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he may deem a great wrong, because the expression of 

 his resentment is offensive or unpalatable ? The right is 

 conceded, that we may sympathise with the oppressed 

 of other lands. We are free to offer condolence to the 

 broken-hearted Poles, to send money and arms to the 

 oppressed Greeks ; we may raise a threatening hand 

 against the combined powers of Europe, if they attempt 

 to reduce the revolting colonies of South America to 

 subjection but we are forbidden to utter a word against 

 the oppression of three millions of our own people ! &quot; 



Nothing can exhibit a more healthful tone of mind on 

 the subject of slavery than this. And to the above 

 paragraph is added the following expression of their 

 grievances against the slave-ocracy of the south : 



u The north, with characteristic forbearance, has sub 

 mitted to many wrongs, having their origin in the effort 

 to uphold and strengthen the institution of slavery. For 

 slavery, the Cherokees were driven from their homes, in 

 defiance of a solemn treaty, and the faith of the nation 

 violated before the world. For slavery, the sovereignty 

 of New Jersey was trampled under foot, to admit its 

 advocates on the floor of Congress. For slavery, the 

 sacred right of petition was denied and scoffed at. For 

 slavery, it was proposed that the mails should be rifled, 

 and the post-office department of Government be con 

 verted into a grand system of espionage. For slavery, 

 the ambassador of a sovereign State (Massachusetts) was 

 driven by the public officers of South Carolina from her 

 shores, and compelled to fly for his life. For slavery, 

 Texas w r as wrested from a friendly nation ; and for 

 slavery, a bloody war was waged against Mexico, that 

 has cost the nation many thousands of the lives of its 

 citizens.&quot; 



It is due, I think, to the people of the State of New 

 York, that this expression of their sentiments on the 

 question of slavery should be known more generally 



