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E. A. ALLEN, Publishes, Published under the sanction of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society. C. L. KNAPP Editor
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VOLUME I. BIOXTPELIIJil, yUUITItJft'T, JttECfflJKEit 28, 1S39. UJ2 ESEEt 52.
We have rend, and doubt not our readers will
peruse, with lively interest, the following Letter
from an American n London to the Editor of the
Emancipator.
From the Emancipator.
From our Loudon Correspondent.
London, November 15ih, 1S39,
and a niche in the temple of liberty, and a nation's
glory, as to their military and naval heroes. In
the Council chamber in "the city of London, the
busts of Granville Sharp, Wellington and Nelson,
have long; stood as the presiding geniuses of the
place; I was present a few days since, when, for
the liret tune, the decant bust ol Clarkson, still
living, was placed on its marble pedestal upon the
lelt side ot the Lord Mayors chair, and listened
to the remarks which were dictated on the occa
sion. It was a scene of thrilling interest, and
spoke understanding respecting the views of
Englishmen on the grave quslion of personal
rights and personal liberty. With my colleague
in labor I was called to the bar, just at this time,
while the paper which we had submitted to this
honorable body respecting slavery, was attentive
Dsir Brother, The Emancipator of October
3d, has just arrived, doubly interesting while I
nm in a land of strangers, and the faithful herald
of the moral and religious character of my coun
try, for whatever else is true, or mav have been
true in former years, I now consider it to be an b' rea" n,)d" a prompt and respectful response was L0od mcn and will secure their prayers and co-
unqucstionable tact, mat tne manner in which my remrneu. operation. I know not the details ot this noble
countrymen ana countrywomen treat the slave mat portion oi tne ijngnsn people wno in ar!(j philanthropic movement. But its protector:
question, is the certain index of character. Let fact constitute the strength and stability of the .,nc ad vqcrtieS are men of known wisdom, and tal-
The third class of Anti-slavery men in England,
select Africa as a promising field of operation, and
design to introduce directly into it though not on
the plan of American colonization, of which I be
lieve they entertain an abiding disgust the real
ities oi an efficient, productive, welMgoverned com
munity, qualified to collect from its rich soil, and
noble rivers, by the vigorous action of the muscles
of freemen, the articles of merchandize needed in
any market, and which can be prodffbed in any
part of the world by slave labor. Here, too, you
see. is the project of bringing free labor to com
pete with slave labor ; and of connecting with the
tribute of commerce, laid upon the soil and the
water falls of the country, the occompaning estab
lishment of Christian institutions. And this also
is n nroicct which strikes deep into the hearts of
who will smile at this remark as the indication
of my hobby. Hjbby it should be for a Christian
to vindicate the rights of God and of man; am
w'.ien both are trampled on by those who bear the
Christian name, it neither palliates the crime
nor commands respect or confidence from the in
fide!, for the aggressor to attempt to trifle with
him who defends those rights. And a hobby it
is, the very favorite ob ect unhappily with many
of those who bear the Christian name, to say and
do what is a known and positive slander upon all
which is peculiar to the genuine Christian faith.
It is the slaveholder's hobby to fatten upon the
unrequited labor of a brother; and the trades-
nation, and who indeed hold the purse-strings,
have set their faces most firmly against in
avery and the slave trade, lhey have expen
ded loo much time, and thought, and money, to
low them to look upon the subject as light and
trivial. Having gone thus lar, their only and
steady look is onward, and you may rely upon it,
that Great Britinn will never retire from the field,
till the last slave ship has left the coast of Africa,
and till the letters have lallen from the last slave.
The more I mingle in English society, the more
am 1 strengtheu in this conviction.
The anti-slavery community in England,
though constituting one body, able, extended and
man's hobby, to retain his favor by a courteous an- extending, are operating with the same grand
ology for his crime. It is the hobby of ministers object in view, in different channels. They a
and churches, thanks for exceptions, to shut out
the slave from prayer, from sermons, from private
sympathy, from public condolence, from the protec
tion of law, from the shield of the Bible, from the
sustaining power of truth. It is the hobby of ec
lift the battle axe ngainst slavery and the slave
trade. But they do not all think alike respecting
the exact locality of the monsters head and
heart. They all strike heavily, and are unwaver
ing in the purpose to multiply their strokes thick
clesiastical bodies to deliberate in view ol the pro- and fast. They all united in the details of the la
nor which so happily resulted in tne recent
mancipation act. But now one portion deems
it best to direct thesr energies to the perfecting of
the spleiidid work begun in the West Indies; to
secure to the free negro the blessings of freedom
to stay by him till the grisile of this new creature
shall have become muscle and bone till the slave
holder, the recent tyrant, shall have learnt to
tracted immolation of the natural, civil and reli
gious rights of one-sixth of the whole population
of the United S'ates, and this amidst cruelties
and tortures which might deepen the crimson on
cheeks of the Inquisition, nnd in the wake of li
centiousness which the mother of harlots would
wipe with contempt from her skirts, and content
themselves with the maintenance of a very pru
dent silence, or a testimony uttered in the subdu
ed tone of minds afraid to speak the whole truth,
ns if strangers to the sublime and unbending
claims of RIGHTEOUSNESS upon its friends
It is the hobby of the statesman even to trample
upon the inalienable rights of American citizens,
nnd thus to strengihen the arm of the oppressor of rational, chastened, and
in his greedy and remorseless clutch upon his This end must be obtained,
prey. It is the hobby cf gentlemen of property
and standing.so to carry themselves before the pop
ulace, that the mob-spirit will, of course, find
vent upon the advocates of correct principles. It
is the hobby of not a few, over whom the spirit
of love weeps with sorrow, to gather the abolition
ists into one general group of enthusiasts, and
thus throw them out ot the pale ot a wise man
ents, and wealth, and piety, and extended influ
ence, integrity and perseverance. Nor have I
the least dotibt of their success. Nor,so far as I see
of lheir devisings, should I hesitate to give my
full and hearty co-operation. And I indeed hope
to see many of mv youthful associates in the anti-
slavery ranks, warmly enlisted with these wise
men in their operations against the common enemy.
You perceive now that in these departments of
labor, the British Anti-Slavery public have enougl
to fill their hearts and their hands, and there is i
wonderful harmony in this seeming discord. Each
in pressing forward its own favorite project, dires
of course impart a favorable impulse to the other.
1 he din of war upon eitner wall, carries to th
heart of slavery the conviction that the assailants
are in earnest; and the ringing ol the battle-axe
on either gate is harsh thunder, and the rumbling
ol the earthquake, and tne roaring oi artillery in
its ears. In the one or the other you will lind
the whole British anti-slavery public engaged, and
all, I doubt not, prepared to reioice at success, at
whatever point it is gained ; and all too, 1 am
happy to believe, anxious to cheer on American
Abolitionists in the work which they nave com
menced.
Mv brother, our world presents a very wonder
ful aspect : I am more and more astounded as I
cnlmnt in km cirlol,,, ci.ia nriii, it,.,c. ,,-hnm t, witness progressive developments, and leel more
ivhn... Hi. t ek uee nv man ever, unu uiu iui me u.im ui
God that this eartlvshall be Christ's we must all
lie down in despair. To what an extent the spir
it of despotism is entrenched in the hearts ot men,
How strongly do they love darkness. How wed
ded to the way which leads to death!
At this very hour, in the Wake of all the noble
had long reckoned as brutes, but
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pnnaninropv nas eievaveu to men, anu wnoni
British authority now requires them to respect as
citizens; and till the whole structure ol colonial
society shall have become adapted to a state
confirmed freedom.
or slavery wili still
struggle in the hope of reinstatement. Of course victories which philanthropists have achieved, the
thisclassofnhilanthropistsore legitimateanti-slave- accursed slave trade is actually maintained with
ry men, and are ennobling themselves in an en- a wider swav than ever, and with increased atro
terprise which cannot be abandoned. cities. But let notja short sighted philosophy or an
Another portion are directing their attention infidel Christianity publish a commentary upon
and energies to the British East India possessions, this fact. It is not inexplicable. Nor can you
with a view to bring the fertile plains ot that al- get from it. legitimately, a single reason lor sus-
most illimitable territory, under a well directed pension of labor or the diminution of zeal. Our
confidence, while, at the same lime, with the culture, and to render its twenty millions of inhabit- duty is to spread open this page of his providence
whole mass of slaveholders at their heels clapping ants, industrious citizens, productive laborers, under the bright and broad light oi tne promise ol
and shouting, tliey complacently proclaim them- owners ol land, ec the controlers ot their own per- Uod, and to press on in our woric
selves the genuine friends of American freedom, sons, and to spread over them the blessings, as Every thin"-which has yet appeared is neces
reeming to forget that tyrant's praise is never well as the power ot british laws. sary for our disipline. In no other way than by
lavisned upon tne real lover oi noeriy. u is me iu ieuu, wey c.iiui:i u m my imu uun-
;ei oi me civinzea worm, nnine articles, as ine
hobby of boards of trustees, and the faculties ol
colleges, academies, and theological seminaries,
to deny to the black man the means common to
all others as the air they breathe, of acquiring
knowledge which all but he are invited by all the
eagerness of a spirited competition. It is the hob
by of the great portion of my countrymen, and
countrywomen, to multiply disabilities of every
name, and throw them around the colored people
as a wall of separation ; to cast them offas a dis
gusting race ; to tread them down as if color
were their crime, and degradation their inaliena
ble inheritance. And it has been the hobby of
that spirit, which, from the early period of Con
gressional Legislatures, has, in fact, been the
product ol tree labor wnien are now sent as me
product ot stave labor ; and as silceesslul compe
titors, to drive from it every article of rnercharu
ize which has been touched by the hand of the
Slave, or come up unaer ine scaiumg testimony oi
his tears, or wi'.hm the reach of his suppressed
sighs nnd groans ; and which has ever received
the mark of a slaveholder's ownership. They are
sanguine, that soon, cotton of the very best quality,
crown in India, can be offered at Liverpool and
Manchester, at a price which shall leave in the
hands of the purchaser a very large 'amount a
gainst the cotton fields of slaveholding America
The project is a splendid one the enterprise
Lord paramount to our national Legislatures, to gigantic. To further its interests, our inutua
throw out its feelers on every question of great friend Lreorge 1 hompson is very elleclively con
public interest, and to secure; in the result, a de- tributing his influence. The movement is, in pros-
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s on that sha strenmhen and extend the slave pect, one oi rare iecunuiiy. inoia aioue cousiuer
interest: and a hobby still to Ic ridden with ed, the enterprise invites, by considerations oi im
boot, and spur, and lance, and rough shod, unless
some "Consiitutional Lion" be speedily aroused.
Let it, wti,emyhobhy, to cast my limited influ
ence against the oppressor, and in sympathy
with the oppressed. Let mo call the colored man
my brother, and the colored woman my sister, and
if need be, bear the reproach of going down to the
corored people, Slaying with them, teaching them,
consoling them, providing fur them the means by
mense interest and grandeur, lor it involves tne
driving back the tide of human suffering, the res
cuing annually from the jaws of death, by hunger
of many thousands of her population ; and the ac
tual restoration of her numerous myriads to the
comforts of a ouiet and protected home trained
in the arts schooled in the morals ol the bible
receiving salvation through Christ and his blcs
sod Gospel, as the charier of their liberties, both
which they can develope their own native resour- in the present and the future world ; and at a pe
ces, nnd share in the common blessings ot civili
zation and Christianity, ns a brother as n man
as a citizen as a Christian ; and then I shall
have the satisfaction .of having done what I
could, to roll back from my country the deep re
proach which her atrocious system of slavehold
ing has justly brought upon her; a reproach of
' the: nature, guilt and extent of which, but a samll
-number even of American Christians seem to be
properly sensible.
i am happy to assure you that 'there is much
genuine, deep seated, and permanent anti-slavery
feeling, among the people of Great Britian. Be
cause they live under a monarchy, and still sustain
measure!,, and manners, and customs involving
immense expense, and witness in the midst of all
their splendor and wealth an untold amount of
qualid and distressing pauperism, it has been
thought that there is little love of liberty among
them, and that they have little of it in actual pos
session. The conclusion is false. There is the
trong love of liberty, and there is the enjoy
ment of liberty in English society, and loo, there
is the quenchless purpose that this liberty shiiW-R
perpetuated, and that superincumbent disabilities
shall disappear, and as rapidly as will consist
with the general welfare.
As a nation they are justly proud of the char
acter, patient endurance, and noble achievements
of Sharpe, Wilberforce and Clarkson, and lheir
associates in the herculean projects of regenerating
the public sentiment of a nation and a world up
o the subject of negro slavery. They seem as
ready to give to tuck men the honor of a 4ms.
riod which shall hasten on its arrival, tho actual
resurrection of a vast kingdom, rich in industry,
agriculture, manufactures and commerce; and
still more rich in the virtues of the gospel, in spir
ilual consolation, and in deeds of charity, accoim
panied by the refinemeuts of science, and the em
bellishments ol literature. And to know, as us
friends do, or as they truly think they do, that
their success will necessarily annihilate the holding
of man as property, in all parts of the world, is
enough to arouse their strongest sympathies, and
to put in immediate requisition all their resources.
I confess that I love to become a convert to their
conclusions; nnd that I do exult to see, though in
ima;
bloc
for the axe; and the whips and thongs-, and pad
dles, and thumb-screws, and tread-mills, and mer
ciless laws, and blood-hounds, and every memo
rial of his despotism and being floated upon the
dark deep river of blood which1 pours from his
veins, while the black man and the white man,
the disenthralled of every name and clime, as they
dance ahm? its borders, shall swell the song of
freedom, "Jehovah has triumphed, his people are
free." Verily the men who deal in slave products
and who make lheir gains from slaveholders, and
whose public or private interests are in nny way
connected with the accursed traffic and the heaven
daring chime, will do well to " think on these
things." This single stone cut out of the moun-
bUlll W HV HlMI,gtUWU UIIU IHO Uil I Irtll b( I Willi. W I - i
nnd the lihertv-haturs. nnd tho nnnrossion-lovers ler 01 "very
of both hemispheres keep their eye on it.
developments so appalling, could the Christian
public have become convinced ol the strength ol the
enemy to be vanquished; In no other way could
ihe man of prayer be thrown on his lace belore
tho mcrev seat to remain there, in groans nnd
tears and in wrestlings. In no other way cou
even tho mcn ana women, me mosi ncany
in the cause, be made willing to merge all minor
points, that there may be union, the " long and
the strong pull," the convulsive heave of every fi
bre and muscle, the concentration ot every inliu
ence at the one point.
The abolition oi slavery is not to be effected by
ihe nowess of any one nation. The labors ol
English philanthropists, are, indeed, above a
praise. The decisions of the British Parliament
on this subject, have imposed a debt of gratitude
unon the world, pagan and civilized, mu il her
decisions had been followed by uninterrupted sue
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cess, il every siavo sn:p naci imociteu on ner
keel, and the horrors of the middle passage ccas
ed, and the result heralded as a complete triumph
it would have lulled to sleep the roused energies
of British anti-slavery men. and left the other
portions of Christendom both unenlightened and
unmoved upon the atrocities of the slave system
and slavery itself would have chuckled at the at
temp's of a single nation trr secure its overthrow
But as it is, British philanthropists have found no
ice yet for pause. 1 he work has grown upon
their hands. As they have let in the lig?it upon
the dark chambers of oppression, the disclosures
have become more and more distressing. When
thev have struck the British flag from the slave
shib. she has sailed under other colors. When
driven from one harbor of bay she has sought ref
use in another. And when afraid (6 carry, as
mrerchandizc upon the high seas, theibodies and
souls of men. under the Has of a despot, she has
ifted up the striped and siar-spangled flag of a
Christian republic! and the result is, that now,
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more human beings are oougni anu soiu, auu
more are actually sacrificed in the traffic than at
nnv former neriod. And thus the attention ol
Such a result is not of easy attainment, nor th
fruit of impulse, nor the creation of a day. And
its value is beyond all computation,
1 look upon the proposed Conference with unul
torable emotion, The more I understand the ant
cedents, and allow my mind to dwell in anticipation
upon its results, the more intense is my solicitude.
Ood s promise 3 unchangeable. Ilcice to des
pair is criminal unbelief. To form, respecting
slavery, a correct public sentiment for Christen-
uum, anu 10 direct tins sentiment into the proper
cnanneis, ana to concentrate the wisdom, the
prayers, ond the cnergi'cs of the foes of tyranny,
and the friends of freedom, that oppression may
cease from human society, is t!.e blessed and glo
rious object of this proposed Conference. It is
benefitting British abolitionists that they should
propose it- a.id that London should be the place
of meeting. Christians, every where, should be
informed of the proposition, and fervently pray
that the special blessing of God may attend the
meeting,
Will you send your full proportion of delegates
from the United States? Do not fail of this.
And let those who come, remember that no por
tion of Christendom will stand out before that
Conference, in the attitude and character of our
own republic. Your delegates will come from a
slaveholding, a slave-sflslaining community, and
must, before the world, admit that one-sixth of
all her people are thurst down to the degradation
of a brute. I can assure them that to stand under
the withering sarcasm of ihisfact in England, is
quite a different thing from what it is on their
own polluted soil, where ihe moral sensibilities
are so much blunted on this subject. But let
them come. They will receive a hearty and
a kind welcome from an Englishman's heart.
Will you bring this proposed Conference be
fore the friends of the slave in the United Stales ?
Call upon them to make it the object of special
prayer; Make thein understand it, by proper ex
planations. Invite ministers to preach upon it,
It will be a meeting of cxtraordina rv interest
ixot ol politicians nor statesmen, nor warriors, nor
literary giants, but of moralists, of philanthropists
Christians, irrespective of names, sects, rank
color : the genuine, unassuming, but tried friend
ol Ireedom. Wot that the Con. erence will attract
great public attention, or make a display of elo
quence, or astonish by the novelty of their resolu
lions. But I have no doubt they will deliberate
in the fear of God in the exercise of unfeigned
love to their neighbors in the spirit of meekne
and prayer. Let there be prayers for such as may
compose that meeting. J. K.
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ination, the fell monster &Uvery upon the""""" -v ,,,, ',.,, .u. i,nw
of execution, and his hard, huge neck, bared -rZ TSZ ;; ' ,f , r.l 1 nfr.h
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upor. the government, and to pour out their ap
peal upon the ear of Christendom and even lo
anounce a Con ference of Nations to1 sit in London.
June,' IS10. Now, it is no longer the straggle ol
a single nation ; and the facts "respecting slavery
have become widely circulated, ond me grave dis
cussion of its character is maintained with a rap
idly extending interest, and the tyrant sees the'as-
au.mts preparing lor, ana coming up m ine
(lict with unprecedented facilities and courage.
Therefore, while W'e are both alarmed and dis
tressed, that the slave trade does not appear even
m hnvfi received n check, we can clearly see that
all that has yet occurred has bren neefdul to a
rouse the attention of Christendom to the charac-
and to unite the friends of emanci
pation in one general common efiort lo destroy it.
TifE Nature of the GosrEL. This is the ap
propriate title of an excellent sermon, preached
at the installation of Mr. bparks of Minersville
by Albert Barnes of Philadelphia. Like all the
productions of its distinguished author it is well
written, perspicuous and forcible, nnd if it add
nothing, it will not certainly detract from his well
earned literary reputation. Our limits permit us
to make but a singie extract, and this is one
which involves the fundamental doctrine of the
Anti-3lavery enterprise. Mr. Barnes is statin
' some of the leading doctrines of the Christian
System," the first great truth of which is "that
there is one God," ond after briefly commentin
upon this proposition, he thus presents the second
leading doctrine ol the Christian System. '
"Paul, on the occasion referred to, stated an
other doctrine as laying at the basis of that Gos
pel which he had undertaken to explain, "uod,
says he, "nath made of one blood all nations ol
men for to dwell on all '.he face of the earth."
Acts 17:20. This vital truth also settled many a
doubt in regard to man, and in reference to the
plan of salvation which was provided. It showed
that as there was one God to provide the plan, so
there was one race for whom it was designed ; as
there was one mind that presided over all, so of
the numberless tribes and complexion of men
there was but one race for whom redemption was
to be luriiished. Ihe race was one, as Uod was
one. The same blood flowed in all human veins
and a scheme of salvation made for one was adap'
ted to all. The nature assumed by the Redeemer
was the nature of all ; the atonement that was
made for one Was a sacrifice for all. All as they
came from tho hand of God were on the same
level in creation, as all consequently were on the
same level in the evil and woes of the apostacy
The statement, moreover, struck a blow at all the
distinctions of caste, at all the nrrogrrncc arising
from noble binh and rank, and at all the superior
ity supposed to be involved in complexion, in
beauty, in talents, and in wealth. Christianity
starts out on the great principle that tho race is on
a level ; that the plan which is adapted to the
Ethiopian ; the plan which is reeded by the
black man is needed by him of fairer complexion ;
and that God s schemes in regard to men cotitem
plate all those in whose veins flow the blood Ae-
rived from a common father. Pierce the vient of the
most down-trodden of the species, and the same
tide will be found to flow there that gushes from
the heart of the mightiest hero, or that flows in
limbs fashioned afier the most delicate model of
beauty. And Chrisianity, at its oiitser,' meets the
prevalent feeling of no small part ol the dwellers
on the earth, that there are by nature distinct
castes and ranks part' to be down-trodden ; part
to wear the chains of servitude ; part to pine in
want and in unpitied helplessness ; and part to
roll in chariots of ease, or to repose on' beds of
down, as objects of special divine favor. And
though that is not commonly included in the word
"Gospel," yet it is to more than half the race
"good news" for it states to them that they are
not less the object of interest to the divine mind than
others, and that God is not less mindful of their
welfare than he is of those who arrogate to them
selves the' honor of a purer and nobler blood. It is
good news to them also, ns assuring them that
the plan of salvation is one, and that they are not
excluded from its provisions and hopes. Alike
they are the offspring of the same God ; alike
they have been moulded by his skill; alike in
their veins the current of life' has been made to
flow, propelled by the same hand ; and alike the
same uncreated God has breathed into' them the
breath of immortality''
Tlio Iilood-IIonntt War.
We think there is evidence enough that the
employment of blood-hounds from Cuba against
the Seminole Indians has at least been contempla
ted by the administration, to call for a faithful
and searching enquiry in Congrcs?, just as soon
ns the House is organized. The Globe has rpo
ken of the subject without reprobation. The
Philadelphia Evening Siar mentions a" report that
Ceneral Scott is the author of the infamous pro
posal. The New Hampshire Patriot gives its
unqualified support to tho measure, saying:
" For our own part, if blood-hounds would an
swer the purpose, we should rejoice to know that
enough had been employed to hunt out every hell-
nouna Indian who has imbued his hands in the
blood of women and children, and to rid that
country of the last vestige of the murderous vag
abond race."
Now, the Patriot is the leading administration
paper in the free slate of New Hampshire, and
deeply devoted to the party feeling, of seeming to
be furious in the support cf slavery on every
point. The disclosures of Judge Jay, respecting
the origin ond object of the Florida War will
therefore afford an easy explanation of this other
wise astonishing abandonment of every thing like
a decent respect for humanity and the sentiments
of the civilized world exhibited in this attrocious
paragraph. Says the New Hampshire Senti
nel : .
" Qne of the most eloquent invectives uttered
by Lord Chatham was against the employment
of tho Indians in the American War, although,
says Lord Brougham,rin his sketches, "the very
same thing has been done in tho former War, car
ried on in Canada, by his authority, and under his
own superintendence." Such are the inconsis-
cies of statesmen. It was in retaliation, however.
as the French were the first lo array the savages.
The employment of blood-hounds by a nation of
lo millions to overcome an Indian nalion of 1200
warriors, would., belong to a more modern and
more rohned period ol history.
Since the above was in type, tbe papers bring
us the following full confirmation of the reality of
this infamous project.
Blood-Hounds roa FloridI. The Tallahassee'
Floridairi, Nov. 30, says: "We learn the Gov;
has sent Col. Fitzpatrick to Cuba, to purchase
blood-hounds and to pay for which the Un
ion Bank advanced five thousand dollars in spe
cie.' For the honor of the Government, ve rejoice
to see an immediate announcement that Governor
Call has been dismissed from office by the Presi
dent, Judge Reid, of St. Augustine, is appoint
ed in his place. Emancipator.
Our readers will perceive from the proceedings
of the Convention at Warsaw, that it was there'
deemed expedient to form a third political party;
This is a measure about which abolitionists differ.
It must, of necessity, be a subject of much discus
sion. We trust it will be kindly and candidly
examined by our brethren, who, we believe,
whatever may be their difference of opinion int
regard to the expediency of this measure, ardent
ty and sincerely desire the abolition of slavery,
and the great objects for which governments ate
instituted, permanently established. We nslc of
abolitionists to investigate this snbject dispassion-1
ately, and without prejudice or prepossession;
YYhatevei their enemies mav ascribe to them, as
fanatics and fools, we know them, as a body, to
be men who have well considered the object they
seek to attain, and the means aud measures to
be pursued to their attainment. They have from
the first maintained that their principles will tri
umph, though, personally they may be overborne;
And we know, too. thit for the attainment of
a holier object, history cannot present us with any
record of an organization among men; That
they may honestly and conscientiously differ in
regard to tho measure now proposed, we readily
concede, But that they will ultimately harmonize,
on all leading measures, we do not doubt; For'
this end, wc nsk for a spirit of forbearance and
fliuttfal conciliation, confident that the develope-
ments of lime will clearly and distnictly reteal
the path of duty to each one wh6 is honestly and
seriously desirous of knowing and following it.
We need not remind our friends lliat our columns
are open to a free and fair discussion of this, as
well as all other important subject's, and we would
invite them to give us the aid of their thoughts
and pens. We had prepared an article showing,
though somewhat briefly, tho views of those in
favor of, as well against, the measure,- but shall be
unable, for wantjof room, lo 'present it to our read
ers, till next week. Meanwhile, we would say to
all hear both sides examine with patience and
candor, and then decide, as judgment, under the
influence of an honest and enlightened conscience
shall dictate.
American Citizeti.
Discussion at the South. In a letter received
by us a few days since, from a friend, a citizen 6f
one of the slave states, nnd a lawyer of no rnconj
ulerable influence, alter mentioning a journey of
some two hundred miles to attend a political eon
vention at the metropolis of the slate, he thus re
"During my absence I had some conversation
with several inlluenlial persons on the subiecl of
lavery; especially with ono nomfn'ee for Lieut.
Governor; He, of course, was not nn abolition
ist ; but he expressed great fears ns to the result
lat slavery might bring on the country, uncon
nected with tho abolition movements. He refer
red to the rapidity of increase among the blacks,
to show that at some' future period then would
abolish slavery themselves. I do believe there is a
pint of inquiry among the intelligent m the slave-
holding States. To what point it will eventually
tend, I cannot pretend to divine. I confess for
one. that the subject seems one of groat embar
rassment. To favor immediate abolition, I can
not with the present light before me. If any at
tempt to prepdfe' slaves for freedom, I have no
confidence. To colon izo them in Africa is im
practicable, and if il were not, would be inhuman.
Something toill be done; and it appears to m
that those who wish to stifle discussion are blind
f one eye, and see but dimly with the other. "
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