The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-28

the Action of the Federal Government in be
half of Slavery On the Condition of the FIRES
f-o,'e ut g Ihs u nted Srates; Address
tn the Frier de &c institutional Liberty or tbs
Vi,laiion by the United States House OF Rep
resentatives of the Right of Petition lntroduc
tory Remarks to the Reproof of the American
Church, contained in the recent History o
the Protestant Episcopal Church in America,
By the Bishop of Oxford; A Letter to the
Right Rev. l.. Silliman Ives, Bishop of ths
Protestant Episcopal Church in the State O
North Carolina; Address to the Inhabitants o.
New Mexico and California, on the omission BY
Congress to provide them with Territorial Gov
ernments, and on the Social and Politica
| Evils of Slavery; Letter to Hon. William Mel
son, M. c., on Mr.. Clsy's Compromise; "A Let
ter to the Hon. Samuel A. Eliot, Representa-
tive in Congress from the City of Boston, in
reply to his Apology for Voting fer the Fugitive
Slave Bill An Address to Anti. Slavery Chris
tans of the United States, signed by a number
OF Clergymen and others Letter to Rev. R. s
Cook, Corresponding Secretary of the Ameri
can Tract Society; and Letter to Lewis Tappan
Esq, Treasurer of the American Missionary
Association
For two or three years past, Mr.. jays health
has declined. He was aware of the incurable
nature of the disease, and the probable speedy
termination of his earthly existence still be
looked forward to the event with the calmness
Of a Philosopher and the faith of Christian.
In an interview the writer had with him the
10th of April, 1853, he said: " In my situation
| naturally look back upon my Anti-Slavery
labors, and do not see anything to regret
We have had hard struggle and if the pro-
ject of forcing Slavery upon Kansas is defeated,
we shall commence new start, one that will
be successful In what have written for the
cause, no one has ever been able TO convict
me of false statement. 1t is because / have
avoided exaggerstion, and been careful to state
simple facts and because have acted in the
On another occasion he wrote Reading
and writing are far more fatiging than former
". But have 20 disposition to complain on
the contrary, l wonder at my mercies, and ask
vhy am / made to differ 30 much from others
Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his
benefits" At another time: Z" Let NJ pray for
divine assistance, that we may 90 discharges our
stewardship that we may hereafter give up our
account with JOY, and not With grief" With
reference to the effort made by the writer that
that American Tract Society should publish q
tract on the Sinfulness of Slavery, instead of
one on the Duties of Masters, he wrote {"
cordially approve Of the rejection of the sup
creased tract for the reasons assigned by you.
The committee did q good thing from bad mo
hves. The officers have, in my
opinion, given most false and jesuiticsl reasons
for their conduct, and their course tends to the
corruption of public morals"
On the 10Th June he wrote: any health
continues to decline. / am almost wholly con-
fined to my bed and chair. have no appetite,
am exceedingly feeble, and suffer greatly from
increasing difficulty in breathing. 1t is very
doubtful if ever see New York again, but /
hope to enter better city, whose maker and
builder is God, and where there is no ain and
no SORROW"
His end, We learn, was peaceful as his life
had been consistent and he watched the APP
proach of death with the calm confidence of
Christian. LIT.
The principal Ell these ha We been publish ed in vol
ume entitled Miscellaneous Writings Slavery by
William Jay for sale by Thomas Hamilton, 4s Beekmsn
street New York price dollar See the advertise
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