The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 1

a hvi' Liotfb garrison fcdito I HE ai ftik SsB Hear! Hear! If John Quincy Adams had waived his claims pronounced by the popular vote to be subordinate to Gen and had bowed to the popular sovereignty he would not have been degraded by the acquisition of the Presidency into on outoMt from tho favor tni sorahlo fac tionist seeking to save himself from ignominious obscurity to which he was condemned by the infa mous notoriety of preaching an abolition crusade against the Constitution of his country Globe Oct 30 vbtxin No 49 Mr Bennett and Garrison Hateful and hating one another? These three worthies almost equally noted for blustering and contention nre likely to have a serious misunder standing has assailed Bennett in the rudest manner and he' sets Garrison down as a maniac in matters'of religion' The great Irish agi tator is undoubtedly far the most' eloquent of the three but the others are his equals in detractidmvlt seems desirable that these men who stand so little chance of securing the respect of mankind in gen eral 'should manage so as to keep in witheach other However' if they must' say hard things among they can lo so without lhe need of exaggeration or the fear of successful contradic tion Northern Advocate 4 i a I Mr to deal out his blpwsindis criininately on friend and foe Jlis reception of Bennett is well known In a 'recent spebcH occasion to denounce VVrn Lloyd who he seemed on religious subjects to be some thing of a maniac The Boston Liberator is down upon its Irish namesake for this in a tornado of in dignation If xnever commits greater er rors than in his estimate of Bennett and Garrison' we shall think Daniel is not so bad a fellow after all Springfield rom the Cincinnati Philanthropist Mr Adams and the Colored People As' we have already mentioned a large and re spectable Committee of the colored people waited upon Mr Adams on Saturday last Through their chairman Mr Langston they addressed him as fol lows Mr Adams The agreeable task has been conferred on me in behalf of the colored people of this city of welcoming you on your arrival amongst us and prof fering to you the token of our highest regard and esteem Sir the situation in which we are placed by the laws and prejudices of our country deprives us of an opportunity of participating with our white fol low citizens in offering to you that kind of recep tion which we believe your claims justly demand However Sir permit us to tender you our entire approbation of tiie course you have pursued' when in defiance of the threats and imprecations of a slaveholding representation you endeavored to sus tain unsullied the right of petition a right guaran teed by the Constitution to every citizen of these United Stales and inherited from a beneficent Cre ator by all his intelligent creation Sir your able defence of the Amistad captives by which means a number of our fellow men were raised from a level with the brute creation and placedin the scale of human existence and your indefatigable exertions against the admission of Texas into the Union in the event of which slavery would have been prolonged and our common coun try perhaps forever ruined have convinced us of the position you occupy in relation to that oppressed portion of American citizens tire colored people and lhe views of American slavery promulgated by you to the world are more than sufficient evidence of the sentiments you entertain in favor of crushed and bleeding humanity These demonstrations of your regard for us we duly appreciate and although we have no honors of State to confer yet we offer you a far higher reward in the approbation of a grateful people Injuries we write upon sand but favors on marble not to be erased and these acts of yours are aS indelibly written on the tablets of our hearts and cun never be obliterated Sir your untiring efforts in favor of the acknowl edgement of Haitian independence and your whole course as it regards thepolicy of this government presenting as it does one continual scene of active life devoted to the improvement of the moral and political condition of man lead us to recognize in you the true American citizenthe supporter of equal rights and privileges and the friend of man kind Throughout the last half century one portion the people of these United States for whom and with whom you have fought the moral and political bat tles of libertyhave been living in the full posses sion of all iis fruits one of the happiest among the family of nations Whilst the other daring the same period has been laboring under an oppressive bondage such us the world has never seen But as you have raised your voice in the defence of universal freedom we hope it will never cease to be heard until there shall not be a slave to curse the soil of the boasted land of liberty The cause you have adopted Sir is the cause' of truth and justice it is ono which God himself will sanction and although the combined powers of earth and hell shall be raised against it it must and will prevail And here 1 am reminded of the lan guage promulgated on one occasion by your vener able sire when the energies of bis soul were pul forth in defence of the liberties of his country the pulpit resound with llie doctrines and sentiments of religions liberty Let us hoar tho danger of thraldom to our con science from ignorance extreme poverty and pendance in short from civil andpolitical slavery us Sec delineated before us the true nature of tnan Let us hear the dignity of his and the noble rank he holds among the' 'works of God Alarming The following choice paragraph is from the Providence Evening Chronicle The fact is Abolition has got to be defyer of both law and gospel In the hands of Garrison and his fananical followers it mocks the Church and coun tenancesa dissolution of the' Union to say nothing of winking at insurrection and midnight slaughter of the whiles by the blacks has assumed such a ultra stand that its supporters and followersare daily growing less while the few that do uphold the movements of these men are regarded with ridi cule besides being all divided into a hundred differ ent views upon a hundred different points The thing is fast wearing out the ligament which holds together such radical irreverent unpatriotic disor ganizing materials will soon snap asunder and then perhaps some other good principle may be takon up and prostrated forever by the same mis erably bad management iihxtfe'grotiWihat can be taken shall be aboli and sustain the abolition of slavery with all the force that we possess With the present aboli tioo party we have but little sympathy as we re gard them as the worst enemies of the poor slave and the fatal instruments of the protraction of his enormous wrongs 7 The abolitionists thought to play deep game on the strength of that address Their leaders who had never before been seen in the ranks of Repealers and never have since pushed forward with awaken ed zeal into the very first talking position on the question Their purpose was to join both questions in this country and were it not for the clear honesty of those who felt that Repeal at that time could bear no such fatal marriage they would have succeeded and American Repeal at this day would have had all the sins of the abolitionists to stagger ortunately Tor the hope of Irish freedom? and for the universality of American sympathy the scheme was promptly ridiculed and Repeal careered' onward without any obstruction from that cause The address and the abolition plans built upon it foftd a speedy and silent grave "Another farce is now attempted to be enacted on the back of reply to the Repealers of Cincinnati In this connexion' we cannot withhold the' expression of our abhorrence' of the dishonest' trick resorted to by the abolitionists to fill aneuil Hall on Saturday night last Their advertisements and placards scattered through the city announced it as a Repeal meeting whereas the getters up meeting were never known to approach or con tribute a penny to the cause 'of Irish freedom What iatbb ocoaeion nf thin sudden outburst nf Re pen 1 sympathy among the abolitionists Where was theirardent love of the Irish and their idolatrous ad miration of when lhe news of his arrest reached this country Why did they not raise their voices when a portion of 5 those sixty thousand signers were threatened to be shot down on the field of Clontarf? We then heard nothing of making common cause agitation and noth ing of high admiration and love of the object of Tory wrath and vengeance No no this' selfish party are never heard to talk of Ireland or Irishmen until some abolition speech of can be tor tured into their purposes The meeting on Saturday night was eminently and purely abolition in its spirit Vituperation abuse invective and falsehoods uttered with sancti monious seriousness was the opening the middle and the close Villanous epithets flung at the dem agogue editors of Irish and rascally as fiersions levelled at the character of the Irish popu ation of America was the burden of their speeches and resolutions with here and there a disgustingly fulsome eulogy upon those who were willing to fling themselves neck and heels into the arms of the abolition party These things were received by the audience with mingled hisses groans and shouts and proved the fatal blunder the party had commit ted in supposing that abuse of Irish journals was an argument for abolition We left lhe Hall early in the evening but have since understood that John Tucker and Esqrs two ardent Repealers manufactured an awfully wet blanket for the abolitionist attempt to mingle Repeal with anti slavery agitation The speeches denunciatory of the object of the meeting were received with great applause K' John Quincy Adams and Slavery in the Dis trict of Columbia1 i Mr Adams was waited on at Pittsburgh by ai Committee of the political abolitionists urging him to meet and address them This he declined avow ing that he was as much opposed to slavery as any of them and especially to lhe representation of ekivesin Congress but expressing his opposition to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia until the slaveholders in the said District should be in favor of the measure! He said: With regard to the subject mentioned in this note the annexation of Texas and the abolition of slavery in the District of have no opin ions which I wish to conceal' The Texas question is a very delicate one and it is probable it will occu py much of the attention of Congress the ensuing session my views of it have been already avowed on more than one occasion On the subject of ab olition abolition societies anti slavery Societies or the abolition party I have never been a member of any of them But in opposition to slavery I go as far as any of these my sentiments I believe very nearly accord with theirs That slavcty will be abolished iri this country and throughout' the world 1 firmly believe Whether it shall be done' peaceably or by blood God only knows but that it shall be accomplished I have not a doubt and by whatever way I say let it come As to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia I have said that I was opposed to not because I 'have any doubts of the power of Con gress to abolish slavery in the District for I have none But I regard it as a violation of republican principles to enact laws at the petition of one peo ple which are to operate upon another people against their consent As the laws now stand the people of the District have property in their I do not admit that these laws are in accordance with justice for it can never be true that one 'man can rightfully have property in another man1 Still these laws have had an existence since before that part of the country became the District of Columbia and was brought under the power of Congress and I think Iftey not be altered without the consent of the people of that District This consent I believe will yet be obtained and slavery will be abolished there rom the Emancipator A Letter to Maria Chapman November 17th 1843 Respected Madam: Some time ago you wrote an article in the Liber ator condemnatory of the National Convention of color' people which was held in the city of Buf falo in the month cf August last should have sent a reply ere this time had I not been engaged somiuch in the cause of freedom since the appear ance of your article I must confess that I was ex ceedingly amazed to find that I was doomed to share so much of your severity to call it nothing else And up to this moment 1 have not been able to un derstand the motives which led you to attack iny character as you have in the paper referred to I am a stranger to you comparatively and whatever of my public life has come to your notice you have seen nothing impeachable 1 was born in slavery and have escaped to teH you and others what the monster has done and is still doing It therefore astonished me to think that you should desire to sink jne again sto the condition of a slave by for cing me to think just as you do My crime is that I have dared to think and act contrary to your opinion I am a Liberty party man you are op posed to that party far be it from me to attempt to injure your character because you cannot pronounce my shibboleth While you think as you do we must differ If it has come to this that I must think and act as you do because you are an abolitionist or be exterminated by yout thunder then do not hesitate to say that your abolitionism is abject slavery Were I aslave of the Hon George McDuffie or John Calhoun I would not be required to do anything more than to think and act as I might be command ed I will not be the slave of any person or party I am a Liberty party man from choice No man ever asked me to join that party''! was the firstcol ored man lhat ever attached his name to that party and you may rely upon my word when I tell you I mean to i You likewise adopt all that Marsh of Buf falo has said of the Convention and' myself I shall not attempt to say anything more than this in re gard to him My frieodMr Marsh is a man of a very unstable He is one thing to day and another thing to morrow He was once a Liberty man but he is now a no church and no government man I never saw such an unfair statement penned by a man calling himself a Every thing that he has written is either false or exaggerated I have no more to say of 1 leave him alone iri his glory But I am sorry that you have echoed his false allegations I am sorry that all the old organ ization journals have likewise echoed that libellous report But the address to the slaves you seem to doom to the most fiery trials And yet madam you have not seeiiithat address you have merely heard of it nevertheless you criticised itfvery severely You speak at length of myself the author of the paper You say that I have received bad You afe not tho only person who has told your humble REUGE OPPRESSION? rom the Boston Olivo Branch The Non Resistants The Non Resistants have been holding a meeting at Chapel this week We had the pleas ure of looking in upon them a part of one day The scenes and discussions which transpired during our presence were quite and we may when have leisure bring some of them before the public The meeting we think was not altogether without its use for we saw one very tame looking gentle man holding a skein of yam on his hands from which his wife was winding a ball preparatory to knitting the same into stockings Several were en gaged in knitting and we marked them down as coming the nearest of doing service of any of the members present Sister Abby olsom was on bud and ready as usual to enlighten the people with her peculiar philosophy She seemed to be nther an eye sore to the brethren and from the oc casional sparring which was indulged in in a sort ofii civil way and sundry sly glances we were in clined to suspect dial if it were not too gross a vio Ution of lhe law of consistency these peaceful non resistants would have ejected poor Abby pe force Whatever others may say of Abby we bon estly affirm that in comparison with those who par ticipated in the debate she showed herself quite a than The Hon Gerritt Smith though a member of achurch and professed Christian as well as philan thropist is profaning the Sabbath by lectures on politics Poor must be tho cause which needs such support ibid 5 TT Garrison and a set of males and females of his own kidney have had a Convention nt Lowell in which they resolved that the clerical institution had origin wjth the devil philanthropists will 4 be very likely to go to the lb i rvtj tut STS4 i the annual meeting of the Non Resis tant Society! it was voted to publish as soon as pos series of to act forth the principles Society They need not be at tho expense it yery plain by their course that one principal objects is tho overthrow of the Christian Ilegister a Venom Speaking of the aboli lomsts Webb of the Courier Enquirer frotn tlie most open avowal of their principles that have been made and the clearest in icationtf that have been given of their purposes bniarC i rCe tobelieve that a more dangerous or lawless fanatics has never cursed any county with its detestable i rom the Abolition Meeting iri aneuil Hall Some two years ago an address was brought over to this country by tho abolitionists from Ireland to which was appended thenames of O'Connell ather Mathew and some sixty thousand others That ad dress spoke with much warmth to their countrymen in America' of tho horrors of slavery ond'the virtues of the abolition party and concluded with an appeal to them to lend their influence latter There is throughout tho land among lrishmeir a deep rev erence for tho Patriot and lhe Temperance Apostle of Ireland and much of reverent reliance upon the sage and inspiring lessons that falkfrom their lips And 'yet that address fell still born from the hands of those who conceived it Thecrafty demagogues' who thought that the names and Mathew were spell words sufficient to overwhelm the reasons and convictions of the Irish in this coun try were astounded at the suspicious coldness with wnich it was received and this Journal which had the honor of bestowing nponf it its death knell even since been the standing theCne'of abuse and vituperation ofthe abolition press We were not' surprised at this we had intimated to us the amount of money it had cost to get up that prodigious array of names and the time and labor the abolitionists through their agents had expended in bringing for i ward that supposed magical address and we there fore took their invectives with what philosophy we could summon to our aid The opinions uttered we hae ha no re a so tv to change sinceit the jparty is the same When it changes and tjie'boly true humane philanthropic and prac 'Amalgamation Can it be possible that the gal lant Irish nation are prepared to sanction the dis gusting amalgamation proposed by Is it possible that the nobly proportioned Irjsh face one of jhe finest if not the finest in Europe is to be united to the dusky tribes of Africa Are forms modelled after hers 8 Who on Mount Ida strove to be consigned to the embraces of the thick lipped woolly headed negro "Is this the fate destined for the finest peasantry in the world Is this to be The ultimatum of Daniel agitation i Are all his efforts for the liberation of his countrythus to end in this speckled millennium? Herald A7Sbbib Ball Win A £lAMsHiia llhP Rogers ilbuj oMT jQhn Demen Koodstock Boklund lSt tour Isdera for a thorough andrnest advocacy of the annexation of Texasf in tfe "jnessage It is not the midst of political jirganuations both alike dis trustful of and despising him but is the result af de liberate councils in which the Southern prtMMN sions of the President kr adviser Mr Upshur concur with the calculations personaadvahtogfrum urging tbismere They are both in earnest and will assuredly mhi t' ibis favorite project with all diligence ankxaal" fftound upod which it it hoped to carry pomwv Ikr Sentiment wijhsX Great has madosDch demonstration's iri favor of the abolition of slavery Texssa? will if successful give her omplpte gw i cenaancy in the councils of that Stte n4 reader it grandiflemont Then agaih it is to bo umed tbai danger will arise tothe institutionsof lhe SoutK by the proximity to ils of a State and that too growing State In a climate milder than that og nie owri southern where a colored akin and freedom shall and whole nation the United States at large are to be called upon to defend slavery although the denied to them by the same parties to uknany stepa i toward abolishing or pne I do not hesitate to that the annpxa tion of Texas to this Unionao contrary to the undor) standirigj with which it wasVoriginallyiformedfahdr subversive of tho principles it was designed to cherish and bromote would In fact amount to a dW? solution ofthe i ine thirteen colonies were inhabited uy men whom common sufferings before the revolution and common perils arid glones during knit as it were Jintd one homoguneoua mass: and 4 when at the Close off a successful war they had deliberate jtbout a form of government that should' be congenial to all arid supreme over all they 1 so as bretftfhri of the same familyaus members one of another and the result was out present glorious Constitution made not tq extend and perpetuate qla yery butfor the advancement of liberty rom the necessity of the indeed dnd Jn the coinpfomise that belonged to the occasion and to' the holy ties that' bound all together the institutioitA of slavery as then existing was recognized: botpnly incidentally and so to peak always as an institution transient and of which thcu end was looked for This ia undoubtedly thetruO i view of the clauses in the Constitution that reference to as might' if needful be abundantly proyed But nowinstead of tho except tionable character of these clauses they are repre sented aa the key stone of the arch arid itia eveuf contended that unless we go on indefinitely to mulr7 tiply slave States and extend the 'rule and the re gion of slavery we are unfaithful the Constitution! and unjust to' our co partners Io this view oflhe Constitution is an appeal tobe made in behalf of the annexation of Texas and? such view of the Constitutional consider tanta rhount to its dissolution 1 Upon this" head' the argument is cleaf and runs moreover so much in with the publid 'seritiirieilt of the world Upon the subject of slavery that I should hot much Tear the result the project of the annexation if to be decided its merits and with reference to the injunctions o4 permissions of But the teal dan ger is from the appeal that will be made to the pride the prejudices nnd the jealousies of the American people against what will be represented a new11 and offensive fodictCtiori of the ambition of England! and dfQieri disposition to meddle' with our institu tions I know the sensitiveness' of the country to any such appeals and I fear' confess what I must call its cowardice where a fdretgn nation and espe cially Englands supposed to be iri fcny wise the ad verse party' ri The odium' attached to those who opposed the lastrs war was sqgreat thahenceforth the danger is that we may be urged headlong into measures of hoatiji ty or inevitably leadjpg thereto without qppft(der lion pr opposition is against this view of the Texas case I would forewarn you and your reriders for Texas can never t' be admitted to this Union except under cover of the: stalking horse of British ambition and British infill A 3 4 4 jf TS orewarned forearmed i nri Texas? Wd aid gfod toperceive by the follow ing paragraph that5 our southern brethren are not an ryleritesoo the 'question of the anneration TeXai Thtffo are i indications that a strong feeling of hostility to the measure exists even intheslavw States' rheNorfolka Herald saysA The report is current that! a proposition to annexk Texas to the Union will be brought before Congress at the' ensuing session' of that body It may or it may' not be" so but should the annexation taW place it will be fatal to the interest of the South and we tfarn lhe people of the southern States toex amine the subject before the' permit their prejudices or political feelings to be taken captive by scheming politicians or speculators I Leaving abolitionists 'and fanaticsout of the We Can imagine no rational mptive whicK should" induce the' people oT Ne Englarid to prefer that belunder influ jt ence of Great Britain annexed tothe" United States and it is in this shape that thp qui tion will untimately presented to thpm for their decision! 'That it is tiie design of (x rest Britain acquire such controlling influenceand lhat there is every likelihood of her accomplishing her desigift unless speedily arresfed is to tfur minds already de monstrated and the evidence to be adduced before thO riation will be found irresistiblj I i 'k? The schr of wrir lfrt arrived kt Gaiveatoti on the 17th inst from Norfolk with despatchee firoia the States governmenT to Gen Murphy the American Charge Affaires" and it is resumed these despatches relate to this inter ference of the United States to prevent the contain mation of British 'designs upon Texas We are aware that Geh Murplty is in possession of informs tion derived from respectable sources tbat will ex cite more astonishment and alarm io the American cabinet' than the speeches of 'Lord Brougbam and Aberdeen wJThfs mubK we think is certaio the fear? of the people of the southern State that the object of (jthe abolitionists in'Epglod is to dissolvethe Union if necessary to effect the aboliUon or alaj very are well founded and we believe the docu ments obtained by Gen Murphy here and those ob tained by Gen Thompson in Mexico will furnish evidence of tbe intention of Great relating to Texas that will convince the American statesman that there are but few alternativesleftto remedy the eviL Whenever the Congress of the Uuiteo States shall by a resolution permit TexMi to becouW 'sn a portion of Mie Union alb difficulties will stantly settled or the government of Texas uii' compelled by the express inatructioos of the pepfHe to ratify the annexation whenever the givw its consent If the statesmen ofthe United Statea therefore desire peace let them it the annexation of Texas io thetUniom They psniSi accomplish more towards the' advancement of th honor a nd prosperity of the Unite Btate? by wectr ing this greet measure than by laviahing! Ui blood and mines oftrnoreor floQdaofjnkinbu warofaggreesion Britain jtunuwn esegrapn A PUBLISHED EVERY RIDAY nc that consenting fo slavery ismisacrilegious breach of trust osjoffensive in the sight otGod as it is de rogatory from our own honor our interest our hap piness and that God has promulgated from heaven liberty peace and good will Jo And of all great questions 'in which the rights of mankind are concerned' it may truly be ofjyour distinguished self that the mantle of the father has fallen upon tho son 4 i In conclusion Sir permitus to congratulate you on the apparent success of your public career hop ing that you may be eridriwdil with hrialth strength pbrform thd duties 'assigned you here and when yoq shall your ex2 istence imay be welcomed to that blest abode pre pared for alll the faithful andthere receive: that gio rious ejaculation VVell done good and faithful ser vant enter thou into the joys of thy in behalf of the colored citizens of this the: Queen of the West we welcome 1 MR REPLY TO THE COLORED COMMITTEE SATURDAY MORNING November 1 1th a i Sir: ellow Citizens I receive this testimony of your regard and approbation of iny public course through life with pleasure It would have given ine greater pleasure were it possible that in the recep tion which my fellow citizens of this portion of the country have given me there could have Kbeen no motive to induce one class of them to receive ine in a manner different from all the rest It is one of the most painful reflections in' the life of a public man 'that there should have been dis tinctions arising from colonbetween citizens of the United States' This is however a state oklhingsi which is out of my power to prevent Of course (as in my public career it has necessarily occurred) it has been my duty to devote my attention To move ments and acts of legislative bodies which in an esr pecial manner interest the colored people It is agreeable to me to receive the testimony of their gratitude which you now present to me and to rc fleet that jl have done something to discharge my duty to my fellow men of whatever class or condi tion they may be It is my sincere hope that the time may come when the disabilities imposed upon men on account of color shall cease to exist in any part of our en tire country Respecting the reference which has been made to the part I have taken in the Congress ofthe'Uni ted States it is proper that I should that so far as the right of petition is concerned I did not in tend solely to advocate your interests but those of all the people of the country That groat right has been assailed in Congress and for some years ef fectually assailed and it needed to be supported not for you but for the majority of the people of the United States By' majority I mean that whole por tion of the people of every color who are not slaves themselves and have feelings of aversion for the condition of slavery for which they call on Congress for the remedy On that ground 1 have in Congress always received the prayers and petitions of the people' whatever color for such measures as might tend to the abolition of slavery throughout the United Slates 1 I am aware that in the opinion of a great portion of the people there is no povyer delegated to Con gress to operate on slavery in the slave States I do not subscribe entirely to that doctrine I have in Congress declared the opinion that a crisis might occur when the power of Congress would extend not pnly over the abolition of slavery but to the emancipation of slaves I must say to you however that the opinion I entertain is that at the present time iri times of peace Congress has not the power to abolish slavery in those States where it ex ists by law They have the power to abolish slave ry in the District of Columbia and the territories of the Uni ted States But in abolishing slavery as an institution they have no power to emancipate slaves The abolition of slavery is the annihilation of that institution I have myself proposed a Congress in which I gave as my opinion that slavery might be abolished throughout the United States That is by amending the Constitution so that ul people of color born after a certain period should be born free This would not affect the con dition of any person now living I appointed a time I think it was the year 1850 after which all per 1 sons born in the United States should be free arid that there should be no such thing as slavery there after This could be done without changing the condition of any living person That it is not in lhe power of the government of the United Slates in times of peace to do 7 With regard to the services yon are pleased to say I performed in the case of the Amistad captives it is right that 1 should say they are not entitled to that importance which you give them That case was peculiar They hud found themselves not by their own act but by the deception of those who alone could navigate the vessel accidentally within the territory of the United States They were Af ricans recently brought from the coast of Africa They had been landed in the Spanish dominions in lhe West Indies against the law of nature and of the Spanish government itself They had been clandestinely shipped from one port of Cuba to another there to be sold as hereditary slaves forever This was their condition They were taken by the officer of the United States and brought before the tribunals of this country for a decision of their" fute as criminal They were before the courts of the United States without friends without means without a knowledge of the language of the country and were to be tried for their lives on a criminal charge without any power of making a defence At this time some benevolent citizens of the United States seeing their condition stepped forward as Mends of human na ture to save them from slavery and destruction Those friends of human nature thought proper to ap ply to me and request my services as a counsellor at law in their defence Thirty five human beings men women and children stood before the tribu nal of our country for a decision upon their lives and liberty I had been theretofore a practitioner of the law in lhe Courts of the United States but for thirty years and upwards had ceased to practice I had never expected to appear in courtiu ttie satne 1 capacity again during my life But that appeal being made to my sense of humanity it was not pos sible for me to resist it I must say to you that I acted altogether independently of the question whether they were slaves or freemen It was with me a'sentitneni of simple humanity seeing fellow creatures suffering and to whom it was supposed I might possibly reuder assistance I acted upon the same general principles of hu manity upon which any of you seeing a drowning child would save him at the peril of your lives 'r 1 did therefore undertake their defence Their case was one as clear in principle as it was perilous in the condition to which they were exposed There never came a case before a human tribunal in niy4 opinion when the law was more decided and the rights of the prisoners to a full and free discharge more clear and scr decided the Supreme Court of the United States after a week of searching argu ment in which I regret to say that the Attorney Gen oral of the United States appeared in argument against those suffering human beings A respecta ble counsellor at law from the Stale of Connecticut and myself appeared in their defence I should have taken more pleasure in the sequel of that transaction if from what has transpired since I had reason to believe that the persons thus re lieved had drawn from it those precepts of wisdom for their future conduct which I hoped could fur nish a great opportunity through this means to let in the light of civilization into Africa itself must say to you that it is my fixed opinion that the abolition ot slavery in this country cannot bec successful till the evil is struck at lhe root and sla very in Africa is suppressed servant that his humble productfonsTive been pro duced by the counsd of some anglo saxon I have expected no more from 'ignorant slaveholders and? their apologists blit really looked for better things from Mrs Maria Chapman an anti elavery poet ess? and editor pro tern' of the Boston Liberator can think on the subject of human tights without either from the'men of the' West' or the womerrof the My address! was1 read two persons previous to its presentatioh at One was "a colored brother who did "hot me single word of counseland was iny wife and if she did counsel it is no matter for 4 woj twain are one flesh In a few flays I hope to the address then yon can judge hoMr much treason there is in it: In the mean time be assnred that' there is one American whodares tospeak boldlydn the subject of universal liberty'1 am very respectfully J'i Yoftr serve nV? nEiiv highland carnet' the New York Observer Action of the Synod of Peoria t1 Messrs Editors The Svnod of which was constituted by1 the last General Assembly from four northern Presbyteries formerly connected with the Synod of2 Illinoisheld its first meeting at Galena according to appointment As stated Clerk of that body I am' directed to forward to you for publication the follow ing extracts frotn the minutes: 2 'StAVERY Whereas The law of Godand tho gospel of Christ require the exercise of universal sand impar tial benevolence and whereas the system of A tner ican slayery was originated and 19 sustained and perpetuatedfby extreme selfishness rind is fraught witlevjls appalling alike in number and magnitude beiqg at war as it is with the best interests of mas ter and slave as well as of eocietyvat large and of our whole country therefore Resolved That slaveholding as sanctioned and practised in the United States is a System opposed A uuii aim a vioiauon or me dearest nghta ot man Resolved That it is our duty to do all in ouh power to remove this sin entirely from the churchAResolved That it is the duty of our churches to exclude from their pulpits and their communion all wno practise ine sin ot slaveholding and refusing to put away this iniquity Resolved That the contaminating influence of this Sin is a great hindrance to the Divine blessing and spiritual prosperity of the church ResolvedThat we recommend to the Presbyte ries composing this Synod to adopt and carry out these principles and that they enjoin upon the churches under their care to'do the same Resolved That we recognize" the authority of hu man governments toibind by the sanctions of law' in all cases where they do not require a violation of the laws of God 1 's Resolved That the laws of this State which for bid under heavy penalties the feeding jinclothing of persons of color who do not first prove themselves legally freeware based upon a distinction not recog nized by the Divine law are oppressive to col ored man and directly opposed command io ieeu me nun rrv ana ciotne naxea' Resolved That inasmuch os we ought to" God rather than these laws so far as they re quire a violation of the Divine law are not binding upon the consciences of that it is our du ty to use all our influence to have them repealed'1 Resolved That in all efforts 'for promoting the cause of emancipation it is theduty of ministers and Christians to maintain a regard fob the sanctity of theholy Sabbath day 11 PATTERSON Staled Clerk i Oct 30th 1843 A 'i 'irom the Liberty Noy fo Mr Bailey 4 The following communications from2 Judge Jay will be read with great interest' May many and warm prayers ascend for the restoration of this be loved man to health and may be soon return to join us again in our battle for God and liberty GERRIT SMITH Bedford 20th Oct 1843 Dear Sir: 7 I last evening received your favor of he 16th inst and thank you for it This 'is to say good bye to you at least for some time My next letter to you if God spares my life will probably be from the Pyramids Within eighteen months I have had two violent and very dangerous attacks of inflammation of' the lungs They have left me feeble sensitive to cold and incapable of long con tinned exertion of mind or body went to Sar atoga for iny health but have been worse since and it is evident to myself that my health is de 4 dining Under these circumstances have been urged to take a voyage and sore as is the trial to ine and repugnant to all my domestic and sedenr tary habits I feel it my duty to submit I expect to sail on the 1st prox with my wife and two daughters for Liverpool on iny way to Egypt I am going to the land of slaves to the of the (Ez xxix 15) Yet even there I feel I shall be more secure from personal violence than I would be among my own slaveholding countrymen! 7 Be assured my dear sirT shall carry with me irv niy wanderings a cherished recollection dT your personal kindness and of your ardent devotion to human liberty "Would that I could hear of the triumph of thp Liberty' party in Madison county! As I propose keeping in motion I fear few letters from home will overtake me If it shall please Godf' I shall be5 at my post again' ready to do fof the slave with renewed health arid strength by the 1st of May next In the meantime believe me your fricdriv Hi UAUM MY Gerrit SmithEsq Br'o My Dear Sir: A I sent a letter to you yesterday and I did not ex pect to write you again foeu a long time7But my heart is heavy arid I cannot forbear pouring out its7 grief to 70m Recent demonstrations convince me that the fateof our country on the ensu ing Congress" A migMy effort is? to bejnade bring Texas into the Union If that accursed rei public is received into our bosom farewell to every hope of freeing our country frotrf the plague of sla very If we remain which in that case? God slavery' may in time be extended from to Panama Rathen than bb in unionwith let the tofafederatiori be shivereiViMyA voice my efforts will be for dissolution if TexM be annexed My dear sir the countryis in great peril I have a large family of beloved children I tremble at the misery tobe brought uporf them and upon my fellow citizens generally by thia horrible project We of the North will become the serfs of the slaveholders' and )et the nation is in a state of stupor Our politicians will sacrifice any thing and every thing for votes We shall certainly have a slaveholder for President or Van Buren who is atf'! 7 It we can keep Texas out for the next two years all danger will be over and the fate of slavery will be sealed'The slaveholders aredrivento despair and if necessary theywill bribe higti? I no faith in: our politicians Nothing can save but a strong expression of public opinion 1 jGod bless you save our country Once more Smith Esq tofWiUianisf General vhom all 60111110068 arc tS bo made and i )eltor8 'dlrc8cd relating to tho'rpccuniary con jjaiof j(TERMS S2 50 per annum payable2 in ad 'anco expiration of six irEhe copies will be aent io one addros for ten foliar payment be forwarded in 4 YT tetters andcoiilmuiiienlionsiiHist post paid 1 1 A sRtisfm Ksts mik ing les than square yilf be inserted' three time for 75 ct one square fcr $1 1 inancial Committee 7 1 aAyCtS JaCXSONk 1 SaMUKL rmi RRlCK 'Etiis Gaxr Lori no I Edmund Quincy gu si William o'77: 7" 1 "Ti1" PY7JTS 'V If it is possible to jnitigate the condition oft th'ose persons wnom tne winte people bring Ironr Africa to use for life as slaves in Americaand would not be enslaved were they not themselves in Africa the original founders of slavery it is by changing the slateof things in Africa Let the of AP let lhe sovereigns of Africa let the republics of Africa if such there be let them abolish slavery nt home and ela very will be in: America But Jong as Africa encourages slavery it is im possible to put an end to it The very source of the evil must first be cutoff 7liow this can be done I do not pretendito sayd It is not thq nature orthe right of our government to interfere with the government of any foreign count try uot even the government of Africa itself 7 There is another reason for wishing then abolition of slavery in that country and that is jthat it is: the impressing upon the minds of multitudes of that bar barian people and hi is thedm pression of many minds in our own country I that slaves trans ferred from Africa to a civilized land have their condition ameliorated not injured Upon this subject I do not know and cannot speak but if ipay judge from the fact that the con dition of thes natives of Mendi before alluded to when brought here compared with their condition when taken back to Africa leaves it still problemat ical whether any service has been done them more than to save their Jives I ainafraid that question remains to be decided hereafter And if you as colored men having a peculiar sympathy for your fellow men of color have it in your power 'to ope? rate upon or influence in any way their condition Jb exhort you to exert that influence? as powerfully there as you exert it herefor the abolition of sla very in this country I suppose it is possible there may be some power on your part in exerting an in fluence over them 0 Respecting the disability of color in those States where slavery is not recognized I it tin utter abhorrence I hope sincerely that at no distant day it may be done away jvith at least1 in those States which profess to be governed by the laws of nature I will go further and supthat I hope the time is not far distant though I utterly despair of liv? rw A A it ir I I I IS AntvoA zxrf 1 1 Si LM Ovv Ila llvll VUIWI Will II ul MO LU vvUUSu Ul'l slavery in the United States but when America will sPrt of Christianity a heinous sin against ItAH nnrf a vinlihnn ni thn rlan beable to face the world and say that therQ 13 not a slave within her borders i Gentlemen I thank you for your kind feelings and remain your friend I LutherBout6Hftrcfoit sep Bro town John Clement fifa Rhodk Amaraney Piit C(E3T or Acontiauationofthis liit tea th 1 juri colomnj riJfWr 5'' I it a st i REEDOM St HORSClk TMtRXAT 1 7 7 ir lr in 11 XI A jT7 1 ur it1 41 1 A 5 A I AW iA It lav watarrr JHgagKaf saHrvBfrffs liaBEWT a UMgRT TUwR ip riirih MJBW IM 3 LX 4 I 4 4 Jf "'r ii iL vua i 4 it I 1 1' 4 1v 4 A T' IT OUR TR wr A a 5 mayo btt 4 1 1 J1 1 1 iu 'x 'x JIIIJJ a W' yy H' I' tv Ui TO IN RID A EC BE JI 8 1 111111 Tiiii iiiiiH! i i i7 Ji 1 4 I.