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Show "© r £ 1)' t r £ 1t 1t i n s ." I ASK no prouder inscription for my bumble tomb, than " Here lies the Friend of the Oppressed." ' j [rre ~lizs ion nf ~mcri ca. Bn.UNswios:, Mninc, September 30, 1853. MISS JULIA Gil!FFITIT, MY Dear Madam, your letter of September 23d I have received. I regret exceedingly that it is not in my power to furuisb the article you have done me the honor to solicit, for the ''Autographs for Freedom.!) Particu]::n·ly do I regret t:..tis lJOW, when the great conflict between aristocracy and de· mocracy is about being renewed all over the continent of Europe, and when despots arc pointing with exult· ation to the unparalleled enormities of our "peculiar institutions," and the friends of republican equality, in all lands, are disheartened by our example. Would the slaveholders of the south but consent to place those who till their lands, under the protection of wholesome and impartial law, and pay them honest |