e should deprecate and condemn any recourse on the
part of the slaves, to measures of rebellion, as an unjustifiable
mode of obtaining their freedom, we would most solemnly, and
affectionately, and imploringly, adjure our respected fathers and
brethren in America, to endeavor, in every legitimate way, to wipe
away this reproach from their body, and thus act in perfect
accordance with the deliberate and recorded sentiments of our
venerated founder on this subject, and in harmony with the feelings
and proceedings of their brethren in the United Kingdom, who have
had the honor to take a distinguished part in awakening such a
determined and resistless public feeling in that country, as issued
in the abolition of slavery among 800,000 of our fellow subjects.

7. That we hail with the most lively satisfaction the progress in
America of anti-slavery principles, the multiplication of
anti-slavery societies, and the diffusion of correct views on this
subject. We offer to the noble band of truly patriotic, and
enlightened, and philanthropic men, who are combating in that
country with such a fearful evil, the assurance of our most cordial
and fraternal sympathy, and our earnest prayers for their complete
success. We view with pity and sorrow the vile calumnies with which
they have been assailed. We welcome with Christian joyfulness, in
the success which has already attended their efforts, the dawn of a
cloudless day of light and glory, which shall presently shine upon
that vast continent, when the song of universal freedom shall sound
in its length and breadth.

8. That these sentiments have been increased and confirmed by the
intercourse, which some of our body Have enjoyed with our beloved
brethren, the Rev. James A. Thome, and Joseph Horace Kimball, Esq.,
the deputation to these islands, front the Anti-Slavery Society in
America. We regard this appointment, and the nomination of such men
to fulfil it, as most judicious. We trust we can appreciate the
spirit of entire devotedness to this cause, which animates our
respected brethren, and breathes throughout their whole deportment,
and rejoice in such a manifestation of the fruits of that divine
charity, which flow from the constraining love of Christ, and which
many waters cannot quench.

9. That the assurance of the affectionate sympat