New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-08

Europe or elsewhere out OF luis Counliy W
see how portion of our people can heartily
welcome and protect fugitives from Aus
TRAN, British or Russian despotism and at
the same time enter heartily into the
business Of catching and binding fugitives
from the morn stringent despotism OF
Georgia or SOuth Carolina follow
ing appeal from the Anti Slavery Women
of Glasgow to their Christian sisters in the
United States has just been received, and
we print it from the original manuscript.
We do not know that we violAtc conf
dence in stating that it is from the pen Of
Rev. DR.. WARDLAw, whose reputation a.
a scholar and a divine is already widely
extended among us.
The Ladies Of the "Glasgor Female Associations
for tie Abolition Of Slarery," 70 tier Ckrist,as
Sistsrkood "a the Uaifed States Of America
DrAR FRIENDS. We address you 40 our fellow.
Christians and, We trust, In the spirit OF our COM
mon faith which 10 essentially the spirit Of love
love to God, to Christ, to the people OF God and
to mankind.
1t 10 a principle Of which you viii at once adj
nit the soundness, shat whatever influence for
good man or woman possesses. the possession oil
IL constitutes its owner Gods steward for it, APP
propriate and faithful use; and At the same time
that the "meek and quiet spiris' which the d.
vine word requires a. Characteristic OF Onrsuan
womsnhood, Il not at oil incompatible with decs-
ion of Christian principle. and with the deter
mined advocacy, within wcmsn's peculiar sphere
OF a corresponding practice.
AsAnerican citizens, you feel deep and warn,
interest In the honor, a. we'll a. IN the general
prosperity OF your country and, az subjects oil tue
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warmer in the glory of His name, the credit OF
His truth. the authority Of His laws, and tho pro-
gress Of His kingdom. We sympathze with you
10 these feelings; and our objecs in now address.
ing you, il 70 point your attention anew, win all
affection and with all earnestness, to the STAN
upon your couatry honor, the hindrance TO your
countrys prosperity, and the peru TO your coun'
try's safety, az we'll a. the foul stigma that 10 ar
fxed to the name, the truth. and the authority OF
our divine King, and the obstacles thus thrown In
the way Of the Advancement OF his spiritual do
miniop, by the prevalence among your country
men, to so frightful extent OF the accursed sys-
TEN OF SLAVERY. a,
You cannos but be aware that so long as this
state of things continues to exist, AMERICAN
FREEDOM must continue to be, o 1t now Is, the
tsunt of the civilized world-the admirable prin'
ciples on which your National Constitution Is
based no better than great swelling words OF
vanity'-and LIBERTY word which no Ameri'
can can utter without blush. We speak plainly
and faithfully. Be not angry with as. Wo
earnestly wish this foul blot wiped away from
the otherwise glorious escutcheon OF your coun-
try; and we wish you, and urge you, to put iortn
whatever description and amount OF legitimate
influence you possess, for efecting It's speedy ana
entire removal. And while we press this upon
you duty you owe 60 s,us pa.'V ,hss vos
steadily seek, by the same influence. the sever.
ance OF 80 hsgrant an outrage on the spirit oil
Christian Truth, and the letter Of Christian Law,
Mt once from the personal and the national pro-
fession of Christianity.
The spirit of Christian Truth IL the divine spirit
of righteousness and mercy in unison; and tine
letter Of Christian Law" IT, "Whatsoover 70
would that men should do to you, do you even 80
10 them" We lay il down, therefore, as max
i'm on the principle OF this law unasaaaoie' ths',
regarding Slavery under the one simple aspect o,
PROPERTY IN MAN, apart from oil the wrong snd
outrage" which in practice have 30 lamentaoiy
characterized it, the only man ON earth VINO can
Consistently hold a fellow man as q slave, II the
man yho before God and the world, can lay nus
.-f-.. Ai. hs-ss e-] ~~y ~ SA~~Id lake 10 DC
such siare myself" Is there such man to be
found i-sucb an anomaly ia his speces-such
recreant 10 all correct principle, TO all manly and
noble feeling. to all the very instincts OF his ma.
turei Not in Britain, We are sure And will
you allow il TO be said or thought that the solitary
satire on humanity 10 to be found in the Ameri-
can Unioni
We had gladly. In common with all the friends
OF America on this side the Atlantic, indalged the
hope that there was progress among your coun-
trymen toward q better state Of things. But
your recently enacted "FUGITVE SLAVE LAW"
has, In no small degree. dad ed these hopes. ID
may indeed turn out and would II may!-in the
providence of Him who 90 frequently aud so mys-
teri0usly brings good out OF seeming evil, that the
violent collision between this iniqutous and op-
1..I.a AL haEft In
the national mind, may have the effect, oy nat
ural and sautary reaction, OF forwarding the
cause which il appears framed and Tilted TO retsrd
By the terms OF this statute, "ALL GOOD CITI-
zEEs" arc laid under obligation TO do what ALL
GOOD CHRISTIANS are bound, BY higher ODiiss-
tion 70 refuse 10 do. The authority Of man y 90
the one side on the other, the authority OF God
so that the choice, however reluctant ard painfal
cannot for q moment be doubtful, with any one
who owns the validity OF the maxim, We ought
to obey God rather than men," 10 is by q HUMAN
right that the property is the masters IL 10 by
DTyIsE right that the liberty is the skares. The
right Of the slave is icaprescriptibe. 1t 10 his
bir.a-right a. q creature Of Goo. iae UNJUST In
Engagement Of il by another does not caLrej u.
When, as fugitive, he acts upon 1t, he does NJ
resume what be has lost. He has not lost IL. He
has lost the liberty, bat not the right TO liberty.
IL by force or by fraud a man Is robbed of his
property the property is still his aud he violates
no right of another but only asserts his own, II,
when opportunity offers no resumes it. This ID
what 10 done by the fugitive slave. He reclams
has property-no matter whether it be from the
original robber, or from the re-setter' IL 10 still
biz. And he who, In such circumstances, inter-
cepts his fight, takes part with the robber and
the re-setter against the rightful owner-he acts
in the face OF every natural and revealed obliss-
tion; be prefers obeying man to obeying God
he violates, in spirit and In letter, "the Royal
Law"-doipg TO another what he would depre.
cate being done by another to himself
By this Bill, the Christian portion Of American
citizens, and even such of them az ecknow ledgs
no higher lars than those OF natare End con-
science, are thus placed in most embarrassing
dilemma. We fondly trust that there will be
principle enough, among the former especially 70
whom we more Immediately address ourselves,