Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-03-21

highly respectable subscribers in giving place
TO the following.
The friends Of the abolition cause contend
that they aro too often unjuslly denounced
as a body of disorganzers, by individuals who
for the most part are altogether unncquanicd
with the PRINCIPLES by which they arc nc
tuatcd. For that reason they request that
the subjoincd may be published and read by
oil candid persons.
AsrI.sLAyERY PRINCIPLES
Of the Rev. Elijnh r. Loveioy, published in
the Alton Observer of July both, 1887,
For maintaining phieh he tras-.MURDER-
ED!
WHAT ARE THE DOCTRINES OF ANTI SLA-
VERY MEN? A young man hsd become tx
ccedingly angry with all ancien, philosopher,
and had raised his cane TO strike him.
Strike" said the philosopher" strike, but
hear me-" lie listened, and was convinced.
There is not, probably, an individual, who
reads this, that cannot recolcct some instance
in his life, in which his strong opposition to
certain measures and principles,he now secs,
was entirely owing to groundless aud unrca-
sonnble prrjudiccs; and he is u fortunate
man who can rccollcct but one such instance.
/ In respect to the subject now to be discus
scd, the writer frankly contesses no one of
his readers can possibly be more prejndiccd,
or more hostile To on,i-savcty measures or
men. than he once was. And his, too, were
honest, though, aas how mistaken prejudice
es. They arose partly from the fact that the
"new measures" cane directly in c0n'ac;
with his former habits of thought aud action,
and partly, and chiefly, from the strange and
astonisl,ingy perverted representations given
OF leading men and their principles, IN This
ne W movement. We recoll:ct no instance ot
parallel misrepresentation, except the charge
brought against Christ Of costing out devils
by Beelzcbub, the prince of devils. These
misrepresentation were started bya few ,nnd
honestly believed by the many. They still
prevail 10 very great extent. Very proba-
bly some Of our readers may be under the ir
influence more or less. We nsk them TO be
candid with themselves, and If they find tins
To be the case, To make all effort In throw
them of, and come to the prrusnl of what
follows, ready To embrace the truth wherever
it is found. For truth is sternnl, l,unchangin2
though circumstances may and do operate to
give "A different color TO II, IN Our view, al
different times. And truth will prevail. and
those who do no, yield to II must be destroy
ed by it. What then ore the doctrines o
Ant-Slavcry men?
/ First Principles.
i !. Aboli,ionists hold that "all men are borI
free and equal, endowed by their Creator wit
certain inalienable rights, among which ar
/ life. LIBERTY, and the pursuit Of hnpplncss.
! They do not believe that thess rights ar
obrogstcd, or at all modified by the color {
the skin. bu, that they extend alike to ever
individual OF the human family.
Il g AS The aforementioned rights are !
| their nature inslicnsbr, il IS not possible iha
! ore man can convert another into piece q
property. thus at once annihIlaiing al ms per
sonal rights, without the most faErant M ~
tice and usurpation. But Amercsn slavery
does this-it declares slave to be THING,
"CHArTyI,' an article oi personal PROPER
Ty.na piece of "MERcHASDIsE," and now &C
tually holds TWO AND HALF MILLIONS o.
our fellow men in this precise condition.
I g. Aboll,onis,s, therefore, hold American
Slavery to be rrong, legullzcd system o
inconceivablc Injustice, and SIN. That
isa sin against God, whose prerogahvc a.
the righ,lul owner Of oil human beings U
usurped, and against the slave himself, "h
| is deprived of the power To dispose "i ni
services as conscience may dictate, or bl
! Maker requires. Aud ~ Whatever Is mora
ly wrong can never be politically right, an
as tho Bible teaches, and os aboli,ionisls b'
lievc, that righteousness cxaltcth natlo
while sin il n reproach to any people,, the
also hold that slavery is political evil OF ur
spcakable magnitude. and one which, II nc
removed, will speedily work the downfall
k,Yl, ,rI nd rrlI
n 4. As the Bible inculcatcs upon man bu
! one duty in respect to sin, and that is, inlne
/ diatc repentance, aboli,iopists believe tha
I all who hold slaves, or who approve The prac
,icc in others, should Immediately cease TO d'
80.
\ Z. LASTLY. Abolitionists believe, that os al
men are born free, 30 oil who are now hei'
! rs slaves in this country were poRS fREE.ah'
| that they are slaves now Is the SIN, not q
those WHO introduced the race into this coun
}, try, bnt Of those, and those alone, who nov
hold them, and have held them IN SLAYER
from their birth. Let II bo adnlttco, ior ut
onueu,', sake. that A. or B. has Justly Tor
.ei,rd his title to irred"m, and that he u nov
th, riyLtful slave uf G., bought with his money
' how does this give {. claim I" the pnstetn.
:, of A. down to the latest generation? An
J uOCS not Tue GUM vi US ~
>. generations of As postcrl,y belong to 'hci
respective masters, whoever they be ? M
where arc the true principles of freedom all
crsonal rights better understood than at III
South, though their practice corresponds
wrctchedly with their theory. Aholtionis
adopt, rs their own, the following scnlmcn
expressed by Mr.. Calhoun in speech on %
4 tariff question. delivered in the Senate OF u
United States. in le:3:-" Tic who earns u
moncy--,r.o digs Il oa Of The earth with III
I sweat of his brow, has n just tile to u agn'n
II The Universe. No one has right 10 iouc
il. ,r;thoni Lis consent, except his governmen
: and IL only to the extent OF lts legl''ma
j. wants: to take more is robbery" Now. Il.
dis precisely wha, shareholders do, and nbol
y ,on,,s do but echo back their own laDguHt
when they pronounce 1t " robbery"
Il Emn.eipai;on--w whn, is msont yHF
4 Simply, that the slaves shall cease TO
Al held ms property and shall hcnccior'h
: held and tr, atcd a. human beings. Sinf
.hat we should take our feet from oil 'h'
nrcks. Perhaps we cannot express oursei,
= better than 10 quote the language OF hno'a
!, southerner. In reply to the question ~ha'
meant by emancipation, 'hc answer r-
Ell 81. IL IL to reject With 'ndi2nauon 'ne W.
.od ,,u,i,v pLnntasy. that bian cun hOu ~