Congregational Nebraska Classic Reprint

Author : Providence Providence
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ISBN 13 : 9781330983805
Total Pages : 38 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of a Public Meeting of the Citizens of Providence written by Providence Providence and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of a Public Meeting of the Citizens of Providence: Held in the Beneficent Congregational Church, March 7, 1854, to Protest Against Slavery in Nebraska; With the Addresses of the Speakers Prayer was offered by the Rev. S. C. Brown, Pastor of the Chestnut Street Methodist Church. An address was made by General Greene, on taking the chair; Resolutions were introduced by Professor Caswell, of Brown University, Chairman of a Committee appointed for the purpose at the preliminary meeting; and addresses were made by the Rev. Dr. Hall, Pastor of the First Congregational Church, A. Payne, Esq., Rev. Dr. Wayland, President of Brown University, Hon. J. Whipple, and Rev. S. Wolcott, Pastor of the High Street Congregational Church. The remarks of the speakers were received with frequent demonstrations of applause by the large and intelligent audience, which remained seated from half-past six until half-past ten o'clock; when the resolutions were unanimously adopted, and the meeting was dissolved. Addresses. Remarks of Hon. Albert C. Greene. Fellow Citizens: - The subject on which this meeting is to act is one of the most interesting and important that has ever demanded the attention of the citizens of Providence. It is but very recently that I have known I might be called upon to take part in the proceedings of this evening. I shall, therefore, ask your attention only long enough to remind you of some of the most prominent facts in the history of the slave question, as connected with the bill now before Congress, and against the passage of which we are here to protest, and I shall then leave the subject in the hands of those able and eloquent gentlemen who have been announced as the speakers who are to address you. The revolution found the institution of slavery legalized among us. The attention of the Christian world had not then been fully awakened to the evils of slavery and the enormities of the slave trade. The constitution of the United States was the work of patriotic men who had recently been most actively engaged in our great struggle for liberty, and who were deeply imbued with the spirit of that declaration which had proclaimed as self evident truths "that all men are created equal," and that among their inalienable rights are life and "liberty." It was in this spirit that the use of the words "slave" and "slavery" were studiously avoided in the framing of that instrument. It was that same spirit that gave rise to the great ordinance of 1787, which was coeval with the constitution, and which is declared "unalterable but by common consent." By that ordinance slavery was forever prohibited in all the territory over which Congress had power to legislate in relation to that subject. This act only embodied and carried out the general sentiment of the wise and patriotic men of that day, at the South as well as at the North, by whom slavery was regarded as a great moral, social and political evil. On this subject some of the greatest and best men of the South spoke freely, openly, with deep feeling and in strong language, deprecating its existence and looking with hope and faith to its eventual extinction. 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.