Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-08-02
Correspondence.
No. 20.

July attn, 1901.
|, was joyful hour when the white cliffs
of " Merry England " came in sight and
we found ourselves on soil where you could
speak your own language, get along without
passports, tthc everlasting bore Of Cont
mental traveB, and breathe the atmosphere
of Professionalism. There are many sights in
the metropolis Of nearly three millions OF
souls, of which we will say nothing at pres
ent, but give an account Of the rcccptisn oil
John Anderson, the fugitive slave, who is
said to have killed his master in escaping
from bondage. The Canadian Govern
Iu,nt gave hia up; but the Court OF Eng
land decided it WAS illegal and the said John
Anderson was brought to England at the ex-
ycnse of the Home Government.
Last Sabbath We found our way to the
Metropolitan Tabernacle {. building capa-
BILE of holding 900 people, and cost Slj,,
Ooo) to hear the Rev. c, II. Spurseon preach,
the mott popular preacher IN the Old World,
although only tcen,y.seren years Of aye
but to the point After listening 10 his
burning eloquencc, he read notice OF u
meeting to be held in Exeter Hall to vel
come John Anderson and give him aid, that
he might buy has wife aud children from
slavery.
lie spoke Of the fact that the fugitive was
obliged to kill his master and thought that he
did r.ght, and who shall say that he did not :
Was it DOT the language of the immortal
statesman, " Give me h6aty or give me
death? ?" la order to set scat IN Exeter
II,ll we went at + clock in the evening anu
ieohss.s,e crowd hast ming To the scene 10
cid &" Darkey hearty reception At
Getting was called to order, and J9hn
Af bn walked upon the platform AMID
,IM3rs of an Exeter Hall audience. At
Z Twas restored prayer was offered by
e diyines OF the Church OF England
z, M pwod speeches by men of rare tai
Ns platform speaking they harped
=. Rs ilswing points Slavery was
riLanics" with all
81 Athics tor Ialy-ilunsary,
@ sioned this accursed system, and
s0as&x not an inch of ground in
= 5rare and the land Of the
II tz.tss y not mortgaged to slavery
lJ x Sb& ,est lies eyer told), and that
Gar ~, periq, : >, been: and is the
SO 'sa and that the
5. : uss../1 asking for Eng
49,. .5sai.I IPsshy, and &c sorased because they
Ao1lot receive it in other words there is net
much difference between the North ana
South. Another falsehood, which, II Proyi-
.dence punished liars as he did Annapias aud
Sapphira, some Of those leyerend brethren
would have been carried out li.eless. Have
not the great body of Northern preachers
and churches condemned slavery? Have
they not done more to lberate people from
bondage than Great Britain? Are we not
shielding the blood Of men who speak the
same language. worship the same God, that
Slavery nay be stopped ? and still Doctors
of Dlyiaity will get up in public meeting
and class the North and South together
One minister says where is yeur DR.. Stone
and Stowe aud many others? DO they not
Weld 10 the slave interest? II the Reverend
Gentleman had been better read in American
ae,lrs he would never have spoken as he a'u.
In the time of the Repeal OF the Missouri
Compromise was not the voice OF !hree t'0u'
sand elerqyn,ea raised against it?
Another divine talked more reasonably ana
most eloquently. He regarded the present
strug.lc as the death blow OF slavery 'ha'
Providence had compelled the North to take
the stand that they hare-and that 1t was
the voice of God saying to the North' :" '''e
up, keep not back. AT this point man IN
the audience jumped up and asked the PRIV.
lese of speaking for three minutes Inc
crowd roared in the British lion styie' "u"e
your nap,e, ,nat.onalty'-others " 81 d0@"-
Jeape ~ Hail-dr,us him ou-he IS a
slapfhOld szqiue him heari"g-go to inc
r'a'ter~r Ass7ftf''sa minutes all "''