ABOLITION A SEDITION. BY A NORTHERN MAN. PHILADELPHIA: GEO. W. DONOHUE, NO. 22, SOUTH FOURTH STREET. MDCCCXXXIX. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by GEO. W. DONOHUE, in the Clerk’s Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. +---------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber’s Notes: | | | | 1. Obvious printer and typographical errors | | silently corrected. | | 2. Archaic and inconsistent spelling and | | punctuation retained. | +---------------------------------------------+ CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The character of the Abolition organization CHAPTER II. The American Anti-slavery Society a seditious organization CHAPTER III. The seditious character of the Annual Report of the American Anti-slavery Society, of 1838 CHAPTER IV. The seditious character of the American Anti-slavery Society farther considered CHAPTER V. Violent reforms, and their connexion with Abolitionism CHAPTER VI. The Abolition organization borrowed from the religious world CHAPTER VII. The anarchical principles of Abolitionism CHAPTER VIII. The incendiary doctrines of Abolitionism CHAPTER IX. Political responsibility in regard to slavery CHAPTER X. The romance of Abolitionism CHAPTER XI. Every man mind his own business CHAPTER XII. Perfectionism CHAPTER XIII. Liberty and Equality CHAPTER XIV. Social and political effects of Abolitionism CHAPTER XV. The bad effects of Abolitionism on the free colored population, and on the condition and prospects of the slaves CHAPTER XVI. A hypothetical view of Abolitionism CHAPTER XVII. Abolitionism considered as proposing no compensation for slave property CHAPTER XVIII. The condition of American slaves as compared with other portions of the African race CHAPTER XIX. The example of the Quakers, or Society of Friends CHAPTER XX. The South have done with argument CHAPTER XXI. Reasons why the Abolition movement, under its present organization, will overthrow the Government CHAPTER XXII. The Abolition organization destructive of republican liberty PREFACE.