"It had been previously announced that Mr. Thompson would
address us on Tuesday evening. The hour arrived, and a large
and respectable audience were convened in the expectation of
again listening to the--(Mr. Thompson here omitted some
complimentary expressions.) After the introductory prayer,
Mr. Phelps arose, and said he regretted that he was obliged
to state that Mr. Thompson had not yet arrived in town, but
he thought it probable he would soon be with us. He then
resumed the subject of American Slavery. He had, however,
uttered but a few sentences before Mr. T. came in. His
arrival was immediately announced from the desk, and the
expression of satisfaction, manifested by the audience, told,
more eloquently than words, the estimation in which they held
this beloved brother, and the pleasure they felt on again
enjoying the opportunity of listening to his appeals. Mr.
Thompson took his seat in the desk, and Mr. Phelps then
proceeded at some length. When he closed his remarks, Mr.
Thompson arose, and after some introductory remarks,
answered, in a powerful and eloquent manner, the inquiry,
'Why don't you go to the South.'
"The first part of the three succeeding evenings was occupied
by Mr. Phelps, in exposing the janus-faced monster, the
American Colonization Society, which he did in so masterly a
manner, that we are quite sure none of his auditors, save
those who are willfully blinded, will hereafter doubt of its
being 'a fraud upon the ignorance, and an outrage upon the
intelligence of the community.'"
"Thursday evening Mr. Thompson vindicated himself against the
aspersions heaped upon him for denouncing Dr. Cox. I would
that all Mr. Thompson's friends had been present, and his
enemies too, for I am sure that unless encased in a shield of
prejudice more impenetrable than steel, they would have been
compelled to acknowledge that his denunciation of Dr. Cox was
just, and not such an instance of tiger-like malice as some
have represented it to be." "Friday evening (the evening to
which the extract read by Mr. Breckinridge referred) he spoke
of the 'armed neutrality' of the seminary and the course
which had been taken in the Academical Institutions of
Andover. He is accused of wantonly abusing our Professors and
Teachers--of making personal attacks upon them. No personal
attacks however were made; no man's motives were impeached.
He attacked PRINCIPLES and not MEN for while he would render
to the guardians of the seminary and academies all that
respect which their station and learning and piety demands,
he would at the same time condemn the course that had been
pursued, as having a tendency to retard the progress of
emancipation. Let the public judge as to the propriety of his
remarks.
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