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THE VOICE OF FREEDOM
AMERICAN MANNERS.
The eilitor of the New York American, speak
ing of Miss Serij wick's new work, on Self liain
incr. sn vs :
Her-chapter on tlie manners, or rather the wan'.
of. manners, ot some ot her country women,
deserves attentive perusal. We do not wish to
forfeit all character lor gallantry anu cnivairy
but it must be said that courtesy is not m every
raw i distinctive attribute of the American fair.
An instrmcR in noint is worth a diwen assertions
With such an one we were accidentally furnished
within a century. It occurred m n seaport not
In tlit. L-intrHnm of Bohemia. A ladv well dress-
,A ,,!( nf'trnirpful mein. rot into an omnibus
She carried loosely in her hand a most absurd
l,ol.ifn rrnlil nenril p.isi O.) retting OUt she
it ,1 nd nnspH on unconscious of the loss
The ticket-lov was told to lake it up and follow
her, which he did, carrying .t up the steps of n
house she was entering. She received it from
him without opening her lips, and without the
slightest change of countenance, which could be
translated by tne most cuaruauie uuseiver imu un
expression of lhat.ks. Lomucti lor real li.e, yes
t.rrliiir nfternoon. Miss. Sedgwick's instances
are not more in point, although better told. We
itIvp one or two, to mark with the stigma ol our
renrobation. this odious discourtesy
The most etrikiruj and prevailing defect in the
mnnnprsof Americans, is, 1 believe, a want of
courtes. This, has probably arisen from the
munlitv of ritrhts, condition, and education. And
it arises in part fix-m that mauvaise. honts or shy
ness, characteristic of our English ancestors, from
whom we inherit it
A little reflection and moral cultivation would
soon remedy this defect.
What do "I-mean by courtesy, and how is the
want of it shown, do you ask ? I have often seen
men in steamboats, stage-coaches, in churches,
and in other public meetings, rise and give their
seats to women, and the women seat themselves
quietly, without a look or word of acknowledg
ment. And so with a thousand other attentions,
which are rendered and are received without any
return. Avoid such disscourtesy, my young
friends it is not only displeasing, but unjust.
We actually owe some return for such civilities,
and a courteous acceptance is, in most cases, the
only one that can be made. 1 hese little chance
courtesies are smiles on the face of manners, and
smiles are like sunshine we can scarcely have
too much of either. Courtesy is confined to no
age or condition. A very graceful courtesy was
rendered to Wasington . by a. little girl. He was
paying a visit at her mother's hou?e ; when he
went away, she opened the door to let him out
'I wish you a better office, dear,' ho said. 'Yes,
sir to let you in !' Discourtesy is not limited to
country-bred or uneducated persons. We have
seen a plain, respectable man, on the deck of a
crowded steamboat, rise and give up his chair
(when the chairs were in alarming disproportion
to the sitters) to a fashionable woman, and she
lect of its friends, wo entreat them, if they have,
up to tins late hour, neglected thoir yearly duty
of petitioning Congress and the State Legisla
ture, to give themselves no rest until they have
done all in their power to atone for their neglect.
We entreat of them at this late period, to leave
all unprofitable disputations upon mere abstract
ions, tnd nice points of casuistry and metaphys
ics which have presented themselves in the pro
gress of our cause, and take hold of this great and
good work each man and each woman throwinc
his or her entire strength upon the great lever of
rctition the same which overturned the slavery
of the British West Indies and which is now
under the foundaticn stone of the citadel of
American oppression. The massy walls of the
prison house are already shaking. Every name
added to the petition roll is an additional weight
upon the Abolition lever. Pile them on in the
name of humanity let none hesitate to throw on
theiir weight ; and with God's blessing, turret and
battlement of the foul edifice shall totter and fall
the dungeons shall burst open to the sunshine and
free air, and angels and glorified spirits shall re
joice over its ruin. Fain. Freemen.
take it without the slightest acknowledgment,
when, if the parson doing hot the favor had been
what she called a gentleman, she would have
Kuid, 'You are very kind, sir,' or, 'Pray do not
lot m'l deprive you of your seat!' Surely, the
most exact etiquette would be no compensation
for such superciliousness."
The mens of tillage. We remember to
have read somewhere ofan old gentleman who
owned a large vineyard. Besides this farm he
was blessed with two daughters. On the mar
riage of the oldest, he portioned her off with one
third of his farm, and, behold! the remaining
acres produced quite as much fruit and wine as
before. Soon after he married his youngest, and
gave her an equal dowry with the first, and still
the remaining third of his soil yielded as much as
his original plantation. Good farmers will see no
mystery in this. The moral of the story is, that
us his farm became smaller, he cultivated it more,
and the same amount of labor upon a few acres,
will make them produce the fruit of many
There is a a great difference between tillage
and good tillage. Some farmers, no, some earth
scrapers, merely scratch up the soil, and after
dropping their seed has hazard, trust to the chance
of the season. It is not to be wondered at thai
such tamperers have to scratch hard for a living.
We have heard many complain that large farms
did not pay the expense of their cultivation that
manure was too expensive to be used. The earth
was, therefore, lazily scratched np sufficiently to
destroy the face of the soil, and the seed thrown
away upon it. We need not say that such far
mers Lave but little grain to sell, and not much:
money in these hard limes, to put out at interest.
Take another case, however; that of the farmer
who makes his Airm his pride, who means to show
his labor anu skill upon every acre, and mark the
difference! The land pays treble value upon its
surface for all '.hat has been bestowed upon it.
The owner enriches the soil, and the soil in re
turn enriches its owner.
Every farmer, to make his farm a source of
profit, should make it a source of pride. What
ever portion of the soil is cultivated should be,
not to, have many acres, but rich acres. The
means whereby hunbandry is improved and facil
itated, should be studied and employed. By such
careful lteution, a continual pleasure will be
found; in. agricultural pursuits, which will heigh
ten. the other rewards of good tillage. Long Is
la?id Star
PETITIONS.
' Our friends must bear with us if we once more
ur-'e upon them iheh: duty in this matter. Con
cress is now in session, and there : but little time
left us to do that which should have been done
two months ago. We must not, by a great fall
inr off in Petitions, give our enemies m and out
ofCongress an impression that the cause is ret-ro-arding.
We must not trust to an inactive,
negative kind of worn? suasion faith without
works a principle without practice for the over
throw of slavery. Wo must act every man and
woman of us-act up to the very extent of our
personal and conventional capabilities and make
use of all our moral powers and pointed privile
ges, for the promotion of the cause of f reedom,
stop short of our duty. . , r.
What is doing, or what has been done, in Ches-
Bu-k, Montgomery, Uelaware anu liantas
Counties? Ilave our Harrisburgh fronds
.1. ..v,l ranvnsse.J the capital ! uur menus
in Adams and Cumberland Counties have they
moved 1 What has been done in Bradford and
Susquehanm ? We call upon our friends in all
parts of Eastern Pennsylvania, and in the name
and in behalf of the cause suffering by the neg-
ter
From the New Yorlt Observer.
Sentence for Murder.
Judge Edwards recently pronounced the follow
ing sentence, in the case of John Smock of New
York, convicted of the murder of his wife. The
fact stated by Judge E. that in the last nine years,
eleven men had been arraigned before him for the
murder of their wives, ten of whom wenj drunk
ards, shows the vast importance of continuing and
increasing efforts to give efficacy to the temper
ance reiormation.
Prisoner Listen to what I am about to say
to you. After a patient a;id thorough investigation
of your case, in. the course of which yon was
faithfully and ably defended by your counsel, you
have been convicted by a jury of your country of
the crime of murder; (of murdering a woman
whom you lived with, and acknowledged us your
wife,) and are now arraigned for the purpose of re
ceiving the sentence which the law awards to
your crime.
Upon this solemn occasion it may not be unat
tended with good, to advert to the" cause which
has reduced you to this donlorable condition.
This, by your own confession, was rum. Within
me i:isi nine years, i nave had eleven men arraign
ed before me on indictments for murdering their
wives; ten of whom were drunkards. What
stronger proof could be afforded of the deplorable
consequences of intemperance ?
Xhese victims were urged on by it from one de
gree of depravity t,o another, till ttn-y were not
only induced to imbrue their hands iii the blood
of their fellow beings, but to sacrifice, the partners
of their bosom.-- those whom they. rested under
the strongest obligations to love, cherish, and pro
tect.
Instead of encircling thorn in their warmest
affection, they deprived them of life, and they now
lie mouldering in their graves.
From my own experience, and the best infor
mation I have obtained, I am satisfied that three
loumis oi tne crimes committed are consequent
on intempurance. Drunkards rowd cur ponitenti-
nna our alms-nouses nre tilled with them,
THE VOICE OF FREEDOM
MONTPELIER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1830.
SECOND VOLUME .
The Second Volume of the Voice of
Freedom is to be published under a
new arrangement, by which the State
Anti-Slavery Society, will conditionally
assume the responsibility of the publi
cation, Ihe subscriber will continue
in the editorial charge, and also have
the oversight and management of the
printing department. The form and
size will be as heretofore, the quality
of the paper firmer and better, and the
price as follows :
tCP To single subscribers, $1,50, in advance, or $2,00
at the end of the year.
CJ" Four copies, to one address, for 5.00.
JCjF Ten copies, to one address, for $10,00.
A prospectus will immediately be
forwarded to our friends, and we trust
no time will be lost in filling up for
the new year.
C. L. KNAPP.
Dec. 20, 1839.
LETTER FROM MR. SEELY.
Siioeeham, Dec. 23. 1839.
Knap), Tell my friends
anes
. i . , , , i .
or wun inose wno are urouytit to want by Uio in
temperance of their natural protectors. In spite
of the admonitions of wise and good men, victims
of intemperance daily swell .the throng, and . the
tide of misery consequent upon it moves on, and
will continue to move on, as leu? ns like causes
continue to produce like c fleets.
Were it a possible thing to portray the misery
consequent upon the use of ardent sprits, from
the first nnxios look and suppressed sigh of parents
anu wives, t li ro;i -h all the sickness, poverty, and
rime attend tnt ii:--n it ; from the firt disregard
of the kind admonition of friends, till the hands
of the victims reck with the blood of the partners
of their bosoms, society would look with horror
upon the scene. The counsel of the wie would
not then bo disregarded, nor tears of nearest and
dearest relatives be shed in vain.
Every young man should come to a fixed de
termination never to taste the accursed cup; and
every old man, should to his example, add his in
fluence to eradicate the evil nn evil which has
swept one race of human beings from the land oh
which we live, ami which at another time threat-
'rom
jiher. But to retur; fi
eneu to demoralize ano
this digression
Miserable man ! Whnt can, what ought I to
say to you f ion now stand trembling oelore
this eartly tribunal, upon the very verge of eter
nity. - But for habits of intemperance, you would
now be moving among you," fellow men, respecta
ble as you once was, and in tlte enjoyment of
health and competence. What a delporable con
trast to your present condition ! With a
frame enfeebled by dissipation, and with a con
science reeking with the blood of your victim, you
must now prepare to meet the immaculate, '.he
Divine Creator of all things.'. It can be hardly nec
essary for me to admonish you to prepare for the
change ; lor il you have human nature m you,
you must be aware of the importace of so doingi
After a few revolving suns, this world will cease
to be your. habitation from the society of. men.
from friends and relatives, from the busy hum of
society, from all which here awakened hope, or
gladdened the heart, you will soon be rewoved
forever. Your lamp of lift is about to be extin
guished. Prepare, then, for the awful change.
To the Creator of all things, let your most
fervent supplications be raised. As it was from
Him whom you reaived all you have enjoyed
here, so to Him alone must you look for all which
you may hope to enjoy hereafter.
I will now proceed to the discharge of the last
and most painful duty of the Court. Listen to
your sentence.
The judgment of the court is, and such is your
sentence, that you, John Smock, be taken hence
to the Bridewell of the City and County of New
York, from whence you last came, and on Satur
day the twenty-fifth day of January next ensuing,
to the place of execution, and then and there be"
hanged by the neck until you be dead. And may
God have mercy on your soul.
Luther Bbadisii. A correspondent of the
Friend of Man says, Bradish is not and never
was a colonizationist. Will- Dr. Proudfit ex
plain! Although the colonizationists about ten years
since, and again about two years ago, elected Mr.
Bradish a Vice President of their society, it was
done without his knowledge, and I speak advised
ly, when I 'say, he has never attended a meeting
of any colonization society, or contributed a single
cent to aid the funds of their cause.
Dcrcr Broth a
that I am alive, aim trying to "redeem the
time, because the days are evil." Yea, Hie
time is short, and if anything is done for the
poor slave, or liis poorer, guilty master, it
must he done quickly. Nay, if anything is
to be done to save our guilty nation from
being whelmed in a red sea of blood, it must
be done without further delay. " The King's
business requires haste," and it requires vig
orous, daring action in this mio-htv. moral
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cmtest. Jbvery abolitionist ought to keep
prominently before his eye this motto : lWo
to him that sows discord among brethren.'
V liatever other errors or defects may be dis
covered in my course, I do most earnestly
and devoutly pray the Lord to deliver me
Irom s avinsr or doinsir. and from leaving nnv-
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thing unsaid, or undone, that would divert
the mind from the one great object and end
of the anti-slavery enlerprize the salvation,
temporal and spiritual, of the chattelized
millionsof men in the bosom of this christian,'
republican nation. Strange paradox indeed!
But so it is and we must bear the burning
reproach before the civilized world, yea, and
the hcatheu world, too, and the guilt before
God, until as a nation we awake, repent and
put away the evil of our doings.
I left Montpelier, you know, at about. 2
P. M., on Friday, 15th, (scarcely able, and
quite unfitted by ill health, to be out) for
Vcrgennes, where I had an appointment for
the Sabbath. Fine sleighing at 31., but at 8
o'clock I found myself at Richmond, without
half snow enough to cover the hubs; and
thence on Saturday I dragged my sleigh to
Vergennes, where I arrived at a little past 8
in the eve, my health somewhat improved
On Sabbath, I gave the people three meals
of what I call tinminglcd abolition ; and I
found the moral digestive powers of that
people in such a healthful state, that, instead
of its proving an over-pressure upon those
delicate organs, (as is too often the case) it
seemed to strengthen the whole body. On
Monday, I went with the worthy President
of the State Society, in a violent snow-storm
to Aiiddlehmy. to attend a meeting of the
Executive Committee, and back at eve, to
Vcrgennes. On Tuesday, Wednesday and
1 hursday evenings, 1 continued to serve up
to the people the strong, plain but wholesome
abolition food, as on the Sabbath, without
discovering the least evidence that it had be
come stale to any, rudely, as indeed it was,
spread out before them. Let no one suppose,
however, that I have labored to entertain the
people with novelties, to please the curious.
My steady aim has been to present this sub
ject a" s inseparably connected with "pure
and ztndcfiled religion" that religion taught
and exemplified by its divine Founder and
his apostles and immediate successors. Here,
and here alone is my hope for my brethren
in bonds. Here alone is my hope for the
church, crimsoned with the " blood of the
poor innocents" and here alone is my hope
for my beloved, guilty country.
Now for results. At a time of miorece-
dented pressure in the money market, felt
alike by all classes of the community,; the
friends of humanity in Vergennes and imme
diate vicinity have promptly responded to
the cry of the Lord's suffering poor, in a
manner that would have been truly credita
ble in more prosperous times. At 1-2 past
3 on Saturday, I left Vergennes for Shore
ham, with donations and pledges from that
dear people, to aid the Vt. Anti-Slavery So
ciety in the prosecution of their benevolent
enterprize, to the amount of A212 12. And
I felt tocxclaim, "This is the Lord's doing."
But, my brother, I did not dare tell the peo
ple that they were doing too much, but I told
them in all good faith and confidence, "(he
Lord hath need of" it and they were quite
willing to let the colt go, or, what is better,
and more needed, the money. " There is
that scattered!, and yet increaseth." "Give
and it shall be given unto you, good meas
ure, pressed down, shaken together and run
ning over.
I am now at Shoreharr.. Yesterday (Sabbath)
in the morning, afternoon and evening, I cried
aloud and did not spare, showing the transgres
sions and sins of this people, both in church and
state, calling upon all ihe friends of God and hu
manity to " weep between the porch and the altar,
saying, bpare thy people, and give not thine her
itage to reproach." Of results, I shall be prepar
ed to speak hereafter ; but I trust in the Lord this
people will not say, " Depart in peace, be ye war
j i -n. j M . .... ,.
uiuu uiju iniuu, yei not giving inose mings
which are needful," but that their works will de
monstrate the genuineness of their faith.
In haste, your fellow-laborer
for the oppressed,
JOAB SEELY.
To Subscribers and Friends.
In the new arrangement for the publica
tion of this paper, it is expressly stipulated
that all persons -who have paid beyond the
present number, (which closes the volume)
are to be credited the several sums, so paid,
on the second volume. All payments for
papers issued after this date, (December 28)
should be made to C. K Knapp the late
publisher having no further connexion with
the establishment.
Those subscribers, if any there be, who
wish to discontinue with the present number,
will please notify us by returning this paper,
with name and post office address lesiblv
written on the margin, directed. ' Voice of
Freedom, Montpeliej.' 1 It is hoped the num
ner of such will be very limited, since the
price of the paper is so greatly reduced.
We shall be obliged, as heretofore, to rely
very much upon the kind co-operation of a
few public-spirited persons in each town
the moral main-springs of the cause. To
such we have forwarded our prospectus, not
forgetting that their kindness has already
been taxed in times past. In the slave's
name we thank them for what they have
done, and yet beg them to remember
that it is for. them now to decide, whether
we g o through another volume witha paltry
edition, or have a circulation becoming
the crisis and the cause. Friends, we pause
for your reply.
THIRD PARTY QUESTION.
From the commencement of the anti-slavery
movement, abolitionists have very generally re
cognized the duty of maintaining their principles
at the bollotbox; but the question of a distinct
organization was not seriously urged, until about
the time of the Albany Convention, last summer.
At that time the subject underwent a thorough
discussion, and the result was, a reference of the
whole matter to the abolitionists of the country,
Ipnrinrr tlin ViAndc nf tlin I A:tT. &
states to adopt such course as the exigencies of
enterprise might seem to demand. The opin
ion seemed to be prevalent in that body, that the
influence of abolitionists might be most beneficial
ly exerted, by voting, irrespective of party, for such
candidates only as were known and open"
friends of universal freedom at all events, that
the interests of the cause would not be best sub
served, at the present, be hanging out the banner
of a third party. More recently, as our readers
are aware, a number of anti-slavery editors and
others, in various states, have opened the discus
sion of this topic through the press. Viewing
the question as deeply interesting to the cause, we
have transferred to our columns some able and
well-written arguments on both sides. It is very
gratifying to notice, that, thus far, the discussion
has been generally conducted in a spirit of can
dor and forbearance, not always conspicuous in
newspaper debates, especially where the views of
the writers are so conflicting, as in this instance.
For ourselves, we have no fear that the discussion
of this, or any other question property connected
with the great cause, will, if pursued in the right
temper, be of evil tendency. Indeed, discussion
is the only method by which differences of opin
ion are likely to be harmonized. Adhering, with
our present lights, to the opinion that a separate
party organization is inexpedient, if not unneces
sary, but anxious to accomplish the great object
by the wisest means, we shall endeavor to keep
our readers advised of the progress of the discus
sion. We shall ot course be happy to be the
medium of commnnication to such of our friends
as may wish to offer their views.
We published, last week, a correspondence on
the third party question, between Lewis Tappan
and James G. Birney. Mr. Garrison, of the
Liberator, is strongly opposed to a third political
party, as the following editorial article, from his
last number, will show.:
CORRESPONDENCE ON POLITICAL
ACTION.
THE ANNUAL MEETING.
It will be seen, by the following note from our
Randolph friends, that liberal provision has been
made for tne entertainment of delegates. This is
as it should be, and as we knew it would be. A
word we take the liberty to suggest that there
be no serving up of dainties for the occasion.
Abolitionists will be satisfied with a plain bill of
fare. If Buhliegh of Philadelphia is to be there,
we shall have dainties in abundance, without tax
ing the lime of friends, who will wish to be in at
tendance upon the meeting. Editor.
For the Voice of Freedom.
The undersigned, inhabitants of the town of
Randolph, having been notified that the next an
niversary of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is
to be holden at this place on the 15th and 16th
days of January next, take pleasure in informing
the Delegates from the different parts of the State,
and the friends of the cause generally, that they
have made arrangements to accommodate such
as may attend, with board and lodgings in good
families, during their attendance, and entirely free
from expense to such delegates and friends. Our
village is not large, but our hearts are warm in
the cause, and the public may rest assured, that
our endeavors will not be wanting, to render their
sojourn with us agreeable and happy. Though
perchance, some, who may not be engaged on
committees, or special business, will bo accommo
dated in houses out of the village, yet great pains
will be taken to consult the convenience and
pleasure of all in attendance. The committee
would request their friends who attend the anni
versary, to call at Wm. Maxham's Hotel, where
some one of the committee will be ready to wait
upon them, and assign them their temporary
homes.
It is expected that C. p. Burleigh will lecture
at this place on the evening of the 14th.
Seth Washburn, R. A. Hayden,
Enoch Hebard, Eli Blodgett,
Loren Griswold, Edward Eastman,
Ei.eazeu Bancroft, Chas. Carpenter,
Solomon Smith, Orsamus Blodgett,
Committee of Arrangements.
Randolph, Dec. 21, 1839.
In the last number of the Emancipator is a let
ter from Lewis Tappan, addressed to James G.
Birney, on the subject of a third party in politics,
with Mr Birney's reply. Mr Tappan argues that
the formation of such a party by abolitionists
would contravene the Constitution of the Ameri
can Anti-Slavery Society, and the Declaration of
Sentiments adopted at Philadelphia in 1S33.
In reply to this reasoning, Mr Birney remarks,
that the objection to a third party on the ground
of its ' unconstitutionality, altogether new and
evidently favors the formation of such a nartv.
Having had something to do with the drafting
and adoption of the Declaration of Sentiments and
the Constitution of the Parent Society, we feel
free to express our view? respecting those instru
ments, though in very brief terms.
While we are not prepared to say with Mr
Tappan, that it is unconstitutional for abolitionists
to organize themselves into a distinct political
party, we perfectly agree with him in sentiment,
that any attempt to rally such a party would
prove highly detrimental to the anti-slavery en
terprise. So confident are we of this, that if, at
any lime, a majority of the friends of that enter
prise shall be so infatuated as in this array to take
the field, we shall then believe that the time has
come to write ' Ichabod unon the anti-sin vi-rv
banner. Hence, while we are not disposed to im- ,
peach the motives of those who are urging upon
abolitionists the necessity of starting an indenen-
dent political party, we regard them as bad coun
sellors as perilling the integrity of our sacred
cause and shall oppose them with zeal and energy.
It is possible to take a great deal of liberty with
almost any instrument. Language is, or can be -
made, exceedingly ductile. The scriDlures are
tortured into a support of a thousand wranfflinp;
sects in religion : and many conflicting interpre- '
tations are given to the constitution of the United
States. Men who have a hobby to ride, or per
sonalumbition to gratify,' find no difficulty in
making a particular instrument adapt itself to
their purposes. It ought to excite no marvel,
therefore, that some persons have recently made
the discovery, that, by the Constitution, of the
American A. S. Society, it is clear that individu
als embracing the doctrines of non-resistance are
disqualified for membership in that society ; and
that, by the same instrument, abolitionists are vir
tually pledged to organize themselves into a po
litical party! What other constructions remain
to be put upon the language of the Consiitution,
time must determine ; but in the present rage to
establish new and proscriptive tests among aboli-'
tionists, there is reason to expect many others,
equally absurd and hurtful. Those who walk
by ' the letter,' and are ignorant of ' the spirit' of
abolitionism, will ever be running a tilt against
such as do not happen to endorse their peculiar
religious or political tenets.
Of three things we are confident as we can be
of whatever is not self-evident : first, that the or
ganization of a distinct anti-slavery party in poli
tics was not anticipated or thought of, as near or
rnmnla 1 n r nnn r f llincA KitiACa nawino mwa
.L. v.V i a.:oi T-, i
fceu 10 me manorial nnii-oiavery .declaration, or
who first
K7" Remittances by mail.-" A Postmaster
may enclose 'the money in a letter to the publish
er of a newspaper to pay the subscription of a
third person, and frank the ' letter, if written by
himself; but if the letter be written by any other
person, the postmaster cannot frank it."
Amos Kendall
adopted the Constitution of the Parent
Society : second, that the American A. S. Society
could not have been formed, ' if such a measure
had oeen proposed or contemplated as indispensa
ble to success: third, that it is utterly impractica
ble to push such an organization, at the present
time, without turning the Tveapons of abolitionists
against each other, creating serious divisions in
our midst, and causing a moral paralysis to sieze
upon the vitals of our cause. And we hesitate
not to say, that those who are resolved, at all haz-