The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 1

Mi OUS HORSES 4 WAI LLOYD GARRISON EDITOR OUir COUNTRY IS THE WORE 0 He 3 (Cries of order absence of twenty months in the old tirely exempt from the annoyance of that ally of ibuso wjpo 'mLm JhL conclusion Douglass to remarks our entire for his at he stands beina characterised by the blended power of wit and satire drew forth repeated shouts of lauirh i ter and applause A grateful tribute was also award ed those devoted friends of the slave George Thomp son and Henry Wright the mention of whose was a signal for renewed applause Mr Jtiglnss after an allusion tn his late ransom RECEPTION AT PUBLISHED EVERY RIDAY AT ANTI SLAVEY OriOE 21 OORNUILL ROBERT WALLCUT General Agent 1 in ii muiiU Uj All remittance are to be and a II letters relating to the pecuniary concerns of the paper are to be directed (post paid) to the General Agent IL $2 00 per annum payable in ad vance or 50 at the expiration of six months (E ive copies will be sent to one address for ten dollars if payment'be forwarded in advance Advertisements making Icsi than one square inserted three times for 75 cis one square for $100 inancial rancis Jackson Eli is GhkyLorino Ebnoii Quincy Samuel Philbrick Wkndkil Phillips This committee is responsi ble only forthe financial economy of the paper VOL NO thanks nre nevertheless due those English who felt such anxiety for his safety as to submit to be robbed bv soul drivers and man stealers Mr G'rrison who on being introduced by the i Chairman was heartily cheered here his testimony to the zeal and ability manifested bv Mr Douglass while in Europe remarking that there ho was en on being seated he was greeted by repeated demon strations of applause I The throne of grace was then fervently addressed by Rev Mr Henson of Canada at the of which the chairman introduced Mr the meeting preceded by the following Ladies and Gentlemen We ha 'e assem 1 this evening to hand of welcome to our distinguished REDERICK DOUGLASS THE BELKNAP STREET CHURCH BOSTON an early hour on Monday evening May 3d the house was filled to overflowing with a tL Lwh r' If A jr sM 'i Kl her Jaws nnd were governed officer wuE wiiv ic vciw Aim signs UI juexictin sovereignty 'no where of tht? Popald srih liy lettei of June 2811845 General Trivlori Corona 'CliriAti ia tnU At 1847 highly respeptnble audience the onran bv Mr Bowen 1 "'rs BROWNVERRINTONVPHINTEIt: "'j rrf 8 inent services of the British Scotch and I rish friends concluding bv an earnest exhortation to all presen in imitation of those devoted and gifted champions William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips to an uncompromising warfare with American Slavery Isaac Smwden submitted the following res olutions which were subsequently adopted and ordered to be published I 'solved That we have listened with unalloyed delight to the eloquent address of our guest reder COVKTRYMEN XRE? ALL7MAiNkLNDwf 1 i rom the Charleston Courier of May 8 VISIT AND'RECEPTION MR WEBSTER Thu Hon Dniel Webster arrived in this city yesterd iy tnorning by the Wiliniiigton liuat imd took lodgings at ihe Charleston Hotel At 12 he1 was waited on there by the Cotn tnittee of Reception consisting of the following gentlemen viz Hou Elmore Hou linger unes Pcligrii Hon William Aiken A 'satissiire Henry Gotiriieii JJ Campbell Hon ran Huger Hunt Legare Yeadon lion' John Ashe I Hayne Dr Joim Irving Alexander Black The Committee led Mr Webster into the npn cious piizza or balcony: of the Hotel which wus 'iigeil with ladies mid citizens gathered (as tv a also a large crowd of citizens in the street fiOHthig the Hotel) to give the distinguished guest1 hearty Welcome to the hospitalities of Charles ton Mr Webster took bis position in the centre vfthe balcony immediately fronting the street and ivis there addressed as follows by the Hon rinkin Elmore chairman of the Committee of Reception Str: As Representatives of our fellow citizens of Charleston We wait upon yon to tender their wel come and good wishes Having heard that it was your intentimi to pass through their city in a tour through the Southern States undertaken to pro cure by personal observation a better knowledge of their people pursuits and interests the citizens of Charleston laying aside all differences of politi cal opinion in a common desire to further your wishes ami render your visit agreeable seni liled and unanimously declared to us the pleasing slulyuf expressing to you the great satisfiiclioti they experience in thus meeting you in their lionies Although they well know there are essential dif fer mces of opinion between a great majority ot them and yottrselfand the great commonwealth of which you are the trusted and distinguished Rep resentative in the councils of the nation yet on lliis occasion they remember will far more pleas ure that whilst at the head of the State Depart ment you watched with fidelity over other sec lionsofthe Union the South was not neglected but her interests and her rights found in you anable and impartial vindicator that you made amongst other public services great mid success ful effirts to preserve our relations in peace and harmony with the most free mid powerful nation ci the old and that While you served the general' vmise of Immmiity mid civilization in so doing you at the same time sustained the honor and promoted the best interests of our common country They remember too that Massa husetrs also is one of the Old Thirteen that she was the lender in the the Revolution mid that amid its common trials and dangers she with our own State woiroiir common 'heritage of freedom and a common stock of glory They feel also that in these grateful remimsceiices should be bound up in common love for each other and in an unalterable to honor maintain and respect the rights welfircnnd feelin js of each They hope to see these tendencies cherished mid these ties strengthened Events like this now irmispir'mg with us conduce happily to such re sults The influence of public men is a powerful agency mid it is very much to be regretted that cf American" Statesmen whose enlarged and lib eral minds make their opinions authority mid bestqualify them to understand their character and tolo them justice in their own so few travel into ether sections and make themselves personally acquainted with mid to their distant coun In such intercourse and in the inter change of courtesies mid opinions prejudices dis appear misjudgments are corrected mid a just ap preciation of each other created leading to cor diality in feeling harmony in public measures mid eminently conducing to their common prosperity and welfare Entertaining these views our constituents heardof the intention and objects of your visit to the South with unmixed satisfaction They are happy in the opportunity of express ing these sentiiimnts to you especially They welcome you with the frankness and cordiality due to your high station to your representabive character and to your eminent abilities And they will not on this occasion withhold the pression of hopes which they warmly cherish that Massachusetts will see in all she do that while South Carolina muy not forbear the mainteiiiince of her own rights with decision she still enter tains for our State all the kindness and affection due to a sister illustrious for her great virtues her great men mid her great achievements or your self and its her representative again Sir we bid you a cordial welcome to South Carolina and to Charleston Mr Webster in clear commanding and full loiied voicej liis noble and miissixe iorm and his pleasing maimer giving mingled dignity and grace to his appearance responded with eloquence and feeling us follows: Gentlemen It would be an net of as great vio lence inv own feelings as of injustice mid in gratitude to the hospitality of ttie citizens of Charleston if 1 should fail to express my cordial thanks lor the welcome jou give me in their be half mid to recipiocate to you and to them my sincere respects ami good wishes Ym are quiie right gentlemen in supposing that my purpose in undertaking the tour which lias brought me into the midst of you is to see the country and the people ol the country and to oht im a letter and fuller knowledge ol both Hitherto have not been a visitor so far South mid 1 was unwilling quite unwilling to be longer a stranger personally in the Soiilberii States The citizens ol Charleston do me an honor which I most dtep'y'fttl whru they say through you that they have suislactioit in meeting me at their own homes mid wish to render my visit When one is made welcome Charleston I am quite aware that the warmth of can go no further Undoubtedly gentlemen differences of opinion on many Niihjeris xist betwemi your fellow citi zeua and my self and between South Carolina and ftlassachusc'tN But how poor must be that sp rit a spirit winch 1 am sure prevails neither here nor in Massnclmsctis hicb out oflhese hflirences would extract cause of social alienation or per 6onaLlisresect 1 What would he the value ol our political institutions if men might nut differ on political queslKUis without saerilicii mutual es teem or drowning the sense of common brotlicr iiood We' have divers political sentiments but we have but one country vve may differ as to the I aa manner of serving mid honoring that country hut we agree that she is to be served by all to the utmost of their power and honored by all vv uh fil ial reverence and patriotic devotion 11 we do not al way think alike we all feel alike we feel that much of the individual happiness nw well ns the national renown which Iw longs io us now or may belong to us realier does and will attirli to us as tlie imdivided iind 1 hope always indivisible nieudicrs of lhe great American Republic 1 mu happy gentlemen if you think that while discharging the ditties of Secretary of State 1 pnd just regard to the protection of 'Southern in terests iAu tiiV jmtgmenihliose interests import ant in themselves wwne connected with grave quvs tioHof public iw questions totieliiiig the immu nity fligiiandtliH itulapendeqre and qiitity of nations upniT iha inagi Itude thM question I could oct In Jt i THS ATLAS Messrs Sehouler Brewer the editor of tbeAt las in announcing the recent change in that paper ind professsing their determination to support Constitution of the United Stales adds It (the lays no fkttkrs on our HANDS OUR HKAKTS OUR i We can only reply at Randolph subserviency we neither the' ftr' eonae enee bf thtmAifupon which ihe ConstitQtiorb is null felt to Uy any faUar healthy place ns Pensacola convenient place ter WhMb'r'Ken7ar Tqxmq she had power beymid tlie valley of the Ntieces The vaatk territory emhrncjngA large5 of the Mexicaqj provinces of Tnhiaitp'da Coahuila nd New Mexf ico and coinii 'ehende' bptvyeqn the ueces Rnd the lotg north western sweep ofjbe Rio Grande wits riot ifio possession of Texas qtf of te UnL ted Ami the very resolutions of nnncxa(l tion mid other official documents recognized this western boundary ns an open qilCiitionwhich Was to be futiiVe' hegritiation? The apnexption pregnapt with wnr didH hatefpl offKpringkJtfexi cpt wnainactie pence still hovered over the borA ders qf tjtetwo(couitriea not yet driven away: bjM the rqde pppqal qf armsn i twr minuter effort feign affairs wrote to Mr Black our consijlon the 31st of Ociqlier 18 45lhu8 The Mexico Irb given Jt orders for lie purorfe af sus pending for the present any act of hostiliiy againstA theUhded States 'andjimlits ilsclf the udefensivtf aiYtupjpg uie lysue otvjino negptwuon propoaedUy i the government of the United States througn tlU jsswl Vi 3 nt jtn Si had committed? He believed in his heart it was a fatal error He regretted the course which had been believed they had done wrongs andf: he could not leave them without expressing that painful conviction 77 Mrl Smith Before the" meeting seps rates I wish to say one word I am' sure There is not one single person who has attended the pro reedings of this night who does not entertain towards Mr Haughton all the personal respect which his tnosl estimable character (Hear hear) Theie is also 1 hope no oner person here who would not be most anxiou that Mn Huughton on all occasions should have an oppor o' unity of expressing fully and fairly whatever opin fi ion he entertains however different that may be the sentiments of others (Heat) Mr? Haughton has mistaken the feelings of the nieeting altogether he (Mr Haughton) wished to express one opinion and the meeting wished express! another (Hear) i Mr Haughton It is the fact of iny having ex cited your displeasure (loud cries of no when speaking on behalf of the American slaves that pains me Honor and gratitude to James Haughton for his vigilance in behalf of the cause of negro emancipa tion and for his concern for the integrity of theT'rish heart under the pressure of a strong temptation to wink al the prevalence of slavery in America tions on his safe return home with the hope thnt his life miv Ion? be spared enabling him to urge with 1 characteristic abilitv upon the people of America the opening of the prison doors to them that are bound Resolved That we regard his late mission abroad I ei tsnizm I 1 Anri (2 woxoxr rx wzva rr A lit 8 ViMUUldry VII LU 'I I IO'I i in the meeting was called to son James Bnffum and Henrv Wright as of order by John Hilton The following gentlemen the n'most importance to the cause of human broth were appointed officers viz: erhom I and the manner in which it has heen fulfilled William Nell President Robert Morris Jras refl cting upon them lhe highest com Jonas Clark Vice Presidents Edward Law manning the admiration and warmest gratitude of ton George Allen Secretaries rverv lover of truth justice nnd humanity I The guest oflhe veningRrederick Douglass was Resolved That the exclusion of rederick Doug then conducted to the pulpit accompanied by Wili am lass from the cabin nf the Cambria homeward bound Lloyd irrison and Wendell Phillips' Esq where another proof nf the omnipotence and omn presence ot American coinrpholna I Resolved That whatever opinions rnnv be held MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE Report of Mr Keyes on the Mexican War' CONTINUED Apologies for the IVar Theqjevieiv which has now' been attempted nod which is fully sustained by unquestioned 'authori ties conducts us to the important question us to the i character of the war in which the conn fry is how I engaged It hns found partisans who have nddiic i ed various reasons and apologies for it These i all assume acts of wrong on the part of justifying the appeal to arms These may be re solved into three different heads: Jl leged Invasion of the United Slales by Atexico The first alleges that Mexico i passed tl' Iwun tlary of ihe United States in vjidetbour territory and shed American blood ou American soil is completely refuted by the facts already adduc ed showing that lhe collision took place upon ter 1 ritory in dispute between the two governments and in the actual possession of Alex ico It was army of the United States that played the part of invaders Debts of Afexicd Thesecona npology pleads the failure of Mexico to pay certain claims of our citizens founded on alleged outrages during a' long succession of yeaS But these clauiis many of which were of a most A equivocal character were liquidated by inv J839 by which Mexico undertook to satisfy allowed by commissioners appoiutetf thejtwo governments The commissioners afte protr cteil inquiry allowed claims amounting to dhi'i nun mi me inn on inisn dent irom Mexico to the United states 1 he early niHrhfTnu wnioli hiituv Iwiotl ull lx lgv Al Ill'll IIUIU ll (HH I i Bf UI snrhpd 'Hid Hitishpil in tliw sum tntni and creditor account took'their place 1 niiHii AutinnoI rsf In niiil I III I wj IIVCIB'IILII ll I II Alj I'ZXIV'X LAf Jf I CT CT I 1 1 1 jl it is much toiler credit that though vexed bycivil war disordered fimmces and the aggressive con 7 duct of our country she lias never followed the' nvi tn nla cot lit CT rt rt( it urn SS totnj 1 11 Hi 1 VBlllllIXy Olzl O' 'I 1 I Will iXS I LJ KI I A Oj Ill A I 'U ii (iin ner imnire io pay as a jrrou ihi oi war umn iiiier I 1 1 mdli'jinn nn tlio '(Tin dr inrln If AVirlprit that this npology an after thought which is ah I mil I ill 1 in1' 1 1 i 1 1 iji iiniTti ii vi I liiAui nnit a nnt nt nnv npirrpp tn rpiipvo thi 1 the odium with whirh it 'is' justly regarded? Refusal to receive Mr Slidell nrwl Wtiilir ivx 1 I tv trf If CUHI VI I I 1 1 1 I 1 1 I I 1 in the refusal to receive Mr Slidelh We shrink frorn any detailed imptiry info 'the cifAhm 9 stances of this act if not rnoits Christian republic to plead a failnreitr triatter of international 'etiquettd as an" excuse? for nn extensive bloody war Such apol ogy might in former ages have fantrt fiivof with an irritable 'prince in who'fri I the priiicdljo nf hririofz was the substitute for Chrisftiafi duty itshoidd? be disowned by people who profess to regnr1! substance rather thnrijbrm nhtl who the golden rule oCdoing uritW others as they' would he' done unto "'Bur these facts show thab while MeX ico refused tn receive Mr Slidell was sent ns Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plejppoten she expressed a willingness to receive a' commissioner specially appointed to treat of the matters which had interrupted the diplomatic jre? lations of the countries the question of boundary It seems tkaL on the 16th of December 1842 Mr Penny Pena the? Mexican minister of foreign affairs answered Mr( note dedarins that the delayinjiis reqep tion had arisen from difficulties occasioned by the nature nf his credentials 'astriflginiijrrd' jiyjtlAhe proposition made by treat peacefully upon the affairs nfs Texas? On the 20th Decemlier 1845 Mr mission wnsnn nulled by an official note frprriMr Pena Penn requiring the production of special power ad hoc for the settlement of the Texas question expressly and exclusively befoi he could be recognized qimnisler plenipotentiary as otherwise the hopqb aiigmtyj and interests of the Mexican reiuitlic woiid bq put into jeopardy It is Tlonhtfpl if Mexico itv pursuing tins course departed ffrpn the usages oft the government of the United States througn thiq consul pJCfysis an authentic i exprewsion rof the inteptidns have4tberevi' denw! rMrK? formerly United States iconsul i at Amtamoras in detter to General Tay lot dated at China in Mexjco September 23 J845 jandTmn closed to ihe Secretary of State pnsUiethiOci iober Ihave the honor to you ibutjhavejhud sqvqrajconfereocesat Mon terdy with GeneralMuriano Atitg corimmnder iril cbief of the MexicanTprces on tha frontierof the Riq Grande in relatianto lheffifferencestpreBengd px isti i ig benyeen jhe United State and Mexico and am pleased to state to youxhatfrnrmthe opint ions and viewstiie made knownaome the cabinet of Mexico is disposed to enter into anamioables arngementtwith the United Stater ip relation to tie boundary and nil other momentous questioned i neral Arista pledged his honor t6kie tHat DO large bode of Mexican should crow the Teir vjv i A 'A slnverv prejudice against color It is unknown everywhere but in America He rejected indignant ly the absurd dogma that such prejudice was natu ral for if so all nations exhibit it He con demned such a feeling as brutal anti republican and anti Christian Wendell Esq whose presence was unani mously applauded kindly acknowledged his appre ciation of ifie favor extended him by the meeting and would improve the opportunity to endorse the remarks to which they had listened concurring in the tribute to Mr Douglass and concluded by ad vocating the adoption of the resolutions Henry Bibb the eloquent fugitive came forward at call of the meeting and offered a brief exposition of his feelings rejoicing in the success of his brother Douglass and hoping that he might long continue to wiehl his influence against the system of American slavery He was succeeded by William Alien of Troy editor of the National Watchman who in a few fervent remarks illustrated the con dition of the nominally free colored American his disabilities in the various Slates of the also the prevalence and force of that vulgar prejudice which bail been so truthfully expressing himself happy in thus participating in the welcome of rederick Douglass At half past eleven the crowded assembly adjourned after uniting in three welcome shouts for rederick Douglass which did indeed make the wel kin ring every heart responding to the satisfaction imparted by the joyous occasion WILLIAM NELL President Robert Morris Jr Jonas Clark 1 tee do' Allek 5 JAMES DUBLIN If there is a world wide philanthropist in ex istence one who is true to hjs conscience and his one who makes unbending principle his cy nosure and one whose abhorrence of injus tice and oppression is heart felt and deep rooted one who is prompt to seize everyopportunity to bear la faithful testimony against the' hideous system of slavery whieh exists in the United that man is James Haughton of Dublin In the Dublin of the 10th ultimo we find repnrte4 at great length the spirited and en thusiastic proceedings of the Irish Confeera at its monthly meeting held April 7di meeting was in all respicts the most important 'which the Confederation has yet witnessed The Music Hill capable of containing 2000 persons was crowded to its utmost The front and side boxes showed a brilliant array oflhe beauty anded i uention of the city of Dublin and the galleries andfloor were covered with the beslremaining portion of the middle and operative classes The platform was occupied by the chairman the council and its guests and the public press 1 At half past 7 precisely Mr William Smith Brien with whom were Messrs O'Gorman sen andjun Duffy Mitchel Bryan Haughton Mea I ger Reilly entered the hall The cheering 1 which greeted their entrance lasted several minutes Round succeeded round cheer being repeated over and over again at least a dozen times and each time with increased enthusiasm Order beint'1 restored" Mr amid re newed ch ering moved that James Haughton Esq take the chair The motion was seconded by acclamation and carried Mr Haughton on taking the chair made a brief speech replete with good sense and noble feeling at the conclusion of which he said Permit me fel low citizens to urge you all to cultivate in your hearts such an ardent love of liberty as will cause you to shrink from any contamination with slave holders who may affect to sympathise with you in your efforts secure your own freedom 1 have more fears of the ill effects of slaveholding sympa thy from America and of the manner in which that sympathy is received here Ilian from any other fear besides I am afraid we shall allow our hatred of man stealing to be burieci under the blood stained dollars of slaveholders (Cries of no no) the Society of riends in Dunlin have descended from the lofty position which they occupied until now before the world as the uncompromising ene mies of slavery and have slabbed the cause of hu manity to the heart by accepting money from and becoming almoners to the women whippets and cradle plunderers of iltnnore and Charleston and they have refused money forwarded them by a com mittee of ladies in London because it was lhe pro duce of a benefit at a theatre These monies were sent to the relief fund for our poor people and the riend have declared to the world that that which was raised in a theatre is an abomination while the blood stained dollars of the slaV' driver are an ac ceptable offering at the shrine of benevolence A Voice In an assembly of Irishmen that is not the way America should be spoken of (Cheers) Mr Haughton Allow me to say (confusion) A Voice Three cheers for America (Tremen dous cheers Mr Haughton I ain now about speaking of the conduct of Liverpool merchants in connexion with A gentleman here stood up in the gallery and said 1 think this is out of place and question) 1 am an American citizen sir and feel interested in the question (Cheers) 1 think it is quite out of place (Loud cheers) Mr Haughton I thought in what I was en deavoring to do I was taking the best means of ad vancing the cause of human freedom (Confusion) A Voice Repeal IVe want no slave lecturing here (Cries of order and question) After a short conference with Mr Smith Mr mghton said' As there seems to be a dif ference of opinion in this meeting to a considerable extent on the subject 1 am willing to forego my own feelings and in taking my seat allow me to express the strong conviction of iny mind that we shall never gain any of our liberties if we be unmindful of the injuries done in the name of liberty abroad (Hear hear) Mr William Smith O'Brien here took the' floor and made a long and very able speech on the situa tion and prospects of Ireland and was followed by several othej 'earnest speakers up to a late hour Mr M'Gee read an address of the Irish Confedera tion to the Hon George Dallas Vice President of the United Slates making grateful acknowl edgments the efforts on behalf of Ireland now being made throughout the United at the recommendation of the great meeting convoked at I Washinirton on the 9th of ebruary over which Mr I Dallas was chosen to preside and warmly eulo gising this country earing the effect of this ad dress would be to lower the tone of Irish feeling ana sentiment on the subject of American 'slavery Mr Haughton said You have done me the kindness to 0 I call on me to preside over this great meeting 1 am i your servant this evening and I shall put such reso lotions as may be placed in my hands but you will not expect me to relinquish my own opinions Mr has called on you to sympathise with the people of Cracow: I heartily respond to that call The' inhabitants of that may number some twenty or thirty thousand individuals' The appeal 1 made you was on behalf of three millions bf Amer ican slaves (Cries of Mr has told you that this address is the first manifesto which has been sent across the waters It is my opihibn that if you sanction" this address you will do a great wrong to your country (Cries of ques tion question) 1 am speaking of the address and 1 have only to add before putting it for your adop lion or rejection that it is addressed to a slaveholder' Mr Haughton is in error in supposing that Dallas is a "slaveholder But though" we' are hot' aware that Mr is the bwner'of slaves? every body on this side of the Atlantic' knows that? in regard to the enslavement of three' millions of his countrymen he is utterly remorseless? and that he is' one ofthe basest' sycophants of the Slave jtiW Mr Haughton said the business of meeting" s' a 3 I 1 with lhe exception of 'receiving and enrolling new member? had now terminated jid before they separated he "had a few' 'paihful 'words to Address Ip his? fallow he'wii' in Tight position there tht'eveijihglj bod from Tv hat bad ocoorred a sadness bad over his besrt REIJffE OPPRESSION true that they cinniinlel my utmost ntieufioii I I 1 ii trie rrzCTtin iiiipi JlrVCHiill irui Hiiiioytince more security for murine rights mid general nd vmice lhe iruimtemmce ot pence nml ine irienmy iniercomse oi nations 1 am laiumi io ascribe this result rather to the concurrence of fortunate circumstances and to the eiicourage i ment and support of others than to any ability lis i played by my efforts I concur xvilh you cordially gentlemen in the sentiment that mutual intercourse strengthens mil tual regard and that he more citizens of different parts of the coimtrv see of one another the more will asperities he softened mid differences recon ciled I may undertake to say for Massachti setts that she is ready at all times to meet and to re turn the respect aud hospitality of South Carolina and that she rememliers the ancient ties of union 1 and fraternity that she acknowledges a common interest and a common fate in a common country that there is no where else a juster or a higher appre ciation of lhe men or the deeds of this her sister State mid no where the prevalence of more earnest wish I es for whatever may advance her prosperity ami distinciion 1 1 ireiiriPHicH i nnne innong you whii iny inniiiy as travellers hut not feeling that we are entirely Mr strangers 1 wish io mtraci no osieniniious nonce hut desire only to he regarded as a fellow country inmi mid fellow citizen and see the country and i the people without formality or restraint Tlituiking you and the citizens of Charleston again tor the cordial welcome extended to me it remains that I offtr you gentlemen personally my high regard and to this concourse of your fellow citizens which now surrounds us and whose as sembling together on this occasion I regard as so respectful and so imperatively demanding my gratel'ulackno wledgments miisi tender my sin cere respects Citizens of Charleston I am happy to regard you as countrymen we were born to the same mnpi nance won nv i same i i anti the same valor New England blood has moistened the soil where we now stand shed as readilv as at Lexington or Coucoril or 1iiiikt Ilin may itrove a durable cement of the Union ol' our respec tive States! And may generations now far off find themselves when they arrive ns we now find ourselves a free respectable united and prosperous community! I pray you gentlemen accept my siu i cere good wishes for you all During the ileivei of this fine address aud at its ose Mr ehser win enthusiastic plaudits and cheers of the numerous and gratified spectators of the imposing scene lie appeared in fme health and spirits and in admira ble humor too to enjoy the numerous festivities and hospitalities public and private that await his acceptance and participation A miinber of citi zens of both sexes were iiresented to him ami Ten dered him their congratulations ami respectful homage The Court of Common Pleas mid the City Court of Charleston being in session the one on motion of II Biiley Eq Attorney General the other on motion ol'C Brewster Esq acting At torney General adjourned to enable the Jurors and other citizens in attendance to witness the re ception of New favorite son and their Honors Judge and Judge Rice were among those who lenderi'd him a welcome among us Several of the clergy were also presented to the great New Englander I 73 1 A CTOM Vn Vt nations Great Britain once pent to the United States a minister specially authorized tn trent of the affair of the Chesapeake Jt fi pot kpweyer suit the policy of our government to enter inio'any negotiation willihitp unless his instructions ex tended to other The then de dared his mission terminated butno offences was taken on either 'side nor when at ensued 1 between Britain apejfifhe United States wasi question of etiquette thrown" by either party into the bloody scales i 7 uTexfis wns and 'the question arises whatwasjhi? territory which: had th us been xornL from Mexico and incorporated into our Yepuhlic What were its metes 'and bounds LooksfirsratJ i jdje resolution ofnnexationj these it i prtwi yuleil ns Einst that the territory properly included within andngM4Uy teongu)g to the republic of Texas may be: erqcteiUnto a now State Ito be calledyllie i State irxpspwithji i republican form tpf goveriimenLb nd Bgainjfhp said State to sbeJbrmed iounaary that may ariae with other gavemmenUA These terms ware acceded to by Texas The in extend the friend and humanity's eloquent advocate rederick Douglass (who alter an i world where he has won fur himself and the cause so near his heart laurels of victory returns to us renewed in spirit and eager for the conflict with American pro slavery and prejudice We are happy to reciprocate on occasion the sentiments ad vanced by the Chairman of the fare well meeting tendered him at London That we testify to him our affection for his person approbation of his labors and admiration tachment to the great cause with which It affords us tlie most heartfelt satisfaction to ac knowledge the respect and attention exhibited by all 'classes in England Scotland and Ireland to our friend while traversing the length and breadth ol the land fulfilment of fits mission In England whose il will not bear lhe impress I of a slave sacred as the birthplace oi Wilbeilorce i and Clarkson honored by lhe united labors ot a homes of constellation of true men aud women pledged ever In do battle lor lhe enslaved of every land there Douglass was made welcome aud iidiemtd regenerated and disenthralled by the irrcsis ibh genius of Universal Emancipation' Li Scot land too renowned in her struggles for liberty by the heroic deeds ot Wallace and Bruce and his own great prototype Douglass a land illutiius in po I elic associations of Burns the ploughman poet and Waller Scott of zXubolslord there irom the ebl' of Edinburgh and Glasgow us also the peasantry of Loch Katrine er bill and dale By the bourne highland heather' 'n contrast with the awards of Republican America rederick Douglass was honored as lhe language ol Scotia's own bard proclaimed man for a' that nd glorious liberty loving Ireland irst flower of the earth first gem of the though persecuted and famishing yet responded hnrmoniously to the leachiugH of Darnel Q'Cminell ami bb Al len Huughton and of a host of true hearts them wlvcs the chief and who greatly facdiluleij Ins lu bars ol love am ng people We should indeed be ungrateful as fAbohtionisis did we fail record our tribute of thanks to all those friends who have thus aided by gieir money and influence in accelerating lhe car of Email 1 ipution May time spwdiljr trrivwkea the Briu young friends by whom he was then surrounded and that night he (their chairman) was onl npraHV thnm Khn Vr uoui uui i UI flUCVUL WaM fOriCS of lio no nJsSHtar1 rpp ilvait nnrl hsi nd ihi ri: 1 "7 aav Mk ax MUM JL IU lUf i IQf 1 11 If 1 1 kA Ilf If At I MYM heve that the enemies of their cause neglect The alienee of any express designat to tflkp ml vnuffura nf thij i teiTItOrW IlV inptiK nnl awi VS fe II VI IT inv I a wsyj avruiu me iiiiCTenuence? 7 nt tian Us vv'hcu Buu4ceni provi mat iney were still uqtleierttiinqd while the language of tho recognizes questions bf boundary which ioiorioiiNly related to the western frontier or the hii0 betvveen Texas and Mexico I The question recurs what included within and righlfidly brilongei! to Texas There are sorrie' persons? who adverting' to'lhe early history of territory assert that it once a part of Louisiana nhd that michjiw western was the iq traridelTbi po's has however been assailed by euover whelming array of authorities an4 i)lusirntiohsu winch leave if little more than a hollow assertion' Blit whatever may bo the' Conclusions with regard to ir it will 'not' be questioned that Texuk'first as a Spanish province and afterwards a'oneofahaX Slates of the hounded by the river neces yiVcr) This is aiM impo taut geographical and historical 'fact in itself 4 almost conclusive upon the' question nb sence of countervailing prqofs Prominent leader ot the now dqtmnai( party of our country have solemnly declared that the boundary wasihqt further west than tlm great desert bejweep Nueces and the Rio Grande senator of like United States in his Speech of May IB 1844 deA nouncm attempt pluim lhe Rio Grando sometimes called theRiodel JNorte aiMl chvRi4 Bravo as the boundarywhiclyis one hundred aud a fifty miles farthei4 west embodied opin i iu the fjllowmg rMoluiio! Resolved That the incorporation the ieV bank of he Riodel Nortemifo the American by virtue of a treaty with Texas comprehending ns the said incorporation would do a'psrt of the MexU can departments of New Mexico Chihuahua xCoaJ huila and Tam iulipawua'4 be a act of direct gression on Mexico for al) the consequence of which lhe United States Would stand responsible In die House of Representatives? of the foreign affain (Mr gersoll) on the 3d of ebruary? 1845 made his "ro markable declaratiqu lolha same effect He said deserts tlie Nueces'nnd tho Bravo rivers are the natural boundaries between the AnglotSaxbn' and the "Mauritanian racest'Tfiere ends the valley of the wepts There Me xico begirif Thence beyond the Brayo begiq the Moorish peo A pie nnd their Indian associates 'to a properly belongs who should! cross thatjvast desert if they crtuld as we bn our aideiQqought to stop there because interminable ensue our aoiith or lheir coining north of gigArttic boundary IAie'yeace Js cherished: tAatt boundary wilt be' sacred Mot till the spirit ocon questirages will the either aide iHolesl br5 mix with each other nnd they do onb the other race must be if extin 5 These authorities would i MeUVo But other coi5i''1entioi i jphl weighty to thetn Texttff wns a chid of 5revolutibriHer titl territory cannot lepen upon' formal designs 7 of boundaries inmaps arp iigtmist her pfeseiff claim Jpilmpon the sword Her right uas co ejttensivewitli her iqightust ft so lor assheliad bpen able to hold possogsigr: ttndor no further woild her title Xhiif conclusion fl a Pbli0 fcwUUs by Mr Donaldson our charge nmoui becaiue a wi Hth I8J5 nftbr stating JhuclturnoL Texan to thei eg I vjtllHtiu (IN iiBMfl flllfsWT Ifktt an it a hut tauk A reau ihk i A dbbtpr aq wum Itmits oWA pto It was afrnjory acuaWyqJoaresmjfb? hv nnJ ivlimh oko Jt HT I 5 It is clqir frpm the correspondence Juki before Cdhirress by the Presijlenj? thaC'rexafiail never ncouifed 'nossession tn rim w'lt uage of Mexicotbeyol bey ed 111 I IE hank oftlie RioGraride jxiiaL WylfiAihRpaffiea not to exceed It wo hundreiimenjshould be nitted gti as far RB tfie Arrayo Colorado engues from the Rib GrandeJ) ili'ey wotiltPe strictly' ordered sonly to prevent Iridian dephJda iohsaind illicit trade? oiwft btH'luma Tim conduct oDMexteo it will A' be ih hafmohy wfth ib See lheM inJi ranee of Maine which contain a elaborate exam! nation at the question of boundary MoaaaiMsiiiMAlisiBinMiM Iom isli Lion and American Eagle encircled with the ap propriate banner conspicuously adorned with the blended Thistle and Shamrock unite in one jubi lee of thanksgiving that the last night of American Slavery is past and that cl upon her soil of what ever color or clime are indeed free and independent Our friend has had every inducement to remain abroad Houses lands and money were proffered himself and family but true to the Amor Which burns so vividly on lhe altar of every American heart he preferred the hills and valleys of his own native land for with all its faults he toyes it and as he expressed himself deter mined to come back for the sake of his brethren to speak forthem to write for them Io lift up his voice for them in order to ensure their emancipa Permit me without further trespass upon yourpa tience in your behalf to greet rederick Douglas with a cordinl welcome home and to invoke for him your diligent attention to the words of instruction with which he may be disposed to favor the meeting InurrJuss on risino received the hand of the es chairman which was loudly approbated bythe whole audience I Mr Douglass confessed being much embarrassed nt finding himself thus warmly greeted by his Boston friends for which testimonial he had no words to ex press his gratitude He had returned from his la bors across the water where every mark of esteem was tendered him anti where he had addressed nu merous large assemblies in behalf of humanity But 'doty to those at home had induced him to resume his post by the side of the faithful and true to labor with them for the redemption of the slave Mr Doug lass presented in detail many incidents of his tour at I I A 1 1 i 1 1 1 iiitr a ii i 1 1 1 ii fxiiiviivdii ry un board the Cambria outward bound (which was however much ameliorated bv the noble conduct of ipt Judkins) contrasted with the treatment award ed him by all classes on the soil of Old England during his remarks presenting a graphic delineation of the ree Church agitation the Evangelical Alli ance his controversy with Dr Cox at the great Tem saluted by the loud mid perance Meeting in Covent Garden Theatre which 1 i fe I fT had left the Repeal Association becaus liberty troductiontb 5 bn p4 ipeech was not permitted there to lome of hit proved by outCongrew eXjiressly dcclarea that it is innnpfi in iifpnrfiAiu'A wiih iha I United ths resolutions jf annexation excluding all tenvj IU trVir I 1 Inntrinrr tn rfa MtinMU IOU OK liie bounds ns occurs i rr t(if pl the United Stntes is sufficient proof that they 1 II ET All men ar bcm free and with Mt sin nattfi itirmdfttial iftd among wlricreLllf CTThrec million oftb Aerican people wej chains hldjas qhattel personal and bought and old a JEr Severitythousand infants? the offtpringof slavd parents ktdnappMed as somas borp and permanently added lican Depiocratic America everyysjtr irr immediate Unconditional i rr trader and: Slave driver arc to be placed on the same level of infamy the same fiendish category JiU kidnappers and men a sumption of power4 and their despotic orHdlty The existing Constitution of tliaUnited States te aacovenaldt w'rtffdeadtfiall itf igtictoent with hell1 HO UHI0H WITH SLA 'v BanaanaaaaaM i jKMrxr iLEtf EXJA'M 121ITT 'l WI1S UTLnTTr £1 1UI MIL MM MM JM HMMBMIJZL WM IS1J T1A1 1MII milll 1 mlLllII MMHIMt A 4U fX I tr.