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LETTER FROM c. S. S. GRIFFING.
CADT2, Harrison County,
July !, 1854.

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DEAR MARIrs; We are again ain the field, -
calling on those who will listen TO rs, to repent
and do their first works towards rcdecming hui
mainly from the crime and curse of American
Slavery, for few indeed have taken the first incipi-
ent step towards such n contamination. Sunday
We had a pleasant meeting in a grove near Mas
tersville. James Barnaby was with us, and deliv-
cred a most impressive address, setting forth the
wrongs of Slavery, the curse Of its continuance,
and the means to be used for its removal. Few
men as he does, so thoroughly understand the
history and philosophy of our cause, or can so
ably represent it, and our friends in the West we
know will be glad to learn that he ~contemplatcs
spending n portion Of his time with them in Anti
Slavery labor. At such a time as this, when there
is SO much need of efficient laborcrs, such an ac-
QUESTION to our l~ecturing force is Invaluable
Yesterday we attended a county Anti-Nebraska
meeting in Cadiz, a meeting to which all political
parties were invited to unite and make common
cause against the slave power, because a most
damning crime had been rcrpetrated against the
rights of the North" in the passage of the Ne
braska Bill. The meeting was we'll attended, and
Wings, Democrats and Free Sellers united in an
DDlIllnp utltSulCc u liC Oluufb NOhNCl
ton on the 18th inst, and unitcdly resolved to
keep in union to effect the repeal of the Nebraska
Bill and oppose the further extension of Slavery.
Near the close Of the meeting Mrs. Griffng was
invited to speak and occupied 4 few moments urg.
ing opposition to the slave power on the principle
of the uniycrsality, equality, and inalienability o.
human rights. The meeting was we'll attended
and a good degree of unanimity of feeling seemed
to prevail. And yet it was a tame, constitutional
: political affair, that gave little promise Of deliver
ance to the suffering millions who are enslaved b,
this unholy nation. The men most active in tina
meeting, and most eloquent in denouncing tn,
I " breach of faith, the violation of a solemn com
pact, the disturbing of a settled compromise,
have never been disturbed themselves in behalf o
{ those on whom this compromise has ever mos
heavily borne. In defence Of their rights thei
{ eloquence has never been called into action. Ever
now they are not much disturbed that their fellow
| men are to be c~nslaved in this Republic, south O
| sc degrees 80 minutes. II is not a humanitary
but a political feeling that controls thcm-not al
I Anti-Slavery idea but Il sectional one that inhuen
I ces them, the highest morality of which is to sec
tionalizc aud tolerate slavery.
N fhHll-i)idNtI1 NpCO lOl NuliolN III CIdIllOTlHI 10
$ the ipyiolability of c%ompacts, the reinstating AM
o strict adherence to the Missouri Compromise, tn
i repeal Of the fugitive slave bill and granting
trial by jury to fugitive slaves, nor in merel,
c thinking that slavery is wrong and slaveholding
: sin, and that it would be safe profitable or expedi
+ ent, to have it abolished ut once, or, in shudderin
" at the recital of its attendant crueltics, the sal
= and separation {. families, the horrors of the auC
ton block and whipping post. Anti-Slavery con
templates the removal of this curse by cledtta
n and prdcticiRJ a humanity based on the pcrfec
equality of the human family in the matter Q
e Rights, and in the inalienability Of that equality
and its great moral nature should never be fol
gotten or lost sight of for a moment, or comprc
t missed by an utilization with any party that is nc
based on its own broad platform. 1t fofbids tina
; by reason Of any precedent, or example, or law
or compact, or purchase, or bequest, OF inheritance
= or any combination of circumstances, SLAYER
should exist in any land under heaven, and dc
!, u,ands the immediate and unconditional emancipo
ton Of every slave. Nothing short of this is ant
G slavery. whatever may be the name by which it
A called.
In the evening we held a meeting in the Cour
n House, and endearored in pIainncss to inculcat
these sentiments. Our meeting was well attcndc
" and we were courteously treated by those VIII
differ from US in the means 10 be used for the over
throw Of Slavery.
1 The weather il very warm and it is an u%niayoI
able time for US to hold meetings, the farmer
being just now in the midst OF harvest. Tn
wheat generally looks well, but is considerably in
- ured by tie weevil. Other crops look fine, ant
will well repay the farmer lVE 81 his caro- and toll