sustain him, that he ventured to put the
screws on. But, perhaps you may say, we must bid farewell to
promotion if we do as you desire. The faculty have the power,
in a degree, to fix our future settlements by the
recommendation, and, therefore, we must desist. What if you
do have to leave the seminary? Far better to be away than to
breathe the tainted air of tyranny. I proclaim it here, that
the only reason why abolition is not countenanced at Andover
is, because it is unpopular; when it is popular it will be
received. In 1823, the Colonization Society was the pet child
of the churches, the seminaries, and the colleges of the
land; but now, forsooth, because it is unpopular, it is cast
off. Aye, once the eloquent tongues voiced its praise, and
the gold and silver were its tributaries--where is it now?
Cast off because it is not popular. This is rather hard; in
its old age, too. But I forbear, it is a touching theme. I
return to the Lane seminary. Never were nobler spirits and
finer minds congregated together; never in all time and place
a more heroic and generous band. Dr. Beecher himself has
pronounced the eulogy. In what condition is the seminary now.
Lying in ruins, irretrievably gone! Dr. Beecher then
sacrificed honor and reputation.

Mr. Thompson read extracts from an article in the Liberator,
which went to show that the faculty at Andover advised the
students to be uncommitted on the dividing topic of slavery.
Yes, added Mr. Thompson, go out uncommitted; wait till you
get into a pulpit and have it cushioned and a settee in it,
and then you may commit yourself. The speaker observed that
very ill effects had resulted from the failure of the
students at Andover to form themselves into an Anti-Slavery
Society--the evil example had extended to Philip's Academy,
Amherst College, &c. He had been twitted about it wherever he
had been, but you may recover yourselves, he added,
condescendingly; there is some apology for you, only let a
Society be formed instantly. Those who attempted to show from
the Bible that slavery was justifiable, were paving the
slave-holders' paths to hell with texts of Scripture. Mr.
Thompson enlarged upon the merits of the refractory students
at Lane Seminary, with a most abundant supply of adjectives;
and the mean-spirited students of Andov