The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 2

9 uggs SB 'IKSBHKOM 1 gt? i crtions necessary to send our mite in appropriatearticles to the Boston we have felt as a relief to i I Jr S' Sfigr i A LETTER ROM HENRY Glasgow Nov 1 ''isr nVcr" I IlJ P'cc 'uieisgmng'of onr laBt numberwe have I Syauff dfn attack of the con? our late visit to Salem' our present number full of interesting matter Our srmest thanks ire due to our transtldntic Varian HenryCWright and" JamesN whose letters willlfilPwifo encouragementanddclight thousands of focarfo on thisslde of the 'Atlantic mV4 PswaS5IBITOz OLD IBEJUD? With pleasure I address you Your name is a household word hereI fed as if 1 hid ihjoyed the privilege of your acquaintance rom Old Ireland I would write word or ciieiLto pecnliarprerhof re vetrjee "which would lendtin artificial or adventitious authority to their' sayings and lhercforc it rniglitappenr uSvaste ful extiWagatfte of dime jtnd paper tof war yuppn opinions WDicH pcses3 none of4the enchantments of authority artifice or skilland yrfiiehlcall only for that general foeatiifetit offered to the fl ixnsytnnd vapid arguments or theTself Sufficient and grouhd less dogmas Of notorious mediocrity Orfrthe other hand the publicationOf these letters affords us an op portunity to allude to some circtitristnnceelying to besureon the surface of things butwliiclithedu mb Boddess of silence has preserved from the unawa ehed Curiosity of many of theTpecmlef' i We find also another Object in the not oeing permitted iu case of this iod to" take the lead but to bp aloiieeither far above or for below faf in ad viince or' far behind the brave talented and 'chivalrous editorial fraternity as our readers severally shall be iniliicefftaive us a place The letter of Mr Lawrence is in every particular but one a'lniendex of its author Its notorious falsehood dotes him injustice' It is shallow confi dent dogmatical otherwise affable gentlemanly and polite That it is aimed at tnrret which had not been set up for diim but studiously hidden jrom signi inny cnaritaoiy oe considered us a inis take 1 That he should deem further action on his part is quite probable for liis opposition to Texas as a measure by 'itself arid to ba secured without his own direct agency may have been at any time considered at least questionable Near ly a yearago at a time when even according to his own view the annexation of Texas was an open question his opposition was no more active his agency against the measure was no more distin guished dr efficient than we have reason to believe from the above letter it will Lie in future So far as the public possessed the means of judging he never at any time opposed Texas when the subject was presented singly and separated from 'the jgeneral measures of the Whig party At the time great Anti Texas Convention was held in aneuil Hall last year it was well un derstood by some and the fact was alluded to by some that it met with neither countenance nor sup port from the Lawrences and Appletons and other distinguished Whig merchants of Boston We do not know positively that the opinions of these were swayed by the prospect of future markets for man ufactured goods although we have no doubt of it but we do know positively that a number of the mer chants of that city voted the Whig ticket hoping at the same time that whatever it might accomplish it would not accomplish the rejectment of Texas over whose prairies and along the bunks of whose rivers they fully desired and half believed they might realize a golden harvest of newly created trade Mr Lawrence who had been appli ed to to co operate with others in opposing the admission of Texas as a slave State (not to oppose the annexa tion ofTexas as a territory) first begs the question which we may suppose he dared not lectund could not answer and then proceeds to stat that Texas now virtually composes a part of our The word virtually was undoubtedly intended as a qual ification but literally it does not imply it and in this case there can be no such thing as a qualifica tion Texas either is or is not admitted The fact that itisfo be admitted and that it is so certain to be admitted that all opposition will be in the opinion of Mr fruitless is sufficient proof that it has not al ready been done The very resolutions which have virtually annexed Texas contain rs their most prom inent features the evidence that the act of admis sion lies behind the veil of the future That the of the people have decided in favor of an is not only assumption but directly con trary to the fact is what everybody (except Mr L) very well knovVS The statement is but a repetition of whpt the whig party as a bod have united in de nominating one of the most bare faced and impu dent of Locofoco falsehoods Mr letter is a ve ry different and vast ly superior production as he in the quality of his intellect is vastly superior to his brother millionaire But the most brilliant and penetrating minds which light up the page of human history have been ob scured ly the presence of som single ill adapted subject and the mind of Mr Appleton breaks and flies as it approaches Texas If it has ever been the duty of Massachusetts to oppose the admission of Texas as a Slave State it is now and will be her duty to oppose it until the act is consummated whatever may be the effect of such opposition Upon the principle which Mr A advocates and upon which he intends probably to act the people of Massachusetts would lie liable in less than one year to lie taunted with having stood silently by and witnessed with manifest indifference the crea tion of 25000 United States Slaves without so much as lifting a finger or uttering a word to pre vent it The Locofocos have a large majority in Congress and the govern ment organs have an nounced the determination of the ruling powers to overthrow the Tariff as unqualifiedly as they have to admit Texas and it might satisfy the curious to learn if Mr Appleton will quietly and composedly await in inaction the destruction ofthat great meas ure merely on the ground of its presumed inevita bility Mr Appleton had an unquestionable legal right (however it might be decided in a court of taste) to step beyond the record and entertain his corres pondents with his views of the Abolitionists If that part of his letter has 'the remotest relation to tlie subject in hand it must be regarded as an ad ditional reason for refusing to lend his aid to the cause in behalf of which he was solicited He will then neglect the performance of duty rather than to do it the company of Abolitionists Alas for Mr Appleton if Garrison and his compeers shall ever carry to the gates of paradise' the offering that shall move the crystal and admit them into the great company of the a ccepted Taking the most favorable view for theso gentlemen thev can but acknowledge that Texas stands at the door as Missouri with Iwr infunious constitution stood at the door of the Union 25 yeairs ago' If then noao tion or effort is called for in relation to Texas none was called for in that day in reference to Missouri Yet statesmen and jurists compared to whom the Appletons and more especially the Lawrences of the present day sink to insignificance deemed just such action as our heroes are solicited to co operate in to be both right and proper Phillips and Bigclow Quincy and Webster Presc ott and Blake Story and Strong the immortal names of our history are re ouaeu oy tne ci aevant snop xeepers oi the modern exchange The chief reason set forth by these great men for abstaining from all effort isffiat it is too late the question is settled Now the fact is diametri cally the reverse Instead of having been brought to a conclusion the business has not even been commenced and cannot be opened until the meet ing of Congress and the presentation of the Texas constitution Then the war will begin and the in termediate time is just the proper time to bring to bear upon the minds and consciences of tha belli gerents those righteous influences which spring legitimately from the action and efforts of the peo ple Messrs Lawrence and Appleton are entitled to their opinions and have a right to express them but it is the duty of others to treat them to their respective merits Those gentlemen un questionably would have preferred the triumph of tne Whig party and the consequent security a unu io amiexaiion out tney nave never given any evidence that they would oppose Annexation a single disconnected measure Texas as a Slave State is not only not admitted but it has not begun to be admitted and onnosltion to it is now nnt nnlv legitimate and proper but demanded at the expense of being ranked among the approvers of the whole design of the slaveholdera The only ground upon which these gentlemen can declare that opposition at this time will be fruitless is the consciousness that a great number of the people are like them selvs the secret friends of the measure and will prove recreant to dutv when called unon trv Und their aid Sidney and Hampden thought it not too late to protest against wrong after the foes of their principles had become (humanly speaking) om nipotent and the axe of the executioner glittered over their heads but the dainty patriots of our day retreat before the lmttle commences and preserve their armor in Lavender lest it should become soil ed by contact with Abolitionists leaders of the Whig party the committee men who look to Messrs Lawrence and Appleton for funds for elec tioneering purposes the newspapers' whose lives are wrapped up in the monkery ofapeing foe opin ions of wealthy men will bow in humble submis sion to thesentiments of these letters but the peo ple wno nave nor enslaved tiieir faculties will re gard ftheir flimsy unsustained and foolish con tents just and profound indifference 1E7 Another excellent article on the wno subject rom the sune pspor wo arc obliged to defer 4 Qi tos wn iwrt AHvs hearted man best gifts to the world JTbe facto been a slave in the itself be sufficient to sur wW1 but when seen and beaming from his ex1 and intellectual pow er united jhonyejrsation sustained his manner dignified and courteous his public appeals rirettjng the attention by their power force of thought depth of every word us Emer son expresseajit seeming loaded with andwhen occasion or' subject awakens him thoroughly bunting into eloquence trumpet toned and soul stir ring all' theJiorroro of Ihat abominable system that could doom auch a tnajrito chattel bondage to the whip may of an ignorant and im bruted arise before us and we loathe those that 'shout for liberty boast of freedom yet subject to the chain and scourge one fourth of their fellow countrymen During the short stay of rederick Douglass in our city nine meetings were summoned in quick succes sion to listen to his addresses In" the' ICity Court Hoiisej we had the first great public it was crowded to excess Mr Douglass had been the pre vious evening to a 'great 'temperance rheeting' and aroused the people by bis words' arid presence At the City Court House resolutions were adopted evincing the interest that oiir leading public men took in the subject which rederick' Douglass On the morning of the same the ladies' and gen anti slavery societies met to breakfast at Hotel to entertain Mrz Douglass and Mr: Buffum f't i On this occasion' the information Mr Bufurri communicated "and the illustrative anecdotes he re lated were deeply interesting to all present Mr Douglass by his calm forcible remarks showed his power of intellect and soundness of heart and gave the utmost satisfaction to the company by liis con versation and presence We had three great meetings at the spacious Independent Chapel The moment Mr Douglass stepped upon the platform and pro ceeded with his lecture he was recognized as one of knowing himself and command ing his audience One 'meeting was held in the Wes leyan Methodist Chapel Patrick street We had a meeting of the contributors to the Boston Bazaar in addressing which rederick Douglass was particular ly his calm quiet manner "elevated spiritual views 'served to rendef thia one of thri most interesting of the series He made which was especially prized by us to her? who is the life and soul of the movement The Temperance estival called by Theobald Mathew in honor of Mr Douglass at the Temper ance Institute' was truly enlivening! Over 200 indi viduals' werepreserit? Ladies the chief portion of the company Numerous applicants for admission had to he refused in consequence ofwant of space Theobald on the occa sion breatheda fine spirit of all embracing love rederick' Dobglass in his address gave sorne' inter esting information as to the progress of temperance among the free colored populationof the United States and completely won the sympathy of his lis teners in their behalf His brethren in bonds riot forgotten by him bn this happy rior did he allow his audience to forget them A fine stringed band occupied the gallery and admirably played in the most vigorous style many of the Negro Melodies The supper table laid out in a spacious hall adjoin ing did credit to the taste and exertions'of the stew 7' An Anti Slavery Soiree was given to rederick Douglass at Saint Temperance Hall which was beautifully and appropriately decorated for the occasion Mr Douglass seemed thoroughly to enjoy himself Duetts songs and 'glees appropriate to freedom were sung in the course of the evening to the accompaniment of the piano forteby an efficient choir of musical friends The speech of rederick Douglass elicited the unbounded applause of the com pany To show you the interest our poorer trades people take in the anti slavery cause! may mention that a working carpenter gave his gratuitous assist ance for the day in preparing the room And in the course of the evening an excellentsong of welcome to Mr Douglass composed for the occasion the chorus of which was joined in by'the edihpany present In company with MnWilliam'Martiriof this city rederick Douglass visited Youghall They liad an overflowing meeting rederick Douglass had concluded his address pro posed to and carried by acclamation tNow that rederick Douglass is departing' our city he goes with tie hearty good wishes for his success and the warm personal attachment of a large circle of friends who have spent many happy hours in his society and can never forget the pleasures of Iris in tercourse with them 1 4 lam dearsiri Yours faithfully 74 4 RALPH5 VARIAN! "Wm Llotd Garrisox rfj' i i 1 198 k''v I a(r SoutherVslaVeholdors read fdllbiviftg proceedings if youwisli know what are the feel ings of Ute People of Ireland in relation your rie ftrious Monday night Independent Chapel was cromled by a most respectable audience The a tfofpt was occupied by men of influence of our he MXfoR being called tb the Chair Began by saying that it wsa unnecessary to tell the people of Cork WAIr Douglass had done that they aro al ready fully aware of it The citixenz of Cork were always ready in every thing of this kind In thisJnstauccJltey had to! deal with a fooir bur as good Christians ought they harib tnade the work of every part of the tvorld their own Now there are one or of duty to proceed with before Mr Douglafe? addresees you We have a duty of thanks to perform liwill begin wilhthc press We know itjs andwhctfwe find jt engaged on the side of bumnnity xvo are glad it our full testimony of their giving us a corner at all' might well be considered compliment instead of they hnve given u's columns TheAnti Sla vei'y' Societies of Cork are deeply indebted to the nod Reporter papers in giving publicity to the anti slavery efforts pThe resolutions were here proposed and carried which Will be found in our advertising columns JJIr Ralph Varian stated that ho had been re quested to read to the meeting and present to Mr Douglass the following address which was adopt ed: unanimously nva meeting of the and Anti Slavery Society of Cork held on Monday morning the3a instant at the Committee Room of the Royal Cork Institution' The Mayor in the chair Yead tfie Bddreasto'nderix3c Douglass from the dnii Slavery te i4 (Society of 'Cork Dbar 'Sir rote 5 a ri Ms us to express dur sense of the advantages that the cause by which we are bound together as Societies' has from your labors in Cork during your short visit here and to request you to transmit tolhe abolitionists of America our estima tion of their4 services to holy cause in which we are engaged your fabors here we have 'been stirred up toreneWed and active for the deliverance of the captive We feel that if not associated with him by the ties of a common government we are bound to his relief by the higher and holier claim the revealed and universal truth of a common hu manity and a common origin Seeds of which can never be eradicated been dissemi nated by you' in numerous public assemblies here and sentUar and wide through the instrumentality of a liberal public press By your addresses the of the people have had an opportunity which they eagerly of Their best sympathies have been aroused in behalf of those suffering under an evil of greater 1 magni tude than the most abject poverty They have been benefftted by being made aware how they too might do something to hasten the emancipation of the American slave from his debasing bondage simply by forming a portion of public sentiment of the which must finally awaken the Ameri can government and people to a sense of the de graded position in which their support of a hideous slave system places them amongst the civilized na tions of the earth 7 The Anti Slavery press of the United States arid our fetters from the abolitionists of America led us to anticipate many good results from your visit to our but our anticipation been more than realized Iti the'happy hours of social intercourse which we have enjoyed in your society a further opportunity has been afforded us of ac quainted with the details of that abominable system of savage law and degraded public sentiment by which 3000000 human beings are held in bodily and tnenthl bondage yoked to the car of American ree dom Never were we so impressed with the hor IPn of the system as while listening to one who was himself born subject to the lash and jvhp in fiis own person endured their infliction yet who is so gifted as he to whom we dedicate this Address with high moral intellectual and spirit ual jiower together with so much refinement of mind and manners Allow us to say that in estimating the pleasuresand advantages which your visit has conferred upon us we value highly those derivable from your ex cellent Anti Slavery work the unpretending me moir of your escape fl'om chattled bondage to the liberty and light of a moral and intellectual being fWhile perusing it we have been charmed to the qtetijlby the power of simple truth and warm and jjenuiqe feeling of you to transmit to the AbolitionistsAmerica expressions of our regard and admi ratioq Even previous to your visit we deeply felttheir services to humanity To their cry for im mediate unconditional emancipation the right of the and the duty of the master raised by William Llotd Garrison so as to startle an unwilling peo PIJf froiR their criminal we have respondedInthe establishment of that seminary of tOberlin Institute? tye felt deeply interestedU'bile the persecutions to which the Abolitionists were subjected calumnies injuries of property and person aroused our indignation And the death of the martyred Lovejoy stirred the deepest feelings of our souls Especially would webe affectionately remem bered to that intrepid emale band who scorning all petty feeling and false sentiment at the call ofduty rallied to the heavenly work of delivering the captive directing him to those possessions which Rre rightfully knowledge liberty and power Therppde in which the Abolitionists of America (conduct their Great Annual Bazaars calls for expressions of our thorough approbation The ex toour feelings a pleasure to our hearts We could jwlsh thatthis sentiment was more generally par ticipated in here that the claims of our neighbors the colored population of America who have fallen among thieves were better understood so that all 'itnight regard their prostrate condition and afford aid Tn the funds raised at these Bazaars we 1 a means of sustaining a noble missionary dabor that of opening the prison doors and lettingthe oppressed go free that of pouring light upon ttlte mental sight so that he who stole should stealno more but make restitution to the captive of his 1 Plundered property in his limbs head and heart in his children had his home When the preachers jof glad tidings to the oppressed and of warningantfstepi rebuke to oppressors and abettors when the educators of a people are reared in the land Where they teachq and among the people they vol to there is in this assuredly a great facility tojhe work of redemption Such teachers and laborers are the abolitionists of America as UW sustain support and cheer Ln iVe forthe haPPy consumma Wofffie glorious Wprk they have In hands the visit to our shores of PpclurioD we beg of to present our re alld fjeflQw ttovellcr Buffum whose nroper grtr and powera'of mind and' body? have been to'th Pfthose i emaocapationDjhis paiivc country And let usArcqurse' which y0Ur visit and that has established between us may be severed by land ofc sea but may continue ft based on thflj foundation of united labors for oppres and blc eding humanity dear sir your friends and fellow labprers i'fiyp'gwd on bchalfof the A Societies of Cork mBwmto Dobn (Ro) Mayor duirman TA JBcvptes of tlianka anl the reading oftbc Addresswrojmidly wullly iho moaSg eou MUAStic cbeermg When aulm ded aentjqents ofatitudp expressed by the 3 are in perfect unison with my own Never was? held under greater obligations to the press and to Mh proprietors of public buiMings than I baVe Corkand expreas my sincere gratitude behalf of the bondsmen Particularly fotha press for their freedom in copying a he few feeble word? 1 hayejbeen able to aay in thb ftyythat they jnayretoro stoj my laud ftnd soundfDbJy tn the ears of the oppressors of my country men Mr President the address tvfi'ich has been read I certainly was noCexpecting Texpecfe td go through the length andbreadth of your country preaching to those who are ready to hear the groans of the oppressed I didk nofexpect the high posi tion that I enjoy during th of Cork and not only here Din in Dublin The object which we have met to consider is £tho annexation ofTexas to the United States Ydu'have perhaps heard that in AtncricaVwhef(an Individual lias ab senred himself unaccountably for nny 'time such a person is said to have gone ta Texas few knowing where it is Texas is that part of Mexico" bound ed on the North by thenited States "on thb Smith side by the Gulf of Mcxico The extent of Jtbis country is not correctly jkiidwn jlt as rance a most prolific soil most Salubri ous The facilities for commercial tfndfagficultiira' proceedings nrc unguipnssed aqyB wbqr A Mr' Austin obtained grant thoRqyal Government: to settle three hundred families in TcxasV with an" understanding that such families sho'uld obey laws then existing and also that theyHshould: bo members of the Roman Catholic religion He suc ceeded in introducing 30 families His son took up the business and introduced three hundred famir Before he succeeded the revolution in Mexico severed the Mexican provinces froin crown and the contract was rendered void He made ap plication to the new government and obtained a similar contract Other men in "the West made similar applications to the' Mexican Government Among the rest were Irishmen and they were among the few who fulfilled their contracts consequence of making the Catholic religion a necessaiy qualification to settle in Texas afforded opportunity for hypocrisy A number of persons not of Catholic persuasion entered the territory and made complaints They succeeded in fomenting a revolt against the Mexican Government Soon after the Texans managed to lodge complaints of oppression against it Under these pretences they declared for religious freedom applied to the United States for sympathy for religious liberty After getting the property under conditions of sulimission they turn round for sympathy in 'a revolt in behalf of religious toleration Mexico came forward nobly and abolished slavery in Texas In open violation of this slaves were introduced Mexico outraged at this violation of her laws attempted compel obedience this resulted in the revolution Texas applied to the United States for assistance Here came the deed that ought to bring down on the United States the united execration of the world She 'pretended to be in a friendly relation with Mexico Her Congress looked on with indifference on the raising of troops to aid the slaveholdiiig Texans in wresting from the Mexicans Texas Indeed they encouraged it Texians succeeded in holding at bay the Mexican Government The United States with indecent haste recognized the independence of Texas This was the preparatory step to the consummation of the annexation td the Union The object was that of making Texas the market for the surplus slaves of the North Ameri can States The Middle States of the United States are slave raising States In 1837j you might meet in Virginia hundreds of slaves handcuffed and chained together driving southward to be sold The Southern States were formerly those where the slaves brought the highest price but at present they are fully sup plied with slaves and there is a consequent reduc tion in he price of human flesh and bones In 1836 slaves (brought from 1000 to 1500 dollars but a year ago the price was reduced to 600 The slaveholders saw the necessity of opening a new country where there would be a demand for slaves Americans should be considered a band of plunderers for the worst purposes Should they go to war with three million of slaves in their bo som only looking for the first favorable opportunity of lifting their arms in open rebellion 5 American statesmen are aware of this The reasons they give for the annexation of Texas not only prove them to be rotten at heart but a band of dastards They say that Mexico is not able to go to war therefore we can take their country I dare the Americans to reach their arms to Canada The conduct of America in this particular has not been sufficiently dwelt upon by the British press England should not have stood by and seen a feeble people robbed without raising a note of remonstrance I have done with the question of Texas let me proceed to the general question 1 will read you the laws of a part of the American States regarding the relation of master and slave the laws which created the row in the steamship Cambria not be cause they are the worst I could select but because I desire to have them remain upon your memory If more than seven slaves are found together with out a white person 20 lashes a piece for letting loose a boat from where it is moored 39 lashes for the first and for the second offence the loss of an ear or having an article for sale without a ticket from his master 10 lashes or travelling in the night without a pass 40 lashes ound in another quarters 40 lashes or being on horse back without a written permission 3 lashes or riding without leave a slave may be whipped cropped or branded with the letter A in the cheek The laws may be found in manual and several other works These laws will be the laws ofTexas How sound these laws Irishmen and Irish women in your ears These laws as you are aware are not the worst for one law in North Carolina makes it a crime punishable with death for the second offence to teach a slave to read My friends I would wish to allude to another matter in relation to the religious denominations of Cork My friends all I have said respecting their brethren in America has been prompted by a regard for the bondman I know what slavery is by ex perience I know what my experience has been at the hands of religionists The Baptist or Pres byterian that would desire rne not to tell the truth is a inan who loves his sect than he loves liis God (cheers) To you who have a missionary spirit I say there is no better field than America The slave is on his knees asking for light slaves who uot only want the Bible but some one to teach them to read its contents (hear hear) Their cries come across the Atlantic this evening apealing to you! Lift up your voices against this giant sin (loud cheers) Mr President I am glad to learn that the simple reading of my narrative by a min ister in your town was the cause of his preaching last Sabbath an able anti slavery discourse (hear hear) My friends labor on in this good work for hearts on the other side of the Atlantic have long been cheered by your efforts When England with one effort wiped from her West Indies the stain of slavery turning eight hundred thousand things into eight hundred thousand human beings from that time the bondmen in our country looked with more ardeut hope to the day when their chains would be broken and they be permitted to enjoy that liberty in a Republic which was now enjoyed under the mild rule of a Monarchical Government This infused amongst us a spirit of hope of faith of liberty Thus you have done much but don't feel your power ceases Acre Every one has an in fluence Only speak THE TRUE BREATHE THE RIGHT TRUST IN THE TRUE GOD and your influence will be powerful against all wrong (loud and continued applause) Your land is now being travelled over by men from our country Their whole code of justice is based tin the changing basis of the color of a skin for in Virginia there are but three crimes for which a white man is hung but in the same Statethere are seventy one crimes for which the black suffers death I want the Americans to that in the good city of Cork I ridiculed their nation 1 attempted to excite the utter contempt of the peo ple here upon them that America were freed from slavery her brightness would then dazzle the Eastern world The oppressed of all nations flock to her as an asylum from monarchical or other despotic rulers (applause) I do believe that Ameri ca Lias the elements for becoming a great and glori ous nation Those three million of foes might be converted into three million of but lam not ffOinif IO in liar I im nnmitlnw and it ia time to bid you farewell Mr Douglass sat down amidst the most enthusias Uc applause which wus again and again repeated 8 4 A JUST aND ABLE ORITIOiSM The editor of the Dedham American an kbly 'con ducted Whig paper after copying the churlish and reprehensible letters of Abbott Lawrence and Nathan Appleton to the State Texas Committee esys f't We had some hesitation as to the 5 propriety of giving space to these fetters first becatte they tire uiuuioitdiy ijvjuqryruiircc ujoqunicnusthnt they contain (if they may be said contain any sentiments) being either puerile br false because in this part df the coimtry where their man ufacturing estublishments' do not 'exist the of L4MVr4BnXhtUldAADDlat)n AfM rlrtthasl A LETTER ROM JAMES BUUM Liverpool Nov 17 1845! Dear riend 1 I thought I would you1 word although I have not much to say lleft 'Douglass at Cork 1 tend a great Soiree held under the patronage of the Atheneum at the close of the IreeiTrade Bazaar It was one of the largeat assemblies that 1 ever witnessed in a hall not less than six 'thousand pie were present? I expected 'to have itiet George Thompson and Charles Dickens but neither of them was present on account of illness but we had Cob den Bright Douglass Jerrold (the author of Mrs Caudle's Lectures) and several others of the most celebrated public speakers! The speeches were good of them eloquent Butlwas more in terested in the people than the speaking It was the first time I had enjoyed the privilege of meeting an English audience and 1 must say that I have sel dom if ever met a finer' looking collection of peo ple than1 what I saw on that 'occasion 'It was delightfui to see so many happy faeespso hgenf people met together forgetting the cares of lite the love of the world and giving their souls a feast of As Hooked over that vast assembly I could notbut fee la pride 'that! wastheir brothef although by the arrangements of was not regarded a citizen nor entitled to the protection of a Citizen 1 wish some of our littlehalf penny politicians could have rbeqa those who: are talking about going to' war respecting a little piece of land we more now we know what todo with I should like tor skedthem5 the question whether they woldrfJike'tieresponsi bility to rest on them of throwing a bomb shell into that assembly to bnfit and scattef lhebrains of men women and children who kre'as good themselves I have been' here' noiv three months and have not seen man or womah whose throat Lwoula Iiko to 1 4 i iy tf if if I i cut or for whom I have notfelt as deep a sympathy as I should if he or Bhead'ibqeRan'iAmerfeanI wish people had a little more cbmmonsense as well as Christian instead of so mtichpolitical for the race and the of bumanityj jis well individual Here are! human beings the streets in almost a state of starvation My heart (bleeds al the sights I meet every for bread tw'keep their hungry r'phildren from starving thismo that in some parts tof Ireland peopletoatarvipgjfqrlackjoffood Nearly five millions of the Irish subsist almost entirely on potatoes and now that these are' cut off the mostfearfuconsequen ces' afe Iiiblic7meetiriga? have Wen held in Dublin and other Darla of Ireland to devue Cork he assured merwould be acceptable VVe have received your not inscribed with the cold and inexpressive medium of pen and jiaper but on the living tablets of the Bnffum and red erick Douglass coming from the Abolitionists of America were to us a communication most highly prized On behalf of the Abolitionists of Cork and the multitudes who were delighted listeners at the numerous public meetings called in consequence of their visit I would thankyou for your part in re commending them to visit these countries Here we have had a happy season of successful ex ertion The Anti Slavery movement in the city of Cork' will forever feel the impetus it has received from rederick Douglass With the abolitionists of America we desire to hojd a fraternal relation The men and women bearing that honored name have our fullest sympathy We are grateful for having bound up with us in the volume of life such associa tions and recollections as our connexion with beings so unselfish free and fearless is capable of affording or the future when you blow the silver trumji of you will require but little stretch of imagi nation to hear its responses reverberated from the southern shores of Ireland And soon the North will resound with the abolition for rederick Doug lass is on his way to waken its responses to his soul inspiring appeals for liberty and light to his oppres sed plundered and bleeding race We want with you to extend the strong arm of the moral power of good and true men and of good and true: women Scattered through every country in one great and sustained effort to the relief of three millions of human beings who are chained by those with whom might constitutes right in waste plains of intellectual desolation that they may be the more readily plun dered of the wealth which they are to pro duce We want that same unitedtrerigth directed to the removal of the three hundred thousand slave holders from the unnatural and imbruting position in which they have placed If we seek to expel the demons that their contaminating position fosters and that they 'hating the truth and light re garding us as their worst enemies raise the clamor of savage and injured men we who are in reality their truest friends cannot be thus diverted from our purpose Let them rather weep and howl for the "miseries their blindness to their own truest interest must inevitably bring upon themselves We would address them in words of friendly warning (Uttered by the truest of American poets Oh rouse ye ere the storm comes The gathered wrath of God and man Like that which' wasted earth When hail and fire above it ran Hear ye no warnings in the air eel ye no earthquake underneath Up! up! why will ye slumber where The sleeper only wakes in death But whether successful or not in our great endea vor we must live and die with protest on our lips and strong resolve in cur hearts against all which tends to make earth a hell We may not see the fruit of our endeavor nor should we look eagerly for results but live and die in the faith that our labor is not in vain Be patient therefore brethren Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth and hath long patience for it until he receive the early and latter rain? An eminent living writer of our country says If the world were all a slave market or a gin palace what possible place could such a thing as the Christian religion find therein Who amid a carnival of sin could believe in any deathless sanctity or through the steams of a besotted earth discern the pure light of an over arching heaven or through the moans and dumb anguish of a race send up a hymn of praise to the All merciful And are there not thousands already so environed and shut in that their world is little else than this? In proportion as this number isf per mitted to increase does Christianity lose its evidence and become impossible Sensualism and siq cannot abide the clear angelic look of Christian faith but if once that serene eye becomes confused and droops abashed the foe starts up in demoniac triumph and proclaims man to be a brute and earth a grave As we love then the religion by which we live let us give no heed to doubt and fear In the spirit of hope and firm endeavor let us go forward with the work we have begun undismayed by difficulties which God permits us to hold in check but not tn vanquish and stipulating for no rewards of large success as conditions of oqr constancy of service It is human jndeeditq desire some rich success and each generation expects to gather and 'taste the produce of its own toil but the seasons of Goff 'are eternal he giveth the increase not for enjoyment pnly but for reproduction and ripens secretly be neath the thick foliage of events many a fruit of our mortal tillage for the sake of the little unnoticed seed which dropped on the soil of his providence shall spread over a future age the shelter of some tree of life Be it ours in word to proclaim in deed to make ready the acceptable year of the Lord' Yet had we no higher motive of action than the production of visible results we might 1 think even now what appears before us reap abundant re ward to keep us right on the path we have marked out for our feet to tread so that we might run and uc Qiiwaraj anunot taint a i We had longfelt the truth of a principle put fbr ward with great distinctness by rederick Douglass in one of his addresses here It was this that all true reforms are kindred However separated bv land or sea they respond to each progress and are accelerated by that sympathy We long felt that we had 'eyen national a selfish interestin bringing America up to a consistent advocacy of hu man rights that 'the snirit nf armn MKA 1 iv a 1 Mt iitjf CVCt and human progress retarded bjthe glaring hypocrisy of anioawhich makes the loudest boast of freedom of any nation of the subjecting to the most hideous system of bodily and mental bondage three millions of its people We could not then but receive with a worm grasp and a Credd Mills ailte they did from amongst foe truest and purest workers for human the Abolitionists of America were sorry that Mr Buffum had to leave in the midst of oiir exertions and that we 'fest his Advocacy at the greater number of the p'ublic fastings Tie is a gentleman the truest sense of thq word a rpan that quickly wins on pay sympathies He soon be jcame cndeared to us and we parted from him with k'u 18 8a H(xy be black or his skin may be white fiS bin bosom be righlC saya a Scotch songandthe bosom of Douglasi'fa all He ia a man of a trde Dear Garrison I the box which leaves Liverpool on the1 are about 50 copies of a pamphlet which I have just'r here?) It has! cost me much' labor 1 1 know not what you wilLsay of the Expediency bf X' publishing such a pamphlet and Ofmalririgfsuch an appeal to the people here Jbut my conscience is at perfect ease as to the righteousness' of my conduct feel oppressed with the fact that NATIONALISMA has supplanted Human BROTHXRHoon that Man is merged jn the citizen and I could not let pnss Jhisopportunity to giye a practical illustratioii' pf ray ab'zj'tl' horrence pf(the fact? will assert lhp dignity and glory of man and show my contempt for all church and national organizations when theyi conflict with the' Christian idea of onsth eand O'nl family I want you to read tliis pamphlet you'thitik'? best distr ibuteit' may be blamed for it of this kingdom haveasgood aC right to seek the overthrow Blaveholding I of America by Christian bloodless means as I have and Yhe people of the aye as gdbd right to us the same'mearis toteffect1 sqcml'and' political revolutions here'as have Richard Cobden or tfeefo 1 ossertmy right and dutytOBeekbyblood i i In some three weeks since to go to Manchester to ate hearth that conflicts with human love and brother hood rind wjth the peaceful kingdom of the Son of A in Church or State' nor Allegianceisdue only to God I feeUno reverence or respect nolove or affection for any human insti? 1 'ttutions in Churchor State for times and due' to hugiaQ beings 1 next to'Godand tothem render them with la full and overflowing heart When foatlove and sympathy whiph prieti and theirs supporters thow bestow on 5 ordinance tinfec snd places' titles'ahd stations Church ip organizationsre bestowed haman brings theh I' end hot before will Christianity becomes practical principle and' God a prewngoverhirig power to reg julate the intercourse of man with man nd raise many: to the station where God pliice'd him buta little low er thanWgelsTf 'It is said that I have violatcd jntehMtional "'etiquette presume! ha indication is tions violate jnter Xnman awind etiquette 'Jjyjnot be faithful to man and to nations shall be accused of treason fagainst my otintryf and some fwjll say I bought to be The question never occurs' trftne whether 1 afa' wm 'i? 4 against theUnited If! Union sees flt to ideal with me as a traitorit is weltcornerodo so for till it repents! am itsrnntiriDg': enemy and shall not cense tofdo 'all lean consistent Treason against any human institution is no crime: If any man thinks that any Cnujrch tatft organization weariful to maykmd'it in? right rV and dqty toseek itsfdestxuctidnjby Christian it said that I dm coined to this kingdonx to seek' aid to overthrow the political and domestic institutions republic? niy ewer to do iSjmy duty as a maanajChristianjtwl seek to array the world against AmericsAilayery 'American Church and Republic deadly foes of God and I Vis su'hoiror WUUIU uv IH1 lusuuturunu VUU9UUB IMP Ammican republicanism and AS Lcharg' that! Aminthis kifigdrti forithetpeirpotie the pifoficjaantimen me to add tfitaid has been ascertained that Unless tlfe have assistance frtfcbitiropiiah ditfmW lit the'aequiritiot': 0 national revenue or the Oregon bcttrr 8end over some ofhaunituapjoviel to those starving It ie'high fime 'that na tional strength as well as thatof individuals was turn si 7 A oiur vi uicu iive insteaa 01 aeatrovinv VTlon have 'we 'neg le cteTW best pmicy VH 0 o' Christian by oppressing and de Xtroying thyople of other nations instead of making them our friends by Offices of kindness and goed Now is the time to begin? The people of this country though dTadd to a more conception of their rights and detemlxmiJn to have them? ejfree tradc fadtement is doing much to enlighten the pecple ia the radical 'movement in thisountryanff beam the rela tiontOthis? that Anti Slavery to curs The friends df free trade have a pd wfifufopposition from we aristocracy wno nave not monopolized all the landbut claim the? righthand? have taxed the poor roanXbread the staff of JifeThepeople think it quite enough for them to hate the land with out government interposing to compel the poor to pay for whatfoey raise at a higher than it can be itn iforfod and theyare determined not to bear it'lnuch Idnger5! attended 'a ''free'trade meeting Miiy Chester in the Trade Hail which was? crowded full of enthusiastic people Not Jess than? eitrht thousand were present 'Addresses Ywere made Cobden Bright and others Cobden is a strong marf one of those clear headed mehK who look through a subject and strike5 where the bio wa will 'tfh Bright' js a member of the Society of butdiffers from some of them in thia particular'! he believes the world ie to be reformed by doing something He in a clear forcible speaker? and carries the audience' with him He in" the earnest soul stirring style of a reformer more' than that of a'politicn A was much pleased with themeeting It reminded me of one of our New England ventions the determined manner 'and earnest look 1 could read' the doom of the Corn Laws 1 am satisfied that the notiTari distan tfwhen not dny the Laws will go by foe board' but' many other oppressive duties The people are getting free and are speaking out is all that ia Truth is omnipotent and will prevail? I am stopping for ajfew days at' Liverpool with 'theQtehfoaniiljhey sung four times last' week in and once the ancient cityof Chester to full houses and yrere moat enthusiastical ly cheered Their anti slavery songs go finely4? They affe getting into? notice which ia all that ia wanted to giv them' great runThey have'4' geat mnj jwienlific 8ingerBin? this country but they are Jestitu te of soul' 1 have liatened fo fj i many of the beat performers but'none 'that me aa do the' Huuchinson amily I find the pedple here are something like me fof theyare now having'' earnest calls to repeat ''their 'aongs places where 1 I have read with deep interest jthe Libera ton and 4 4 Standard 1 1 have sympathized with you in all yotir trials 1 trust the Boston Bazaar will be' ftxlly equal 9 toj the expectations of its' friends Times have Changed some since the Bostonians held mobAmeet ings in old aneuil Hall to put down foe jilavery cause nndeapecially the anti alavery women of Boa 1 think the Old Cradle willbe 'much better Op propriated now them (the women) go on until jnot only Boston pro alavdry ia conquered butjelayeryitsel shall be driven from our land Then will our country be the freest and the best among foe nations and the friends of humanity throughout theworld 'will rejoice in its triumphs as ever until the struggle BUJiy ill.