No Union With Slaveholders!

In the House of Representatives of this State, on Monday last, petitions numerously signed by legal as well as non-voters, were presented from Abington and Leominster, for the peaceable secession of Massachusetts from the Union.

It is time for the return and presentation of other petitions that are in circulation in various parts of the Commonwealth, to the same intent—Those to whom this matter has been specially entrusted are earnestly enjoined to be prompt and active. It is desirable to procure the names of as many of the women of Massachusetts as possible, as well as of the legal voters. This struggle for the freedom and independence, like that of ’76, must enlist all classes and both sexes in its support. We have had enough of Southern domination and misrule, and too long been in religious and political partnership with the deadliest foes of human liberty. Let us rend the chains that bind our limbs, and it will be impossible to keep the Southern slaves long in captivity. The present Union is an imposture, a shame, a lie, an insupportable despotism. Away with it, and on its ruins let us erect a glorious temple of freedom.

Send in the petitions!

SOURCE: “No Union With Slaveholders!” The Liberator, Boston, Massachusetts, Friday, February 12, 1847, p. 2, col. 5.