Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-05-26
From the Edinburgh Journal of January 30.
AMERICAN SLAVERY-MR
GEORGE THOMPSON.

On Thursday evening, public meet |
inp of the Edinburgh Emancipation So
ciety, and its friends, was held in the Rev.
DR. Peddie's chapel, Bristol street, when
Mr. Thompson gave an account of his
Anti-Slavery Mission to the United States
of America The admission TO the meet
ing was by tickets, sixpence each-each
ticket admitting two persons, and as there
were upwards ola thousand ofthese sold,
there must have been more'than two thou
sand persons present, We know, also,
that great many persons were dlsap-
pointed in procuring tickets, SO speedily
were they all disposed Of About seven
o'clock, Mr. Thompson made his appear.
ance in the pulpit, and was received with
several distinct rounds of the most enthu-
siaShc applause. John Wigham, Jun.
ESQ. was called to the chair, and in open
ing the meeting said, that from the mani
festations which he just witnessed, he was
sure they were animated by one common
feeling of delight and satisfaction to find
that their able and distinguished friend
Mr. Thompson had performed the object
of his mission SO energetically and sue
cessfully, and that he had returned to
them in safety, under the extraordinary
circumstances in which he had been plac-
ed. (Great cheering.)
Mr. THOMPSON then rose and was re-
ceived with fresh burst of applause
He should not, he said, attempt to describe
the feelings of satisfaction with which he
gazed upon the large and intelligent audi
ence which he beheld assembled once
more within these we'll known walls, for
the purpose of listening to him who had
now the honor to appear before them,
and TO hear from his lips the progress of
those principles which they had there to-
gether enumerated and espoused, and the
triumph (which they had there together
celebrated. He dared not trust himself
even to attempt an expression of the Joy
and gratitude which filled his bosom when
he beheld them still feeling deep inter-
s est in the cause of freedom, and found that
. not only had they not deserted that cause,
but that they were rallying in even great
e er numbers around the standard which
f they, in by-gone days, had planted and
I promised to sustain, while there was a
fetter on the heel of single human be-
ing on the face of the globe. (Cheers.
1 He begged to assure the meeting that his
own attachment to the cause which he had
S the honor to advocate remained undimin
: ished-and not only so, but that it hac
never even wavered or been weakened =
e that it still continued as strong as ever
l. and that what he had witnessed in a far
~ IonH hoH h,1t h,o
ed him of the potency and omnipotenc'
1t of those principles by the advocacy ant
s. enforcement of which we had succeeded
in staying the monster on our own Dor
N ders; that it had only more deeply con
pr WINGED him that nothing was wanting blu
the unceasing, the persevering publica
lie ton of those principles, to put an end t.
le slavery wherever it curses the soil AM
degrades humanity on the face of tn
Id earth. Immense applause.) He ha
IS that night to draw their attention to tn
m subject Of slavery in the United States c
America-to the homogeneous institution
il, of domestic slavery in land of freedom
- He wished it to be understood that the
a were not met there that night, guided al
influenced by mere desire to know
1t what was going on in the United State!
~ as matter of mere history of cotempora
neous events; but that they were to fee
IL deep interest upon many grounds, i
vs. the great question of human rights whic
r. was now agitating that wide spread terri
tory. (Cheers.) The history of the An
ne ti-Slavery question in America was deer
IS ly interesting, as developing the best, tn
1g hottest, and the mightiest means of carry
ur ing forward a moral revolutions by III
III simple enumeration of the principles, th
ret supremacy ofwhich was sought to be OF
tanned, without resorting to physical VIC
lence; by the simple action of man upo
nj man; by opinion operating upon opinion
50 by merely enlisting the pulpit, the pres
ny and the platform, in the work of that re
10 formation. (Cheers,) The history
IL the American slavery question was as il
ps' teresting as it was plain, as displaying Ii
. mighty influence oftruth when outspoke
lr- and fearlessly enunciated without regar
ID to human wisdom or expediency; the:
ne having been the means By which mig
&C. ty change had been effected in Americ
lSe in reference to this question: change
ue mighty that, he might venture witho
or hesitation to say, no change so grea
without the interference Of miraculor
Ter power had ever been effected in any era
Ter the world tGreat cheering.) He r
peated that it had been effected not by b
ems ms man wisdom, by rank, or wealth, nor pc
VII itics, nor learning, nor expediency, but
I've the mighty lever which is fated to owe
ing turn the world, and place it as it shou
roP stand, with its apex upwards-it was
test 1.-The foolishness of preaching" (Gre
re- applause.) Thatw was the mighty agen
ma which he employed in America. T
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