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VOL. XXIII. NO. 1). NEW YORE, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1862. WHOLE NO. 1,153.
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PENNSYLVANIA ANTISLA.VERY SOCIETY.
inn Norlh-Ttnlli Strcd, PAUmfefjfcla.
Utters fr piiWIrntlon, or mlntiiir; in any way In [I
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lo-lnrc .iil.<eripil.iPi ;. ..' rrliiilm; in nnv way I.
i unafra of ihu paper. Ii.'iil'l l>n M'l.ln t-.l
a Voc...
jKvo-Slavcty.
plliyiuenls :
zifer,
ol (bo Union .1
lloil nn mil' cllbrls, we.thu nipniHeolnlivcs
nulilienl narlien, and of nil classes anil
sions, ilo solemnly reallirm
ilitulion as il is, 'and pledge
<%/,-. ,1. IIV.U,);;-, ,l/.i' .y A'.;.How ll.c-
Union Hum of Kentucky hud behaved in tlio battles
mliicli took place in tho Wo.-t was. not for bim to say,
or how tliov intended I" Mian: il it were not (or llic
wicked, hellish measures of Ih.- Abolilionists of the
Norlh (el rs.afl.l hisses lor the Abolitionists). It
was Abolition, nnil nol sin vary, llmt was ilio cause
of ibis rebellion. It wns audi i mil mvei-sies as niissul
between Lovi-iov Mini the mi-mlur I rum Mississippi,
in the Houhu, that served in widen the brenoh of dis-
union (groans fur l.ovcjov). I In hud I'"-' nuirlifioa-
lion, mom than olico, to hear it slated in Congress
blood was old, but not colli, and bo could not help
i man U am I I m m it,, .i I..,.- for tin. Ci
many would say will, Umeh-y (groans and laugliloi
llmt they' would oli. i ill..-
1
'.in iii i hi ion as far as lln
could oonat'icnliounly (applause). At odo of tl
meetings of ihe Cuminopinion I. ague thoy broiigl
hero Luna of Kansas, whose band was imbrued wii
bia brother's blooil. And ho una introduced liy
reverend genllcimin whos u'd Io reguiil bim as tl
glowing sun. Ono of (lie pictures drawn by tbiaau
was. tliat of lb.' slave-owners of llm Sou lli bunted by
their slnves. lie boped Hint Rov. Dr.-Tjn^ (hisaes)
would believe that man could he i. Chris-linn triih-
nut adopting these I lorih.-r-ru Ihan doctrines ( il] .|il mirii-'J.
How could limy bent counteract (In 1 ollorls of Ibo
Hnnucipsiiiuusls 1 (A Voni:" Vol.. down Ibe Aboli
lionisls.") That v.- an lln- proper mime, for limy wen
in favor or abolish in;: ovi tilhin-, nn.l when they pn,.
through nhnlishing. ihci would bin My have any thine
worth having (npplamv). The .Yl.tdilionists wore dil-
/ory ul from the liopuhlicnns (A Vnuai"Tbal'seo ").
lie was i.dinl In lii'nr ..ii.' ;i.."'iil. f.-r In-, bolicvtd Ih.'i
would all say "No." How- ..| Id tliis Irtinur. he
toiinteraetedl Ut all pnrty be laid aaido, lei nil
unilo na brolbors to ,*:io- our counlry from the bund
of Uw fanatics (apnlauee). do wished tbnl iho loyal
iiicri ol r.in..'i..'^., I'miior rats nml llepubli
"iJ'h.varS*""
tin-*.' nit.Ti.ji' . ,' ()..' ri-i,!-.- potHitr8 '"foice tbo confiientioii of nil
K were fur tho propovly Iiobl in ulavea. if any who bold them
" ililutionnl wire not disloynl, iln: .pn..-ilion of compensation
I-. IV..PI,
llesolved, 1. Tlml in tbo present eri sis, when our
beloved country in involved in i-ivil war. nml Iln-
foil mlulion s of our Cnnsliimiin are in danger of be-
in^- overllirown, it is tin: duly of every Amencnn
ciLiien, laving a-i. I.'.-dl i.r.j.iilic^ and nt(;idirnciil.i,
whelber o'f party .ir loadilv In ilevolc bid enciKies,
bis fortune, and il in ml be hia life, to the preierva-
lion, the dclenee and tin: perpi'liiiiy of Ibe American
Union.
2. That in eoii.-i.l' r, ;
. il.. drm-i.-rs ivLieb immedi-
ately tlimiLlun die Union, wfl find two fallacies at-
(mniiting to aecompllsb llm work of dcslriiclioi
ling Ibat
r.l..:lbor. of Anthem ...
l.r.v.' allaeked tin' ^lorii
creetctl ; Ibe i
in., ciiliuiniilinj; in Hie
. wlio by t"r.-.: of arm-
brie wlii'-h our f:itl.i-i-.-
isnonilioii lo do itand they cannot Ret il away,
'bo Constitution prnlceted it. while Ibo I'ontHitutiiin
.-as 11 riser veil. Wl.m do lln'v |iro|..-i-i..' to do in Con-
gress now I To take lb" wb..l. m ...hi population
witbinibEsccetlodSlalus- wmi.u. k.ni'i ' Ui ri
Mnrjlnnd, Uolnwaro anil 'I - -' and Turn II
locise upon HQcitJty. Alnr il..\ 1 Inpp' ! lon.li i
" 3 of tliui r BubaUinci . llf it l a i ' '" m
it of every tlosoriplion, inlpovori In d Lb 'iu-
:ly, the ne:;roes am Ihen lo be tutm .1 tr. e I in
such an idea bo n.b'r: I by I .-.t nu-nol inn pirn .'
i of " No no.") And yet that wa- tho . BCI t ol
ill which bud iiieiwd L'on^r. .s. but which In
hoped would not nieive I lie Km . :.uliv<. ..:.!..
I
II
Cod ill his 1'rovideiir.- would nerve the rre.-mlenl to
let and pniile bin pen in writing Ida veto of aiicb
et, iliia Uninn would be pre;ereed and restored
IncedK rthei Mleelnrelheir ...,!>
s to austain o
the hoh- bond of brotherhood of Amerienns.
a. That while Ibe povoriiii.eui is
)
en-a^eil in ihe
work of BlippreBalng the lirat-m
Ihe Union, it is our duty as eil
governmi' nt, ami licfcnil it Irnm all enemies ai nom
ami abroad; mid lhat in this national emergenc;
haniil all fi ilii'i-' "1 no re pre-.-ion or resell Ii lie n
we ahould recollect only our duly to the wbol
country ; Unit thix rrnr t-kixiHl not lie >rayeil oa*oi,
part in ami spirit fi.j>fr,s.<i:'ii, or/or tidy pHrjioi
/w,;ij^(,rsii/:/F.;y,>(i..,,i.-'/r-r..rrtiv,.iii?
.'i-ii
Wrfcri.ii} Tf.'M il," ri'iht-- - <!<iHisl,ol institutions i.
States, but to drf.il ,<d .;im. th<< :i<r.-i,i,f,i /
the Cunstitutiou, unit to /msis-n' the Union with nil
l<f, tquatitif nml riol,is of tin frrn-nl fHnt
.<>-"../,
e olher class of foes
i our polilienl forli
Hi, an.l' i."tiv,lv {.iftel,
'). Sueli
~.-utalivi-s
'. ;-: )=
lion ol llie.w' Ptates while slavery
..iijdi pi.eiee Tiiivht conic, Ihen' wnuli
ii. There uiiyln if the Almliiionista
anotnS
in- litmimi of alftvory in Ihe Poulh
to delend it, 1" .an In: had not tin
II sueb men as Van llureu,
I'illmore, and Kverelt, and apeak lo Ihe people as
Irom the tomb of Washington (npplunso).
James Kr,A-i.We arc told, fellow-ciUKCns, that
it is idle for iih to il- ..'ruble In te lo try to slop agita-
tion, oxeileiiiont, inllammation, upon, and nbont,
negroes and Ihe nc^ro ipie.-tion, and that we am no
wiser Ihan Ibe old womr.n ivlio :'loorl upon the Havre
Lea. Ii, in. I, wiili Iiit liiomu, atrngglad haul lo aweep
In waic-ofthi: Atlantii 1 1,'oau. Tlmro is Hoinc-
tbing of Irutli in all lliia. Tluav are men who live
by, and Irade ami tiallie upon, a^ilation ; who are
bubbled up, only on Hie uunn of agilalion, nml
n ho-e phoiphon-'.-eut li^ht s]iail;h-.i only as Ihu
up tin) siirlaee of,sociely. Ni
. l\. I.-.. ,,,-,-nl
'fTi-n'aullSiv-anVl
wpeot to atop s
,v of in
' ":"
,i. Unit ihe iiiiin lo whom
C by social ili llilrbances.
in less than i ,ii[>|.,.l se). Iflhi
Confiscation Act beeo .1 a law Mid is put in fotre, no
in this boon.- would live to sire ihe day Ibat this
n ii reiilnn.il nsain. You may see a peviTiuueiit
nally Ii. 1.1 by invidusli. under the power of ihe
intt, but you would p. -. nu Ireidom ot action or
thouphl or ind i iien denee uininlniiii-d. A Union lo bo
ire.icrve.l by Ihe liavonel w;is n.H worth lighting for
aiiplnn.e).
TllBS
I'm i!,
us; hut
Win
of )
nillH i
j'll.'l,''/ lli-: nr -inOil
4. That in denling -
tbo Union, it bwonii-i ev.-n .nli'.-ri lo Imnr >n nuiw
Ibe advii-e of the lather., nheving the sage com-
manda of Wnalungton, tin", s-ln.ulil remember lhat
the Union is the uunn pillar of our real independ-
ence the support ..I" ..ur iminpulhly at borne, our
peace abroad, our safety, our pioi|-'rily, our til.erti
That as this is the point
'- -
iii.ain.il which the batteries
ciii'Uiies will lio moi.1 const j
covertly and insidiously) .lir.i o-d, we shoiibl eherudl
a conlial. habitual and' iniinc.vnt.lc at tn chine nt lo it,
nccuslouiini; ounelvcs lo iliink and speak of it ns
Ibe pallaibum of ..ur political wdely and prosperity,
watching for its |iresirvniion with jealous aiuiety,
di".uuiii.'iiaii' in" wbiiiever nine surest even a.Sus-
pieion that it can in any event be abandoned, and
indignantly frowning upon the lir>t ib.wning of every
ulteuipt lo alienate any portion ol our country from
tho rest, or to enfeeble the saenal ties whie b now
link together lie various purls. That, towards tin
preservation ot oui govenuuent, it is n-ninsile no
only that we di,.:ouiit.-nance irregulnr O|.po,iti.iu t,
its acknowledged authority, such mi ""
nt Ibe Sou lii, ami lees been . \hihilei
reraonnl Liberty bills and olber
ItgislaUon, but also thai wo rcsii
United .Stales
dealroyeiK-anil it would be destroyed if you
strojed Hie labor llmt produced it. The Yankee idea
that these ncroes. when lur 1 free, would becoi
willing hin-bngs in Ihccollon and cane fields ol tin
,1 the S'oitb
eh c.vplosiv"eT desl ilcn-,1
1 ait of Old Ens mil a d of New
knowingly, like the uiati in I'cm^ylvunia. who, win
be w.'is spieil.iug upon tin' siil'|e> I ol il tn;. upon hog
said that he understooJ llinl businusa butler Ihan
anything cite, because he was mixed among them
(liiughlcr). Ueslrov the labor of ibe Soudi by an
cipaiion, what would lieeonie of Ibe eonnncree of ihe
country '( Where wns the cotton to come from lc
mi.lv" Ihe ilemnnds nt" nn n- and keep in nelive
,otion the s pi iiniiig-'|e nuies ol Ihe North anil the
Mobile Ptalcs ( ihe'prosperiiy ot the people of lb;
free Stales depended upon the restoration of tbi
Union, allowing the people of Ibe dillenuit sci'i""'"
"
ounlry to eonduet their own buainosa
way nsfreen.cn ler iheii- own laws.
bo.lv hail bunded him up a paper; be was not res pon-
silib. lur ii bill he believed il lo be true, because it is
very much like him. It began, "Henry Ward
Heedier" (hisses anil groans for Meu'lier). Ho would
not readil; be wool.I bine increy upon him (cries o
I
"
wanted tbe war ended
Tea, yea.") He wanted tin
ibe Constitution resloreddidn't they
') Then go lo work nl your halh.l-boscs
nbor and the pulriolisiu of tbe country ti
he Poril:
I'lngiand is ever Ihe birthplace of storms. The true,
Ihojoal, llic born, Ihe hercdilary I'uritan, whose,
blood has never bun niiied with Catholie, or olher
Protestantwith Celt, or Teuton, or Caulis.on this
carill, what the stormy petrel in upon tlm ocennthe
"
;n, Ihe "harbinger, the minister, the witnessif not
: breeder of storm.
The New England I'uritan mind must have some-
thing to work upon. .Massaohuselta run at, forever,
id forever, be (hn cradle of isms, and ologics, and
is, na shu ever has been. The Puritan element
there roust forever rock some cradle. The negro to-
lay is in that cradle, but to-morrow il may be some
ither pet, sonic oilier ibirling. All wo can hope to
ilo is, I" change Ibe negro leiby in tin- cradle. Such
changelings, faniitici.ia ihns i hanging, such men,
so lillle slabibiy ol purpose or principle, we
we can, we iniisl.diverl from these negro nursc-
- into >'oui..' olher, .simpler, betler-|eiving, and
iocinllv dninaging calamity. The only
, is at the ballot-box. The moment thech
thorn, (bat moment Ihu politicians will desert
i. Uut never, never especl to be without ngitn-
;.,;.- v;"-o,v..n.':u,^rrTuV
v
rM:
tie p.
and thowidlh or Ibe
llloomets, indeed, uni
of laying the fouiubiiiiin
dill) . fi llcilv-cili'.ellS. IS :
to uphold Ibe I'.mstiliilio
who rebel against them
polilienl. In mind our ow
people's bu: ' "
... nhappy
lopic for agitation.
'
coma as excitable to 1
1 to bis fathers. Il is
iglli ol the |,ctlieo.il
n tin- Ma,
^elections.
AN LVSIDI-: FZBTF OF SLAVERY.
Tins book descrv
bolh from Ihe pn
Style, graphic pon
Is, would give it note and popn-
iny lime, and before any aiulienee. And
add to this, that it is a -i remnrknblc
of fads, and that these fiiola bear directly
I. nln IK I. nioi il lliili;
the bcnvi bunlcns. nnd lot Iho opprCSMtl go IV .
and that ye bniak every vnhc," w.-ni tho wonst of
men. So indeed must have been Iranklin. Jcuorsoti
and even Washington , sin.-.i tiny, like all olher gooil
men, wisheil to bi o ulnvorj abolished ; and the father
ol* his counlry euiaueipnifl his last slave en- bu
closeil bis cyei in death. Nor can the firal scholar,
gculleuoin, or t.hrisiiaii be found (save a few modern
desperadoes implicated in the crime), who, for two
centuries past, lias spoken or written on (he subject,
without condemning tie- oniric.;.- of ebatlcli -iug our
fellow-beings. Can any one fail lo tie that this cry-
ing sin has brought upon oni I ml all the horrors of
civil war? In vain is il said lhat agilalion was ihu
causeMiieo lo investigate' -to ful and apeak truth,
is (be solemn dulv and Ibe high privilege of all. Our
Savior and bis boh npc.3th-.i did it. at ihe ba/ard of
tbeir lives. The fathers of Ibis milieu did it against
British rule, though the cost was as gn:nt. Rven
pro-slavery llemocmts have discui=rd slavery more
than any .'tber nihiec! far years path JndgO l>oug-
1ns. at tho head nl" ihe S'ori.h.rn parte, was treated
with ihe foulest ind inn! lies, at tbo capital of Ala-
I hi i'iu-1 le ni'iiritiiined Ibe people's right lo
.I | 'I , trad lion of slavey- -, -
nieut to hi'lp any m 1. enmiu ipat.-l sluvea as rheoso
to -j;o, but there, is no prospect thai the cuiigrntion
will over equal ibe natural increase, so lhat [he
colored populatioo of Ibis coonttr ia never likely lo
bo less than it is at present. Whatever policy may
be adopted by the lii-ueral g.iverruuent, wo have no
doubt thnt ibis will turn oui to bo the facta (act
so stubborn that no power can change it.
II ibis view iscom-et if the four million of colored
Americans are lo remain in tho country, ami ihcir
ebildrcn are to inherit nith imp die common bless-
ings of tho Unionit is nvident thai wo havo nn
internal in iheir welfare- Thoj- cannot bo oppressed
and degraded without onr sulleri-- '-
" tho negroes of tho South
i bo !
trust wo commit nn indiscretion in giving tin punm
Edmund Kirke is the ilsmiiiiciJ nniae ol a |:eiitbac.n
who was formerly a leading men bant in trade wiih
II..: tniiifh, who did a busiin: of over a million dol-
'-fs yearly with thai locality, and has nt present a
im or monoy [imminent/;/ invested there which
ouhl . iiii-iiiuio a Inrluue for nlnin-jt any one. He
known Ihe South boiler than nnv man who lujs ever
before .written concerning it. being familiar with
nearly every inch ot the soil ol tour Klales there, and
' ling passed many winters on the plantations ol
these. Here he saw the insiik workings nf I lie
I it nl ion, ami guile d n Innuliaiiiy w ilb il ivbi.b no
re traveller has bad it in bii newer lo conceive of.
was nut nn Abolitionist, l'or tbu lifleen yuara
wliicli tig upenl anuuig Ibe jilanlers, he saw enough
to prevent his being a pro-a lave ry
disposed, during Ibis time
salvation, in Ibeir ov
ler woke him up. II
full that be could,
o let llicm work o
book i
.vithout
: lll-.t hbe-
lle ii
i.-i ti.:.
inihition. All lift aims to
h which his remnrknblc.
lo Ihe nation'ii stock of
He hna n plan in what he Is doing. He .
egnrd our contest as one so much between
nd freedom us between two systems of labi
of subduing slavery is by breaking ih
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