol savmg souls.
TKinnnmiiinn tnnl-.n nf w9 nrripli, th he H opposed to sia very, to lewc. ness, anu
i h opposition, spoken ol, was precisely th n -
'.' l u u. u , ,L to war. I sav rather that the Temperance
opposition which might now be expected by w war. i say ramer mai ine !
those who should undertake a mission cause will be the gamer-because the hearts
.momr the slaves of Vimnh It hid its of all the intelligent world will discover his ;
among the slaves or Mr0,n,n. It hid Us ronsltencu and the heart ol as i
origins slarery. Four or five years ago," , "stum cogency, and the heart o
k. .nl,;(t nf pminrination rva before the many a3 are honest will give the truth he
the SODject 01 emancipauon vtas oeiore mc e.
l. f r,n, rt,;t1in i,.. i . tl.p nmp 1 speaks the better reception. As many as ,
people of Great Uritain, just as the same 1 u , ,
subject U now before the people cf thelare "shDr.est v.il, ol course, be rebuke ,.
United States, prospectively. As the slave-
holders in Jamaica saw the public opinion
making op against thein, their cupidity i ! ,. , . . ,. iin
' . . ' iiag himself ready to rebuke all sin, as
kindled them into a rage, and they vented ; , , , fn .P
.... ... . . ha opportunity. It is what ought to ue
their violence on the missionaries, who!, , , Mlnn.;nn, t0
were enlightening the slaves as they had
opportunity. Since the emancipation act
went into operation, which took place on
the 1st oi August, la.M taKing away,
..v.k..i-
in a good measure, the power of the,
tyrants the missionaries, some oi wnom
had been driven from the island of Jamaica,
escaping with their live3, have returned, and
are now pursuing their labors of love with-
out molestation, protected by government.
Hence lhe glorious results here recorded by
the Herald.
If the editor of the Herald will now un-
J.,nV. lAffiir- hi readers due information
Wl MIV w--
on the subject, we beg ol him not to stop
short of letting them know of the success
of the experiment of immediate emancipa
tion in Antigaa, where there will be found
m "otderly, pious and devoted a body of
Chrhnian" as in Jamaica.
. We tloae with rfiwinn which is no
zriou after We wish to ask
Allen, ef the Monthly Piper, (ox -
Proprietor.
mpr &Attw rf iKa Vormnnt rT1 ol f rr m t-s V. I ...1 . .1
. . . . T J5 ; , i e' and Prorise3 to be very useful in the
he has done with his INew-England Con- ra,,5B k , , , ... .
. . , , . u cause which he has so deliberately espous
science, that he could suppress the iranor- ed Wo . ' , . .
, - , , , . ' r ea- VVe are sorry that he cannot be with
tant fact so manifestly belonging with the us at the approaching session of the Wood
other statement, which he gave-the fact stock Association, where this subject will
that ( K a . . i" .1 ' J
. .ccm success 01 me missionar.es,
of which he -rwtfi i, nwin, rri..
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unusu emancipation i now do you know,
brother Allen, what the effect of the whole
! truth might be? How dare you take the
responsibility of suppressing so vital a part
Lri.i if i . i . .
01 11 ' li vou wisli to do any thinu for iho
any thing for the
removal of the system of tyranny, and hea-
t'lenism, and soul-murder, which i -sinking
' republic, when will you haveabeltc'r
opportunity, than to have shown the effects
of emancipation on the cause of savins souls
in Jamaica? While you were sneaking of
the effect, why did you keep out of sight so
important an auxiliary in the cause ? Re
member, my brother, you and I are goin
to judgment with the scjl-murdered slaves
well as with their murderers.' God grant,
0 ,
in that day, we may neither of us be found ,
10 liave bcen accessaries
CONSISTIiNCY.
A specimen of moral and Christian con-
sistency, as admirable and as valuable as
it is rare, is exhibited in brother Carpenter's '
letter, in ihe Telesranh to-d.iv. It i
dreadful heresy, and too prevent amn '
tho,e who profess to make it their chief:
business to do good, to supposg that an in
dividual, in order to succeed in one moral
,,at slavery is wrong, and that licentious-
I ness is wrong, and that fighting is wrong.
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nance uorn uie oiners. vi muse wno mc
fundamentally wrong, at this day, on
either i
of the subjects mentioned, it is the heart
" o be renovated-not merely the
head 10 be corrected. Suppose then that a
Temperance lecturer is to be employed,
whose Pmary and principal work it hall
Ior a "mitea or an unnmiieu ..., -
I i - rr . r . l r . l . MA T'
raaKe sPcinc euorts ior me luru.r
lue uipr "
Perance cause suner ,n nis nanos' uul" l"c
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iavi utiu uiaur auunu iu uit inv
J J v ...
j n . fT i, ,w
ijiuiiiii vai iLuii i lias ui a jiuv.u
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U W 1 I T I V all! V 1111 I lilhr il V ' I IL IK v - -
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! For the Vermont Telegraph.
1
A voice prom ghaftox.
i Would just remark ,hat the people of:
l!lis plnre ha. resron(cd noblv to the
cause of abolitionism. I should judge that
' about three hundred have subscribed their
names to the Anti-Slavery Constitution
; here ; and the sympathies of the whole
town are generally enlisted in favor of the
poor down-trodden slave.
Two petitions, one in reference to Texas,
! nd e a reference to the abolition ofi
slavery and the slave-trade in the District
of Columbia, hare gone from here to Con
gress, with a long list of subscribers. Our
former pastor, Elder Eastman, is a thorough
going .abolitionist, and has brought the sub
ject "before us sereral times in his Sabbath
day ministration, with powerful effect. He
has lived seren or eight years in the slate
imp, and ha Tupn an ra r!tinee nf the
; cruelties inflicted upon" the colored people
BRANDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT EMBER 20, 1837.
doubtless be brought into discussion.
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iiuw passing strange it is, that so many
ot the churches and ministers of the North '
car still slumber over the sinful, and savaae
and polluting abominations of slavery, and !
even tax their ingenuity to furnish apologies f
fnritt i
lor it! ,
How passing strange it is, that we of the!
North can sit " down at our thanksgiving 1
festivals, and make mernrover our abund' i
ance, wliile more than two millions of eckwiln, the Agent ot that Society,
starving, sighing, groaning bondmen are ! my noPe3 Were 10 be frustrated. The soti
knocking al our door and pleading for re- ClY ancl 'ls operations, as explained by said
lief! Stephen Shlrwin. A?eilt5 seemed tome to be a kind of non de-
scriplum ; and while in the Convention, I
For the Vermont Telegraph. : could not heln tltinU- f rhp wmnA nf
Weston, Sept. 5, 1S37. .
Dear Brother Murray Knowing that it '
will be gratifying to the friends of Jesus, to '
hear of the prosperity of Zion, I would say
1 . .
that God has nraciouslv vi-.i.Pd in tl,,V
place. At the opening of the last spring,
there were indications of a revival of reli
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gion among us. The Holy Spirit evidently
v.-as in our assemblies. Christians beiian
t0 confess their Avanderings, and to feel a
deep anxiety for a revival of the work of
grace in their own hearts. The Lord heard
and answered their prayer. The result wa,
God blessed his own truth to the conviction
of sinners. About the first of July the
church thought it duty to call a protracted '
meeting. It commenced July 14th, and
continued 14 days. The labors of our
ministering brethren who came to our help !
were owned and blessed of God, to the ,
conviction and conversion of a number of
immortal souls. The iast day of our meet-',
ing, to close the exercise, we repaired to the j
water where prayer was wont to be made '
to wait on 1 1 willing converts in the sacred
ordinance of immersion. Since that time
I have had the satisfaction of immersing 4
more in obedience to the commission of the j
Grpat TTpnd nf ihp rlnirrh Wp nrp r vnnt I
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ing a number more to come forward soon.
O that all Christians would submit to the
example ot Christ in the ordinance of im
mersion, and continue stedfait in the Apos
tles' doctrine and fellowship, that we might
consistently commune together. For what
we have experienced here of the work of
grace, we would say, to God be all the
praise. Prav for us. Your fellow-laborer
in the cause of Christ. Sam'l Pollard.
For the Telegraph.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH ITS GRAFTON
Regret that the declining health of their
pastor, Elder Samuel Eastman, has induced
him to resign his pastoral care over them,
with the intention of preaching less fre
quently for the present.
Seldom have a church and congregation
been compelled to relinquish the services of
one in whom they were so entirely united.
We know of no individual amonsr us who
does not reret lue necessity of this sepa-j
ration. Perhaps it may be thought, by some of
During his residence in Grafton, there my brethren, that I am too ultra in my views;
ever has been and still continues to be ihe 1 but this I cannot help. I am resolved on do
most perfect harmony between us and him ; ; ing what I can to effect all the great reform
and his ministrations have produced im- J dtions of the day. The Temperance Soci-
pressions here which we trust will not soon
; be effaced
, Uur conhience in his piety, and talents,
.
.a ennsuan cona.ict, is unaiminisnea ;
ana our Prayfr ,5 tnrit 1,15 nealIh Y s0
j luuuiuicu aa iu ciitiuiu unit tu iuuui
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si 3 ieui v in tne vineyaruoi tne Lioru. we;
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are left destitute of a pastor, and hone that ;
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the great head of the clmrch will in his good
providence speedily supply us with one to
fill the vacancy. .
SrrpnrN Shfrwin Church Clerk
estephen heruin, nurcn l lerk.
Onftnn Spnt .1 1ST
ranon, oepi. ju, i.i , .
Vermont Peace Society, again more of
Report of the Minority
At the time
. our '"dividual protest was made, we regret-
ted that the Minority could not have been
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together and agreed on something common.
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But it is now manifestly better for the cause
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' that ii was necessarily, and in Providence,
(otherwise. Now, the views of each indi-
vidual are more fully brought ou:. Friend
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j longs. Brother Carpenter, Baptist minister'
in Addison, whom, it will be recollected,
j the Society placed at the head of its list of
; Vice Presidents, gives, his views below.
Speak on brethren speak on
For the Telegraph
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Dear brother Murray : I wish, througn
tne medium ot the leiegrapn, 10 say iu
Vermon, Stale Peace Society, .ha, 1
. 1 nr a
.1 m m t 1 s-k
couseni 10 oe consiuereu au uLuv-t., v"
member, of that Society. It is with desp
regret, that 1 have felt the necessity oi cuuj-
in? to such a conclusion. When the notice
appeared in the paper last winter, that a
Peace Society was contemplated in this
State, I felt to rejoice, and without delay
made up mf mind to do what l couiu ior
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others) a Convention, for the purpose
Uoaison, in leaving his own noble testimo- vjt snouiu anomer society ne lormea opon 'y - . . session even oi tne vapr.oi, anu mai n
i ' w .i . 'n i . -i .i ii -i n &rr m i nQtinn n ro -n i it i r .i. i
nv nnlrp ik. cni;noni!nf iho pntirede- u,e 1 ,ai Aostinence principle, witn that l Clergymen, oi . ,v. wm noia possession ; ana irom mis eif
nv.spoKe tne sentiments ot tne en wOUld co-operate. Yours, affectionately, 1 pledged supporters of our principles. Our VatKi gJwl wil extend ilself over the whole
nommation of Christians to which he Ik-; Bcbton Cirpentlb. I u, merchant shiDS sail on the L ...
At the meeting of.
the Convention I attended, with raised ex- I
pectations that a society would now be form- j
ed, consisting of men who ( having beat their!
swords into nlnnaharp nnd thpJr r J
I 1 n f . 1 1 a 1 1
.utu pruning ooks: ; were resolved on learn
jDr War
no more. But to my extreme mor-
,jficati
on, I soon learned that my expecta-i
t hacl th P ' "C . meel an C
af ' U5, , 'societ? w
alter the model ol the American 1
....
were d 'itined to meet an overthrow.
was formed
Peace So-
y' cou&ulutlon 01 tlial society, would .
soem 10 warrant the hope I had entertained,
But ai the 'institution was explained by !
l ' l ' n 1 . i i r i
organizing a Society.
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peaCe if he had to fHit for it I
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It 1 am not mistak'L'n in rpnpnt tn ilm i
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c naracier oi
ie Ainorican Peace Society,
it is so anomalous, that the blood can never
circulate so freely through its veins as to
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procure healthy and efficient action, and that
it must necessarily have a short and feeble
existence, and then take its exit. Such a I
society as 1 hoPed for and one that wouId
nieet my news: must have the New Testa-J
,nenl Ior lts iri0tiel, non resistance lor
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its motto. To this, 1 know a man-trusting
sPirit is disposed to make objections, and to
a;k what shall we do when brutally assault
ed? I answer, we should not trust in man,
or make flesh our arm, but should trust in
the living God. He is i buckler and shield,
in whom we should confide. He will suffer
us tu be injured no further than will be for
hig glory an(J our g00cJ . and so far shoud
we Quietlv and Dea,eablv submit. This
appears to have been the principle by which
.,
5 1 Jesus Christ was guided. Power, was av
able to him, it appears, to avenge the injur
ies and insults he received, had he not acted
upon the principle that vengeance belongeth
unto the Lord, and that it should be left to
him to repay it, and consequently would not
avail himself of that power. He never used
physical force in repelling any injury.
This his example should be copied by us.
tl0 ,: i; l r ii ii- i
1 fie PfrinT ilicnnlpc fnllnurpd his a v m- 1 o c
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excepting on some few occasions, and on
those occasions were uniformly rebuked.
Nothing short of this appears lobe required
in the New Testament. According to that
book, we are to recompense to no man evil
for evil, to avenge not ourselves, but rather
give place unto wrath, for it is written, Venge
ance is mine, I will repay it saith the
Lord. Whoever will take the trouble to
examine the New Testament, upon this,
subject, will find, if I am not greatly mis
taken, that none other than moral power is
lobe used against our lellow immortals,
however much brute force they may wield
against us.
, etJfj the Totai Abstinence pledge, from
all that can intoxicate, meets my most cor-
j dja approbalion. The Anti-Slavery Soci-
ety, founded upon the principles of entire
! and
immediate abolition, shall have my
I . m l b m i tr
' alms and my prayeis. The Moral Reform
. . .
Society, having lor its object the pur fy n?
t - , J 1 ' b
of ours and other Lands from the moral
licentiousness I will never
?e ence 01 llcent : U"ess! 1 w,n neer
fjrsake but for U Wl11 labor Y Y "hat
God in his providence seems to call me.-
And my feelings in relation to the entire
abolition of war, are no less ardent, than on
the subjects jut mentioned ; and my feeble
efforts I am determined on putting forth, in
every way which appears to me to be calcu-
ated to effect th" obiect.
J
But it appears to me that the Society now
... 1
existing is not such an one as we ousrht to
.
have. 1 must decline co-operating with it.
h
ad defensive' I should'bid it God speed
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Addison, Sept. 9;h. 1S37
The American PeacTsociety A Cor
RECT,ONit wnrbeErecollectedthat it was
; stated in the Telegraph, last spring, that the
American Peace Society, in adopting a new
constitution, had taken the high ground that
' all war ia sinful. From the letter of the
. ,
Society's new constitution, we supposed it
1 -nrna a I I 1 CI 1 L A AAnl
8,uuih meoucieiy s ""V',, ! M
1
! niniauuu niiivii
a mere nose OI wax, like the constitution OI
; the American Colonization Society, which
i nonnern men snape mm wnai mey c-in an
instrument' for demolishing slavery, while
southern men" make it a safety-valve for
streng-thenijisr and defending slavery.
We designed to accompany the Report of
the Minority with this correction: but it was
out of mind at the moment it should bare.
of j been gijfen.
boy, who, on going into a certain family to jlne c'oud which now hangs over our !
reside, declared ihnt hp mo,n. t 'n ;J countrv be scatters! ? ShllThP cneV, in, 1
TEMPERANCE.
F,ora ,be VeDa' Temperance Recorder,
AN APPEAL
From the American Temperance Union
to the membeis of the Congress of the
baited Stales.
" " pruiouua respect
,CM )uu- vul unci u ucsp in
,yu as fellow-citizens of elevated :harnc-
iter and extensive influence, and more es
penally as those to whom is committed !
the welfare of our beloved country. Never j
perhaps, have you yourselves! or those !
" "
who have gone before you, stood in a;
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of niosnerifv nwjn hlp.f Or .hnll !
i
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- - 5,u ..a u.uau, anu con-
vulsions and bloody revolutions, and will ;
th cr, nn;u,, .. r. . . n !
ava i - . . n
luior aic uurouuiio MlltU iiyuaieail. I
. i
eVer ConsP,res t0 ?lve wisdoin and .
enery t0 rulers at such a period, what-1
ever tends to calm and control the agitated
sP,nl ol the nation, must be highly val-,
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ucu yea, is oeyona ail price.
Our country was planted, our liberties
were gained, and our institutions adopted !
by men ol stein virtue. Their hard-
ships were great; their trials severe.
They knew that luxury and effeminacy
would be the ruin of an infant nation,
They sought wisdom, and found it. They
denied themselves, and imparted to their
posterity the richest blessings
No sun ever rose with brighter beams l
than the sun of American liberty. No
nation ever marched onward to gloVy with
i-i J
j more rapid strides
But amid unparalleled prosperity, the
self-denying principles and habits of our
fathers were retained by few. As we
rolled onward in wealth, we became in
dulgent to the calls of appetite; and ere
we had completed the first half century
of our national existence, we were styled
by foreigners a nation of drunkards. In
temperance had pervaded all classes. By
mm Ul atniiun iruiu a i,Hidy u lias
. . . . . '
been declamJ that tne nabits of drunken.
I s c0St this nation annually not less
tnan nineiy-iour minions or collars: a
sum which in twenty years would buy up
all the houses, land and slaves in the Unit
ed States.
The moral evils were greater than the
pecuniary. The public conscience was
weakened; the public virtue trodden in
the dust. Almshouses, penitentiaries, and
grave-yards were crowded with victims.
Men of the finest intellect and most pro
found learning, physicians and divines,
lawyers at the bar, jurists on the bench,
senators and representatives in the halls
of congress, fell before the destroyer.
Over these ravages we would gladly cast
a veil. For the honor of our republic,
in respect to the memory of once patriotic
and useful, but alas ! fallen mm, we would
secrete for ever from the world the man
ner of their death. But it cannot be done.
The memorial of our debasement will
live. It must live, and be held up a
beacon to those who come after.
Without a reform, it is impossible to tell
h'hat would have been our present condi
! ',on- , ,l.J1" u ,a' " ,,ut. '"Ul eu u
-Q the wind we shou,d be i( 're.
I ... '
Uuji iJ V a i ii:iitl wu x i u iu v nut uuu cvui-
pared to meet with calrrnessand firmness
our present adversities. A mercilul heav
en has saved us.
We speak that which we know: and,
coming from all parts of our country,
you know it as well as ourselves, that a
mighty change has taken place in the
habits of our nation, in their use of in
toxicating drinks. More than twenty-five
million dollars have been saved by this
change to a single State. Our manufac
turers have, almost without exception,
! banished intoxicating liquors from their
establishments. Our firmers have, to a
wide extent, driven them from their fields.
Our mechanics, from their workshops.
1 U I tii- .. .vw- ..v
j Qur physicians have testified with great
that "Alcohol, vsedasabev-
i traSe bV persons in health, is never usef wl.
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ocean unaccompanied by the destroyer;
and are extorting, by their consequent su- !
,d are extort m oy inen consequent su-
penontyioine ouuu mpp,ng tuC
miration and praise of British statesmen.
Our army has been raised from the mosti.
degrading and debilitating habits.
muie responsible siation tnan that tne ueatn ot me aruntara, what must
w hich you now occupy. The eyes of! be the prospects of that nation whose rul
'tnntmnnC a .u j i u I ers are " mighty to drink wine, and men of
the nation are fixed upon the deliberate ! strength t0 ge strongdrink'?" Whith-
and actions of vour comin? session. Will ! PF Will ll-iotr narrv tha VtQ rh thot ic znrn
L.d vinm man auuii' .i - i i .u. .
And
what now
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liverance of the country from that which
a I 1 4 Jt
nas brought her to tne very Drink ot mm ?
Who bi" lh '.T
nan mil nnffaril tn nprfpction ? Who',
S r.uu wu.mk.uu6 wau.. --nu j , , f ho If tne cnaln 1 the mOH
. i wnntinir tn romnlptp Hip Hp. I .r . . i l .1.
.enoiuui mc uirsui uuempcrnHcr ouim
I can retard it and drive it backward, ana , ToUng over uS sin birk in despair into
bid an avenging Ood smite ana aestroy ,
Gentlemen, our eyes are upon you-
You give laws to the republic. Yoi
give tone to themorals of the nation. We
rPi'm manv amone von. and others
'who rank high in our national councils,
j Speech of Hon. Mr. Britf it Boston .
VOL. IX....NO. 52.
are coming up to Our standard, and throw
ing the weight of their influence into the
Temperance sca4e. But testimony! from
your own body is, that the battle-axe of
intemperance still rings on every gate of
our natjonal edifice; that our very rulers
sufferHhemselves to be ruled by a master
who neither spares nor has pity ; that the
serpent has wreathed himself around some
of the main pillars of our republic, and
is even nOW crush in Or US in hismnnstrnne
O avi uiJ
folds, when we felt that we were treadinc
on his ripnH nnrl Hstrnvinu- him fnr amr
To us it is most feaiful testimony. If
lne of him is terrible, who, inspired
W!lh e?lUS and arned in all that per-
with her hiuhost ronrnms. V,f Ai
TSino tA hie rftinfi'iT'e t nrof i e -1
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niitted to their care? Against what rocks,
inl what quicksands will they plunge
? What unwise measures may not
" muiuciiio ui unuuc r.jiiiai uiion una
an r 1 1 ".III II Ht n y-i. n . .A I n n . n n . .
n.auu, ue- aF;eu, wnicn snail soon
cause U to be written on the page ol
country's historv, Fvit Ilium .?"
their
Said the illustrious Jefferson, a little be-
f ! J .1 rpi j i-. r
lore his death, iKlne habxl of using ar-
dent spirit, by men in public office, has cc
casioved more injury to the public service,
ana more ir0UDie. 10 me ina anV ?er
i. li i, id in l i l ft, Li r. ii it Lcii iLiia tn.fjUM i r.iM, i. ii. Lt rr.
inier,iai concerns of ihe country, during
my administration. And were I to com'
irienre my administration again, with the
kaoicleCge tcuchjrom experience 1 have
acquired, the first 'question which I would
i as, xriih regard to e eery candidate for
! public office, should be, Is he addicted to
j the use of ardent spirit?"
Gentlemen, we speak freely, for we feel
, deeply. These are moments of deep per-
plexitv. Monarehs are bending from their
thrones to behold our ruin. There is a
worm at the root ot the tree under whose
shadow we have been so quietly reposing.
rpk T : y
The monster Intemperance is even now
revelling in our prostrated commerce, our
withered industry, in the fearful wreck of
domestic peace and public virtue. We
ask not for sumptuary laws, but for ar
example from you which shall now bless
and save our nation.
We are the advocates of total absti
nence from all that intoxicates, as a bev
erage; a principle acknowledged'by all
safe; a principle demanded, we believe,
for the deliverance of our country from
the most desolating evils, and especially
commended by Infinite Wisdom to the
rulers of the earth: " is not for kin:
to drink wine, nor for princes to drv i
strong drink; lest they drink and Jorge
the law, and pervert the judgment of a?iy
of the afflicted. Prov. xxxi: 4.
In this principle we have the sympathy
of some in your honorable body, second
to none in talent, patriotism, and whatever
commands the love and homage of men.
And could its spirit universally prevail;
could those refectories, the disgrace of our
Capitol, the ruin of the fairest hopes of
our nation, those fires of anarchy and hell,
k'ndled under the abodes of liberty and
patriotism, be for evef banished ; could the
wine cup never be suffered to excite to V
violent and angry debate, to evaporate in
long and useless speeches, to dictate op
pressive and cruel laws, or kindle the
flames of party strife, or lead in our high
places to the shedding of a brother's
blood, then we might reasonably hope
and believe that our liberties and other
invaluable privileges would be handed
down to the latest generations.
Gentlemen, at this solemn crisis, when
the heart of every true patriot trembles
for his country, we urge upon you the
principles of Temperance. We urge a
banishment from the Capitol of all the
means of drunkenness. We call on eve
ry friend to our cause to give his name,
and influence to the Congressional TemV
perance Society, and manfully Oppose
every custom which scatters death and
destruction in the path of the hope and
ornaments of our nation. In the lan
guage of a distinguished senator, we say,
" Let it be seen by the whole American
people, that men in high places men
whom the people have elevated to repre
sent them in the Congress of the United
States, are the friends, the patrons, and the
active, zealous, and persevering promoters
of the cause of Temperance. Let them
see that this blessed cause has taken pos-
Gentlemen, we arc a spectacle to all
England. Scotland", Ireland. Swe-
- A(rjca ndlhe isand5 of
fc Broanincr under the bondage of
nokm to us as the.
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p,. can he nrorcen n ere, u may oe mere.
h n0De De blasted? Shall the
ster can be broken here.it may be there.
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eTneriment for human virtue and
" "
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iron prf.fn ftf ,h :nrIjriafe demon
Gentlemen, it is not too much to say.it
rests with you vor, the friends, we be.
lieve, of your country the friends of
mankind. John Marsh, Secretary.
I f See Hon. Mr. Wm'i Utter t Ju!j flopper'.
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