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1 Liberator 1 (1831)

handle is hein.journals/libtor1 and id is 1 raw text is: VOL.1.] WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON AND ISAAC KNAPP, PUBLISHERS. IN.'i. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.] OUR COUNTRY IS THE WORLD-OUR COUNTRY3EN ARE MANKIND. [SATURDAY, JANUAR, 8 TIM1 .IDERATORl I PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT N0. 6, MERCHANTS' HALL WIS. L. GARRISON, EDITOR. Stephen Foster, Printer. Two Dollars per annum, payable in advance Q7 Agents allowed every sixth copy gra- tis. - Ndsttsubciiption will be received for a aborter period titan six months. oR' All lettero and communications must be pane PAlo. THE LIBERATOR. vTaE Sat. tITATION. % To date my being from she opening year, I crone, a Stranger to this busy sphere, Wornea sme neet perchance may pause and ask, What is ciy name, my purpose, a, my task? My name is 'LIBERATOR'! I prop~se To blr my simatis at fired~ano deadliest foots! My tsk is tad-fo t si charged to oa!r .ainfronim his tesiher-ta nedeem the sae Ye who may hear, and yet condemn my cause, Sny, iholl she host of Natare'. holy lazes Be trodden don? sod shnll hes open eins Flow but for cement to her offsping chains? Art thior a parent? sall thy children be Rent from thy breast, like branches from the tree. Aid doomid to servitude, in heipleiess, On other shares, and thou ask no redress ? Thoe, in whos boos glow. rthe sacred flame Of filil lace, soy, if thze tyranteaiti., To force thy parent shrieking from thy sight, Would thy he -rtbleed--beasethyfacr is white: Art thcs a brother, ni-Itoh slater to-ine Hlee feeble arm in .any oto tie, --- And tlon not lift the heel, ndr aim the bloze ._AkLQLyL~htb! a4 telf to iifaooig wo. Art thou a slter ? will no desoprate cry AwA thy etpirg bithen, While thibne eye Behtolds tke f.-tterssioehttg cc the li ibt Stretched out in rest, nch hence, moust en 1 for lit I Art thou a lover ---no! naghe orr was found Is vrhrt, saore:: rds of lore, toat bound Has to his blob! thes, thy pesfr!ssittos race! Forswear aection, or release thy sve Thou who art kneeling at thy Maker's shrms, Aik-if Heaven takes such oflerings as thine! far t hoods tl soL fAfri sighs,. For higher than thy prayer his groan will rise Go is a God of mtgrey, and would see Tr eiprion-doors unhard---the bodien free lie is a God of troth, s-ith parer eyr, Than to behold tle oppresors sacrince 1 Avsrice, thy cry sod tin. insatiate thirst Make itto consent to o hiis brother osronI 1 Tears, 1owest and blood abou driako.t, bat is their tars, They shal cry more!' while vengeance bids tbee bars. Tho Lend liath said i'-ho nhall him goainsay Ie sas, 'toiickd, ibry Shall go sway- Who are the Wicked ?- Contradict Ito esn, They are tie oppressors of thei, fell.at ma Aid me, NEw Enatoo ! 'tis my hope in you Which gives me strength my purpose to pursue! Do you not hear your sister States resound With Afric's cri to have her sons unbotud? In the month of August, issued proposals foroblisig 'Tsr LiBERAToa'in.Washing- ton city; but the enterprise, though hailed in different sections of theo county, was palsied by public indifferece. Since tat time, the re. moval of the Genins of Universal Encipa- tion to the Seat of Governoert h rendered hes ipmperios the establisunent of a similar periodical in that quarter. x During my recent tour for the purpose of enciting the minds of the people by a series I -of discournes on the subject of slanery br place that I psitd gane fresh evidence of the fact, that a greater volution in public senti- ment was to be effected in the free states- ant psrt'I'gl41i~n, sosa 1he South. I tuid cotesmpt m hitter, uip- plftint more active, detrattion mere relent- less, prejudice more stubborn, and apathy mort frozen, than among slave owners themselves Of course, there wqre individual exceptions to the contrary. This state of things afflicted, but did not dishearten, me. I determined, at every hazard, to lift sp the standard of eman- cipation in the eyes ofthe nation, sothin igi of Bunker Hili-and in the birth place of liberty, That standard-is now unfurled; and long may it float, unhurt by the sEiOliatiozS of time or the missiles of a desperate foe-yea, till every chain he broken, and every bondman set free! Let southern oppeessors tremble-let their secret aottors tremble-let their northern apologists tremble-let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble- I deem the publication of my original Pros- pectus * unnecessary, ao it has obtained a wide circolation. The principles therein ineb'leated will be steadily pursued in this paper,except ing that I shall not array myself as the politi- cal partisan of any man. In defending the great cuse of humn rights, I wish to derive the assiotancesofll religious and ofall parties. Assenting to the 'self-evidenttruth' main- tained in the American Declaration of Inde- pendence,' that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalien- able rights-among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happimes, I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement ofour slave population. In Park-street Church, on the Fourth of July, 1829, in an addreks on slavery, I unteflectingly oasrated to the po- pulor bat pernicious doctrine of grauad abo- lition. I seize this opportunity to make a full snd unequivocal recantation, and thus pub- licly to ask pardon of my God, of my coun- try, andof my brethren the poor slaves, for e-noooc, sentimemt so foil of timidity, ojoctice ad aibsurdity. -Assitrrecozoto- tion, from-my pen, was publishedit the a iftnS ofUniversal Emascipation atBaltitmore, in Sep- tember, 1629. My conscience is now satisfied. I am aware, tlat ;oany object to the soceri- ty of my lanuaitge baro is there sot cause for severity? I sill bs or harsh n.e truth, and as un- compromising as justice. On this subject, I do aot wishs to think, or speak, or write, siilk and- eratioc. No! ..o Tell sIoan choseIsoei on tire, to give a moderate ilrm; tell sin tts oolerately rescue his wife froms the hands of tie ravisher; tell the iaother to gradualily extrieste her babe from the fire into whick it has fallen ;-but urgo me not ti use iodera- tion in a cause like the pr-sent. I ams in earn- est-I Will not equvocate-I sil ot excose -I will not retreat asingle inch-aN I WILL n EAs Tfue spnty ef the people is enogh tl z mee every statue irsp from its pedestal, and to anstenrthearrroetiaz efte dead. I It is pretenaded, t t Ito dretarding the canoe of emancipation by the carse'nes of my invective, and itsc precipitany of icy masresI The hteis oes tei. Ottn: S qs estion my inlotse,-lthtble no it i,--i felt at tihs morent to a contdelrae eatezt, anti shall he felt in eoitg years---oot per- niciously, bat benefbitaly-net as a ohrrve,bst as a blessing ardpostarity nill be-ir testi- moy thzat I was right. I desire to thank Gow, rhut he e-abloa me to disregard 'the fear of taa zwhicht brizigeth a Snare,' slod to speuk his t ath i its simplicity and p r . And here I close editl this fresh dedication zBnoioy tt~ooohol o notornnr, Aneltozote pussl ,zscslcls1e iophz. 5,tztt,5-i, iit isrl1 I t,, atoai - Bac, anuzary, 1-3. t t I While k ltzz -tsilh, my~ hoo i -on Stillto opys- nd thiS i, nith tiose sod hand, thy hzazr.tng iwny-iil Aai.ci hai.. Am ha,,ws aislc rata sits rzssasdiland, ttrssiptisg Oeeposis .dS bt, izs zod: WILLIAM LLOh -GARRISON. asoJanuary 1, 1831- *I wat her. .1y., rw...nfat oksseaeseias I- thai, edtos isbn 's snn ist t iias..... y5555555 sMY FPD-mn., I Th smug le o srtl5aalssst DIsTRIdT Or COLtJ5IMBA. What do many of the professed enemties of slavery mean, by heaping all theic reproach- es upon the south, and lsserting that the crime of oppression is not national? What power but Congress-and Congress by the authority of the American people-has juris- diction over the District of Columbia? That District is rotten witl the plague, and etinks in the nostrils of the world. Though it i the Seat of our National Government,- open to the daily inspection of foreign ambas- aaders,--and ostensibly opulent with the can- Mated wisdom, virtue and intellignce of the land,-yet a fouler spot scarcely exists on earth. In it the worst features of slavery are ex libited; and as a mart for slave traders, it is unequalled. These facts are well known to our tiyojir three hundred represnetatives, hat no remedy is proposed ; they are known, if not minutely at least generally, to our whole pop- ulation,-but who calls for redress? Hitherto, a few atraggling petitions, relative to this subject, have gone into Coagresa; bnt they have been too few to denote much public anxiety, or to command-ieddferential notice. It-s certainly time that a vigorous and sys- tematic effort should be made, from one end of the country to the other, to pull down that national monument of oppressionwhich towers up in the District. We do hope that the 'earth- quake voice' of the people will this session shake the black fabric to its foundation. The-follosring petition is now circulating in this city, ,and has obtained several valuable signatures. A copy may be found at the Bookstore of LrecoLm & EssiAsos, No. 59, Washington-stree, for a few days longer, where all the frlends of the cause are earn- estly invited to go and subscribe. -thh-t-,reos-Jbr the -aheites bf-&s my int ti District ef Coliaof To rite Ionrable Sente and House of tRepresentaives of the United 'States of Aterica in Congres assembled, the petition of the utidersigned citizens of Soson to sMassaclsnsetts and its vicinity respectfully represents- That yoar petitioners are deeply impressed with rise evils noictuig from the existence o f StR in the e rilet of Columbil. While osr Delorariti of Izsdmpeobenee boldly pro- claimus as self-evident trths,' that all men re created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that nmong these are life, liberty, and the pursuirt of happines,'-at the very seat of government huiman beiungs ae, hors, nsmaoot doily, Whom tie la-s prtson e to he from their hirth, not equd to other mIen, nd who are, for life, de- prived of lishi and rlue fre ursuit of laesi o sn The inconsistency o thei engduc of otr ntion With its political erei, has brozight troin upon it ise just nd severe repro henson of forcei nations. in-dditio t the other eiop flowing from slavery, both moflcultie n, which it is secedleso to specify, oircumstneso hove renl- dered this District a ctoraon resort for too- de in hitnmen ftoh, o brine into it theft coptir in tiains, nd loge them in places of esnllnement, preiously to their being car- ried to the markets of at aouith ond West.' Prom the small in er ef Staves in the Dis- ttieht of Cdmbia, and the moderate propotion seh Id they bee to the free population there, the ifficulties, which in most of t ue slavetold- Ipg states oppose the restoration of this degra- ded Class of men to their natral riguts, do not Your petitioners therefore pray tht Con- gres will, wihot delaydas dc . Read forthe immedite orgraua abolition ofd lave- ry in the District'c9f Columbia, and for prevent- log the bringing of slaves into thot District for purposes of traffic, in ench mode, as raly be- thnought advisable;t and that suitahle, provision he muade for die education of ott free,- blacks and cslored children in the District, thus, tor Preserve them from continainag, seven as free men ar unenlightened and degraded caste. Hfanty inilividual should be nirmoved, either by tie Petition or the introductory remarks, tha rottowillg ertitle Will storve his -apathy, unlesn ho bo morally derad-dead-mdead. . Read it-mead itl -The language -dr-he e4ditor is remarklable for its energy, rosealerfng' the quarter 'Whentq- it allsanhtts. Afoer- in.,e are not the only faunatics in the land! 1F. iheWshingtonsectnsaoroDe.-] _ THE SLAVE TRADE IN.THE CAPITAL. A Th otI ties of faher, hmis, riend Alt Imi ozrlia,,i. is~nt- ,so,sli% And each e-di-za, whil, e hr dras hiiaath Th, yokesI fatalas th .eythe fdeatb Aee o hit hat eymsnmeet sm It is well, perhaps, the Ameicas people should know, that while we reiterate sac haats of liberty in the care of the nations, asdi eld back across the Atlantic our shouts of jorat the triumph of liberty in France, we onoslea are busily engaged in the work of oppression. Yes,let it be known to the citizens of-America, that at the very time when the procession which contained the President of the United States and his Cabinet was marchingsintriph to the Capitol, to celebrate the victory of the French people over their oppressors; another kdsf procession was marching another way, andat consisted 6f colored human beings, hsadcyfl- edin pais, nd driven along by wbaihdd the appearance of a man on a horse!l A 'similar scene was repeated on Saturday last; adide consisting of males and females Chained in couples, starting from Roby's taeg on foot, for Alexandria, where, with ethe- c to embark cn boardsa slave-ship itt W&Wi4rato convey theta to the South. -While we aretwn. ting, a colore! man enters mur room, and begs us to inform him if we can point out any person who will redeem his - friend now immred in Alxandria jail, in a state of distres amount- lag almost to disrratzan. He has been a faithful servant bf a revolutionary officer who recently died-has been sold at auction-part-- ed from affectionate parents-and from decent and mourning friends. Our ewn servant, with others, ofwhom we can sped-in cmmendato.- ry terms, went dawn to Alexandria to bid him Farewell, but they were refused admission to his cell, nos was said, 'the sight of his friends made him feel so.' IHe bears the reputation of a pious man. It is but a few weeks sine we saw a ship with-her cargo of e in-the port hf Norfolk, Va.*n passing up the river, Mw another ship off Alexandria, swariming with the victims of human-cupidity. Such are the scenes ctsgtsng in tillpst ofte-Aeln natisbi. Obpstsmotio oe Ei 2 iiiina.- tion? Oh philanthropy! where isthy oef? On sHaME, WHERE IS TgY BLUSHu Wel may the generous and noble minded O'Connell say of the American citizen, I hell him hAim hypserite. Leak at the stain in yor ltar. sozzoled stanslod that wons never sired tissus'i battle. Ilurmfrom the Decatian ofAi en Indepeodence, and lt hiss that hc-h e-diclan- ed to Godndaelnecuzrli, andhbfore Gal~wss man I ar-raign him as a hypocrite. Yes, thou sonul of fire, glorious O'Connell, if thou could hut witne the spectacles in Washingonthat make aha genius of liberty droop her! bead in shameand weep hertearsaway indeep silence and undissembled sorrow, you would lift your voice even to tones of thunder, but you whold make yourself heard. Where is the O'Connell ofthis republic thadwill plead frthe BAsI~tO. PATiOn OF THE DISTRICT OF 1Ov7bssiAP The a shoching scenes mast cease find amotgst as, or we must cease to call esla-es free laBy, and we Must cease to airpooct she mercy of God-we most prepare for the ean ingjzudfment of Mum who, as bur' charter acknowledges, made all men ifmesii~sa!, -At ts, aso tijar thiR man as salt, oselhn-. hut foloinis h nc ofpaa. t lm, or ,ipoa. o mainr, ihai hs hought hims hiak. Whten a premium of Fifty DOESorm is offereid for the beat 'theatrical poem, our inesates, *ev advertise the fact with great usanimity. Trhe followiig'is incomyparably more isoportont. . PREtIUI. A Premium of Fifty Dollars, the Do tonof a benevolent individual in the Spite o= 1 and now deposited with the Treseurer o Pennsylvania Society forprosoting the t tisn of Slavery, &c. is offered to the asthoc of the best Treatise on the fblhowinbw s I ject: ' The Duties of Ministers and C ucbeg of all denominations to avoid the stain ot9lawe- ry, and to make the holding ofSlaves ab harrir to communion and church memphership. The composition to be directed(postoilia, zither of the subscribers-the sanme-o 8e author in n as essd -paper, whis so deetmyod i is work shall bie rejected. Six months Iron this lite ile allowed for shegpue sfrecilingtr firsn T blialo bld d~rctldt~iof the pre- ferred wilbeagaitety i Aylvn9atspk rvnabhed uI lfta,'i -- These images were taken from http://fair-use.org/the-liberator/ i

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