Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-03-31

PVItuHg SCTVlCe III OcuutI OIL tho SlaV6s
which your benevoence toward me has
prompted you TO wish | might perform,
viz: "to open my mouth for the dumb"
have seen a slGUeAoiding minister Of tho
Gospel 40 this Effectively in behalf Of tho
best interests Of the entire colored popuIa.
tion Of whole state; while the whole in.
Huence exerted by the abolitionists upon
the condition and prospects Of slaves, is O.
vii and only evil. Its effect is to rivet the
letters Of slavery, and to increase the pri-
Vations and hafdships Of the slave. You
sir, when under yapr colonization dolu-
ision,n did effectuAlly us we'll as eloquent.
ly "open your mouth for the dumb" Tho
burdens ofthc slave were sensibly lessen.
ed by the measures adopted by you and
your philanthropic coadutors in that no
blest OF human enterprises; and tho shac.
kles of many hundreds Of slaves were
thrown of, and those of thousands of 9TH
ers maniiestly loosened by the eoquenco
ofyour judicious ploadings in behaIfofhu-
manity: but alas! you saw proper to
change the one of pleading for that OF de-
nuactdtion; and in moment, your inau-
ence changes sides. Tho prison doors
which had opened at the solicitations of
the advocate of colonization, closed with
violence before tho commands of the aboi.
ton lecturer. The mild light of hope,
which you had thrown upon the prospect
OF the prisoner, by your exhibition ofAfri.
cas- rising sun, was exchanged for tho
gloom ofdespair, the moment you taught
the black man to look for his freedom
and happiness on the soil of the Amer.
lean continent. Did the black man Of
America understand the scope and bearing
Of the influence which your recovery from
colonization delusion exerts upon his con.
diton, he would, whether free or bond, la.
ment that recovery as the saddest lapse in
your moral character which could have act.
ed upon hlm.--And you, sir, ifyou could re.
llze the evil influence ofGhat change, upon
he condition and prospects Of the black
man, would, have no doubt, curse tho
hour Il the instrumentality Of that change
rs heartily as Job ever cursed the hour Of
his birth, and the man who carried the tie
dlngs of that event to his father. To me,
as the sincere friend of the black man, and
one placed in position from which can
see tho bearing of the influences exerted
upon his condition and future prospects,
The change which you consider an escape
from deusion to truth--lrom an attitude
Of hospitality to the interests of the black
race, to one oftranscendent benefceuce to
/, appears to be one calling for mourning,
amentation, and we, from every friend Of
hat people; while it, and like changes,
.tford occasion Of exultation and triumph
0 the ultra stakeholder, as it tends to per.
etuate the bondage oflhe black man, by
lsgusting the white man against every
leasure which tends, no matter how re-
,otely, to the accomplishment of his Q.
Men, and even whole com.
who were iast approximating the
ONT at which they would voluntarily
ave loosed the letters of their slaves, and
forded them the opportunity of being FREQ
ldeed, have been driven by the headIong,
nd, forgive me for saying it, the ncen.
ary measures of northern abolitonists,
retrace their steps-to add strength to
Ie chains ofstheir bondmen. And Gerrit
NTH, Esqr,, the lar-iamed philanthropist,
q friend ofthe negro, is an agent ofirst.
te efficiency in accumulatng these evils
Jon his devoted friends! If such be tho
'eratIon of his kindness, may Heaven
eld him from his enmity!
Be assured, my dear sir, though had
ped contribution Of from $500 to
1000 from you, for the church, whose
ent have the honor to be, my disap.
lntment in meeting a refusal did not ex.
g one half the regret that was OCCASION
by Witnessing what consider such an
stance Of mental alienation-for can.
t suppose your moral feelings so perver.
las that which your present course,
especially your letter to me, indicates.
u and the sober part of mankind,
reed to consider you as very much in
lr senses; and most agree that you
re making an excellent use Of those
lses, when you we're leading star in
phalanx determination philanthropst,
u must not wonder, then, if the sober
Il Of mankind deplore, as the hallucina-
a Of frenzy, the strenuous effort you
now making to pull down what you
re so long employed in building up; and
lain, "How is the most fine gold DO.
ne diml"
assure you no ill-natured sentiment to.
I'd you has place in my BOSOM
le, the uncercmonious and, as | think,
courteous manner in which you have
gged me before the public, aud the dog
teal denunciation of the religion ola
70 community of Christians with whom
n associated, are, in themselves, often.
of no moderate malignity: but then, as
lnnot bring myselfto believe that your
TT was privy to any intention to give
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