The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 2

If 3 150 October and of May and July 7 A from all 5 Ha fe1 5' 1 i 1 mischief on all rt I I d' 1 3 I lx 2 and fanatics in the arte I ambition One half of our colleges are nothing more than seminaries for educa ting dark uncompromis ing I the4 in the city i I it Ar 4 era and supporters instigated the New York mobs of October and of Mayand July the moils in rni HMAlnhigrPritahnvreh vucr piacestoo numerous to mention scenes that took place a year ago last May Mill MiOi PRINCIPLE vs MOBS? Reader do you wish to know the eflect of a mob upon the mindof aiiabolitionisi VVben he is assailed with brickbats as so many replies to his arguments do you wish to learn whether he thinks he has been vanquished 7 Well we can gratify you ei Here is an extract of a letter writ ten immediately aAer the infamous treatment which lie re ceived at Haverhill which our brother 8 May has for warded to us Now judge ye XJ! i Haverhill Sept 2 J835 i Dear Garrison How the heathen rage and how vain a thing the people imagine I The whole history of past ages should have' taught them better Do they expect to drown the still small voice of heavenly truth by the thunders of human wrath 7 or to obliterate the everlasting principles of righteousness by stones and brickbati'7 Ha ve they not beard have they not seen that the heat of perse cution nurtures the very plants it woald extirpate 7 It seems to me that our opposers are doing every thing to help us They are ploughing up the field which was hard bound and stony and full of rank weeds so that many of the seeds we have been scattering upon it were trodden underfoot or scorched upon the surface or choked they are ploughing it up and shall soon see every where the tender blade and full grown stalk and the field whit ening to the harvest' What subject was ever so much talked about as slavery is now every where 7 And it hap pens to oe just one or tnose subjects which will not bear to be talked about It is a wicked thing that loves the dark ness and silence of night But our opposers have drag ged it out into the full blaze of the noon day and it can never get out of sight again The doom of slavery is THE COLONIZATION MR GUR LEY The Colonization Society continues to thultinlv proofs of its congeniality with the baseness and ferocity in our land and to increase its claims to "the detestation of the world It excites'the admiration arid obtains the suffrages of all the out It flourishes only upon the ruins of good order and public and decays in the midst of general quietude and sobriety In theory and practice it coincides with the feelings and ainis'of those who forcibly break up colored schools" down colored dwellings shoot and flog innocent color ed persons and avow that they are resolved to expel the whole colored population of country It is one oi those prodigies ol iniquity that in the progress pf time rise up to affright mankind and to show how all the elements and forms of human depravity may be concentrated in a single object hatred grievous oppression piivate and pub lic heaven daring the sin and subtlety of are its prominent features No in strument can measure its no language describe its cruelty? Society alone belongs the infamy of having originated the tenible riots which have filled the' land duting tlic last thtee years By its atrocious calum n'os and murderous charges against the abolitionists it has excited the terror and vengeance of the South and roused up the cupidity and fury of the North' against their propertyand lives Its prominent lead i that stands between the poreh and altar weeping over the sins of the people will not bo willing to suffer if such im mense good will be accomplished' Lct us endeavor then to put on the cioZ armor of God and having done 'all jo stand ready for whatever is before us I have just heard of Dresser's being flogged: it is no surprise at all but the language of our Lord has been sweetly revived Blessed are ye when tnen shall revile jouanu persecute you and say all manner of evil against you fa hely for my sake andbe exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven? for a wil lingness and strength to suffer! But we shall have false brethren now just as the Apostles had and this will be one of our greatest A GRIMKE: avXt GRAVE IMPEACHMENT CHRISTIAN CHAR IN THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ANDOVER We have been informed that several of the students who have recently graduated at Andover were just before leaving that Institution summoned into the presence of the acuity and charged with the omission of a part or the whole of the following delinquences viz 1 Attending the lectures of 'Messrs Thompson and Phelps 2 Walking arm in arm "with Mr? Phelps 'from the methodist Meeting house to the village 1 3 Calling several times upon Mr Thompson and con versing in private'with that gentleman Attending the Concert of Prayer for the Slaves when they ought to have been present at lhe Concert of Prayer for the Heathen 5 Writing a memorial to the aculty asking permis sion to form an Anti Slavery Society! I these charges the accused pleaded guilty and were thereupon informed that they THEIR CHRISTIAN (31 AP sctfr i Qne al least of the students was told by a professor that heshouldtfeel it his duty to withhold his signature from his diploma I he deep disgrace of this latter conduct be longs to PROESSOR who apart from his strong antipathy to abolition principles is justly celebra ted for his deep acquaintance with biblical philology and his admirable fitness for the schoolmaster duties bis sta tion We know not whether 'much learning hath made him "mdd but we do know that for some months past his conduct in reference to the Anti Slavery question has been any thing but rational wholly unworthy the instruct sor the Christian the scholar' and the gentleman We are in possession of a Jong list of mean illiberal and tyrannic acts committed by him towards the young men around htm end may some day deem it right to publish them as evidence that weare not unnecessarily or unadvisedly se vere Again and again has Professor Stuart sought by various arts to induce those within the sphere of his influ ence to sell their birthright for a mess of pottage In oth er words to withhold a public avowal of their attachment' to the cause of two millions of heathenized arid fettered Americans Jest they should fail of obtaining comfortable'' and profitable settlements When an appeal to their sel fishness has proved abortive there have been threats and predictions hints and suggestions The character mo fives and talents of abolibouists'liave been depreciated aud it has even been held out from the desk oftho chapel the students attended the Anti Slavery lectures they would do so al the peril of Professor Stuart knows that these" things are true If they are denied the proof is at hand We tell Kim his reckless and cruel antagonism to Anti Slavery and Anti Slavery men he is greatly diminishing the respecthitherto entertained for his piety learning and philanthro py It is not possible that young men of intelligence niuuuiittmtj aiiu uisui iniuiauoxi can long be operated up on by such means Professor Stuart may say unkind and unjust things respecting he may stretch to the utmost and even exceed his brief authority may multiply his prophecies and threats and warnings and spread out before the eyes of bis pupils scenes' of penury arid disgrace as the consequences of their declaring them selves on the side of the oppressed he may do all this1 but let him know that he will succeed ultimately in noth ing but the destruction of his hold upon the affections es teemy and veneration of those who were his eonductdif fererit would be attached to him by the holiest and the strongestties CHRISTIAN HEROISM epistle is from a' sisteof the departed GRtMKKM Whether it was sent for our pri vate consola and vcouragementexclusivelypr'whetherit is meek ly oommitid to the disposal of our judgment either for in di vidua! general perusal we are We ALatl it excellent asthoress ordinarily shuns publie ob servation ad that notbnigbut a willingness to boar odium for akeir the hope ofadvanciog hiscause would allow her tq obtrude her thoughts upon the attention of thrilbd soul antmaled onreading i Il comes to us as the' voice otan angel Its sprit dignty endurance faith devotion are ha Ve never beet excelled by the noblest 'exhibi tion of Cbristan martyrdom even since the days of the a We cannot dare not suppress it nor the name of her who indited itfWe publish it that our cruel as sailants may perceivdtow heavenly is that temper that princip? which they are as fanat icism and publish it that al) who are toil ing with us for the rJemption of the bodies ahd souls of perishing millions lay be with us quickened and con firmed in our good york We publish it especially that female abolitionisl'may derive support and comfort from its perusal sidst of danger and distress Many of our private friend have seen it and importunately urge its publication in the columns of the 'Liberator and "in complying wiih leir reqtiest aqd the irresistible prompt ings of ourowrfeclings we hope if we startle the diffi dence of her whi wrote it that we shall not be guilty of personal wrongs Surely if the exigencies of thn require this testimony she will most joyfully bear it Surely the hart that could ffivft utterance a ment so melting sublime so Christ like as hope gleams acrss that our blood will be spilt instead of the lives "will be taken and prely she who is thus through the power of the Holy One prepared for an ignominious for a fiery wilt not shrink from the publication of a private letter jvhen in tho opinion of her friends it will1 iu ue cause ot merey and righteousness What are all theangry resolutions and malignant speech es of a thousancmeetings in convict with an epistle like this 7 As chaffj les wq resprad to her cheering this is a cause worth dyiig dying" not in the midst of car "a8P upon the attle field but upon the scaffold in the dungeon or at 6e stake unresistingly bearing testimony to the truth as iiis in Jesus and jn imitation of his illus tnous example If by the shedding of our blood the lives of our enanies may be saved let it be'shed ather thy will be doit I 1 This letter wll be rrarf WJ1 read wifr admiration and thanksgiving by poster ity It has beq written in the midst of universal anarchy and whet scorn and insult arc the certain portion of those! who awocate the right of the bondman to instant emancipation fom his when worldly' prudence and policy are trying when many of the clergy and the church Are jriinrr ik uv jtut ui uanuis iu urou aim their dying follqv when to espouse the cause of the black man is toplace self among the offseduring of all the earth Vhis makes the gold of Ophir as dross in comparison witi its value I i Phiiadbiphia 8th mouth 30th Respected iiend It seems as if I was compelled at this time to addressthee nqtwiibstmding all my reasonings against intruding on tby valuabletime and the uselessness' of so insignifi cant a person as myself offering thee the sentiments of sympathy at ths alarming crisis I can hardly Express to thee the deep and solemn inter est with which lhave viewed the violent proceedings of the last few Although lex oected onnncitims vpi 1 was not prepared for it so soon it took me by surprise and I greatly feared Abolitionists would be driven buck in thefirst onse( and thrown into confusion So 'fearful' was foul thoigh I clung with unflinching firmness to our principles yet I was afraid of even opening one of thy pa persJest 1 s'ee Borne indications of compromise some surrender some palliation Under these feelings I I mguu toreao toy Appeal to the citizens of Boston Judge then what were my feelings on finding that my were uueriygroundless and that thou stoodesl firm in the midst of the storm determined to suffer and to die rather than yield one inch? My heart was filled with thanksgiyiug and praise to jjje Preserver of men I thank ed God and look courage earnestly desiring that thous antis raaX adopt thy language and be nrenarrd monf the doom rather than give up the principles you i Abolitionists) have adopted? The ground upon which youtand is holy ground never never surrenderl If yotijurrender it the hope of tbe slave is extinguish ed and the chains of his servitude willbe strengthened a1URdred fold But let no man take your crown and suc cess is as certain as the rising of to sun But Jounust be willing to suffer the loss of all willing to be the scorn and reproach of professor and profane You must obey our great injunc tion ear not them that kill the body and after thar have nothing more that they can You must like count not your lives dear unto yoiirsclves so that you may finish your course with joy? Religious persecution always begins with mobs it is al ways unprecedented in the ago or country in which it com mences and therefore there are no laws by which Re formers can be punished consequently a lawless band of unprincipled men determine to take the matter into their hands and act out in mobs what they know are the prin ciples of a large majority of those who are too high in Church and State to condescend to mingle with them they seerrfy approvetend rejoice over their violent mea sures The first martyr who ever died was stoned by a lawless mob anil if we look at the rise of Methodists riends we shall find that mobshegan the persecution against them and that' it was not until after the people had thus spoken out their wishes that laws were framed to fine imprison or destroy them 'Lev us then be prepared for the enactment of laws even imour ree States against Abolitionists And how ardently has the prayer been breathed that God woujd prepare us for all he is preparing for' us that lie would Strengthen tra inthe hour of conflict and cover our heads (if consistent with bis holy will) in the day of battle But how earnestly have I desired not that we may escape suffer mg out mat we may be willing to endure unto the end If we call upon the slaveholder to suffer the Joss of what he calls property then let us show him we make this de mand from a dep sense of duty by being ourselves will ing to suffer the loss of character yea and life itself in what we believe to be the cause of bleeding hu manity My mind hat'beeii especially turned towards those who are standing in the forefront of tho battle and the praver has gone up for their not the nresereaG their lives but the preservation" of their minds in hu mility and patience faith hope and that charity which is the bond of perfectness If persecution is the means which God has ordained for the accomplishment of this great end Emancipation then in dependence upon hint for strength to I feel as if I could sav let it COME for it is my deep solemn deliberate conviction that this is a cause worth dying for I say so from what I have seen and heard and known in a land of slaverv tyhere rests the darkness of Egypt and wlfora is found the sin of let it let us suffer rather than insurrections should arise At qne time 1 thought this system would be overthrown blood wiih the confused noise of the warrior hula hope gleams across my mind that owe blood will be spilt instead of the slaveholders our lives will be taken and theirs I say a hope for of all things I desire to be spared the anguish of seeing our beloved Aed with the horrors of a servile war If persecution can nbohsh slavery it wflt also purif: the Church i and who If has arrived which makes it the part of wisdom to look at llna to satisfy ourselves nod others Ac 7 How can we look at it without examining it 7 and how can we satisfy nod others without privately and publicly discussing it 7 You allow us to exercise and ex press our individual judgment and opinion but in so do? tng you increase the exasperation of the soutl and dton doctrine which it holds to be fundamentally im authority Sir do you forbid our pub My discussing the subject of slavery or any other' wbeth er it relates to the affairs of the southern states or te those of the Autocrat of Russia 7 You are well awaretbal the people of New England are not particularly fond of secret discussions hence arose that strong hostility to the Hart ford Convention ef which you were a member Be as sured Sjr if we discuss the subject at all South pre? fers to hear what we say and see what we are doings 5 ou say the people ought to satisfy them elves that every effort intended to'propagate a general sentiment fa? vorable to the immediate abolition of slavery is of forbid ding aspect aud ruinous tendency? We think so too and therefore we eall upon them to read reflect and talk upon the subject lo lhefoselves not by taking the ipse dixit even of Harrison Gray not by hurling brickbat? at the heads or tarring and feathprinn ita sons of those whose sentiments do not aceord with theirs not by lynching their not by preventing free discussion er closing their eyes or shutting their not by conspiring to seize and destroy private property or to abduct or assassinate the advocates of 1 but by examining evidonr? lti I listening patiently and candidlv to both ani ati iaa? of the by loving their neighbors as themselves rcJflembcr'nff those in bonds as bound with hearkening to the voice of God rather than to the voice of the oppressor or any of his apologists Ail this supposes involves discussion Such a course the soulh'clearly perceives would lead to abolition Tor as far as it has has resulted in a radical change of views and principles subversive ofslavery and destructive to prejudice Henee our southern masters tell nsthat we'shall not argue the right of slavery nor question the validity of their title their1 slaves The language of a public meeting in Nor folk by what right we'retain this class of our population in bondage we shall likethe chivalry of Scotland on a similar occasion POINT TO OtIR SWORDS scorn to render any oilier reply? ilJs that they can make no other answer If they vvuu auuueo a single good argument in support of their unrighteous conduct they would never point to their swords Now inasmuch as the slave system cannot bear investigation any more than could the foreign slave trade it is certain that free discussion Will destroy the one as dld ftjher We have already grappled with the eon sciences of many anxious and inquiring slavte masters and sectl falling upon good ground even in the south I he power of truth is beginning to be felt in that seelies and the advocates of slavery tremble in view of this encouraging fact Read the following impor iu conression ot uuti lirecn the editor of the Washing ton Telegraph 1 We hold that our sole is on' ourselves that we have most to fear from the gradual operation onpub hc opinion among ourselves and that those are the most insidious and dangerous invaders of our rights and interests who coming to us in the guise of friendship5 endeavor topersuade us that slavery is a sin a curse ten evil is not true that the south sleeps on a that we are afranf to go td bed at night that we are fearful of murder and pillage Our greatest cause of apprehension is from tie operation oj the morbid sensibility which appeals to the consciences of our own people and would make them the voluntary instruments of their own ruiii i would make them voluntarily give up their impious claims upon their victims undo everyfourden and let the oppressed go free You have just discovered that an association has been formed in a neighboring State for the 'Avowed purpose of effecting the immediate abolition of slavery? Tn a neigh boring State Why Sir you seem to be ignorant of the fact that Massachusetts is warding with antf slavery so cfode? She has county town and village asso ciations all harmoniously co operating together and all exerting a powerful moral iiifluence upon the public mind deep and lasting opposition to southern slavery These are multiplying in all parts of tho Commonwealth give the following singula! reasons for branding them as a dangerous association Ls number is at present small and insignificant! iThis proves nothing against thenf If mey are msigmncant then they are not dangerous: You venture to assail lhem because you believe them to be few 2 Their printed constitution and proceedings seen on'y within a few days frankly developed their desire to establish auxiliary societies in every state and munici pality and to enlist in the service of the cause man wo nan flfld Well Sir there is no nothing of treason in this design The same grave charge may be urged against the' Bible Tract Missionary Peace and T'entperajice Societies they all aim to convert the nation xet wuti extraordinary fatuity you This simnle shows it to be a dangerous association k1 That is to say a society is dangerous because it is small and bause means toenlist if possible everyman woman and child in its enterprise Demonstration itself I A iDanielcomc to judgment yea a Daniel After this surmnary examination and conviction)' you venture to allude to principles Thus you reverse the order of things what should be first you put last and vice versa for a foundation you wisely take nothing and for a pinnacle you hoist up the corner stone Surely Sir the Anti Slavery Society must be judged by its principles by the number of its members yetbqfore you come to these you think that you have shown it to be danger ous! Tfn you proceed iA VCq' tendency of their nrin? Cinles Will nrove them I 1 i nvt winy iiiiiuinenu Ganger offoeUUnfon spril ald letler lhe const itutiou Now Sir so rapid is your exposition that you only darken counsel by words without Knowledge Abolition have three fundamental principle 1 A man's a man and nut a chattel 2 Hence Ke eannot be tho property of another '3 Hence that which makes him a chattel is "unnatur al monstrous'and unholy and ought' to bo immediately destroyed' 7 qu have not in any part of your speech attempted to refute either of these postulaies by anj appeal to rea son analogy or justice XTheir is self evi dent the wayfaring manhough a fool understands them Until you show them td be false you ean never prove them to be either slightly or imminently the constitution of the Union or tohe interests and safe ty of die planters or good thing WM LLOYD GARRISON 1 ANTI SLAVERY ALMANAC It will be perceived on reference to another column of to days paper that XVcbster and Southard Imre reduced the price of the Almanac for the purpose 'of giving it a more extensive circulation We hope that all our fiends and thosd who seek lhe welfare of the oppressed will use their influeuce in circulating it throughout the breadth i and length io foe land There have been about 13000 sold already This is ull wisn iuudvsoNi ntmaretf otuttn circulated as it is one of the most valuable pro duction the auti lavery cause? It will' bu useful du information while at the sama time it affords all that arc need VW 1 ADi'SIarery Societies and Conventions' ad ri iwell applied PM Ordcr Tf the wu oetore others shall be pur chased to occupy tbtr place Wil! our friends lookto thi SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19 1835 i TO HON HARRISON GRAY OTIS ETSR Xt i I Um very sure that your knowledge of abolition and writings is quite imperfect and derived from popular calumny rather than from calm and deliberate cx omination indeed) you frankly declare that you nothing of them? Incite breath you affect great liberali ty towards us and affirm that you make no personal al lusions and impeach no motives? In the for fated to run crooked you brand us as a dan gerous dangerous an unlawful associ hostile to the spirit and letter of the constitution of the Io trench uponits provisions by occrl revolutionary? combining to spread disaffection in other states and sweet fountains uf safety and comfort dec this Sir is extremely charitable and consistent from be lips of one who complains of our sweeping censures and severe allegations It is not personal it is no impeach Of rin Ttitlinnnv onH ila AASSK4 til VJ lUUiUP it only means in good plain English that we are very hon est wolf meaning traitors who contemplate no mischief but whose sole object is to destroy the Union and spread disaffection throughout the land Allow me to test the value of your chantable abstinence by arraying i Mr Otis versus Mr 6tis of these the )' Almost all the epithets oi anti slavery associations I vituperation which our Ian rely entirely upon the ac miare affords have been no count the give of them plied to the slaveholders orIves and their objects I their principles as if the make no personal allusions feelings of such' persons and impeach no mo could be propitiated by an tires affected distinction between I a condemnation of the indi t'idual and his principles Greek against Greek and both are slain It seems that your charity for our motives is but" another name for affet tation or hypocrisy As for our accusations against slavc 1 holders they are preciselyXsuch as tho Bibl authorizes we cannot but feel confirmed in our belief of thelr'ap plicability whetrwe perceive so powerful a mind as your own unable to rebut one of them Positive assertion with "7 out proof wholesale crimination yithouVcauseand im a passioned declamation without reasohyconsiitiite the whole5 of your harangue itjioes not contain one argument 'Ah who ifan argue against the rights of man and the blessings ofjiberty 7 Arp they not self evident 7 Here is another specimen of your moral acuteness and ingenious discrimination 5 Happily for our country there is no disposition In the people bnthis community nor I believe of any of our cities I' or towns' to ssstain a public discussion of a tpcestionpreg with these fata consequences? But the lime? has ar i'aiv rived whichmakes it thepart of wisdom andsafety to look ft this question in the distance? and forestall its approach' to sajisfy oorselves and others that it ought never to he entertaiuedexeepr in the exercise and expression ofindi vidual judgment and and that every effort iiitend ed to propagate a general senitment favorable to lheiin meaiate abolition ot slavery is of forbidding aspect and ruinous tendency i Thi is contradictory and indefinite enough If there be 1 Oo disposition to sustain a public diseussion of this ques tion how came you and the multitude to assemble in an euil Hall to discuss it 7 And why are similar meetings called in various sections of New England 7 TheSolution of problem is hat there is no disposition to sustain a ree and fair discussion but only a discussion of one side i aflh is favorahlp to slavery And why this unwillingness 7 Because it is clearly lltat free and unobstructed djscussion will speedily change public sentiment in lhis country as it did in Great anu eneci me abolition of slavery forever What is the lan guage of one of the most unprincipled and blood thirsty7 newspapers in the the Boston Commercial your eulogist! ree discussion on the subject of slavery Ay as Pe truchio says the The mischief all lies a nutshell free discussion on this subject leads at sneeto ABOLITION and EMANCIPATION? Precious confession loo true and too important to be forgotten by the friends ofhuman freedom Yes Sir to uphold slaveryin our nidst you must destroy the lib PRESS and pul gags into the mouths of all your fellow or be content the' chains of despotism shivered by the hammer aud treked by ihe fire Is not my word like a fire 7 s'aith'the Lord and like a hammer that breaketit the rock in pieces Speak unto all the cities dll the words that I command speak unto them diminish not a word if sb' be they will hearken and turn every man from bis evil Way that I may repent me of lhe evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings? Pbe oppresstirs at the south are aware thatas surely as the light of morning dispenses the darkness ofnigbt so surely willree discussion put au end to slavery What tnen jin they acmand of the people of England 7 5 Not merely to hoJ4 public meetings and denounce aboli Tr? iouists but they call upon therp unblusliingly and ex pressly to pass LAWS PROHIBITING TM rnrnH of SPEECH and of the press on the suhjwrwkeouthern and if they refuse thus to make themselves if they refuse to shackle and destroy that' Ke i palladium of their own then these insatiate and haughty tyrant threaten io rebel against the Union! When Mr Ritchie of the Richmond Enquirer windy self conceitcd and cowardly first read the ofthe aneuii Hall meeting he was elevated to eestacy for he persuaded himself that lhe SPIRIT TRUTH and ltberty was actually dead and buried His blissful reverie was almost instantly brokef as'if by a frightful appariSon and benow says oftbat meei however aspect something more substantial we shall look fora cessation of the issue of incendiarv pl pare altogether or for high penalties upon the ctrcufatX of them within our limits If it be consistent with the rirtt of dtscussion to impose restrictions upon the press in tkV orth sure Jy lt cannot be asking too pjuch to insist upon punishment upon those who mail them fol within the slaveboidiug states or who transmit therl io aujr other way The tone of tire Richmond Whig is still more imperial I na VnPa9 or professions and needs klavfs If competent to protect neighborhood surprise and massacre while is awakened There is no remedy but I' 'M'ndury journals ns the exciters of bloodshed thousand meetings will eTXff is made of stern r60 fhsckcd by a preamble ofoesoh'm" however strongly conceived or They have dared too mSalrea vv Kwrows ms no less a 51 1Or Dlsunion and Stronger means must be applied We reiterate to the put a stop to this Of and unmerited national destruction What stops short of that foil to give redress for past Jones or security gamut future Tell us not osympj cannot reach the cileslande Thi is the kindof compensation that southern masters give to their servants and slaves whether at the North or the South At their bidding you aud our associates have bower! the neck and bent the you have bound a selves ignobly to their ehariot have covered yourselves with the filth ofslavery that they might not be offended at the purity of yopr aspect: but besue you cannot effect because you are unable to inako others as servile polluted aud obsequious as your because in short the vigor of the bow has" not equalled tho venom of tbe'shaft and Liberty'still they sptlrn you with ineffable contempt reprl even your ewn stavishness and threaten a terrible punishment! A very suitable reward il or mn country that there is no dis position among the people to sustain a public discussion of question Why then in the very next sentence you eeausdict yourself by saying tfcaj the time We recur to ths i turbulent ill lllfi of Babylon to freshen the inemoHes of ir readers and to exhibit tho conformity of the spirit of infidelity' to that of the Colonization Society jir It wi I be recol lected that the anti slavery meetinglri Chai ham street Chapel was routed by a vociferous tiat Ralph Randolph Gurley the Secretary and Agent of the A American' Colonization Society was the grand and Magnus Apollo of the that he impudently ejected Rev Dr Cox from the chair and was greetediLaAm VkVP' fTvc mAh LAPir? 4 VAAV VJ WAV MTOtr USlMUiak reWlUUQn ta vor of the Colonization Society 'was unanimously adopted by the mob' 'Of Mr harangue to the mob the New Courier and Enquirer (one of the most licentious and desperate print1 thatever "i disgraced and cursed a civilized land) spoke in fof iowing terms We place in a parallel cdumnCoL denunciation of all moral and religious eflorfs as given in the same article'' 4 The principal ohiect Millions of these mischievous and cvery year 'cOntributed malignant incendiaries (i and expended' by ambi abolitionists) seems to tious recte who (send their be the destruction of the emissaries i missiona Colonization Soc which ries to every portion'd holds out the only ration the peopled earth carry ul and practicable mode ingnot perhaps fire and of bringing about the sword but laying the sure emancipation of" the foundations of bloody rev options and widewastina The assembly now took anarchy' Thousand ol the business in their own stout young meri are now hands and 'Mr Gurley educated at was unanimous) calledwnf ninm nIA to the chair? On taking contribute a cent a week it he made a short address to lure idleness from "alL Of this we feel it difficult! useful? Occupations and to express our feelings of educate fanatics for pur admiration for its fer poses of "public mischief vent and impressive elo toiniakewab on all quence for its candor its the harmless amusements pure and patriotic senti acts occupations of ments He exposed the life to uproot th'o settled dangers which would foundations of the social threaten our Union and system and to tender all beloved country if the laws constitutions and disorganizing principles governments subservient of the abolitionists should to their own ferocious am prevail We do not to become the sole pretend to even despots of the earth? abstract of this truly elo That there is a deep laid quent address which was plan'among these aspiring listened to with' intense sectarians to bring us interest by a crowded au back to tho settled gloom ditory and only interrupt and superstition' of the ed by their loud applause dark ages is indicated by and approbation After' their whole conduct Col this some resolutions leges and institutions are were adopted denouncing every year founded to in in unqualified terms the itiate a new race of monk Abolition Anti Union So and fanatics in the arte their principles and mysteries of clerical auu xneir ease attempts to impose on the public and approving of the Col onization Society'! iDgbigflts a So much for the the piety of the Colo nization ora few months pastMr Gurley has been jour? ncying in New England ostensibly to procure aid for this perishing combination but really to stirfin the worst passions of the human hcart'against the aboli tionists His harrangues have been surcharged with falsehood and madness' He has told the peo? pie again and again that the abolitionists must be put down or our glorious Union will be destroyed and the land will be filled with It is palpable that he is the pensioned tool1 of the southern slave holders So that his veracity and honesty arc precisely X' on a level with theirs He is ndwjn the State of A' Maine taking advantage of the present furiouffexcite ment against the abolition cause? A great pro sjavery meeting having been 'held in Portland he rightly deemed it a suitable time to call a Coloriization meet ing He did so The meeting was called to order by a notorious religion? srnRUr r' 3 JAS by a slanderer of his countrymen abroad and one of the leaders of tho New York mob in I833L him who took part in the recent opposition meetinn' in a caumg ueorge inopjpson base scoun and other opprobrious names by JOHN JNEAL' who after a few pertinent introductory fo introduced Mr? Gutiey to the audience I Here is honest coinpanionship I A resolution adopted couched in this remarkable language 3 Jlesolved That iie American Society for coloniz? tng with their own consent the free people of color in Africa or elsewhere (ETappt oved as it has been by manv oi our distine uislied follow ritivnna nt and by several of the Legislatures of ihe Southern States is entitled to the united and liberal support of tho American people? 4 i The logic of the above is par with its morality Because the most distinguished oppressors inthe land1 and those legislatures which are increasing" the bur defis of the free people of color and the chains of the slaves support the Colonization 'therefore it is entitled to the patronage of the whole people I This is the only reason nnS 'ff CW rwt grains of impartial unprejudiced common ire 4 uvvuvu LU u4u is a conclusive reasonwhy the It Society should receive condemnation of every lover of freedom and every friend of rom Portland MrGurley went to Hallowell and according to the ree addressed a meeting of the friends of the Union and Constitution upposea io tne immediate abolition of slavery this deceitfuf and wicked associate pf per uu lyrarns we proceed to give some fresh il lustrations of the spirit of the Colonization Society and its supporters as we are anxious to furnish if possible a satisfactory reply to the grtjve and intel ligent question Why cannot the Anti Slavery and Colonization Societies co operate together lij rom a Pittsburgh (Pa) paper of the 24th we copy the following paragraph i The adjourned meeting for the purpose of organ izing association of those who are in favoc of icoio i nizing the blacks and opposed to the mad schemes of some of the abolitionists will taka place this evening We hope there will be a general Why Tho imlividuals calied upo in the above notice were at that time mobbing some of the colored inhabitants of Pittsburgh to make them willing to remove to Liberia r1 The first paragraph "under the editorial head of the if cbmenceg referring to th eaboli In consequence of the of led fanatics and' DESIGNING KNAVES? to create not but INSURRECTION i movements among the colored population of the Southern Statek public meetings without of party have been 5Vhy cannot is special guardianship of the veracious Elliott Cressoh persoaage somewhat notorious1 in England correspondentof the NfY Journaljof Com merce at Natehez after denouncing the abolitinni I be reco ham street 1 0 uti' 1 Tv.