The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-02-27

were as yet but few In numbers, hut In
New England they comprised some OF
the best citizens. and the leaders were
persons Of high character. of culture
and social influence. while IN the mid.
die states they were for the most part
confined 10 the Society of Friends. or
Quakcrs. All were earnest. active AMI
uncomprom,slng In the propagation of
their opinions, and, believing slavery
TO he the "sum of all villnlnles." with
the utmost pcrtlnaclty they claimed
the unrestricted right [, disseminate
their convictions in any manner they
saw IT. regardless OF all consequences.
They paid not the slightest heed to the
wishes or the opinions of their oppo-
nents. They denounced all compro-
misses with an unsparing tongue and
would allow no law of man to stand In
their eyes above the law OF God
George Thompson, Identified with
emancipation In the British West In
dies, had come and gone. For more
than year lie addressed public meet.
lngs In New England. the central states
and Ohio and contributed not u little
to the growing excitement 10y his fierce
denunclations OF the slaveholding class
In language with which his long agita-
ton in England had made him famil-
lar. He was denounced, insulted and
mobbed, and even in Boston he was
once posted as an 'infamous foreign
scoundrel," and an offer was made of
800 to snake him out" OF a public
meeting. In fact, Boston was not at
all behind other cities and towns in its
condemnation Of the abolitionists. A
great meeting In Faneuil hall. called
by eighteen hundred leading citizens.
wings and Democrats, condemned
their proceedings In language as strong
and significant as Richard Fletcher,
Peleg Sprague and Harrison Gray Otis
could write II. But Garrison still con
tinued to publish the Liberator. filling
1t with all the uncompromising aggres
sIveness of his sect and distributing it
throughout the southern states. 1t ex-
cited great alarm In the slaveholding
communities, where Its secret circula-
ton. in the minds Of the shareholders,
tended to incite the slaves to insurrec
tlons, assassinations and running away,
but In the place where It was publish
ed 1t was looked upon with general
contempt and disgust. When the
mayor OF Baltimore wrote to the mayor
of Boston to have It suppressed. the
latter 1.-THE eloquent OTIS replied that
his officers had ferrcted out the paper
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scure hole. his only visible auxiliary a
negro boy. his supporters II few lnsig-
nlficant persons of all colors."
At the close Of the year 1885 Presi-
dent Jackson had called the attention
Of congress to the doings OF these peo-
pie In language corresponding to the
natural wrath with which he viewed
the character of their proceedings. 81
must also" said he, "invite your at
tentlon TO the painful excitements In
the south by attempts to circulate
through the mails inflammatory ap-
peals addressed to the passions Of
slaves in prints and various sorts of
publications calculated to stimulate
them to instruction and to produce all
the horrors of civil war 1t Is fortu-
nate for the country that the good
sense, the generous feeling and deep
rooted attachment of the people Of the
nonslayeholding states to the Union
and their fellow citizens of the same
blood in the south have given so strong
and impressive tone to the sentl-
ments entertained against the proceed
ings of the misguided persons who
have engaged In these unconstitutional
and wicked attempts and especially
against the emissaries from foreign
parts who have dared to interfere In
that these attempts will no longer be
persisted in. | would therefore
call the special attention of congress
to the subject and respectfully suggest
the propriety of passing such a law as
will prohibit under severe penalties
the circulation In the southern states
through the mall of incendiory publ
cations intended to instlgate the slaves
to instruction"
Henry Clay on Abolitonists.
Mr.. Clay said the sole purpose OF the
abolitlonlsts was to array one portion
of the Union against the other. "With
that in view. In all their leading prints
and publications the alleged horrors OF
slavery are depleted In the most glow
ing and exaggerated colors to excite
the imaglnations and stimulate the
rage of the people Of the free states
against the people Of the slaveholding
states. Why are the slave states
wantonly and cruelty assailed2 Why
does the abolition press teen with pub
llcations tending to excite hatred and
animoslty on the part OF the free states
against the slave states? - Why Is
congress petitioned? Is their purpose
to appeal to our understanding and ac-
tuate our humanity? And do they ex.
pect TO accomplish that purpose by
holding us up to, the scorn and con.
tempt and detestation OF the people OF
the free states and the whole civilized
world2 Union on the one side
will beget union on the other. " .
One section will stand In menacinR
hostile array against another; the col
llsion of opinion will be quickly fol
lowed by the clash Of arms"
Mr.. Everett. then Qs36) the governc,
Of Massachusetts,, informed the legisla