The republic., 1851-04-17
THE REPUBLIC.

able clergymah of this city did me the hvor u
send me copy Of . small volume, then recent
~ published BY him, on the subject Of slavery.
refer to the ''fect,1es on Slovery aud its
Remedy, by .amos "A. Phelps Pastor Of the
Pine Street Church, Boston.'' No respectable
abolitonist went farther upon this topic, then,
than the Rev. Mr.. Phelps. The work had the
entire approval of the New England Anti
Slavery Society, by whom it was published in
1884. Will the reader he SO obliging as to
compare the spirit and tone of this work with
the spirit and tone of the philanthropic ruffians
OF the present day. Let me enable him to do
so by presenting few passages from the book
OF Mr.. Phelps.
After saying that the people of the North are
better qualified than the people of the South to
Judge of the proper remedy, he says: "Io be
sure they haze no pO,cer, and trust no desire,
TO force amy remedy on the South pithout its
CONSENT" page. 40. Again: s'They have
the power and the right-nay, it is their So
lemn duty to urge that remedy upon the vol,iss-
tary acceptance of the South in every possible
and la,rfuI way" ibid. Mr.. Phelps makes no
use Of the words robbers and miscreants when
speaking Of the citizens Of the South. ssLike
u.s." says he, ''they are men--men of like pas
slons with us; and, therefore, however honest
they may be in other respects, when you come
to the matter Of slavery, their judgment will
inevitably be warped by fear and interest, and
long established habits of thinking and feeling,
just as are the judgments of other men in simi-
lar circumstances" Such were the sentiments
of full blown aboliionist in 1884.
Mr.. Phelps contemplated nothing from that
Pisgah, upon which, he stood in 1884, but chris.
tian appeals to the reason and the feelings Of
his fellow-men. Speaking of immediate en,a,s-
cipation, he says it is the duty of aboliiionists
''to begin at once'-to do what?-tO violate
the laws, and exterminate the clergy, and
preach the righteousness of murder, perjury,
and treason, and the dissolution of the Union2
Oh no---but sin every ia,cfid and practicable
way to enGghten the public mind, to change
the tone OF public sentiment, to organize and
concentrate its energies; and, in this and other
ways, do what they can to conUince slavehold
ers of their duty, and persuade them to do it"
p. l79.
The following passage is somewhat in bold
contrast with the doctrines and dealings of
modern anti-slavery: ''The evil to be remedied
is moral evil, and we propose, therefore, to
remedy it as such. In the first place, then, zoe
tional legal iaterposition;" p. 1872.
He thus indicates the mode of attaining i'm
mediate emancipation; and it is the only mode
contemplated by this abolitionist of 1884. He
shadows forth no ulterior plan. He dreams
not of unconstitutional measures, nor of vio-
lence in any form-ssTo preach the truth, the
whole truth, on the subject. The grand obsta-
Gle in the way is the will Of the STAKEHOLDER.
This being changed, there would of necessity
be change in all those laws and other obsta-
cles which have grown out of it; and this will,
if changed, is to be changed by light and
love,' on this subject as well as on Others"
Light and lope! If good Mr.. Phelps could
behold the singularly harsh, puckerative, and
sulphurous expression upon the visages Of some
professional abolitionists whom daily meet
with, he would be assured that the days of
light and Ieue, like those of chivalry, were
| over, at least, in the matter of practical anti
slavery.
These sentiments, as set forth by Mr.. Phelps,
were in high odor ,cith Garrison and his asso-
ciates in 1884, or, which is quite possible,
they affected to respect them highly. These
lectures of Mr.. Phelps were not only published
by the Anti-Slavery Society, but lauded abun
dantly in all the abolition journals. 1t will be
necessary, to my purpose, to refer to them
again in the following number. SIGMA.
Mr.. EDMUND QuIscY's opinion of the Fugitive
Slave law, declared by himself in the Anti-
Slavery Standard 1t 10 as follows:
"For our own part, we have no particular desire
are to be recaptured and carried back, the worse
the law is that regulates it the better like it.
What we preach il not repeal, not difcation, but
disobedience. We are content with the existing
law, provided we can persuade the people not to
suffer it to be executed. We think il much better
than one which would avoid the common obiec-
tions to it.. If the liberty Of any man is to be en-
dangered by constitutional legislation, in Gods
name, let it be the free, and not the slave"
This systematic disobedience to the law is the
r,baoe of +vooonp which foalff 10
northern abolition journals for it's resemblance
to the Boston treason of seventy five years ago.
1t is all right-because Mr.. QUIrcY loves
''liberty better than bondage"
As MIGHT BE ExprcrED.-The Harbor Bill and
the thirty ntousdnd dollar appropriation for the
Colorado riuer have failed in the Senate. The
effort too great for country loving patriotic
Wing Administration, and its failure causes not
half the surprise with US that the first intimation
Of prospect of its success did.
[Matagorda 7fras) Tfibxne
The Tribune must presume something on
the ignorance of its readers. A patriotic WING
Administration recommended liberal system
of river and harbor Improvements. Mr.. RUsK
and General HoUsroN can inform the citizens
Of Texas how the policy was defeated.
Sign.
From the Greenuille Is. CO. Patriot (UsioN.)
We regret 10 inform our recent subscribers that
all of our first numbers are entirely exhausted Had
our first issues been twenty five hundred, instead
Of two thousand, we should now hardly be able to
supply our subscribers with the past numbers.
The demand for the first number has been 20 great
that we are almost disposed to issue second edi
ton.
The New YoRK LEdrsLAruRE.-The regular
term of the New York Legislature expires to-day.
If, through any supposed necessity, that body sits
longer, the members Of il do 30 without pay, as by
law the sessions limited TO one hundred days,