Anti-slavery addresses of 1844 and 1845 . PREFATORY REMARKS. S soon as the following Address ap-peared, I was struck, as indeed all whoread it were, with its great eloquenceand power; but I felt that its in-fluence would be, comparatively, very much limitedin consequence both of the form and of the mediums inwhich it appeared,—in solid columns, and in two orthree anti-slavery papers of but small circulation. I,therefore, wrote to the author, asking of him the per-mission to divide it into appropriate headings, to addstatistical notes corroborative of its general statements,and to have it stere
Anti-slavery addresses of 1844 and 1845 . PREFATORY REMARKS. S soon as the following Address ap-peared, I was struck, as indeed all whoread it were, with its great eloquenceand power; but I felt that its in-fluence would be, comparatively, very much limitedin consequence both of the form and of the mediums inwhich it appeared,—in solid columns, and in two orthree anti-slavery papers of but small circulation. I,therefore, wrote to the author, asking of him the per-mission to divide it into appropriate headings, to addstatistical notes corroborative of its general statements,and to have it stereotyped in a pamphlet form. Inreply, he gave me full liberty to do with it whatever Ithought would be best for the great cause we both hadso much at heart. Accordingly, after making suchsub-divisions as I thought appropriate, and adding suchstatistical notes as I thought would fully confirm theassertions of the Address as to the alarming encroach-ments, as well as the baleful influence of the Slavepower, I was enabled, by the generous c
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