Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1849-02-02

              George W. Taylor. Office of the Non-Slave-holder, Philadelphia (No 5 North 4th Street) PLEDGE Believing all war to be inconsistent with the spirit of Chris-
tianity and destructructive of the best interests of mankind, I do hereby 
pledge myself never to enlist or enter into any army or navy, or to 
yield any voluntary support or sanction to the preparation for or 
prosecution of any war, by whomsoever, or for whatsoever proposed,
declared, or waged. And I do hereby associate myself with all per-
sons, of whatever country, condition, or colour, who have signed,
or shall hereafter sign this pledge, in a "LEAGUE OF UNIVERSAL 
BROTHERHOOD; whose object shall be to employ all legitimate and moral means for the abolition of all war,
and all the spirit and all the manifestations of war, throughout the world; for the abolition of all restrictions 
upon internationalcorrespondence and friendly intercourse and friendly intercourse, and of whatever else tends to make enemies of 
nations,or prevents their fusion into one peaceful brotherhood; for the abolition of all institutions and 
customs which do not recognize and respect the image of God and a human brother in every man, of whatever 
clime,colour or condition of humanity.
No 27 New Broad Street London
Feb 2nd 1864
Dear Friend Taylor. I suppose before this you 
have recieved an order from Joseph Sturge
for some Free Labour Cotton. The AntiSlavery
people are moving here upon the subject. I spent
last Saturday evening with Joseph Sturge at Sir [?.]
Alexander's, when we talked over the subject at
length. They both expressed a willingness to invest
$5,000 a piece in the cause of Free Labour Produce.
I am to be in Manchester on the 6th, with Joseph
Sturge, hwere we shall have a conference with the
people there. From M. I shall journey into Scottla
-nd, and shall advocate Total Abstinence from
all slave grown products. Three-fourths of all the
sugar used in this country is already Free grown,
also all the East India Cotton; and the manufacturers
in Manchester are turning their attention ton the
subject of promoting the cultivation of cotton in
India + Africa. It will be necessary not to
insist here upon the exclusive encouragement
of the Free Labour Produce of America. I think we
must makea world broad question, and not
evince too much national bias or predilection
in the matter. It is rather delicate to raise money 
here directly to sustain Antislavery efforts in
America; I herein that many think that
we are leaning a little more upon foreign aid