Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-17
LETTER FROM ELIur BtRRlTT TO rHE ANTI.
hLiiERl CONVENTION AT CINCINNATI.
Worcester, May 23d, lSI5.

hLliERl CONVENTION At CINCINNATI.
Worcester, May 21d, IsI5.
SAMUEL Lswis. ESQ.
NV Dear Sir II am almost IL a loss for
language Ia express my sense Of obligation
hyou, and the committee In whose behalf
you speak, for those terms Of kindness and
confidence with which you invite mo TO be-
present al your greatConvenlion inCinrinns.
II, on tho ll,h Of June. And 1t Is with a
profound sentiment OF regret that | am CON.
PEELED 10y Circumstances which rsnno, bend
To my wish, 10 inrRo = pleasure which I
should have cherished during the remainder
OF my, ms one ~ tie choices souvenirs in tho
jewe'ry Of my remembrance. II Is With
R'"at difficulty TIM, can 10 svvsrge nv Ia
bora as 10 permit me 10 be absent from
Worcester for n fortnight al a time Sull
have ",grd I" rec your great and prosper
ous state and when. few weeks before I
received v"ur comm vnirsiion. a letter camo
from certain literary societies connected with
the Oberiin institute, inviting me 10 deliver
their nett annual address. in August, | &C
crpied the invitation. that | might sssoc iais
i,h my visit some other object Than that Of
mere curiosity. To fulfil ihis snpspement
viii exhaust all the time that cen force out
OF The discharge OF nv labors al home
which would prrlcudr The possibility Of ma
king twu jour neys 10 Ohio IN one season -
Although caHno, he with you in Lergon-
or rather in dJ-I s,bsh b. prese nj with .y-
oty earnest sympathy ~ my soul with every
attribute Oi my humanity that can pr,y and
hope fer man, aud labor 10 In up my down
! irnd'en brother the SLAvr-Got's Child, TO
ne" lite, AMI tho hight of n new heaven
! for his dow ncsu alirnaied heau'a heaven
sp'n"ed with Gods own hand writing In the
al md t,l,,
his Ethiopian hue shall no longer impair the
dignity Of his humanity ar his tile or srce,,
To all Tho privileges. progress an I prospects
Of the children Of common Father, either
on earth or IN heaven The place, tho mo.
ives and Tho members of your Convention,
VII all consplre 10 give II = moral might AMI
m'lrsty which will be felt Of the Union and
carry pfernonlon Of death TO an inS,i,u-
tion which Ike n huge deep rooted Upas,
mss diffusei lis subtle poison ov~i the once
greatest portion OF this continent, un,ll every
hing that lives or lies benenih It's shade
bears the hectic Of a soaring curse.
No place In the Union conld have been
more appropriately sslecied than C,ncinna,i.
Situated on the heaven aide Of freedom, a
magnificent illustration OF what II can de- for
human nature an human society, well might
II say 10 tboso who live IN the pale and sick-
loRether' An Il should qUrken the pulse
OF Rreathesued patriotism, that this frlendiy
call has been greeted by cordial response
ief il,e 6t-i ft1,r,e Of tho Angiu Saxon race
OF HIS continent-hom unfortunate Virgin
ia, the primevsl Eden 81 Nature 10 America.
now pinlng hen@athihe breath OF an Institution
which has blasted the foliage and fruit Vi her
irco o. kno"Fd dye aud her Tree OF lie and
"hirh, " n has not bsnlshed Into her " ilder-
ne.s wiihout, has brought The wilderness in
TO rer paradise. Virginia the oldesi pstu~
srrh In The ark ~ Freedom which outTnde
The universal delugs OF despniism-Among
tho FIRST sltars II erected IN its hcrtsgs. was
one for the sacrifice of humanity and The i'm
molUiion ~ human liberty FIRST IN declare
the insliensble rights Of man, and tho sniYdi.
luvian patriarch. 10 preach the rshienusness
ni iieedom throughout tie world, wss this
hrsi TO hernme intoxicated with the stnIi Of
of rs domestic slavery. sRd un.ier Its inlu
soee. 10 corsA ito pro-peritu with an evil
~hirh has operated with an unspe nj and un-
! 'ps'inR r-ligniiy upon young and old, rioh
and poor, bondr5snd free. through theif sue
orsaive generations yirgiris' sal vens.
/ rab'e to her misior1nes and grand IN her dc.
cadence, tic deToui and 6lisl memories
~hirh cluster about her ancient rirues,
Ike The p,ous sons Of y oRh. would approach
her behind mantle OF charity which should
hide from the subject and ohleri OF the ,or-
tnwlnl v,ion. the 'iRnt Of her unconscious
weskDess and ins@nslble pros'ubn
/ And nd Virgins. the vnsfhs Of the best
dAvs Our history. Shi ne ~nh you Iepressn-
ted by = i.S rhnlcs spiI,is, Who - IN thu sub
lime 'b'VaiV 81 moral beGoism, the "f.mng
and origin Of ierIhibRs 81 her condition.
viii go op 70 yorr communlon.as the -s,rsng-
81 and sosrefed children Of Israel went Up
ifom iheir Gays Ia ~or-hip nh or lev
lsh brsihIsn ~ The pnpls 81 JsrOsslsm IA
he osys ~ Hezskish Ahd bsiWssH mat
1h' isnt lobIiss AMI vOaF rnhVsnii"n pray
hat there may be features offessmel.noe 70
which fuipfs gehsTsilons shall rs'eil "a
grateful memafy n thsfs . one mag
mprs ihah snD't4f. whiCh YOU'D shhsn'em J
pleasure 10 being pre-snt On The o"oa'ion' II
would be the privilege NJ ms''ins ihers
ihn.e heroic stifn. from NifRinis hoo's ell
the plsrss on saflh. should prefer 10 gi's
,hsm the warm ham ~ s'Sfasl fsllo~-
.h,u m no e,,so aarks nj tie ONO. There.
! In v,sw o. I1rufieni hrids I'd . Line 'srdAs,
10 Of u aSS I.lss I ~oSA bod vRs