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The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 3

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4 5t Snow manity he is entitled to ny thanks nl nn I Windsor were there not one of whom ruis first step in preparino the slave for cd his voice against the outrage At the to strike off his ctow irto abcJ door I came in contact with a man whose nt I de eet but of the entirely 4 yby the ade was to begin Sa subjects 3 South I be expected on Thursday evening January '22 As a friend of free discussion nothuv 7 owu uhvu otriuru i uiu unuiuu intences such stamping commenceddered it irann4 i)ln or rrin have the mns 1 3 i i South eng more exchange fur a horse to tear the the bosom of its mother to pollute it be the ease our but to ig to the it were jholders al eman ernanci hougli it them in as much as it is whilst the how far wait a i is even 1 i 5 Yours respectfully WM LLOYD GARRISON? 7 2 Ano THIS Tilts The intelligent tulvo rales of immediate yi riosHnm are even wiliin Murt that lude'ul an iwtinrflnteotrunqnli liedeniaiiripatioiiit might i be the pan of tritdmw midMiner not io release onr sluvcs'oos their skrvi nz but to I prolong that servitude for years provided it be but so mod ilied as that ilia subjects of it be raided from chat from I to men Although minty 'of the abuses that belonged io the relation of master and slave would still remain io employ the correcting hand of tunc and the laws'' were llm claim of man to property in man fe fetid XisM I lek the house at about seven Before leaving I endeavored to make nn appeal to any reas onable men present if there were such ask ing for some expression in reference to the proceedings The room'was not so lighted that I could distinctly recognise countenan ces as all seemed to keep at the greatest possible distance from where I sat Indeed there was a manifest disposition to withdraw from the light But judging from their ap parel and deportment I have no that many of the would be respectable men of Sir there may beo confusion no eon trndiction no giving or faking back again in the foregoing extracts but in my judgment they are not only opposite but irreconcilable I do not understand this logic I do not like such philanthropy It seems rthatynu would not prolong the servitude of the slaves even for five years though'sdre of better prepar ing them for the enjoyment of liberty and thbn that you would prolong their servitude for years leaving them liable to many abuses in order togive them this preparation Now I claim with all due modesty to be an telligent advocate of immediate emancipa and I will speak in behalf of those whoare at least as intelligent and I say that I del not know of one consistent and uncom promising abolitionist who is willing to be lieve that witli certain modifications might be the part of wisdom and mercy not to release our slaves at once from their ser vitude but to prolong that servitude for Ah! but there is saving an i important proviso: it be but so modified as that the subjects of it be raised from chattels from things to In other words servitude maybe prolonged for a term of years in the opinidir of aboli tionists provided it be instantly anriihilated or as soon as the slaves are changed or raised from' things to men there must of course Ge an to their servitude' Prop erty in the bv law of hpinan beings into brutes this is the soul of slavery: annihilate that and the monster' instantly dies and the carcass can' never again show symptoms of vitality After all Sir you are really not for modifying butex i linguishing the evil at once: yet with mar a fellous inconsistency you still seem willing tirleuve the slave subject to many abuses at the hands of his master to be remedied at some future indefinite period I Have you or I any right to make such a stipulation With tyrants? 1 am compelled for want of: room to cut' sllor the parallel 1 have endeavored to run' between out! bo com pleted in my next letter iblitrfeeh ng We are willing tolie longer 4 Read this! the SIN of rUATbnr HI Cticl8T diutely We want every myslet tn REPENT of II immediately that not an other one of them may die iu it We want the mroivr and miseries of the alavp to cease NOW? i The first step in pre parilJ? the slave for free hpn is to strike off his is to idtoli li I he caue of his unfitness for 'freedom if it were made indis putably erid ent that otrdavcsi by continuing in slaveryfiliy or eveu but ten or fite years longer would Iwoeiter prepared than they nw sue for the hnnn if I rpptlnm 1 rtnnnt concede the right day expunged from proloneinz their bondage vsv ioit thksakk A 5 ADVAMT ACE SO ung examined the question sufficiently to de cide with regard to our measures he sent written notices' to the meetings specifying the ringing of the bell would indicate the place But when the time drew nearon looking dboutit was found that the meet ring houses were ail closed Threats of vio lence were'heard in the shops and in the streets A very peaceable set! of menwere going in a very peaceable manner to put down excitement! The friends of freedom of speech then went for the Court House but were baffled until past seven when the key was surrendered and the house was soon filled Before 1 had uttered three seu lences such stamping commenced as ren dered it impossible for me to proceed Judge Hutchinson then rose and said insubstance that as a stronger to wliat was in tended to be offered he had cometbcar a atrangerpn an interesting from a conversation with the speaker he thought piece was a misapprehension of his 1views and it was his request that those who wished to hear' might be permitted quietly so to do But honored grey hairs 'Command noreyerence from" a reckless mob The venerable judge was us easily stamped down as the youthful stranger Next I Cushman Esq with much kindness bf speech endeavored to reason with them but 5 to no purpose 'they readily put him down A motion was tben made that as ninny as were in favor of hearing should hiove i wards the speaker Xliat if possible it might 'Jjbe ascertained who 'the rioters were An overwhelming majority at once rushed i forwrd' 1 made another attempt to speak IlvMrlaharwafd thought that many came for ward hypocritically to acreen ttjemeJvc from ap Uhiaiob Of this bewared I may with the same success as before I ans now oegan to ny arounu me ana one missile manifestly of a different and more baneful character passing over and near my head went through the curtain and window The gentleman near me expressed alarm for my safety ana aaviseu me to come pown among them They will hero accept my warmest thanksjfor their unsolicited protec tion while! passed out of the house and through the street amidst the howling ofthe rioters bawling lovertiilh him! oner with him It had been suggested by a gentleman from South Woodstock foup miles distant that I could be heard in that village unmo lested Accordingly I repaired thither on the following day and found a readiness to' hear I mrjrht occunv their another clmvenient house fitted up as place for worship or a large upper school room The last was chosen and notice just out when came among A ftiH stage load and more of the shameless mob not satisfied'with outraging humanity and good neighborhood at home following my track entered the South village with horns and drums After parading through the streets and discovering where I stopped two ofthyir number called at my room for an interview I requested my landlord who was psontto a Ice notice of what passed between us The verv pritopHv clad genfemen refused to make known their errand in the presence of a witness In of the landlord after receiv ing a reinforcement of two more ofthetr party Commenced their billingsgate abuse in lansrunge not here to be repeated and telling me ifi a threatening manner that better be The landlord soon returned and I called him to witness and charged them with what they had jiist uttered which they neglected tn deny The landlord then told them that if this stranger who had come under his roof was a malefac tor and they had a warrant for him to take otherwise they must' know that he shpujd have protection1 while in his house At this they retired When the hour cnine for the lecture a number of gentlemen hav ing nrrived from the North tillage who came to hear and consultation having been held it was concluded among my to occupy theTTali of Mr Slayton the landlord he' had generously offered for the meeting Notice was given accordingly at thevschool room ahd the hall was soon filled The riotous party placed themselves in the end of the room opposite the speaker and before ten words were spoken commenced their uproar Mr Slayton demanded order jn iis nxfn house and I underfoot to pro i ceed but was again interrupted By this time it ceased to be a question as to the i merits or demerits of the Anti Slayerv So ciety Whether the people of the villaae iwere to be allowed to assemble peaceably and heara discussion of a subject which they deemed interesting to them as men and as Americans or to have their mouthsand ears liuwu dj a lawless moo was the quest on I saw the spirit of kindlimr and sat down composing myself as well as I could With out particularizing suffice it to say that the leaders ofthe gang writ down stairs in a manner not to be described One of them returned swaggering with a heavy club in hand as a weapon ofdefence He imide but a short tarry with us The next time he went down he staid down 'The csew havingdost their leaders submitted to order and there w'as very little more disturbance during the lecture Allow me here to present my thanks to Mr Slayton for his great hospitality for which he refused any compensation" Windsor On Saturday went to Windsor and found that the Baptist and Congregational clergy men were out town for the Sabbath on an exchange I soon learned from' leading men in these churches that both of their' ineeting houses would be closed against me' 1 then applied for the Court house ahd ob taining permission to fixed ontonday and Tuesday evenings tor lectures Sabbath morning sent written notice oi my appointments to the Episcopal minister the Congregational minister officiating and carried one to the Baptist The lust read the first two refused to read the notice 1 lectured in Ilartliind'on Sunday evening xMonday morning returned to Windsor and spent the day in conversing with divers in iluential 'men on the great subject In general they were strongly attached to Col of course hostile to the Anti Slavery Society Some of them greatly nnrvellep that 1 should attempt to address a people so very bdstile as they were to our enterprize Cneof the Euitors of the Chronicle toM me substantially that he should oppose me all that lay in ms power without speedy ingin what shape or shapes the opposition might be expected The evening cunje and the Court house was opened between the hoursxif six and seven Vv hen 1 look my sent there were but lew the room aud these nut the niost orderly Some who came in seated themselves and behuved vvrlh decorum but a largo propor tion kept on their feet the region of the door and the uproar increased us the num ber augmented After fitting fifteen or twenty fiiinutes when pffioably from seven ty five to a hundred were assembled I rose to address them No words of mine cun describe the scene that followed I had seen desperadoes at Woodstock but now found myself surrounded by a different high? or lower order of beings If Pandemoni um had bruken loose aud turned out its imps they could not have acted a part more in keeping with their own character and place The stumping whooping and veiling exceed ed (any thing or every thing Thad everheurd or culd have imagined Alter standing be fore themu few moments seeing it was kept up Ute lights were extinguished and missiles wereffiying I retired As 1 passed through the crowd they made mighty effort to raise their victory above their form er strains Wonderful! What victory! How honorable to the town of Windsor! bhe had turned out a hundred of her brave magnanimous sons and kept at bay one un resisting stranger principles would neither allow him to right nor run! May not Windsor vie for glory with the conquer ors of Lepnidas? The burlJufbus throfig ra yed around ine until 1 reached the main street An athletic appearing man without making known tome his name or sentiments took it upon himself to defend me against their repeated assaults for which act of hu z' They had brought up wim ihem a sea Captniu for a he ua one of thefbur ruffians who came to my tail tie as'hghl us feather in lhe harids of those bo waited upon liim oui of the halt Report says he has since been under the care nf the physician This denial of common courtesy i aggravated on the part of the Congregational church by the coiisideration that their minister absent only tor tte11 AV Br fmast it na rnttcfiA Lilnuui ISA I 1 I Ig 19 A SS AW XAaA AC OS toe by the dcaeoa in whose band 1 placed the ao nge dres and physiognomy so far as "I could discern were indicative of some con sequence and appealed to him as to a ration al being In menacing manner he gave me to understand that Ifwasin the wrong place to look for friends? RELEtytONS Letthe 'inhabitants of Woodstock and Windsorponder well this matter Let them ponsider the shutting up of their meeting houses thir refusing to read their store and bar room speeches Let the Editors of the thronicle look at their wan ton misrepresentation of their gratuitous attempts to idertify us with rench Jacobins then let them candidly enquire whether they will have any right to complain if the people trace the fetation of cause and effect between these things and the riots In the course of my conversationwith di verse distinguished men in Windsor many of whom said to We are opposed to we are friends ofthe Colonization So I expressly inquired their views as to whether an agent of that Society Would have found open doors to their 'meeting houses and a cordial reqpption The mir form answer wag in the affirmative Now dne principal objection which they brought against my lecturing in the place was their unwilfingness to have the people excited oh the' subject but' they would have opened doors read notices and gone all lengths to bavp excited the' people in favor of Coloni zation What was their fear of excitement but a fear that an exhibition of facts would be made that would bring their Colonization Society into disrepute The Editors of the Cbromcie allowed me to write in their paper until I approached that subject then it was hands oft and they dafe not now allow me or any other agent of the Anti Slavery So ciety to bring our charges against the Colo nization Society before their readers in their colmuhs and let us undertake to sustain those charges by quotations from that Soci ety's authorized Dublications are afraid to let the light shine lest their naked ness appear After as before slated onp of me ruiiors naa expressed his determination to oppose me us rnucjj a's possible I gave in their office in the presence of one or both of them and also ofthe Episcopalian clergy map avrespectful invitation to discuss the subject which vyas not accepted The riot was Monday evening yet the Chronicle yf rid ayToliowingls perfectly silent on the subject! Such a silence under such circum stances speaks volumes What is the shape of the promised opposition1 No other than a secret influence against my being heard in Windsor 1N0 manful acceptance of my in vitation to discussion Whether tfteir oppo sition was expressed directlv to those who trod down the thirteenth article of the Con stitution of Vermont and my rights as a cit izen or to others who set on! the dogs is immaterial The attitude these Editors before the public is altogether' unenviable The inhabitants of Burlington Woodstock and Windsor greatly deceive themselves if they think by shrouding themselves in darkness to put out the eyes of the people of Vermont They nttqmpt by violence to hinder my speaking because I oppose the Colonization Society And do they expect to convince the enlightened people of our State that they are right and I am wrong by thrusting their hands into their own ears and stopping my month! What are they hugging? Ahing begotten and fostered in darkness and that can no more live in the sunlight of truth than the inhabitants of our rivers and lakes can five on nur Green To change the figure if hdtir Society stands on 'the everlasting rock of truth what have they to fear? All who iook onr win nave increased confidence in it when it shall have withstood and defied my attacks What does it argue for the merits of any institution that it shrinks from inves tigation and defends itself with brute force against facts and orguments The people will answer MURRAYdgent Vt JI 7 SiiiecIenving Windsor in conversation with a clergyman ho reads the Chronicle and is of the same denomination will) its Editors 1 to him that I hnd not quite looked for a tnob in Wind sor He replied that be should hare expected it from the course hitherto pursued tmrards abolition ists by ths Vermont Chronicle! This was from a mail of no mean standing formerly a friend to Col onization hut ofeoo much discernment not to dis cover the pernicious influence of that paper on this subject such is the nature and rKagnitude of thedvil to be abolished that youxoldly it were indisputably eviderhut our slaves by continuing in slavery fifty or even but ten nrjfue years longer would lite better pre pared than they now are for the booi of free dom do not concede the right of prolong ing their bondage even for the sake iff an advantage so great By such a concession I might be sanctioning the ebhorrent dob? trine of doing evil that good may corned The 1 rench Jacobinism i Reader it stare as you will the following article appeal ed as editorial in the Recorder of last week Will Mr Tracy toll tis (for we are bound to suppose that li has at last found itj what slavery I And if it is so wicked that he cannot think of any argument which a sane Christian man cair use in its support'' will he also tell us how those who advocate its ini mediate abandonment rench jacobins Rtkl why he is in favor of its 'gradual abolition 1 Hear! bear! Is Slavery are out of patience' The editor oftne Southern Christian Herald I1! as been promising for some time to prove that the system of slavery is right but he' $oes not get ready ttf begin iris argument We are quite tired of waiting for him Weeel intense curiosity to know how the Edi tor of a will look de fending that doctrine We would wait no longer but begin to answer him before hand if we could think of any argument on his side which a sane Christian man may be ex pected jto use Probably he finds the same difficultly and does not yet begin his defence because he cannot yet find any argument that he likes to begin with The American makes a very liant attack on the petitions from this state for of slavery in the District of Columbia upon the onesigncdbyeigAfiun dred ladies in particular and upon tiie speech JofMr Dickson of Ontario on the subject of the petitions It denominates emancipation' robbing one portion of the people to please Albany paper Governor Davis is elected 'U S' Senator by bothbrnnches'of the Legislature for six years from the 4th of March next 1 We have received Au Addies delivered before 1 lhe Anti Slavery Society of Philadelphia 1 by Roberjl winch shaft obtain an inser tion in oer columns It is highly creditable to its I young colored geatleoMB i cause his unfitness for freedom versal? immediate emancipation is sire it is palpably a righteous doctrine is true doctrine and the dpctnnes opposed to it are false and go in to perpetuate slavery' i In this also we are agreed II In opposition to the constant asser tion of the American Colonization Society and of the public generally that emancipa tion was going on at rapid rate at tl that tho slaveholders were hernini i favorable to the abolition of slavery and mure' numnne in their treatment slaves I affirmed that it was a gross delu that einancioation was almost at an that the planters were growing more wedded to slavery that the condition of the slaves was increasingly and thit the southern laws legalizing and enforcing the darkest heathenism You affirm (and I quote your words afresh because the admission is all imports nt) The plea of bur slaveholders when pressed wiih the duly of immediate emancipation' for a Jiule more time in which to prepare their slaves for freedom is founded in delusion where it I is not if RAUdI: for never was there a period when these slaveholders were Crimsoning themselves so fast with lite goill of crime against lhe 11 THE SOUL of as NOW Never ibave they been so industrious as for the last few years loshut put the liglit of truth from the minds ol thbir slaves hnd'lo withhold fn tn thetn all fitness for fh responsi bilities I of freemen and tie ver may add htrs the rate of emancipation in couulrv been slower than it has been for the lust fw years Title truthtbs that the great bodyyjf our slaveholders do not mean to have slavery disturbed in their eiibertorlis turb it jlbemselves or to let others disturbit Their occasional wishes for the termination of slavery al some indefinite future period have gone far to keep inetr aartc ana jeeute consciences al ease oppression of these wishes lias irone (afa silence the remonstrances ot others ageinst their In this moreover we are agreed1 iv i maintained that the spiri of eman cipation must begin at the North as slavery could be overthrown onlyxy the moral power of the nation 'which indisputa bly was possessed by the North inasmuch as slaves were held and the slave tr tolerated by the nation in the District ol Columbia and in the Territories snd they should first be purged by the people and inasmuch as the North was aiding and abet ting southern oppressors and trampling into the dust its own colored population! You declare that loudly South ern men may complain of Northern intcr ferupce on tbis subject however North ern apologists for slavery majr ehiine with them it is nevertheless true that the North is as properly the theatre on which operations fur the destruction of Southern slavery as that the sober are the among tvhom the work of reforming the drunk en is to be commenced Very much there fore in error who wu'uld Jissuade us from making anti slavery efforts at the North and would have us go to th and make them In this too we are agreed I defined immediate eiriarici atibri to consist in tli annihilation of property in man of that tremendous power by which one man is now authorized aud enable 1 to re duce Ins fellow man to the condition of the brute to sell the husband from his wife ihbe degrade The new American Union seems lo excite ridicule aud distrust The Boston Courier 14 One word to the American Union Where i Ore field ot your operations What arc the "inch the second urticle ip your constitution proposes to convince 'pll American citizens tiiui the system of slavery is We ask these questions ldcause we are not without fems that fhq title ofthe Association may prove a misiio 1 ier and while it openly professes union may with ocher causes at no distant duy prodncejfaiintoH civil war and a separation ofthe Stales The following article is from the Salem Land mark The editor is a member of the American but alas I it seems llntl he is almost of waning for the exposition promised 1 fhojiisk to "YrJ J'lns exposition no 1 oubl will te an astonishing affair The American Uiiionl Vc are almost tired of waiting for the exposition promised by the Executive Committee We had ctm sjderable confidence in the beginning and we hope to have more in' the progress of the movements of this Association The Exe iqitive Committee must come out with some thing tangible direct and efficient if "(uld obtain aml 'keep a firm hold on the defraud the laborer of his hue td darken and destroy the soul of the slave rn recog nizing and treating the slaves as rational and accountable beings lor whom Christ died in employing them as free laborers' land giv ing them their wives and children nd equi table wages and in placing tueuc 1 nddr the control und protection of righteous la ws instead of irresponsible and desputic niaslers not (as 1 have been falsely accused) in turning them loose without law and wituout employment I You suy ir is not intended as the alarm goes to turn loose otfr slaves butrierely to turn them from their subjection to individual caprice und tyranny and to place subjection to the a subjectiur safer in all respects than the other more Were the claim of man to property in man this day expunged! the in tclligeni advocates of immediate euiaucipa tiou would wim thankful and happy hearts acknowledge that immediate emancipation had already In this we are fully agreed But sir with that singular con usion of niiiid hich pervades your essays a ad which weakens if it does not paralyze every sound principle which you have advanced lyou pro ceed to thcruse of indefinite incoherent and contradictory language in order as to quiet the ruffled frames of slav by converting immediate into gradti cipation In one breath you wouk ate all the Slaves ihstanter even were certain that they would bo better pre pared for the boon of freedom thanthey are now by continuing in slavery only jZce years longer and in the next you are for mitiga tion not abolition for gradual not instant enfranchisement Now von would wrongs and miseries of the slave to cease at once and anon you think rit nilg part of wisdom and mercy not to re slaves at once from their servitude leave many of the abuses that belo relation of mastermind slave to employ the correcting hand of time 'and the If I misinterpret or pervert your language then 4 will hasten my own condemnation by tjkiuuuy juur wuruQ in pttraHm vqju 1 1 it is the work of a 'few knaves and manyc The latter are proverbially the tools of the farmer Without ilium the knave cannot carry on his trade There are things to bo done which he cannot do in per eon and which are best accomplished by the if clumsy zeal of bungling philanthropy' Wo hear much of the progress of moral reform and not a dny passes tlrat we are not reminded of the wonderful march of intel led but one would think that the tide of moral reform had been rolled backward and that these intellectual forces which have been I passing in review before us had been countermarching for the last half cen tury with an expedition unexampled even jin the history of modern locomotion to so soon the thick darkness of feu dal times But let us be grateful for the 'light havo received for hithertoi we have 'but men as trees walking and topur imperfect vision the form of sla very has been magnified into a monster I night but as the dark mess is chased away before this modern sun 3 Jbehold! it reveals itself an angel of light 'few clad in the habiliments of peace herfea i 5 tures radiant with beauty handmaid of religion it bears Christianity to the hea then civilization to the barbarous knowledge to the I shall ribt remark further uponthe extMcts here presented Their "lolly inconsistency and falsehood must be apparent to every one I would only ob serve that the whole is founded in thd most revolting selfishness and thatfthe author does hot discover the least benevolent feel i the least disposition to ameliorate the of mankind jt DELTA MOBOCRACY IN 4 IE" The following is RevORsoN aaccuunl of his anti Javery tour through a portion of lhe Blate of Il seenu that the Spirit of is widely prevalent even among the (Green and how indissolubly it is con nected with the colonization spirit our readers willJeqru from Mr statements The codilucl ofthe Editor of the Vermont Chronicle is pai licu ilarijr worthy of notice and merits the seve cst con I rdemnaliou In zeal in bold) css in Untiring pcrsc 1 verauce in generous philanthropy and in personal tsufleringj Mr Murray is the Clarkson of Vermont He ba recently been elected an honorary Life Member ot the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society aas a slight tokenf the" appreciation which is placed rupon his meritorious Ed Lib rom lhe Middlebury ree Press To the Executive Committee of the Vermont Anti Slavery Soviet yr Dear Sirs': It may not be uninterestingrto you andaur friends generally to receiver) rinrottgu tne press a brief statement of the" itresult of my last tour in connexion with our cause I was out about four weeks mostofthe time in Windsor deliveredsixteen lecturps (nnd was nrpvnntpfl frnm rfour others by violence) formed a Societyp jn Hancock of twenty members in 'Granville late Kingston fof about thirty a in Rochester of about sixty including jiomc of most valuable men in these itowns Societies mrty soon be formed in j'EasTBethel Randolph and Springfieldvln omer towns meetings were: respectfully I ajul in some instances quite fully' 'The Vermont Chronicle is very extensively if read in the region which I visited but great fe numbers are renouncing itaf'heresies on this Subject and are joining our ranks The principal oppositiorf appeared in the js 'three following towns: Ra After meeting a kind reception in the I West and East villages was repulsed at the centre by the agency bf two or three I i andean ex Senator of the Congress who seated themselves the curtain and excited the rabble by saying) I oubt not to be heard At the time for 'the lecture to commence I wen to the place with a friend the meqt ing house was found plosed and the key was refused AfteP we had retiqecl at about sev en rang" but from the violent movements previously discovered about the 1 tavern and store we suspected that no good was uestgnea ana tita not return We were however informed 'by one of the selectmen that tfie house was opened atliis order and that he was prepar ed to do what he could to prevent distur bance But he stated that a violent partycollected the gallery that could not have been easily restrained On the whole he'thouglrt it1 best' that I had not been present The people of the town generally are indig nant at' the violent proceeding and will be to hear when opportunity presents Woodstock roirrBethcl I'mailed a line to Hon Titus'Hutchinson requesting him to' procure oneof the meeting houses in Woodstock andnotify ou tlie Sabbath that an address might 7 acogigQj yi 9 SATURDAY EBRUARY 28 1835 TO CORRESPONDENTS Ve shall be glal to hear from DELToften The cnminuiiicatioii of our friend Mr oster of Hartford we shall transmit to the editor of the Emancipator as it siiu reply to a piece which ap peared iu that pa per REVIEW GERRIT LETTERS letter hi Gerrit Smith Esq In my second letter I said that you had asserted and vindicated all the princi ples doctrines anji measures that I had ever espoused or recommended in the anti slave ry cause This statement I shall prove I I began my public advocacy of the anti slavery cause by assuming as a funda mental truth that slaveholding was in all cases sinful i1 You declare that slavery 11 is evil and only evil continually You call it giant wick edness1 In this we' are agreed' ill My next doctrine was if slaveholdinn was sinful then it ought to be immediately repented of and abandoned forever As a Christian I could make no other deduction from the postulate You want the sin of slavery to cease im mediately and every master to repent it immediately that not another one of them may die in Ypu want the wrongs and' miseries of the slave to ceaae Nay Grosyenor gratefully ecktHrwItdge receipt of jiflettt dollars fruin lhe Ant1 Slavery Society of Salem t' conrtiteie hint Life Member of the Massacuusett Ant Sla veRy Society mid he take iK opportunity 'f' expresrtbe hope that while by lheir lilxralily lby are aiding out of the noblest of Christian eater terprizes the giving of TO THE CAP 1 Tiv: iheDuuor may richly enjoy the Liberty lhe children of GROSVENOR Salem eb 17 1835' 1 MARRIED South Scituate rn st ebruary 1'2 by Samuel ATtiru Ebq Nifoe iniuh Guiutoway Jr kMim Lydia Svlvcter bolb of South Scituate I In Philadelphia on Monday eveaiqs: ebruary''' 9th by Rrv William DougUvt Mr J4ux Bow er to Mi Mary daughter of Uato ofthateiiv DIED In'this city on laxt'very aud At denlv Miss Mary Brown med IS years 'Theudfen and unexpected death of thi tmiable yoong lady caiiuut be otherwise: than st vciely lelv by her afllicttsd pnrenu to whom hc dim barged every du ty with kindness and affectum She was tin ejtem plary mendwr of ihe emale Union Society and iiTfe': teachur in lhe Garmon Juvenile Society now the i a teni nt in llnyhotisa of 'Death Hcrname will live embalmed in the memory of llmse wtlb whom she asM'eiaied1 Her deeply depleredt by the eirrfc of tier acquaintance Iler example' wasworthy of imitation a In Seijuatp ebruary 20th Mis Ziluha Whitcomb jfe aScd''G i COLOREl) CITIZENS 'AWAKE! You are requested arnLall to meet kt the School Rtum on Mon dy evening next' a to prevent one of the most destructive measures toyour interest ever got up by your enemies jPunclual attendance is TeqiifstedT' ivL i JOHN HILTON DALTON i ROBERTiB COIN pITTS 7 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENT THE Subscriber returns his hearty thanks to the Committee on the press purlieu larly'the for their untiring efforts ini extending the subscription lisl the Libe rator and is sanguine that each subscriber B'i will feel himself culled and in duty bottnd to extend jts influence by sending us one more more subscriber with the' effective 'if means in advance for onef quarter six month or one year It is it the power of euclvsub scriber to comply with this rsquest because no one who is a friend trill refuse the paper and desert the cause wheji he can be accom modated by paying a quarterly subscription Tliis plan has been commenced by of our subscribers Perseverance will ir sUre its completion The permanent sup port or tne press win gpeetniy revolution ize public sentiment and accomplish the overthrow of Colonization und Slavery Most respectfully Dy VID RUGGLES A Offi 67 Lespenard Street New York eb 5 NOYES ACADEMY" JTOHE Trustees Invitvr heretofore an EL noiinced that this Academy is intend td be open to youths of good character without distinction of color would now in form the Public that they have encaged as urouauiuij mi vy ILLIAM QUALlSj UI UlO Theological I nstittition at 1 A ndover a gen Hernan whom they believe to be well qtialir fied by his literary nndscientific attainments moral and religious character and liberal and just views in regard to the colored pur lion ot our country men to carry out the de sign of the loiiiiders palronsand supervisors of this Seminary The instruction for the present will sist ot English and Clisfecal leaving 'tho ivuvu anu uuiur tnouern languages to added hereafter as the extent of patronage and the demands uf the public may justify and require In English The general 'course of stu dies Will be ns follows Reading Writing Arithmetic Book keeping Geometry Alge 1 Surveying Navigation Astronomy Geography and the Construction and ttse of Maps Charts and Mathematical! Instruments Natural History General His tory History and' Constitutions of thd Uni led States and of the several States mar Lbgi intellectual and iMoral ph Ecclesiastical History Political Etono: my Exercises iu Conipositiomand Elocution Manners Customs Races and Religions of the different nations ofthe earth In the Ancient "Languages' and Classics Youths will be fitted for admission rinto anyf the Colleges and Universities of the nt ted States but it is intended that this Sem inary shall itself afford means of such cor rect nnd extensive classical attainments as shall qualify young men'to commence tho study of the learned professibns ed with this department and: subsidiary to all the studies pursued in it will be Ancient Geography' Grecian Roman Egyptian and Jewish Antiquities llentheii Mythology and Biography together with all or such por tion of the English Course as may be beat adapted to the particular ends which Stu dents may propose to themselves of their parents and guardians prescribe It is not deemed proper nt this time to givo a list of books to be used in ithis Seminary or to state specific qualifications for admis sion It is tlioihgbt best tlrat thoso who may present themselves for admission should bring such books as they have and thntaueb1 rt guiaiions snonia oc adopted upon a view of what may iltus be brought together as may best comport with he interests qf good learning and a judicious economy who shall come unprovided witli books or nnu uiemseives so 111 the progress ot their studies) will be supplied by order of their parents and guardians nt the lowest pri ces ns th6y shall from time to time have peed of It is generally under stood nt what stage of education a pupil is prepared to profit by academical instruction Should restrictions in respect to literary qualifications for admission be found ncces saryjthe subject will be considered hereaf ter at present no restrictions are establish ed except as to moral character which must be good in order td enter or remain at this Institution Thercwill beYioo Vacations in a year viz rom the irst dat of May five weeks rom the Twfntj fifth day of Novem ber until the ist day of January I which win imvutifitMaeu cue Beginning ot tho Aca demical Year Tuition $12 ner ven and Jn like nro irortiojr for Jess time payable seini annttally Loaf'd in respectable'privatc fhmilies will generally be afforded' ns the Trustees arJ informed and believe at $125 per week wTherAcadcrny wjll be opened for the re deptinn of aHinfarAm first Wednesday of March 1825 '1 js DAVID li: CHILD Committee of SEWALL rtvslccs Boston ebfuary 25 I i r'' 1 'I a 11 3 if '4 41 4 a I 1 1 Or TH TI A NI I.

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