Theodore Dwight Weld (1803-1895), a prominent abolitionist and editor of the American Anti-Slavery Society newspaper The Emancipator, received a threat from a member of Congress. This resulted in a resolution by the Worcester County (Massachusetts) North Division Anti-Slavery Society containing a reference to the killing of Elijah Parish Lovejoy (1802-1837) in Alton, Illinois, on November 7, 1837. It states that “slavery intends to shed all the blood it can before it dies.” Enveloping in “gilt-edged paper” implies that something is being made to look better than it actually is. The Gazette & Mercury was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 27, 1837, to July 13, 1841, when it changed its name to the Gazette & Courier.
Greenfield Gazette and Mercury. “Gilt Edged Paper.” February 27, 1838. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l05-103/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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