The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-27
The Financial Revalsien and the
AbOlitiOniStS.
SUSPENSION Of THEIR DlsuNIoN MOVEMENTS.
Ferocious Manifesto from VIM. Lloyd
Garrison,
[From The Bsssoa Libevssoe. !


Bosros, Oct 20, 1857.
DgAR FRIENpe-When promised to attend your
annual meeting, II was my expectation that the
Northern Convention, with reference TO dissolu
the time originally contemplated but as 1t has
been deemed advisable TO postpone that Convention
TO later period, on account OF the paralysis with
which the whole country has been struck In regard
and which renders Il impossible, therefore, TO obtain
suchB expression OF Northern feeling and sentl-
ment upon that question ss its Importance demands,
beg you TO excuse my absense and allow me 70
send you an expression OF my warm regards Tor you
personally and collectively, and my testimony as 10
the state OF cause and the work that remains to
be done.
rest upon indestrucao basis the nation has oeen
buried into abyss OF bankruptcy,
suffering and ruin though the seventh angel had
poured out his vial into the air and great Baby ION
hsd come In remembrance before God, TO give unto
her the cup OF the wine OF the 6erceness Of his
wrath" In view Of it's centuries of bloody oppres-
siOn-its incorporation OF chattel slavery into It's
constitutional existenceits robbery OF one seventh
portion of the people Of all their rights as human
beings, and reducing them to the level OF beasts
its stheis,ical contempt for :" the higher law OF
God, and idolatry for the lover law OF the bottom
less pitts systematic and universal disregard OF
all the principles of justice and humanity, whereby
the fOundati Gus of confidence, as between man and
man, have been utterly removed-its DOT malignity
against the divine command to proclaim nberty
throughout all the lana unto al tue lnndUlthuts
thereofn-its fierce persecution of such ss have
been raised up to plead the cause OF all such as
are appointed to destruction, and shameless regard
for wolves in sleeps clothing and pr,tiigate dema-
gogues In the Rarb Of patriotism-'ts extraordinary
growth ana astounding prosperity. nevertheless
causing it impinnsly to eXclaim, who shall onng
me down to The grouD6?' and its sudden fall to the
earth, in its triumpbal nour as though smitten by
thuuoerbot from Gear sky, causing mems heacts
to fail them for fear" the knees Of the stoutest
to snite together and the strengQ OF the str INCEST
to become rs iDfanule weakness IL is as though
voice from heaven vere saying, Come out oil ner
my people, that We be partakeIs Of her Sins and
that ye not Of her plaques for her sins have
reached unto he sven, and God hath remembered her
iDiquiues. How much she hath gorhed berselt,
and lived deliciousiy, so much torment ano sorrow
give Der; for she saith in her heart, sit queen,
aud am widow, and shall see no sorr w. There
fore shall her plaques come in day; for strong Is
the Lord God who judgeth her. Rejoice over her,
thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets for
God hath avenged you on her.
or course, in this day Of calamity, speculation is
busy in tracing the causes OF this wide ad de-
rangement Of all business affairs The facts are
obvious to the most superfcial-that the strongest
establishments have been crushed like cob houses,
"in the twlnkliDg of an eye"-that mllionaires
have found themselves swallowed up IN vortex OF
indeDtedness-that failures in every department Of
trade are taking place uncasngly-that specie pay
mept has been sus ,ended every where, indicating .
universal inability of the banks to meet their pro-
mises to pay. which means in other words, univer
sal ipsovencythat factories are fast being curtaed
in their operations, or wholly cosed-that tens OF
thousands of artisans, operatives and aborers have
been MIRO vn out Of employment and are threatened
With o winter Of extreme destitution-and that, In
regard 20 al industrial pursuits and enterprises con-
gestion Of the brain and paralysis OF the limbs indi
cate the exact condition Of our land, in this day Of
retributive Judgment.
Now, as TO the causes Of this astounding state Of
to be found in female extravagance, in excess OF
foreign Importation in fondness for display and high
living, in the creation OF fictitious stock I'D mini
funa, IN the enormous expansion and sudden con.
traction Of paper currency, In the abandonment OF
agriculture for traffic, in the vast indebtedness Of the
West in speculation mad, In the practice OF Civ
ing geEssAl and extended credit, In excess OF expen
diture Beyond all possibility OF income In taxing
certain raw materials from abroad for home manu-
facture. and thus rendering 1t mpracticable for our
manufacturers - compete in the market with those
In other lands, &c, &c, &c. No doubt all these
suggestions are worthy of consideration and embody
lem Is contained In two words-nationsl deinorali'
cation.
We are a wicked nation and fast people. Our
pride, vanity, our ambition, are paraeled only
by our npu ience our barbarty and our oppression.
The god whom we serve, is manifest desuDy; the
Moioch of whose shrine we kneel is the slave power,
who causes all "both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond 70 receive mark in their night hands,
or in their foreheads;" and commands that no man
buy sell he that hath the mark, or the name
OF the beast, or the number OF his name. Like the
ancient Jews, feet run to evil and we make haste
to shed innocent Blood lips have oxen lies, our
tongue hath mutered perverseness we conceive mis-
chief and bring forth iniquty; we hatch cocatrioe
eggs, weave the spiders web; the set oil violence
IL In our hands; we have made crooked paths, and
there IL DO judgment IN our gongs, we wait Tor light
but behold ooscurity; tor brightness, but we walk In
darkness We grope tor the wall like the blind, and
stumble at noon DAY as Ia the hight. Their con
fession mus. lie ours in the spirit OF hearty repent
ance -" Our sins testify against aud "a for our
Iniquities, know them; In tresgressiag and lying
against the Lord. and departing away fro our God
speaking oppression aud revolt, conceiylpg and
uttering from the heart words OF falsehood."
Every nation has it, peculiar source OF corruption
misery and ruin. Ours is to be found in that Nesu
vious OF crime, the mastrom OF blood, that pandemo
MUM Of oppression the slave system. Until that be
destroyed there is no peace no prosperity no safety
no permanence for our misnamed republic. For q
time, as hitherto, we may wax fat and kick, and
anosciously echo the words OF Pharoo, Who Is the
Lord t0at should obey his voice to LET Israel gog
know not the Lord neither will let Israel co.; but
there shall upon us in their order, those terrible
plaques that shall make both man aud beast cry out.
tor suffering, ana cause soil TO be red with blood
Let Others tall OF the present chaotic state Of
things a. they may; for one, believe II Is owing 70
the existence, growth, extension and supremacy OF
slavery, In q preeminent degree. Dishonesty must
be en- essential Characteristic OF a saveholdrg peo-
pie; and when was worldly success or heaven bles-
sina ever promised in that direction History,
whether sacred or profsne, teaches me only this IS
pertaining 10 despotsmthat II curses the sol, fet
ters industry, parayzes invention, destroys wealth,
shrvels population mpairs strength ncites TO ven
geance, spreads pollution, debauches conscience
stuItfes intellect and breeds extermlnating Judg-
meut II teaches me- also, that In the train OF free
dom-true, impartial, all Astounding freedom-there
follow light, and health and large increase pros
pety IKE the waves Of the sea and the abundance Of
peace. Hence, by my reverence tor God-by my love
Of manly my regard for the welfare and glory OF the
Land Of my bldb-by my heartfelt desire 70 see all
forms q despotism forever abolished, and universal
I am
ton Of slavery, and for the removal or destruction
OF whatever Stands in the way OF emancipation.
American slavery is upheld by two mighty props
-Churvh and state, religion and government : and
when these are overtime vn, that foul system shall
fall 70 ne no more. The popular religion IL un.
deniably hostile 70 the sntisavery movement, and
horribly peryerse in IL teachings and practices IL
cheats steals commits adultery, enforoes cOncubi.
domestic slave trahc, aud sanctions every enormty
Its climax OF wickednes il in claiming To be the re-