Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 71, Richmond, Wayne County, 6 August 1825 — Page 4

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POETRY.

Wc seldom remember to have seen a mprc interesting or numerous assembly. The royal chairman was supported by Lords Gambier, Teignmouth, Milton, Calthorpe, and Nugent; by Sir Thomas Baring and Sir John Sebright, Barts.; byMessrs. Brougham, Dcnman, Powell Buxton, Evatt?, Wm. Smith, Dr. Lushington, Spring Hire, Richard Martin, Bennett, (Wilts.) and several other members of Parliament. The hall was .filled by ladies,

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From the Charleston (S. C.) Courier. EI 1'EH.fIVAt.. Flower of a Southern garden! newly blowing Fair as a hlly bemlinsj on its stem, W hose curl'ii and 3 cllow Jocks iu ringlets flowing , Neeti not the lu-treufa. eliaiiem: Tlian all the w ealth of India, brighter gem ; Than all the j earls that bud in Oman's sea, Than all the coral waving over them, Purer the living light that urcJes thee; Ami through thy tender cheek transparency The veruiile tint of lite is lightly flushing, Or at the faintest touch of modesty In one ep crimson tide is wildly rushing, Ike roe leaves, when the morning's breath is brush

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Away the seeds of pearl the night-cloud shed, ?o tty twin opening lips and purely Lluhmg, Ripe with suited . w und clearest red, Purer than cryttalm its virgin bed, Th iti fountains hubbhng in a granite crive, Than shiatheii snow. that raps the mountain's Lead, Or 'ilia -s glancing through a stainless wave, Part r the sno , that mantles o'er thy breast, And rests upon thy forehead O . with thee The hours might riitaway &o sweetly blest, That time would nieit into eti rnity. Go with me to the desert loneliness Of torest and of mountain we will share 1'-' j5 that only purity can bless, And make a paradise of to ling there : And daily thou shaltle more sweet and fair, And still tai;e a more celestial hue, Like s, irit; melting in the midway air, Till lost and blended in the arc h of blue; Alone, not lonely, we will wander through Thickets of blooming shrubs and mantling vioes, Happy as beis amid the summer dew, Or son -hints wd en the fresh spring morning shines; And when d p irtii.g life shall wing its flight, And render b;i k th sift that God has given, lie tl en tome a seraph form of light, And hear toy ll.-etmc sou! away to Heaven.

f rom the .New York Observer. ANTI SLAY FRY SOCIETY.

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v two vears since, a Sot irty

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I tion of which must depend upon the efforts of adverse parties. The report touched upon the peculiar circumstances of the ! West India trade, its monopoly, competition j with tree labor, and the necessity of an alteration in the sugar duties. In conclusion, it enforced the necessity of dilfusing the books and tracts of the society by the efforts of individuals, within tbe sphere of

j their own circle, and lamented the retire

ment of Mr. Wilberforce from public life. Lord Calthorte, in moving that this valuable report be adopted by the meeting, took a review of the inadequate measures which had been taken by the colonial authorities for the put pose of giving ef-

j lect to the recommendations transmitted j by the British Government, for the ameli- , oration of the slave population, and urged upon the society the necessity of perseve- ; ring to lay before the world the horrors of slavery, f-r the purpose of mitigating, if j not suppressing, so baneful an evil. He j alluded to the efforts which had been al1 ready made both by the parliament and ! people of this country to correct the real administration of the colonial legislature, lie defended this and similar institutions 1 Irom the imputations, which had been so ! unsparingly thrown out upon them, of Icnj ding away the public mind by exaggerated statements of the state of W est India slai very, all the glaring tacts of which were ( now admitted and detailed in their report, ; by the reluctant testimony of the agents i of the inliiction. It was not right to state ' that, because these sad facts were horrible, therefore they were untrue; and that because they excited no horror in the 'West j India society, they ought not to create it in England, applause. The noble Lord i referred to ome of the details of the report I to show that no statements could exaggc- ; rate the evil of slavery, or paint its enormity in stronger colors than were admitted by the 'Confessions of the planters themselves. The way in which they spoke of the tre itment of their slaves, of the bae

established in London for mitigating

gradualK abolishing slavery throughout the Britih dominions. The members of this Association, as our readers arc aware,

.were so active in distributing their various j use of the whip as applied to human labor.

puMii . ations, that in the course of a few Weeks, no less than 230 petitions, were spon- j taneouslv sent into the British House of!

Commons from various parts of the kingdom, praying that Parliament would take up this subject and adopt efficient measures. It was proposed that the punish

ment of female slaves by the whip should !

be whollv abolished that in thf

which they described as essential to the

condition of slavery, showed this in the strongest lights; indeed, they spoke of their being essential, just as the people of this country talked ot the freedom of the press, and the trial by jury, being essential to the liberty of the subject applause. One would expect that the great amount

r i r . 1 . . 1 . 4 " ( l CCl CCC 1 r rf trr

case 01 1 ' i'1 uuuuucs iw,uvuoi 1 ,juu,uuu

annually,) given upon West India sugar,

to tin

males, the whip should 1.0 longer be used

as a stimulus to labor, but only in punish-! and the great demand lor tbe article, would mcnt of misbehaviour, proved and record-j; alleviate and encourage the labor of the ed, that provision should he made for productive part of the population ; but no, rogulat and legal marriages that in the ! be fact was the reverse, and the wretchsale of slaves, families should not be srpa- ed slaves were still more oppressed by the rated that the testimony of slaves should i additional weight of their labor. He then be received incouits of justice, &c. The j; eloquently contrasted the public conduct plan was deliberately discussed and appro-j of the Legislature, at home, and in the coved. It was determined, however, not to j! Ionics, and the disgraceful proceedings of introduce it at once into all the colonies. H the latter in all matters connected with but to try the experiment in the first in- ji the amelioration of their slaves, which astance with the islands which have lately ji mounted to an open confession of the great fnlhn under the dominion of Great Britain,; ev ils, inseparable from so odious a sy stem.

b iz i r : 1 . i i s o- with Trinidad, and to leave it Hand the utter impossibility of correcting

them without British interference. It was or Englishmen to remember the galling and humiliating fact, that the longer they withheld the loud expression of their opinions upon this question, the longer 'must slavery endure hear! hear! There was no man who did not know, that if the mid

dling classes ot this country Once came forward and denounced this degrading evil, it would he in vain for parliamentary interest or political connection to attempt to uphold it for one year longer. The noble lord then proiounteda glowing rulogium upon the eminent services of Mrf Wilberforce, who was retiring into the vale of life, with all the glories of his high career irradiating that decline, and fulloi public honor, for the unwearied etlbrts he had made throughout a long life in the cause of humanity, in every quarter of the world. He conjured the meeting cot to leave uc-

Let'islative assemblies of the other

colonies to tread tn the same path upon their' own convictions. From the following sketch of the report and proceedings at the second annual meeting of the society, which we copy from the London Morning Chronicle of !2d ult. it will be perceived that the benevolent plans of the Society have not met with the favor which was anticipated from the colonial legislatures, and that more vigorous and decisive measures are now in contemplation. W'e invite the attention ef our readers particularly to the speech of Mr. Brougham. The second General Annual Meeting of the society for mitigating and gradually abolishing the state of Slavery throughout the British Dominions, was held on Saturday, at Freemason's Hall. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester in the chair.

done the great work which Mr. Wilberforce first, in Parliament, begun, and to put the finishing hand to the superstructure which his talents and his devotion had reared. It was time for them to rescue the character of their country from the odious stigma of countenancing slavery

I it was to public opinion, in that cause, that

Mr. Wilberforce had always appealed, and

that great organ of human amelioration would, he hoped, be still exercised in so holy a work applause. I The meeting was then addressed by Lord Milton, by Mr. W. Smith, who proj posed a resolution of thanks to Mr. W ilberforce for his eminent services in the I cause of African emancipation, and by i Mr. Fowell Buxton, who seconded the l motion. I Mr. V. Wilberfokce, Jun. rose to re-

turn thanks in behalf of his absent father, ; but was for a few moments so overpowered by his feelings, that he was unable to proceed. He declared that the force ot ; filial affection almost disabled him from j doing justice to his sentiments; but he could assure them, that it would be the utmost gratification to his father to learn j that they had thus appreciated his long j services, and were determined to go on land fight that last battle which he was by I infirmities reluctantly obliged to withdraw himself from, as he had yielded to the en- ! treaties of his family and friends, and re- ; tired from public life. He then congratulated the royal chairman upon the distinguished situation which he held among them, and which so characteristically belonged to a member of that illustrious family who had been called to the throne of England to maintain and preserve the liberties of the people. Mr. Wilbei force ! proceeded to enlarge upon the horrors ot West India slavery, and he read an exI tract from the works oi Mr. Hubert Hall j to show its baneful effects upon the condi- ; tion of human society . He concluded by repeating his thanks for the tribute which 1 they paid to the services of his father. j Mr. Brougham, in rising to propose a 1 resolution, declaratory of the supineness I of the colonial legislatures in fulfilling the ; wishes of the government at home on this ' great subject, expressed the gratification j he felt at the peculiarly prosperous aspect j of their cause, which thev had this dav to 'witness. He said this advisedly; for although nothing had been done since their last meeting on either side of the Atlantic, still he felt on the present occasion most (Confidently assured that their success in !

; the great cause in which they were so j honorably engaged would not be much , longer delay ed hear, hear! His anticipa- ! tion, indeed, arose from the fact, that noth I ing had been done on either side of the Atlantic. Thev wouhl-well remember, that

as often as they had ptesscd forward to lay the axe to the root of the poisonous tree,

under whose pestiferous shade they had j been so long breathing a noxious atmos-j phcrc, they had been told that they must!

forbear, for the tree could not be managed

j except by those on the spot, who best knew

the soil and the climate. Those who tho ti

with him had always declared, that in vain would the axe be applied to the tree, by the parties in the West Indies, and for that declaration they had been assailed with every degree of obloquy and vituperation. They had always been told only to wait and see what a month or a session would do in a Colonial Legislature. They had so waited; and what was the result? Why, their predictions had been fulfilled, and the promises of the colonial authorities forfeited hear! Let the West Indian parties, then, for the future, know, and he

gave it to them as a sort of parliamentary notice, that they would be trusted no Ion-1 ger; and he felt an indelible weight of

gratitude to the West India colonies, greater than he had ever thought he should have owed them, for the pregnant illustration they had now so unequivocally given of their intentions, of all that he'had previously declared he had expected from them hear, hear! He knew many estimable owners of West India property, but who were deceived, at the distance of 3000 miles from their estates, by the misrepre

sentations of interested agents; for their

sakes, therefore, a change of system must;

take place to save themselves from ruin, aye, even for the sake of the deluded instruments of slavery itself hear! The honorable and learned gentleman then took a review of what had been done by the colonial legislatures, in pursuance of the Order of Council which had been sent out to them from the government at home. Trinidad had resisted, and was only at length overaw ed by the strong arm of authoritative power. There they had avowed the cartwhip to be essential to West Indian discipline, and effectually confirmed the long and perseveringly denied fact so often urged by his cxeclh nt fiiend, Mr. Stephen, that ti c whip wi s in the W est Indies the stimnlous to slave labor. At

of the Methodist missionary nnfl bed the sect which devoted hZtl' the instruction of the Neerort force forbade the landing on W b? of the successor of Mr. Shrewd v ? was treated with a sevcritv ho that of Mr. Smith, the mist Demerara people. In Jamaica! true, a bill had been brought in hft, peated promises and assurance iC" slave testimony admissible, not L TlS but incases where slaves the -mdm ); parties They would perhaps heliev, bill had passed. No such thinJ, f

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Whether he himself brought lortvard such a measure, or preserve d his more proper station of being one of u S.J3 porters, was a matter of i rid" ilFe retire, lone, he pledged himself it should ;3 the event of the alternative he alluded to, hear hear! Never had he actuated V; any feeling of exasperation nearest t!,o planters; hut human laws ought revert) be entrusted to the uncontrolled nilm';:;-

tration of interested individuals. . 1

events, wherever tne power

whether it he witli a King, a Strati, a Council, a President, a Commiitco, r r a Manager of slaves, the voico ol human ture called out that power and sh wrought not to co-exist together. Tinought never to give any man a power of property over his fellow men: vi.cntvir they did, there must he tyranny. Cl:etr-.; The Hon. and Learned Gentkmt n (included bv moving a resolution, cxprtssi:

the disappointment of the Mt etii ;,r tkt -0

little progress had been made ny thf ( .1

onial Legislatures, m carry ing 1 lit ct the benevolent intentions of his ?I ijc'ly's

Government, the resolutions of Patliiirr.crt.

and the wishes arid prayers of ti e N'i n

at large, for the mitigation and evn ti

extinction of colonial slavery, and sugic

ing the necessity, from the threats cl cr-

termincd resistance, on the partol tho co.

onisis, of adopting more decisive stej

Mr W iiiTMonc addressed ti e mtetn upon the necessity of attaching the sy st ra

of slavery in cur West India Islands h ni

torifif our rnminfrri:il rfor.lat iolis. a! J

the use of machinery and free labour. He moved a Bosnia tion, which was earricu

unanimously, declaring that the nuitir

lamented that a higher dutv eheiiM It i:

nosed on snT:ir. iw produce ot tree labour

1 r? 7 r - - than on sugar grown by slav es, w Inch f o'

crfully tended to perpetuate colonial riove-

ry, and was highly injurious to t.ie uj

al interest. Mr. Stvkfs, M. P., was of opinion t

the best mode of destroying the i etar:u

system was through the sugar duties

One of the Society of Friends rwn

mrniJfMl tho nrnnle of England to ahsta

from thf ns nf stornr. and it WOulJ l';C

death-blow to slavery. Mr. STKTHF.N. the Master in Chan??

said that he aDd his family had abstain

from the use of sugar, for some tunc

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