Do you shrink from our advice—­and say, that obedience to its just requirements would impoverish you?  Infinitely better, that you be honestly poor than dishonestly rich.  Infinitely better to “do justly,” and be a Lazarus; than to become a Croesus, by clinging to and accumulating ill-gotten gains.  Do you add to the fear of poverty, that of losing your honors—­those which are anticipated, as well as those, which already deck your brow?  Allow us to assure you, that it will be impossible for you to redeem “Henry Clay, the statesman,” and “Henry Clay, the orator,” or even “Henry Clay, the President of the United States,” from the contempt of a slavery-loathing posterity, otherwise than by coupling with those designations the inexpressibly more honorable distinction of “HENRY CLAY, THE EMANCIPATOR.”

I remain,

Your friend,

GERRIT SMITH.

No. 10 THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER.

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AMERICAN SLAVERY

AS IT IS: 

TESTIMONY of A THOUSAND WITNESSES.

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“Behold the wicked abominations that they do!”—­Ezekial, viii, 2.

“The righteous considereth the cause of the poor; but the wicked regardeth not to know it.”—­Prov. 29, 7.

“True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear, but in listening to the story of human suffering and endeavoring to relieve it.”—­Charles James Fox.

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NEW YORK:  PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, OFFICE, No. 143 NASSAU STREET. 1839.

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This periodical contains 7 sheets—­postage, under 100 miles, 10-1/2 cts; over 100 miles, 17-1/2 cents.

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER.  A majority of the facts and testimony contained in this work rests upon the authority of slaveholders, whose names and residences are given to the public, as vouchers for the truth of their statements.  That they should utter falsehoods, for the sake of proclaiming their own infamy, is not probable.

Their testimony is taken, mainly, from recent newspapers, published in the slave states.  Most of those papers will be deposited at the office of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 143 Nassau street, New York City.  Those who think the atrocities, which they describe, incredible, are invited to call and read for themselves.  We regret that all of the original papers are not in our possession.  The idea of preserving them on file for the inspection of the incredulous, and the curious, did not occur to us until after the preparation of the work was in a state of forwardness, in consequence of this, some of the papers cannot be recovered. Nearly all of them, however have been preserved.  In all cases the name of the paper is given, and, with very few exceptions, the place and time, (year, month, and day) of publication.  Some of the extracts, however not being made with reference to this work, and before its publication was contemplated, are without date; but this class of extracts is exceedingly small, probably not a thirtieth of the whole.