The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-07-25
WORCESTER.
WEDNESDAY, JULY Is, 1872.

EnANoirATIoS The moderation of th
condition of the African race became an obie,
Of solicitude with the f5ocietyaof Friends. as
body, early after their establishment in mi
country. Several reg Nations were from tim
to time adopted, with this view, one Of which
we believe, was, that no member possessed
a slave should sell it. But, it was not INIT
early In the last cen tury, that a rule was def
nltlVeiy adopted, that no member of the soci
ETY. should hold a fellow being in BONDAGE
I1ihIs article OF thei discipline, which is adont
ed throughout the Union, has, in many in
stances, subjected the society and individual,
to great expense and inconvenience. owino te
the obstacles thrown in the way of cmancipa
ton by the laws of most of the Southern States
These require that, if n master sets n slave
free, he shall remove him from the Stale. or
give heavy bonds to guard against his ever be.
coming chargable, and also, we believe. hold
the master still accountable for any miscon-
duct OF the emancipated slave.
With these acquisitions, it was ;mpossible
for many individuals to comply, and the bur-
then consequently devolved en- the society. II
was most felt in the Yearly Meeting of North.
Carolina, where the number of slaves who fell
into their hands was greatest. Trustees were
appointed to have the care of those who were
set free, till they could be removed from the
State, and beyond the danger of being again
brought into slavery. The number under care
OF the trustees had accumulated to more than
a thousand. part of them fell into the hands
OF members, by Inheritance, from those who
were NOS members, and a part belonged to in
+dividuals who were IN possession of them
when they Joined the society. Two or three
years since, measures were adopted for their
speedy removal We have now before us an
address from the last Yearly Meeting, from
which it appears that about 300 persons have
been removed during the year preceding, at an
expense of $500. Being left to their choice
of places, about 40 were taken to Liberia, (Af
rica) 119 to Hayti, IL to Philadelphia, and the
remainder to Ohio and Indiana During the
year, the donations in aid of this benevolent
work were, from an individual in Philadelphia
$2914 from the Yearly Meeting of New En-
gland, $1,000; from the Yearly Meeting of
New York, $3.50 from the Yearly Meeting of
Philadelphia, $500 and from an individual in
Burlington, IN. J) $500. About 500 of the
remaining free people of color are willing to
remove to free governments; above 300 of
them to Liberia, and 200 to other places A
donation of $500 has been made to tho Coloni-
cation Society towards chartering vessel for
Liberia, and $500 more is pledged, if necessa-
ry. This vessel, we believe, has since sailed.
A further sum of $4,000 was found necessary
to complete the removal of the whole number,
which has been apportioned, to be raised among
the several Quarterly Meetings.
In conclusion the address says" Notwith-
standing all the varied difficulties attending
this subject, it appears to us that the blessing
of Divine Providence has attended our exer-
tons in peculiar manner If the Father of
Mercies should continue to smile on oar ope-
rations, we shall in year or two more, in all
probability, be released from the heavier part
of this burden, and feel the inexpressible conso-
lation of having plucked from the jaws of slav-
ed them in free governments, where they may
enjoy the privileges Of citizens; and the addi-
tional satisfaction of having been instrumental
in performing work which will doubtless have
very striking influence on the community at
large, and assist in paving the way for the nit
igation or removal of one of the greatest evils
that ever affected the human race
The reply of Henry Clay to Gen. jackson,
which we this day publish, is full, clear, and
explicit, Gen. Jackson has placed himself in
a most awkward and unfortunate predicament,
If the allegations were true, at the time when
of all others he should have made them public
he kept silent, and has disclosed them at the
very time when he ought not because it now
looks like a low electioneering trick. The
truth is, Gen. Jackson could not have believed
them true, because, if he had, both duty and
inclination would have induced him to make
the disclosure when Clay was nominated for
the office of Secretary of State, and thus to
prevent him from reaping the fruits of his cor
ruption. AS the affair is now situated, he must
come forward with his proofs, and then the
public can Judge for themselves.
Our readers probably recoilect tho fact, that
young American by the name of Washing
ton, was year or two since in Greece, where
he made himself ridiculous by his oflicious in
reference in the affairs of the government
Not succeeding there according to his wishes
he left the country, and tho next we heard from
him he was in France, whore he abjnred hi
former religion, ard embraced the Catholic
faith. He has now renowned his country, ant
issued formal proclamation of the fact, tina
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