Haverhill, April 7, 1838.

HAVERHILL, April 7, 1838.

MR. GARRISON:

SIR—In a recent correspondence with a friend, who is 'as much opposed to slavery as any body,' he says, he thinks those individuals in N. England, who inherit the property acquired by their fathers in the slave trade, 'stand precisely on the ground of the great majority of the slaveholders'—(those, I suppose, who inherit slaves)—and that they should give up their property, which is in 'dollars,' as well as those which is in slaves, as he thinks it would be no greater sacrifice than they demand of the South, and as the only test which will satisfy him of the genuineness of their philanthropy; but he says he hears not a word about this property.' Now, all these 'dollars' and cents would aid our cause much, very much; for who, but the colored man, should have the benefit of said property?

He also thinks that in using the products of slave labor, 'the partaker is as bad as the thief,' and that to cease doing so would be a sure remedy for slavery—and is ready any day to adopt this method of doing away slavery, whenever his abolition brethren shall become determined so to do. He thinks that to rail against slavery, and at the same time purchase the products of slave labor, is like railing against rum-selling, and at the same time purchase rum.

I think there is some difference, as rum is pernicious in itself—products of slave labor not, but good when made by free labor. But whether the difference is sufficient to justify the purchasing those articles, I know not. I wish for the right paths.

Yours for the slave,

CELIA.