Part 13 (1/2)

”1st It is to reject with indignation the wild and guilty phantasy that man can hold _property_ in man

”2d To pay the laborer his hire, for he is worthy of it

”3d No longer to deny hie, but to let every man have his oife, and let every woman have her own husband, as saith the apostle

”4th To let parents have their own children, for they are the gift of the Lord to theer to withhold the advantages of education, and the privilege of reading the Bible

”6th To put the slave under the protection of equitable laws

”Nohy should not _all_ this be done is is to be done next year, and which the year after? and so on

_Our_ i mercy _to-day_, and this is e call upon every slave-holder to do

”I have seen too radualist I dare not, in view of such a system, tell the slave-holder that he is 'physically unable to emancipate his slaves'[6] I say _he is able_ to let the oppressed go free, and that such heaven-daring atrocities ought to cease _now_, henceforth, and forever Oh,pillows under all ar soft excuses for the slave-holder's conscience, whilst with the saard slavery as a sin 'An open ene that thou mayst soon be emancipated from such inconsistency, I remain until then,

”Thine _out_ of the bonds of Christian abolitionism

”AE GRIMKe”

[6] The plea ists was that, as the laws of some of the States forbade emancipation, the masters were physically unable to free their slaves

The last letter, which Angelina says she wrote in sadness and read to her sister in tears, ends thus:--

”After endeavoring to show that woht of petition for the dumb and stricken slave; no business to join, in any way, in the excite in our country; no business to join abolition societies, etc, thou professest to tell our sisters what they are to do in order to bring the system of slavery to an end And now, es amount to? Why, that women are to exert their influence in private life to allay the excitement which exists on this subject, and to quench the flame of sympathy in the hearts of their fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons Fatal delusion! Will Christian women heed such advice?

”Hast thou ever asked thyself what the slave would think of thy book if he could read it? Dost thou know that, fro to the end, not a word of compassion for _him_ has fallen from thy pen?

Recall, I pray, theit

Was the paper once moistened by the tear of pity? Did thy heart once sith sympathy for thy sister in _bonds_? Did it once ascend to God in broken accents for the deliverance of the captive? Didst thou even ask thyself what the free man of color would think of it? Is it such an exhibition of slavery and prejudice as will call down _his_ blessing on thy head? Hast thou thought of _these_ things? or carest thou not for the blessings and prayers of these our suffering brethren? Consider, I entreat, the reception given to thy book by the apologists of slavery What meaneth that loud acclaim hich they hail it? Oh, listen and weep, and let thy repentings be kindled together, and speedily bring forth, I beseech thee, fruits meet for repentance, and henceforth show thyself faithful to Christ and His bleeding representative, the slave

”I greatly fear that thy book ht have been written just as well, hadst thou not had the heart of a woman It bespeaks a superior intellect, but paralyzed and spellbound by the sorcery of a worldly-es are the outpourings of a soul overwhelmed with a sense of the heinous crimes of our nation, and the necessity of i bed thou mayst vainly wish that '_Miss Beecher on the Slave Question_'hand which penned its cold and heartless pages But I forbear, and in deep sadness of heart, but in tender love though I thus speak, I bid thee again, farewell Forgive ed thee, and pray for her who still feels like

”Thy sister in the bonds of a coelina riting these letters, Sarah was publishi+ng her letters on the ”Province of Woman” in the _Spectator_ This was a heavier dose than Boston could stand at one tis were said about the sisters, notices of their s were torn down or effaced, and abolitionishts, that anti-slavery leaders generally began to feel anxious lest their cause should suffer by being identified with one to which the largethem, however, there was a difference of opinion, Garrison, HC Wright and others, non-resistants, encouraging the agitation of Woelina's letters will best define the position taken by herself and Sarah

”Sister and I,” she writes, ”feel quite ready for the discussion about women, but brothers Whittier and Weld entreat us to let it alone for the present, because it will involve topics of such vast importance,--a paid ministry, clerical domination, etc,--and will, they fear, divert our attention and that of the cos of the slave are so ht not to be confounded In their letters, received last week, they regret exceedingly that the letters in the _Spectator_ had been written They think just as we do, but believe that, for the tiht to speak to mixed audiences is the best one we can make, and that we had better keep out of controversies, as our hands are full On the other hand, we fear that the leaven of the Pharisees will be so assiduously worked into the minds of the people, that if they co it is a _shame_ for us to speak in the churches, and that we shall lose that influence which we should otherwise have We know that _our_ views on this subject are quite new to the _mass_ of the people of this State, and I think it best to throw the theument to look at, at the sa in Boston for us to speak on this subject now, and ent into town on purpose to hold a conference about it at Maria Chapainst it for the present, fearing lest it would bring down such a storm upon our heads, that we could not work in the country, and so Henrietta Sargent and I yielded, and I suppose this is the wisest plan, though, as brother Stanton says, I alad of sister's letters, and believe they are doing great good Soed to persevere, the brethren notwithstanding I tell thehts, and can no ht frohts of the slave and of woman blend like the colors of the rainboever, I rarely introduce this topic into e my sisters up to duty Our _brethren_ are dreadfully afraid of this kind of alad to hear that Lucretia Mott addressed the Moral Reform Society, and a before a host of worthy wohty”

The letters of Whittier and Weld, alluded to by Angelina, are so good and so i them here almost entire The first is Whittier's, and is dated: ”Office of Am AS

Soc, 14th of 8th Mo, 1837,”--and is as follows: