NAWSA  
Subject File
Western Anti-Slavery
Society

K.[?] Thomas & others write to
Lucy Stone from Salem, Ohio, Feb 7, 1854
Miss Lucy Stone.
Dear Friend
At our last meeting of the
[Ex?] Committee of the Western A.S.
Society, there was a resolution adopted by
universal acclimation, that you & 
other prominent A.S. lecturers should
be invited to attend our next anniversary,
to be held in this place, commencing

on Saturday, Aug 26, & continue three days. And
the following were appointed a committee of
correspondence.
You understand, at least to
some extent, the wants of the West.
We need not urge its demands - its
productiveness as an A.S. field, or
the rapid growth & ripening of Disunion
seed on such soil - the 
importance of vigorous, efficient
labor at this time, when the people
are smarting under the lash of the
slaveholder, inflicted by the passing
of the Nebraska bill, the diminished 
and diminishing confidence in
political action under the present
form - the cry for a better & more
liberty - all these you appreciate,
but perhaps you are not so fully
conscious of the benefits to us, as 
a society, & to the slave, that we
feel sure must arise from timely 

aid, such as you, & other tried and true,
from the East can alone render.
In the premature death of our
most faithful, worthy & efficient
Walker, we feel that our cause has
sustained an irreparable loss,
the World an advocate of truth &
reform too little appreciated - &
true Christianity a champion. While
our field was enlarging, it seemed 
peculiarly unfortunate that such as 
he should be removed from it in the
harvest time, & when the laborers 
were too few.
We wish to as far as possible
supply the breach, & what we lack
in one man, perhaps may be
found in many. But if suitable 
agents can be found we desire to
employ them.
Let us come up to this 
anniversary with a renewed


determination  to do, & may we have
your council (sic) and countenance
to aid.
     Write soon.  Respectfully &c
     K.G. Thomas
     M.R. Robinson
     J (or I) Trescott
N.B. Your friend Mrs. Sharp of
Chicago, Ill., has not been heard
of since I saw you.

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