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Rev. Mr. West's Position: For The Signal Of Liberty

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Day
28
Month
August
Year
1843
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Public Domain
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ímkssrs. L.ditors:-i was tbrilled by the eloquence of Father West of Monroe last winter at the Anti-Slavery Convention-, and I said amen to his declaration that tho poor slave was in the worst condition he conld be out of Heil- for ILad seen some of the workings of the eystem, and I knew it was Satan's piece to destroy both body and soul- Master and Slave.' I sympathized vvith liim in his argument witl the Presbyterian slaveholding deacon from Virginia. The" argument ninety miles Jong on the railroad, you will remember it. He condocted it on the Socratic plan, nnd by his pertinent q-.ieslions drew out admissions that condemned the system of slavery as cruel, bloody, horrible. But it did not appear that there was any thing peculiarly cruel 'm the deacon's course. To be' sure, he whipped his mammy, (the woman that nursed and reared hia children) on her naked back, just as any other slave-driver would, when she did noi behave herself - and then went to prayer meeting, just as any other slave-driving hypocrite might. After these admissions, Father West aseured hun, he told us-."Tha! he had as lie have old Sammt from the pil for a deacon in hid church.'' This was sírong- this was right. "Have no fellowship wiíh the unfruitful works of darkness, but ever reprove them." I rejoiced when I saw the name of the Rev. N. West as a member of the General Assernbly. Thinks I to myself, slavery will get one thrust this time, f no more. If a slaveholder is "oíd Sammy from the Pit," what must a elave-breeding woman whipping minister be? You may imagine niy surprise and disappointment when this fearless advocate of the slave, before an anti-slavery audience, became j the truckling, time serving polifician in the Assembly. My soul was pained at the horri - ble inconsistency. Sit and eat bread at the table of the Lord, with slaveholding ministers and deacons without rcbuking theirsin, perhaps the very one that he called "old Sammy from the Pil"!!- Oshame! where is thy blush!- consistency is a jewel, but where is it found? I leave it with you or your readers to soy f the slaveholding Deacen ought not to be called the Imp, nnd the slave-holding minister the Old He One. One thought more. The elave is in the worst condition iie can be out of Hel]. Dr. Dly, and otbere of the Assembly, by their vn confessioa are elaveholders- i. e. They , re the piactical supporters and defenderá of system that places man in the worst condiion be could be out of Heil. Yet the Rev. ' ir. W. calis these Rev. Brethren and Fath Íere in God, and would die of giief if they were j alienated froin the Assembly by his voHng to rebuke their sin' Yes, poor man! Should Ijís vote sepárale from the Assembly ihese Rev. Samraies frora the pit, "He never would smile more But all his days, walk with still footsteps And with humble eyes, An everlasting hymn within his eoul." But suppose the Virginia Deacon- alias old Üammy ehould wend his way nortliward in search of his mammy who, tired of raising his children, and of being whipped, had taken it into her head to take care of herself, and I bod started for Canada, fíe calis on the Rev. , N. W. to epend s Sabbath with him. It i pens to be the comraunion Season. The ' Deacon has "clean papers'1 forsooth-- though ' his hands are dripping with blood - and of j coursethe Rev. N. VV. must break to him the bread of life. Thus, on his own ] pies, he is forced to have old Sammy frora the pit a Deacon at his communion table.Correspondence of the Cleveland Herald, New York, July 24, 1843. Coming down the Hudson the other night, I had the pleasure of eeing for the first lime that odd compound of vegetable and animal, Horace Greely, the editor of the New York Tribune, accompanied by hia friend and colaborer in the cause of ussociaíion, A. Brisbane. As a clear and pungent poütical writter, I conceive that Mr. Greely has few superiors, or even equals in this country. His persona! appearance, however, is any thing but prepossessing. In shape he is much like the letter S, and if straighlencd out, would, I should judge, be about six feet in Iieighf. He was dressed in a snuff colored clotli coat, that set to him about as well as if taken at random from a Chatham etreet Jew 6hop. His unmentionables were of white linen, and were like the Irishman's rail, loo short at both ends the waisiband buttons being distinctly visible at the top, while the bottoms reached but half way down his boot?. It is proper however to say, they were not eked out by strap?. The pockets appeared as jf each were stufftd with a good sized pumpkin. His boots could not have been blacked for a werk, and were badly run down at tbe heel. A broad shirt collar, carelessíy tied by a dingy siJk ribbon 'shocking bad hat" knocked in on on e side,completed hia "outer man." Yet after all therc is some. Ibing interesting in his appearance, a certaine nais sais qvoi that speaks of intellectual sapenority. While niuving about amongthe buisy throng hia appearance is that of entire abslraclion and indifièrence tothe things about him. VVhen not engnged in reading(os he was most of the time,) he was earnestly discussing those subjects which employ his thoughts and pen, or pacing the deck in deep meditation.

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Signal of Liberty
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