The northern star and freemen's advocate., 1842-12-08
To the Public.

against me In the TOcsin OF December Us false,
wicked, low and contemplate have never
asked any person for one cent for the vigilance
committee in any part of New England; and
any person who says that collected dollar
is guilty of telling a wilful lie in the sight
of God and man, and he is only fit to be asso-
ciated with the pirate who robs men of their
rights on the coast of Africa. But l am not
surprised, from the source from which this has
come-from these persons who would like to
make me believe that they are abolitionists as
well as others. say no man is an abolition
list who will publish falsehoods against CO.
lored man or against any set of colored per-
sons. All the opposition during my agency
for the Star, and during the time that l have
published it, has come from the editors OF the
Tocsin of Liberty, which are four in nine
months, and am credibly informed that there
are three or four silent editors. They com
menced last February to persecute me, think
ing that would break down the Northern Star.
The more they SANDER me, the brighter the
Star will shine. I am somewhat surprised to
see the Tocsin of Liberty exchanging with
the Peoples Press. Robert Hamilton and Mr..
Thomas Hamilton told me that they had sent
papers repeatedly, and the Tocsin would not
exchange with them; but as soon as they saw
that the Press came out against us, for APPROX
lls
sin was ready to hail the Press and exchange
papers with them Mr.. Robert Hamilton has
informed me himself, that he approves of the
Loco Foco principles, and here we see the
editor of the Tocsin giving credit to Loco
FOco paper that has no talent. | would ad-
wise the Press to employ some boy that has
one years schooling to edit the paper for them
or they will lose all their subscribers. This
paper is not inferior to the Tocsin for talent.
/ am sensible that we have papers published
by white persons that are solely devoted to
suffering humanity, and that those papers have
no sham about them. | will name those pa
pers for the benefit of our colored readers:
For instance, the Liberator edited by Mr..
Garrison, that able champion of human rights
The New York Anti-Slayery Standard, edited
by Mrs. Child, a lady of bright intellect; The
Emancipator and Free American, edited by
Joshua Leavitt, the long long tried veteran Of
universal liberty; The Western Citizen, which
is an able advocate for the oppressed; also, the
Charter Oak; likewise the Journal and Mes
senger, conducted by Colored persons, printed
at Jamaica, Long Island, which is usefu
paper and edited with great deal of talent
The Tocsin does not exchange with them, ant
the reason is, they recommend the Star.
would recommend to my Colored friends, t.
sustain such papers as those, that are founded
on pure principles.
will say few words in relation to slave
who have passed through this city. Their
was one sent to our Office by Mr.. Morrell o
Newark We put him on board of cana
boat, paid his passage to Oswego, and furnish
ed him with money to 60 into Canada, with
out calling on the vigilance committee Tor on
cent. We assisted two slaves that were sen
to our Office by William Garner of Elizabeth
town; we furnished them with money for Ca
NADIA by the way of Lake Champlain. I call
ed on three gentlemen in the city, who wer
not abolitionists by name, but abolitionists
heart. received this money as the agent {