Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-05
,ord ,,orneth ON American slavery.

ieet : slavery: and it surely constitutes t0e NUS
dif1ult and solemn problem that now ens'So'
tho uen,ion of mankind. have no WISH 10 us
semle. or gloss over my entire ana aiue"' a."
paty with its victims and lis opponents i"'
antislavery party In the United olates' may poo-
still have made mistakes ana h'9On'' ,o ''
,yh;b have no means of correctly appreclaunS'
bnt with all due allowance for error ihfnlnys
ondtbe intolerance which is apt to entwine user
oge, ,i,h the nobIest of efforts, aud the honest oil
canes. nv calm belief Is, that they are hghung
ba,,e UNPARALLELED either in ancient or mouetn
hor,ism. of modern heroism c%taniy would
NOT sneak lightly, in addressing either Inc country
of WASHINGTON or of Wellington. Let lhem De
rirhfnly hailed by the respective populations DIS
The Fathers of their Country. But, glorious as
ma have been their exploits IN Inc neus' ah"
soacely less glorious their underwriting deierehce
TO ne laws and constitutions OF the countries 'ney
have adorned and saved, feel almost lnclheu 10
QUESTION whether, in the estimate OF an Affirming
anc a-mercluI Providence, any cause when
even they had ever adopted, can oulshme IN tue
Christian chvalrv, the efforts OF those who' let
tbelaw of the land be for tue moment what II
maI. make it the business Of their lives TO haroor
the fugitive slave from his pursueIs, to keep watch
over the sanctty of his asylum, and 10 lransier
hin from his broken chain to a share oil Freedom
Having thus expressed, IN no ialterlng accents
my sympathy with the enemies OF slavery ON It's
own soil, do not wish to quit the topic, without
a word of counsel to my own country men, TO OBJ
serge entire Justice and discretion towards It's
friends and abettors. We must never forget that
we originally introduced the pestllent system INTO
the Colonies, and that we did much to fisten and
rivet it upon them when they were indifferent or
reluctant At the same time, 1t Is to be noted,
tina. the aonwad course Of the present century,
which has witnessed, in England, the successive
additions of the slave trade and OF slavery, and
in America the enactment Of the t. Slave Laws
daily tending to diminish the apposlteness OF tins
nlet of complicty However, again, we must
befr in mind that the difficulties with which even
we had to contend, in achieving this great con-
summation, and which cost us years Of arduous
struggle and repeated disappointment, are mi
ntely multiplied in country where slavery Is
not restricted, as it was with us, to distant colo
MES and separate islands, but Is spread over I'M
mense portions of their continent. throngs IN their
markets. ostIes in their streets, nestles IN Their
homes; and testers in the very sanctuary CT their
constitution; so that even the very heartlest de-
tester of slavery among US must ieel, that even II
he could be invested for moment with absolute
mower he would be utterly at a loss TO know what
he conld in wisdom recommend, or what assured
dominating evil And above all, even surprising
that we had the RICH TO reproach, or the sagacity
to advise. we should be most careful on the score
of policy. to advise that the manner and tone of
our parliZanshp to use the word IN It's best sense,
does not damage the cause we have most at
heart and actually nlure the afflicted race, Tor
whom | know there are those among us who
would willingly lay down their lives. 10 gag the
free and full expression ofopinlOn TO this country
upon any exhibition of tyranny and unrlghteous-
ness, most assuredy never will consent, IN the
face either of European despots, oe. American
! shareholders; but we may be quite certain that
we could not confer more material assistance up
on the friends aud patrons of American slavery,
than by arrayng on their side any feelings OF IN
suited nationality. have seen the most devoted
| Abolitionsts suddenly fire up, ii they thought
thb;r country cpu tuule-
entitled TO the most fervid exnressio Of a.
sympathy and admiration; the personal interven-
tloh OF foreigners IN their enterprise, would, am
persuaded, only clog their efforts, and nullify any
which, as nation, we may ever have lair and
| legitimate opportunity TO use. Let the only
weapon of warfare, in this high quarrel, be the
cdncurrlng conscience of mankind; let the shout
of triumph over It's adjustment, be the halelu,ahs
| of the heavens.
Nevertheless, while / am anxious to prescribe
even to the warmth of sympathy and the ardor of
| humanity their due bounds and restraints 7 think
Utmost desirable, not only that the conscience of
| the American people should be reused to its in
most depths, but that they should read in the in
I creased stir and sensation which the question ex-
cites through all the family of man, the certain
| indications that 1t can never sleep, but that it
/ must work and find its way, till, in one mode or
another, its Eultimaet contamination be accom-
| Pushed. 1t is for them to examine the ground to
| lay the foundation, to smooth the approaches ::
happy for them it will be if they may rear the
| noble edlice of a races freedom in TRANQUILITY
! and composure, and not amid scenes of confusion
violence, aud blOOdshed, such as the gaze of i'll
! erty herself would shrink to encounter Let
| them only drink in deep enough the thorough
! CONVICTION that things cannot go on forever as
! they are going on now. Within even the short
| interval which has elapsed since my own visit to
| tne Union ten years ago, and from even this far
distance, appears to me that ca& track the foot
| steps OF no slow progress in the career of this
| great cause. Such seems to me the formal pro-
| posal of candidate by the Anti-slayerv marty
| pr The next election to the supreme Office of
| PRESIDENT OF the United States such seems to
nae the appointment conferred last year by the
! minently commercial, eminently American
state OF Massachusetts to the office of its Sena
pr IN Congress, upon my much valued friend
| Ar Charles Sumner In our past hours of friend
Y intercourse, in our frequent walks by the spark.
Ing estuary of Boston ,IOr upon the sunny brow of
Bunkers Hill how little did |, how little did he
feel we'll assured, dean of such an opening up
! On his quiet and unostentatious career and now
While have been writing these lines, l have re.
! 'eiyed the speech he has lately delivered in Con-
sress on the bearings of the Fugitive Slave Law,
which, by the closeness of its logic and the mas
mline vigor of his eloquence, proves to me how
I'll the projections of his mind have arown up TO-
md been diated with, the inspiration of the cause
which he has now made his own. Indeed, when
rise from reading such a speech as his, or such
book as this, to which | have now yentured to
prefix this hurried prelude, feel constrained at
'nce to temper and to dignity my own sentiments
by clothing them with appropriate accents bor-
owed from our own Drama;
"Reward them for the noble deed, just Heaven
For his one action guard them Distinguish them
With signal mefcies, and with great deverance;
Guard tnem from wrong, adversely, and shnme.
The poor, lorsaken ones!
shall 'hey he lett prey 10 savage power?
Gun they lin up Their harmless hands In vain
or CRY TO Heaven flr help, aud not be heard
Go on pursue assert .be sacred cause;
stand forth, Sc prUAes of all ruling Providence;
And save the ireidless captives from oppression
saints shall assist ye witt prevailing pray ers,
Aud warning angels combat on your side"
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