State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-06-28
Lectures OfGco. Thompson.

HUST PUBLISHED and Tor sale at the !
~ Anti Slavery Rooms, DC Washington
street, Price 80 cents, Lectures Of George
Thompson, Esq. with full report OF his
Polemical contests with Peter Borthwick,
Esq. the advocate OF the pro-savery party
in England. This work has been compiled
from various English editions, and such
lectures only selected as have bearing on
the general question OF slavery throughout
the world.
CONTENTS.
/. A brief History of Mr. Thompson's
connection with the Ant-SIavery cause in
England, and the reasons which induced
him to visit the United States.
Q. Speech delivered in the Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, Irwell-street, Manches-
tel, England, being a reply to MI Borth-
wick's statement on the subject Of slavery.
London: J. Hatch & Son, 1877, PcadIly,
1882. The subject in this Iecturc,i is discus
sed on the principle OF Right betCeen Man
and Man. The reporter says "The moment
/ Mr. Thompson was recognized walking a
! long the aisle towards the vestry, brust OF
applause Immediately proceeded from the
auditory. Precisely at seven O'Clock he as
cended the pulpit, accompanied by the Boz
rough reeve, VIM. Hill, Esq, Mr. Peter
Clare, one Of the Secretaries of the Anti
Slavery Society, and MI James Everett,
one OF the members OF the committee. To
the latter was assigned the Office OF arrang-
( ing and handing To the speaker the ducumcn-
tatory papers requisite TO support the great
I cause Of humanity. The large and heauti-
| full Chapel was crowded with highly re-
spectacle auditory, and never was speaker
more enthusiastca received, more attcn-
tivdly heard, or more ieelingIy responded
to-
8. Discussion between Mr. Thompson and
Mr. Borthwick, held at the Royal Ampithea-
tire, Liverpool. The discussion was contin-
ucd six evenings with unabated interest
The Liverpool papers state that although
the house would accommodate 1000 persons
yet every evening many hundreds were
unable to gain admission.
( H. Lecture, delivered Thursday evening,
SEPTEMBER 90, 1882, in the Irwell street
Chapel, Sallord, Manchester. This Lecture
was delivered soon after Mr. Borthwck, the
! West Indian pro slavery advocate, had pub
licly said that he would follow Mr. Thonp-
son from place to place, like his evil genius.
The following question is discussed in this
Lecture; Can any circumstances justify
man IN holding has .Jellolc-men as property?'
'Ths Lecture says the Reporter, 'Was an
nounced 10 commence at seven O'Clock. The
admission was by tickets, for which there
was an unprecedented demand. As early
as five O'Clock the doors were surrounded
by number OF most respectable persons, and
by halt past six the Chapel was crowded by
one Of the most SespectabIe auditOres ever
witnessed in Manchester or SallOrd. We
observed a considerable number o. the Socie-
ty Friends present. Attwenty minutes
before seven MIR Thompson was recogT lied
walking down the aisle, attended by severa
of his friends, and was greeted with cnthu-
siastic cheers. A few minutes before seven
I w. Hill, Esq. the Borough reeve entered
and was loudly cheered. Precisely at seven
O'Clock MIR Thompson accompanied by the
Borough reeve and NJ Peter Clare, left the
vestry and ascended the pulpit stairs. MIR
Thompson came to the front OF the pulpit,
bowed respectfully TO the assembly, and was
received with immense cheers, which lasted
a considerable time'
D. Speech OF Mr. Thompson, at the great
Anti Colonization meeting, held in Exeter
Hall, London, July 1888, James Cropper
Esq. in the Chair. TIE following resolution
was Offered TO the meeting by Mr. Thompson
and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the coIored people OF the
United States, fully aware that the object
Of the American Colonization Society is not
their improvement and happiness, have de-
cIared their detcStatiOn OF it in !he most
solemn and public manner; that that op-
pressed people have our heart fell sympathy;
and that the principles and efforts of their
advocates, the Anti Slavery Socieryo OF New
England, have our cordial APPRECIATION
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