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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

made an elective and eloquent speech, of which
the following IS al extract:
Ii ever a dark and subtle sp;,;, ner,od.
ed any land, and threatened 10 ,ba.e Tho
oas's OF ITS enlife sccisl. syssem. ii is the
sPifN OF Abolition. Pretending 10 the
most exalted pie,y and The purest princi.
pies O. b"nevolence. 1t violates the plain-
e., max,ms OF divine Will and riots aud
feJoices IN the midst OF human sufrrripp
uniuiling the standard of Freedom. and
me banner Of the Cross. IL disyraces one
by seeking 10 violate the Constitution
which secures and guards that freedom
and stains the other with the blood of ~
unfortunate victims. Assuming for lis
motto, "tha, all men are born equal" i,
seeks TO br.ng about losibsome sn,el,a-
NATION between two races Of pcople IN
the very lineaments Of whose faces the
hand OF The Deity may be distinctly
traced, defining broad and eternal se.
raf9'ion. Dark. indeed. must be the IA
naticiSm--m miserable the Gclusion. that can
calculate upon eiirc,ing an object. so dis
eus'ing and so revolving. in country like
Tins. Before il can be jcne. sir .,ery
rivuiet which gushes from her mountains
must be erimsoned with blood every field
must become the scene Of some deadly
haternAl strife, and preached in fra,ernal
gore.
=" But what after all. with all lis boas,ed
philanthropy. has abolition Effected, IL,
history IS written in blood Every exit.
biiion OF lis internal saturnaiia has been
followed IN rapid succession bv unrelent
ing popular violence aud outrage. Alr.a.
dy has It's Vaccinations convulsed The
Union from one extremity 10 the other
and n, IN these denominations the Chris.
tan and the Patriot do not perceive the
decay OF their fondcs, hopes, their most
Cherished ASPIRATIONS. il is because their
prayers mInslIng together around :hc
throne OF the Eternal, strengthen their
ia'ih IN the perpetuation of those ins,itu.
lions. which. alone Of all the Govern.
men,s upon earth. amply secures civil and
religious liberty.
Bu, wha, has abolition done for the
peculiar objects of IT. pretended benevo.
lence: Has !, improved the physical or
moral condition Of the coloured man, Has
a. 'oosened one chain ibai binds him; Has
he, by his efforts. tasted of tie sweets of
that liberty which. in the pleni,ude of is
heaihcencs, II would prefer him Or
rather. has not the chalice which il has
presented TO his lips proved 10 be the cup
OF bitterness and woe; A bloody record
OF MS madness and its folly NAV be found
IN The history Of one O. the Southern
STATES abundanily attestiEg ITS peculiar
adaptedness 10 amelioIating the condition
OF the unfortunate African Sir il does
appear TO me. aS il abolition with tie
he!l-engendered cunning which the Poet
has ascrIbed 10 the veilca Prophet of Ko.
raSsan-seekS To- allure us unfortunate VIC
ims TO destruction, that 1t mav laugh al
'heIr m'seres, and. when too late they
perceive the wTe,ched dclusion into
which they have been led. and While
chains and the eIbbet rise TO their view.
excia'ms with eXulting mockerv,
Now. We wise saints, leho!d Your light. your star.
he would be duPes and vIciims-znd sc are
Let not, then. the coloured man sun
pose, that abolition is his Eiend No
matter what may be is views-no matter
hat may be The principles which govern
us acion-iiS Inevitable tendency Is. The
exlermination OF bis race. l. tins fancy.
or IS II The edmonton Of reason, Let
US examine: II the professions Of the
aooiII"nists be true. IT The polluted pres
which sus'aIns and aninairs their unboly
cause, is fair exponent Of iheir views
add prospects. they aim al nothing less
than dissolution e the Union. as ne.
cessary prerequisite to effect their de-
sirucuve and unhaIlo%cd purposes. II
then. dissolution Il the Union ,hould
be Effected and hold sir. II can never
he done Wihou. lie eiusion Of blood
VIA; viii be our situation Il such an
eyen'ful and awful Ienod2 We shsn
De plunged, al once, INTO The midst of a
. SiVii and terviie war--aud The first blow
that o struck VIII he the signal lor thc
eXicrnina'ion Of tie coiofcd lace. Eve.
~ consideration Of prudence and self
preservation would dictate. hat we should
first rad ourselves of The domestic f,r.v no.
goldcd 20 desperation by some nad a-
naiic. selects the hour o. midnight ior the
Perpeifaiion u crimes. and ~ the Wild
and unbridled career of passions. unrecu-
lated by mental influence. sparcs neither
age, sex, nor condition
~ is 90 avoid calamiiics Ike these that
Calculation comes. is path s. no: mark
Ell By blooa and carnage. noritlt sifeWod
with fragments Of our sacred Uiion. IT,
banner beers no such fai'orous inscnp
uon, as disunion. Tor H. 10 stained wiih q
brothers blood, Bui spread upon it, folds
Is Liberty. Union. and ibo Crossi For.
Willie Of seeks 10 ptescsc thc integrity Of
The Union, and profers freedom to Tie
bondsuan. It carries The Cheering beams
Of holy religion a. a DARK and benishied
and II IS io this land that Coion,xa'ion
invites ihe c8lofcd man. and tbcrc lct hon
20. Here be- can never be Zee. No
matter What may b. ihe oircumsauccs rs
which ho - surrounded. be- b. siill slave.
The disiing color OF Lis race D. rot
more plainly marked. than 10 slave written
~ bis broE. Let hin 90. then. Ga the
lana u hs fathers Letiin 20 io ihe llsce
" hich the finger Of TOE Deity has pointed
cot az h.s peculisr rssidence. There 30.
deed be may be ifee. 10 lhe most compre.
hfnEiQe sense az The lefm Thrfe chin