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Show 2 l0 ll\ussia anl! tl)e t'lnssians. . the abo,·e Ullc on lhe condition :tnd [An o.dmirfl.blo wor~ benrmgublli!hed in Po.ris, In 1847, by Mon,s\eur prOllpccts of Rllllll'~• :~o:pllsbcoJ. gentleman ill a Rllll!>lo.n Nob!~, Touaou.r.:o;PP. Thill oo of dooth since 1825,) for ii:J.vlng cust.m (eJ.ilcd and under ;lln:nadvoca.ting their CDltLnclpation while uun: his lot with theSe Y bcr of tho J mperill.l. Council of State. U lster of Finance o.nd me: and goo<l men whOIIC opinions cannot is one of thoso tro.lyfi:cnco wbcrcYcr they nro known. With him fail to have great 1~ n of fundamental right as well M of nu.Uonal Freedom is a. {::.::g certo.in copies of the Liberator, (l,ll(l = policy. After , in wl>icb I had sen~ him, ho llll . o.rd, and Uncle Tom ll Cab 'hich 1 cntrcatod permission to pulJ:ISh to me tbo following Lett.e~a: a body of good men, of aU counlnes, here. I am convinced t thno great enough to create for themwho should be a; ::~:ion higher than that of national po:e~ Mlh·es a sphere o riuciJJles of uniYersal and abio and founded on the a:7:::tc:uge the nJOral aspee' of the w_or: right, would soon be . Ul ~~ Serfolon• and 8\al·ery. It I& and aboll~h IUCh lnstltubo . I other for such a purpoee, make such men acqullin~bwlt:b::\. -M. w. C-1 !.bat th1l n LrBERTY DELL p 211 Jl:cttrc. Jc vous rcmercic, lHaclamc, de la communication quo yous aycz bien voulu me f.'lire de quelques joumaux: coutcnant los comptcs rcndus de differ. cutes rCunions oU. des discours ont Ct6 prononcCs en favour de l 'esclavago, ct surtout contre ceux qui s'cfforccnt de le titil·e dispuruitrc de votrc pays. QueUe lecture, grand Dicu ! Jo n'aurais jnmais pcnsC c1uc la pcrversitC de l'cntcndcmcnt ct du creur humain pflt td ler aussi loin. En clfct, plus· icurs des oratcurs qui out pris la parole dans ces discussions, non contcns d'accablcr de toutcs sortes d'argumcus do leur fa~on les ad\'crsaires de l'esclavagc, so sont clforcCs, -los malheurcux, -de prouvcr que la possession clc l 'homme par l'homme est couformo a l'Ecrituro Sainte ! Quelques uns out poussC Ia dCmencc jusqu' a proclamer que s'opposcr lL l'existcnce de l 'escla· vage c'Ctait s'opposcr a Ia volontC de Dieu, et |