I know it is alleged that some individuals, who treated colored people with the greatest kindness a few years ago, have, since abolition movements, had their feelings so embittered towards them, that they have withdrawn that kindness. Now I would ask, could such people have acted from _principle_? Certainly not; or nothing that others could do or say would have driven them from the high ground they _appeared_ to occupy. No, my friend, they acted precisely upon the false principle which thou hast recommended; their _pity_ was excited, their _sentiments of generosity_ were called into exercise, because they regarded the colored man as an _unfortunate inferior_, rather than as an _outraged_ and _insulted equal_. Therefore, as soon as abolitionists demanded for the oppressed American the _very same treatment_, upon the high ground of _human rights_, why, then it was instantly withdrawn, simply because _it never had been conceded on the right_ ground; and those who had previously granted it became afraid, lest, during the æra of abolition excitement, persons would presume _they_ were acting on the fundamental principle of abolitionism--the principle of _equal rights_, irrespective of color or condition, instead of on the mere principle of ‘_pity_ and _generosity_.’ It is truly surprising to find a professing christian excusing the unprincipled opposition exhibited in New Haven, to the erection of a College for young men of color. Are we indeed to succumb to a corrupt public sentiment at the North, and the abominations of slavery at the South, by refraining from asserting the _right_ of Americans to plant a literary institution in New Haven, or New York, or _any where_ on the American soil? Are we to select ‘some retired place,’ where there would be the least prejudice and opposition to meet, rather than openly and fearlessly to face the American monster, who, like the horse-leach, is continually crying give, give, and whose demands are only increased by compromise and surrender? No! there is a spirit abroad in this country, which will not consent to barter principle for an _unholy_ peace; a spirit which seeks to be ‘pure from the blood of all men,’ by a bold and christian avowal of truth; a spirit which will not hide God’s eternal principles of right and wrong, but will stand erect in the storm of human passion, prejudice and interest, ‘holding forth the light of truth in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation;’ a spirit which will never slumber nor sleep, till man ceases to hold dominion over his fellow creatures, and the trump of universal liberty rings in every forest, and is re-echoed by every mountain and rock.