ll be the desire on the part of the friends of abolition,
to behold their labours crowned with success, unless those
colourd people who have obtained their freedom, should evince by
their morality and orderly deportment, that they are deserving
the rank and station which they have obtained in society:
unavailing will be the most strenuous exertions of humane
philanthropists in your behalf, if you should not be found to
second their endeavours, by a course of conduct corresponding
with the expectations and the wishes of your friends.

We intreat you therefore by the ties which bind us together as
children of one common Creator;--by the obligation imposed upon
us, as joint objects of redeeming love; as heirs alike with us,
of the rewards and benedictions which rest upon all who perform
the religious and social obligations of life with fidelity;--by
the sacred duties which you owe to yourselves, and to the Author
of your existence; seriously to consider the great responsibility
which rests upon you as FREEMEN, so to order and regulate your
conduct and deportment in the world and amongst men, that your
example may exhibit a standing refutation of the charge, that you
are unworthy of freedom. And let us impress it upon YOU, whose
opportunities of information have been greater than the
generality of your colour, to use the influence which your
superior knowledge may have given you among your brethren, to
dissuade _them_ from the commission and practice of those vices
which degrade and disgrace them in the eyes of mankind;
particularly let it be your constant endeavour to repress among
them dram drinking, frequenting of tippling shops and places of
diversion, idleness and dissipation of every description, and to
promote and encourage as much as possible, habits of sobriety,
industry and economy, punctual attendance on places of religious
worship, particularly on the day appointed for rest from labour,
and for the exercises of devotion; avoiding noisy and disorderly
conduct on those days, as well as at other times; and to demean
themselves peaceably and respectfully, towards all those with
whom they have intercourse. This will do more, towards advancing
your cause in the earth, than the labours of your friends can
effect in your behalf.

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