Author : American Abolition Society
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483107823
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (78 download)
Book Synopsis A Review of the Official Apologies of the American Tract Society, for Its Silence on the Subject of Slavery by : American Abolition Society
Download or read book A Review of the Official Apologies of the American Tract Society, for Its Silence on the Subject of Slavery written by American Abolition Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Review of the Official Apologies of the American Tract Society, for Its Silence on the Subject of Slavery: From the New-York Daily Tribune Napoleon once remarked that it was wiser in a government to give bad reasons for an unpopular measure than to remain silent. Silence in such eases is supposed to arise, either from a disregard to public opinion, or n conscious inability to satisfy it; on the other hand, a defence is a flattering appeal to the judgment of the public. While many will be unable to detect tho false logic of the defence, the partisans of the government will insist that the argument is irresistible, and pour obloquy 011 all who fail to acknowledge its force. The Rev. gentleman who at the last anniversary began his speech with declaring "that there was no occasion for an apology for the Society," and concluded with the exhortation "never, never apologize," evinced more impulsive zeal than sound judgment. The Society had been arraigned at the bar of the public for its avowed neutrality on the Slavery question and all the immoralities necessarily connected with human bondage, and likewise for its careful expurgation of Anti-Slavery sentiments from its reprints. Eminent Christians, both lay and clerical, secular and religious newspapers, individual churches and ecclesiastical bodies, had all remonstrated against this course. But the advice of the Rev. orator was followed, and the managers, in their dignity, gave no sign that a murmur of dissatisfaction reached their ears. At length a city church, and one of undoubted evangelical sentiments, voted to discontinue for the future its usual congregational collections for the Society. Matters now began to look serious. Extra exertions had indeed thus far prevented a diminution of funds, but many of the contributors wore dissatisfied, and the example just set might be extensively followed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
