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William Shattuck to Frederick Douglass, June 12, 1852

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Letter from Wm. Shattuck.
One of the old pro-slavery parties have elected a slick old Yankee to grease the devil well, and swallow him whole for the good of the party! It is greatly to be desired for the cause of humanity, the honor and well-being of our country, that the other pro-slavery party would take counsel from advocates of the Higher Law in their ranks, and join the friends of Righteous Civil Government. How peaceably and how gloriously the kingdom of God would be established on earth, and Satan's kingdom of oppression brought to an end! But alas! the end is not yet. They will either select for their champion another old Yankee, who has fattened for years on the broth of Lucifer, or his more supple and servile master, or a Mexican butcher!
But I trust there are many honest men in both of those parties, who will no longer admit that our fathers held us to Satan, by implication, before we were born, in that instrument which they declared was to establish justice and secure the blessings of liberty.
I hope we shall have the satisfaction of greeting those sons of liberty at Buffalo, on the first of September next.
Wm. Shattuck
Randolph, June 12th, 1852.

Creator

Shattuck, William

Date

1852-06-12

Description

William Shattuck to Frederick Douglass. PLSr: Frederick Douglass' Papers, 1 July 1852. Condemns Whigs and Democrats as proslavery.

Publisher

This document was calendared in the published volume and has not been published in full before.

Collection

Frederick Douglass' Paper

Type

Letters

Publication Status

Unpublished

Source

Frederick Douglass' Paper