The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-20

the President Of this Convention presiding and issuing
commissions 10 such officers elect all such officers being
hereafter eected IN the manner provided IN the body Of
this instrument.
GERRlT SMITHS MANIFESTO.
The outbreak and attendant are very Gu
riously oreshadowed in the following manesto oil errt
Smith, directed IN August last 10 the Chairman Of the
Jerry Rescuers.-
P,uxRBoso, Augis. q, 1860.
Jons THOMAS Esq, Syracuse Chairman Of Jerry Rescue
Committee
Ny DEAR sm--l have this day received your letter in
WING me 70 preside az The approaching anniversary Of
the rescue Of jerry and to prepare the papers for H.
Thankful for this honor truly am nevertheless am
versares Of this important event. and written the address
adopted at each OF them. But my interest in Them has
declined greatly within the last two three years; aud
am now decidedly Of the opinion that is ,,eise 20 con
tinae 10 repeat The farce any longer.
Inc rescue 81 Jerry was great and glorious event
achieved t-and include in ,hs number ali who
cheered i On and rcoced IN every step OF progress
have, with few exceptions proved themselves unwerthy
81 tho work 81 their Own hands. We delivered Jerry in
the face Of the authority Of Congress and Uars and
most Of Us believed in contemp. also Of provision the
constitution Itself. We delivered him believing Tia. there
was no law and could be Law for slavery. On tia. oc
casion our humanity Up and in vain wonld all the
authorities on earth, the Bible itself included have
bii II down Our humanity owned Jerry for s brother:
and go did il cling TO him. that all the wealth Of the world
would not have safced T. buy il OF temp. to ignore
and bctray him.
crowded the streets Of Syracuse but main aired the gu
blne elevation TO which the spirit Of that nsnt exalted
them, what force for the overthrow o. slavery would
they have rot accumulated BY this time! Bar they soon
fell fem H. They soon sunk down 10 the law leve, Of
their political and church parties Jerry forgotten
Their humanity was deadfor these parties the grave
OF humanity IN proportion as man becomes partisan
Is his manhood lcsor in tina. proportion is he untrue 70
himself his brother and 70 God That lay alas how
dis,ant when every shall be held aud pe willing ~
be held to his individuality shall witness an unsreakab
better condition Of things than does this, in which mon
act IN parties and stand in the strength Of parties and
which the vaguely and fscby et responsibilities of 1ary
take the place OF the definite and deeply rcsro
sbiiises Of the individual. When countrymen shall
have risen TO this higher plane OF character there will
christians instead OF Baptists, Mehodss and Prcgbyte
rams, aud patriots instead Of republicans de and
vi the thousands who tho glorious night 20 which
have raforrcd were actuatcd by justice and mercy
probably not less than nineteen twentieIhs fell iInei
aey after under those ecclesiastical pocal party
iueuccs which had previously swayed and shrivelod them
" the thousands whose motto on that glorious nigh!
'No nw for slavery, perhaps not dozen have called
their churchca to adopt i, aud not fifty hare persev.
ripgy refus I'd to vote !or who recognise aw for
slavery AT each Of our anniversaries the resolutions
and addIe and the discussions them have been in
harmony with the high and holy principles on wbi.h
Jerry was rescued Nevertheless, the majority Of
those who enjoyed the anniversaries returned home TO act
with their pro slavery parties in church and State
"Jerry Rescuers'' voting for men who acknowledge
law for slavery see not but that they tasciy IL
consistent temperance societies. forty
niteths OF the members Of which, whilst pratng for "pro
hibon," vote for candidates who oppose IT, Indeed,
n
Temperance Society, DO not know greater more
shameless perncious hypocrisy than annver
sary Of the rescue OF Jerry
BY the way, see that gentleman OF fne talents and
high culture, and marked ability a writer IS called on
to write the history Of the temperance reformation For
my part had far rather that tits history we're
hidden than published For, If ru,lfolly written wha,
is the great fact il will perpeinaie hat the infinitely
disgracen one that the temperance men, though
ready 10 talk up and write up their cause
ready to vote il down? zhe cause Of mperaace in tsss
country IS dead In vain all the efforts Of temperance
societies and temperance newspapers and temperance
lecturers 10 gavaDze il into life Never was tine
use Of tobacco and intoxicating drinks increasing
rapidly All who have any discernment tha'
is this boundless Inconsistency and unprncpcdness Il ID
ballot box which has killed this cause and that
can never be revived by temperance societies and tenn
perance newspapers aud temperance lecturers TINT for
the election Of rum drinkers. Such Stupsrsdots and
shameless hgpoiSie must give place to agencies chaac
terized by sincerity and sedenial before temperance
can come to life
Oh, no, let Tho history OF either the temperance
cause or the ntslayery cause be written with the view
Of honorng their prosssed friends, They haue Jott
BEN killed al the bdlL Ter ty those friends. II written
at all; let il be with the purpose Of warning ths world
against hypocrises.
To from this depression, let mo- my friend again
say that We had better give up the celebration of tho
cue OF jerry The thing quite too great and good for
ne. Earnest and honest men alone stated 10 il, We
Jerry roscueIs are mean men and sham Dear Jer-
ry san!ed spirit take pleasure il tbs grand
annual hypocrisy. The Saviour, whom he so heartily
chose and faithfully followed IN his last years. eau
have no sympathy with it, The cause Of freedom IS dis
graced ana hndered instead Of being honored aud pro-
NOTED by il.
Let US stand aside and then perhaps consistent men
and honest men and high soued men will ere long come
up to take our place. One OF the most beautiful
that could bless my sight would b. Jerry Rescue ami
yersafy conducted by men who would Us stay in
brothel in church that recognises law for slavery;
and who would as soon vote for men who recognise law
for sheep stealing, for who acknowledge that
Judicial decree or statute even constitution
create any obligation u protect and honor stealing
In short, let Us who talk well against slavery stand aside
for those who viii vote well against it. Let profess
sons make room for their practice, and hypocrisy for
their sincerity.
Men make light Of the crime 0. voting wrong and vet
there other crime full OF tho heaviest oppression
Cutie bad enough when, in my private individual
dealings with my fellow man. Cypress him. But when
vote against hs rights, as I do when ] vote
for candidates who hold that there may be valid
ard obligatory and real law for his slavery or who
hold that there be such law for dram selling, such
law for making and keeping him drunkard then vote
to array the government AM the collective people az
him. then vote not that may wrong hirn-not that l.
with such comparatively insignificant powers ndi.
vidual can summon, may Cypress him, out that whole
Churches and parties NAV By stone Snd to orn @
less Heaven that this voting agains. human rights
and this voting temptations ia the way Of the weak
stute the mighest wrong that men capable Of per
retratng
Much said and wrea csaias. the breaking Of human
til are one NTH those Diri laus scich cae BE- bros
"Thc law Of his Godr Daniels only law. No rieni
OF God knows any other law. Apostles answered and
"Wheher il be right in the sight Of GOO to heaken unto
you more than unto Cod judge yc." How sensolcss
aHu W'ktu IL ms Ceclanauon against tr0Dtpttg Under
foot nce human lac that laos. To SUN tram
ping are the nations indebted for the instances Of their
greatest progress Often indeed have the nations found
il their only salvation How shameless the hypocrisy of
our countrymen. Whilst goi ying in the historical fact
that our fathers were ready To take up az
imposing petty taxes on tea and paper they nevertheless
roll the whites Of their eyes in holy horror refusas
TO obey laws, laws they can be Called which sink
cent men, women and children in the hell of slavery.
The rcscues Of Jerry called rebels. Bat the
belion In the case was chargeabe not them, but
the government II was the government and not the
rcscuers who were guilty Of resisting law The law In
the case was the right Of every innocent his per
sonal liberty That law the upheld anu agans
II did the government rebel What IL its rebellion was
carried on under the forms Of law tho less was il
rebellion.
People are wont to regard every enactment law Bu
many an enactment not law Sqnatter sovereignty Is
much extollcd, and now and then there signs tina
even the republican party is fast coming to acqniesce In
1t. Nevertheless squatter sovereignty is not law The
liberty gwen by the Nebraska bill ensave men was not
liberty to set up law, but to put down awquite
phaticaly such as IL 1t had been liberty murder men
The invasion OF human rights by government can no
more than such invasion by al individual be law The
inrddrs, be they governments iniIuols are s rebels
and they rho resist them ue d.c dtiag The passage