he sublime ideas of national unity; it made men sectional,
licentious, profligate, cruel,--and selfishness paled the holy fires
of patriotism.

But notwithstanding the profound reflection of the greatest minds in
the South, and the philosophic prophecies of Jefferson, the conscience
and heart of the South did not respond to the dictates of humanity.
Cotton and cupidity led captive the reason of the South, and, once
more joined to their idols, the slave-holders no longer heard the
voice of prudence or justice in the slave marts of their "section."

FOOTNOTES:

[10] Jefferson's Writings, vol. viii, p. 404.

[11] Jefferson's Writings, vol. viii. p. 403.

CHAPTER V.

ANTI-SLAVERY METHODS.

THE ANTIQUITY OF ANTI-SLAVERY SENTIMENT.--BENJAMIN LUNDY'S
OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH AND AT THE NORTH.--HE
ESTABLISHES THE "GENIUS OF UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION."--HIS GREAT
SACRIFICES AND MARVELLOUS WORK IN THE CAUSE OF
EMANCIPATION.--WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON EDITS A PAPER AT
BENNINGTON, VERMONT.--HE PENS A PETITION TO CONGRESS FOR THE
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.--GARRISON THE
PEERLESS LEADER OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY AGITATION.--EXTRACT FROM A
SPEECH DELIVERED BY DANIEL O'CONNELL AT CORK, IRELAND.--INCREASE
OF ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETIES IN THE COUNTRY.--CHARLES SUMNER
DELIVERS A SPEECH ON THE "ANTI-SLAVERY DUTIES OF THE WHIG
PARTY."--MARKED EVENTS OF 1846.--SUMNER THE LEADER OF THE
POLITICAL PARTY.--HETERODOX ANTI-SLAVERY PARTY.--ITS
SENTIMENTS.--HORACE GREELEY THE LEADER OF THE ECONOMIC
ANTI-SLAVERY PARTY.--THE AGGRESSIVE ANTI-SLAVERY PARTY.--ITS
LEADERS.--THE COLONIZATION ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.--AMERICAN
COLONIZATION SOCIETY.--MANUMITTED NEGROES COLONIZE ON THE WEST
COAST OF AFRICA.--A BILL ESTABLISHING A LINE OF MAIL STEAMERS TO
THE COAST OF AFRICA.--IT PROVIDES FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE
SLAVE-TRADE, PROMOTION OF COMMERCE, AND THE COLONIZATION OF FREE
NEGROES.--EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS WARMLY URGING THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.--THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD ORGANIZATION.--ITS EFFICIENCY
IN FREEING SLAVES.--ANTI-SLAVERY LITERATURE.--IT EXPOSES THE TRUE
CHARACTER OF SLAVERY.--"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN," BY HARRIET BEECHER
STOWE, PLEADED THE CAUSE OF THE SLAVE IN TWENTY DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES.--THE INFLUENCE OF "IMPENDING CRISIS."

Anti-slavery sentiment is as old as the human family. It ante