Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-06-28

alareholders-by refusing 70 hear Or recognise
pFo-slaveFy clergymen-by refusing tolcop-
aume the products cf Slave Labor, &c. An
other coloTed American--a Rev. Mr.. Ctum-
mills, II | have his name right-followed il the
same vein. but urged more especially the duty
Of aiding The Free colOred people of the Uni-
ted States q educate and intellectually de-
velcpe their children. Mr.. s. NJ. Peto. M T.
followed in confirmation of the views already
expressed by Mr. Garnet insisting that he
couldaoe as q Christian treat she elsvehelder
otherwise than as a tyrant and robber. And
then. verv witty negro from Boston Rev. Mr.
Henson, understood his name. spoke quite
NJ lenngh in unmeasured gloriRcation OF Great
Britain ~ che land Of true freedom and equal
ity, where staple manhood s respected with
out regard 70 Color. and where alone he
had been treated BY al as man and broth-
er. sli
By this time was very ready to accept
with eageruess the Chairman's invitation to
say q few words For, while all that the
speakers had uttered with regard to Slavery
wastrua enough. il was most manifest that
whatsoever effect the course Of action they urg-
ed might have on Ameriea. i would have no
other than baneful influence on the cause Of
Pilifcaf Reformin this country. True,h did
not always say ia 50 many words that the So
cial and Political institutions Of Great Britain
are neHfenss bnf IA never intimaied TO che cont
trary. while il generally implied and often dis
tincilg afflrmed this The effect therefore. Of
such incalcnations IS not only 10 stimulate and
aeetarals the Phafiseeism 10 which all men
are naturally addicted. but aesaally % impede
and arrest the progress Of Reform in this
country bY arguing that nothing here needs
reforming. And as this doctrine Of Stand BY
thyself for am holier than thou, was OF
course faeeived b. general applause By Brit
ish audienee the voices Of speaker and hear
er rs-aeled on each Others and judging from
the specimens had that evening. must re-
gard Amsrican, and especially Afrie-Ameri-
can lecturers against Slavery in this country
as nmanq lhe most effectual upbolders Of all
the enormous Political abuses and wrongs
which are here So prevalent
when the stand was accorded me, therefore,
/ proceeded. not by any means 20 apologize
ior American Slavery. nor to suggest the nat
ural obstacles % It's extinction. but % point
out a. freely as the audience would bear, some
modes 81 elective hostility 10 il in addition 70
thoss alreadf commended. Promising the
fset HAT Slavery IN America now justifes IL
seIfnsinly on tie grounds that the.class who
live b. rude manuel tod Away are ana must
be degraded and ll-reqnAssd-that there y
more dehasement and Wreteheaness On tneiF 4.
paRtinihe Free States and IN Great Britain
itssa than there is IN the Slave States--and
thss, moreover. Free lab0rers wiz not work in
tropical climates. 50 that these must be eultis
vassd by slaves or not at all--I suggested and
briefly urged lon British Abolitionisss the fol-
lowing course Of action saga ~
Energetic and systematic ezersions 10 in
crsbss aie reward Of labor and the comfort
aud consideration of the depressed laboring
clsss hers at home, and to diffuse and cherish
rssosct for nan rs man, without regard to
class, color OF vocation. isia sge iisas
sr.sssy.s;,,ss etEsbrts tar ebe eradication Of
.l s,:,.i ss;sf svs ~, ,,,;series riiy.. are
..s - Is'. y ss 81, Sv sayeholders and
s,'. .,.s 81. ,sv., $ ;stiev;ng the
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