The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 1

'st Af i i' few 'W1 iro86 vol boston Massachusetts me was "4 st I ti i Si Sfe JS As i NOR ME' JMAXET jV'tM 4 5 rife 5 fe I VIS PlfBLISHD WEEKLY AT 'NO 31 CORNHILL BY 4XST2 SLKTaiUPlAv A MM LLOYD ifO yirA5 xKl a 1 fc a A i ix vrMa art sait of the multitude against the immense weight of nany of the most 4 't '4 IreK iTh 'k'L Iwawrf'flWrpWHfft i 4 vKiw re" 6 Sti JTtiiv JXxV waA fe A' a fT 1 fr i 1 '47 t7 rVU A VV VAU A A XO AXXX WUXtilir A UlU AU AAX ATA XU AM AAA A A1J4AI ATAAAM AAAy Ae suppression of insurrections and it surely requires no argument to show that we have no right to foment what we are bodnd to' suppress By the true spiiit of that compact we'tfe bound to leave to 'each State its own internal to leave it in the quiet enjoyment of alt the righty of independent sovereignty which it has not thereby conceded to theGeneral Gov ernment yyyyy'yx 4'4 t4 Let the South that by this compact we thean most scrupulously to abide that we go for the lohole Constitution that in our view all its parts are equally sacredr Thatours is no sectional paftial or transient attachment that we as resolutely main tain whateverlooks to their protection and their bene fit as that which secures jour own That wl would no more add toV than we would subtract from 'the le gitimate powers of the Constitution and that we should hold itias treason to the Unions tb take one jot or little' from the reserved and peculiar rights of the a 'i' i 4 Every one who knows any thing of the history of Constitution 'knows that it could never that the' Southern Stales wbuld never have acceded to if for an instant' ifit had not left to them the exclusive and unmolested treatment of this tertible disease this vital their own domestic slavery and it cannot be preserved a day alter they shall be be brought to believe that there is this respect a settled purpose here todisregard or go beyond the dom pactZ'uoi' The South will pot tolerate our interference with their slavesThis we may be assured this let eve ry men reflecting or unreflecting set down as a truth certain as a mathematical demonstration All our his tory shows it the excitement of the present" moment shows it: thev cannot permit such interference Mheir very condition forbids atAttached as they: are to the: (Jnion important as it? is to them: and certainly it not less essential to them than to us still they hold it! as nothing in with lhat wlych immediate ly touches their their individual existence "The Union thenif used disturb this institution ofx sla 1 i at very will ue luei us tue jptuct a uivam wim agitate a blast will sweep it away forever 7 If then these abolitionists'9hallgo bn if their asso ciations shall continue to increase if their doctrines Shall spread and their measures be adopted until they become the general sentiment and action of a majori ty of the people ofthe Nqrths andlliis shallbeknpwn as known it will be at theSouththe fate of oqr Gov ernment is sealed the SayThat sees that consumma tion will look onlyupon the broken fragments of our Union ''And who will attempt to fathom the immeas uable abyss of a dissolution of the Drawthe lines Of the new confederacies where you war bitter and almost incessant war will be the inevit able conseqdence 'All history and human nayjre it self teach us this not that our former connex ion andfraterpity would tend to prevent or ameliorate it They would but impart new exasperation As in the natural world the sweetest substances when cor rupted ofen become the most acrid' so in the moral world the kindly affections when poisoned or pervert ed pre turned to intenseJanddeadly hate Each party must at pH times to be in full armor in complete pre paration for defenceInhere must be stafiding armies and fortifications and garrisons alongthe whole di viding line hostilities the fears and hopes of the people would be engrossed the successful prosecutionjiof the war or this' they would be wrought upon to make any sacrifice or self pre servation or from inflamed passions for revenge or con quest they would permit the concentration of more and more power the hands of a single Executive' until although the forms pnd name of a Republic might perhaps remain the substance would be gone forever and the people wquld groan under the withering curse ofj a military despotism iTell the abolitionists this presentto'them in full array the tcrrificjiQcsequences of their attempts at im mediate emancipation and they meet all by a cold ab straction They Inswcr iW must doiright? regard less of consequences tAs if' in human action pi acti cally affecting individuals apd communities effects and consequences were to be pf no account in forming a judgment bfwhat is right As if they were not in discnsable eldmehtiin the formation of correct views5f righttand duty4 They assume that such a course isright when that is the very point in controversy and when inevitable consequences demonstrate (that it must be wrong It is a fallacy which they them selves" discaid when its application comes nearer home They insist that it is right that they should urge their doctrines for the conviction of the South them why they do not go and preach them there where they most'destle to make converts? They reply Why we should be in danger oL our lives kfThen4hey be gin to think of 'consequences: So that the practical result of that proposition which 'sounds so well in the abstract is that thev are to tfo on regardless of con si sequences to others' but not without a due regard tq themselves ft 7: They insist upon immediate instantaneous (emanci pation Represent to 7 them the present ignoraneje of the slaves understanding jneither the rightsinori the (duties of freemen and that 'possessing all the violent 'passions of men but without moral or intellectual dis ciplineJiiAthey should be loosed at: once from all re straint it viould bring destruction alike up on the mse fares and the reply is in general propositions' No man say they can be rightfully re strained of his liberty except" for crime Thecom mencement of slavery 'the origina'dcpriving the blacks of their liberty was theft and robbery" and sin and therefore every continuatiomof it however chang ed the circumstances tis theft and robberyand sin and that all sin should be immediately abandoned Now sirr to meet these propositions insisted upon as universal moral truths from which there can bo no exception let me put a case not 'altogether imaginary let ma suppose that a free man a good citizen in the full possession: of his faculties is kidnapped rep resented as a lunatic for the purpose of depriving him of the control of his property and kept in confinement in a private mad house until from the horrors of his situation his mind is really alienated reason is driven from 'her throne and he actually becomes a furious mad man JWould you: release him then Why not He has committed no crime has only suffered ex crutiatingagony bodily and mental by the crimes of others 'The original restraint upon his liberty was sin why not then every continuation of it and why not leave sinning instintiy by setting him at large The answer is obvious he is not in a condition to be liberated he would do mischielf to himself and oth ers And soof the slaves if they are not in mental condition to receive unrestrained freedom if they would do mischief to themselves and others the safety of society humanity itself demands that they should not at once be loosed from all restraint By thuM insisting that the continuance of slavery underany circumstances is necessarily of the same moral character as its original voluntary introduction (hat it is equally criminal they come to the conclu sion that no Idws tliat or uphold it can have any moral obligation? The constitution is the supreme law of the land It does sanction it does uphold sla very and if this doctrine be true that sacred compact has always been morally null and void Not only do they thus absolvetbe consciences of all good menjrom the support of the constitution but the tendency is to alienate them from it to diminish their attachment to the Union as one that ought never to have been form 4: the New Rnzlanrtppclaiorj tsTI 4B0LITlOih earla My aaal sick with every dry report pi wrong and outrage with which thia earth filled Jr There i no flesh in mahb obdarate heart' It does not feel for Sir' it is the zeal of abolition friends (their lectures and pub lications shouIdJtas bran dcdiby boastful freemen'' intemperate fanatical incenaipry treasonous Verr convenient lor anti abolition men' wheat their stock of specious arguments is Entirely exhausted to faafb brazen caldron of heated and to daslt in the4ace and frift dftheir antagonistsVhethct til? infliction opprobrious titleson abolitibn tmcn wilipajis with" an enlightened CffristhCfi public for sound reasoning quickly disclose Tilt is admitted that the friend of immediate abolition arc tealouslyhffectM 1 but it is surely in a good thing 'After albtbht htA been said of their inflammatory addresses and Con duct I cannot discover thittheir: movements are more adapted to excitement tfian were' statements made more tbafi thirty years' since in the" LondonChristian Observer that excellent periodical which jins ever sustained an evangelical character for sobriety prudence and moderation In the third volume fof that work are published extractsTrom travels in following ian IverliKment copied from 'a Charleston nemS Stofthe ntJ5AWAY ifty dollars rettrd waiting follow VViil havfng eloped frotnjnd' last Saturday without any provocation it being known that huiheine master the above reward will be iaitl to any one who will lodge the aforesaid slave in some jai I 'or deliver him on my plantation ut LiBEnt HALuWill trinjf be known by the incisiops of the whip ort his back and I suspect hiin RoJ fyave taken the rond toCoosoliatcbie where hopina a wife anti children1 tvhom sold last week to Mr GellespieChr Ohs vol follows abatement respecting slavery V''" 54 The children of tlia rhosf distingujsheff farnilieiB Carolina ar6 suckled wyinegrg not unusual to Hearan elegant lady say Richard ai wajrs ijcvcs IB cause she suckled The ladiesid Carolina f3 and particularly those' of Charleston have litllq tenderness to their slaves jon the contrary they send both their men slaves dnd women slaves for the most venial trespass Ao a mansion call ed the sugar house Here tf man employs infer! or agents to scourge poor fo a dozen lashes isthe charge The man or woman 4 is stripped naked to the waist' a redoubtable whiu at every lash flays tha back bf the culprif who agomzeiLat every jiore rends the air With 'hie Mrs 4 informeld' me lathrtf I it ni fctritY 'Annn hnanrtort tm Ln it abominably Hear to payti shilling for adozen dashes and that havinginiaiiyslaves she bargain with the man ut the! augar house to flay them by the These wretches' are execrated foreveryityolnutary negroe endure execration without emotion for they when? massa curse he break no But every ma3 $er docs not confine 'himself to oaths I hav heard a rnpn say my negros talk the worst Eng lish ofany in Carolina that boyjust now called a bason a round something take hinfto let himhavea dozen I Exposed to stich wantori' crueiiy mewegrov irequenny run away ythey flee? into the woods where thev are wet with the rams of heaVeu and embrace th yock Tor want of a1 sheterLifemust be supported hunger to' depredation and the poor Jwrctcbes uro often shot like the beasts of prey5 When the men' are 'put in and the have their iirvKs uuuiruivu wjiu a poi nooK Jviir VOS VOL HI page 553 UTJius the'iliscreet diiTriot siirihVTrotflia full recital of the awful horrors bf WavervT it was decided and courageous in the defence of imme lw diate and in opposition to gradual abol it ion 51m the volume abpve referred to found not a iew triuin pliant arguments such as abolition men need in the of rights advocated the doctrine that'sliive dealing'is anu uiut mere ougnt io oe no temporising witn Of Lord argument against ateaboljtionpaqifly its impracticability i remarks: kt Indeed wrfsfe not a littleb Surprised that the 5 weaknescLpf tlie argurnent say nothing of 5tbe3 tyickedness with which it' is pregnant should not nae bihick ms luuiueiiijj wqixc run i inning on the very fii'st view' Chr Ohs vohJlCpiurb i 4 It has forcibly struck my mind that the seme re mark would hold true of the arguments now used this counlry by anti abolition men NoTHIKOjHAS COKTntBOTSDai) MUCH TO A CRXXdlP IS Nr OWM VIEWS RJCIHCKOl Al 1 WAI MOT Loa0rs Il THIS SUBJECT Al TUX SOPHISTICAL! AJO REABOSISOS 4XTI ABOLIT1ON MX Very many of their piecciT think might be 'accu rntely entitled Ingenious apologies fo? present slavery Certainly they are rtilful in the uh one popular argument by far thi xnoit effective they have which may be termed tlfo brow beatinz and enlnmniating' of George Thorripson and TViiliam'f Lloyd Garrison' vl am not 'personally' "acquainted with either of these gentleihenfand have not named them to speak either their defence bt to their de trimentbut only to remind lbosowho itf'f this waytg attach odium to abolition principled that stigmas are not adapted to maintain truthor detects rm 4 In Naw Pn rrlnnrf wVA'rtPMAriiria AC immAiiiRfa abolition profess to be great admire fa bf the abolition efforts smadet30 dr 40 years since inf Britain the same principles that appeared sobeautiful divine across the Atlantic when disseminated in thisjfree country become in their estimation most unshapen and fanaticalrcmanatidnsJ'of the' brain: very chrtneras rWilberforce 3 ana Clarkson but like the sly lawyer in the fable of gon4 ox say to abolition men pleading fr the inn mediate rights of the slave in thi alters too case inuHinijuiiciMioue anair and if And if! reply there was not across the Atlantic andrthere oughtto "be nohehereJNosoph istry nor logical lact will ever establish tbe'pcsi tion that abolition principle ought not' to pro mulgated jn encry nation until they becoma preva iv wiimujxi wuo rt rnAsl jyw '4 SwaiTmgag7gra ed Their arguments and language further tend to dissolve the (Kinds of union bjweakening our regard for ourSouthern nay by creating towards them feelings 'of 'detestationand abhorrence as men daily guilty of enormous iniquityas thieves and rob bers and with who nvof course We should hold no com Timetwas when such sentiments "and such anguage would not have been breathed i in this con imunity And here on this hallowed i of 'all the places on eano siiouiu uiev ue met auu rcvuwowi when the British Parliament ha ving declared" that theyrtrati a fight to bind us in cases and were attemptingto bind ourjinfant giant limbs in fetters when a voice of resistance and notes of defi ance had gone forth from this Hall 'then when Mas sachusetts standing for her liberty and her life' was alone breasting the whole power 'of the gen erous and gallant Southrons: cameMo our aid and our fathers refused not to hold communion with slaveholders When 4 the blooil of ourLcjtizens shed by a British had stained our streets had flowed' upon the heights which surround us and sunk into the earth upon the plains Lexington and Cbn cord then vyhen Hswbose name cati never be prt4 nounced by American lips without thq strongest emo tions fif gratitude and love in every American when Hie that slaveholder (pointing to the full length portrait of Washington) who from this canvass smiles upon you his children with paternal benignity came with other slaveholders to drive the British myrmidons from this city and thisihall our fathers did not refuse to hold communion with him or with them 7 3 With slaveholders they formed' the neither askinginor receiving any right to interfere in their domestic relations with them they madethe Declaration of Independence coming from the penof that other slaveholder Thomas Jefferson name dear to every friend tojniman rights And in the original draft of tbati Declarations was contained a most elo quent passage upontfaistvery topic of negro' slavery which was stricken out in deference to the wishes of members from the: Smith With slave holders (shoul der to shoulijr our fathers' went through the Revo lution mingljng their bjood inevery battle field lay ing tbeirbones togetherupon every State from Mas sachusetts to Ggorgias and when (by the blessing of Heavenfor Ilcayen did blesa jhem notwithstanding such communion they had achieved their indepen xlence and successfully terminated! the war thev to getherformed this sofemn compact the said vmter which we fiveW his was the consummation of all tneir labors the fruit of all their sacrifices and suf It comes down to us sealed by the death ana sanctified by the plighted faith of our fathers we will abide by it' to theletter and the spirit in all its demanding for ourselves the benefits which it'secures to an "io others the benefits and protection which it contemplates for them Slavery existed then as now there is pretence that it has assumed any more aggravated term or that provision's In relation to itjfwere inserted by acci dent or ew pa4s of the Constitution eie more carefully and deliberately weighed Nor cid it arise froms any indifference to (he tremendous evils of this institution were not less devoted friends of liberty not less pure asphilanthro pists or pious as Christians than anv of their children ofi the present day did what they could rightfully and peaceably' At the first practicable moment by the very adoption of thh frame of Gov ernment in Massachusetts in 1780 slavery was abol ished throughout this State In 1787 the Continen talyCongress adopted itlie celebrated ordinance by which involuntary was 'forever excluded from theaterritory North West of the Ohio and which has given us the free Slates of Ohio Indiana and Illi nois By the Constitution they obtained the right to prevent any State from carrying on the slave trade af ter the year 1808 audat the earliest jnioment they prohibited that nefarious Jraffic denouncing against it the 'penalties of piracy Sir these doctrines and ithat language: to have felt it myflytyto advert tending as they do to the disruption ol the Union the prostration of Gov ernment nd to all the horrors of a and servile war have attained their greatest prevalence and in tensity iifoin the past year since a ceriain notorious foreign first landed upon'' our shores who comes herewjjot to unite his fatdwith ours notas oth er foreigners who would snake tfiis their home and whom we cordially receive to thiparticipation of all the'immeasurable blessings of free institutions but he comes here as an avowed emmissary sustained by foreign funds a professed agitator upon' questions deeply profoundlypoZiticaZ which lay at the "very foundation of our Union and in which the very exis tence of this nation is rile! comeshere from the dark and corrupt institutions ofrEurope to enlighten us upon the rights of man and the moral duties ofour'own conditionReceived by our hospi tality he standshero upon our soil protected by Our laws and hulls fire brands arrows and into the habitations our neighbors and friends' and and when he shall have kindled: a sconfla gration 'w hich is sweeping in 'desolation over thq land he has onfyto embark for his own countryand there look secuiely back swith i Indifference or exultation upon the ide spread ruin by which 'our cities are inflames and our "garments rolled in' his is our country the country of our children' and? qur children can never separate from it "Its fate must be our fate "Hf the storm comes wemust abide its pelting if convulsion? we must be in tlie midst of us then "it i belongs to judge of the exigenciesif our owp condition to pro vide forour own safety and perform our own duties ithout the audacious interference of foreign emisa "ries 'lf he have really the philanthropy which he professes and would removo evils by doctrines and language in their nature revolutionary which touch the very existence of established government let him go back to Europe and there at ids own home run det take to redress the wrongs of India to stay the op pression of'Ireland to relieve England from tithe? and taxation to the prostrating of the tiiple power of the Priesthood the Aristocracy and the Throne hewould perhaps receive in his own person as practical lesson of the degree of liberty there enjoyed vV ith our own fellow citizens wbp have united in these associationsthose who are indeed' of us and with us and embarked together in the 'ship: 1 would most affectionately commune and earnestly reason Among them I sea names of men in whose purity and piety 1 have the utmost confidence and I doubt not there are many others equally end 1 tied tQ regard VI would beseech them to discard those dangerous abstractions which they adopt as universal rules of human conduct without reganl to time con dition or circumstances which darken the understand ing and mislead the judgment and urge them forward to consequences from which they will shrink with horror I ould ask them to reflect tliat hu manity and benevolence are not to" be promoted by i measures of insurrection and massacre that the re i iigion they profess is not to be advanced by forgetting the precepts and the example of their Divine Master Upon that example I wouldsk them to pause He i found slavery Roman slavery an institution ofthe i countiy in whichhe lived Did" he denounce it? Did he attempt its immediate abolition do 1 any thing or say any thing which could in its remo test tendency encourage resistance aad violence ERM Two dollars per annum' 'always Advance All letters and communications must be post paid The rule is imperative in order to shield us from the Trequent impositions of our therefore whafvish their letters tobe taken from the Post Office liy as will be careful to pay their postage Sr' dj" An advertisement making one sqqareor a space bf equal length and breadth will be in'serted one month 4br yis One less than a square 75 ctse OPPRESSION" 4 1 1 Mfc SPEECH 5a fe' 'flt'the Jlnti Molition Meeting held inaneuil Hall 'St 21 1835' Mr Sprague regarded slavery as great moral 'and political evil he had been early imbued with this 'sentiment and all that he had seen onfall that he had had strengthened and deepened the conviction! Re deeply deplored its existence and from the very and centre of his heart he prayed that our breth ren ofaflie South might see their own way clear by Their own free will to effect its entire abolition But It rested with them and with them could seo no good he saw only unmixed mischief consequent upon agiiaung tne suoject nere wnat it the wholeWorth could be excited and: aroused with the same 'feelingsand opinons and to thesame effortsiand action as the leading abolitionists producing throughout the Tvhole South united to a man upon this acor responding and hostile excitement and exasperation What would beithe benefit The enormous evils' are palpable but hqw would it benefit even the unfortu nate slave Byoperating upon the fears of tlie mas ter And when did fear ever induce a man to relax Ins power over the object that excited it No he will hold him down with a stronger grasp Jie will draw the cords tighter he will make the chains heavier and sink his victim to a still deeper dungeon' 'ear steels i the heart against all touches of humanity Would he s5' be benefitted by arousing him to physical resistance i To insurrection or whatever be their motives and I by no means intend to' arraign them Ihe" languagej and measures of the abo1itionistscleirly tend to insur 4 rectiqnand violence Believe not sir that their pro ceedings are kept or cati be kept from' tho knowledge oftheslaves they have ears And will hear they have' ftVPK nnrl will YnrArmfifinn dnllAto received through blacks and other sources is sought iVith avidity and circulated with activity in 5 flaminz their minds and withfhe mnst false and 'fatal hopes They near that! their masters have no legal or moral authority over thm that every' exercise of such dominionris sirv'and that all laws that sanction it are morally void that they are entitled to immediate and that their masters are to be regarded as kidnappers and robbers for refusing it They think that this is the general sentiment and feeling of the North and that wo shall cheer them on and kid them in putting an end at once" to this void and sinful dominion Jt is deluding these unfortunate beings to flieir own destruction 1 We should not aid them Constitution provides for the suppressing of insurrections we should rally un der the Constitution wo should respond to its call nay we should not wait for such a requisition but on the instant should rush forward with fraternal emo tions to defend our brethren from desolation and mas 4 i i uiuoi can any rauonai man believe that aq insurrection of the slaves could result in ultimate success Jn some of the iWest In dia Islands while the black population was eight timest that of the whites still the latter kept their suprema cyby their intelligence science and unity of action But in the aggregate South the number of the whites exceeds that of the slaves and the result of a servile 5 raw there must be after the destruction of thousands i and thousands of blacks the holding the survivors iu a sternCr apd more enduring bondage 'But there is another aqd far more important view of this the effect upon the whites upon the Con stitution and 1J "4 i The combinations and proceedings of the immediate' abolitionists have produced and are producing through out the South feelings of bitterness and hatred toward the North I am aware that some of these gentlemen insist that all their efforts are designed merely to pro 'duce a persuasive effect on tho Sir if such be really their if they intend only persuasion tne course iney auopr me pouring lortn tne most in sulting and opprobrious language even to the pro nouncing' of all slaveholders indiscriminately to be robbers and murderers and thus arousing the most in dignant and embittered feelings exhibits the most sin gularideas of the adaptation of means to ends that ever were piesented in the varieties of the human intellect is I have heard of persons' who had a thousand winning 'jr 1 viivuij Silis rui Cl Hie a wil' tlonists have employed them all toward the South and with wonderful success Sir said Mr the time has come great peqple hitherto silenced upon this delicate and momentous subject should come forward and ex s' press their sentiments Our brethren of the South are alarmed' deeply profoundly Nor ought we to be surprised that they are so We know indeed" that the agitators here are few that even the whole num ber of those who have permitted their names to be en rolled in these societies is mall and I verily believe that many of them disapprove the violence of their leaders and that more will do eb when they contem date the consequences of their measures But seen rom a distance they appear to occupy the whole field and their incessant activity produced an errone ous impression of their strength and numbers And Sir there are agitators on the other side of the Potomac as well as on this men who from personal or political views are willing to fan the flame of dis cord there are those1 who wish a dissolution of theUnion and who with that view designedly lay hold of this topic exaggerating the danger and deepening the alarm These men we can never satisfy because they xre determined not to be satisfied with any msas s' ures which we can adopt But the great body of the people of the South are strongly attached to this Union ud can be alienated from it oply by a conviction thatwe of the North mean deliberately to disregard and violate the Constitution in a matter effecting their vi tai Interests is most solemnly incumbent upbnius' then to make our opinions and determinations known Before the adoption of the Constititution the several States possessed no right whatever to interfere do mesUc institutions of each other no more than we now have to go into Canady or Nova Scotia to break up the a relation of officer and ioldibr in their regiments slim ulating the latter to mutiny? The Constitution gives no such right but on the contrary interposes the ob ligations of compact against all such interference It recognises and provides for the continuance of the re lation of master and slave if farther provides for the No was? Servants obey your And on'e of his immediate npostles sent back the run away slave master Phi lemon with an affectionate ephue Jvot that the Sa viour of the world approved slavery any more than he did crime of the woman who taken in the very' act was brought before bimiand whom he declared that he did notxondemn but told her togo and sinjio moretlt was because he would not interfere with the administration of the laws or abrogate their au thorityjHe did not attempt the immediate? removal of any civil institutions of the country however un justand Oppressive but sought onlyjo lay down pre cepts and establish a religion Lwhich as it extended and strengthenedfishould by its beneficent influen ces ultimately but gradually quietly and peaceably remove them all So let it be with us5 Let it be qur work humbly and fervently to endeavor to maintain our free institutions: With tne strong assurance that if these arejdustained they will in due time produce by mild and rnoriti means their natural effect of univer sal liberty" I would beseech these gentlemen to re fleet whetherthb great Cause of human liberty to be 'advanced byputting in jeopardy our Government and ourUnion under which we have prospered as no people has cver beforo prospered and which is shed ding uponthenations of the earth a slight which no political luminary has ever before shed i What though there are abodes of darkness which it has hot yet illu minated feWhat though there are fetters on human limbs which it swhet influences have not yet dissol ved' Would you therefore destroyit? Would' you blot out the un because it bar not yej molted the po lar ices And covered the whole earth with verdure Would yon banLhsChiistianity itself because it has not yet produced its perfectworkof universal peace benevolence and joy Jx or Ain Otis's Speech this meeting pee paffc) vo tJ i 4 To the Editor of the Register and Observer: At a large and respectable of thcjin ftabidnts of the town'of Canaan dulyi notified 'and legally Holden 'Voted that the following Preamble dnd Resolutions be adopted Whereas a Report of the Managers of ithe Mas Anti Slavery Society has been published in the Chris tian Register and Boston Observer beapng date July 11th 1835 containing statements that the inhabitants of NH 'are in favor of thq Colored School in 1 Therefore Resolved That the publication in' that paper relating to said school is without' foundation in truth a libel unon the uublic as more than fourth fifths of the inhabitants of this town in theestimation of this jneetingare decidedly opposed tqsaid and are determined to 'taka effect al measures to and that a copy of this Resolution and be sent to the editor of request for him to givetheman insertion therein 4 James Arven' Selectmen vlvanus'B Morgan Canaan You Will confer a favor upon the Aowri of Canaan generafly bypublbh COLORED SCHOOL AT CANA AN following is thesofficiab accoun't of the proceed Canaan from the' Concord (NH) 'Agreeably to the vote the town the County of Grafton and Staterof New Hampshire passed at a legal To wn Meeting holden on the 31st day of July last the Superintending Committee ap pointed by said town to remove the proceeded at 7 A 'of to dis charge their duty the performance of which' they believe 'the interest of the town the honor of the State and the good of the whole" community (both black and white) required without delay i At an early hour the people of this tow nrand from' the neighboring towns assembled' full of the spirit of to the number of about three hundred with be tween ninety nd one hundred yoked oxen and jvitn' all the necessary materials for the completion of the undertaking? Many of the most respectable and wealthy farmers of this and theadiacent Towns ren dered their assistance on the occasion credit is due to tbe'patiiotic and publicspir ited town of Enfield for their prompt jand efficient services? 4 The work was comipenced and carried on with very noiseconsidering the number pngaged until the building was safely landed on the common near the Baptist meeting house where it stands' notUike the monument bn erected irymemory ot those departed spirits which fought and fell strwg gling for Liberty but as the monument of thcmZy of those living spirits who are struggling to destroy what our fathershave gained" ri" The following sentiments were prepared 'anTread on the ground by Mr Eastman with great applause Istiii The Constitution 'of the United Slates Based on compromise between the North and South each pledging themselves to protect each others rights and privileges it can beqmaintained a due regard to the rights of the respective parties' s' 2d 't The combination disor ganizers led on by an Englishman sent to this'eoun' tryj sow seeds of discord and contention between the Jforth and may he be removed tfromi this continent as suddenly as the Noyes Academy has this flay been removed from the control of the "Moli tiohfstsi I 3d The Revolutionary i Patriots 1 of'' the' JTorth and liSouZh Tbey fought together for the privilege of makingtheir own their sons would be unworthy of their sires if they should surrender rtheir rights into the hands of Abolitionists I 4th Tlse Patriots of JVew They will fight for the rights and privileges of their South ern brethren which are guaranteed to them by The Constitution so Jongia thereis a man that can shoul der oryhandle a musket 5' 's '5th The Abolitionists They must and restrained within Constitutional limits or Ameri can Liberty will find i speedif grave "jftffth Iet there be a union of all hSnest men through out the United States and an undivided and uncom promising opposition be presented to Immediate aboli tiomt when and wherever found which Mr Jiarber in behalf of the town and committee' tendered his to the for their efficientund energetic assistance on the occasion The company then retired to their respective homes ro ended the day joyful to the friend of: his country but sorrowful to the Abolitionists TRUSSELL for the Committee anaan Aug II fee Approbation or 'Murder The Journal depend omit that the Cottons and "Saunders men con fessingfliemselvesdobe guilty of inciting and plotting insurrection will be hanged up whenever qaughtand that without tha formality of a legal triaJ A orthem or Southern such will be their inevitabledoom or our part we applaud the transaction at Charleston and none in our 'opinion can condemn it who have novo secret sympathy with the Garrison sect If Northern me present pusiuou or aootitinn in this countrc Qtrmnrat nT nnn Pllnrt a ru Yrs ku am AvHnwHiahurt 4 mvvuuch a nor a an instance oi moral sublimity The case by such causes jt proves butthis that the South 8tand unaided hicept by the' mere force of truth mi rrnfetn littlA tn rf a ul i Z7 aaa WKUCLKriHJ liBU OPPOSlUOn tint rm: RLAVtS WORSES OTHtJt ETQB6 SOLD AT 4 I i 5T A v' fe'" liLfe Vi 3 W8? 4 A s' 1 5 it sfl ay hi i 2 a "'ll I 1 1 immi 1 4r V' 4 1 1 ts i 1 1 'ft Mi at ha tf Went rf HtttLJ irf ML1r rtt i ft i 1 A 1 la u' Tl va a ate is 6 to v9 i Mi Mr a WA Vi HL a JW 'nnwmnmHi ti 4 vstk j' lyE 4 "'J ms rw Mw 1 HJ SsSs a 5 Ui mI 1 as Ci Xr 1 WT X' "I fSk L'l' I IM 4 Vi s'j 1 :4 i' 1 'a vTj A i ft? 4 mils IWwOSSsii 1 A13 v'r 4 Bili WSlil 0 'Ji.