Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-11-07
O1sry NEAR OyascocK.
Arcomac COunty. Va. Oct, s. 1855.


Gentlemen On my return home, after All absence
Of some dnys, found yours of the 18th u, respect
fully inviting me to deliver of the lecureu of the
course on Slavery, at fremont Temple, in the city q
Boston, on Thursday evening, January 10Th, 1856; or
if that time will not suit my engagements, you request
that will mention at once what Thursday evening
between the middle of December and the middle o
March next will best accommodate me-"
Now, gentlemen, desire TO pay You due respect
vet you compel to be very plain with you, and tc
say that yonr request, in every sense IN insulting ano
offensive to me. What subject Of slavery have you
" initiated" lectures upon cannot conceal it from
myself that You have undertaken, in Bnsion, 10 dis
css and to decide whether my property, in Virginia
ought to remain mine or not, and whether shall he
allowed the protection of laws, federal and Slate
wherever it may he carried or may escape in the Uni
ted States; or, whether it shall be destroyed BY a
hisher law than constitutions and statutes
Who are you, to aasumo thus such jurisdiction
over n subject delicate and already fixed in its rcla
are sovereign! will not obey yonr summons mol
recognize your Jurisdiction. Iou have authority
and no justification for thus calling to accout ut The
bar of your tribunal and for thus arragning an in
s,ituiion established by lnws which do nos reach you
and which you cannot reach, by calling on Inc tt
defend it.
the lecturers. 1t reads:
Admit tho bearer and lady to the Independent
Lectures on Slavery. Lecture Committee, s. G.
l.S
ker, W. Washburn, B. b. Mu.sey, w. B. Spooner
James W. Stone."
Il is endorsed:
"Lectures at the fremont Temple, Boston, 1855
November %, Hon. Charlie: Sumter, Rev. John Pier
Ohio December ID, Hon. Anson Burngame. De-
cemher 81, Wendell Phil; Esq, December %, Gus
sius NJ. Clay, ESQ.,, Of Kentucky. January 4. Hon
Horace Greely. january ii. Rev. Ward B.echer-
january ls, Hon. John p; Hale. January Is, KalPf
p. Banks, Jr February IS, Hon. Lewis d: Campbell
of Ohio, February ~, Hon. Samuel Houston, o
Te,ss March /, Hon. David Wimot, of Pennsylva'
mia. Mach 9th, Hon. Charles w. Upham."
"Reyerends!" The card does verify Indicate ,heil
cha aracters nv simply naming them. And your letter
Gentlemen, is franked by sc. Sumner U. S. 81
With these characterstics, am at no loss 10 under
stand you and your purposes.
You saw, "during the nett session, large number
Of gentlemen from the South will be invited, &C.
&C. regret it, if any others can be found in the slave
holding States to accept your invitation. You plead
the example of Gen. Houston 1t is the last would
follow. have no doubt that you accorded very
respectful attention to him last winter, and were very
grateful for his SERVICES in your cause.
You offer a. one hundred and fifty dollars to be
maid TO the lecturer he bearing his expenses
Let me tell you that fremont Temple cannot hold
wealth enough, to purchase one word Of discussion
from me, there, whether m'ne here shall be mine OF
not; but am ready TO volunteer without money and
WITHOUT price, to suppress any insurrecon, and repe
any invasion which threatens endangers the State
Rights of Virginia, or my individual rights under the
laws and constitutions Of my country, or the sacred
Union, which binds Slave States and Free together in
one bond Of natural eonfederacy,, and in separate
bonds of Independent Sovereignties!
In short, gentlemen, will not deliver ono Of the
lectures of the course on slavery AT the fremont Tenn
pie, in Boston, on Thursday evening, January 10TH
1885, and there will be no Thursday evening between
the middle of December and the middle of March
next, or between that and doomsday, which will best
accommodate me for that purpose.
give you an immediate answer, and, at my earliest
convenience, indicate to you that "the particular
phrase of the subject that will present is deber.
aiey: TO fight if we must.
Your obd't servant,
HENRY A. WISE.
To Samuel G. Home, and others.