17 10 250 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles, Letters to the Editors, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MARRIED-In Columbia Description An account of the resource MARRIED-In Columbia, (Lancaster County,) Pennsylvania, March 10th, 1836, Mr. WM. WHIPPER to Miss. HARRIET L.L. SMITH. May he prove as loving and devoted a husband, as he is the faithful and fearless advocate of good morals and the rights of man. It affords me great pleasure to inform you, that the wedding party was purely <xsl-text></xsl-text>abolition<xsl-text></xsl-text>, connected with the principles of <xsl-text></xsl-text>temperance. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Although there were all the delicacies necessary for such an occasion, yet the <xsl-text></xsl-text>cake <xsl-text></xsl-text>was not contaminated with the sweets produced by the toil, sweat and blood of the poor slave; but I am credibly informed, it was wholly the production of free labor. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Also the <xsl-text></xsl-text>kisses <xsl-text></xsl-text>(sugar) and fruits were wholly <xsl-text></xsl-text>free <xsl-text></xsl-text>and uncontaminated, a precedent which, if thoroughly established by abolitionists in general, at their parties, festivals, &c. would be a source of encouragement to many of our merchants, to bring into our markets the untainted productions of the <xsl-text></xsl-text>free man. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Many who hold that <xsl-text></xsl-text>wine <xsl-text></xsl-text>is as indispensable on a wedding occasion, as on a sacramental, will be surprised when I inform them that, on this occasion, it was wholly dispensed with; and there was substituted in its place, the more temperate, purer and healthier beverage—cold water. <xsl-text></xsl-text>The company appeared as agreeably and as well entertained, as if they had feasted on the luxurious sweets of the tainted productions of slavery, and regaled on the cordials of Bacchus. I hope this wedding feast will be imitated by all true and faithful abolitionists.—Com <xsl-text></xsl-text>. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator reprinted from Com. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4.30.1836 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles, Letters to the Editors, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Means of Abolishing Slavery. Description An account of the resource BELCNERTOWN, July 19th, 1847. DEAR SIR: Permit me, although a stranger, and only a private in the army of reformers, of which you are one of the chief captains, to offer, for your consideration, my ideas respecting the means of abolishing slavery. Without saying more by way of preamble, I will present the main points. You are aware, I presume, that cotton was formerly much higher than it is now. At the close of the hot war with Great Britain, it was worth about 33 cents per pound: and the other products of slave labor, such as rice, sugar, molasses, tobacco, &c. were high, compared with present prices, in nearly the same proportion. Slavery was very profitable then. Slaves were worth from 1200 to 1800 dollars was. But the products of slave labor declined gradually. Cotton fell to 30 cents, afterwards to 25, still later to 20, 18, 15, and now it is worth only 12 or 13 cents per pound. Sugar, rice, tobacco, &c. have fallen in about the same ration. From temporary causes, there has, occasionally, been a rise in these articles, but their general tendency has been downward; and they will probably continue to decline. As a natural consequence, the price of slaves has fallen. From having been worth from 1200 to 1800 dollars, they are down to 400 and 600. If cotton continues to fall until it goes as low as 3 or 4 cents, and the other products of slave labor decline in the same promotion, (and I see no reason why they should not the price of slaves must also come down too, until, finally, they will be valueless. Slave labor is more expensive than free labor; and manufactures generally have now greatly the advantage of slaveholders. While the latter are obliged to purchase their laborers, feed and clothe them, take care of them in sickness, and support them in old age,—the former manage to obtain the services of their operatives for the mere pittance of a comfortable, decent support, so long as steady employment lasts. But very few of these operatives accumulate property. Their wages return, through various channels, to their employers; and when, from any cause, they are out of work, they are left in a state of destitution. This is true as a general rule, to which, however, there are many honorable exceptions. But it is a well-established principle, that those who live by the labor of their own hands only, cannot become rich. If southern planters had half the sagacity of our Northern manufacturers, they would hire free negroes, build tenements for their accommodation, and open stores in their vicinity, for the sale of such goods a they may need or fancy. By pursuing such a course, they would find that nearly all the money paid for work would return to their own coffers. Cotton cannot be raised at 4 or 4cents per pound by slave labor; and soon after slavery ceases to pay, it will cease to exist. This is a question, after all, of dollars and cent —of profit and loss. Mammon is the god of the civilized world—the principal object of worship—and he rules with despotic away. In the West India islands, as well as in our southern States, the same principle has long been undermining slavery. It has generally been supposed that slavery was abolished in the West Indies from motives of justice and humanity, and it cannot be denied that these had something to do with the case; but, after all, we have good reason to believe that it was rather a question of finance than of morals. The head had more to do with it than the heart. Giving British statesmen credit for great sagacity and penetration, I suppose they saw that a crisis was coming—that West India produce would continue to decline, until slavery would become a burden, and that, as a natural consequence, the planters would be ruined; and therefore, to make a merit of necessary, and save their character, they concluded to buy all the slaves, and abolish slavery, while they could do so with a good grace. If this view of the case is correct, whatever has a tendency to raise the price of southern staples, tends also to perpetuate slavery. War, by increasing the demand for food and clothing, and by drawing off laborers from their customary employments, has this effect; so does the extension of commerce, by opening new marts for the sale of cotton, rice, sugar, &c.; and every advance in luxury and dissipation, by adding to the number of artificial wants, enables the owners of slaves to hold on to their property in human flesh with a firmer grasp. This bloody war with unhappy. Mexico, we have good reason to believe, was contrived, 'with malice aforethought,' for the same diabolical purpose. I need not add, that the opposite of all this will have a contrary tendency. The opposition to slavery is so strong in the northern States, that it may lead to a dissolution of the Union, and perhaps to war; but, in any case, it with not necessarily abolish slavery, though it may have a tendency to hasten that event. The Anti-Slavery and Liberty parties, and the Colonization Society, like contending tempests on the bosom of the ocean, may ruffle the political surface of our country; but there is an under current, strong and deep, unaffected by these winds of doctrine, and mostly unnoticed and unknown, which is bearing slavery onward to the gulf of oblivion, where it will shortly arrive thenceforth to be known no more on earth, except as found recorded on the pages of history. Very respectfully yours, GEORGE FILER. We shall be glad to receive other communications from our Belehertown correspondent.] — <xsl-text></xsl-text>Ed.<xsl-text></xsl-text> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7.16.1847 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Filer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles, Letters to the Editors, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MESSRS EDITORS Description An account of the resource From the Genius of Temperance. MESSRS EDITORS, There are thousands upon thousands who are inquiring at the present time, what can be done to overthrow slavery. They are anxious to do something, but what to do they find not. I will therefore propose a measure which, if adopted by all who wish to see slavery done away, will produce the desired effect—a measure which could be very easily adopted—which would cost neither blood nor treasure—and which surely will be adopted, if people care one half for the subject which they seem to do. The measure is this:—to practice 'total abstinence' from slave productions. Let free labor stores be established, and let the opposers of slavery patronize them, rather than others. In order to this, let Anti-Slavery Societies be organized, after the manner of Temperance Societies, and thus let the friends of the cause act in concert. Let there be Anti-Slavery Agents employed to scour the free states, and rouse up the people to the great measure of 'total abstinence' from the productions above mentioned. And it is self-evident, that if the market for slave productions should cease, slavery itself must cease. Now, Messrs. Editors, there must be a beginning somewhere in this movement; and where in all this country, could it begin better than here, in this commercial metropolis? I do therefore propose, that an Anti-Slavery meeting be called forthwith, for the purpose of adopting such measures as in their opinion will tend to overthrow slavery. And who can tell but such a meeting would be the commencement of a movement that would result in the accomplishment of this great object? Let us at least 'TRY.' HUMANITAS. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource HUMANITAS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11.26.1831 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles, Letters to the Editors, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Miscellaneous Items: Free labor produce. Description An account of the resource Free labor produce.--Liberia Coffee was offered for sale in Richmond, Virginia, some months since, by "Otis Dunlop, & Co." This coffee was shipped by the late Rev. Lott Carey--the production of Free Labor, of course. We hope to hear of more such shipments. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reprinted from Genius of Unviersal Emancipation Western Luminary 6:19, p. 75 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11.11.1829 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles, Letters to the Editors, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Miscellaneous. Mexican Colonization: And Sugar, Cotton, and Rice Cultivation, By Free Labor. Description An account of the resource MISCELLANEOUS. MEXICAN COLONIZATION; AND SUGAR, COTTON, AND RICE CULTIVATION, BY FREE LABOR. <xsl-text></xsl-text>To American Philanthropists, and Men of Capital, Industry, and Enterprize, generally<xsl-text></xsl-text>. Having recently explored the eastern parts of the Republic of Mexico, and obtained an extensive grant of land, in the State of Tamaulipas, for the purpose of establishing a Colony, I am desirous to invite the public attention to it, particularly that of enterprizing planters, agriculturalists, manufacturers, mechanics, and laborers. The State of Tamaulipas borders on the Gulph of Mexico, and adjoins the south-western boundary of Texas. The great River, '<xsl-text></xsl-text>Rio Bravo del Norte<xsl-text></xsl-text>,' runs through the north-eastern part of this state, watering one of the most beautiful, fertile, and healthy regions, on the continent of America. Its climate is the most pleasant, through the year, that can well be imagined. Situate between the degrees of 23 deg. and 28 deg. north latitude, the heat of summer is agreeably tempered by the sea breezes, and the rigors of winter are entirely unknown. This section of country is adapted to the culture of sugar, rice, corn, indigo, tobacco, and cotton; also the various culinary vegetables, generally produced in our middle and southern states. Fifty or sixty miles in the interior, wheat, rye, oats, barley, &c. may also be raised to advantage. The soil is, invariably, a dark rich loam. The face of the country is, in general, level near the sea coast, and more and more rolling as we proceed from it. Limestone abounds in the elevations, over the whole country. Many parts are timbered, sufficiently to answer general purposes, and others exhibit dense forests. A large portion, however, is open plain, clear, and ready for the plough. Nearly the whole produces a most luxuriant, perpetual pasturage, for horses, cattle, sheep, &c. &c. By a treaty, concluded and ratified between the Governor of the State and myself, the grant of land, above mentioned, is to be secured to me, in <xsl-text></xsl-text>fee simple<xsl-text></xsl-text>, on condition of my introducing a certain number of settlers, within a stated period. The contract stipulates for the introduction of <xsl-text></xsl-text>Two Hundred and Fifty<xsl-text></xsl-text>; but the terms are such, that, the settlement of one fifth part of that number will secure a large tract (in <xsl-text></xsl-text>fee simple<xsl-text></xsl-text>, as aforesaid,) fully adequate to their liberal accommodation:—and, on the other hand, when the full complement shall be settled, any number more, who may choose to locate themselves in places adjoining, will be furnished with lands, gratis, on application to the local state authorities. The government is, also, under an obligation to lay out a Town, at its own expense, in such place as I shall direct, and furnish every settler with one lot, <xsl-text></xsl-text>gratis<xsl-text></xsl-text>. In addition to this, I will give each one, on condition of settlement, a quantity of land sufficient for a good farm, be his occupation what it may. To a few capitalists, however, who will give employment to such of the settlers as may not be able to enter immediately into business on their own account, I will furnish as much land as they can occupy to any degree of advantage, in proportion to the amount of capital they will invest, and the number of persons they will thus employ. Should they, at any time, experience difficulty, in procuring laborers among the colonists, they can obtain them from the Mexican settlements, at fair wages. The colony will be located in a beautiful, healthy part of the country, contiguous to other settlements; and, of course, where no fears will be entertained, either of Indian depredations, or difficulty in obtaining provisions in its commencement. Good markets will, also, be near at hand, for all kinds of produce, when the colonists may have it to spare; and excellent roads may be made, with little or no expense of manual labor, for the transportation to those markets, or to places where there is every facility for steam boat navigation thither. The government of the country is, strictly, republican.—It is modelled very much after the plan of our own. The people are, emphatically, republican in sentiment:—and although they have but recently thrown off the shackles of a crushing despotism, they are rapidly advancing in knowledge, liberality, and retinement. By the laws of the State of Tamaulipas, the freedom of religious opinion is guarantied to all strangers, who may settle therein. And one article of my treaty with the government, is couched in these words:— 'ARTICLE 8TH.—<xsl-text></xsl-text>The colonists shall not be molested for their opinions, either political or religious; and the government obliges itself to respect and protect them, in the enjoyment of those opinions, provided they do not disturb the public order<xsl-text></xsl-text>.' Colonists are exempt from the payment of taxes, either to the State, or General Government, for the term of five years:—and they may take in with them, <xsl-text></xsl-text>for their own use<xsl-text></xsl-text>, articles for provisions, clothing, building materials, household furniture, implements of industry, and all kinds of machinery, for milling, manufacturing, &c. &c. <xsl-text></xsl-text>free of duty<xsl-text></xsl-text>. My principal object, in procuring the grant of land, and attempting the establishment of a colony, as aforesaid, has been, from the first, to afford an opportunity for the advocates of Universal Emancipation to <xsl-text></xsl-text>test the advantage of FREE LABOR, <xsl-text></xsl-text>on this continent<xsl-text></xsl-text>, in the culture of sugar, rice, cotton, &c. It is important that such experiments be made as near as possible to our slaveholding states, where those articles are produced; (both the laws, and the prejudices of the white inhabitants, forbid its being done, effectually, therein;) and the section of country that I have chosen, is the most suitable, for this purpose, of any that I have yet become acquainted with. Among several very respectable persons, who have already signified their willingness to embark in this very important and philanthropic enterprize, is a gentleman formerly of New-England, but now resident in the Mexican Republic. He is a man of excellent talents, very general intelligence, and strict integrity. He has been, himself, a sugar-planter, for many years, first in the State of Mississippi, and afterwards in Mexico. In the former place be employed slaves—in the latter free laborers:—and he states that, from his <xsl-text></xsl-text>personal knowledge<xsl-text></xsl-text>, the labor of free men, in the cultivation of the cane, is the <xsl-text></xsl-text>most profitable<xsl-text></xsl-text>. He further assures me, that there can be no rational doubt of the perfect success of the experiments, which I propose, if the business is properly conducted. This gentleman appears to take a deep interest in the cause of the abolition of slavery; and will join one or more of its friends, should it be desirable on their part, in cultivating and manufacturing sugar, in my colony, upon an extensive scale: The cotton, grown in this region, is of the finest quality; and the land is exceedingly well adapted to its cultivation. Rice, also, may be produced with the greatest ease, by any one acquainted with the proper mode of culture. There are, annually, two rainy seasons, and two dry. Two crops of corn, &c. are produced, within the year, on the same ground, if planted at the proper times. When the land can be irrigated, it will produce a regular succession of crops, without reference to seasons, as fast as they can be grown and harvested. The great advantages, therefore, to be derived from the amenity of the climate, &c. in amassing wealth, by the cultivation of the soil, (to say nothing of the breeding of stock, which requires no care, neither winter nor summer, further than to keep it domesticated,) must be obvious to every man of reason and reflection. And to this I may add, that the mildness and salubrity of the climate, in conjunction with the purity of the atmosphere, in the particular region alluded to, has restored the boon of health to many a northern invalid, who has placed himself within the pale of its renovating influence. In the admission of settlers, no distinction will be made on account of national ancestry, or color. Morality, industry, and general respectability, are the only requisites. As the great mass of the Mexican people are, themselves, a mixture of the native Indian, European, and African races, (an immense majority as dark colored as our mulattoes,) they freely admit <xsl-text></xsl-text>all <xsl-text></xsl-text>'strangers' to the rights of citizenship, and the full enjoyment of perfectly ' <xsl-text></xsl-text>equal<xsl-text></xsl-text>' privileges, immunities, &c. The establishment of such a colony, as I propose, will, therefore, in addition to the accomplishment of the primary object, above mentioned, probably pave the way for the emigration of many of our colored people, in the United States, who are unhappy in their present situation, and desirous to exchange it, for one where they may in <xsl-text></xsl-text>fact<xsl-text></xsl-text>, as well as in <xsl-text></xsl-text>name<xsl-text></xsl-text>, enjoy the rights of freemen; where the door of improvement is fairly open to them, and where every obstacle to the success of an honest emulation and an honorable ambition is entirely out of their way. The whole country will be open for their reception; and they may fix their residence in whatever part they choose. It will, also, be obvious to every man of intelligence, that the facility of emigration to Mexico, gives it the decided advantage over every other place, where the climate is suitable for those at the South, and to which their attention has yet been invited. Indeed, considerable numbers of them have already settled there, and are doing well. The journey may be wholly performed by land; or they can go part of the way by land, and part by the rivers, or the sea at their option. The colonists will be subject to the laws of the country, from the moment they enter it;—and no special regulations, for their government, are contemplated, further than what those laws prescribe, or what they shall, themselves, assist in making,—except, that perfect equality, political and social, will be enjoined on all, and the vending of ardent spirits will be totally prohibited. In concluding this address, I repeat, that the principal motive which has led me to engage in this enterprize, has been to furnish a convenient opportunity to test the value of free labor, in the production of sugar, &c. For more than sixteen years, I have used my humble endeavors to advocate the cause of Universal Emancipation, in general terms. Though I labored a long time, almost single-handed, a <xsl-text></xsl-text>host <xsl-text></xsl-text>of the talented and philanthropic of the land have, at length, stepped forth, and are now 'pleading,' manfully, in behalf of the suffering slave. Our opponents have so far abandoned the field of <xsl-text></xsl-text>argument<xsl-text></xsl-text>, as to admit the correctness of our reasoning, 'upon abstract principles.' But they stoutly deny that we have the ability to carry our maxims into <xsl-text></xsl-text>practical operation<xsl-text></xsl-text>. After a laborious, painful, and tedious exercise, in exploring a vast extent of country, and in negotiating with the constituted authorities thereof, I have succeeded in making the necessary preliminary arrangements, for a resort to the 'practical,' final, and hitherto <xsl-text></xsl-text>incontrovertible <xsl-text></xsl-text>argument, against the perpetuation of slavery. This kind of 'argument' has overthrown that horrible system in the British dominions, and <xsl-text></xsl-text>will, eventually, do it here<xsl-text></xsl-text>, if promptly applied. I, therefore, appeal to philanthropists, generally,—both men of wealth, and others who are enterprizing and industrious,—to come forward, and assist in <xsl-text></xsl-text>proving <xsl-text></xsl-text>the truth of the doctrines we have long maintained. Though other <xsl-text></xsl-text>means <xsl-text></xsl-text>to carry on operations are wanting, I have, now, <xsl-text></xsl-text>land <xsl-text></xsl-text>enough, <xsl-text></xsl-text>at their service<xsl-text></xsl-text>,—and I hope this appeal will not be made in vain. It is my intention to return to Mexico again, as soon as my business can be arranged for the purpose, and forthwith commence the establishment of my colony. I wish to engage from fifty to an hundred settlers, immediately, to accompany me thither, or to join me at Metamoras, a seaport town, on the Rio Bravo del Norte. A lively commercial business is carried on between that port and those of New-York and New-Orleans. Vessels are constantly going to and fro, and opportunities to obtain passage, by sea, are frequent. Should emigrants prefer going by land, they will proceed by way of Red River, in Louisiana, and through the Texas country. The proper seasons for their arrival in Mexico, are, the latter part of August, and the early part of January. To such as I can see, before going out, the particulars, relative to terms of settlement, &c. &c. will be fully communicated, and contracts will be made with them; which contracts will be guarantied by the State, when they enter it. Should any arrive in my absence, they can obtain information relative to my arrangements, by applying to <xsl-text></xsl-text>Richard Pearce<xsl-text></xsl-text>, Esq. my agent, at Matamoras, aforesaid. In the meantime, (until the first of August, ensuing,) Letters addressed to me at Philadelphia, <xsl-text></xsl-text>free of the expense of postage<xsl-text></xsl-text>, will be promptly attended to. Agencies will also soon be established in various parts of the United States, in order to facilitate the emigration; and the public will be notified thereof, from time to time, through the medium of newspapers to which I can have access. BENJAMIN LUNDY. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Nashville, <xsl-text></xsl-text>5 <xsl-text></xsl-text>th mo. (May) <xsl-text></xsl-text>11<xsl-text></xsl-text>th<xsl-text></xsl-text>, 1835. N.B. Editors of newspapers, and other periodicals, are generally and respectfully requested to give the above an insertion. B.L. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin Lundy Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6.13.1835 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles, Letters to the Editors, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Miss Sarah M. Grimke, of Charleston, S.C. Subject The topic of the resource Sarah Grimke encourages use of free labor products Description An account of the resource MISS SARAH M. GRIMKE, OF CHARLESTON, S.C. On going out of the city to our residence, on Fast day eve, who should we meet, but wife, daughter and domestics, full of life and animation, all clamorously asking, are not you going to hear Miss Grimke lecture on the rights of women to-night? We calmly replied, certainly not. Well, say they, we must hear her. So we made a virtue of necessity, turned around and readily made our way to the ODEON. Being rather early, we succeeded in getting seats for our whole party. We would inform our distant readers that the Odeon is the old Federal street Theatre, fitted up by a musical society. The seats, bottoms and backs conveniently cushioned. It is occupied for the purpose of giving Oratorios and Musical Concerts. It is also used on the Sabbath by an orthodox church, for public worship, and week evenings, frequently, for scientific and other lectures. It has a tremendous organ. Sometime before 7 o'clock, P.M. the vast building was filled to a perfect jam;—far back of the speaker, filling the space formerly occupied by the orchestra, and for scenic exhibitions, with the first, second, and third galleries—3 or 4000 people at least, were present. Vast numbers were compelled to go away. Three ladies, for some time, had occupied the speaker's seat. At last, the organ with a thundering and deafening sound struck up some popular air. When it had done, the wife, we believe, of Mr. Henry Chapman, arose, and with an excellent voice and grace, read the 1st chapter of the prophecy of Isaiah. Then arose Miss Grimke, and held forth; there is nothing prepossessing in her appearance. To our surprise, instead of lecturing on the rights of her sex, she took up the old stale subject of slavery; she evidently showed considerable powers of mind, and is rather a good orator and declaimer. She failed to give a single new argument in favor of emancipation; we think her discourse highly prejudicial to that object, and calculated to produce other than christian feelings between the parties concerned. She endorsed all that Mr. Garrison and others have said of the severity of masters to the slave. She recommended to the people of the north to attack the business and character of slave owners, not to trade with the south in articles, the products of slave labor, never to admit a southern minister to our pulpit, nor a member of their churches to the Lord's table; and told the ladies as soon to marry a horse-thief, as a southern gentleman if he have slaves. In fine, a large part of her discourse was made up of low vituperation, such as we have detailed. And, alas, we felt to sigh for the poor slave, if left to the tender mercy of such rash and ill-advised friends. As we are connected with the pulpit and the press, we readily forgive her the blacking she severally gave to each. We think, after this, it is rather doubtful whether any of the South Carolina lords of creation will ever seek the heart and hand of their great orator in marriage. In sober truth, we can most religiously say, that we think the course pursued by this lady and her advisers, is any thing but calculated to ameliorate the man of color, enslaved or free; and least of all does it promote the healthy morality of the Bible. If the south are wrong in the institution of domestic slavery, what sane man, much less christian or philanthropist, believes that the chivalrous inhabitants of the south will be convinced by a merciless attack on their character and all their means of existence? To such a code of morality we cannot subscribe. The foregoing <xsl-text></xsl-text>decent <xsl-text></xsl-text>and very <xsl-text></xsl-text>cogent <xsl-text></xsl-text>article is from the pen of the editor of a paper in this city, misnamed the 'Olive Branch.' It is a fair specimen of the accuracy, good sense and piety which characterise the lucubrations of him who advertises that he is 'connected with the pulpit (!!) and the press.' It was Angelina E. not Sarah M. Grimke, who spoke on the occasion alluded to. It was not Mrs. Chapman, but the President of the Boston Female A.S. Society, who read a portion of the scriptures. The lecture was duly advertised in the city papers to be on the subject of slavery; yet—vastly to the 'surprise' of the <xsl-text></xsl-text>Reverend <xsl-text></xsl-text>critic—'instead of lecturing on the rights of her sex, she took up the <xsl-text></xsl-text>old stale subject <xsl-text></xsl-text>of slavery'—all which was inexplicable, amazing and unpardonable conduct, to be sure! 'The old stale subject of slavery'—that sounds feelingly, as if he who utters the brutal sneer 'remembers those in bonds as bound with them'! 'Stale'—while millions are pining in hopeless bondage, and are daily robbed of their earnings in order to supply 'the means of existence' to the 'chivalrous inhabitants of the south'! 'Stale'—while the lash is falling upon woman's flesh, and chains are forging for human limbs, and the trade in slaves and souls of men is pursued to an extent that causes the foreign traffic to dwindle in comparison!—Now, doff that sacerdotal garb, thou recreant priest! Quit thy profession, thou scandal upon the press, and rare monster of a reformer—for reformer thou aspirest to be! Play the ruffian openly. In thy ears the cries of the needy and perishing, the shrieks of violated innocence, and the supplications of heart-broken, sundered parents and children, have become 'stale'!! He who is destitute of humanity, must also be lacking in veracity. Hence, the assertion, that 'a large part of the discourse was made up of low vituperation,' is a low and gross falsehood. 'There is nothing prepossessing in her appearance'—'it is rather doubtful whether any of the South Carolina lords of creation will ever seek the heart and hand of their great orator in marriage.' This—which is obviously intended as something smart and witty—is personal rudeness and vulgar slang, in keeping with that 'code of morality' to which a heartless assailant can and does subscribe. 'We felt to sigh for the poor slave.' Did you? What for? Why, that a woman should plead for his deliverance from bondage! Truly, a natural cause for unhappiness to one who makes it his profession and business to get all the fleece from the flock that he can! We have been the more severe in these strictures, in consequence of the truckling policy which has long been pursued on the subject of slavery by the editor of the 'Olive Branch.' Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4.20.1838 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles, Letters to the Editors, etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MR. GARRISON--I have a little incident Description An account of the resource (For the Liberator.) MR. GARRISON—I have a little incident which I must beg you to make public through the medium of your paper, particularly for the benefit of the ladies, who may perhaps wish to imitate such an excellent and laudable example.—I was present, a few weeks since, at a wedding, where the cake used on the occasion was not only made with free sugar, but on its pure white icing were mottoes written in delicate letters of green—'<xsl-text></xsl-text>Remember the slave,<xsl-text></xsl-text>' '<xsl-text></xsl-text>May oppression cease<xsl-text></xsl-text>,' <xsl-text></xsl-text>&c <xsl-text></xsl-text>. I assure you, this allusion to the subject in a way so novel, yet so impressive, was a cause of pleasant surprise. There were, at the same time, secret papers or mottoes handed round to the company, being couplets on the subject of slavery, abolition, &c. Here are specimens— 'Eat this candy without fear, No blood of slaves is mingled here.' 'If slavery comes by colors, as we see, Fashions may change, and you the slave may be.' With many others of like import. I hope this example may be imitated not only by my fair friends in Boston, but by my countrywomen every where. Hereafter parties may be made interesting and instructive by the means above alluded to. The subject may be brought before us in a thousand different ways—all tending to arouse our sleeping energies, and create a feeling of sympathy for the oppressed. B.W. Philadelphia, 28th Feb.1834. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3.15.1834 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B.W. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource New York; (Meeting) Description An account of the resource Free Produce Meeting in New York We have received the gratifying intelligence that the annual meeting of the Free Produce Association of Friends of new York Yearly Meeting, held on the evening of Third day last, in the Yearly Meeting House, was very numerously attended by the members of that Yearly Meeting. This large attendance was probably the result, in part, of notice being given by the Clerk, in the Yearly Meting, of the intended meeting of the Association and its purpose being there approvingly spoken of by several influential members; but it is believed, it may be more attributed to an increasing, deepening sense throughout the Yearly Meeting of the duty of working with CLEAN HANDS in our efforts to subvert the system of slavery. A subscription was opened at the meeting towards the establishment of a Free Produce Store in New York, and the sum of $550 raised, additional to previous collections. A large committee consisting of several members within each quarterly meeting, was appointed to collect further sums. We hope to give a fuller account next month. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Non-Slaveholder 2:6, p. 140 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource New York; 6.1.1853 (Meeting) Description An account of the resource From the N.Y. Tribune. Free Produce. MEETING OF THE "FREE PRODUCE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS OF NEW YORK, YEARLY MEETING." To the Editor of the N.Y. Tribune This association wes its existence to a belief entertained by its members in the doctrine: "Who gives the motive makes his brother's sin his own"; and under this belief they feel bound to withold the money patronage that operates as such a powerful motive to the slaveholder to retain his hold upon the slave, regardless of the remonstrances so frequently addressed to him. They believe that it is equally correct to say "the demand is parent of the supply," when applied to the commercial intercourse existing between the slave holder and the consumers of slave-grown productions as in the most familiar illustration of that maxim--"that Cotton growing and Slavery are cause and effect, and that the growth of the latter has been coincident with the consumption of the former." And in these resolutions they are strengthened by a part of the discipline of their own religious body, viz: "Friends are advised to avoid any act by which the right of Slavery is acknowledged." Under these convictions they are seeking for opportunities to supply themselves with such dry-goods and groceries, the produce of free labor, that are generally the result of slave labor. They do not flatter themselves that the few hundred dollars they are employing in this way will do much toward overturning the gigantic institution they desire to see abolished, but if by these means they can enable some others as well as themselves to dissolve the guilty partnership existing between the producrs and consumers of slave-grown productions, their labor will note be in vain. The meeting was held at the Friends meeting-house, Orchard-st. on the evening of the 1st. inst., and attended by Lewis Tappan of this City and Samuel Rhoades of Philadelphia, both of whom addressed the meeting and furnished information of a highly interesting character, confirming the statements, in The Tribune of the 30th. and other papers, relative to the favorable views entertained by Prof. and Mrs. Stowe, of this place, of carrying out the resolution to have "No union with slaveholders." The members of the Association are no friends to coercive measures, but they claim the right of refusing to purchase the mutton of stolen sheep, and of exercising the same privilege when the blood-stained cotton of Slavery is offered to them, and of supplying their wardrobe and their tables with the cotton, sugar, or rice, the result of paid labor. In their humble effort to make their practices agree with their protestations against Slavery, they are cheered by the favorable reception the plan is receiving in England and in many parts of the United States. The annual report of the Association contains some interesting details, which the limits of a newspaper will probably exclude. If the friends of the slave is in earnest in his resolution to have "No union with slaveholders," let him touch not, taste not, handle not the productions of slave labor. H. Miles Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Henry Miles Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Anti-Slavery Bugle 8:39, p. 1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6.18.1853 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource New York; 8.28.1842 (Meeting) Description An account of the resource UNION FREE PRODUCE SOCIETY. At the annual meeting of the Union Free Produce Society, the 28th of the 8th mo. 1842, the following persons were elected officers for the ensuing year, viz--President, Eli Hambleton--Vice Presidents, Evan Bolton, and Hannah Kent--Recording Secretary, Benjamin Kent--Corresponding Secretary, Alic E. Hambleton--Treasurer, E. Kent--Acting Committee, Wm. Brosius, Daniel Kent, jr. Sarah Hambleton, Rachel Sharpless, and Thomas Hambleton. On motion, the following were appointed delegates to the annual meeting of the American Free Produce Society, in the 10th month next, viz--Elizabeth Kent, Alice E. Hambleton, Eli Hambleton, Thomas Whitson, Mahlon Brosius, and Sarah Hambleton. The following resolution was offered, partially discussed, and referred to next meeting, viz: Resolved, That the same principle which required the Society of Friends to disown their members for the hiring of slaves, would, with equal force, require them to abstain from the produce of the slaves' labor.  JOHN HAMBLETON, Rec. Sec'y. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Hambleton Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Anti-Slavery Standard 3:17, p. 3 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9.29.1842