History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . ationists. I am in earnest, said theplucky man, when his utterances threat-ened to cost him his life, I am in earnest,I will not equivocate, I wiU not excuse, Iwill not retreat a single inch, and I will beheard. These were startling tones. HadGod turned a new prophet loose in theearth ? The abolition spirit was a part of thegeneral moral and religious quickening wehave mentioned as beginning about 1825,and revealing itself in revivals, missions, areligious press, and belief in the end of theworld as approa
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . ationists. I am in earnest, said theplucky man, when his utterances threat-ened to cost him his life, I am in earnest,I will not equivocate, I wiU not excuse, Iwill not retreat a single inch, and I will beheard. These were startling tones. HadGod turned a new prophet loose in theearth ? The abolition spirit was a part of thegeneral moral and religious quickening wehave mentioned as beginning about 1825,and revealing itself in revivals, missions, areligious press, and belief in the end of theworld as approaching. The ethical teach-ing of the great German philosopher,Emanuel Kant, denouncing all use of manas an instrument, began to take effect inAmerica through the writings of of slavery was gradually intensifiedand spread. In 1832 rose the New Eng-land Anti-Slavery Society. In 1833 the I833] IMMEDIATE ABOLITION 165 American Society was organized, with aplatform declaring slavery a crime. This declaration marked one of the mostimportant turning-points in all the history. John G. Whitlier In 1833. of the United States. It drew the brought to view the presence in ourland of two sets of earnest thinkers, withdiametrically opposite views touching sla-very, who could not permanently live 166 SLAVERY CONTROVERSY [1833 together under one constitution. May,Phillips, Weld, Whittier, the Tappans, andmany other men of intellect, of oratoricalpower, and of wealth, drew to Garrisonsside. State abolition societies were organ-ized all over the North, the UndergroundRailroad was hard worked in helpingfugitives to Canada, and fiery prophetsharangued wherever they coyld get a hear-ing, demanding immediate abolition inthe name of God. The Abolitionists proposed none butmoral arms in fighting slavery—papers,pamphlets, public addresses, personal ap-peals. They deprecated rebellion byslaves, and urged congressional actionagainst slavery only in the District of Co-lumbia, in t
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