Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26
THE FOREIGN EMIssARY.
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GEoRGr THosPsos, member of the British Parliament
who now in this country delivering nfsmmatoy addresse
on the subject OF slavery in connection with W. Lloyd CARR
son. Douglass and other ultra abot onists wan
friend Of Americans and American institutions The CORES
pondent Of respectable conservative religious In Pha
delPhia says that be has visit this country
private gentleman, desrous Of scquanng himself better will
the characters habits, and institutions Of this country, with
which he Is very much delighted. Call except one y aqas
any lovers ct the American Union lending their
snance to Mr. Thompson, under tho impression that he u
the friend Of our institutions they cannot be undo
ceived Mr. L. the bitter enemy and reviler of the Con-
stuon OF the United Staesthe foundation and chief sup
port Of our Unonand of all those institutions which have
made our country glorious in the estimation Of the whole
world He regards this constitution as covenant with
death and an agreement with hell" In August 1885, be-
fore meeting in the ball of the Crown and Anchor tavern
in London, he operated with American who then and
there declared that he in England with view to induce
the English people to aid him in his purpose Of abolshng
that constitution He delivered the closing address the
meeting and in this address he undertook TO PROVE long
and abored argument, that the great object Of the Jyamers
the United States Constitution ,oas TO make il q bulsOar
slavery and The saue trade The senior proprietor Of this
paper was present a the meeng and constrained rise
and rebuke this talented but unprincipled decame for his
gross and shameful libel the noble band Of wise aud pa
otto statesmen, to- whom country and the world in
for the best government yet devised by the wit Of
man. .fs t ,, eg sqg.tl 4a ytsf 3s. VT. !. VI
The meeting to which we have referred was called BY
Messrs Thompson Garrison, and their associates, for the
purpose Of forming anti slavery society," to be called
the n-slavery Leagues" to consist Of all who
willing to subscribe to the principle that sayehodiDg in all
cases is SIM" Mr. Garrison made speech soon after the
meeting opened and in the Of he gave history Of
the abolition movement in America. He said that this
fnt had been in progress about twelve years. and that for
time its iends moved together haImonously but after
party styling shemseves the Liberty Abo
onist who wished to carry the question to the po ard
to send Aboonists to Congress Mr. G. said that be and
his friends could not unite with this party, because members
Congress IN America required take oath sup
port the constitution Of the United Sa,es and since he re-
garded this constitution wicked compac-a compact in
tended BY its trainers to be buwak Of slavery he could not
conscientousy ask any to take oath support IT,
He could no, support it. He wished to abolish il and he
had come to England to get Engishmen aid him in his
plans of abolshng IT, He referred to the fact that sailor
British subec had just before been seized under the police
laws Of North Carona, Of the American slave States
and detained in prison while his vessel in port III an
American had been thus seized and imprisoned In British
port within twenyfou hours after the reached Wash
ingon frgae would be the way to demand satisfaction
at the cannons mouth and he wished to know if English
men were willing to submit tamely TO such insult We
glad to find that this attempt rouse the war spirit in
Englshmen utterly failed. The audience embraced many
Quakers, and other sincere friends Of peace and the appeal
was received by them with codness and evident disgust
which must have been deeply Notifying to the speaker
George Thompson made the concluding speech this
ing and, we have already naed his speech consisted
mainly Of an argument to that the Constitution Of
United States intended by it's trainers 70 be buark Of
slavery He divided his argument into four heads "ys
he said "hee s provision in the Constitution requiring
the surrender Of fugitive slaves Secondly shareholders
allowed extra representation account Of their slaves
Ihr the Constitution provides for the suppression OF do-
nesc nsurecon and therefore, in case Of an insureeio
of slaves the whole physical force of the country pledged
TO keep them in bondage. But Forh!y and prncipay-
the climax Of all the proofs this Constitution wasinended
by its trainers to be, only the buwark Of slavery but
the Infamous African slave trade tsehere s an article in
that Constitutions he added which expressly prohibits Con-
gress from aboishDg the slave trade for twenty
this last remark ne referred TO the following paragraph in the
Sth section Of the lst article Of the Constitution
The migration or importation Of such persons any of
the States existing shall think proper to admit shall
be prohibited by the Congress prior the thousand
eight hundred and eight; but tax duty may be imposed
on such importation, not exceeding dollars for each
person" III l.t1s' +t.+4 hti1s
The stress which be laid on this last argument and the
triumphant in which he claimed that he had proved
bis positions induced rise and having obtained leave
the Chairman to word in reply the last argument
turned to Mr. Thompson and addressed him nearly n the
following words:
You say, Mr. Thompson that this provision Of the Uni
your proofs that the trainers Of that instrument were the
friends Of slavery and Of the slave trade Now remember,
sir, that the Constitution Of the United States formed n
l7ss In l7ss, all the maritime Powers Of Europe, nclud
in the African slave ade There that time scarcely
murmur against the infamous traffic. among the good
people here in England and Scotland AT that time, how
ever Of the thirteen sovereign and independent maritime
States the other side Of the water earnestly desired
and strove for the immediate abolition Of the trade Only
two States Souh Carolina and Geoga out Of the thirteen
refused TO permit this immediate abolition But as the pro-
posed Constitution treaty between thirteen sovereign
and independent Powers article could 60 into such
treaty without the unanimous all the parties to it,
When, therefore, the other States found that Georgia and
South Carolina refused their the immediate abolition
Of the trade they entered into negotiation with hem and as
the best terms they willing grant, Georgia and South
Carolina consented that after twenty years. Congress- or
other words majority Of the nation, might have the power
to abolish the trade knowing full WELL every body
time did knows that soon the majority Of the American
people should possess the power, they would for
eleven out Of thirteen States then desired the power that
they might exercise il forthwith The article was according
y so inserted in the Constitution and the end of the
twenty years the slave trade abolished by the Americans
before II bad been abolished by any other people, 1t not
until after this abolition Of the slave trade BY the American
Congress- and not until more than twenty years after the
gotiaon that ended in confeng upon Congress the power
abolishi that Great Britain abolished her trade
and then beganto negotiate with France, SPAIN and Portu
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