The statesman., 1905-12-08
SALuTAToRY OF THE LIBERIA
TOR.
Which viii Be Read at Citizens ceIe.
bration at FaneuiI Hall, Dec. IL.


In the month. of August | issued
proposals for publishing The LIBERIA.
tor in Washington city; but the en-
terprise, though hailed in different
sections of the country, was palsied
by public Indifference. Since that
time, the removal of The Genius Of
>Uniyersal Emancipation to the seat OF
Government has rendered less i'm.
perious the establishment OF SIM
liar periodical in that quarter
During my recent tour for the pur-
pose Of exciting the minds Of the peO-
pie by series of discourses on the
subject of slavery, every place that
visited gave fresh evidence OF the
fact that a greater revolution in pub
lie sentiment was TO be effected In the
free states-and particularly in New
England-than at the south. / found
contempt more bitter. opposition more
active, detraction more relentless,
prejudice more stubborn, and apathy
more frozen than among slaye-owners
themselves. or course, there were in
diyidual exceptions to the contrary.
This state Of things afflicted, but did
not dishearten me. | determined. at
every hazard, to lift up the standard Of
emancipation In the eyes OF the ma.
ton, within sight of Bunker Hill and
In the birthplace Of liberty. That
standard Is nov unfurled; and long
may II float, unhurt by the spoilatiOns
of time or the missiles Of a desperate
foe-yea. till every chain be broken
and every bondsman set free. Let
IL Lot
their secret sbettors tremble-let their
northern apologists tremble-let all
the enemies OF the prosecuted blacks
tremblc.
deem the publication OF my or
iEinal prospectus unnecessary, as II
has obtained a wide circulation. The
principles therein inculcated will be
steadily pursued In this paper, eN-
ceptng that ! shall not array myself
as the political partisan OF any man,
In defending the great cause OF human
rights. I wish to derive the assistance
OF ali religions and OF all patries.
Asserting to the "self-evident
truth" maintained In the American
Declaration Of Independence that all
men are created equal and endowed
by their Creator with certain inalien
able rlghts-amonE which are life,
liberty and the purSuit OF happiness.
shall strenuously contend for the
immediate enfranchisement OF our
slave population In Park street
church. on the Fourth OF July, 1929,
in an address on slavery, | unrehect.
ingly assented to the popular but per.
nicious doctrine Of gradual abolition.
seize this opportunity to make full
and unequiyocal recantatlon, and thus
publicly 10 ask pardon OF my God, Of
my country, and OF my brethren, the
poor slaves. for having uttered sen.
timent so full OF tlmidity, injustice
and absurdity. A similar recantauon,
from my pen, vas published in The
Genius OF Universal Emancipation at
Baltimore. 1929. Ny conscience is
now satisfied.
am aware that many object 10
the severity OF my language; but Is
there not cause for severity? | will
be harsh as truth. and rs uncomprom.
ising as justice On this subject, do
not wish TO think. or speak, or write
with moderation. Mo- No, Tell a man
whose house is on fire to give mod.
crate alarm; tell him to moderately
rescue his wife from the hands NJ the
rayisher; tell the mUtner TO gradually
eNtricate her babe from the FIRE into
which II has fallen-but urge me not
TO use moderation in a cause like the
nrpgpnt | am In carnpst-I will not