the overthrow of Slavery? Colonization papers, &c. are not Abolition papers. As to preachers, let me assure thee, that they _never_ have dared to preach on the subject of slavery in my native city, so far as my knowledge extends. Ah! I for some years sat under two _northern_ ministers, but never did I hear them preach in public, or speak in private, on the _sin_ of slavery. O! the _deep_, DEEP injury which such unfaithful ministers have inflicted on the South! It is well known that our young men have, to a great extent, been educated in Northern Theological Seminaries. With what principles were _their_ minds imbued? What kind of religion did the _North_ prepare them to preach? A slaveholding religion. What kind of religion did _northern men_ come down and preach to us? A slaveholding religion--and multitudes of them became slaveholders. Such was one of my _northern_ pastors. And yet thou tellest me, the North has nothing to do with slavery at the South--is _not_ guilty, &c. &c. ‘Their own clergy,’ thou sayest, ‘either entirely hold their peace, or become the defenders of a system they once lamented, and attempted to bring to an end.’ Do name to me one of those valiant defenders of slavery, who formerly lamented over the system, and attempted to bring it to an end. ‘What is his name, or what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?’ Strange indeed, if, because _we_ advocate the truth, others should begin to hate it; or because we expose sin, they should turn round and defend what once they lamented over! Is this in accordance with ‘the known laws of mind,’ where principle is deeply rooted in the heart?