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Liberty and U quality) JH an ft eo mm on birthright, G od'H richest a if tH etigion and Laic their defence.
BY POLAND & BMGGS.
M0NTPEL1E11, YT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1846.
VOL. Ill, NO. 7.
THE FIRE-SIDE.
- Be Kind.
Be kind to thy father for when thou wert young,
: Who loved thee so fondly as he ?
He caught the first accents that fell from thy toiinge,
And joined in thy innocent glee.
Be kind to thy father, for now he is old,
His locks intermingled with gray ;
His footsteps are feeble, once fearless and bold
' Thy father is passing away.
Be kind to thy mother for lo ! on her brow ,
May traces of sorrow be seen ;
Oh well may'st thou cherish and comfort her now, '
For loving and kind hath she been.
Remember thy mother for thee will she prny,
As long as God givetli her breath ;
With accents of kindness then cheer her lone way,
E'en to the dark valley of death.
Be kind to thy brother his heart will have dearth,
If the smile of thy joy be withdrawn ;
The flowers of feeling will fade at the birth,
If the dew of affection be gone.
Be kind to thy brother wherever you are,
The love of a brother shall be
An ornament purer add richer by far
Than pearls from tile depth of the sea.
Be kind to thy sister not many may know
The depth of true sisterly love ;
TJ?e wealth of the ocean lies fathoms below
The surface that sparkles above.
Thy kindness shall bring thee many sweet hours,
And blessing thy pathway to crown:
Affection shall weave thee a garland of flowers,
More precious than wealth or renown.
A Story for Children.
Children are usually fond of stories. And stories
are useful when they teach an important lesson. We
select the following story for our young readers, be
cause it teaches a lesson of contentment, and shows
them how much better it is to trust in God to take care
of them, than to trust in their own guidance. A pious
father who has gone to heaven once told this story to
his little daughter.
"There were once three little tl'.vor trouts, who liv
ed in a stream of clear water, which ran between fo
high green banks. The banks protected it from the
wind and storms, so that the water was always smooth;
and as the sun shone thero, it was a very delightful
p ace. Besides, these little fishes had plenty to eat
and drink, and nothing to trouble them ; so that you
would have expected them to be perfectly happy. But
alas ! it was not so ; these little trouts were so foolish
as to be discontented and unhappy, and God heard
them complaining. So he told the little fishes that
each of them might wish for whatever he pleased, and
it should be granted. So the first little trout said, ' 1
am tired of moping here in one place; I should like to j
nave wings, to ny in tne air as me uiras uo, ana go
uere i picascu.
"The next said, 'I am a poor, ignorant little fish, and
I do not know how to protect myself from danger ; I
should like to have a great deal of knowledge, and un
derstand all about hooks and nets, so that I might al
ways keep out of danger.' .......
"The other little trout said, ' I too am a poor igno
rant little fish, and for that reason, I do not know what
is best for me ; my wish is that God would take care
of me, and give me just what he sees best for me ; I
io not want anything that ho does not choose to give
me.'
" So God gave wings to the first, and be was very
happy, and soared away into the air, and felt very proud,
and despised his companions whom he had left in the
river. , He liked so much to fly, that he flew away off,
till he came to a great desert, where there is no water,
nothing but sand as far as he could see. By this time
he was tired of flying, and was faint and thirsty, but
he could see no water. He tried to fly farther, but
could not ; his wings failed, and he fell down panting
on the hot sand, where he died miserably.
- "And God gave the second little fish knowledge, as
he had desired, and he understood all kinds of danger;
"'wa.u ' ""'g ifp:i "u" " , "I presented Dy the navigation ot this stream, to tneir sur
terror. He was atrttid to go into the deep water, lost Drjse ami not . linle to ,hnir r,.nstprr,
tinn. thpv hp-
the great fishes there should swallow hnvi up; and he ,
was afraid to go into the shallow water, lest it should
dry up and leave him. If he saw a fly, or anything
that he would like to eat, he did not venture to touch
it, lest there should be a hook concealed under it So
he pined away and died.
" But God loved the other little trout, and took care
of him, and kept him from all dangers, so that he was
the happiest little trout that ever lived.
" And now, which of the three fishes was the wis
est?" " O, the last, papa. But I am sorry for the two poor
little fishes that died. They were not much to blame,
pipi, after all ; they didn't know what would happen
to them."
" No, certainly they did not ; they were to blame for
not being satisfied with what God had given them, and
believing that he knew best."
Tempera n c c .
. Cost of Tippling in the United States.
t The following startling account of the cost of drunk
ienness in the United StateB, which we find in the Al
bany Citizen, and which is from the pen of E. C. Del
avan, Esq., is commended to the careful perusal of our
fenders.
It has been ascertained from data believed to be cor
rect, that the consumption of intoxicating liquors of all
kinds in the United States yet amount to over five gal
lons per annum for each man, woman and child. At this
rate, and taking our population at twenty millions, the
consumption would bo one hundred millions of gallons
yearly ! (England consumes over 500,000,000 of gal
lons of strong beer alone yearly.) This quantity, at
the retail price of three cents for each glass, would
cost the customers two hundred millions ot dollars, but
a) only & part is drank at die gloss price, the cost to
the customers may be estimated at one cent and a half
for each glass, which would reduce Ihefirst cost of tip
pling to the people of the U. States to one hundred
millions of dollars yearly.
Let us see what the expenditure of this sum would
do, provided tippling should cease.
. It would furnish every family on the globe with the
Bible. It would build and endow 1000 Seminaries of
learning at 100,000 each, or 10,000 at $10,000 each.
' It would build 500,000 miles of magnetic telegraph,
at 200 dollars each, forming a perfect net-work for in
atantaneous communication with all parts of the Union.
It would in a Bingle year build a city of 50,000 ten
ements, at a cost of 2,000 dollars each ; and accomo
date 300,000 inhabitants 6 to each house.
: It would be five dollars to each individual, and 25
dollars to every family in the Union.
Or it would purchase
8,000,000 sheep at $1 25 each, $10,000,000
400,000 fat cattle at $25 each, 10,000,000
800,000 cows at $50, 4,000,000
40,000 horses at $100, 4,000,000
500,000 suits cloth'g, men's, at $20, 10,000,000
1,000,000 do. boys, at 10, 10,000,000
600,000 : do. women, at 10, 5,000,000
1,000,000 dot girls, at 3, 3,000,000
LOO0.O0O bbls. flour, at 5, 5,000,000
1,000,000 bbls. beef, at 10, ' 10,000,000
1,000,000 bbls. pork, at 15, 15,000,000
8,000,000 lbs. tea, at 75 cents, ,000,000
16,000,000 lbs. coffee, at 12 1-2 cU. 1,000,000
200,000 lba. sugar, at 10 cents, 2,000,000
160000 lbs. rice, at 5 cts. 800,000
8,000,000 galls, molasses, at 40 eta. 3,200,000
SNJt.
$100,000,000 j the continent, nnd the lato Emperor Frederic was cer
F. Butler several years since estimated ths loss ' tainly one of the most talonted and powerful and influ-
to the nation from the use of ardent spirits alone, at
$140,000,000 yearly.
The saving of this one hundred millions of dollars
yearly, now worse than wasted, in a drink which never
benefits, if expended for the general good, would make
the nation one vast hive of industry not a man, wo
man or child capable of labor need be idle or want
Let universal total abstinence prevail with all classes
and conditions, and there would be an increased vigor
given to the human frame and intellect which would
give great increased value to industry. Besotted En
gland cannot enter into competition with our cold wa
ter artisans. Unless she adopts the principles which
we hope will be adopted in every work-shop in the
Union we can drive her in our manufactured articles
from every market on the globe where we are admitted
on equal terms. Let total abstinence prevail universal
ly, and life would be jTC"fy prolonged : greater econ
omy would be produced, bettci calculations made,
quarrels ivnd litigations greatly lessened, the love of
justice and truth increased, and the demands on the
public purse to support poverty and punish crime would
almost entirely cease. With all these advantages,
with the vast pecuniary gain, it appears to us surmis
ing that an intelligent uiuiViJuul etui be nmndyut will
ing to continue the evils resulting from spirit drinking.
If the loss for one year is as stated, lot us look ahead
to 10, SO, or 100 years, with a rapid accumulation of
principal and compounding of interest.
Tin t,! I... ,1 ..?... 1 .1... . 1.
iuu u uo uuuvuu irom aosunence to indi
viduals and the nation are attainable ; let each individ
ual in the nation do his part, and the work is done, and
this mighty drain upon the wealth and energies of
the country will at once be stopped. Let all men of
this country examine this subject in all its bearings.
Let the 20,000 clergymen of the land proclaim the
truth to their millions of hearers, that intoxicating
liqfors are always injurious as a beverage. Let the
Chief Magistrate of the nation, his Councillors, all
Governors, judges and Le"iiatora, also exaumie tin)
question mid follow it out in all its relations and ad
vantages, and they will find it to transcend in impor
tance many if not all the great political questions
which require their attention.
HISTORIC A L .
From tiie New York Evangelist.
Present Asprrls of Russia.
NO. 3.
BY REV, JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.
The result of that bloody conflict which for nmny
years bathed the continent and the islands of Greece
in blood, and which finally liberated the Greek from
the dominion of the Moslem, was just what Russia
wished it to be. As the Emperor Nicholas looked
down from his palaces in Moscow over the ensanguined
fields of conflict; as he saw army alter army of the
Turks cut up, the Ottoman fleet annihilated, the reve
nues of Mahmoud exhausted, and finully Greece itself
severed from the Turkish sway, he felt, and all Europe
felt with him, that Russia had taken a long stride to
ward the possession of the Dardanelles. Scarcely had
the last echoes of the English guns died away over the
glory and smouldering wreck of the Turkish ships bur
ning and smiting in Uiebay ot iNavanno, ere the states
men of England began lo lament over their politica
indiscretion. And that signal battle, which for a time
Htterly unnihiltited the Turkish naval power, instead of
joeinga matter ot exultation,
is even now general!;'
spoken of as the "Mistake of Navarino."
And when, by the skilful policy of Russia, Capo
D'iBtria,the biwom friend of the Russian monarch, und
his secretary of state, was made President of Greece,
that nation, though nominally independent, became in
reality but a remote province of the Russian emrrire.
more efficient by far in the furtherance of her plans of
ambition, than if nominally annexed to the territory of
me iiuiocrat.
The mouth of the Danube, ta it opens into the Black
sea, has ewen for many years the boundary between
Russia and Turkey. This river is the largest, the lon
gest and the most important in Europe. Its flood,
gathered from innumerable tributaries, flows through
the most fertile region of the European continent, a
distance of sixteen hundred miles, before its accumu
lated waters are emptied into the Euxine. The do
minion of steam, which ha3 extended to the Indus, the
Euphrates and the Ganges, has opened to Europe,
through the navigation of this majestic stream, new
worlds of commercial enterprise. And as the eves of
every European power are suddenly opened to the
newly developed political and commercial resources
i10M that the Emperor Nicholas had anticipated them
ad, and is quietly seated at the entrance of the Danube,
in me secure possession ot alt its mouths.
It seems
that Nicholas had entered into a secret treaty with
Turkey, by which Sultan Mahmoud ceded him a strip
ot land six miles in breadth on the southern shoro, he
being already in possession of the northern shore.
Here the Emperor has erected his frowning batteries,
and now not a boat can ascend or descend this majes
majestic stream without permission from the Emperor
of all the Kussias. Even Queen Victoria must make
a suppliant courisey, and Louis Philippe, can in hand,
must say "with your leave sir," before they can pas? She
bristling castles of the Autocrat
It is but a few years since the armies of the Emperor
wore in full march for Const.mliiu.ple. They passed
the Balkan. Fortress afrer fortius was battered down
by their artillery; army after army cut up hy the resist -
less invaders; city after city taken by sack and siege.
The troops of the Emperor were at Adrianople. The
city was in tneir possession, in tnree days more
the shower of cannon balls wculd have been rattling
down upon the dome of Saint Sophia, and tearing their
destructive way through the walls of the Seraglio.
Constantinople was in consternation. The Sultan or
dered every Mussulman between the ages of fifteen
and sixty to rush to arms, and rally around the banner
of the prophet The imperious conquerer told the
biiltan, that if lie would pay him for the trouble and ex
pense he had been tit in burning down the Turkish
cities and cutting up the Turkish armies, and would
also grant him certain privileges, and cede to him cer
tain provisions, he would spare the Ottoman capital.
There was no time for hesitation. The Sultan ac
ceded lo the demand, and delivered the money. Nich
olas loaded his baggage-wagons with the treasure, and
courteously withdrew with his conquering armies across
tho Danube.
Not long ago Russia, notwithstanding ail the efforts
of England and France to prevent it, succeeded in
forming a treaty of defensive alliance with Turkey.
By a secret article in this treaty, which has but recent
ly come to light, if Russia engages in war with any
other nation, Turkey obligates herself not to allow any
foreign ship of war to enter tho Hellespont, on any
pretext whatever. When England and Franco were
made acquainted with this secret and alarming agree
ment, their consternation was great. Immediately the
ambassadors ot both these powers entered their remon
strances, notifying Nicholas that their governments
would act as if the treaty had never taken place. To
which notes Nicholas quietly replied, Russia will act
as if the notes never had been written. And thus tho
affnir now rests. The Dardanelles are virtually in the
hands of Russia. And though the Russian flag does
not yet float from their turrets, they stand in their gloo
my strength, scowling defiance upon every Russian
foe, supported by the armies of the Sultan, the sworn
defenders of Nicholas. The next movement will be
to throw into them a few Russian soldiers, and then
cut down the already tottering crescent, and unfurl the
banner of the Czar. When that hour of long-sought
triumph shall come, an exulting shout shall ascend
from all the Muscovite millions, and Nicholas may bid
defiance to the world.
Such is the onward progress of Russia towards po
litical and commercial ascendancy in tlie Eastern hem
isphere. It was one of tho striking predilections of
Napoleon, on the rock of St Helena, that "in thirty
years Europe would be either republican or Russian."
Now, what are the elements to be combined in arrest
ing the march of this majestic power? How do the
other nations of Europe stand affected by tho conqneBts
! of Nicholas?
Prussia hw one of the most formidable armies on
ential of European kings. But Nicholas married iiis
exceedingly beautiful daughter, and William, the pro
sent King, is brother to the wife of Nicholas, and of
course will be slow to unite in any endeavors to sully
the renown of a brother-in-law, of whose greatness
and glory he is justly proud. Russia and Prussia are
thus allied by the tics of the nearest and most affec
tionate relationship. And in the event of a war, the
court and the camp of St Petersburg and of Berlin
will probably be united.
Austria is greatiy perplexed to know whether her
interests lie in aiding or retarding the conquests of
Nicholas. The throne of the Austrian monarch is
founded on utter despotism. The spread of liberal
opinions from England and France makes that throne
tremble. Austria, therefore, feels interested in the
expansion through Europe of the despotimn'of Russia.
But on the other hand, the possession of Constantino
ple by Russia would be regarded by the Court of Vi
enna as contributing most appalling strength to a rival
power. Thus hesitating, she remains an anxious but
inactive observer of the passing drama. The states
men of England and France most anxiously watch the
portentous increase of this gigantic power, and know
"c . 'v" te ".r.-rrt !;or c--o?r. T'hoj .vr. her yew after
year absorbing new nations the half of Sweeden at
one time, the whole of Poland at another, Circassia, at
a third, and they now behold her quietly and at her
leisure devouring province after province of Turkey.
And about, a'l they can do is to remonstrate through
j theirambassadors, and wage a wordy warfare in pamph
lets ana reviews.
All agree that the only tiling which can arrest the
progress of Russia, is to nrevent her from taking per
manent possession of the Dardanelles, But how is Vns
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w oo accomplished:' une plan is to bind togeuipr uic ,
uiovuiuuin unu ciuiiiufiiij; ere menus ui me wiiuiiiuii
Empirt to infuse new lite and view into 'f'urkev. that
her politica and military strength nicy be mmioicnt to
mec wo encroachments of Nicholas. But a single
glance at tho present state of Turkey must show the
hopelessness of this endeavor. Indeed, rkftltlfig is
more surprising thin the lingering adhesion of its
crumbling and perishing materials. The Empire of
the Sultan exhibits in all its parts every symptom of
imbecility and decay. The star of the Moslem has
long ago passed to its zenith, and is now rapidly de
scending. Greece has effectually and forever broken
from the thraldom of the Turk. The Barbary States
are no lomrer in subjection to u'je Sultan. Egypt and
Syria, under Mehemet Ali, have revolted, cutting off
at a blow millions ot men and ot revenue. Ana large
and populous provinces on the shores of the Black sea,
have passed from the sovereignty of the Turk to the
protectorship ot Kussia. A year or two ago, hultan
M.ihmoud, aided by the gold of England and France,
made a desperate endeavor to regain the lost provinces
of Syria and Egypt. But it was Turkey's last und (ly
ing struggle. Mehemet Ali routed the legions of the
Grand Seignor drove thcin into the Mediterranean,
and swept his whole fleet triumphantly into his harbors.
Turkey is crumbling to pieces in every direction.
Once the terror of Europe, she now cxiits only by
sufferance. The intelligent traveller through that mys
terious land of strange manners and strange men, finds
tne crescent everywhere on the wane the time-worn
turrets of Ottoman power everywhere tottering from
their base. The spirit of destruction is spreading ra
pidly along the shores of the Levant The lazy Turk,
lounging in his harem, slupified with tobacco and opi
um, knowing no joys but those of a mere animal exis
tence, with a religion whose doctrines deaden the in
tellect and paralyse the energies, can never keep pace
with the nations of Christendom. A Turk's fingers,
says a quaint writer, seem all to be thumbs.
THE FREEN1N-.
For the Green Mountuin Fruemtin.
Pro-Slavery bjeclions to Ami-Slavery
lW MicivPrnil '
HVMUUf UIIU II VII UI
(Continued
"TOII CAMOT SUCCEED."
In order to judge of the permanency and probable
success of the Liberty party, it is necessary to glance
at its principles and origin. Look upon the history of
the rise and progress of the slave power. You will
find that under the watchful supervision of its support
ers it h is been strengthened to an alarming extent, and
riot content with its dominion in the State Govern
ments, it has been engrafted into our national jaws.
Its progress has been onward and its purposes are still
to go onward until the entire nution is of necessity un
der their control. Wo feci their influence, and for
years were denied the right of petition, aright granted
even to the serfs of Russia.
r , ill'
We have looked in vain
for some redeeming iniluonce, and I ask where could
wo seek help to stay tl'.o tide of oppression which
threatens us and holds millions of our race in slavery?
Could we sock for it in the Whig party ? No, we
could not; for they foster the viper in their bosoms, by
tipVdinjr a mnn for the highest ofrke in the nation
wh-j loves oppressk i., r.ni wJi-i hy the Jiiswun enm
proniise and other acts, has done n.e to perpetrate
slavery than any man on earth. Who are the leaders
! of' tho whig l,ill t.v Most of them ftlc slavocrats, nnd
nothing is more certain than the fact that its leading
councils and actions are entirely under the control of
the slave power. Could we look to the Democratic
party for aid ? Alas ! they too, have bowed the knee
to Baal. The Northern Democrats have become ab
ject slaves to their Southern brethren. Witness the
sacrifice of their favorite candidate, and the consum
mation of the infamous Texas scene, and then judge.
How could anti-slavery men act with cither of the
dominant parties considering their strong pro-slavery
position? They coiiM nof. And hence necessity com
pelled them to organise a third party. It was neces
sity that created the Liberty party, and it is necessity,
love of Liberty, and benevolence that binds it together.
Its fall has been predicted, but its course is onward,
and the principles which it defends will triumph. The
same necessity that created it will continue to bind it
together, unless one of the larger patties shall espouse
its principles and utterly refuse to uphold for any of
fice a slaveholder or one who countenances slavehold
ers. They must go farther before tho Liberty ho3t
can be disbanded they must make tho great idea of
human liberty their leading idea, and act as well as
talk in order to disorganize the Liberty party; and still
more, they must convince the members of the Liberty
party that they are honest men, and create a full con
fidence that those principles and objects which they
are seeking to advance shall never be neglected nor
turned aside by the arts of men. It is not in the pow
er of man to disorganise the Liberty party in any oth
er way than this ; and unless such a contingency shall
arise, it will stand alone the foundation stono on which
to build iLj temple of Liberty, nnd year after year it
shall rise in power and influence. The principles that
actuated the C000 of 1? 10, and gave them power to
march onward through all opposition will insure suc
cess to the 70 thousand of '44. It cannot be denied
but that the gain of the Liberty party has been unpre
cedented in our country, nor can it he denied that its
gain has been something more than numbering the
noses of ignorant foreigners and fickle minded popu.
lace. They are composed mostly of men of firm prin
ciples and persevering character bound together not
by cohesion of party spirit, but by the love of Liberty
and equality and an undying hatred to oppression.-
Amid the persecutions, the scoffs, and rovilings of their
opposers they arc unmoved, an4 kep their watchful
vigils around the altar of liberty. And not only so
they are disseminating their principles with an energy
and success, truly astonishing. The dominant parties
have become alarmed, and calumny united with every
means of deception calculated to hinder their success,
have been used of lato with some degree of success,
especially in dispiriting the faint-hearted; but though
the current may be slightly hindered for a time, like
obstructing the waters of a river, when those obstruc
tions have proved themselves to be insufficient, the
course of public opinion will be onward with a force
that cannot bo resisted. Cannot succeed! What!
Is there not moral power enough in these United States
to carry out the principles of the declaration of inde
pendence ? If you believe there it, seek to concen
trate it in the only national party who as a party are
striving to effect it If you believe there is not, then
arouse yourself to the conflict! and with firm faith in
God, sctJto increase the moral power of your conntry
that it may Tie redeemed, and at the same time seek to
concentrate that moral power in the only party which
as a party, are for liberty and equality to all. While
you acknowledge our principles to be right on the
great subject of human liberty, and know it is the on
ly party which as a party is right, and yet withhold
your vote and your influence through a lack of faith in
our cause, you virtually say that you have more faith
in error than in truth, because comparatively few act
(br trmh 1Jow incorisistent, that you ghould choose
the least of two evils, for want of faith in the anti-sla
very enterprise ? Look at the history of tho past
look at the mighty achievments of truth ; and while
you acknowledge its potency, and the agency of God
in its progress then remember those in bonds as
bound with them, and concentrate your energies in a
full determination to war upon slavery until it is de
stroyed, if you live long enough, ami if you do not,
leave your spirit stamped on the hearts of your off
spring as a legacy to your country; and never, oh nev
er, again say "you cannot succeed."
Whitinghani, Vt. W.
Siuvt'lio'uiag llirislianily-lo the Life.
It may strike some minds that the following letter
mast be a burlesque. For the sake of such it may be
important to say that its gcuineness is beyond question.
The individual to whom the letter was addressed is j
here, is well known, and is himself well acquainted
with the writer. We have all the names in full ; but
suppose it better to give the public only the initials.
The letter may therefore bo read as a veritable por
traiture of at least ouaofthe forms of a slaveholding
Christianity. Oberlin Evangelist.
B , Georgia, Sept 1th, 1845.
DEAaSiu:
I take up my pen to write to you once more,
though it is not I that write but the Lord that wrifpth
through ne. Permit me to inform you that since I
wrote to you last, I have come out and embraced the
religion of the Lord Jesus Christ and am now living
in the glorious light and liberty of the children of
God. V e have fiad quite an interesting church mpe
: ting herMhis week in relation to Deacon II It
I was thought by many that he would he disfellowship-
ed, but hually his case was set forth in such a true and
vivid light by tho influential members of tho Church,
our pastor among the rest, that he was honorably dis-
U mrged. For fear
I i really w, I will 4
you will think Uie case worse than
just state the facts, (although you are
such an abolitionist, I suppose you will think it bad
enough Us it is.) The Deacon had an old slave, that
j had been in tho bub it of running away, but had always
been caught, until finally about two weeks ago, he
made another attempt. No sooner was the old thing
missing, than cousin H borrowed neighbor P s
hound, and ttarted in march of him. He had not
proceeded far in the wowds before he found the old
man, perched upon the limb of a large tree. He or
dered him several times to come down, but the old
man who was as stubborn as an m, etill maintained
his position. The Deacon then becoming excited,
fired his gun at him. The ball passed through his
ancle, and mangled it in such a manner that it mortifi
ed and he died. But as I have before stated, our good
Pnutrtmn,. Il.rt T.M-.l Mnea l.iu oniiH linlfl t'nl-tli ?ir Itin I
j approving stylo that
jusilllUBUUU Ul uic uiiuui. iiifttu.ll u viviu, u..iim;avu.i-
he was discharged upon the
; ground that he had a right to do what ho pleased with .
His u.i II imiifdiv, H mil: nil in iviui.il nut u mil; uui;n
i ,.' 1 ' , ' " v ,
i (Jti&acn iiji nil l limeuns ni'iu. linn uneiu j
buried his youngest child lost week, lour cousin
W thought some of studying at Oberlin, but it is
such an abolition hole, I do not think his father will let
him go. I have partly bargained for about 50 slaves
belonging to Mr. J . Iflcanget them as cheap
as I expect to, I shall make profit on thein, for I under
stand that tho Orleans market is quite good now. I
i .vl"ct to send them down as soon as my driver recov
ers ; for in flogging one of my old slaves the other day,
he received a very severe wound from him with his hoe,
whereupon the driver instantly drew his pistol from his
pocket and shot him dead upon the spot, a fate which
he justly merited. From his extreme age (being near
ly 80 years old,) I consider his death a gain, and not a
loss to me.
In your last you spoke of visiting us next year. If
you come I prny you to leave your abolitionism behind,
and show yourself a man. It is now time to go to
prayer meeting and I must close. My wife joins me
in love to vou. Yours,
J. F. F.
Tnd Mendi Mission. The Union Missionary
for January contains letters from Wm. Raymond,
the derotad Meudian Missionary. We have not
room for the letters. The editor of the Union
Missionary remarks :
"Mr. Raymond believes, and furnishes abun
dant evidence to corroborate his opinion, that the
mission has already proved a great blessing to
Africa, and that the prospect of its usefulness
increase every day. As stated in a previous num
ber, the English missionaries at Sierra Leone
cherish a high regard for Mr. II., nnd have borne
testimony to his devotedncss, zeal, judiciousness,
and success as a missionary. They think also
that under God he has been instrumental in pre
serving the tribes from war, and in abolishing,
to a considerable extent, the internal slave-trade
in Sherbro', the district of country in which the
mission is located. Mr. It. docs not shun to de
clare the whole gospel. In the presence of kings
and chiefs, who have long prosecuted wars and
the slave-trade he boldly declares that God is an
gry with those who practice such things, and will
bring them to judgment. They tremble, while
hearing God's warnings and denunciations from
His faithful ambassador. Tho king of the imme
diate vicinity avowed to Mr R. that he was afraid
of the divine judgments, In no case has Mr. R.,
as we believe, kept back the truth, winked at e
vil practices, or refrained from preaching the en
tire gospel, even when slave-traders and men of
war have been his hearers. No human policy
has influenced him; he has given no toleration to
war or the slave-trade, because in the country
where he labors they are "organio sins," to use
a current phrase, though in obvious misnomer.
Herein he lias been an example to other A-
menenn missionaries worthy of their imitation,
power to cxal'
the Lord amon2 the heathen. The friends of
the mission, and of missions that embrace fully
anti-slavery principles, have great occasion to re
joice and be thankful and , to praise the Lord of
missions for all lie has done through the instru
mentality of our esteemed brother, and for all the
encouraging prospects that beckon him forward,
and inspire with fresh hopes of success the friends
of the cause."
MEMORIAL
OF INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA,
Praying for the gradual abolition of Slavery in the
District of Columbia.
March 24, 1898.
Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia.
February 9, 1835.
Ordered, On motion of Mr. Hubbard, of New Hamp
shire, to be printed, with the names thereto attached,
To the Honorable the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Stales of Amer
ica in Congress assembled:
We, the undersigned, citizens of the coun
ties of Washington and Alexandria, in the Dis
trict of Columbia, beg leave to call the attention
of your honorable body to an evil of serious
magnitude, which greatly impairs the prosperity
and happiness of this District, and casts the re
proach of inconsistency upon tlie free institu
tions established among us.
While the laws of the United States denounce
the foreign slave trade as piracy, and punish
with death llios-e who are found engaged in its
perpetration, there exists in this District, the
sent of the National Government, a domestic
slave trade, scarcely less disgraceful in its char
acter, and even more demoralizing in its influ
ence. For this is not, like the former, carried
on against a barbarous nation; its victims are
reared up among the people of this country, ed-1
treated in the precepts of the same religion, and
imbued with similar domestic attachments.
These people arc, without their consent, torn
frum their homes; husband and wife arc ti c-
quently separated and sold into distant parts,
children ai'e taken from their parents, without
regard to the ties of nature: and the most en
dearing bonds of affection are broken forever.
Nor is this traflic confined to those who are
legally slaves for life. Some who are entitled
to freedom, and many who have a limited time
to serve, are sold into unconditional slavery;
and, owing to the defectiveness of our laws, they
are generally carried out of the District before
the necessary steps can be taken lor their re
lease. We behold these scenes continually taking
place among us, and lament our inability to pre
vent them. The people of this District have,
within themselves, no means of legislative re
dress; and we therefore appeal to your honora
ble body, as the only one invested by the Amer
ican constitution with the power to relieve us.
Nor is it only from the rapacity of slave tra
ders that the colored race in this District are
and thus lias lie done nil in his
doomed to suffer. Even the laws which govern I embrace the earliest opportunity of calling the atten
us, sanction and direct, in certain cases, a pro- j tion of tho House and of the country to them. Their
ccdure that we believe is unparalleled, in glar- j is obvious , they were intended to be grossly
. . . , ,. i offensive. They art? s groat a violation of .the roles
mg injustice, by any thing at present known a-1 of this HoSC) 0'f piu-i;;lmC.ntary decorum, us they are
niong tne Uovernments ol c iirMicnuoiu. an
instance of the operation of these laws, which
occurred during the last summer, we will briefly
relate.
A clord matt, who stated that he win enti
tled to freedom, was taken up as a runaway
aVC, and lodged in the jail of Washington city.
J 0 was .) veUlSI'd, DUt HO DIIC appear 1 II "
to
im him, he whs according lo law, put up
public auction for tin
payment of his ja
fee
'
nnd sold as a slave for life!
by a slave trader, who was not required to give
security for his remaining in the District, and he
was, soon after, shipped at Alexandria for one olV
the southern States. An attempt was made by
. '
some benevolent individuals to have the sale
postponed until his claim to freedom could be!
investigated; but their efforts were unavailing;
i.i i i ii .
and thus was a human being sold into perpetual
bondage at the capital of the freest Government
on earth, without even a pretence ol trial, or an
allccatiim of crime
. , , . , ., ,
We blush for our country while we relate
this disgraceful transaction, and we would fain
conceal it from the world, did not its very enor-
niitv insmrp ns tvltl, tho hnnp ll,:it it will rm,n
the philanthropist and the patriot to exertion.
We have no hesitation in believing your honora
ble body never intended that this odious law
should be enforced; ii was adopted with the old
code of Maryland, from which, we believe, it
has b?en expunged since this District was ceded
to the General Government.
The fact of its having been so recently exe
cuted, shows the necessity or this subject being
investigated by a power which we confidently
hope will be ready lo correct it.
We are aware of the difficulties that would
attend any attempt fo relieve us from these
grievances by a sudden emancipation of the
slaves in this District, and we would, therefore,
be far from recommending so rash a measure.
But the course pursued by many of the States
of this confederacy, that have happily succeed
ed in relieving themselves from a similar burden,
together with the bright example which has
been set ua by the South American republics,
proves most conclusively, that a course of grad
ual emancipation, to commence at some fixed
period, and to take effect only upon those who
may thereafter be born or removed into the Dis
trict, might be pursued without detriment to the
present proprietors, and would greatly redound
to the prosperity and honor of our country.
The existence among us of a distinct class ot
people who, by their condition as slaves, are
deprived of almost every incentive to virtue and
industry, and shut out from many of the sources
of light and knowledge, has an evident tenden
cy to corrupt the morals of the people, and to
damp the spirit of enterprise, by accustoming
the rising generation to look with contempt upon
honest labor, and to depend for support too much
upon the lsbor of others. It prevents a useful
and industrious class of people from settling a
niong us, by rendering the means of subsistence
mote precarious to the laboring class of whites.
It diminishes the resources of the community
by thiowiitg the earnings of the poor into the
coffrrs of tho rich; thus rendering the former
dependent, servile and improvident; while the
latter are tempted to become, in the same pro
portion, luxurious and prodigal.
That these disastrous results flow from the ex
istence of slavery among us is sufficiently con
spicuous, when we contrast the languishing con
dition of this District, and the surrounding courv
try, with the prosperity of those parts of the Un
ion which are less favored in point of climate and
location, but blessed with a free and indus-
! trious population.
I We would, therefore, respectfully pray that
these grievances may claim the Attention of J our
i honorable body, and that a law in Congress may
be enacted, declaring that all children of slaves,
born in the District cf Columbia after the fourth
day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty eight,
shall be free at the age of twetitw five years, and
that those laws, which authorize the selling of
supposed runaways lor their prison fees or main
tenance, may be repealed.
And, also, that laws may he enacted to prevent
slaves from being removed into this District, or
brought in for sale, hire, or transportation; with
out, however, preventing members of Congress,
resident strangers, or travellers, from bringing
and taking away with them their domestic ser
vants. Signed by Jonathan Ei.i.iot, and upwards
of ONE THOUSAND others, citizens of the
District of Columbia
Case of Mr. Gidilins.
House of Representatives, Friday Jan. fJ, 1816.
Mr. GIDDINGS rose to a question of privilege,'
I and sent to thu Clerk to have read the following par-
a graph, contained in tho speech of Mr. Bellinger, of
Virginia, delivered in this House on the 15th instant,
nd published in a public newspaper:
"The South dreads not this contest on her own ac
count more than other portions of this Union, and pos-
jiliW nut liult' fln rnn.'li m -imnn unit it w 11 fnlil na-
! niT-mm nrinn lu r rhnrnntpv In unv lliat fihn trpmhlps
because she is 'weak and helpless, defenceless and
i slaveholding. And I will say to the person (Mr. Giu-
us, of Ohio) who throw out, the base siiggestbn,
that the South is able to defend her rights, not only on
her own sunny plains, against tho bloody efforts of
reckless incendiaries, but on this floor and elsewhere
against tho federal encroachments of him and his par
ty upon the Constitution of the country. And I say
to him further, that there are bcndincn in the South
negro slaves there who have ever been more true and
more faithful tc their masters to the hands which
feed and cherish themthan he has ever been to his
country or its Constitution. And should he, and his
chorisfied allies and friends, the ' black regiments from
the West Indies,' attempt an invasion of southern soil,
there are negro slaves there who would meet him at
the thresholds of their masters' dwellings and scourge
him home."
The Clerk having read tile' paragraph
Mr. GIDDINGS commenced some remarks; when
he was interrupted by the Chair, who reminded him
that leave hud not been given to address the House on
' the subject, hot W leave been asked.
Mr. VANCE. , I ask leave that the gentleman from
j Ohio be permitted to make his explanation.
j The nTution prevailed.
i The remarks here quoted (said Mr. Giddings) were
! made on the 15th inat. while I was absent from the
I hnlt hut nut nnnenr in nrint until yesterday. I now
of gentlemanly propriety. 1, sir, can enter into no
personal altercation in this hall; 1 was not commission
ed for that purpose. Were I to do so, I should forfeit
my self-respect and the confidence of a highminded
and patriotic constituency
As explanatory of this personal attack, I will call to
the notice of the House some suggestions put forth in
a late number of the "Savannah Republican." The
editor of that paper, who I understand to be one of
those Southern gentlemm who occasionally traffic in
at ! the liodies ol women and children, says :
i " Can nnv true patriut sanction such remarks as
. . ' , i m ..ill: .1. . il -C f
He v;'s purchw 1 mose uuerou a" 'r. tniuungs on me noor oi kaiu
' . trn.9 Tho timn his been when the man who dared
0 lUnr slK.h Bt.,ajlm.lrts would have been hooted, not
I only out of Congress, but out of the society of all men
of patriotic feelings. It would be useless to expel him
j :lS:,i!1 f"" tl' U.,H,se thr the utterance of treasonable
wonUfkcaiixe he kou'.J douuluss bt return', trgam oy
,,;,, consliluenl.i. Tho only course therefore, is, for t
members of Congress and the conductors of the press to
I trcnt kim tvW' contempt ot the capital, and hold him up
to the scorn of the people throughout the length and
brfiM nf ,,,, ' it"may not chle hia
i views, if w'U destroy hh i,f.tencc, and deter others from
coming to his.'"
I ''10 str'k'mg coincidence bet ween the suggestions
I of this editor, nnd the attack of the member from Vir-
; :, rallle,.s n,rtiicr Pimk on that point unnecessary,
i Fur thiMiurpo.se of carrying out the ohiect annouil-
; ced in tho Savannah Republican, a letter was publish-
! ea 11 me union o yiwieiiwy.
purporting to bo written
bv the Now York Correspondent of that taper, in
which the writer says :
" Tho late vile arid wicked speech of Giddings, in
tho House, appears to be calling forth most scorching
rebukes from his own friends. The New York Ob
server, a religious paper of this city, of wide circula
tion, and an advocate for the final abolition of slavery
in Hoeaking ot the infamous tone oi the l'.mancipator,
the Liberator, and Giddings, says:
" In niacin" these ominous passages Irom the Lman-
cipator, tho Liberator, and speeches in Congress, in
their connexion, we have a distinct object, it is to
declare to the world that these are not the sentiments
of the mn-tdaveholding States, nnd they are not the
sentiments of tho anti-slavery Christians of the free
States. They are the sentiments of a portion only of
those who arc technically called Abolitionists, and
who submit to the le.ichhiDS of Messrs. Leavitt and
Garrison, each of who.n, at the head of his respective
school, inculcates his peculiar opinions. But the
Christian abolitionists or anti-slavery citizens of the
North desire no such means to be resorted to hy ureat
Britain or the United States to deliver the slaves of
tho South rom their bondage. The work of emanci
pation is to be effected, and, unless by such a catastro
phe as Mr. Giddings invokes, will be effected by the
power of truth working in the minds and hearts of the
Southern people."
Thus the epithets and denunciations of this corres
pondent are sent forth "throughout the length nnd
breadth of tho land" by means of the Executive organ
in this city. Nor is this all : the writer has quoted the
pitiful attempts of a New York editor to associate my
name with those of other gentlemen on whom ho ap
pears to think a degree of odium rests, nnd by that
r . .1. . i ...... r .t. . i. n
means to euect ins portion oi me nnsiumi i
him by his slaveholding overseer. While he is doing
this he sacrilegiously attempts to pledge the Christian
public of the North in favor of an indefinite continua
tion of the crimes of slavery. I shall not attempt to
say whether mvself, " the non-shiveholding States," the
" anti-slavery Christians of tho free States," or onr ho
ly religion, is most slandered by this professedly " re
fYm'otM paper." However that may be, nn officer of
this House has sent it forth " througlvmt tho length
and breadth of the land."
In this connexion I am told that I oight to notice
onother coadjutor in this work. A person admitted
upon this floor under the rules ot tne Mouse, in conse
quence of his connexion ns a Reporter to the lenrbng
Whig paper of this city, was seen nt his desk yester
day hawking a certain caricature designed to aid tlvs