[15] Colonization Society Letters, 1832. [16] _The African Repository_, XXIII, 190. [17] Colonization Society Letters, 1848-1851. [18] _The African Repository_, XXVI, 276. [19] Ibid., XXVI, 194. [20] Ibid., XXVIII, (July 12, 1848). [21] Colonization Society Letters, 1831, _passim._ [22] Letter of T. H. Gallaudet in the Colonization Society Letters, 1831. [23] Jay, "An Inquiry into the Character and Tendencies of the American Colonization Society," 28 _et passim._ [24] Garrison, "Thoughts on African Colonization," 22. [25] Garrison, "Thoughts on Colonization," 22. [26] Ibid., 23. [27] Ibid., 11. [28] The resolutions were as follows: "_Resolved_, That this meeting contemplate, with lively interest, the reported progress of the sentiments of liberty among our degraded brethren, and that we legally oppose every operation that may have a tendency to perpetuate our present political condition. "_Resolved_, That this meeting look upon the American Colonization Society as a clamorous, abusive and peace-disturbing combination. "_Resolved_, That this meeting look upon those clergymen, who have filled the ears of their respective congregations with the absurd idea of the necessity of removing the free colored people from the United States, as highly deserving the just reprehension directed to the false prophets and priests, by Jeremiah, the true prophet, as recorded in the twenty-third chapter of his prophesy. "_Resolved_, That this meeting appeal to the generous and enlightened public for an impartial hearing relative to the subject of our present political condition. "_Resolved_, That the gratitude of this meeting, which is so sensibly felt, be fully expressed to those whose independence of mind and correct views of the rights of man have led them so fearlessly to speak in favor of our cause; that we rejoice to behold in them such a strong desire to extend towards us the inestimable blessings in the gift of a wise Providence which is deemed by all nature, and for which their valiant fathers struggled in the Revolution. "ROBERT ROBERTS, _Chairman_, "JAMES G. BARBARDOES, _Secretary_" --Garrison, "Thoughts on African Colonization," 20. [29] Ibid., 13. [30] Garrison, "Thoughts on Colonization," 23-24. [31] Ibid., 28-29. [32] Ibid., 30-31. [33] Garrison, "Thoughts on African Colonization," 31-32. [34] Ibid., 34-35. [35] Ibid., 49. Among the resolutions passed were: "_Resolved_, That we hold these truths to be self-evident (and it is the boasted declaration of our independence), that all men (black and white, poor and rich) are born free and equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.