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Show 210 NOTCS ON UNCJ~E TOM'S CAlliN. \ :md which assembled in Tialtimorc, July 26, 1852, and continued in session for seYerul <bys. Resoh·cd, That while we appreein.tc nnd ncknowlcdge tho sincerity of tho motives and the activity of the zeal of those who, during un agitation of twenty years, h:wo honestly st ruggled to place us on fl. footing of soein.t and political eqlmlity with the white population of this country, yet we cannot conceal from ourselves tho fitct that no advance hns been maliC towards a result to us so dcsira.ble; but that on tho contntry, our.condition u.s u. class is loss dcsirn.blo thn.n it was twenty years ago. Rc8olvod, '!'hat in tho f:tco of nn immigration from Europe, which is gi'On.tcr Cnch year than it wns the year before, and during the preva-lence of n. feeling in regard to u s, which the very agitation int('ndcd for good, has only sened appai'Cntly to embitter, we e:tnnot JWomiHo oursch·cs that the futuro will do tilat which the past hn.s failed to accom plish~ Take theil' :uhricc; the advice implied in these resolutions. This, of all subjects, should be let alone by empirics. No good can COillC of bungling: Stat confl'(.n·atio, et seerdam can·it in aurcm, ]{c liccat fa cere id, quocl quis t·iti(tUit a!Jcndo. Bend all your efforts another wa.y. Give your time, your talents, and, let me add, your money, to help on the success of the Liberia. experimctlt: it is the only atonement you car.a make to the black man for the wrongs you ha.vo done him. Engnge your English friends in the work-and a. great work it is-of regenerating thcJa.m<Jie:tnegro; and let your :)nd their efforts conspire together to build up a. great Africnn Empire. In this way you mny do something for " this persecuted race," and ercry ?'eal well-wisher to the colored man will bid you God speed in the doing of it. APPENDIX. APPJ~NDIX, A. From tlt.e Bostoll Traveller, of Jimc 1, 1850. N•:w-ExcL,\:-<D A:..-Tt-SL.\ \'•:Rr CoNVJ::XTto~. ~'ho meeting on 'Vednc.~dny morn in~ waA fully attendcll. Cah·in Fa.trbank~ a~dt·esse_d those 1.n n.ttendance-u1m;tly in th0 ~a1Jc1·r-wl1o were ~nwlllmg to lt.stcn patumtly tv the ::cntilllrnt.'l <Jf the (.'01n'·cntion. lie s~td he \~'rt.8 ready to go even furthrr th:in ~- t-:i. _F,1~tcr did yc~h·rda..~, Ill rolatJ~n t? the 6:l.~1Ctiou of Sia.\~Cl"j' h.v the Old '1\:~tamcnt. J rc b cl •cved t~~:tt 1t dtd sano_t.wn opp.rcs~ion, ~nd he wa.., prepa1·cd 10 h·:liUp lo undet foot all scn~llllCnts m 1!; winch were co11tr.try to known J~atural truths. lie 8~H.I, l?m:hn.p."' this would bn thought .s:1yiw• con- Siderable fur a .McthoUtst mm1s tcr (cheers and his:<c.:-t). 0 F,·om the Bo.rton Commomrcaltlt. .HE\', Dn; ~ur:r.F.R.-'Vednc~dn.y'R Joul"nal r-:"~vs "it i.'! "'T·ltif"in..,. 1 ;-.•fl;c~~ a Chi'JStHm slar('holdr1· \\'PI••omrd to tlH•~ J11•·nt..; -1~.J· pu.lp"( ~ 1:,M·11;~·:t u·cn hc;,c." . '£his" Cln·istian sla\'clloldc·t·'' i.~ i!~t·'l:t'l'. l:j,.1J1~11~:1 .u 1~ 1·. Jltc 1\.lS d('~nmcd to the l•ca1·ts :1nd pulpit.'! of the elwrd•·~ ~~\ni~~;~'~; rt~~its achris~~~:·:c:l~~~~;l;(~·~~~~l'~·c l_Ja\'·t:· /)('f(JI·:. llll'lltioned .. ~\ n~n.inRt tho lusts _or. a million of hi~ h~/~~~~<;1~. h.t~lu;;:;ln~;r~~:~~:111:1~1 moth~r, brother, Yletnn,-all f'fJ:ually powt~d<'-"'• 1 W"tl , k ' :I t ' of tlus, lh!! ?illli'Ches in Howe stre('t and cii:-U"k)J ~t I'.~ • ~·.T\ I "( go R~v. "Ch1·1stmn shwcholdel',"-ono of t!IOs<~ wh~ 1;0[;c~1 '\\('0~•w :.~ Uu~ mst brothcl,-to thciL· " hearts and pulpits.'' l IC eJ :i vf (211) |