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Show 134 1833, contra!! II the principles and measure• of abolitio nists, and those of ttur revolutionary lit there, in the follo wing language: " 1'/u:tr principles led them to wage war against their OPP.ressors, nnd to @pill human blood, like water, in order lO be free. Our:J forbid the doing of evtl th:lt good may come, and lead U8 101 reject and to entrrat the oppressed to reject, the usc of oil carna l wen puns for dc\iver.mcc fr~m bondage; relying solely upon those which nrc spi ritua l, and m1ghty, through God, to the pulhng down ,fstrong holds" "1'/u:ir lllCa !S urc~ were physical rcsi~ tan cc-the m:.rshallin~ in arms-the host ile array-the morta l encounter. Ours shall be such only ns the opposition of moro.l purity to moral corruptionthe dest.uclinn of error by the potency of trut h," &c. ticnt imcnta, analogous to these, h:l\'c been inco rporated into the co nstitutions of many Anti· Slavery !:)ocictics, a nd arc supposed to be adopted by abolitiouuJts generally. Arc we not, by them, bound utterly to reject the usc of w e~ pons of physical rcsist~r:cc, io our efforts to pron~oto the emanri pation of the slave I !low far the rel!"triction is app]if•ab\e to eases of defcuce &i;amst invaswn of the persona l rights of :tbolitionists, wh•le acting as IH•ch, each much dcc•de fM himself. \\'eregard such a decision of so much importance, th:H we would urge upon .)OU a serious recomudcration of the subject. Without entering at all into a di~cussion of the right to odopt such measures, we think it rna ~ be shown that their usc would injure rather than aid our cause. In the few instances where the hves of abolitionists have been in immediate peri l, h ~s it not been seen that non·rc9tstan('c h<~s as cffec· to<~l ly shielded the iudividua l, as an oppositu course of cunduct, white it won more honor to his princi ples; 1 And hu it not in :Ill ages, among all classes o_f men, been established ~s a gcnenl truth, that, while physical strength lind violence may be f01 led or O\Crcome, unresi~;tmg and for· be:LTing meekness is almost omnipotent in the propagation of truth. The "wiadom of this world'' ha~ never under~tood "the philosophy of forgiven en. ·• Tho patient endu runce of injuries, the relllrn in;l of good for evil , exert an influence on the human soul, so ~ilent that it cnnnot be be· Jieved in, until it is felt, and yet so mtghty, that it has been compa red, by Him who" knew what was in man," to hc:tping coals of fire on the bead. \Ve deem it very desi rable and important that 80 powerful an mflueuce @hoo ld be enlisted in the ami-slavery cause. The work tlwt we have to perform is an Jferculettn task, and we would gladly avail oui'Belvcs of all righ:eous means of hastening its accomplishment. It ts H. u niver~ally admitted truth, that oppo3ition strengthens human purpose, unless tl1e judgment and conscicuce are convi nced th:n the couno pursued is wrong or inexpedient. ::)uch conviction is not produced, is not designed to be produced, by the measures which we a re discussin¥,; therefore, they unlit the mmd for tim reception of truth, anti the heart for righteous ar.tion. J'hus the only influenc_e which t.he1 r use exerts upon the progress of anti-slavery pnnciples, is deleterioull· And even if tt were admitted tlmt they ure somct•mcs necessary for the preservation of life, are there not those who Jove the cause of freedou• a11tl of God, with an ardor sufficient to induce them to su~~: ~:~~~~:~hO: ~~~~~~~~~:~ ~f'~'h\~j~~~j~~t Pfa~~~=~:t~:~~~~~~~::;: i.e to transcend our prescribed limits. We earnestl y and respectfully cr11nmend it to tho attention of our fellow laborel'll, e~pecia\ly to that portton of them who believe that Christianity justifies 11 reso rt to arm~ for se lf· preoervat ion . Those who do not thua bel1eve, of course, uceJ not tiUCb nrgument;,t 11:1 we have presented. Aware that a dispoaitiun to "provo all thi ngs," huever been characteristic of abolitionist!!', we feel :h!rr'ef~e\~~tn~Y t~n:t~~u~ ~~:~~·c~~!~~~~~!n~r~'l(~·~~~~ ~v~~n ~h~~~b~~d tJ,a~hs~0~!ar~ff~~~ ~ja~~~ ~\; seal o l'approllation, his servants will not be left unaided by the illuminations of that lloly Spir tt who was sent to guitle them "into all truth." In looking back on the _past, have we not mt•ch to encourage us to persevere in the work set before us 1 For a long P!nod a suhta ry voice ~aa heard crymg in_ the wilderness; now there is the shouting of a host. r hen was demanded a little more s leep, a httle more ~lu m be r ; now thrre is the awake ning of the nation; and though not yet suffil"iently aroused to tll~cern fnends m thnse wlro have shaken this false rest, yet if we fail not in our duty, th •re 1·an be no more" folding of the h1.nda tu deep," but our country will arise and go forth, clothed with tm.jesty and girded '' tth pol~e~balfofthe Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women, a3l>:P.rnbled at l'lriladelphia. tiigncd by the oflicers. On motion of Thankful Southwick, Resolved, That it is the duty of all those who call them ~elve.s abolitionii)ts, to make lhe most vigorous efforts to procure for the use of th eir families the products of free labor, so that th eir hands may be clean, in this partir.ular , when inquis ttion is made for blood. E sther ~1oure made some remarks upon the importance of carrying into effect the resolutions that had been passed. Adjourned lo meet in Temperance Hall, on Friday morning, at 9 o'clock. Th ig was the last meeting held in Pennsylvania Hall! Bu ::~ io ess con~ nected with the safety of the buildin~ made it necessa ry fot' members of the Bnll.rd of ;\lan"'gers to pa.o;s several lJtne~ tlJrough the Soloon where this Convention was in session, and a more dignified, calm. and intrepid hoJy of persons they never saw assembled . AlLitough the IJuitding was surrou nded all day by the mob, who crowded about tbe doors and at tim es even atlempted to cuter_ the Saloon, yet they were perfectly coll ectetl-unrnoved hy the ~hreate n111g tempest. The cause which they wCrc assemiJled to promote, IS .one th at ne~\·es the sou l to J eeds of noble daring. The ConHnlion adjourned late 111 the afternoon, when the mob which destroyed the bui lding had already begun to assemble. The doors were blo<:ked up by the crowd and th e s treets nlmost impassable from the muili Lude of "fellows of th~ ba_8er sort". Du_t these '.'Ameri can 'V?men" passed through the whole wtthout mantfestmg any s1gn of fear, as 1f conscwus of their own greatness and of the protecting ca re of the God of the oppressed. The State Anti-Sl ave ry Society, the Requited Labor Convention, and the Anti-Slavery Co1wention of American Women, ~d l held meetings on the subseqnent day, according to th ei1· adjournments; the latte r were in sess ion tltning the whole day, and finiiJhed th e ir business. Dut as those nweting:il were not held in P~nn sy lvania Hall, their proceedings do uol form a pan or the hi story of that building. |