The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-02-23


duty TO God. Let not the example be lost on tho
American Philanthropist.
He may, perhaps, urge further that we have
our leaders. of name and Influence that our1con-
sttution is founded on sgradatiofs of rank, and
rank gave us its powerful surpeft It is true that
we had this advantage. Royalty lent itscouhteh.
anee in the person of Williair,, Duke of GIoucss-
'er' Lord Lansdowne, Lord Grengille, Lord
Grey. and many peers of minor note, gave their
unqualified support. The Bshops--no the less
we say about their Right Rev. Lordships, iii
connection with slavery, the better. We had
| far more powerful auxiliary than the aris
| tocracy of family episcopacy,r in the more
splendid nrisocracy of character and talent yl.s
berforce. with piety and eIoquence, long tried and
universally acknowledged. led the brilliant band of
anti-slavery statesrnef,. Brougham, keen, sarcss-
tic and impu!sve; Denman, the beau ideat of :
forensic chisalry and manly ardor; William Smith,
honest, humorous ard always ready !. ATackintosh,
liberal, fluent, and Enlightened; Lushington, acute
and epterprising, even to audaclty and Stephen;
vigant. upright. creun,spect and inflex6le; these
the chief Of our leaders in the subtle tactics
Of parliamentary warfare As death or promotion
thinned their ranks. their places were supplied by
others as willing and as capable; and O'Gonnei
though in some the lord of Ireland, did not
disdain to fight under the command of Buxton
name never to be mentioned without respectful
sorrow. 4f -, ttsr.zrf -tssl
Never was there moro noble or more eff. /
cient array, and one trait marked each and all
alike. With all their variety Of virtue and endow-
ment, stern indonitabie resolution governed them
one man.. Us = = s9sf l4 r.s-
Yet strange to say, their zeal, their influence;
and untirug perseverance, availed but little, and
the American abolitionist should know it. God
gave the victory neither to the strong nor to the
great, but to the agency of unknown and obscure
fellow laborers with them, who stirred up the peo-
pie TO enthusiasm. Some indeed were neither {
obscure nor unknown. Maeaulay is name that
never will be forgotten by the anti-slavsry world.
He was martyr to his dis;nterested and ndefa-
tigabe zeal. Lord SufieIj, though foremost id )
many severe struggle n the House of Peers, was
yet more distinguished by his activity among the
commoners. Clarkson was the first and also ;
among the last of antslavery laborers out of doors
Cropper, Gurney and Surge were not less known Z
in the commercial world than the heads of that
Society Of Friends that were the bulwarks of tho
cause. ct it is true that it was sathe million u
by whom the battle was fought, and unJsr Gods {
blessing by whom the day was won. So deter-
mined, SO dctise and so powerful were :" the peo-
Ple, that on one occasion, at only ten days notice
hey sent n body Of sixty six members of the Lows
er House to The platform at Exeter Hall, there 10
receive with submission the directions of their con-
stituents to their votes on division the sand
evening, and these directions were dufuIly
obeyed Such was the energy of the obscure and Z
unknown troups; and itmust not be omitted to add
the remarkable fact that, with the exception of
Mr.. Thompson, the late member for the Tower
Hamiets, and half dozen other ec,urers, specials
ly retained for that service, all this labot and ag
tation was wholly g-aiiuitous and spontaneous no
man, woman or child, recce.yng one sixpenes for
their time trouble. Will not this encourage ouf
friends on the other side of the Atlantic? The
work has been rightly and judicousiy commenced
by Mrs. Stowe. 1t must be patiently. resolutely
and persevefingly followed up, setting at naught
the emnity Of the slave-owner, the scofing of the
press, the ridicule of the gnorant and above all.
the sluggish Indifference Of friends. Urge abolition
as paramount duty to God and even in selfish,
insoent, cruel mean and tinciyilzed slave states
the cry will prevail, and emancipation will be
achieved; for the safte cause will always produce
The the same effect.