Speech of Rev. Samuel J. May, to the Convention Fo Citizens, of Onondaga County, in Syracuse, on the 14th of October, 1851, Called to Consider the Principles of the American Government, and the Extent to Which They Are Trampled Under Foot by the Fugitive

Excerpt from Speech of Rev. Samuel J. May, to the Convention Fo Citizens, of Onondaga County, in Syracuse, on the 14th of October, 1851, Called to Consider the Principles of the American Government, and the Extent to Which They Are Trampled Under Foot by the Fugitive

It was pretty generally known throughout the country, that there rs prevalent in this city and county, a strong anti-slavery sentiment, and, more especially, a deep abhorrence of the Fugitive Slave Law. As if on purpose to set this public feeling at defiance, and challenge us to make it manifest, Mr, Webster declared to an assembly of our citizens last June, that that execrable law should be enforced here ay, in the midst of the next Anti Slavery Convention, that should be held in this citv._ Such a threat was not adapted to allay the rising of an opposite determination We are not all here qu1te so craven, and slavish as to bow at once submis sively to such a brow -_beating as he attempted to give us His words ran lrled in the. Bosoms of a great many. This toowas well known. If, therefore, the District Attorney and Deputy Marshall had intended to entrap the ardent opponents of. His most odious law, and tempt them to the commission of acts, for which they might arrest them as dz sturbera of the peace, if not as traitors they could not have selected a better time, nor have devised more certain pros ocatites to that end. '1 hey chose a day. When our city was full, uf {the ppgpi e, of the 'country round about, who had cpme in to attend the County Agrteultural Fair, and Liberty Party Cun vention - the first anti-slavery meeting held here, since Mr. Webster uttered his threat.

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