The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-15

siaVe-cateher, WITHOUT losing their place in polie
society. .'s,
Most certainly public opinion on these sub
Jects ia unsound, and ought to be reformed
Very many of our clergy and their hearers need
to be reminded that The commands of God have
no reference to the color Of mans skin, but
that all are equally bound to render tie justice
and benevolence enjoined by Him who is the
common father Of us all Christians generally
are TO DC warned not 10 be- partakers OF other
mems SINS towards the coIored race. The cruel
ty OF The State and federal legislation is To be
exposed The Influence Of the colonization
scheme in exasperating the prejudice against
our colored bretheru is to be demonstrated and
the public is to be fully instructed in the moral
social, and political evils resulting from slavery
and caste
WANTS OF THE SOCIETY
But how are these great ends to be accom-
plished Individual effort can do but little In
the present age, the press is the great lever bv
which the world is moved, bat it can be en-
ployed to great extent only through the united
pecuniary contribution of many. The influence
OF private Aboliiionist can rarely reach beyond
contracted neighborhood; but MS u member OF
the American and Foreign Anti Slavery Society.
and donor to its funds he may address thou
sands. The National Era 0as established at
Washington w'th funds supplied by The society
and since repaid; and il no,o ,ceehly addresses
ami starery truth 10 seventeen thousand sub
scriters. The society greatly needs a periodi.
cal of it's own, but its present funds are insult
cent for the establishment of one. Treatises on
various anches of this great subject are con.
stantIy offered to the society, but il lacks the
means OF giving them to the public through the
press. Intelligent, well-informed lecturers are
wanted to awaken public attention, TO collect
popular assemblies, and to enlistthe sympathies
Of those whose vocatons deny them the oppor.
tunity OF reading anti slavery publications.
Agents are desired to aid in the formation Of
auxiliary societies. Editors and authors are 10
be enlisted in the cause; and frequently, infor-
nation and statistics to be collected at much
expense of time and labor, are needed for the
use OF members of Congress and other public
men. The instrumentalites for influencing
public opinion and correcting prejudices and
erroneous statements are manifold, but thew
can be welded only by associated funds and
labors.
a crisis has ARMED in ,ohicA the friends of
the Anti Slavery cause should reorganize and act
together. Unless they do this, their efforts to
the area of slavery, to break the
letters of the slave, and to rescue the free
colored man from his present degradation, will
be fruitless. Should the present mighty com
bination Of capitalists, merchants, and poi,i
Clans, aided by a number of popular divines en-
listed in their service, succeed in suppressinp
all manifestations ofsympathy for the slave, all
discussion of the denominations of slavery. all &
for tile fugitive. the North will un-
doubtedly be prepared to sanction the designs
now entertained for the erection of New-Mexi. o.
Utah, and Southern California into slave States.
together with the annexation of Cuba, Hayti.
and the Sandwich Islands, all to be added to
the domain of the Shareholder. Let us never
forget that duties are ours, although events are
not, and that, whatever may be the form in
which it may please Divine Providence to pun.
ish our guilty land, he requires us not only TO
love mercy, but to do justice: command we
fail to obey, so long as refuse TO use lawful
means to secure mercy and justice to Others.
Very many have no other opportunity of obey
ing the command, in regard to the colored race,
than by their pecuniary contributions TO the
Anti Slavery cause. The efforts of the A. and
f. A. s. society are-now feebled by the ex-
hausted state of their treasury.
APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
Friends and brethren, we appeal 10 you in
behalf of the society. In the language of Scrip
ture, We exhort you to show your faith by your
works. So fully aware are our enemies OF the
Importance of influencing public opinion by the
press, that paper has been started at the eapi-
tol of our republic for the single and avowed
purpose of vindcating and upholding human
bondage. A large portion of the newspaper
press in our commercial cities is enlisted in the
same unhoy cause. Public rumor tells us that
a committee in the city of New York, compris-
ing many of its wealthiest citizens, raised a fund
of one hundred thousand dollars; and kno wing
that opposition to slavery has its strongest
fortress in the religious sentiment, this commit
tee has spread broadcast through the land mu'
ttudes Of copies of proslavery sermons. While
the votares of mGmmon, and the asprants to
political power and emoluments, are thus ac
tive and Jealous In supporting and extending
horrible and degrading despotsm, to fnrlh-
er their own selfish and ambitious views,
will not the friends of righteousness, Justice,
and mercy be up and doing? We beseech you
to reply by enrolling your names among the
m en- hers OF the A. and +. A. S. society, and by
speedy and liberal contributions TO its treasury.
David Thurstop, Congregational Minister, Vas
selboro', Me. 49,
Samuel Fessenden, Portland, Me. stg.
Titus Hutchinson, Woodstock, VT, Ex-Chief
Justice.
Laurence Reainard, ST. Adams, VT
Charles Francis Adams, Quincy, Mass
Samuel Osgood, d. d., Pastor of the First Con-
SiSSetioHai Chp' ", N'P'tNE hciu, hiASS.
William C. Chaplin, Fall River, Mass
J. G. Forman, Unitarian Cong. Minister, Nam
tueket, Mass.
]. c. Webster, Pastor, of Cong. Church, Hop
kinton, Mass.
] p. Williston, northampton, Mass.
John Pierpont, Unitarian Cong. Minister Med
ford, Mass.
Bancroft Fowler, Cong. Minister, Stockbridge,
Mass.
Isaac Blsseit Stockbridge, Mass. l1l
William Whitney, Stockbridge, Mass
William W. Patton, Pastor of Fourth Congre-
gaiona Church. Hartford, Conn
William Jay, Bedford, N. Y.
w. W Everts, Pastor of Baptist Church, Wheat
land, NJ Y
s. S. Jccelyn, Pastor of First Congregational
Church of Wliamsburgh ~ Y
John CLANCY, Minister of the Free Will Baptist
Denomination. $3.50
ID. Nj. Graham, Pastor of the Free VIII Baptist
Church, Sullivan st, New York city.