Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-01-11

Mr.. A. would take The liberty 10 re-
mind his good friend from South Caro-
lima (Mr !Homes) o! lh,s, and 20 cx-
press his hope that llnt gentleman
would strip of the gliteIiDg armor Iu
which he had clad himself cap a-pio
tina, he would throw aside his opsuleis,
aud take off his sword-ay. thouFI. -
might be as great asNha, OF Durar
in ancient fable, or capable OF ss
greater miracles than The ar-famed
weapon Of Orlando whether Ipaworata
or FURIoso! Much lanshter
The geniiemen surely must agree,
on little reflection with the opinion oi
his friend from Virginia, Mr. W;sc)
that sword. MIR. a. said Ais 1ecauso
these gentlemen, and others who aha
spoken on tho subject after this lnost
terrific thrc al 10 PROSTATE ihe Uniops
had all resolved themselves at iasi. ln,p
the position that they would stand Upon /,
the Constitution, aud by llnplicaiigh
seemed to Linlimate that HS ab3lun.u
petitions (ior neither Of the ges!emen
referred at al TO. the resolution OF ia
oreuce Of which was the quesliohbe"
lie liousc) "ere violations oi'the
sIltution--yes, that petitions wefe'
laiions Of the Constitution for T.
was what i, came to. The gcntlem
IN the very mids, of their military fur
all declared that they were most deep,.
inost devoutly, TO the very bottom
their innost souls, attached TO tho unio
of the States, and seemed To intimate
iha, the Legislature Of Massachp.eps,
/ ('hough they made no direct reIeisnre
to the resolutions of that body alid
more especially the saboIiiioai3ts who
sent tGe,r petitions here, were nol at
tached to the Union. Sir, lsaid Mr..
A. | am not here To answer for tho
purposes or views OF any abolition socio-
ty, or Of any individual abClti0nist--
though | am, in one sense, an abolition
:st myself, in that sense Ia which Ihop-
as Jefferson, in tho seventy
year Of his life, deliberately committed
To paper his opinion, which he address
scd to all the slave holders of Ink coup- /.
try, namely, that abolition must come ;
that the sooner il came the better; aud
itnot, that worse would ensue. WHO
ever will read his life and writings, as
they have been published by his grand
sor, will find in one OF the volumes ol
that publication this sentiment avowed,
word for word, as have stated it
Fate" he adds, "has decreed the
re adom Of that people" Fate has
ldecreed"-l will change the word--tho
God of Nature has dccreed the free
dom of that people, and He will make
them free IN His own tIine-not, rs ]
expect, IN my day, but some day here
after. Ia that sense, then, that Thomas
Jefferson was an abolitioDist, aud was
so all his life, am one. hope with
all my soul that the day will come when
slavery" shall he n word without
meaning IN The English language and
IN all other languages-when there
shall not be found IA slave upon all the
earth. This, in my Judgment, will be-
the consummation Of the Christian relig-
ion that viii be the long hopcd.i"r
day when the lion shall lie down with
the lamb, and when all the glorious
promises aud prophecies Of ths Oh
Testament, promises and predictions
repeated and confirmed by Jesus Christ,
shall receive their complete tulilmeni.
Ia that day believe that man will be
a nObIer, a purer, a more elevated be-
ing bv far than we see him now when
he will approach much nearer to the
angels In that sense am an abolition.
isl in the sense advocated aud avow-
en- by any abolition society that l am
now acquainted with, ! am not, and
never have been.
| believe, however, that in these SO.
cIciles, and ~ many Of the anti-slavet
associations ui this day, (and many at
them have published most severe AM
madversInns aud denunciatlons directed
against me- there are men of as much
intelligence, as much virtue, as high
rcctilude, aud as ardent pntlioli- .ns Is
possessed by any man upon this ao"r :
sui, as 10 the measures they pursue and
ndvor are, ihink they are often and great
iy mistaken. The tendency Of Their co'os,
IS 10 retnrd The coming ot that blessed day
tor which hey all sigh. They no donoI
think lust the same thing OF me as think
.
with these societies generally, aud
hold communion with very few of them
/ The opinions hold, hold from GOD
aud from my own judgment, as welt az
from The language of the ID 'clarniion al
Independence, which still believe, p
permitted To hang in this ball, however
any portion oi II may, Ia practice, have
been TUNED out OF doors
Bat while saying thu, j wish TO make
40 uumcaning, insignificant professions :
of attachment ,o The librilies Ol this copn.
try or the bulon ot the States wish.
indeed, that the mon nay last forever
and, as one inporiant mehns oI securing
that result, ] wish for the abolition oi
slavery throughout the Union. believe
lhls To- be- indispensable 10 iis pI.scrVa-
ton, and so think II will lHrn 0Hi. B"i,
then, ! visa u to be effected pcnccdhly
and quietly, by The will oi those who nov
hold the slaves IN bondage convinced,
as 1 hplipyp ih.v IN he thai such an