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"NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS."
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From the A. S. Standard.
Slavery is War.
" About tlirno weeks pant wo had an insur
rection of our negroes, who, in one night, rut
ofT about twenty-five whites. tiller which they
formed a considerable body, nd scrifico.l
everything in their way. VVe were immeil:
ntelv nhirmnd. nml under nrins. and the lil'Ht
method wo took to suppress them, was by se- j
all our ferrys and passes by euar Is, !
and body upon tht scout came up with j
them, and engaged ; lliey gave two fires, but
without any damage. Wo returned the lire,
and brought down fourteen on the spot, g ive
tliein chase, and, in coinpas of days,
killed about twenty more and took about for
ty alive, who were iinuirdi.it ly .ringed, gib
beted alive, shot. &e. Some others c imp in,
were tried, and discharged. There may he
about ti'n mom that are out, but will soon bit
taken."
Severri yenrs ago, a venerable friend, since
departed, showed me a letter in manuscript.
I'rniii which t!ie ahovo extract is taken. It
be..rsa nuno w hich I should have given, but
that it may invade ton much the s terednoss
of private relations; a name, however, of
w hich I may rem irk, t!i it it is hy no means
unknown in cither of those conspicuous
States of our Republic, Mass ichuset's and
South Carolina. Its dato I give: Charles
ton, S. C. Sept. 2S, 1733. So that, besides
tho victims of an insurrection, so awful as at
that hour this must have been, all the actors
on each side, who survived tin horrors of
thoso dark iliys, and dnuhly-d irk nights,
must have long since passed away. Less
than a hundred years bad succeeded, when
Virginia was doomed to a like scene of hor
ror and carnage. Tho years of Slavery
which preceded the Califoruian insurrection,
thoso which intervened between it and the
Virginian, and those which have succeeded
tin: latter, even in their quietest seasons, h ive
all been years, not of true poire, but of sup
pressed War. Tin fiercest war his its in
tervals of repose. Tncre must, even in times
of hottest baste, be snatched a time to breathe,
to renew, and, if pnsibl", redintogrite im
paired energies. We speak of certain w.irs
in our annals, with the liilims, with the
French, wiili ibe Kngli-h, and narrate their
causes, tlioir origin, their progress, their ter
mination, their rllerts. Wo forget tint for
two cnlorirs and a quarter we have been en
gaged in an incessant war. a war, entering
directly into our very households, and array
ing the different ineinbers of those hnuso
liolds, ag iin-t each ot'u r in conflict, which
waits only the favorable momem for doing
all the fell deeds enlinked to battle itself.
Slavery is W.ir! Insurrection now and then
appears; tho country is moved; insurgents
are slain, fo subdued, are dealt with accor
ding to the policy of the conquerors. Hut
the insurrection is to iho whole) stat of do
mestic. Slavery, only what a battle is to the
whale slate of international war. tho point
of fearful juncture, at which brutal passions,
githered in perfect fury, meet lo sate them
selves with blood, us tho old E'noin gimi
feasted bis not ruder appetite with the fi.-sh
an I blood of those who entered hiscivern.
Slavery is war! It begins in war; it can
begin in iin oilier v iv. By force d-enied ir-
resi-iihle, so yielded to in despi r ition. th
i :it! i v ill u 1 1 is first m hIh a slave. The fore
which c i .iipcls him to reluct nit suliinis-unn,
is the farce of elfnli impulse, of proud a.n
bill on, of r it) acinus eovvtoiisness. Agains
this foreo tho in in dies battlo while be be
lieves bo ran; be does batt'e, not only with
the high will to be free, but with tliu coun
teraction of the same lower passions which
are arrayed against him. Justice is always
even-hcarled. Tais cup-bearer of the secret
powers, always finds way to mix again, in
the chalice which ono gives to another, the
sitne ingredients which hive, been drunken
o.T, anil to return it fes'i to the first giver;
nay, morn than coalmen I, to compel it to his
lips. Selfish impulse comes hack in selfish
resistance ; proud nuiii Hon, in proud envy
and revenge; rapacious covetousness, tn a ra
pacitv commeiisurato with it, sustained by
tho covetousness which seeks without bound,
and fails, only with tho limitations ol
powers, and its means. Nay, the blood
which lias stained the soil of Africa, the
blood which this sunn retributive Destiny
this stern, inexorable Necessity, lias drawn
from the invad"-, s his rapacity and cruelty
had first dra -'ri. the victim, no nun
can tell, no miifo,, know.
Slavery is Wa War seems a Peace
sometimes. It only seems. There, is none
in reality, there can be none. The elemenis
of War are forever latent, even when hinder
ed from being open, in its bosom. More
than two hundred and twenty-five years has
there been a state of real, though commonly
suppressed, war between the European and
the African races, whose chief seats have
been tho western coast of Alrica, and
warmer and more fertile regions of America.
The war is now hushed, save as o casional
outMirsiings of its fi rce and bloody iqnrit
fear in deeds of mutual Veiig auee and vio
nee. The war is no hushed, shall 1 say
let mo recall th i word. Toe slave is si
niiting either in despair or in hope on
fioid which ho cannot command, and wailing,
ns his spirit may be, for protracted bondage,
for bitter revenge, or for sweeter freed nil.
This shall come at last; but, alas! die bond
age and the revengo are ulso sure. T.ih
blended conflict and revenge have alre.idy
on the Rio Crande. OppresM n,
fjr victorious, seeks wider spheie of union.
Uut our sons and brothers are already lie
over us in victims. The voice which
proclaims slavery to ho war, pronounces
therewith the corlrnty that war, whether
extend and strengthen slavery by new lein
foreemenis from M xico, or lo perpetuate
within our original borders, will biiug
own cursa on the nation and the individual.
A phrase sufficiently ludicrous has lately
cane into use; our rrre.it men talk of
inerinw a Peace. Puaee has been indeed
1 t. i... i.nA. .nnnl.nnt.l in.
COJlilucitsu. A, liaa uduii iyoietic,uu uo mid
gelio form stood forth imploiing us tt rover-
down. beaten, soiled, covered with .lust, en
curing crusted Willi blood, just so long as slavery,
"no with war, r-in tins under our briyht skies,
Pncr justice in our relation to Texas and to
Mexico. Peace has been conquered as the
celestiiil voice calleil on us to Mess inank n I
in cngnving the law of universal freedom in
ti the Minervan slru'-tur- of our Confod-raey.
I'cice his been conquered in tlin whojo his
tory of American Slavery. The power of
peace Ins lai I bleeding or centuries on ibis
Amerioin soil. Hero it will lie trodden
within our ocean borders
Conquer Peace." Proud statesmen, ye
may conquet it for a while. In your capitnl,
in your palaces, in your sticets; in caucuses
or feasts ; wherever ye can make your voices
overflow and drown ibe sacred Voice in the
soul of man ; ye may cniier peace, and ex
ult in your conquest. Know flit your vi
lory is but for n moment. The smoke of
men's firework", the vapor of men's steam
engines, m y rise high enough, and be th ck
eaoii rii (o d irken the blessed 31111. But the
sun is there ! Americms! in other ways
than vo boast, yo 111 iy conquer Pe iee, and
darken the earth. Uut the brief instant of a
century or a uiiileniu Ti itrives the ear with its
smoke and sh 1 1 iw f orv ir I, th clou I ve have
raised is away, the sun shines anew; Pe.ce
looks di wn from heaven, the celes ial power
is revealed, iiusnjled. undimtned, sun-like
and divine lorever Peace embosoming free
dom, freedom rejoicing in peace, a divine
marriage, the whole earth exulting in its ev
erlasting festival. T. T. s.
Captain Hannum.
We copy from the Post, which doublings
feels itself I igbly complimented by being
mule the medium of such a communication,
as the following statement from Capt. II an
num :
CAPT. HANNUM'S STATEMENT.
BOSTON, Sept. 16, 1846.
the
;
Certain infl imm itory articles, with lavish
abuse of my employers and myself, firt made
me aware of the existence of the " Chrouo-
yi,e-" . . ...
I lie authors 01 thn above were dourilless
persons unconnected Willi com iierce igno
rant of the I nihilities of siii,mi isters intent
only npon carrying out their own selfish.
narrow ml nil ea pnuciplos, regard luas ol ill"
means employed.
Iho lollow lug are some of the particulars
of the late slave case; On the morning of
his disc ivery, (August lllh)I gave hi 11 lo
undersiaml laal he must he sent back by the
st vessel; ami 1 ir this purp ise h id a Ire-
queut lookout at the mist bo nl. Not being
successful in meeting a vessel bound out to
Now Uric ins, 1 loll luai 111 iho lower harbor
on my arrival, while I enme to the city f ir
ulvico. .Messrs. Pearson (.0., (as I be
lieve) with m olives of the purest jiuiice, de
cided that lie must g 1 back and back be has
g me ; but ho has not been " scut away emp
ty." lie received many presents in money
uvl c.loilung Irooi my Irionds who visited me
while in tin; harbor, and fro. 11 the time of bis
liscovnry till bis a'timnent he lived and fared
is I Uul mysell. Were it nocessary 1 could
produce 111 iny witnesses who saw and eon
versed svilli him, to prove th it hn expressed
his regret tint he absconded from me that
ho w.s willing t i abide by iny decision and
rouirn to bis m ister. As for lb it motley crew
of whiles an I blacks who crowded the di cks
of the Lincoln," and bailed me in the " Vi
sion," with cries of run him down," " fire
into him" I doubt if there is one of them
who would l more rejoiced ti see a slave
set free, or the whole institution of slavery
with its thousand curses, tumbled to the d list,
than the " kidnapper captain" whom they
wore so intent upon persecuting. It is such
wild proceedings as these, and clandestinely
bringing slaves to liberty, that forges slill
stronger the fetters of slavery at the s uith
and keeps alive that spirit of enmity between
ill and our southern brethren.
I think they accuse me of mercenary mo.
lives, which is the most absurd of all
charges.
If they will look nt sou;o of tho New Or
leans papers they w ill learn the amount
the reward, and can then judge how much In
duceineiit it would bo to absent myself from
home and all its domestic enjoyments for four
days aner an aiibcnce o' lliree luoutlis. fur
thermore, the captain who lakes him to New
Orleans is directed to take no reward, but
plead earnestly lor Hie slave for a release from
punishment.
In my letter to the m ister, now in posses
sion ol ibe si ive, I have Mated that in send
ing hi a back, I sacrifice feelings of humin
ity and private principles to the I iws of
stite, and solicit in return a mitigation
punishment for the unfortunate offender.
The master, no doubt, would rather never
see the slave, if he could securo me or
Ottoman, lie 1011I1I then plica a high value
upon him, which I should be compelled
pay, and then comes fine and imprisonment
lo satisfy the olTfiiiJeil laws of Louisiana.
I will say no more. To the hands of
brother shipmasters the press the public,
abolitionists and all I leave the subject
consideration.
JAS. W. HANNUM.
Master of brig Ottoman.
ap
peared thus
to
it
its
It appears clearly from this frank slat -ment
or Ibe kidnapper, th ,t he did the deed
no " mercenary" motive, but that lie sacri
ficed " feelings of hum n itv and private prin
ciples" lo the lawn of Loiiisiam! This
pure disinterested duulif ic ism. This be
111 f avnr of a wretch who doesn't want
negro, hut wants a high price for him.
did a thing which be knew to be wrong,
grantly wrong, diiholically wrong, oi.t
reg ird lor the linn and l.iipiisonment w hn
the ollendeil I iws, made just by surh wn
os. would have viaind upon him if he
done it. The C ipt lin's motive was not "
of course it Wis not the fine
moved bun. It was not any inherent rever
can- j "ncn lor inoso laws mat moved Mm, tor
, sacrificed his " private principles" in doing
nn. it. Poor imn! Loss of libertv iii oiinnrrh
j .
I truly. 'I he slaw J sent back knows
But if he bad thought proper losserificrt his
going to New Orleans to M issaehusetts law,
instead of sacrificing his " feelings of human
ity and principles" 10 Louisiana law, might
he not hive escaped imprisonment! For a
111111 who has no " mercenary" motives, is it
n at possible to give up even trade to New
Orleans! There are ports to which a cap
tiin may sail, whern he will not be called
upon to sacrifice his bu. moiiy or bis princi
ples. Re illy, does Capt. II innem expect us to
believe that the returned slave finally went
b ick vti'antnrHy it intormin ihle bondage,
when he, Capt. II innum, another slave, so
dreaded a temporary imprisonment, that he
sacrificed " his feelings of hum inity and pri
vate principles" to escape it ! No, no, Capt.
Ilinnumj you cannot deceive us, if you
deceive yourself. Men who love liberty
enough t') d ire what that slave did, do not
go ba 4k 1 1 si ivory willingly, unless it bo to
sue the sicrifice of their humanity and thnir
principles. Lifivetle went lo prison rather
thin Sicriiice A 'leeltngs of hiiinanity and
bis private principles." It is even possible
th it the 111 111 you have sent b irk to New Or
leins. might have gone luck for a similar
reis'ui. if y ui bid taken a dill" Tent course
to wards him. Had ymi landed him in.Mas
s achusetis, iind said lo him, Urolhor, you
have had a bard lot, and I w ill h ive 110 hand
in making it harder; you are free to go, but
you will understand that your g"ing In ill's
way subjects me to the 1-ss of my bu ines.
the bread of my children, or to a fine of a
th msand dollars mid five years imprison
ment," it is possible hi- feelings of hum un
ity might have risen so high in your behalf,
that be would hive gone back to his " own
er," rather than sacrifice them. If he hid
d one so, we are sure you would say, that be
had done more for you than ever John II.
Pearson did. But if reports are true, you
did no such thing, but falsely ehirge.l him
wiili s elling your pocket-book in order to
rescue him Iroin the feelings ol humanity
and private principles" of the byst ndcrs iii
south Doston. 1)1 you pretend that the man
went back voluntarily under such circumstan
ces ! No: his "regret" that he absconded
fioin you, was only a humble imitation of
your own trick of filsehood, designed to fa
cilitate another escape; and. begging your
pinion, it was much mure justifiable than
yours. (.'ironi'litir. ,
I
BinLE Ernies us. Menu IOxthrval Acts
and Leoai. Relations. When Mr. Kincaid
was in Pniladepiia, in 1913. in a speech be
fore the the Ilapiisi liihle aociely, be said
L' t me lea I you into Ava. bee those dark
fr a" ning pris m walls with no window. Kn
tcr the massive gates, and walk through thoso
damp halls. In this dark damp cell sits one.
p lie and emaciate I, surrounded by felons and
murderer.,, vol how mild and tranquil. lis
knows you; an I he plucks a little book from
his breast, "Eiir icts from tbe Bible." Who
is II1.11. man; and why is I10 there! It
Ko-San-Loiie ; and bis wife and seven lovely
children are there. 1 he governor enters.
places before him an imago of G iuJ amn, and
says, " Ku-San-Lone, you injiRt bow to that
image, and you are free." " I w orship the
eternal I, oil," is the reply. Says the gov
ernor, ' Ko-Saii-Lone, yon aro a great fool
you may worship in yi ur hrart just what yon
Hue, only bow to Ural imago. "My Lord,
replies Ko-Sati-Lone, " even in appearance
cannot deny my Saviour."
What a pity Ko-San Lone, bad not been
initiated into the doctrine of the harmles?ness
of a " mere external act," or a " mere legal
relation." Ilow readily he might then have
come out of prison; and what a world
good ho might have done! Especially
he had only uuded a little external siavehobl
ing and polygamy! Al.is! when will uicn
bu wise ! .7. A'. Jleporter.
COMMUNICATIONS.
A Letter from Calvin Fairbanks, the
Prisoner.
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that.
Mr. Editor :
Please insert the following letter in your
paper, which no doubt will be read with
:
Rkv. Isaac M. Wade:
Dear Sir: Yours of tho 30th July camo
duly to hand on the Colli iiiol. Sir, it was
Source of unexpected pleasure, and roused
prisoner to think of what he once was,
his associates were, and what were bis pros
pects. Once I had a long life of pleasure
anticipated before mo; now Ms uncertain,
(it was always uncertain.) Once I was
the bosom of my frienJs, but now it jeems
that I have none. Wiien I advert to
scenes those rocks and rills, the woods
templed hills, my heart with rapture IhnlU,
like that above.
Ah! those scenes of our boyhio I ! when
think of them I sigh to seo Uiem again.
Your Failwr seemed like iny Father,
.Mother likn my Mother, your brothers
sister like my brothers and kisier. I should
bo happy if you would writu me soon again
write once every month or two. I
heard of tho death of sister Ilirriit;
can in a few words rrive vou inv feelings
the subject. 1 buried all my friends when
entered this prison. I regard I er death as
dispensatory providence; that God hai
his own creature f.oin the world, llu had
rtuht lo do so. I'll not complain of his
ings, nor sigh for Iho death or iln s oieiy
sister, especially so long as I have
to think her soul is with Gad. Shu is
pier than I am in a better slate than I am
then I'll ssy for her.thy will 0 Ged,be
Rpmerrber ma. I remain your brother In
bonds,
CALVIN FAIRBANKS.
Ky. Prison House, Aug. 2d, 1846.
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and
had
and
I would likn to follow this letter with a few
lines. ' I am personally acquainted w ith Mr.
F., the prisoner. In our boyhood our parents
joined firms, and we were schoolmates to
gether. Wo took a deep interest in each
others welfare ; but since we became men,
we have been separated. After I beard that
he was imprisoned in Ky. for the term of 15
years; for aiding 3 slaves in their escape from
bondage, (husband, w ife and child.) iny heart
was made lo bleed, nut only for him, but for
his kind parents and friends. Their sorrows
on earth are multiplied, no doubt: to live in
remembrance of their imprisoned son, will
bring down llieir gray hairs with sorrow to
the grave. Shall we not weep with them!
Shall we not remember him! Where is be!
In prison! How long! r ilteen years! tir
what! For granting liberty to those who
were in bonds ! For their freedom he i3 now
in prison in freo America ! Who will dare
proclaim peace and liberty, and that we are a
free people, when there is no peace, and our
destruction is coming like a whirlwind !
I made Mr. F. a visit Inst spring. He
recognized me as soon as I stepped upon the
thresliho'.d of the cell in which lie wi-s at
work. I conversed with him about 20 min
ute in the presence of the keeper, at the ex
piration of which I was informed that I must
leave. During the convers ition he said, "pray
for me, ib.it I may be reconciled to my fate,
and yet how can I he! I must be!" lie
stated that he had some comfort, which con
sisted in leaching a bible class of about forty
prisonrrs every sabbath. At length, phcing
his ryes upon mine, (which Fcene I shall
never forget,) grasping my lund in bis, w ith
strong tokens of tenderness, deep love and
affectinr, bis eyes bathed in tears, his lips
quivered, ho trembled, and turning his face
from mo he exclaimed, " in all of your mirth
ful scenes and northern privileges, religions'
and moral, remember me. Farewe'l!" This
wasa sorrowful time indeed. My heart melted
within me, trembling I passed through the
ir .n gate and went out.
I walked up from tho prison, tlirongh the
city, and seated myself on a summit where
the people were constantly passing. From
previous conversation which I had in the
city before entering the prison, with different
persons, and also at this time with those who
were passing, I found myself endangered by
my visit to the prison. I was also informed
that tho people of Kentucky had agreed
among themselves to assassinate Mr. F. at
the txpiratinn of his term in prison in a shame
ful manner. I lound it necessary forme toleavo
on board of the cars, which thing I did in
short time after, and fled 10 the next city where
I was soon pursued. Men w ith their 1. irks
and other weapons stalked about me threat
ening me with immediate dealh ! My blood
seemed to chill in my veins while a viilan-
ons man placed his dirk to my In east, looked
up toward heaven exclaiming by tho power
of God and his throne, that be would pierce
my heart, if I denied the charges preferred
against me, on tho subject of visiting an rid
comrade in State's prison who had assisted
Blaves. By soft words and persuasive argu
ments, I escaped from the murderer, and while
they were gathering by hundreds lo take a-
lynch me, 1 escaped by the cars, and steered
my course to Tennessee by way of the Cum
berland river,
1 travelled in different parts of that State,
also south Kentucky. I visited cities, coun
try towns, and plantations and individuals
every rank of respectability, and also
poor slaves in their huts and hovels, who
despised and treated as less than human.
At different times I hatirded my life.
preached lo the slave and also the master,
their several duties and relations,
which gratified the enslaved and enraged
master. Both ministers and deacons, church
es and people, seemed to be set on fire
hell. I visittd the poor slaves 1 y hundreds,
fifiies, tens, and individually. They 6bowrd
mo their whipped harks, llieir bruii-nl
ihe.ir mangled limbs. They told me of
limited privileges, mocked by seminaries
institutions how they were bour.d up in
e, bow id down and trampled upon.
moral and intellectual faculties of their
souls which arc capable of expansion
to tho glory of Ood and the best interests
man, tho blaveholder has waged war
011
1 ana lias lor me prnsoni gaineu a x-u-.o,,,
a I something like that which Kgypt gained
taken j Israel, liko that of the heathen kings
a j Daniel and the Hebrews, like that of
dial- ' patriarch children over their brother J os-ph,
of like that which Judas and the Jews Poirtsa
iny reason j i-ul gained over Christ, which w as only
hap- ' permission. Oh! let us exercise faith
done.
ballt works, and prayer whioh takes 110
to the God of Jsiae), of Joseph, (who
lo the god of Daniel,
was a!:l- lo shut t'.p
a
d
nml
of
the
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en
forcing ibe
cf
l.nds
their
and
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rant The
im
mortal sold into slavery.) and
and ibe Hebrews, who
linn's month and lo rVstny the beat of ihe
furnace, and to raise Christ fiom tho dead,
and m ike him victorious and conqueror over
death, hell and the grave. Wesh ill ere lonir
see the travail of our souls and be satisfied :
for the cries of ihe slave have reached the
ear of Ood. I have hrard their prayers which
they offered up while they knct lid together
in solid columns; oh! what fervency and
earnestness ! I never saw the like before.
Tears gushing from their ryes in torrents,
and their groanings seemed to be unuttera
ble. To hear such prayers and rxhoriations
from tho enslaved, 1 v.;.s astonished. 1 saw
just where slavery lives: it lives upon lli
dearest rights of the slave naturally, morally,
and religiously. All is subjugated to the
lusts and pride tf their masters. Indeed it
was heart rendin? to me to suo Women ai d
children, husbands nml wives, on the day of
sales marching up to the block to be Keparn
ted and sold. I never could witness the sales,
it is shocking.
You will ofien see slave-women rlaving
with their children pleasantly, and suddenly
their countenance will change, their eye3 roll
in tiars, and they will exclaim, "Go read
upon that post you see yonder, the sale of my
little ones my husband, my louder, aged
mother soon must be diiven away, and I shall
see tliein no more"! I heard several cf the
slaves M'y that smothering children and in
fants, to keep them from being sold, was C' 111-
mnn among slaves, which was afterwards
confirmed by acknowledgments from their
masters. At different times, after forming
an acquaintance with the slaves, I would be
surrounded by them, painfully hear their cries,
and w itness the'r tears, w hich nre fresh in
my memory unto this day. They would hold
me by the hand, gather around me in large
groups, with streaming tears, and exclaim
with loud voices, which scorn as yet lo ring
in my ears like deep toned thunder, "0 re
member us poor slaves, whom Christ died to
save; we would like to read about him, but
wo are loiutuuen: uur masters don t care
for our souls, lliey sell us lo g"t money to
pay their ministers and missionaries, to edu
cate their children, (except thoso that belong
to their slave roncubinis,) to build railroads
steamboats, meeting-houses, and to buy wine
for tho communion and most all tin) things
in use lo advance the common interests of the
country ! 0! bow can we let you iro niassi.
minister of God ! but wo must. Remember
us at the North, when you arrive at home."
I find I am making my letter loo long,
must cut short many other circumstances and
make an end fir the present, with a few
words. My hrart has hern broken by the rrirs of
the oppressed and nothing (in that s M se)
but their enniriripution can heal it. My voico
will I lift up like a trumpet. Yes, I will
wavo the banner of liberty, and tell and pub
lish, and re-publish, and expose the sins
this nation, churches, ininMers, mid people,
until every vestige of human butchery and
slavery, the accursed system cf American
cherished slavery, much beloved Goddess
this land, llie church-supported slavery, shall
be driven from the world ; and especially
from the churches, the professed body
Christ, if my life and health are spared.
now realize ihe declaration of t lie apostle
remember those who am in bonds hs being
bound wiili Ibem, I will here have the au
dacity In state tint nono call be liberty
men, true In arled aholiib nisis, excent ibose
who are bound with tie ei.lavtd. Yi s,
must act for tbetu as fi r ursi Ives if we w 1
in hi nus, 1 n.l wire acting for ourselves
evey department.
lie that w .ilketh righteously, an I epeikitli
uprightly; be that dct.piseih the gain of
that sh .ketii his hands from
liking of bribes, that stoppeth bis ears from
hearing of blood, and bhulteth his ryes
seeing evil :
He shall dwell on higb; his place of
thai I lie the muniiions of rocks;
shall he given him; his waters shall be
A'AA7Y, 15. 16.
So 1 reiurnc d, and ronsidrrrd all the
that are done under the sun;
behold, the tears of tr' ua true oppressed,
and thry had no comforter; and nit the
ol tin ir oppressors ttfrr was power : eul
had no comforter. 'crhini'r II'. I.
ISAAC M. WADK.
Jefferson. Ash. eo., Ohio.
P. S. Will Ami-Slavery papers please
copy !
JEFFERSON, Sept. 20, 1846.
over
over
the
by
which
deni
al was
Mr Dear Mrs. Jones :
Although not personally acquainted
you, yet my heart is w ith you, and my feelings
deeply interested in your success in pleading
the cause of the oppressed. As your
umns, as well as your heart, are always
to the cause of suffering humanity, I
tki n the librrty to send you the following,
hoping it may hive a tendency te remove
prejudice that exists against the colored
and incline people to give them a hearing
FT Tn U - - ..r . S. 11 Jl I'lJU
should (hey hive nn opportunity; or better
y t, e.nixo ihom to contribute llieir mite t
aid in educating our down-trodden brethren.
Yours for the oppressed,
S. U.
1
if
of
of
I
to
we
re
in
op
pressions, the
While out heir's bleed as we contemphto
the sufferings of the slaves, while the tear
of sympathy involuntarily falls at the thought
of the wrongs and oppressions heaped upon
ibem by the merciless south, and our hearts
and hands are engaged in devising mcr'njfor
ameliorating their condition, and brcaliingthe
fetters which have so long bound them, let
us not forget another class who certainly
claim a share of our sympathy; I mean the
(falsely so called) free colored popnlati an of
our owe State. Who ran pass through tho
length and breadth of Ohio w ithout hannrr
bis heart grieved at the prejudice that he ev
ery where sees existing against them, and
bis ear p:,ined in listening to the assertions
so oft repeated, " ihey are incjp..b!e of im
provement," " it is labor thrown away to
try to elevate them," ' nature never design
ed them for a higher sphere than they now
occupy;'" and various other equally unfound
ed assertions. Then too, our statute books
are blackened with law s which would dis
grace the days of barbarism, laws of a most
degrading character, and of the blackest dye,
which could have ha) their origin only in
the lowest regions of perdition; made for the
s de purpose of depriving a prrt of our com
munity of every right which can give thorn
any claim to the tille of freemen, and for no
other reason than be.causQ God saw fit to give
them n sable skin. Shame! shame! that
such things should he suffered in this our
boasted land of liberty !
But I was led i.t this tiai? mcro particularly
tj speak of the?o things, by having last week
witnessed an exhibition w hich could not fail
to silence all caviling w ith regard to their
capability of improvement; and in a great
measure do away in the minds of those w ho
heard them, that prejudiceagaiiut colored peo-
plo w hich is worthy only of the dark ages.
I iefer to a performance by a class of pupils
from Mr. II. S. Cil.nors's school in Cincin
nati for the education of colored youth. Al
though but two years and half since the
tnstilutiou was first founded, yot the progress
which the pupils 'lave made is such, a. not
only docs great crolit lo themselves, hut also
reflects honor on all those engaged in their
instruction. The pieces they sung were ap
propriate, and well performed. A solo enti
tled the " bereaved mother," w as sung by a
little girl, perhaps nino years of age, with
such a pathos as to 1111 It the hardest heart;
and I saw tho tear silently steal down tlin
cheek of many a mother as she listened tj
her plaintive song, and reflected tli it scenes
such as she depicted were more than readi
ed by many n slave mother at the rui.th J an 1
more than one s'.rong man was stm to drop
a to .r as he lisU tu d.
Many other pi.-ces were: sung by i..divij
uals, iiinl by the cli. jr, and not wilhoiit ef
feet. Besides the singing tin y had 1 .her ex-
crcises which wrie dre,dy interesting, end
seemed to taka hold of the lis irts of ail ptei
01, t.
In ronr?rsaiion fury showed r. high t!rree
of intelligence. Il was thought by many it
would bo difficult to find a c!a of pupils in
ar.y oilier school in the Slate, who, with no
pr, atrr advantages, could equal to;n. I at
tit. did throe of their em ceri.s i t different
pioi es, and at each place all seemed delight
ed, and inspired w ith new zeal in the cau
of the oppressed. Mori; than once did I
luiir the ixclamaiion " v ould that every one
whos ys'lbo negro is nn'y half human,'
could be present that lliey ni ght feci that
such t ttin proceeded from the lips of a hw
mint being, one created 111 the image of G )d,
a brother, a titter, and not that they were ihe
eenseltss niuinmiry of the baboon."
S. UDALL.
Oberlin, Sept. 29, 1846.
Church Action on the Subject of Slavery.
op
pressions nnd,
side
lliey
Fhifnds Edit irs :
Believing lli at the American churches are
the bulwarks of American slavery, mid fiat
whatever is done in any part of tho bulwark,
i . a mailer of itileii si .0 those who are enmoed
for iho overthrow of liie system of human
chaltleism, I herewith send you the report of
ibe couimitii c, appointed by the church in
Oberlin, on tha subject of fcllowa'uipping
slaveholders and their abettors.
REPORT.
with
col
open
have
the
race
(I) "Regarding as wo do not only the
abuso of slavcrey, but its essential elements,
as uiiectly opposed lo the law of God, and
the rights of man, and the buying, selling or
holding of slaves, as a sin of the first magni
tude, we cannot as a church consent lo per
foin any act (such as the giving or receiving
le'.tcrs) wliich would imjly christian fellow
ship with slaveholders, or with those who
lend their influence to sustain slavery."