Excerpt from Reply to Remarks of Rev. Moses Stuart, Lately a Professor in the Theological Seminary at Andover, on Hon. John Jay: And an Examination of His Scriptural Exegesis, Contained in His Recent Pamphlet Entitled, "Conscience and the Constitution" States, on the subject of human rights, to permit a single slave to be found within their jurisdiction, and added, We confess the justice of your strictures on that head. And all this to Englishmen! Certainly John Jay's patriotism was much on a par with that of modern Abolitionists. He con tinned to occupy the chair of the Society till 1792, when he resigned it, on taking his seat on the bench, as Chief Justice of the United States. The elevation of an avowed Abolition ist, and the President of an Anti-slavery Society, to such a station must excite your astonishment. To use your words in respect to his son, it was absolutely shocking. The reason was, Sir, that the servility of Northern politicians had not then, as at present, conferred on the slaveholders the power of excluding from office under the Federal Govern ment every known advocate of the rights of man. During the Revolutionary War he wrote Till America comes into this measure, (gradual abolition, ) her prayers to Heaven for liberty will be impious and at the same period, having occasion to draft a deed of manumission, he prefaced it with Whereas the children of men are by nature equally free, and cannot without injustice be either reduced to, or held in slavery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.