ob against anti-slavery and colored men raged for
three days and nights. On the 28th of July, 1836, a committee of
thirteen citizens of Cincinnati, appointed by a public meeting, of
whom Jacob Burnet, late United States Senator and Judge of the Supreme
Court of Ohio, was chairman, waited upon Mr. James G. Birney and other
members of the executive committee of the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society,
under whose direction the "Philanthropist," an anti-slavery
newspaper, was printed here, and informed them that unless they
desisted from its publication the meeting would not be responsible for
the consequences. Judge Burnet stated that the mob would consist of
five thousand persons, and that two-thirds of the property holders of
the city would join it. The committee gave Mr. Birney and his friends
till the next day to consider the question, when they decided to make
no terms with the rioters and to abide the consequences. That night
the office was sacked, and the press of the "Philanthropist" was
thrown into the Ohio river.

But here was an oration delivered in the city of Baltimore in the year
1791, advancing the most extreme opinions, and it created not a ripple
on the surface of Southern society.

That the opinions of the oration did not offend those to whom it was
addressed, the official action of the Society, which is printed on the
third page, attests. It is as follows:

"At a special meeting of the 'Maryland Society for Promoting the
Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes and others
Unlawfully held in Bondage,' held at Baltimore, July 4, 1791,
unanimously

"_Resolved_, That the president present the thanks of the Society
to Dr. George Buchanan, for the excellent oration by him delivered
this day, and, at the same time, request a copy thereof in the
name and for the use of the Society.

"Signed--Samuel Sterett, President; Alex. McKim, Vice-President;
Joseph Townsend, Secretary."

The oration has this dedication:

"To the Honorable Thomas Jefferson, Esq., Secretary of State,
whose patriotism since the American Revolution has been uniformly
marked by a sincere, steady, and active attachment to the interest
of his country, and whose literary abilities have distinguished
him amongst the first of statesmen and philosophers--this oration
is respectfully inscribed, as an humble testimony of the highest
regard and esteem, by the Author."

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