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h&ve beeh chosen , but the list is not ccHHpteted * ' We shall therefore defer living the names of the officers to a tutuT& number * But we have the pleasure of stating that in the list of subscribers may be seen the names of the governor of Massachusetts , the chief justice of the suprejne court , the president and several of the professors of Harvard University , twenty ministers of the gospel and a considerable number of respectable laymen . " I have not now time nor room for
further extracts from these very interesting publications , and I sincerely regret tnat I have it not in my power to give greater publicity tp them by reprinting ; should , however , stny perlons feel disposed to give their
assistanee towards the -object , I shall be happy to hear from them , and to devote my attention to superintending the press . You / a very respectfully , W . PITT SCARGILL .
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Mr * £ cargitf en American Peact Society . WO
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¦ MHffK Sir , Boston , Feb .- \ &f 1816 . ' Your letter dated Juno * 1 , 1615 , which you did me the honour to address to me , was received same . time ago , together with the pamphlet which you bad publish ed on the subject of & * itr . I have deferred writing you , in the hope that 1 should be able to communicate to you
some gratifying information in . regard to the diffusion of pacific principles in this cou&try * Before Your letter reached me > the subject of TJfar bad begun to $ raw the attention of Christians . Some
interesting : pamphlets had 'been extensively circulated fat lite , purpose of awakening pab ^ C'S&fefoility to the guilt and calamities of that barbaroup custom , ; and a pvo * position had been distinctiy made ihat «** lteace Societies ' should be established tfce
to give uniformity dud en ^ erg ^ to exertions of the friends t > f peace . The ^ rosjte fr <* hfcl » iJpottr letter atforded' of the formation of similar institutionsim Europe , fM ^^ dewanimatSioilao the adt bor of these Pamphlets , and to * ithose who adopted ' fcis ' w *; aftd the snbtectof a * f ffi £ no 4
&o-W « ptfttiMfe 6 tt > be agitated , tiattt in < Woonrs ^! of last month the desirable obj * ft ' *** & : fc&etedi > Sdveval gentlemen of Htofcoft and-at * vicinity tisseniHlcd t ^ cbhsiwrtlie' exdediency iof i icdinltfiniiig *^ 'their wtr te tin diiftision af pacHU ? foebti * J ? ^ - A degyee of seal ; ' « rbitth , tlio to # 0 t "Wdi of the cause bad not anticipated
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Constitution of the * Massachusetts JP&ace r ..-- ¦ ¦ ¦¦'¦ ¦ ' - * So ciety .- •' - ¦ ' : .. ; - In forming a societyv w ^ htch- it ^ is hoped may have an ; ^ e 3 Cten& ! Ve > ; ihiittence , we ^ the $ « lisGrib ^ r 8 | d ^ eiurt proper to ' make a con-<; ise depfcarartjoii ? of etir v % oiAves ' ahid 6 bjectK W «^ hw ^ ' 4 >^ g tf itroojgl ^ JmplFOfised , " Jhrjr consJcJortng > ' tire' m ^ nifoifii ' criuoiesi . anfd tri ^ - iwewciotrsc ! itamiti « of public wap , ufaih ^ the m ^ ianclf&ly : ia ^ nsibilvt ^ Tpfcjfcllntta $ beea induced by eijUxcation and bAbityaii regard totlliamost barbavm * 99 destructive ^ and 'tm ^
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with- a number of the " Christian Disei > pie , " a work devoted to peace . These publications are chiefly from the pen of . 'the Rev . Noah Worcester , a gentleman of great respectabity of character and distianguished by his- benignant , amiable and
philanthropic spirit . He is , as you tvul pereeive , the corresponding Secretary af the Peace Society , and will be happy to open a correspondence with you or with any gentleman or societies who hare , espoused the cause of peace . - -. ¦
In this counti-y many of us have a strong confidence that a favourable im >* pression can be made on the public mind . We regard the abolition of the slave trade as a practical proof , that great and long established abuses may be resisted and extirpated by persevering and disinterested exertion ; arid whilst we feel that war has
a strong and deep foundation in . some of the principles of hnraan nature , we believe that there are other principles , which when invigorated and directed by the light of the gospel , may and will avail to its gradual subversion . The incredulity of
men as to the practicability of happy . and important changes in the condition of society is certainly diminished . The idea of a more improved state of the world is no longer dismissed with a smile or a sneer as the dream of enthusiasm . It
seems to be one of the characteristics of this age that men cherish more generous hopes in regard to the human race . I regard this as a most happy omen , and when combined with ? the predictions of revelation , and with the benevolent administration of God * it ought to awaken , an unconquerable zml m the friends of humar nity . * ¦ ' i
Very re ^ pectfullyy . . : Your obedient Servant , , W . E . CHANNINQ , Jfr * Pitt ScargtiL * . /;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1816, page 333, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2453/page/25/
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