The republic., 1851-09-12

has not that power2 Pray, dear good Mr..
Jay, if men, for the very reason that Congress
has not the right TO interfere, proceed, them
selves, 10 interfere, are such men not nuIEfers2
If, under the pretence of spreading light and
love, Garrison and his clan scattered incendiary
pamphlets through the slave States, filled with
professions of light and love, telling the slaves
that they were entitled to immediate enlancipa-
tion, and that their owners were kidnappers
and man-stealers, pirates and murderers, was
not this practical notification?
BY the Constitution and the laws the men of
the South were entitled to hold their slaves in
peace until their own sense of justice or their
own policy persuaded them to put an end TO
slavery. This became impossible when the
aDoiitiohists began to spread their doctrines
among the slaves. The masters could no long
er sleep IN peace. Their very dreams were
OF lnsurrecllon. The murder of themselves and
OF their wives and children were in all their
thoughts. Was not this qualifications Oh. no.
says our amiable Mr.. VIM jay, we all thoupht
as Mr. Webster thought: "Mr Webster's let
ter, as far as II goes, contains THE POLITICAL
CREED OF THE ABoLITIoNIsTs. And we may
challenge the whole Colonization Society to
name single abolitionst who does not most
heartily assent TO its doctrines"
And after your associates, dear good Mr.
Jay, had filled the souls of these slaves with
light and lone, and taught them that they were
entitled to be instantly free, and that their
masters were no better than man -stealers kid
aappers, pirates, and nitwderers, should they
happen to mistake your benevolent intention
and cut their masters thr6ats-then how sur
prised and grieved you would be, since the
constitution OF your society expressly declares
that 1t will never SIN any ,oay cosmtenance The
oppressed IN Uindicating their rights by resort
ing TO physical torce"
But the slaves cannot read Some of them
can. The free negroes can read. So can the
more worthless and reckless of the white popu-
latlon, who neither own slaves nor have any
deep interest in the peculiar institution. The
bolder spirits among those in bonds soon be-
come lndoctrlnated, and warily mpart their
knowledge to all whom that knowledge NAV
concern.
How, then, is it possible that Garrison and
his associates can be incendiaries and nullifiers
In the sense adopted by Messieurs Freing-
huysen, Walworlh, and Ogden, when those
abolltionists so readily assented to Mr.. Web
ster's doctrine, that Congress had no power TO
nterfere2 All this profound mystery must be
sufficiently cleared up, even with good Mr.. jay,
apprehend, when he behods the Massachu-
setts Anti slavery Society, at their annual meet
ing, Jan: x, 1901 passing resolution, offered
by Wendell Phillips, and thereby holding their
society responsible for this atrocious sentiment,
that whoever would make efficient war on sla-
very must treat, and proclaim that he intends
to treat, the compromises Of the Constitution OF
the United States, sand all la,es e,.acted i,s
pursuance Of them, as null and roid ,cl,ile then
erist, and labor to overtlsoac the Union, ,clich
rests upon them, as speedily as possible"
Dear UOOd Mr. Law ic fbara apouob &c c,,1
lification in this2 The "Christlike" Garrison
was present-the very Garrison who, you say,
agrees to every sentiment in Mr. Webster's
letter. Were Messeurs Frelinghuysen, Wal
worth, and Ogden very much out of the way,
ssme eighteen years ago, in their opinions and
apprehension? All, Mr.. Jay, Mr.. Jay
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