‘We know,’ so ran his commission as General Agent, ‘that6 you are an advocate of temperance, of purity,7 and of abolition, and warmly attached to a particular system of doctrines. By acting for the Non-Resistance Society you fall under no obligations to silence on these or any other subjects. We should be ignorant indeed of morals, not to have learned that every ’
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recognition of Hayti, and especially by opposing the delivery of the captives of the Amistad 1to Spain as2 ‘merchandise’ found with pirates.
The first number of the Non-Resistant was issued amid the uproar caused by the explosion of Mr. Garrison's New-Organization counter-mine in January.
It was a small folio of four columns to the page, these being the same in width as the Liberator's columns, to permit interchangeability of matter.3 It bore for its motto, ‘Resist Not Evil.—Jesus Christ.’
The editorial committee consisted of Mr. Garrison, Mrs. Chapman, and Mr. Quincy; the former's services being nominal, and the4 two latter assuming the chief burden of writing, in which they were assisted by Charles K. Whipple, the Treasurer of the New England Non-Resistance Society, and by H. C. Wright. Mr. Wright was the sole missionary kept in the field, and his instructions had a pointed reference to his sectarian dismissal by the New York Executive5 Committee.
1 A vessel proceeding from Havana to Principe, with forty-nine slaves fresh from Africa, towards the end of June, 1839. Under Joseph Cinquez, the slaves rose when four days out, and, having killed the captain and cook, gained possession of the vessel. After weeks of drifting, they were found off the coast of Long Island by the revenue cutter Washington, and brought into New London, on Aug. 29. The case, which was eventually tried before Andrew T. Judson, excited extraordinary interest, and Joshua Leavitt and Lewis Tappan were conspicuous in befriending the captives (Lib. 9.143, 146, 155, 166, 193, 194; 10.1, 10, 11, 13, etc.; 11: 11, 14, etc., 54, 57, 62, 194). Judge Judson decreed the return of the mutineers to their native country by the U. S. Government (Lib. 10: 13).
3 The size of the printed page was about 10 1/2 by 16 1/2 inches. There was no pagination, whence the bracketing of our marginal references. The publication was on the first and third Saturday of each month.
5 Ante, p. 159.
6 Non-Resistant, 1:[11].
7 This term signified what was also known as ‘moral reform,’ or the highly unpopular movement against the social evil (see chap. 7 of the “ Life of Arthur Tappan” ; Lib. 5.166, etc.)
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