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element which alone secures moral and civil freedom to man. Coercion may rouse into action a savage ferocity, produce a plentiful effusion of human gore, and fill the land with the wail of agony, but it will not unclasp the the fetters of the slave, nor fit him for the enjoyment of liberty. And when God makes inquisition for blood, in whose skirts will that blood be found, which has been shed by our coercion? Verily we assume a fearful responsibility, when we would coerce the south. How different is this from the course pursued by the holy Apostles of our Lord in a similar case-how different from the course recommended in the language of the Holy Spirit at the head of this discourse. If we really desire the abolition of slavery, we must cordially embrace christians at the south in the fellowship of the gospel, cherish them, encourage them, and aid them in their labors of love. They are as noble spirits as the world can produce, and in proportion to their convictions of duty, as ready as any to make sacrifices for the promotion of truth. Give them the same amount of moral light, the same vantage ground, to influence the public mind, that our fathers enjoyed, and

they will not be slow in bringing the whole system of bond service to a final period. We may suppose them deficient in their views of the moral law, in the extent of its application to human relations, but this is no reason for casting them off. Who is not deficient? "Let him that is without sin cast the first stone."

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