National Anti-Slavery Convention was not held behind closed doors
Charles C. Burleigh; William H. Burleigh
The Unionist 1833-12-19
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We have heard complaints made relative to the National Anti-Slavery Convention that their sitting was with closed doors. This assertion has been repeatedly made in our presence, with apparent exultation in the belief that the statement would injure the cause—and though we do not love to goad the already desperate, truth compels us to assert, that the charge is utterly false. The convention did NOT sit, during any portion of their session, with closed doors. We make this assertion fearlessly—for our informant is one whose veracity is unquestionable—JOHN G. WHITTIER, who was himself Secretary of the convention.
We have no doubt but the formation of the National Society will madden the foes of liberty, and drive them to the more frequent use of their old weapons, vituperation and falsehood, but the cause of truth and justice is onward, onward, and its progress cannot be staid. Check the flow of the ocean-tide, fetter the leaping lightning, hold back the sun from his course of strength, but seek not to impede the march of Emancipation.
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Poet and Abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was an associate of the Burleigh brothers in many ventures over the years.
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