The northern star and freemen's advocate., January 02, 1843, Image 2

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THE NORTHERN STAR.
Monday, Janunary 2, 18143,
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We want all our agents to be as active
as possible in obtaining subscribers and
forwarding their names with the money, as
early as convenient.
Thomas Higgins is no longer travelling
agent for this paper. He has made no re
turns to us, and he has obtained twenty
five subscribers, to our knowledge. Per
sons have sent for their papers.
N. G. Freeman is no longer agent for
this paper. He has been out six weeks,
and has not written to us; but we have
heard of him.
A number of letters and communications
will have to be laid over until our next
number for want of room, and also Mr.
Henman’s address on temperanee.
William A. Tyson is general agent for |
New-York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and
Staten Island. He will receive subscribers
and donations from such persons as may feel
disposed to aid us in the publication of this
paper. Persons in New-York who may
feel liberal enough to give usa donation for
New-Year, may send it to 33 Sullivan-st.,
New-York, to our general agent; he will
correspond with us at Albany, weekly.
All our white friends in the different |
states we trust, will send us a donation for
a New-Year’s gift, to help us go on with
our publication. We are not able to carry
it on upon our own resources; therefore
we are dependant on our white and color
ed friends for the first year. We think
that we shall be able to be sustained by our
colored friends, after May.
All Presidents, Secretaries, and officers
of temperance societies, will confer a faver
by acting as agents for this paper, in their
respective towns. They will please for
ward the names of subscribers as fast as
received.
7 We are informed that there is to be
a Fair held about the Ist of January, in this
city, for the benefit of the colored Baptist
Church. Our friends would do well to
give them a call.
By the by, what has become of the Peo
ple's Press? Some say it has gone up Sal/
River. You must ask the Doctor.
Woman—The mornit;g star of our youth
—the day star of our manhood—the eve
ning star of our age. God bless our stars.
We trust that our people will send in
their petitions to the legislature of the state
of New-York. We simply ask that New-
York herself may be free from all connec
tion with slavery. Is therea single de
scendant of our forefathers who will not
sign such a petition? If there be, shame
on him. We have seen slavery trampled
upon since 1821, when we stood erect, in
common with all other citizens. Let every
individual see to it, that every house in his
own and the neighboring towns is visited
with these great petitions. Hold public
meetings in every town to adopt them;
district the large towns, in order to obtain
signatures with convenience and speed;
let the petitions go to the legislature with
hundreds and thousands of names. To ef
fect this, let every citizen go to work him
self, as brave spirits do when freedom is
endangered and humanity insulted ; let the
voices of forty thousand colored citizens be
heard at the Capitol of the Empire state;
yes, and at Washington, until the prayers
of two millions and a half be heard that are
now held in abject bondage, and that con
gress may not turn their petitions away un
heard as formerly ; and let us see American
slavery immediately abolished from our
land.
Yet we intend, when any slave is sent to
us, to do as we always have done since 1831,
pass fugitives to Canada, where they can
breathe the air of freedom. We have ever
been on the side of suffering humanity, be
lieving that Canada is the only asylum for
the American slave. When a slave steps
upon her soil he may consider himself a
man and a freeman.
Education.
The subject of education is so frequently
discussed, that it is almost worn threadbare;
and yet the very fact that it is so discussed,
shews it is very far from having produced
all the results which philanthropy seeks to
ol.tain.
Education is indeed a prolific theme. Its
mode of operation, the powers, mental and |
even physical, it enlarges: the moral, social,
‘and political training which it effects, are
fruitful topics, and would require the pen
of inspiration to do them justice. Tothese
higher views we do not now address our
celves. We look around us and find a dis
tinct race of people, different in many re
spects from their fellows, who are degraded
by condition, by habits of servitude, by po
verty, and much by legislative enac ments.
The most fortunate of us can never hope
even in this country, to soar to any dis-
tinction of fame, or to acquire any political
influence. It is impossible; and the re
flecting portion of the colored population
see it, feel it, and despair.
It is not our intention at this time, to say
where is our land of promise, or how our
condition is to be permanettly changed. It
is a subject which at present is beyond our
ken ; but what we mcan to say is, that
while this state of things lasts, it is more
necessary than ever that just notions of ed
ucation should prevail among us.
And first, all those preliminary studies
which are necessary to the successful pro
secution of ordinary business, should be
assiduously cultivated. Mechanical pur
suits, the cultivation of the soil, and the bu
siness of merchandize and commerce, are
as open to us as to others. These avenues
however, to be pursued with success, re
quire a considerable degree of practical in
formation. And next, religious principles
should be particularly cultivated. If toany
men, religion offers any inducements, it is
to the colored race. It teaches that there
is another and a better world, where color
is no bar to happiness, no badge of misfor
tune—where the lash of the driver, the
groans of the captive will be nomore known
— where ¢ the rich man’s scorn, the proud
man’s contumely,” exclude the heart which
has practised them here, and where the
poor despised son of Africa may approach
the throne of ineffable glory and say, “ our
Faruer and ovr God.”
We have been iuformed that the colored
citizens of Buffalo are making rapid pro
gress in the advancement of temperance,
and cvery man is engaged in carrying out
the principles of total abstinence ; and also
our colored friends of Rochester are doing
much in the temperance and anti-slavery
causes; and likewise the colored people of
Schenectaey are much engaged in the tem
perance enterprise. The colored citizens
of Troy are doing as usual, that is, advanc
ing the temperance and anti-slavery causes.
They also have two churches supported by
them. They are always found in readi
ness to engage in any thing that will pro
mote the interests of one another.
S. Myers is to deliver a lecture at Del
hi on the 16th January, and an Anti-Slave
ry address at Northampton on the 22d.
He cannot, there‘ore, fulfil his engagement
at Newburgh, at present; but will as soon
as convenient.
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