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Show 58 TUE LIBERTY »ELL· h North lose some of their That the peoplo of t o . d st important rights as most unquestionable an mo . d St.ates by the means used citizens of tho U mte ' to defend Slavery. . . Sl y is tho very ant•podes of That, smco aver . . . tb open practice of 1t, and the RepublicaniSm, 0 • . . . which is openly used m tts sophishcal reasonmg defence arc working most serious injury to tho Republi.c an ~· ae a, upen which ou. r nation is founded, and in which chiefly consists the snpc· riority that we claim over European and Asiatic nations. That since Slavery is a great general violation, (compn. s.m g almost every conceivable particul.a r violation,) of Christianity, its theory and prachce are working constant and enormous evil to the Christian idea, and thus graduo.lly lowering the standard of morality and religion. That as continuance in tho state of Slavery cannot but bo most debasing to tho Slave, both ia his material, social, and spiritual relations, so the PEUSONALITY. 59 systematic enforcing of that debasement, and its necessary reaction, by contact, upon himself, must be an actively deteriorating influence upon the Slaveholder, in !tis material, social, and spiritual relations. And, finally, that, as tho ill cffocta of Slavery cannot cease but with tho destruction of their cause, and as the continuance of so vicious a relation necessarily prevents tho application of those means upon which both parties must depend for elevation and improvement, the only rational and effectual beginning of a removal of the evils of Slavery is the IMMEDIATE ABOLITION of Slavery. All these positions, I say, nrc abundantly proved in the lectures, newspapers, and tracts of the Abolitionists. We are therefore authorized to refer to them ns established facta in the history of Slavery, nnd t~ hold tho activo supporters of that system responsible for them in chief, and its passive supporters responsible in proportion to the nid and comfort they furnish to tho institution. To do |