DECLARATION O F S E N T I M E N T S

TOGETHER WITH ALL TEOSP PARTS

DECLARATION

Df the Antis lavery Convention, assendled at Phihdelphia, December 4, 1833,

The Convention, assembled in the city of Philadelphia, to organize ' a National Anti-Slavery Society, promptly selze the opportunity to

promulgate the following DECLARATION O F SENTIMENTS, as cherished by them in relation to the enslavement of one-sixth portion

- of the American people. More than fifty-seven years have elapsed since a band of patriot8

convened in this place, to devlse measures for the deliverance of this country from a foreign yoke. The corner stone upon which they founded theTmxe~e OF F R ~ D O M was broadly this-" that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by the~r Creator with certaln inalienable rights; that among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pur- suit of happiness." At the sound of their trumpet-call three mdlions

I of people rose up as from the sleep of death, and rushed to the strife of . blood; deeming it more glorious to die instantly as freemen, than desi- rable to h e one hour as slaves. They were few in number-poor in resources; hut the honest conviction that TEUTH, JWSTIOE, and RIGHT, were on their s~de, made them invincible.

We have met together for the achievement of an enterprise, without which that of our fathers is incomplete; and which, for its magnitude, solemnity, ahd probable results upon the destiny of the world, as far transcends them, as moral truth does physical force.

In purity of motive, in earhestness of zeal, in decision of purpoae, in intrepidity of action, in Weadfastness pf faith, in sincerity of spht , we wouli not be inferior te them.

Their principles led them to wage war against their oppressors, and to spill human blood like water, in order to be free. O u r s forbid the doingof evil that good may come, and lead us to reject, and to entreat the oppressed to relect, the use,of all carnal weapons for deliverance from bondage; relying solely upon those which are spiritual, and mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.

Their measures were physical resistance-the marshaling in arms-

error by tho potency of truth-the overthrowof prejudice by the power

the hostile array-the mortal encounter. Ours shall be such only as the opposition of moral purity to moral corruption-the destivction of

of love-and the abolitioneof slavery by the spirit of repentance. Their grievances, great as they were, were trifling in comparison

with the wrongn and sufferings of those for whom we plead. Our

4 fathen were never slawn,evet; &u&t and sold l i e cattle-never shut out from the light of howl . ge and rekon-nevei subjected to the l u h of b M l task-~mtera~~9"?-

nizd b p h e law, and tieat wnttn08&$, as goods an& c

naible tyrants. For the ?he pangs 6f hunger, the

These ate the prominent circumstances in the condition of morebth8n two millions of our people, the proof of which may be found 'in tkob sands of indieputable facts, and in the laws of the davekolding #tat&.

Hence we mainta'b,-Fhah in dew of the civil and religious pnvi- leges of this nation, the guilt of it6 oppression is unequalled 'try any other on the face of the earth t und+therefore,

That it is bound tarepen* instmtly, to undo the heavy butden, to break every yokq and to l e t h e oppressed go free. - -

Weefurther maintaih,-that no m8n has a right to &slave orimbmte his brother-to holdor acknswledge him, for one moment, as a piece of merchandise-to keep back his hire by fraud-or to brutalize his mind by denyihg him the means of intellectual, social, and moral improve- ment.

The. right to 6nj@ Eberry b inalienable. *o invade it, is to usurp the prerogativeof ~ehovah. %erymtna;n has a righr to his own body-

: to $he products 6F h i s d n t l a l d o ~ the pmtectioh of law, and to the co-on advantages of 'deCy. n?k 'fiuacy to buy or steal a native African, and subjeSt h i to k&&i%. ' S-ly the sin i s as great to enslave an Aare~tcn% as an AWnrcl%P:' '

%erefore we'beliere and aAGhn+ft there is no di i rencs in prln- 'between the AfricallZalave tra@%nd American slavery:

Thntevery Afneriban c i thd~ whdCretains a human being in involun- mbonat tge as hii propert!y, m [accoMng to scripture*] axnn-ST~AIE~:

ThaZrhe~B%kves o~&!ht Wahtly WWe Bet free, and brought under the

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That ifthey had lived from the time of Ph&aoh dome0 the pwt period, and had been entded through s u c c ~ ~ i v e g e n ~ a ~ q ~ ~ ~ tp be free could never have been alienated, bat their c l b w o p l d have constantly rieen in solemn~ty :

That all those laws wh~ch are now in force, admithg & *uDf slavery, are therefore before God utterly null and void; being

nsurpationof the Divine prerogative, a danng mfnngemenr.&ae law of nature, a base ouerthrow of the very foundations of compact, a complete extinction of all the relations, ende obligations of mankid, and a presumptuous trans holy wmmandments-and that therefore they ou abrogated.

We further believe and affirm-That all persons of wlor who paws the qualifica~ons which are demanded of others, ought to be adm~tted forthwith to the enjoyment of the same privileges, and the exercise of the same prerogatives, as others; and that the paths of preferment, of wealth, andof mtelligenca, should be opened as widely to them as to persons of a white wmplexion.

We mamtain that no compensation should be given to the planters emancipating their slaves,

Recause it would be a surrender of the great fundamental principle, that man cannot hold property m man;

Because SUVEEY 1s A calm, MD THE-RE IT IS NOT AN A U ~ ~ C L E

TO BE SOLD ; Because the holders of slaves are not the just proprietors of what they

and abused them. We regard asdelus~ve, cruel, and dangerous, any scheme of expatria-

tlon which pretends to a~d, either dlrectly or indirectly, in the exanci- ration of h e slaves, or to be a substitute for the i

.designs and measures.

to l i i up ,the voice of remonstrame, of 1. _. ;

t,the pulpit and the in the cause of the d & h g

alm at a purification of the churches from all participation in the guilt d sfaver+. , - ,

W e shall encourage the labor of freemen, rather than.that of slaves, by giving alpreference to thei~ wductions r and . . -

- 3 exertions no means to bring the whole nation to

(Bur trust for victory is solely if A D . We may be personally de- feated, but our principles, never. %mn, JUSTICE, ILEABo~, H-ITP, in& and will gloriously triumph. Already a host is coming up to the help of the Lord against the mighty, and the pmepect before ns ia full

Submitting this DECLARATION to the c a d i d e x a d ~ t i o s ~ the people of this country, and of the friends of l i k t y the world, we hereby affix our signatures to it; pledging m e \ - under the guidance and by the help of Almighty Ud, m will.do & that in us lies, consistently with thls Dedaration of o w priecrples, overthrow the most execrable system of alavery that haa h r , b m witnessed upon earth-to deliver our land from itadeadhea uulse-to wipe out the foulest stain which rests upon our national escutch* and to secure to the colored population of the United States aH the rights and privileges which belgng to them as men, and as Americana- come what may to our persons, our interests, or our teputatidn- whether we live to witness the triumph of wssaru, JUSTICE, and nu- UNITY, or persh untimely as martyrs in t h ~ s great, benevolent, and holy cause.

Done in Phdadelphia, th~a sixth day of December, A. D. 1833.

CONSTITUTION . . VP TBE

AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.

PREAMBLE.

WHEBEAS the Most High God 16hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth," and hath coinmanded them to love their neighbors as themselves; and whereas our national - existence is based upon this principle, as recognized in the ~eclarat ion of Independence, 'Ithat all mankind are created equal, and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;" and whereas, after the lapse of nearly sixty years, since the faith and honor of the American people were pledged to txis avowal, before Almighty God, and the world, nearly one-skbh part of the nation are held in bondage by their fellow-citizens; and whereas slavery is contrary to the princi- ples of natural justice, of our republican form of government, and of the Christian religion, and is destructive of the prosperity of the country, while it is endangering the peace, union and libertiesof the States; and whereas we believe it the duty and interest of the masters, immediately to emancipate their slaves, and that no scheme of expatriation, either

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v o ~ ~ or by m m ~ , Oan r&ve thisgre&t hnd @melng e d ; &&whereas we believerthat it isv~acticabk, byappeals t o a e lwn- science% heart's, and intereatrof the people,*awaken a publickenti- mat throuehout the nation, that ieill be orneed tb .the' continuan- davery in part of the and by effmting~he speedy abo- EtionofdaVery, preventa general mnvulsion; a n d w h a s ~ w e believe we- it to the oppressed, tto our fellow-citizens who hoid slaw* &I our wble-countryl to posteriw, aand to God, to do all that'ia h w f u l ~ g h ourpo t6 bring about the extinction of slavery, we do h e r e b y a m with a s y e r f u l reMce%n the Divine aid; to bm o a l r r i n o r aodety, to be governed bp&e following

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Thin Society shall be called the Amnrcm ANTI-SIAVICBS SO-. . - .. - .& ART. 11.

The object of this Saciety is the entire abolition of davery in the United Statea While itadmits tbatmeb State in which rlavery ex- istq has, by the Constitution of the United Statee, the exclusive right to lcgiskrtd in regard to it. abolition m said State, it shall aim to wn- vince all our fellow-citizeas, by afguments addressed to their under- stan&ga.nndmn%cieneaq,hat sheholding is a heinbw crimetin the sight of God, and that the duty, safety, and best kferwts of all con- cerned, require its immedi&t abenkimhd, without expatriation. The S~cie ty will also endeavur, in a wnstifutim~d way, to influeqq @n- p a to put an end to theidomesq slave trade, and -to aboliah slavery in all those portions of ouriwmmon country whi& come under its.con- troll especially in the District of plumbin,-and likewise to prerept the extension of it to,my.state that may be hereafter admitted to the Union. - A * -

> AB$. 111. , This Society shall aim to e l e v e the character and condition of ;he people of color, by encouraging their intellectual, moral, and religioge -men% and by removing public p~ejudice, that thus .they may, accprdingngto their intelleetnal andgnoral worth, share an equrrlity with ,the,whW, ~f civil and religious psiyileges; but this Society will pever, ip apy wpy, muntenance the oppreseed in vindiceting their rights by

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contribbtes to the funds of this Society, andis not a slaveholder, may he a member of this Society, and shall be entitled to vote at the meetinge.

ART. V. The officers of this Society shall be a President, Vice Presidents, a

Secretary of E'nreign Correspondence, a Secretary of Domestic Corres- pondence, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Board of Mana- gers, omp posed of the above, and not less than ten other members of the Society. They shall be annually elected by the members of the Society, and five shall constitute a quorum.

ART. VI. The Board of Managers shall annually elect an Executive Commit-

tee, to consist of not less than five, nor more than twelve members, which shall be located in New-York, who ehall have power to enact their own by-laws, fill any vacancy in their body, employ agents, de- t w i n e what compensation shall be paid to agents, and to the Cor- responding Secretaries, direct the Treasurer in the application of all moneys, and call special meetings of the Society. They shall make arrangements for all meetings of the Society, make an annual written report of their doings, the income, expenditures, and funds of the So- ciety, and shall hold stated meetings, and adopt the most energetic measures in their power to advance the objects of the Society.

ART. VII. , ' The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society, or in his

,absence one of the Vice Presidents, or, in their absence, a President 1 'pro tem. The Correspcnding Secretarie~ shall conduct the eorresppn- 1 dence of the Society. The Recording Secretary shall no~ify all meet-

1 ings of the Society, and of the Executive Committee, and shall keep 1; records of the same in separate books. The Treasurer shall collect the

subscriptions, make payments at the direction of the Executive Corn- mittee, and present a written and audited account to accompany t4e annual report.

AET. VIII. The annual meetingof the Society shall be held each year at such time

and place as the Executive Committee may direct, when the accoun of tbe Treasurer shall be presented, the annual report read, appropriat&d- dresses delivered, the Officers chosen, and such other business transacted as shall be deemed expedient. A special meeting shall always be held on the Tuesday immediately preceding the second Thursday in May, in the city of New-York, at ten o'clock, A.M., proyided the annual meeting be not held there at that time.

I A B T . ~ . - &y &ti-slavery So&&, or as!#jciation,&unded on the same pin- @lea, may become auxiliary to this Society. The Officers of each Auxiliary Society s h d bp ex-officlo m e m h of the Parent Instit$~n, and shall bentitled to d&'bmte and vote in t& tr&mFtion of its wn- cerna' r . ')

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*is Cwstitution may he amended, at any annual &ee& of the Societ$ by ,a vote of two 'thirds of the lpembers preeent, provide$ thg amendments pmpoed have been pretrioudy submitted, in writing, to the Executive Committee.

' a ADDRESS TO, THE PUBLIC. In behalf of the AmeriaanAnti-Shvery Society, we solicit theahdid

attention of the public to the following declaration of our pfincipb a d ubjecta Were the charges which are brought against u8, made onlyibg &dividuals who w e interested in th* continuance of Slavery, and by mu& as. are iqhepsed !olely by wiworthy motives,.this address would be u n n e ~ e s y u y ~ ~ b u e m are those *ho merit and possess our esteem, who woUVl not vblunttuily do us &ti- and who have been led by gross misrepresentatiom 40 beKeve,that we am pursuing mensum a t variance not only with the constitutionpl rights of the South, but with the precepts of humanity and religibn. To such we o& the following explapationa and assur'aneea

1st: We hold that Congrees has nomore right to abolish Slaveryi~,the Southern States than in the French' ~ & t India Islands. Of d m we deaire no national leghlation on the~ubjwt. r M. We hold that Slavery can on19 be lawfully abolished by the Legiy

s lalmes of h e several states in*hi.ChitBre~ails, and that theexercias ot any otper than moral influen&, to'indube such abolition, is unconetihtiohal

Sdf We believe that C6ngress has the same right kiaboliah S!avkry in the District of Columbia, that the State governments have within their respective jurisdictions, and that iiis their duty to efface eo foul a blot Mnb the national escutcheon. I I

We believe that American citizens have the right to e x p W ~ f l h their opinions of the Constitutions, Laws, and Institu'tions of any P S

add every State and Nation under BIeaven; and we mean never to BUT-

render the liberty of spe&'of the - or of@nacience-blessings we hav&@herifed'from our father4 and which we intend, an far an we a n able, C Wnemit unimpahidi48 to our ehildten.

6th. We have unifor* deprecated all forcible aitefnptson the part of

the Slavea to reeov$p.ithC W t y P nd w&% in ow ppwer &if&hss . them, we would e&&' od$e a *$ and p e a ~ u l d-, and would assure them in&tion&y'movement o&th&.p'a% ,

. would receive from us&"it&t&t&l or countenance. 1.. 6th. We would de&fk'Blrp. sarrei:tion, both on accoutit of th6'

calamities which would n a d i t of the occsbion whkk A it might furnish of incre

and pohy require its -&ate Hsurrech, and designed Large+ utterly and une-

evidence fiom our writing8 m support of it. . 8th. We are accused of eending our publications to the Slaves, and it iq

asserted that their tendency is to excite insurrections. " Both the ch+ are false. These p'(1blichtions are not &ended for thi9Slweq and were.

' they able to read themI they would 5nd in &em no eneoumgement to insurrection.

9th. We-are a c d of employiq&~gentsin.the Slave States to W m i t e our publications. .We have neyer had one mch A&. We hkvb sent no pockagw of ourpapers to any personin those Sthtes foi distribil- tion, except to five r-ectable d e n t citizsne, at their odm request. But

t we bave At, by' mail, dnglepapprs.addFerceed to publi~ o f i ~ r s , editors of hewephppep.e, clergyme'n, .ad &a. 31t; t&t&rg our object is to 1 excite the Saves to inameation,. th$&mIi6.'ire our Agents ! 10th. We bel'ie Slavery to be &@I, iaj1t4&8 .to thiq and to every

. other couptry in which it prevails ; +e w . w t e 'emancipaiibn u, be the duty of every slaveholder, and tI$Wthd immediate aboiition of slavery, by those. who have We right ~ a b o p h if would be safe and

I wise. ~h'ese opinibns we have *If #, and we certainly have no inte'ntion to xefrain fibm bxpre8sigB them h Sut~re, and urging them upon the ,conscience8 a&;hear'te of mu feh-citi.le118 who hold s l a w

, ,qJ, 'i or apologize for slavery. 11th. We believe *at the educatqn of the' is requid by duty,

and by a regard 'for the pmanen&y of 9b republican institutions.- There are thousands and teas of th$eande'of 'our fellow-ciilzenq even in the Dee States, atmk in 4ect po&ty, and who, op account of th& coinphion, are virtually k q t in igno$ance, and whose instruction in m-

W g e d with a

that prevails wherever slavery e&t$ I

12ta We are accused of ac~@mt&nd to a dissolution.of-Sbe~Union, and even of wishing to di$C\olve it. We have never ''calculated the value of the Union," because w,e believe it to be inestimable; and th the] abofitmn of slavery w i l ~ m o v e + chief dangex of its 9 h t i o n k d one of the many reamnbcw$y we ch&rish, and will endeavor to presefve the Constitubon, is, that it restft$ns Congress from p l h g any law "absging the freedom of speech or of the press!'

Such, fellow-citizen* are ow principles. Are they unworthy of Repub- l i c ~ and of Christlansl Or are they in truth so atrocioua, that in order to prevent their d d k h , you are youraelvea w&g to ahender, at the dictation of, others, the invalqible priv&ge of h e discussion, the very birthright of ae;lqri-s 3 Will you, in order that the abominations of slavery may be qpcealed fwm public view, and that the capital of your Rgpubliq may dn@ue @ be, as it nowiq under the sanetion of Con- gresa, the great slave mart of thh American continent, consent that the gemeFal government, in acknowledged defiance of the-Constitution and la&, &all appoint, throughout t4e length and breadth of your land, ten thousand.cenwrs of thepresa'each of whom shall have the rjght to inspect every document you may commit to h P o s t 0 f E m j . d to sup- press every ~amphlet and newspaper, whether religious or political, wbicb in hie soverei& pleasure he may aqjudge to contain an incendiary article? Surely weeneed not remind you, thptif yousubmit to such an encroach- ment on your h k t a s , the days of our Republic are numbered, and thar although etbditms,m may be the fust, they will not be the last victims offered at the shrine ef arbitrary power.

A R T ~ L TAPPAW, Pr6~id~n.t. - JOHN RANKIN, lkaqurs7. -

Wmmm JAY# St+'rydf Ford@ e. Euzna W B I Q H T ~ J ~ S ~ C ' ~ Y Pf Domss. COT. ABRAHAM I* Cox, M. D., Rac~rding #cc'ry. LEWIS T ~ ~ P A Z T ~

, Joswn L U Y I ~ ~ , i Membereqf , ~SAHUEL E. C o p + , the 'S$@EO~ S. JOCELYN, Ezccllriv~ Cmntittce. T ~ s o ~ o a x W ,WIU.RT.

UNITED STATES. 9%sh4k!

Am. I. .Set. 2. Xhrd &kee;-"~ep-~tivm and &wt tax@ be a rtloned ,among the w d states whwh may be mcluded whn thle%ion, aecglxl'i to them e v e numbera, which shall be deter- mined by adding to the whole number &.free permns including those bound to mvi~e for a term of years, and e d u b g 1;dia.n~ not threc-#tbp Dfl OU other pemns?' +..8: Apo "the e?umerated PO-.& pn ss is the following,

r f 3 authority lo ab*rb s l a w u tcbis t r ic t of colum- b :-'fThe Go-s &all have ow- to exercqe exc!usive ', UOQ m all c e s e s - ~ b a ~ e r ~ ova 4 (not ten mdea %ye) Y may, by ceawn of parmuIar atntes,- and tb. a-ptay of

ngress, beeow the.seat of the government of the ~ m t e d States. A similar ower also ektends to the territories, as appem from Art. IV

See. 3.-"I%e Oongres~ shall have. power to +pose of, and make ab c needful rules and replatlonr respectmg the terntory and ?tkT Propert): . , b e l o w to the iJnlted Ststes," &O,

9 r t if. Seo. 2 ZWrd chwcr;"No person held to s d c e qr labor ' '

in bhe state, under the laws thereor, escapmg mto another, shall, m con- 3% quenca of' 8ny law or *$on therein, be d+ar from sueh sW- .+>, vua or labor, but shall be delnerd up an clvm of d party to W ~ W euch m~ce or labor may be due." 9 J

I t certainly admits of a doubt, whether ,$his clause giver C o n m s a d right to prmcribe the mock cf t d in the caw of any person ,Claimed as P-+ a fugitiye &om slavery. Every state has a jght to protect its qwn ~iti- ,t ] zens; and till the contrary is proved,it is to.ky?presud that th: , *), arrested is a c~tizen of the state in which he is f q + I t ie that ., ; ?L the Constitution requires the dehvering up of a slaver Qqt fhe m t i o n is: ': r

whe@er the pqmn arrested as suqh, is a gEuve. The Cqnstimtjon dFs '*; not require the delivery of a person who does& owe "service or labor,!'

Phe case of thetug;tive &om o2um-y d* ma&Uy hm that of tha fugitive from justice. ~lrefkter is 'ta be dblivered up "on dem$rid.&fie

state haoSng jw-idietion fl the cl.Smsfw-themshe is to bd i?i4 on executwe authority of the tap from which he fled, to be removed to the '

principles of law and evidence commcm to all !the statea On the con; trary, a man may be claimed ns a fugitive from & m y by an individuali no via1 whatever, after removal, being contemplafed, or possible. I t ib plain, therefore, that the states canoot,pmtat their own citizens, unless the claimants of fhgitive s l a w i& compelled to +betantiate theiredakh* before a jury by due pro- of law. But Congress has thought fit to bgtslate on this subject, and to yielr2'to the claimant any person he mpy please tp arrest as property, providd proof be made to the sati&(~~tion of any mugkfrale whom the daimudmap salect. The h i s a s folldwsb

Set. 3. And be it.firIher cnpde4 That when a person held to labor in any pf the Umted Stat* or ln athet of the remtones on tbe BOtlfwpt

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~ v e r g tiriSen may free1 j 'speakr w 6 and p b & ' his sentimentg on & subjaote, being responsible for the,abwof that ri ht; and no law. '

$hall be passed to restrain or &ridge th libertyof epees, or of.thepms. tn all pmBeCutione, ~ i n & c ~ ~ n e n t e r t f @ % i ~ th'e ltrnfh mciy be given in zvidence to the jury: and if IC shall lrpaear t&&e jury, that the.rnatter

%bello& is true, and w a @blis -oad motives, and Ee enda the wtsr s h a d e attmiiiit 'de" &rv shall hare

right to dwne ttie lahv and the fact.

PENNSY~VANIA. printing preseed shatl be fkee to every

7 V&an$ne h - p m d n g s of: the Legislatwe, of any branch of overn- ment: and no law shall ever be madew reatrain the right thereof The

' d. free c'ommunication of t601ghts d opinions b one Gf h e invaluable ,rights $ man;.and every.aazen may freely speak, write, and print on m y sulqeet, b e q responsble lor thq abuse of that liberty.

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. ' .lt, GEBRGIA. 2% jury, as heretofore used in thisatate,

, d no ex fsoto law shall be passed. 4 KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, INDIAN.4, LOUISIANA, -4N.D

1 m ' ILLINOPS. I ( The printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the p r o d n g s of the legislature,.or any branch of governmenti alld no law shall ever be made to restram the nght thereof. The Ik jrnmunication of $~owhts and oprnions is one of the

man; and every clazen may freely speak, ee, and .&9~'Cresponsible b r the abuse of that l~berty.

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The printing presses shall be open and free to 'every citizen who to examine the proceedings of any branch of government, or fhe

g d u d t of any public officer; a n d no law shall ever restrun ~ ri&t reof. Every cltizen has an mndrsputable n ht to speak, w n q or pnnt

on any spbject, as he thinks proper, being %able for the a b w of f a t Z r t y . 6 k MISSISSIPPI. *'Every citizen may freely speak, vrite, and publish his mtipients on all subjects being responstblefor the use of that l~berty.

No law shall ever be passed KO curad or reswain the liberty of speech -05 of the press.

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y citizen may free17 speak, wnte, and blish hid scntimmtsvn 1 b ecta, being responsible for the abuseof%at liberty. * - , I 1

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.*'The free communicationof thoughts and opinions is one of the inva!u- able nghts of man; and every ermn may freely s ak wnte, and pnnt o n m y aubje&, b e h p o n a i b ~ e fQr, thq abused E t h q t y . ,

.I a +; i" .' THE SLAZE TRADE DECLARED TO BE PIRACY BY

THE, LAW OF T H ~ UNITED STATES.

may be brought or found, shall suffer: PEATH.