Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-05-17

man, and the Justice OF heaven. Hthere
be within the extent of our knowledge
or Influence, any participation in this
traffic, let US pledge ourselves here, upon
The Rock OF Plymouth, TO extirpate and
destroy it. II is not fit that the land of the
Pilgrims should bear the shame longer.
| hear the sound of the hammer, see
the smoke of the furnaces where mancles
and letters are still forged for human
limbs. see the visages Of those, who
by stealth, and at midnight, labor in this
work of hell, foul and dark, as may be-
come The artihcers of such instruments
OF misery and torture. Let that spot be
purified, or let it cease to be of New
| England. Let it be purified, or let it be
set aside from the Christian world; let
il be put out ofthe circle OF human SYM
pathies and human regards, and let civil
llzed man henceiorth have no commu-
Mon with it.
81 would invoke those who Eli the
seats of justice, and all who minister al
her altar, that they execute the whole
some and necessary severity of the law.
I Invoke Tie ministers Of our religion,
thai theg proclaim IFS deaunciation Of
these crimes, a1td add It's solemn sanctions
10 the authority Of hannah iagas. II the
huNH be silent svheaeVer, and z0hrreUer,
there may be q sinner bloody 7cih this
gull 4Uithfn the hearing gifts Uoice, the
huifat is false TO IFS trust. call on the
airmerchant who has reaped his harvest,
| on the seas, that he assists in scourging
! from those seas the worst pirates which
ever infested them. That ocean, which
seems to wave with gentle magnihcence
| 10 wait the burdens oil an honest COM
merce, and to roll along its treasures
with conscious pride; that ocean which
hardy industry regards, even when the
winds have ru fl d It's surface, as field
of grateful toll; what is it to the victim
Of this oppression, when he is brought
to its shores, and looks forth upon il, for
the first time, from beneath chains, and
bleeding stripes? WHAT is it to him but
a wide spread prospect of suffering, an.
guish and death Nor do the skies smile
longer, nor is the air longer fragrant 10
him. The sun is cast down from heaven,
An inhuman and accursad traffic has cut
him off in his manhood, or in his youth,
from every enjoyment belonging 20 bis
being, and every blessing which his Crea-
tor intended for him %
OsBoRN's POEMS 1T will be seen by
an advertisement in this paper, that Sc
LEcK OSBORN proposes to publish col
lection Of his Poems. OF the merit Of
his productions, our readers have doubt
less formed favorable opinion, from the
specimens vi his genius, which have ire-
quently appeared in our poelical depart.
ment We feel a deep interest in Mr..
Osborn's success; and be has, we be-
licve, many acquaintance and personal
friends in Illinois, who will cheerfnly
patronlze the work, and aid IN procuring
subscriptions.
We extract the following from notice
Of this intended publication, by the edi-
| WI VI tiIO ASCW-AlainpouiC duict.
"The fame of Mr. Osborn as poet has
lasted more than twenty years; and we fro
quently see his lucubrations Of that time re-
published in the periodical works Of the pre-.
sent day. For this man, during period Of
eighteen years, we have ever felt al that i've
~ sympathy which similarity of pursuit and an
ticipated similarity of condition never fails 70
excite. Educated in the humble calling of
a printer, his genius early scared above the
mere mechanic. While an apprentice he
wrote a poem on the New-Year, which was
published in the Ladies' Museum of New-York
we believe in 1900; an apostrophe to time
tracted from this poem, has been frequently
re-published, and will always be admired. Mr..
as editor ofthe Rebubican Farmer--afterwards
| Uitness, with this motto at the head, !" 1862 VS..
/, a." abiding TO the number of electoral votes
at the second Presidential term Of Mr.. Jefler-
son. The intrepidity with which he advocat-
ed the republican cause against the Connect-
cut arlstocracy, rendered him an object OF per-
secution; and it was not difficult in that state
ut that time to find a court and jury who
| would do their part in putting stop to his ca
reer. He was prosecuted. indicted, tried, and
| imprisoned but he continued to write andto
publish his paper while in prison. The yio-
| lence of his prosecutors, however, broke down
/ his spirit--domestic troubles ensued and.the
: only time we ever saw him, was some seven or
eight years ago while he was engaged in the
capacity of journeyman printer in Boston. His
I poetical compositions discover mind attuned
| to every feeling of tenderness and dccacy :