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To The Rev. John Scotford: For The Signal Of Liberty

To The Rev. John Scotford: For The Signal Of Liberty image
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Day
19
Month
December
Year
1842
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Public Domain
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- I see yon have made soine important uimissiur.s, some broad assertlons. to whic.i I wish to ca!I your ntiention. Iwiali you togiye book and pngc of yonr ruotation from Wesley. You represent ltin as sitying that "slavery is t!ie sutn of all viüainio?."- This asserfion ncedá proof, even i' Mr. "ÍV'esIey s'.i'l t: and again, []at .'Árncrícan SInvery is tlic vücsi that ever saw the sim." This last asw.ion tnnst be eontradicied bv every historian.ïou sny yon me fully persimdcd, that ?;o resol utiou of the Gencr.il Conference of tli3 "I. E. Clinici), on the subject of negro tcstimony í;is ïiyhiy iniqiiiious." This, sir. is a vimious effort of.yours if boldness constitutes viitr.e, Tor it must bo neknowledged. that a man of your og$ and exporiencf. who can m:ko ench nn nssenion .bo;.t s'.ich a body orincn has no feííi "ql nes f, You sny úús resolution nfracts tho riglas oí a pnrt of (lic incmbcrsliip of t])e Churcli. Sir, I vish yoh to infürni us vvhat 'BUI of ïV ■:'■!.-; . i.::s o any muil, whi'.e or Ijlae'c, an unqnr.liiicd iig!:t o icstify in his ncighbor'ij case. ïix u:akin2 ü;rt ■mr ''inio.ui.ous" ense. I wisli fpa to èohèiiJer ihe íbüowing syllogism. A prej'".ducJ posnn s nn fi.compe tent w itnees; the black pcopíe oí' America nrs projudieed against the whito people of Amcric-i; and theieforc the black people are competent witnessea 'agninsi ilio whito people. You 'v.oiild iiot condemn, as wicked ;nen o.!iypocrites.. uil thstsè who voted or it." Iruleed! n!y a '.art oftïiem are ;;vk-ke;l men or hypoïiiies." This is the fnir cons-.rtiction oí y.iur langunge. D;d you mean that; or uid you not know v!iat you wroie? Hns t como to tiini! - One oftho j :ni.r sona of he M. L Church. :onounces. in the iace of ilie sun. nn act of her iiighest o(lic;al body to be "higlily iniquitous." ir.d that a pnrt of Unit body are "v,ick-d men or hyioeriios!"

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Signal of Liberty
Old News