The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-04-06

but DR.. Nelson could have delivered that lecture,
and no other person but Mrs. Child could have de-
scnbed 1t with the touching simplicity and full JUS
tlce that she has done. As foil, she has set FL
liot ericsson with his imposture, at the door and
we may offer the two as fair contrast of the two
movements.-Eman.
From the Liberator, March /.
NORTHAMPTON, Feb. Is, 1889.
DEAR Bro GARRIsoN,-Elliot Cresson has re-
Gently been in this region, boasting that he is no
paid agent, and striving to win golden opinions
by his eloquence and philanthropy. The south
ern residents in this town almost sufocated him
with hospitality. Slavery and Colonization always
draw towards each other like magnet and STEEL
MIR. Cressons first lecture was in the afternoon
1t was very polite and plausible, and nothing was
said that could not be generally assented to by all
descriptions of persons. 1t was in fact merely
theatrical harangue upon the horrors of the slave
trade four-ffths of which, he said was carried ON
by the citizens of the United States. When these
ships came near the coast, sgnal-gun was fred
and physician came on board. He examined
the cargo, and pointed out such as would not bear
acclimatlng; straightway they were thrown over
to the sharks that were coursng round in expec-
tatlon OF their customary meal. For all this, and
much more, Colonization was the only effective
remedy Yet he stated that 100000 were now
annually carried off from Africa, and if this be
true, there has been an increase of hundred
thousand year since they have begun to apply
their specific.
When it was proposed to appoint second
meeting in the afternoon, he with great urbanity
of Speech said that experience had convinced him
that meetings were much more fully attended in
the evening. His wish was complied with, and
he had quite large audience. In this second
bo launched into
and INDUCED in some jocosity. 1t seems to have
been his practice, in the towns around, to call
meeting in the afternoon, and address few with
pathetic and uncontroverted principles; this an
swers for an advertisement to the second meeting
in the evening, where larger audience may lis
ten to denunciations against English and Ameri-
can abolitonists. He rails against Dan O'Con-
NELL calls England Mother Britain says Geo.
Thompson was sandering emissary, sent here
on purpose to split the American Church. and d.
vide the American Union, and declares that En-
gland did not emancipate her slaves from motives
of benevolence. She did it merely from hatred
and jealousy of this country. She wanted to pro-
mote civil war here, and thus overthrow our bles-
sed Institutions This attempt to destroy the
moral influence of England, seemed 10 me almost
as wicked as the malicious act of the priest who
administered poison in the sacrament
He called the abolitioniss traitors > and said
Virginia would have emancpated long ago. if she
had not been vexed by their interference In H. |
lustraton of which he told Of an old black woman
who, overhearing the doctor say she was dying,
called out, Dr. Rush Dr. Rush | say won't
die now, out O. spite" To heghten the effect, the
orator initiated her voice and manner. | thought
to myself, if the contest was between DR.. Rush
and the poor dying old woman it was pretty clear
which would carry the point. He said the abo-
lltlonsts wanted to argue the matter with him ;
but ne answered them as Nehemiah did Sanbaat:
am doing great work. Why should the work
cease, whilst leave it and come down to you p
lie n hoped his hearers would do something more
man talk and consider and then with amable IA
seuouSneSs' ne repeated, There was piper had '
= LoM' &C put will not write any more of this,
which can neither be new, useful, or entertaining
his ldress, as usual abounded in contradictions,