Year: 1860

4 phsueu w the cause OF truth ana justice. De as
sured we shall follow you in all your future steps
with the deepest solictude Tor your Welfare and
success, and with devout wishes that, after a De-
riod at once Of recreation and usefulness you and
the endeared partner Of your benevolent labots,
+ may be safely restored to that city in which you
have so long and SO faithfully declared the whole
counsel of God and which, when slavery shall be
known no more, will honor and consecrato the
name Of George B. Checver.


Mr.. Thompson again arose aud said; DR.. Chez
yer, with emotions which impair my powers Of
utterance, now place this address in your hands.
AT present,oug thoughts are expressed upon paper,
but should you value it in any degree proportion
ate to the esteem cherish towards yourself, and
should you wish to possess it in a form more dura.
BILE, VIC will tako care that before you quit our
shores it shall assume form in which you may
transmit it to those who shall come after you, that
they may know the feelings which your labors for
the oppressed, and for tfe vindication Of Gods
truth, have inspired ia the hearts of the members
of the London Emancipation Committee, of which
have the honor to be chairman (checrs) For
myself, allow me to say that the sentiments con-
tainod in this address no mere ebulitivn Of
recently awakened admiration of your character.
My knowledge of the e.eadfastucss with which
you adhere to the principles which you early deri-
vQd frcm the Word Of God, is founded upon the
uniform career you have pursued for five and TWEEN
ty years. Ia 1885, when you were minister of
the gospel in Salem, Massachusetts,, and was
missionary in the cause of negro emancipation in
the United States, in that year of darkness and of
danger, when he who Gvowcd himself the friend
Of tho abolition inccndiary, George Thomp6on,'
was exposed to the fury Of pro-slavery mobs-in
that year Of riotings, and burungs, and lynch law
you, already TN intrepid champion of free speech
received me to your home, your pulpit and your
heart, and made yourself of no reputation nay,
rsked life itself rather than yield to tho behest of
an infurated multitude Qoud cheers.) The for.
eigner whom you befriended then, welcomes YOU
with JOY and gratitude to the metropolis of his
native land-the moro SO, that you have given mo
the crowning proof of your anti.slavery sincerity
and nobleness of character, by appearing on the
Same platform in the city of New York, and again
in Boston, with my cherished friends, William
Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and their dovc-
ted coad tutors.


might enumerate many claims which you pos
scss to the respect admiration, gratitude love and
support OF the Protestant community in these
islands, besides that which is founded upon your
ant-slaVery fidelity; but, as an Emancipation
Committee, we have confined ourselves to your
merits in connection with the cause in which wo
are engaged, not doubling that your other services
in tho cause Of humanity and truth will be duly
and gratefully recognized. Ladies and gentlemen,
feel assured may convey to Dr. Cheever, and to
Mrs. Cheeyer warm congratulation, on your be
half m thnir nrrivol sbo
for you, as well as for ourselves, fervent hope
that their visit may prove to them full of comfort
and encouragement, and that the gracious Provi-
dencO that has brought them in safety to our shores
may conduct them in health and strength, when
their s2j ourn amongst US shall rmnate, in like
safety to their native country, and crown their
future lives with the richest blessings and the most
abundant success cloud appausel


Dr. CnEEvER, who, on rising appeared much
affected by the warmth of the sympathy which
had been displayed said: May God bless you, my
Gear friends, and also this kind Committee, for
your and their goodness to me; not for M sake
only but for the sake Of that causb which we are
all ondeavoriEg to keep our hearts. Sir, this
address to mo, recalls the most deeply interesting
and thrilling period of my life-the scenes and
dangers through which we mutually passed, when
you were in hourly peril of your life, and when
there were but few friends Of the slave to gather
around you. | thank God now, that | had the
privilege, to the best of ability, to stand by you
at that time. And now, l cannot express the
emotions of my heart in reference to this very
kind reception, respecting the value of it in
ncction with the Church OF which am the pastor
Most highly do We appreciate such acts of sympa-
thy as those we have received from the Churches
of Great Britiou. Our Church, trust, will. by
the blessing of God, be maintained in its present
position. BE assured we shall do nothing to for
felt your respect. Heed not the calumnes which
have been put in print, even on the very of our
departure for these shores, so that could not an
swer them on the spot, They have been sent forth
to forestAll and injure my reception among you,
and prevent the accomplishment OF the objects for
which it is known l left my native land. Once
more, dear brethren and beloved friends, members
of the Committee, accept my heartfelt thanks for
this your great Kindness to me. cheers.


The Missouri Democrat has a notice of Dou-
glas demonstration in St. Joseph. 1t says that
banners were carried in the procession bearing the
following devices: