Fanaticism, and Its Results
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Excerpt from Fanaticism, and Its Results: Or, Facts Versus Fancies These parties are professedly two separate and distinct organizations, but as we consider them the same in all but the name, we shall, hereafter, in speaking of them, use only the words "Abolitionists," and "the North." We wish to be distinctly understood, that, in speaking of the North as false to the Union, we mean only that portion known as the "Abolitionists." We know that there are many strong national and conservative men at the North. We know that pure and untarnished patriotism exists there; but alas! it is in an almost hopeless minority. We propose giving a hasty sketch of the Abolition party, and their acts; and, in doing so, we shall confine ourselves strictly to the record that History has given us. It is well-known that there has always existed in the Union, ever since its foundation, a strong feeling of enmity towards Slavery. The first public act of this party, that we can find recorded, is a Memorial presented in the House of Representatives, in Congress, on the 12th of February, 1790. We copy it from Messrs. Gales and Seaton´s Congressional Debates. We give it entire, because it is one of the most interesting ever offered, and embodies the spirit of a majority of the rest. "A Memorial of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and the improvement of the African race. "The Memorial respectfully showeth That from a regard for the happiness of mankind an association was formed several years since in this State by a number of her citizens of various religious denominations for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the relief of those unlawfully held in bondage. A just and acute conception of the true principles of liberty, as it is spread through the land, produced accessions to their numbers; many friends to their cause, and a legislative co-operation with their views, which, by the blessing of Divine Providence, have been successfully directed to the relieving from bondage a large number of their fellow-creatures of the African race. They have also the satisfaction to observe that, in consequence of that spirit of philanthropy, and genuine liberty, which is generally diffusing its beneficial influence, similar institutions are forming at home and abroad. "That mankind are all formed by the same Almighty Being, alike objects of His care, and equally designed for the enjoyment of happiness, the Christian religion teaches us to believe, and the political creed of America fully coincides with the position. "Your memorialists, particularly engaged in attending to the distresses arising from Slavery, believe it to be their indispensable duty to present this subject to your notice. They have observed with real satisfaction, that many important and salutary powers are vested in you ´for promoting the welfare, and securing the blessings of liberty to the people of the United States;´ and as they conceive that these blessings ought rightfully to be administered, without distinction of color, to all descriptions of people, so they indulge themselves in the pleasing expectation, that nothing which can be done for the relief of the unhappy objects of their care, will be either omitted or delayed. "From a persuasion that equal liberty was originally the portion, and is still birthright of all men, and influenced by the strong ties of humanity, and the principles of their institutions, your memorialists consider themselves bound to use all justifiable endeavors to loosen the bonds of Slavery, and promote a general enjoyment of the blessings of freedom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of
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