The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-09-28
VOLUME 4.
1EIzIlA W0IUlA OLE TBDMD02
From the Glasgow Argus.
Glasgow Emancipation Society.

The annual meeting of this Society was he'll
in the Rev. DR.. Wardaw's church on Thursda
evening, the; list of August being the anniversar
ofthe Abolition of Slavery in the British Colonies
To give readers at distance an idea of the ma
ture of this Society," we present the followin!
statement of its objects, as laid down in the adver
tlsement calling the meeting :" The Glasgow
Emancipation Society has for its object the Uni
versal Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade
the Protecting of the Rights of the newly Eman
cipated and Aboriginal Glasses in the British Col
ones-and the Improving of the Condition Of OH
ellow-Subjects the Natives of British India OBJ
jects alike worthy of the support of the Christian
the Patriot, and the Philanthropist."
We observed on the platform around the Chair
which was occupied by DR.. Wardaw, Major Gen
eral Briggs, Geo. Thompson, Esq, Rev. DR.. Heugh
Rev. Messrs. Anderson, Baird (of Paisey,) Har
vey, and M'Tear Thomas Graham, w. P. Patton
J. Macleod, one of the Magistrates of Gorbals
d. Macintyre, G.. Watson, H. Langlands J. Muir
ray, w. Smeal A. M'Keand, J. Reid, J. Beth
J. S. Blyth, w. Ferguson, and G.. Thorburn, Esqs.
Drs. Maxwell and Wiel, and other friends of the
Anti-Savery cause.
After remarks by Dr.. Wardlaw, the report for
the year, together with the letter of Mr.. Garrison
to Wendell Phillips.9 (see Liberator CT June IA }
were read by j. Murray, Esq Addresses were
then made by the Rev. DR.. Heugh, the Rev. Mr.,
Harvey, and Major General Briggs; after which |
GEORGE THOMPSON, ESQ. rose amidst loud cheer
ing and said:
Sir, congratulate you and this great meeting
upon the arrival of the first anniversary of the day
which witnessed the bestowal of entire freedom
upon the colored population of the West India
Colonies. congratulate you upon the admirable
and irreproachabe conduct of those upon whom
this right was conferred by the virtue of the Brit
ish nation-they were unrevengeful while they
were slaves, and they have been equally grateful
and tractabe as freemen (Cheers.) Their con-
duct has been marked by prudence, frmness, rea-
sonableness, and industry. (Cheers.) While
they have not plainly and submssively bent to
the will of the planter, neither have they been un-
mindful Of the interests and righteous claims Of
those above them. loud and continued cheer
ing) | congratulate you upon the freedom grant
ed to the apprentced bondsmen of Maurlus, on
the 31st of March last. congratulate you upon
the progress of the cause of human rights in the
United States, as depicted in the burning words
of my unfinohing and well-beloved friend, Will
liam Lloyd Garrison. (Cheers.) Finally, con-
graduate you upon the prospect of a Convention
of the friends of the slave from different part Of the
world, to be held during the ensuing year, to con-
slider the plans which remain to be adopted for the
slave trade. And now permit me to leave the
language Of generalization, and by an abrupt
transition to strike for moment mournful chord.
| cannot resist spontaneous impulse to embrace
this, the first public opportunity OF expressing my
deep sympathy with those around me, in the loss
which this society, this city, and the general inter-
ests OF humanity, have sustained, in the removal by
the hand of death, of one whom loved as friend,
admired as citizen, and venerated as man of
God,-on who was amongst the earliest, the
warmest, and the steadiest friends of this society,"
need pronounce the name of Patrick Letham
We cherish his memory, we hallow his dust-may
we catch his glorious spirit and follow out his no.
bic purposes! shall take the liberty sir, of add
ing what think will be deemed valuable to the
information already given respecting the state of
the Anti-Slavery cause in the United States. III
has been my privilege to receive very recently al
number of letters from distinguished abolitionists
in America, and having several of their commu-
nlcations on my person at present, will lay an
extract or two before this meeting. My friend
J. G. Whittier, the we'll known Quaker bard off
America, thus writes -" The struggle still goes
on. Discussion, every wherein the churches,
the parlor, the workshop, the stage, the steamboat
and the railroad car" heard this evening some
honest friend exclaim, We have white slaves at
home If such there be, behold the way TO set
them Free Let there be no unlawful outbreaks
but calm, rational, open cusson-discussion
every where The grievance then will soon be-
come apparent the remedy too, and the ends of
justice will be satisfied My friend continues
Discussion goes on in the State Legislatures,
and in the Halls of Congress. Discussion literal
ly shakes the nation. We are struggling apparent
ly against fearful odds-but our confidence is
strong The strength Of God is pledged on the
side of humanity. Some of us, who have been
striving from the outset occasionally grow weary
the harness of our warfare worn day and night
sometimes gals with its links of iron, and we
long for peace and quiet but the cry of our broth
er in bonds is in our ear and we cannot yield 10
this weakness of the flesh. We must fight on.
My next extract is from the pen of H. B. Stanton,
corresponding Secretary of the American Anti
Slavery Society. He says:-" The great cause
is onward in The United States. Our committee
will make Unprecedented exertions during the
present year, to press our principles on the public
consideration. y" We are to hold National Anti
Slavery Convention on the 3lst of July. On the
LIST of August we shall celebrate the orions An
niversary Of West India Emancipation" (Cheers.)
have now great pleasure in laying before this
meeting letter from hignly respectable and no.