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Editorial
May 17, 1843
Vermont Telegraph
Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont
What is this article about?
A commentary criticizing the Vermont Observer and Vermont Telegraph for opposing capital punishment for murder, arguing it contradicts biblical law, as reprinted from the N.Y. Baptist Register in the Vermont Chronicle. Notes political risks for the Observer among Baptists.
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Capital Punishment.—The Vermont Observer, we are sorry to see, like the Vermont Telegraph, taking ground against capital punishment for murder.—It is a perfect mystery to us how a man with his Bible in his hand can take such a strange position. Mere men of the world, controlled by their whims and fancies, may think they can improve on the enactments of the divine Lawgiver: but that a professed religious teacher should be so infatuated, is lamentable indeed.—Baptist Reg.
The foregoing paragraph is copied from the N. Y. Baptist Register into the Vermont Chronicle. The Chronicle has recently been 'defining its position' very distinctly in favor of man-killing for man killing.
The Telegraph has been read too much by the Baptists of Vermont to make it safe for the Observer to take that position before them at present. It might as well make no profession of Anti-Slavery. But whoever expects much from the Observer against violent vindictive punishments will be disappointed.
The foregoing paragraph is copied from the N. Y. Baptist Register into the Vermont Chronicle. The Chronicle has recently been 'defining its position' very distinctly in favor of man-killing for man killing.
The Telegraph has been read too much by the Baptists of Vermont to make it safe for the Observer to take that position before them at present. It might as well make no profession of Anti-Slavery. But whoever expects much from the Observer against violent vindictive punishments will be disappointed.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Or Punishment
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Capital Punishment
Bible Authority
Religious Opposition
Vermont Newspapers
Baptist Press
Anti Slavery
What entities or persons were involved?
Vermont Observer
Vermont Telegraph
Baptist Reg.
N. Y. Baptist Register
Vermont Chronicle
Baptists Of Vermont
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Capital Punishment In Religious Press
Stance / Tone
Supportive Of Capital Punishment Based On Biblical Authority
Key Figures
Vermont Observer
Vermont Telegraph
Baptist Reg.
N. Y. Baptist Register
Vermont Chronicle
Baptists Of Vermont
Key Arguments
Opposition To Capital Punishment Contradicts The Bible
Religious Teachers Should Not Ignore Divine Law
Secular Whims Cannot Improve On God's Enactments
Vermont Chronicle Supports Capital Punishment
Observer Risks Alienating Baptist Readers By Opposing It