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Repeal And Slavery

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
November
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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} On our first pnge wij] be foiind a letter from the Dublin Repeal At?sociatimi (o ihn I Cmcinnati Rppcalors. It is iiauéá by Daniel O'Connbi,, Cbairmnn of the Commiltee. It is n scorchmg nrticJp, njvi rfisplays the fririi Liberator's nbhorrence of slavcry m the stroneeèt ïignt. His ground is right and consistent, and will reconimend itself to the conscience of I overy honest man. Erery consistent Repealer must be an nnti-6lavory man. Wemenrt Hiis letter lo nll mir reader?, and hopo f may reach the eyes and ears of Tnshmen [ genera lly. The Pelroit Free Press hns pubÜshcd it witliout comment. The Advertiset has the folio wing1 paragraph concernir.rr it. Mr. 0'Connet.ts Letter We do not feel dis-posed togivenirculation (o tiie letter of I Mi. O'Connoll ?? th on the Pi.i!)iect of American Slavery. To 5.1J of the prqprjcty ofsuch nn in?crferenco in onr dnrncst ie concern?, the ?entiments of the letter, howèver wp]1 nfnded. are not in our jnJg-ment. calcnlafed to do gooi). S!avery ík ceríainly a jreat evil, but it caiinot be removed b'y a hasfy and violent pofitfcalsnae. j ime, the pretest ofaïl innóvalprs nccording to Lort! fticon, silemlv huí efficiënt ]y on flie inferpsts nnd scntimonts of the pponle, can alone brinf abont such o roforiïK Wo c'an nlroady. we tlrnk. see tfi slow bnt certaiti nnd henHiy profrre?s. The Advertiper has boen Tor severa! years, annrgnnorthedtrp.ct "intcrference" of írfsn" Repealers with the "mestic concerns" of the British nation. foe? it rcally mean to eny thnt Mr. O'Coimi'dJ's inferference s improper? VVhat is the esgenliaf difffirence beUveen the two kinds of "interferencor' As to the "gieatevo oí ölnvery, the Editors will dowb-tless odniit it B a great j oh ti cal evil. Tlien why not remove h in the same way tbot other preat polilical evils have been removed? The WhiLs once thoupht the Sub-Treasury w.nsa "rrent evi]." Wlr.i aló thcy iloaboiit ir Ditl tJicy wnit for T-ftnc 10 rotado t or (lid they not act with 11 their might for its ovrthrow? Whnt would "the men of 1840" hnvr, said to these Editors irr reply to similar advine respect ing the Sub-Treasury? This advice might perhaps read thusr "The Sub-Treasary is certainly a great evl, butit cannot be removed by a hastv and violent crusade. Time, the greatest óf n]] innovators, áccording to Lord Bocón; work ing silently bat emciently on the inteests and senfiments of the peop'e, can alone bring nbout. eucha reform. We can already, we think, seo its slow, but certain and healthy progress"!!Would the reformera of 1340 have listened to such advice? Or would they have ecorned it? When has Time ever removed any politica! evil without the exertion of somebody? And if tho "slow but certain and heahhy progress" of Anti slavery reform can be discerned by these Whjg Editors, has it been effected by "Time," or by the labors of such men as Garrison, Tappnn, Leav.tt, Stc? "Time" ne ver reformed a single political or or moral evil, without the aid of human exertions.

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