Anti-slavery addresses of 1844 and 1845 . hat the spirit of liberty is noiv so triumphant in our land,and that the principles once so generally odious are now thesettled convictions of the best and largest portion of the nation,I reprint this letter in no unkind or retaliatory spirit towardsthose to whom it is addressed. I felt, indeed, at the time,deeply grieved at the course taken by the managers of theSociety, but I never either impugned their motives or harboredthe least feelings of resentment towards them, believing thatthey verily thought they ought thus to act in order to advancethe bes
Anti-slavery addresses of 1844 and 1845 . hat the spirit of liberty is noiv so triumphant in our land,and that the principles once so generally odious are now thesettled convictions of the best and largest portion of the nation,I reprint this letter in no unkind or retaliatory spirit towardsthose to whom it is addressed. I felt, indeed, at the time,deeply grieved at the course taken by the managers of theSociety, but I never either impugned their motives or harboredthe least feelings of resentment towards them, believing thatthey verily thought they ought thus to act in order to advancethe best good of the Society whose highest interests and use-fulness it was their duty to promote and extend. But whethertheir action then was right or wrong, and whether or not theend justified the means, I am now more than willing to leaveto the calm judgment of an enlightened Christian public,at this, or at any future time. C. D. C. May, 1867. TO THE MANAGERS OF THE PHILADELPHIABIBLE SOCIETY. Christian Brethren, Philadelphia. 3rd June, HEREWITH tender to you my resig-nation as President of the PhiladelphiaBible Society. To that post of honorand responsibility, in one of the great de-partments of Christian benevolence, I was elected inXovember, 1839. What the Society did for the yearsprevious, and what it has done since ; what changes,beneficial or otherwise, have been introduced; howmany or how few plans have been devised and executed,for engaging the earnest co-operation of Christians ofall denominations throughout the sphere of our labors;how much or how little agency I may have had in whathas been done ; how much or how little I may havelabored in the many ways in which such a cause callsfor continuous and efficient action;—of all these thingsI have, of course, nothing to say. The record of a part, 160 ADDENDA. though but a part, is before you. It has become history,and history it will remain. And here, wishing you, as a Society, all wisdom in thechoice of my successor;
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