...e of Medfield would also have a final period put to that most cruel, inhuman and unchristian practice, the Jan. Slave-trade. Acton spoke out concisely and firmly. Prohibiting slitting-mills, said South Hadley , is similar to the Philistines prohibiting smiths in Israel, and shews we are esteemed by our brethren as vassals. We think ourselves obliged to emerge from our former obscurity, and speak our mind...