The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-01-07

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gain which for them John Brown and his
noble band died, but who, ''being dead
yet speaketh."
Helpers Impending Crisis is all the
rage just now, and the bookstores have
reaped no greater harvest from the extra
sales, usual at this season of holiday pres
ents, than they have from the sale of this
wonderfully powerful book, which has
thrown our national Legislature into such
CONSERVATION; the demand here exceeds
the supply.
The Arbor Hill Select School gave an
exhibition on Tuesday last, at the Hamil-
ton street Baptist Church. The exercises
were quite interesting, and creditable to
teacher and scholar, the school having
been in operation only about four months.
At the conclusion of the exercises a pleasant
scene ensued, being the presentation of a
splendid silver cup to Miss Turner, their
teacher, who now retires from the school
with the year, to enter not only upon
new year, but new life, taking to herself
with 1860 life companion" Success
attend her. The presentation was made
in behalf of the parents and guardians, by
Rev. L, Doughty Miller, pretaced by a
short address on the Importance of educa-
ton to us as people
The choir of the above church are pre-
pairing their grand festival, to come off on
the 18th of JAN, which is looked forward
to with great anxiety, it having become
one of the looked-for events of the season !;
while the choir under the direction of their
able and gentlemanly leader, f. Van
Vranken, Esq, as one of the live institu-
tons of the day, still holds its own.
Among recent events, not already men
toned, have been the marriages of Mr.. E..
Bazaar and Miss Anna jackson, and Mr..
VIM. III. Brown and Miss Matilda Herod,
all of this city, the former of whom have
chosen Meriden, Conn, as ther future home.
Our business men are looking forth with
as much anxiety to the sitting of the Leg
islature as the hundred thousand office
seekers, which takes place next week, as it
is their revival" Great things are ex-
pccted this year from the Republican Leg
islature, and yers is sparing no time
nor effort to WELD his influence over new
members in behalf of liberty and equal
rights; but whether expectation will be re-
allied, owing to late events, and the present
state of public opinion, as see petition
is already in circulation, extensively sign
ed in New York City, for the return of the
right, as law, " of master to bring his
slaves in this State, and remain nine
MONTHS" without molestation, remains to
be seen. But one thing we do know, de-
spite Charles O'Conor's infamous speech,
which would shame the very heather; yea,
the very internal spirits of darkness, that
we are men; that five men have died by
hanging for US, because we are men, and
yet deprived of the rights of men; that we
have but one common Father; that conse-
quently we are brethren, and being such,
since white men have dared die, we are de-
termined TO assert our rights, and the right
of every man of whatever color, creed or
cline, to liberty, next to religion, heavens
greatest boon to man; and if need be, de-
fend it with our lives. 1t is high time,
when white men fight and die for our
rights, we should learn to act for ourselves
"They that would be free themselves must
strike the blow" When men strive to bring
Christ, the great Apostle of Liberty upon
the level of slaves and shareholders, to
sanction their hellish institution, it is time,
high time, for men everywhere to arise, and
in the strength that God has implanted in
them, speak boldly, fearless of the frowns
or smiles of men, for "God and Liberty"
and the man who is afraid, in the crisis, to
open his mouth and plead for our God
given rights; and the minister of God who
does, not because OF public opinion, speak
forth the design of Christ's advent among
men, "to bind up the broken hearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the
opening of the prison to them that are
bound, ought alike to bow their heads
with shame to the earth, and take up their
abode with the nations that have never
"seen what we see, or heard what we
hear" and are, in the words of the noble
resolutions of the Banneker Institute, Phla.,
" unworthy the notice of honorable and
liberty loving men,"
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