The New Hampshire Courier has a correspondent, “Homo,” out
in defence of colonization and against anti-slavery. "Homo" is a man
every inch of him, for coming out in black and white. Welcome, good Homo.
And thanks to brother Courier (if niggers may be allowed the expression) for
giving “Homo” place in his columns. It will take a Homo to maintain the
ground — not against us, but against his own readers. But courage, good Homo! —
on with your numbers. We have glanced over No. 1, and seen the face of No. 2.
Courage! we say. You have no great of a task — not much of a stint—nothing
more to encounter than humanity and divinity — and heaven and earth. Cheer, man,
the odds are with you.
Welcome, Homo, to the tented field. Abolitionists are tired
of fighting intangible enemies. They glory to see one visible and tangible take
the plain, and stretch his lines. They rejoice at the unfurling of flags and
the glitter of the drawn blade. We will diligently and respectfully peruse “Homo,”
and if, by and by, we shall copy any thing unhomogeneous in his appeals to his countrymen, we will give it such
essay as our people may. We rejoice that the great rights of humanity
are at length being esteemed of sufficient dignity to be argued down.
SOURCE: Collection from the Miscellaneous Writings
of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, Second Edition, p. 47 which states it was
published in the Herald of Freedom of November 10, 1838.
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