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and hazarded to loose their fetters! But their emancipated descendants will not forget the debt!

He has gone! But not in vain did he come hither. By his presence, and the power of his victorious eloquence, and the resistless energy of his movements, he has shaken the land from side to side. In one year, he has accomplished the work of many. At the mention of his name, republi. can tyrants stand aghast, and their knees smite violently against each other. Unable to hide the bloody stains that disfigure their polluted garments-conscious of their full exposure to the detestation and rebuke of a horror-stricken world despairing of ever regaining an honorable reputation, until they emancipate the victims of their lust and avarice they have sought to destroy the advocates of righteous liberty, with wolf-like ferocity and fiendish hate. Especially have they planned to abduct and murder the man, who, having been signally instrumental in breaking the fetters of eight hundred thousand slaves in the British Colonies, heroically came to these shores to assist in emancipating a still larger number of bleeding captives. But, thanks be to God, he has walked unharmed through the fire which they kindled to consume him, and the smell thereof has not passed upon his garments.

He has gone! But not to cease from his labors in the cause of mercy. He has a mighty work to perform in England, and there he will toil like an unbound giant. With the materials which he has industriously accumulated in this country, and which he has carried with him, he cannot fail to rouse up and concentrate the entire sympathies and energies of the people of Great Britain, in opposition to American slavery; and it is by the pressure of popular opinion abroad, as well as at home, that the bloody system is to be tumbled into ruins. Let the same withering public sentiment prevail throughout Christendom respecting the guilt of slave

holding, as now obtains in opposition to the diabolical slave trade, and the day of jubilee will be ushered in without delay. Our pride, as a nation, will not be able much longer to bear the taunts and jeers of the world, in view of our hypocrisy, falsehood and oppression; and our consciences, seared though they be as with a hot iron, will yet be awakened to remorse and repentance by the thunders of Sinai and the melting accents of Calvary. The Christians of Great Britain, of all denominations, will multiply their warnings, rebukes and exhortations to their brethren in this country, and they cannot speak in vain.

He has gone! The dagger of a murderous nation has been pointed at his heart, and he has been hunted like a partridge upon the mountains. He came to us on an errand of mercy, drawn by the ties of Christ, and spared no pains to bring us to repentance for our manifold transgressions. To flatter us was easy but he loved the truth, and hated falsehood; and for declaring the truth, his life was placed in continual jeopardy!

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He has gone! But the foreign MAN-MONKEY behind, to show us how exactly he can grin like an ape, look like an ape, climb and chatter like an ape, and finally die like an ape-and his popularity is increasing daily!

* Allusion is here made to a foreign mountebank, who was at that time (the fall of 1835) peregrinating through the country, and exhibiting himself as 'THE MAN-MONKEY.'

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Thy love of liberty extends

To every race and clime;

Thy hatred of oppression burns

To the remotest time:

In thee the slave a champion finds,

Intrepid, faithful, strong,

Though scorn and wrath assail thy course,
And perils round thee throng.

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While traffickers in human flesh

Their teeth upon thee gnash;

While for thy precious life they hunt,

Who wield the gory lash;

While their abettors here conspire

To howl and mob thee down;
Thou need'st no higher meed of praise

Can'st wear no brighter crown!

* After an absence of fifteen years, GEORGE THOMPSON again visited the United States, and on the evening of Nov. 18th, 1850, was enthusiastically welcomed by a crowded assembly of the colored citizens of Boston, for which occasion this Song was written.

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The ransomed bondmen of the isles
Thy name shall shout with pride;
And India's plundered millions bless
Their champion, true and tried ;

And England's crushed and toiling poor, -
Columbia's fettered race, -

Thy memory ever shall revere,

Thy brow with laurels grace.

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*Notwithstanding so long a period had elapsed since Mr. THOMPSON first came to the United States, the pro-slavery spirit of the land was exceedingly alarmed and terrified at his presence; and, during his sojourn of seven months, constantly endeavored to prevent his being heard, by mobocratic violence; but he triumphed over all opposition, and returned home, carrying with him the benedictions of a host of admiring friends.

Words of Encouragement to the Oppressed.

I NEVER rise to address a colored audience, without feeling ashamed of my own color; ashamed of being identified with a race of men, who have done you so much injustice, and who yet retain so large a portion of your brethren in servile chains. To make atonement, in part, for this conduct, I have solemnly dedicated my health, and strength, and life, to your service. I love to plan and to work for your social, intellectual, and spiritual advancement. My happiness is augmented with yours: in your sufferings I participate.

Henceforth I am ready, on all days, on all convenient occasions, in all suitable places, before any sect or party, at whatever peril to my person, character or interest, to plead the cause of my colored countrymen in particular, or of human rights in general. For this purpose, there is no day too holy, no place improper, no body of men too inconsiderable to address. For this purpose, I ask no church to grant me authority to speak-I require no ordination- I am not careful to consult Martin Luther, or John Calvin, or His Holiness the Pope. It is a duty, which, as a lover of justice, I am bound to discharge; as a lover of my fellow-men, I ought not to shun; as a lover of Jesus Christ, and of his equalizing, republican and benevolent precepts, I rejoice to perform.

Your condition, as a people, has long attracted my attention, secured my efforts, and awakened in my breast a flame of sympathy, which neither the winds nor waves of opposition can ever extinguish. It is the lowness of your estate, in the estimation of the world, which exalts you in my eyes. It is the distance that separates you from the blessings and privileges of society, which brings you so closely to my

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