Letter Rev. Edwin H. Chapin, Lucius R. Paige, Et; Al
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Excerpt from Letter Rev. Edwin H. Chapin, Lucius R. Paige, Et; Al: Containing Reasons for Refusing to Sign a Protest Against American Slavery The following Circular and the accompanying letter will explain themselves. I offer no apology for the opinions expressed in the letter - I only regret that I have not brought an abler and more practised pen to the discussion of the important question. I do not claim to have thrown any new light upon a subject that has already received a full discussion from some of the first intellects of the age, but have simply performed my duty, as I regard it, by giving the reasons which make it imperative upon my part to refuse my, name and very feeble influence to the following Protest. I am decidedly opposed to the agitation of so exciting a subject as this has proved itself to be, especially by the denomination to which I belong. I regret that some of the most distinguished of the ministry of that denomination, should so far forget the wisdom and prudence so necessary to their success, as to join the ranks of fanaticism, and give their influence to a mad crusade, infinitely more foolish and useless than that of Peter the hermit. The authors of the protest are doubtless confident that they can conduct the discussion (for certainly they do not think this protest will settle the matter without discussion) of this vexed question in a calm, rational and christian manner, without eliciting anything unpleasant to our feelings, or destructive to our prosperity. We trust that they may not be deceived. We are, however, of opinion that it were as easy to play with lighted torches in magazines or powder mills, and produce no evil consequences, as to agitate the abolition of American Slavery without arousing the worst passions of our nature. In the following letter I have strictly refrained from calling in question the motives of the committee who put this paper forth to the world. They have long been known to the Universalist public as men of sterling integrity, elevated piety and distinguished ability. The many signal services they have rendered the cause of truth has endeared them to that public. The fact that they were chosen by an assembly, which embodied a large portion of the talent and worth of the denomination, to prepare this document, is a sufficient guarantee of their intellectual and moral weight. We confess that the shadow of their fame has appeared unto Us as a threatening spirit, warning us of the probable consequences of our temerity, but while we honor the motives of these gentlemen, we must still be permitted to doubt the wisdom of their course, let the consequences be to us what they may. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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