New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-08
CANADA.
George Thsnspson's speech In Tereuto.
OF The Tnhune.

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Correspondence Of The Tnhune.
FoRoxro, Wednesday, Apnla
Last night, at the request OF the Anti Slavery
Association OF Cansda, GEORGE THOMPSON, NJ
for Tower Hamlets, London, delivered lecture
on Slavery, in St. Lawrence dall. The attend
ance was large, and the lecture was received
with the most rapturous applause. DE COM
menced by expressing the delight he felt at the
formation Of an Anti Slavery Association for Can
ada, Of which Toronto is the headquarters; and
also that it had disclaimed all desire to msddle
oficiously with the internal affairs Of the United
States. But there was no question of latitude
and longitude; he asked not Il the slave was his
fellow-citizen, but il be my fellow.brotheri Man
he contended, cannot hold property in man; God
il the proprietor OF az all for man TO become the
proprietor OF his fellow.man was an usurpation o.
the prerogaiive Of God. Having insisted on this
point with great force and vigor, he passed on 20
the iniquities of the domestic slave trade of the
South, where, he said, beauty, and religion, and
piety, were put up at auction, and the shsmoles
of America were 6lled with the best blood OF the
country. And yet there were those who asked
whether Slavery was not religious institstion;
there were even those who did NOS stop to ask
hat question but took for granted Whist great human
object was accomplished by Slavery II enabled lew
10 live 10 idleaess and lust and to eel rice cotton,
md tobacco; and yet tsked II Slavery was
NOT a religious Institution Ask not II It be religious,
said Mr. + there 10 not heert In the room TIA. does
The fuit OF her womb and stamped beat" that
brow which wss intended 10 weG Tao crown OF immor'
.on. md creeds to he reality the 0nited States seemed
20 be acmsed by 40 principle bat hat Of 'sveholdoE-
off from the human family 70 ms'te man slave vas 20
doom conoidon worse thaa that of hose for ne
has soul that 10 car seie OF VIVA. aonips ers
capable Of Among the three mhe slaves In me United
htates there was not wife h0sbano-eGves were
bred like ctte and fancy wencheS were regular sdver
ed In Southern papers for sale @ The basest pur poses
Ofhe American pgeas be dark picture. Nearly Ihe
whole press in the Free States not only pro slavery,
Sssrsdpg norton Of hs literature Of he ~ord The great
est mnds Amehcs could not get out OF bale OF coton
The editors wrote srrcles ss msAs eos' 70 orae.
thing utterly unpriDciped sorgans OF intelligence
they liars and IS organs OF doc Iine hey are aos 10
CURED there one religious paper Ia The UniIed states
honestly agaiB.,svery Mr. May OF Syracuse, who was
present. named The Indepeadeatl Mr. Thompson did not
mean be organs OF recent moyeaeu bat the old organs
ofisrge DENOMINATIONS There had never been asound
work on Moral Philosophy written 10 The United states
Wsylands wss the best 6u, II poor affair. man
could not 20 South OF Mason AMI DtxoRs Line Without
leaving biz manhood behind him M neo Issited zone
when had State Government OF the General Oovernnlent
int rered To put esd these ouegest he also con
tss ed this apathy fhe Governments with The alecny ais
PLAYED on the side Dst1lced In the case OF shad
raeh the ssu5d his Proclamation, and Daniel
Webster came VI h his letter. There were ne'chants
In The CITY OF New.York who, WHEN they see man Win
saIlow coUntenence into their store shove Inc
NT- York Tribune below the coulter An" inqnres The
stranger, edo you read The Ttibuae' Moo aFsnsncs
AbolObst brought IL In and has forgotn 10 take II WIN
him Mr.. Thompson scarcely less severe on inc
pulpit Than the press Of the Untsd States He could I'M
derslapd the mummees Of the North American Indians ne
could thOss tbes that goshped the sun no
could understand those wretches who prosated before
the car of Juggeruant but no could not understand mo
religion of America where of thirty thousand ministers
the greater part set the Of the United sstes above the
laws Of God and where HE bible was denied TO hires mil
lions Of slaves. ~. -,
from his sketch you will havs but very poor dea OF
the speech which universally admitted to have neen
The most eloquent delivered Ia this cy MI Tnomp
sou spoke for nearly three hours and far from there being
ary sign OF impaence not one Of the vssl sssemosgs
went away t The conclusion aud many would no doaot
have willingly remained much longer. he concluded MS
speech by look on the bright side OF The picture Tne
loiuon movement had made great progress during zoe
last fifteen years He had just held nearly one hundred
meetings 10 the United STATES, and Win one single oxcep
ton had always been listened 10 with attention
LIS announced that the Lower Canada lawyers ineno 70
20 back to work
Nothing definite has been done about closing
thu w elland Canal against American vessels and
4 suspect nornfng WIN DO uvs0. -is..ea