The Proceedings of a Meeting Held at Portland, Me., August 15, 1835, by the Friends of the Union and the Constitution, on the Subject of Interfering at the North and East with the Relations of Master and Slave at the South1835 - Slavery - 8 pages |
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abolition of slavery action Adams adjust adopt agents agitated alienate AUGUST BOOK DUE BORROWER brethren called cause channel citizens of Portland civil colored committee compact compel conflicting constitution convey danger deep delicate different sections direct directly dissolution distribute duty effect evil excite exclusive existence expression feelings fellow citizens FRIENDS gradual Hall harmonious HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY incendiary injurious intention interfere intermeddling John Ander JOHN CHANDLER justice laws Levi liberties MASTER meeting ments Messrs moral National nearly newspapers non-slave-holding NORTH NOTICES officious opinion OVERDUE FEE passions patriot peace peculiar interests political population Portland and vicinity preamble printed proceedings profess prosperity proved question receive regard render resolutions Resolved respect RUFUS READ Secretary seen self-government senti sentiments servile insurrection slave-holding slaves social condition societies South Southern spirit supposed tempt tend to disturb terest Thomas TIONS Union United Voted WIDENER wisdom zeal
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Page 7 - Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 6 - RESOLVED, That It is the bounden and sacred duty of good citizens of every State, carefully and scrupulously to avoid all interference and attempts to interfere, and all manifestations of any intention or wish to interfere, with the peculiar interests, concerns, laws and domestic policy of every other State in the Union; and that all such acts of interference, where they tend to disturb the quiet, to alienate...