New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-20
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.NN . u.St ,,a, ~ affect the cmP raj aud eternal mn
sr.. MT nl 81 cusolvc' hut Of our Cd idrsn aud our
,AAa,~ns eA,irvn r ages yri unborn Through or ma
d., = a, .et ,he interests Of Iibery aud Chrs:any
tAtoes Iva, che wheo w'dd
az a.. .N ,hr inusiicc and the misery Of Slsvery IS
49,, r,,ls, 10 ,peak raere but feeling aud one
.,1ssn on this among us all do not think there is
rsr AMONG n. all Who clasps her hid TO her br as,
Oh, aN over be made feel 1t right that that child
.AsuA he save not q mother among ~ oil vac would
ret r~ih,r lay thai child in rs grave
Nor can believe that there IS woman so uachris.ian
s,e sAnk Il right to iuaici her neehbors child what
abe srall ihnk than 0eath werc Il inflicted On her
s.n 10 No, ,hipk III is a. wife who would think i
IeA, er husband should be sod TO trader and worked
all his lie without rights and without WAGES do nj be-
hove there :. husband who would think right that he
wife sbcu be considered b. law the property Of another
man. aud net his owa Do not think there is father or
mother who would believe t right, they forbidden
Nv lev 10 teach their children to rcad do not believe
fhert IL brother who would think 1t right To have his
sister held property with no legal defense Tor her
personal honor. by an, man living,
All thi. Is inherent in slavery IL is not the abuse Of
slavery but the legal nature OF t. And there j. not 40
man IN the United States when the question s fairly put
bef,re her, who thinks these thing are right.
However ambition and the love of political power may
Mind IA, stronger -oA God has given deeper
snd a more oyabo knowledge in those hoer feeh2s
which peculiar 10 wrmsnhood and which guafd the
sac tdn, IS Il The family state
hearts ave bc1 over tlis N4uA-, 'No4~
have been many things tending - ite our ands q per
rlsx our efforts silence voice. ne nave oSeh
told that a. speak of Was an nvasi1h OF the shls VI
other States We have been told of promises and Of com
uoc,s and the natural expression Of feeling has in many
cases restrained BY appeal % those honorable sen
t;u.pts which respect The keeping Of engagefn MS
Tho warm beatings Of many hearts have been hushed
our warnings sn1 sympgthes have been rtpessed DC
cause We have not known what 70 do ana many nave
CONE 70 turn deaf ear the whole tale OF sOrO" be
cause unwilling to harrow up the soul with feeling where
action was supposed 20 be impossible
But time has now when the SUBJECTS arising IN
der quite another aspect -
ist as they have their territories bat shah We
permit them be extended over all the free territories OF
lie B,ted States Sbathe woes aud miseres 0 slavery
be extended region OF fair free, unoccapied tern
tory nearly equal n extent t. the whole oi the free states
Nor this all this is the s thing that "a expected or
intended Should this movement De submitted - IN
silence should the North consent to this breach Ut solemn
contract on the part of the South there yet remains one
more step to be appehonded, viz tue leg tlz'ny oi
Slavery throughout tic States BY the decision Ot the
Supreme COuH in the Lennon case II may De declared
lawful for slave property TO be held in the northern free
sies Should this pass, 70 Is no more iprobaoe
that there may be- four years hence slave depts IN New
York Cry than fouryeers that the south would
propose a repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
Women OF the free States the question - n IT. Shall 10
demonstrate with Slavery lie own soil but viii
ing receive Slavery into the free states ad Territories
al the Union
shall the whole power Of these United atas 60 into the
hands Slavery Shall every state in It D. thrown open
as slave State This wi, DO the final result and issue Of
the Qut sion which is pending This il the fearful
erisis at which stand. Aud now, Is there anything
which of a country can do Oh, women OF the
free States what did brave mothers DO in the time
Of our revolutionary struggled Did not Hbry in those
days feel the strong Impulse of woman s heart!
Never was there a great interest oSitstng The com
muny when wOmans influence not felt tOI good Or
for evil At the time whom the struggle for the aDolron
OF the slave trade was CONFUSING England, women con
trbued more than other laborcrs tbs great tr
umIh of humanity The and children of Eng Hand 70
great refused to receive into their families the
tugsr raised by the suffering slave Seventy thousand
families refused the OF as testimony to their
sbboirenco of The manner in which ii OdGced. At
that tin women unweared in passing from house to
house, distributing ueots ana DOCKS anu presenting Tue
Ore lady alone called on and conversed in thi, way
with than two thousand families and others we're
not behind her in their ls6Ors.
The women all over England associated in cores
pondng circles for prayer and for labor Petitions 10
Government were gotten up ana signed Oy "oGea .o
bedside of aged mother in Israel whose prayers and
Iatois earth well nigh ended but who had borne
this sacred in her heart from the very comm 3ace
ment was never impressed than when raised in
her bed with quyerng lips and streaming eyes she hited
her hands scemny in prayer TO God that lie would bless
the abors for tho the slave America and al
last bring the final abolition OF slavery through the
world.
Women Of America we DO not know with what thrill
ing the hopes and the eyes OF she world
fastened country and with what nensenos they
desire that should take decided ground for universal
liberty This sacred desire is spread through the lower
and working classes Of other countries well as through
those in hghor ranks
When l was in England, although dis inctly stated
that the raising money part of my object and
account of the state of my heah declined take any
sponsiby of that kind yet money aetusy pressed
upon unsolicited from the impulse to do something
ths Most affecting letters recved from poor
working and women inciosng email sums in postage
stamps, for this ol5ect
Nor has this feeling been confined to England alone
in Fanee Switzerland and Germany there has been the
deep emotion. A lady in Suttgard undertook to
make collection for American anti Slavery fair and
while contributions from all ranks freely flowed in, poor
nj w q DoirhbOrhOOd took
the walls of their cottage two prints, probably the only
superuos they possessed earth and sent them 20 the
collection.
During NV STAY heard from Christians Of all denom
nations how deeply their souls bad been moved prayer
Tor America, in view Of this evil Catholic lady from
the old town Of Orleans Of her intention 10 offer
spscia supplicatons after the manner Of her faith In
circle Of Protestant pastors and Christians in SNzersnd
heard the French language made eloquent IN pesdins
with God that America might have grace given her TO right
Why all this emotion in foreign lands Is it not because
the whole world has been looking toward America with
hope, nation specially raised up by God TO advance
the of liberty and religion
There has been a universal expectation that the next
step taken by America would surely be one which should
have tendency 10 right this great wrong Those who
are struggling for civ and religious freedom in Europe,
speak this word iarry in sad Whisper eno names the
fault Of revered friend They scarce believe the
adv erse ments which American papers bring 70 he, OF
slave sales; Of and children traded like cat
tie Scarcely they trust their eyes when they read
abe laws of the slave States and the decisions of their
Courts The advocates Of depoiism hold these things up
TO them, and saw See what OF republican liberty!
Hitherto the ha. BEEN America is than haf
free, and she certainly viii in time repudiae Slavery alto
gether.
But what they say now IT, just the great struggle
for human rights commencing throughout Europe Amer
lea OPENS all her Tree territories 10 the most upngsted
despotsm This win be not merely betraying American
liberty but the cause Of liberty throughout the world
AID while all nations moved in view OF this subject
of American Slavery shah only be Unmoved Shall
even the poor laborBg AMI woman Of Europe be
pressed in view Of the wrongs Of the Slave inquire