leading abolitionists'-some new, and others such as had been preferred again and again by our opponents—some arraigning the orthodoxy of private individuals, and others affecting the whole aspect of our enterprise. They have finally settled down to a single point-that the Massachusetts AntiSlavery Society is so heretical, and made up of such antichristian materials, that it is the duty of all truly evangelical' men to come out from among them, be separate, and form an exclusive society, admitting none as members but those who subscribe to a particular confession of faith-at the same time, expressing their intention to make the new society. auxiliary to the American, which is conducted in the same manner, and made up of the same discordant materials as the Massachusetts Society.

Of this movement, the Board said at the time- So far as they (the Appeal, &c.) are personal in their character, the Board have nothing to say of them. So far, however, as they may be regarded as implicating the Board and the Society generally, the Board feel called on to say, that they regard them as unjust in their allegations, and as inconsiderate, if not ungenerous and unchristian, in the manner of preferring them; ** and as peculiarly unseasonable and unkind at a time, when the union of all hearts and all hands is needed for the promotion of our common cause, and when nothing, if it can possibly be prevented, should be allowed to come up to withdraw the attention, or divide the energies of the oppressed.'

The course of the Board,' on this occasion, was fully and cordially approved' by the Society, at its Quarterly Meeting, in Worcester, on the 29th of September following, which was very fully attended by delegates from various parts of the Commonwealth.

It might well be supposed, that this attempt to divide the anti-slavery ranks upon sectarian grounds, and especially to suppress this Society, (the parent of the fifteen hundred associations now in existence,) which has every where been regarded, both in this country and in England, as the sheetanchor of the abolition ship, could not fail to create a lively ex

citement among the friends and foes of the cause, in all parts of the land. At regular and special meetings of many antislavery societies in Maine, New-Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania, the conduct of the signers of the Clerical Appeal' was condemned as unkind, illiberal and unjustifiable; while not a single society was found to give them any countenance. The anti-slavery presses, throughout the land, were not less decided in deprecating any new organization upon party or sectarian grounds. Thus a verdict was pronounced against the authors of this plot, from which there could be no appeal,' except to the enemies of our sacred enterprise. But to make such an appeal would only be to confess, that they had betrayed the cause, and changed sides in the controversy. Never was a verdict pronounced with greater unanimity, or in more decisive terms. If, after such an expression of sentiment on the part of the devoted friends of immediate emancipation, the signers of the 'Clerical Appeal' had needed any stronger evidence that they were in the wrong, they should have been convinced of this fact by the shouts which were raised over their defection by the most implacable opponents of anti-slavery principles and measures.*

*The following Appeal is so excellent and so well-timed, that we insert it entire, although of considerable length. It manifests so good a spirit, so much in accordance with christian propriety, that we feel confident it will find a response from many hearts not now enlisted in the abolition enterprise.-N. H. Observer.

We have been exceedingly refreshed by the following document, which appeared in the last New England Spectator. Its noble, independent tone-its courtesy towards opponents, its regard for their rights, conceding all it demands-its recognition of correct principles of action and intercourse, in language plain and easy to be understood;-all this is so different from any thing which we have seen from that side of the house,' that we give the whole with the sincerest pleasure. We have marvelled, for a long time, how Anti-Slavery ministers, at least such as we know some of them to be, could keep silence, while a tyranny was creeping in, more to be dreaded than any other now in existence among us.-Christian Mirror.

A Gratifying Document.-Here is an approach to what we have so often argued to be the duty of Christian members of Anti-Slavery Societies. We admire the honest and christian spirit of this document. Mr. Fitch is pastor of the Free Church, which professes to be founded on Anti-Slavery principles,' and has frequently spok-.

It is but just to add, that, with a few exceptions, the movement seems to have found as little favor among those of the same religious faith with the persons concerned, as among others. Indeed, in its present exclusive and sectarian aspect, it is believed there is but one feeling throughout the State, among abolitionists of every name and sect; and that all alike will not only regret, but repudiate, every attempt at organization on sectarian grounds, or on any other which shall be designed or fitted to divide their energies, and turn their efforts against each other, instead of the common enemy.

The success which has attended anti-slavery efforts, during the past year, notwithstanding the treachery of professed friends, and the bitter opposition of avowed enemies,—has been truly wonderful. Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?' The all-animating voice of God is still saying, Speak unto the friends of holy and impartial liberty, that they GO FORWARD!' There is no discharge in this warfare, so long as one human being pines in bondage upon our soil. Let us arm ourselves with the same mind that was in Christ Jesus. Whilst we should watchfully see to it, that nothing of human passion, or personal hatred, or sectarian bitterness, or party policy, enters into our feelings in assailing the execrable system of American slavery, and in rebuking the transcendant wickedness of American slaveholders, we should be equally

en at Anti-Slavery meetings. Mr. Towne is pastor of the Salem-street Church, and was one of the seventy agents,' commissioned last year by the American Anti-Slave. ry Society. Mr. Sanford and the other signers have long been known as active members of the Anti-Slavery Society. We publish their appeal with great pleasure. -Vermont Chronicle.

Taking Right Ground.-Several Clerical abolitionists in Boston and vicinity, have been obliged to express their public disapprobation of some of the Garrisonism of that region. We give a few extracts from their public appeal as published in the New England Spectator. Let abolitionists generally come out, and put down the spirit and practice of denunciation and abuse, and show a better example by speaking the truth in love, and converts to their cause will be multiplied.-Religious Intel.

on our guard not to give heed to the suggestions of a false charity, or to dilute the pure word of liberty. Let our single purpose be, regardless whom it may please or offend among men, -to speak the truth of God in its simplicity and power-not to conceal danger, or gild over crime, or screen the wrong-doer. It is not light that is needed on this subject, so much as a heart of flesh. While the chains of millions of our enslaved countrymen are clanking in our ears, and their cries are piercing the heavens, and we know that their bodies and spirits (which are God's) are daily sold under the hammer of the auctioneer as household goods or working cattle, we need no nice adjustment of abstractions, no metaphysical reasonings, to convince us that such scenes are dreadful, and such practices impious. All the nobility of our manhood, all that is nature within us, all the instincts and faculties of our souls, settle the question instantly. With the indignation that fired the bosom of a Brougham, each of us exclaims-Tell me not of rights! talk not of the property of the planter in his slaves! I deny the right, I acknowledge not the property! The principles, the feelings of our nature rise in rebellion against it. Be the appeal made to the understanding or the heart, the sentence is the same that rejects it.' Let abolitionists remember this important truth, that it is because the skin of their poor, despised, fettered, bleeding clients is black, that they themselves are incendiaries and disturbers of the public peace-that their temper is bad, their spirit uncharitable, their language abusive, their principles unsound, their measures dangerous, their logic worthless. Oh, the odious inconsistency of the American people! When the iron heel of Turkish despotism was planted upon the necks of the Greeks; when the Autocrat of Russia was sending his barbarian hordes to conquer the unconquerable Poles; when the incensed populace of Paris contended for the space of three days with the National Guards, and drove Charles the Tenth from his throne; when the news of the passage of the Stamp Act, and the tax on tea, by the mother country, was received by our fathers, and insurrections for liberty broke out in all parts of the colonies; when at a subsequent period, the tidings came that

American citizens had been captured by the Algerines, ant were pining in bondage; when, at a still later period, the rights. of American seamen ceased to be respected by Great Britain, and some six or seven thousand were said to have been impressed; on each and on all of those memorable occasions, no denunciation against the oppressors was regarded as too strong, no impeachment of motives too sweeping, no agitation too great, no zeal too burning, no sacrifice too dear, no peril too imminent to be encountered. O, no! Then weakness became strength; prudence, noble daring; moderation, impetuosity; caution, a generous disdain of consequences; charity, righteous indignation! Then the cold blood of philosophy, congealed by icy frigidness, was changed into the warm fluid of patriotic life; then the abstractions of metaphysics became practical realities, affecting life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; then halting expediency was transformed into high, immutable, eternal principle. Then the man, who, at such a crisis, had dared to mock the agony of men's minds, and to insult their understandings, by giving them grave and severe homilies upon the duty of being very cautious, and prudent, and charitable, and upon the propriety of exercising moderation and being dumb-such a man would have been deemed and treated as recreant to God and liberty. Then the land trembled as Freedom went forth to battle :

And there was rushing in hot haste—the steed,
The mustering squadron, and the clattering car,
Went pouring forward with impetuous speed,
And swiftly forming in the ranks of war;
And the deep thunder, peal on peal afar;
And near,
the beat of the alarming drum,
Roused up the soldier ere the morning star;
While thronged the citizens with terror dumb,

Or whispering with white lips-"The foe! they come ! they come !

Then words, however huge,-expostulations, however earnest, -petitions, however importunate,-assertions of rights, however bold and uncompromising in language,-were deemed wholly inadequate to such a crisis. Paving-stones in the streets were taken up and hurled at the heads of the myrmidons of tyranny