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Editorial
August 14, 1845
Green Mountain Freeman
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
What is this article about?
The editorial contrasts how anti-slavery advocates are treated in free states, where their influence is denied, versus slave states, where they are recognized as allies by those seeking slavery's end. Signed by Cincinnati Herald.
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WORTHY OF NOTICE.
Anti-Slavery men cannot obtain justice from their opponents in the free States. Their measures are denounced, their motives questioned and when a change in public sentiment takes place on the subject of slavery too palpable to be denied, it is denied that they have had any influence in producing it. On the contrary, it has come to pass despite their injurious course. What the cause is, is another question. No one pretends to give any explanation. The truth is, the change just happened, without any cause at all.
Very different is it in the slave States. When a man there becomes penetrated with a conviction of the evil of slavery, and filled with a purpose to move for its extinction, he feels at once that his natural allies are the anti-slavery men of the free States. To them he looks for efficient sympathy; to their efforts he attributes the healthful changes in sentiment in regard to slavery, which have already taken place: their measures he is disposed to adopt, their characters he is brave enough to vindicate.
The anti-slavery men of the free States will yet have to look for justice to their brethren in the slave States. The foe of oppression there is quick sighted to discern his real friends —Cincinnati Herald
Anti-Slavery men cannot obtain justice from their opponents in the free States. Their measures are denounced, their motives questioned and when a change in public sentiment takes place on the subject of slavery too palpable to be denied, it is denied that they have had any influence in producing it. On the contrary, it has come to pass despite their injurious course. What the cause is, is another question. No one pretends to give any explanation. The truth is, the change just happened, without any cause at all.
Very different is it in the slave States. When a man there becomes penetrated with a conviction of the evil of slavery, and filled with a purpose to move for its extinction, he feels at once that his natural allies are the anti-slavery men of the free States. To them he looks for efficient sympathy; to their efforts he attributes the healthful changes in sentiment in regard to slavery, which have already taken place: their measures he is disposed to adopt, their characters he is brave enough to vindicate.
The anti-slavery men of the free States will yet have to look for justice to their brethren in the slave States. The foe of oppression there is quick sighted to discern his real friends —Cincinnati Herald
What sub-type of article is it?
Slavery Abolition
What keywords are associated?
Anti Slavery
Slavery
Free States
Slave States
Public Sentiment
Abolition
What entities or persons were involved?
Anti Slavery Men
Opponents In Free States
Brethren In Slave States
Cincinnati Herald
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Recognition Of Anti Slavery Efforts In Slave States
Stance / Tone
Supportive Of Anti Slavery Advocates
Key Figures
Anti Slavery Men
Opponents In Free States
Brethren In Slave States
Cincinnati Herald
Key Arguments
Anti Slavery Men Denied Credit For Changes In Public Sentiment In Free States
In Slave States, Anti Slavery Men Seen As Natural Allies By Those Opposing Slavery
True Justice For Anti Slavery Efforts Will Come From Slave State Brethren