July 8, 1840.
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As you will naturally feel interested in whatever relates to the
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white or
colored, I take the liberty of sending you two of our reports, that you may see what use we are making of one of the most powerful levers by which the masses have ever been moved.
It occurred to me, the other day, that perhaps even your own peculiar cause, the cause of the extinction of slavery, might be served by means of music, and therefore I composed a song (which I also enclose) calculated to sustain that moral courage without which the object will never be effected.
The chorus is very simple, but very spirited and pleasing, and if, when you return to
America, you can induce congregations of two or three thousand persons to sing “God speed the right” after the close of a powerful address on slavery, you will find a spirit of enthusiasm created, not, perhaps, easily excited by other means.
I further take the liberty to invite you to one of our popular local concerts, at which “God speed the right” will be sung.
I hope, also,
Mrs. Mott will be able to attend with you, though I am rather doubtful whether she would allow music to be used as a means of influence even in a good cause.
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