New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-08
HARRISON ROBINSON.
MIR. HELPER TO MIR. ROBINSON.

40 PINE STREET, NEw-YoRK, Dec 6, 1859.
DEAR SIR: / am in receipt Of your letter of the ID
int, expressing regret that did not tame down. to
your standard of Anti Slavery, the Compend of my
"ImI ending Crisis of the South and am much sur
prised to learn that we are still wide apart in our
views upon the subject Ever since the publication of
my Compend, until day before yesterday, when your
letter cane 10 hand, had moved under the pleasing
impression that our opihobs on the Slavery question
were very nearly id,niieal. From the time when,
more than twelve mont s ago, had the pleasure of
partaking OF the hospitality of your mansion, IN New
castle C0pnty have recognized the business OF your
critism Of some of the hasher features of my work
and had already predetermined To expurge those fea-
lures from the then contemplated pamphlet edition,
which was intended for gratultous and general
circulation There is scarcely page of the COmPend
that did not render LEES obnoxious than the Original,
toward SHAREHOLDERS. Many Of tie more exasperting
passages of the original wok have been entirely omit
ted For inssnce, The matter embraced in pages l39
l4O, and l4l, in which, in the original, drew COM
parison between shareholders and murderers and other
bad characters and much other matter comprising, in
tie aggregate from two to three dozen pages, which,
on sober reflection, deemed unnecessarily vitu-
perative toward the saveholdng class has been stud
tue, because they the slavehoders have not mer-
tied all the sharp points ofinvecve which leveed at
them, but merely from feeling of charity for The fool
ish and unfortunate position in which fud them
placed.
If had brought the book down TO lower basis Of
RePubGcsnism than that upon which it rests, l
should not have been true to my convictions and
/ hope well grounded in the determination
to prostitute ny principles for any set of men,
OF thing or things whatever. As the anthor of the
book suppose that alone should be held responsible
for what contains. At any rate, in reference to this
matter, am particularly DESTROYS that sort of
sponsibihty should attach to any who s all
willing TO assume il. Though fully conscious of my
il dividual weakness, feel myself quite competent TO
The task Of carrying the Whole burden of my offense
against the slavehoders and it. from whatever cause,
il shall prove be the pleasure of any all of those
who have heretofore kindly borne il with me- tothrow
their several shares upon my shoulders they are
at perfect liberty do so and in every such case, III
cLeeriully welcome the weight
Sincerely and solemny believing that l am right in
al my premises and conclusions in regard TO the ques
ton at issue have only TO reafirm all that | have
said in The impending Crisis of the South, and to
renew my declaration that upon the plans and princi
pies therein defined l. for one al least am determined
so far as have the power whether living dead. to
wage upremitting warfare against Humsn Slavery,
until for all time to come it shall cease TO have
foot hold in nv native South If there be Repaid
leans, or Anti-Slavery men of whatever name or
notion North South who content TO strive for
the consummaon OF an end less patriotic and desirable
than this DO not aspire to be identified with them in