The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1845, Page 6

Tabernacle, on Tuesday, to witness the forms and ceremonies of the grand opening. ‘Mr. Wa. Lioyp Garkison ealled the meeting to order, at about half-past 10 o’clock. The Treasurer’s Keport of the financial condition ‘of the Society was now read, by which it appeared the Society was out of debt—was in a flourishing condition, and by following out the cash principle, in tended to remain so. ‘Ihe whole amount of money, 1e- ceived duriag the year, was $8506 52, $2: f whic were subscriptions to the Ant! ery standard. There remains in the treasury a balance of $120 s THE HOLY ANNUAL HERALD. f the Society, dur ‘A Report of the history and doing ing the past year, was now read. r, AnpeKsoN, a tall, good-looking mulatto, was intro- duced by the Chairman, and. said ‘When I think that 12 years ago, tli than 20 persons who Could be assembled at_ an very meeting, and that now, when we meet,w @ vast concourse, | thank God and take courage: that however cloudy it may have b the speedy advent of liberty is now bri Slavery enterprise does not propose merely freeing a few negroes. No. it aiis for the establishing of those principles for which our fathers shed their blood. | come not here as a colored man—I know that slavery strikes at the root of the whole liberty tree. (Applause.) It becoming creditable to be considered an abolitionist. 1 cannot but feel encouraged that every year opens bright- er scenes to those who have pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors to this holy cause, (Great cheering) Mr. Anderson took his seat, and was lowed by the eloquent orator Wenveit Puicwirs, of Boston, who commenced by of fering the following resolution . Resolved, ‘That faving long since recognized and pro- claimed the fact, that the only Exodus for the slave, out ‘of the house of bondage in our time, would be over the ruins of the present union and the present sectarian or- Ganizatious, this Society rejoices in the thick comin, Signs of the last few months ; that in the matter of Texas, the madness of Southern ambition has overleaped itself, and signed for sooner or later the death warrant of the Union; (hisses) and that the religious s not to principle, at least a “decent” respect for the opin- ions of mankind, are beginning slowly and timidly, though it be to sunder the covenant with death (hisses) which has bound them to the slave-holding churches, and involvedthem in one common sin, (‘remendous ap- plause) Mr. President! | lay that resolution before the meeting firstly, because it includes the fundamental rinciplos on which this society is based ; and, secondly, ecause it makes, in the face of the people, the proposi- tion that uo abolitionist can consistently ‘support the American constitution—in fact, that he could have no other feeling than one of gratitude at the final sundering ofthis Union. We are called fanatics, because we pre- ume to draw an indiotment against the civil and eccle- siastical organizations of this country. This is a task we have not sought. When you, Mr. President, first boldly proclaimed that’ immediate emancipation wes the only remedy for this country’s evils, you went to the religious omminity of Boston’and asked for their co-operation and assistance. But you found, and all our past endeavors have verified it—that they had not far-sightedness enough to look to the hope of the future, butrwere basely bow- ing to the prejudices of the present. And after long years, we have found that the nightmare, against whic’ We were struggling, was the so called christian church. We have looked {© the churchos long, and that every great movement of the 19th century originated without the church, and found its first obstacles in re- ligious organizations. The church isa stranded vessel, and amid the glad waves of change, lit by the smiles of the masses, we are sweeping by it. The nation has been borne onward, and that Union which it was once treason to spate li Bey of, is now laughed at; an instead of the old heathenish cryy Liberty and Union,” the cry now is “ Libertn at any ate, Union or not.” What have we in this Union and these Church organizations ? We have a civil and ecclesiastical polity, in the midst of which the system of slavery has grown up from seven hundred jousand to three millions. ’I say that the elements of strength from every other quarter are but as dust in the balance compared with the religious power. The heart ofthe New Englander dare not beat unless it be regu- lated by the religious sentiment. Though we have en nent statesmen, and their voices have struck against the Andes, and beén enchoed among the mountains of Greece, their loudest tones ge but as droppings in the pool, to the slightest whisper which comes from the ulpit. We fight alike against Church and State. We EX6 the advice of the Inshman to his friend, when in- troducing him to a Tipperary row—" Wherever yeu sce ahead hit it.” And we are determined to hit with all our force, the inhuman churches of this country. (Hisses.) Those people who hiss, don’t know the strength of that idol for which they hiss. They hi yet to learn that deeply religious ‘as is the sentiment of this counry, it has not begun to be Christi: 1 mean by that, that when the spirit ‘of Christianity knocks at the doors of their temples, and asks them to go down and give a hand to the drunkard and the slave, it is an- swered with sneers, jibes and curses. 1 judge the church the light of those great princrples which the finger of has written on the heart of humanity. We know the Church was the greatest obstacle in the path of Wil- beforce, and almost sent Clarkson into the dock of Liver- pool. And we rejoice when we see these great organi zations shake and tremble at the advance of the people, that makes this land quiver. I give no heed to the cry of Infidel, that honoved name of Infidel, which has been borne by every true reformer who has waked. this land for the last twenty years. in regard to this Union, we have proclaimed ‘that only by its death can the slave be free. I care nought for Constitutions; there is something stronger than parchments. If.you would learn a nation’s history, seek it not in its written Constitutions; seek it where the intelligence of the masses has been garnered upand there you can read it. In this country, from its foundation, slavery has been everything. At the North our interests are divided; but the South has but one great interest, the interest of slavery. Men say why don't you Join some political party and carry out your measures by fighting under its banner? No honestly" wicked ov ho- nestly virtuous man can be the leader of any political rty. Why didn't the democratic party keep John C. Palhioun at Washington? Because he was io0 honestly wicked. Men call John ©. Calhoun and onr worthy Pre dent crazy. {say they are the only sane men in the country. You might as well dam up the Mississippi with straws as to attempt to lash the Leviathan of slavery with parties. Finally, allow me to say, I know the peo- ple are saund to the core; that they have hearts of true metal, which yet shall ring with the very words of the fathers whose sepulchres they are now building. Miss Hirencock, of New York, at the conclusion of Mr. Phillips’ speech, said she did not wish to preface her with the usual pleas of incompeten ell aware. The cause in which they were en- gaged, must be her he could read the religious sentiment of a nation in its Constitution, and on that topic she would dwell. ‘the social compact of our Constitu- tion, has been often discussed, and she always understood that it guaranteed universal liberty, but it had been de- cided again and again by the various courts of the land, from the highest to the lowest, by the various officers of jovernment, from the President to the constable, that it was really designed for the perpetuation of slave and the guaranteeing to the slaveholder the possess ofhis property. Had the original Constitution left sl. where they Bound it, no slavery would now exist, an’ freedom would have reigned throughout the land. Before the adoption of that Constitution, if the freedom, he had but to remove to a noi State, and freedom and protection was granted him. But by the present Constitution, a compact was formed wi heSouthern States,and no person held ina state of serv. could go free in another State, but was liable be given up, thus perpetuating his bonds over the whole Union. This compact has been renewed every year at the ballot box. It would have expired last November, had it not been reuewed. The North bows to the dire tions of the South, and bids the South proceed work, to go on inthe use ofthe gag, t ‘crews, and branding iron. The entire military and naval force is sustained to aid the Slave “ States in their institutions, and we of the North are called on to aid them in their difficulties. If their slaves raise the banner of liberty, we promise te crush them. This is not an exaggerated picture of our subservience to them. Resistance to tyrants is ac- counted obedience to God. Yet, though the land h ctions in times gone by, and praised the memories of Hancock, Adams, Jefferson, and others, should one arise on a southern | would be immediately crashed. ‘Two millic andred thc i Mr. President 1 feel slaveholding the’ he whip, thumb: ‘of ou al force, prevents it slave ‘trading, his ower is increased by it. Wes, he must tram- ple one rrogate to himself supreme authority float in a sea of human blood, and not think it enough to enslave human souls a all family ties, but he stone to mories of with reverence. those who indulge in these odious ¢ had be bh neient. ty v and slavery o could be rio more tha ‘irobbers. There was no man who is in slavery and slave tra Down, «i a Wi us pluck down mon eyes, Of the cruelties alaveholiors pact wit Seived wit for acon Wm. ¢ Clay, admive eock, aud cong us trample | slavery Which | liss i perhay , of Kentucky and éloquen Pho th, yet, her des e slavery in Ken and com xplain his’ views of But fact that the clock in t , and conjured up visions of dinne the audience, from which at least be dissolved, or whether the mie befo: and such woul’ not the worthy ‘nd most implor rayers, and after quiet had beet peech was resumed.] He sid, that ift onstitution to accomplish the glorious wo liberty, it was time it was altered, He deprecated the of @ nominal Church, and one that joined with slave ad no doubt that there were men in t! 1 God, but the influence of the Church dy, was opposed to righteousness and the benevo- nee that Christ incule F. Dovoras next aidressed the meeting. He was acol- A man,and stated that he was afraid he could say noth- thot could be considered to the point. He had not yet ts, yielding, if nis appearing at all,and were it not that the audi- {it his wPhe greatly lessened in number to what they were At tit, he Would not have ventured to speak at all. He cherished a Wish to steal before an atdience in Ne: be could not add anything to : ing the Constitution of Chureh, he could state something in regard to slavery. He is a slave aud ran away seven years ago; he then passed through tals eity in'no small hurry, and passed to New Bedford, where he resided three years; since then he had become known to the Anti-Slavery Society, and was en- guged now in telling people about slavery and what it would produce. As only one white man from Kentucky had spoken, he would address them as a Southern man.— When Miss Hitchcock was deseribing slavery, some might have doubted her description, but he cotild unite with his friend from Kentucky in declaring that she fell short of her di tion of the realities of slavery. He would tell what he knew. He did not come from’Louis- iana or Alabama, which had the worst reputation, but from Maryland, where it exists in the mildest form; still he could ‘detail atrocities that had been committed, that would make the blood run cold. He lived on the planta- tion of Col, E. Lloyd, on the Easteth Shore of Maryland, and was owned by that gentleman’s clerk; on that plan- tation he had seen horrors, which, although he risk- ed his lide in revealing names, for the sake of humanity, he must tell them, and he gloried in the r The overseer of the plantation, by name Austiu Gore, was a man suite inevery respect to his office; proud, cruel, artful, and obdurate—he has seen him practice the most revolting cruelties, and on one occasion he abso- Iutely shot a negro by the name of Denbigh, and yet not even judicial investigation was held; and though thus cruel, he has no doubt this Mr. Gore, St. Michaels, Tal- bot county, Md., is as much respected as if no blood rest. ed on him.’ He went on detailing various atrocities, and after arguing at some length on the question of the sup- what bad be pear by a Lie yom andes I say that an; would assist to ke fellow creature in slavery, is tei fold worse thana eriminal. Vigike oa sential use, and ought to be established all over the try to assist the committee in New York, to carry out this Feat object. | would have no idea, as has been hitherto t of sending to Canada, the idea of taking nut of a damnable slavery, and sending them un- der the British flag, is preposterous in the extreme. No, 1 would sooner leave the slave where he was, in sla-. very, than take him out of the ing pan, and put him in the fire.” Sending slaves to England is a bad—(a voice not from here, we don't know that. Mr. Jackson stil continued in the same strain, waging his vehemence against the British flag, and declaring himself to be a thundering out and out, true born, free many other borns) democrat, and again would add, that it would grieve him to see a slave enter under the flag of tyramy and oppression. Here Mr. Jackson conclu this last declaration amid applause and hisses. Mr. Gaunery was then called on, who, for a length of time, did not answer, and * Garnett,” “ Garnett,” was the warcry all overthe house. Mr. G. still Array in his hiding place, there was a thundering call for “ broder” Dou iy Here the spirit moved * broder” Garnett, a co- lored evangelical, who at last came forward amidst plau- dits, hisses, groans and roars of laughter, and evaporated as follows :—" Leddees and genlems”—' genlems and stand here and it would be more pli yng to my feelings ifmy frents had not « plaudid me 40 much.” It much reminds me of scenes Seentigrs which I have passed. ‘There was a remark made by Mr. my. frent jackson about Canada, and 1 must say I would ra- ther go to Canada and have the roaring lion grin- ung with his foaming jaws at me, thaa remain a slave under the eagle of the United States, (great applause). At this moment we noticed a reporter who had nm ta- king a note of the proceedings, grow pale. We suppose coun- port of the Union by liberty men, concluded with much applause: The meeting then adjourned till the afternoor§ at the Minerva Rooms. The convention met pursuant to adjournment at So’clock. A variety of uninteresting business was transacted, managers appointed for the ensuing year, when a diseussion ensued upon a proposition to refer the executive committee’s report without reading to the business committee. Miss Ausy Keriy—I hope the report will be read, particularly that portion which speaks of our foreign relations. Our foreign relations are becoming more and more important. The power of steam has closely allied the two countri and how do we know but what England will shortly come here and do great and wonderful works? (Treason, treason, shouted a full-blooded native.) ‘The friend did’nt understand me. ‘The abolitionists, holding the balance of power will prevent treason. é A long discussion followed, the subject of which was whether slaveholders should be called by the hard names which have been applied to them by many abolitionists. Sreeuen S. Fosrer, (the author of a book called “The Brotherhood of Thieves.)\—For my part I would apply the names of pirate, thief and robber to the slaveholder,gbecause they describe his character truly. And I would apply them with equal force to the ministers and church—members of the land. they countenance their crimes, Many an American clergyman enters his pulpit with the price of his daughter in his pocket ; the coat on his back bought with the price of his daughter’s prostitution, Mr. Frazer, (Clergymau.)—I deny the statement— give us some proof. f Mr. Fosten—I state it as a fact, and I can prove it. Mr. Frazen—Well, sir, give us the fact. en—T wil a fact trom the mouth of an in clergyman—and if your clergymen will lie, its you rown lookout.(Here Mr.F. read a long letter from clergyman at the South, stating that he knew many cler- gymen who had sold their own children.} It dosn't cost fair as much to buy alicence to committ lust and prostitution now as it used to of the old Pope. I can, for 40 Buy the daughter of an American clergyman, and her as I P lease. Mr. Frazer—Please explain what you mean by buy- the child of a clergyman. ir. Fosrer—At the South, it is a well-known fact, that many of the children of white men are sold as slaves, and | appeal to you if they are not quite as likely to be children of ministers as othe: en. | appeal to the re- ports of the Moral Reform Soc} , if ministers are notas Tisbie to commit such crimes thermen. I should be loth to trust a female friend of mine mith a minister, if he owned her as his property, [Here two colored ladies, both blushing deeply, left'the hall, setting a most excel- lent example for their white sisters.) Mr. President, the American church and clergy will graut me a licence to go to the Capitol of this country, and buy and sell wo- men and children, and have my choice out of all who pass through my hands. Mr. Bravury, (a colored brother.)—Would it not be better, Mr. Foster, to use language in better taste. [Mr. F. here took a glass of water, probably to wash out the taste} Do you not think, sir, you season your beef steak alittle too high? 1 know you will answer m this ‘ou had better let me answer for myself. Mr. Brsntry.—I am a Southerner, and feel deeply in terested in the welfare of the slave, and 1 want’ our friends to be discreet— Mr. Gaxnisox, (coming to the relief of his friend Fos- we've met to decide matters of taste, o see a brother, colored as he is, talk. aste. —Dou't you think a colored man can oe and I am sorry about matters of Mr. Brant have any taste 7 i Mr. P (another colored man.)—I disagree with and think his language very abusive. is very long-winded, and utters a good many sayings that are’ indigestible. ‘I've followed 5. 8. Foster a good many miles, and | know him well. (Hisses and great confusion.) I claim the right te speak. You say this is a free platform. (Cries of “ Foster, Foster, go on, sit down,” &¢.) 1 want our friends to’ ponder well before they utter sentiments so injurious to us. . Foster has not told the truth, for colored ministers 1 not legalize the sale of human beings. Mr: Fostrx.—What we have seen shows us that anti- slavery has nothing to do with color, Idid not come here to defend the cause of the colored man, but to de- fend my own rights, and those of my wife and children. if we do not speak against the stealing and selling of niggers, (as they are culled) our own children will be sold, The time is nof far distant, when by the intervention of a foreign foe, the colored man will be the master, and the white man will wear the chains, There may be an anti-slavery minister in this city, but I don’t know of one. (A gentleman mentioned Rev. Wm. H. Channing.) Wm. H. Channing is not acknowledged as a clergyman; w if he was, he would not be in this movement. He had to become an “‘ infidel” before he could enter that door. I hope to-morrow all the ministe of this city will come n and defend themselves of all the infamous places of resort moeting houses are th of “ Carry him out. ey are the mother of harlots, and the «ages of unclean birds. If you want to find the unclean birds, and every thing that is vile, go to your churches next Sunday. (Great sensation.) Mr, Brapuer—I believe our friend Foster professes to be a Christian, and Vorey. inthe crowd—I believe you are mistaken. Mr. Braptey—If he is, I dou’t see how he can use such language towards the Christian churches. Here’ about twenty persons commenced talking at once, anda general row ensued, above which the voice of Garrison was heard crying “order, order,” but he might as well have called spirits from the vasty deep for the devil was let loose among the reformers, and there was no stopping him. Amid yells and shouts we took our departure from amongst these peace-loving, calm-minded philosophers. T maintain this position, that this city, the Great Anti-Slavery and Vigilance Meeting at the Zion Chapel. A meeting of the above denomination took place on Wednesday evening at the Zion Chapel, corner of Leonard and Church streets, which was jammed almost to suffocation, ooupling the fact of the heat of the evening and the extraordinary physiological phenomena of the peculiar odor given off by the cutis vera of the descendants of Ham. We invested a quarter in some strong scented assaforteda, and in full faith in the homopathic doctrine of similis similibus curautur, we ventured down to the precincts of Leonard street, and having entered the Zion Church, that temple ‘sauctified to the use of those whose complexion darkest ebony— we quietly toc ed to take notes of the sayings ters, or mode of annive ° vigilant charac. who in this week liestivals, are unwilling to lng b and thus celebrate theiy own an- to its utmost cz the city—that is, t spring fashions were he and in the gloomy cor ing that the object of the watchfulness of parents and” gua Soft nonsense igto the ears of the blus! , thus y took no the action of the meeting, still they were not for- for themselves, e past the nppointed ompany began to ar amongst whom we Johusou, Charles B, Wray, and J.D. Jack- Mr. Johnson was voted tu the chair, and Mr. He hen stoted the proceedings of last year, and mention: (_ tuis wos "the 9th anniversary ‘of their Society neetings, and that me oo had been done—there was more still to be done, and he was sure the commit ce did not make the present ap ind feolings of humanity. He then announced that the balance sum due to the treasurer was $550 00 cents. Mr. F. Jackson, being called for, spoke as follows :~ n who t slaves in any © must know well what th bout, and what they are doin pre ciple of vigilance is liberty. We Hi ussembied here to help and assist those who | from slavery, from the Cuain of the tyrant and ave How important this may be, remaiug yet to he am totally opposed to slavery myself, in all it becans it ts a second-hand murder. Articles between a slave &slaveholder are null and void, to | all intents and purposes, A man has no right to wield @ power he does not poseos have a right to hear, be- canse I have the power of hearing, and to see, becaure | have the power of seeing ; and, ridiculous as it may apf we noticed several young | was appointed Secretary Hie meeting was then epened with prayer by'the Rev. Ir, Forrest, after which the Secretary addressed the nsse e ‘on the showing how sony stoves had ran away from different masters in the South, and come to the committee in New York for pro- ction, aod mentioned the number as being 118. He soit they had assembled there to car nciples | of liberty, and he had no doubt but all those who were tere present would join with the: hey were Chris. tans, and give their voice (to free men from slavery who were t and blood as themselves. n to the heart | | of sac that the delicate aroma which so gratotally, delectated our olfactory organs proved too much for his too suscep- tible nose, and as he gradually subsided from the sanc- tuary, we were forcibly reminded of the oft repeated quotation, “ Sweets to the sweet.” Ina few minutes Mr.Garnett proceeded in his usual strain, in some degree condemning the policy of Mr. Jackson ; at all events until they had made a collection in the and said they wanted grease to oil their Anti-S railroad cars here, the apostle looked towards the of the audience with a languishing eye and said, he s3w there a broder—yes, a broder who would warm’ all ‘our hearts to-night, and which will make you put your Lands in your pockets and take therefrom the oil the Committee at present require, that is five dollar pieces with eagles on them, square and round dollars, and this is the grease we require, You know, my frents, | am a sort of a “Jack O Pinchback”—I knows everything and nothing, and care not for ‘ aristocratic, democratic, mob- ocratic or any other cratic government.” - Brother Dovctass then addressed the meeting in a very eloquent speech, dwelling principally on the slavery system, and stated that it must be torn up by its great root. After which a collection was made and the meeting separated without the slightest breach of the peace. Anniversary Meeting of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, held at Dr. Alexander’s Church, We were much pleased last Monday to learn the flourishing condition of the Forzign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, and we thought, as we listen- ed to the eloquent remarks of the reverend gentle- men, that if the various religious denominations would onl co-operate With each other in these bene- volent and Christian enterpris:s, instead of waging a furious war, as they have hitherto done, on minor points of theological doctrine, how much greater onor would redound to the Church and its minis- ters. Dr. Minuer, of Princeton, the Chairman of the Board of Foreign Missions, presided. Afier singing an appropriate hymn, and atervent prayer by the ve- nerable President which served to attane the minds of the audience for the interesting exercises which were to follow, x Dr. Snopcrass made a few pertinent remarks to usher in the reading of the report by Walter Lowrie, Esq., the Corresponding Secretary of the Board. It appears from the report that the past year have been . Deduct balance of last year, &¢. » Leaving for the service of the rear, ...... The expenditures for the yearhave been. 81,469 71 Leaving a balance in the treasury of... . ‘The Board has sent out dusing the year twelve new missionaries, as follows : dians, 2 to the Iowa and Sac Indians, 1 to Africa, and 7 to China. = ‘The Board have under their direction, 21 Missionaries to Texas ; 3 do. to Creek Indiass ; 8 do. to lowa, Sac and Otoe Indians ; 4do. to Chippewa and Ottawa Indians ; 10do.to Western Africa ; 21 do. to Lodiana } ny, Hindostan ; 12 do. to Allahabad Mission; 15 do. to Fur- rukhabad Mission ; 15 do. to China—Making 92 4 ne aries in all engaged under the directions of the Board i ushering in the millenium, Translations.—There have been published, or are jabi Dictionary; a number of tracts in Hindoo; in Chi- nese, the Episile to the Ephesians, Explanation of the Ten Commandments, and the Gospel by Luke. ‘hools.—The Board has under the superintendance of its missionaries seventeen schools, containing about 768 scholars. All of these schools are in an eminently pros- Porous condition, and contrast. favorably with the KEng- ish mission schools in their neighborhood. The presses of the Board at the various missions have published, under the supervision of the missionayies, 8,733,000 pages, in different languages; and it may be well to observe, that in the Chinese language the: published nearly 1,000,000, and a fount of over 20,000 characters. ‘There ‘have been issued of the Missionary Chronicle 6,240 copies, and of the Foreign Missionary 14,200 copies. The Siamese mission is suspended. ‘The Board has remitted to Geneva, for the purpose of evan- gelizing Europe, $3,050. The Rev. Dr. Avexanven then addressed the audience in an eloquent and impressive manner. We took full notes of his address, butas we have not room to insert it, we would merely say forthe present, that it was a great. ifying change {rom the regular stereotyped anniversary harrangues to which we lave been accustomed to listen nothing tame, insipid, and matter of course about it—but eloquent, earnest and energetic. Twenty-Ninth Anniversary ofthe New York Sunday School Union. This interesting occasion was celebrated on Tues- day afternoon, at the Tabernacle, where exercises appropriate to the occasion, were performed. ‘The inside of the Tabernacle presented a lively, pleasing, and picturesque appearance. The ground floor was occupied by the children of the various Sabbath Schools, with their teachers, and at the back of the reading desk, and in front of the or- gan, were the children of the Protestant Half Or- phan Asylum, who looked exceedingly neat and clean, and interesti i. The little lads were all dressed in grey clothes, with white qurned over shirt collars, tied with a plain black Tibbon ; and the litle girls, in checked frocks, with white aprons, and neat gingham sun bonnets, upontheir heads. Some of the little creatures appeared to be perfectly lost in awe, delight and wonderment, and will probably recol- lect the occasion until the day of their death. ‘The Whole appearance was gay and cheerful in the extreme, Many banners, containing scriptural devices and inscrip- tions, very neatly executed, which were placed in. vati- ous parts of the room, added to the prettiness of the ‘The galleries were filled with spectators, mostly females, who appeared to participate in the delight of the juveniles, most of them being parents or relatives of the younger actors in the days performance. ‘The exor- cises began witha hymn, commencing “ Come, ye children, and adore him, Lord of all, he reigns above, Come and worship, now before him, He hath called you by his love.” Which was sung by all the childre: and time, and having a very plea: ness of the children’s voices being tempered by the deeper sounds of the organ. After the hymn, one of the Reverend gentlemen present, made a prayer; after which, another hymn, composed for the occa ‘The Rev. Mr. Annorr then del address suited to the capacity of his hearers and appro- priete to the occasion, but such contained a little too much cant to please the more sensible portion of the audience. A ev. gentleman fiom New Jersey, then delivered another address—a prayer was made—another hymn or two were sung aad grace pronounced. It had be | posed that a procession should be formed at 3 o'clock te h down to the Battery, but from the length of time | occupied in the exercises w doors, the outdoor dis- play Was not so great, as many of the children had got | Jagged! ont and did not join in the procession. ‘The little s and law being all marshalied in order marched to the Battery, when they broke up in of the evening were opened ‘tr and singing, followed by Mr. Dowrivo, animadverted severely on the cou of the sh Church in. interdicting the reading of the He regretted he had had occasion to mourn over its bunishraent from ovr public schools, and he had felt much tor the destitute condition of children 1ools, Whose only opportunity probably, ting senipture knowledge, had thus been ta. vm them. He related a most pithy aneedote touching the reading of the Bible through the medium of Prie t, as practiced by the Komish Church. He ailu- de, in terms of just horror, to the Infidel Convention at | preset going on in this city, and was assured that the ja»bath schools presented the surest safeguard against of the rising generation being seduced into the lop= tion of its cold and cheerless doctrines. The ignoran of the cont f the Bible was the great canse of ini delity and familiarity with its contents the surest barrier to it” He related too beautiful incidcats of the power of the Bible to comfort persons while laboring under afllic- tions of any kind. He spoke at some length, and in most eloquent sty concluded by offering a resolution as follows, Resolved, T..a' in view of the efforts now making by ad- vocatee of anti-Christian error, to inpece the circulation d Scriptures auong the youth of our Jond, and of ity to seduce tiem to its Cheerless ard destructive p es; We regurd the Sabbath School in: titution, re gas it does, the Bible as its text book, and only 1! rule of f as asafeguard evidently adapted to eacies of the present generation, to protect our Jour caughters ag: e artful seductious of vi the tublashing Blasphemy of the other, ay, OF ONG, seoonted the motion ina most ad after music trom the choir, and further steceyv. Mer, Reap and Dr, Parxen, the meeting was dismissed, m very good tune ig effect, the shrill- exercises 2 inf | prin ce the out commonly called the one generation lease. leases are reserved to the proprietors of the land all mines and mining privileges, all mill seats and mill a [thts 0 «++ $1,203 13 [and the poor tenant has no redress; another thing, one-third of the sale money of the farm improve- 1 to Texas, 1 to the Creek In- | ments must be given to the landlord—let me explain: ifa tenant’s lease is unexpired and he wishes, stance, to move West, he may, upon written permission, under seal from his landlord, transfer the remainder of hisflease to another, and sell to him his improvements, but the landlord under the terms of the lease to one-third of the money for such improvements. I would however remark here that all the leases do not say one- third part, some say one-feurth, one-fifth, and so on. ‘To sum up,the terms are these—twenty bushels of wheat to the landlord per one hundred acres of land, ingre: °; ready for publication, four Gospels, in Panjabi; the Pan- | al | keep that commandment for them. ‘The 'The National Reform Convention of Fourter- Ates, Socialist, Anti-Renters, &. &c., for the Purpose of Organizing an Industrial Con- gress. This Convention met pursuant to the call, at Cro- ton Hall, on the morning of the 5th. There were about thirty persons present as delegates from kin- dred societies, whose earnest and intelligent man- ner impressed us favorably. The meeting was call- ed to order by Alvin C. Bovay, the Secretary of the Association ; and after the appointment of L. W. Ryckman as chairman pro-tem, it was resolved that all persons who wished to take part in the proceed- ings of the Convention, might do so upon giving in their names to the Secretary. Messrs. Evans, Bovay, Pierson, Wilson, and Allibon, were appoint- ed a committee to nominate officers and prepare rules for the Convention. Messrs. Parke Godwin, Ryckman, Boviy, Thornburgh, and Moon were ap- pointed a committee to report resolutions. The Convention then adjourned, to meet at 2 P. M., when the committee reported the following gentle- men as officers of the Convention :—President, J. D. Pierson, of New York ; Vice Presidents : L. W. Ryckman, of Brook Farm; John Speakman, of Philadelphia ; J. D. Thornburgh, of Pittsburg, F. C. Treadwell, of Brooklyn, and Ransom Smith, of New York. Secretaries: L. Masquener, G. W. Robins, and Dr. Newbery, of Pittsburg Parke Gopwin, from the committee on resolu- tions, reported a series of resolutions. Mr. Godwin supported the resolutions by a few pertinent, though rather general remarks. He said that the time had come when men should meet togthse with an eye single to-the good of all—not to build up this church or that creed, but to establish a universal ehurch, embracing all, and having for its obit the eleva- tion of poor, fallen humanity. And, although he might diiier with the. ayonty, of the persons pre- sent, yet all who aspire to a better state, and who strive to meliorate the condition of their fellow men, though differing somewhat in creed, have some- atthe in common, E Mr. Auxrson, delegate from the anti-renters Jof then introduced by the Pre- sident.—My fellow citizens, lam a member of the Equal Rights Societies of Middleton and Roxbury, in Delaware county, and I assure you that the de- mocracy of the inland counties sympathise with you in your great movement ; and that you may under- stand the peculiar views of the eq ights men of Delaware, and learn to sympathise with them. It will be my Briyileaes as their representative here, to explain them to you, and show in bold relief, the grievances under which they labor—they are oppoed to the present leasing system of this State, for it is a relic of the old feudal ages, when the few ground the masses to the earth, with, the iron heel of op- pression—it is anti-democratic, for it places the ten- antry, who constitute the great body of the popula- tion, entirely at the mercy of the landlord. For in- stance, suppose some poor fellow, an honest and in- dustrious tenant, should, after years of persevering industry, which had doubled the value of his farm, be prostrated in a bed of sickness, or his land, by the visitation of Providence, fail to yield its annual supply, and he be unable to meet his rent, what is the consequence ?_ Why, the landlord can re-enter, and the poor tenant be stripped of the labor of years, for the improvements go with the land. This, however, is not the worst aspect of the case, nor the one of which we most complain. In Delaware and some other counties, land_ is held by a tenure differing somewhat from the ordina’ ere is In these Delaware county, w privileges which may be upon the soil; consequent- ly,if a farmer who holds one of these leases is so un- 22,672 84 lorie as to discover upon his farma mine of any lescription, his farm may be riddled through and by roads to the mine if it suits the landlord, for in- entitled nd ress; all mines, mill seats, &c., with sufficient id Bout tiem ; and one-third of the purchase money for the tenant’s improvements—all to the landlord—and for all this the tenant has kind permission to till the soil and breathe the air of heaven. And would you know the ar- guments the landlords give when they ‘are asked if it is not unjust to crush their fellow-men to the earth in this way? You ought to pay, because you agreed to pay, and because you must pay, this is what they suy, and when the lessee dies, the land reverts to his lord, the owner. But, fellow-citizens, the democracy of old Delaware have determined that the land there shall never revert to the landlord without consideration. (Cheers.) And for that particular purpose the Delaware Equal Rights Society was founded. Ihave never bowed the knee to a privie leged class of men,and I never will. The landlords area privileged class. In the first place, he is his own wit- ness in swearing out a writ to distrain for rent, and if the poor tenant believes that dandlords ought ‘to collect their debts like other people,he has no remedy but to re- plevin, and thus the matter, after long delay and much expense, comes for the first time before a jury, who then decide, perhaps a year after the tenant has paid the money alleged to be due ifthe landlord was warranted in dis- training. They have precedence of all other classes of creditors;for instance,and I will suppose the strongest case —a tenant borrows of a neighbor a sum of money; this neighbor, desirous of assisting his friend, and yet wish- ing to secure himself, takes a mortgage for the amount on the goods and chattels of the borrower—he has it re- corded regularly, and thinks he is safe; but no, in a mo- ment, in the twinkling of an eye, down comes the land lord, like a hawk, with a distrainer for rent in his pocket, and sweeps all away. Again, suppose a tenant borrows of aneighbor some farming implements to use for a few days; wo betide him, and his poor neighbor's plough, if his landlord has an execution against him—that omnipo- tent instrument in the potent hands of a landlord, covers all, and away they go to sacrifice. Again, a drove: from New York to Delaware county, and purchases of some needy tenants, live stock for which he pays, and then wends, with his brute companions, his winding way to Gotham. Surely I hear you say, he is sufe; they cer- tainly cannot injure the drover,—don’t be quite so fast. As the leper of the East contaminates all who come in contact with him, so the tenant of Delaware seems to bring under our present laws, destruction upon all who have transactions with him. Yes, the landlord can fol- low the drover, and with a bit of white paper, carry off the cattle, and &ven if no rent is immediately due, yet if in six months it will accrue, then the stock fe subject to an execution of the landlord. 1 might continue length in this way, showing in what different landlord possesses, under our present system of laws, the power of grinding his te to the dust. In 1840, we petitioned to repeal these iniquitous laws, but the sapient committee to whom the petitions were referred, decided that their repeal would be unconstitutional. T have been opposed to carrying out our measures by the force of arms; itis not, in the present enlightened age, the true means. We must use argument; we must agitate the subject; bring it up for discussion before the people, and then we may expect to succeed. Many of the anti-ronters of Delaware have formed an Association, called the “Indian Association,” to prevent the collection of rent, &e. It is a ceurse I deprecate much, but at the same time, permit me to say here, without fear of con- tradiction, that the conduct of the Sheriff of Delaware, und his minions, has far exceeded in turbulence anything which the Indiaus may, in their mistaken zeal,have done I will designate Bob Steel, the deputy. sheriff, as the in. carnation of all tha degrading and ‘disgusting. What do you think, fello zens, of a poor widow woman being torn from her bed at midnight, and her pérson mi- nutely searched to discover if she ‘was an Indian? 1 might mention more atrocities of a similar kind, but J have not time; suitice it to say, and Il speak what I do know, that the Indians are more sinned against than sin ning, Tho landlords obey pretty faithfully one com mandment, to multiply and replenish the earth, but they appear entirely oblivious of the other-to get their bread by the sweat oftheir brows. ‘They think the tenantry can enantry of Del- aware are honorable men, and they would not ask or do what they consider wrong, and yet their minds are fully made upto abide by the’ principle of anti-rent through good and evil report. Mr, Ryexotay, of Brook Farm,then addressed the meet- said thatirom a caseful investigation of the fi h God bas bestowed upon man, and his capacity for happiness,he had arrived at the conclusion,that all the misery which we see and which may occur, arises sole- ly from obstructions placed between the material ele- ments and m: Our laws are all calculated to promote monopoly, they are unequal, and consequently unjust — ‘The same principles of monopoly, force and fraud,whieh characterises the British government, choracterizes our own to a great extent. he great evil appears to be that the masses, the productive classes,are ina thousand ways taxed and impoverished without adequate represen tion. They are not taxed, as it were, directly, but by cumulated machinery and aceumulated capital, which erush the very form of humanity ont ofthe work. ing classes, ‘and it becomes us now to stand up for the right. We have to organize for a revolution peculiar in ‘its character ; and our means must be pecu- iar. A plan for an industrial Congress will be submitted to you in the course of the deliberations of the Conven- tion, which, I trust, will meet the views of all. If our plans for the melioration of man succeed, we will want no custom-house, no navy, no army, nor any such thing —all men will be kind, courteous, and good, and ever thing be blessedness and peace. We would repeal all naturalization laws, and make the elective franchise de- pend on useful industry. He who could prove that he was usefully employed, migit vote, and none others, Mr. Evans, the editor of Young .Zmeriea, then addrossed the meeting. After saying that, as almost all came with some favorite reform, it would be neceswary, in order to effect any thing, to discuss the various plans fairly, and endeavor, as much as possibl each other's views. Ho said that the National Reform Association maintains that the possession of the public domain by the poople is indispensable to tie national prosperity” and west where the fever and ague was so bad, and where the rheumatism affected even the Joints of old chairs. He thought the National Reformers meant well enough; haps as well as himself, and he was a pretty fellow in a bad state of society ; but he harlly: thought their plan a feasible one. The Convention then adjourned, and met in the even- ing at 7} o'clock, when they were addressed by Park Godwin, (locum tenens of the Evening Post) who entered into divers inscrutable matters, much to the edification of all present. Fifth Anniversary of the Eastern New York Antl.Slavery Society at the Apollo Saloon— Great Speeches of Mr. Jackson, James G. Birney, and Alvan Stewart—Extraordinary Resolutions offered by Mr. Stewart—Views and Objects of the Liberty Party. Our readers will perceive by the following report and resolutions of the so-called Liberty Party Abo- litionists, the distinction between the two great so- cieties who profess equally to have for their object the amelioration of the condition and emancipation of the slaves. {n our report of the American anti- slavery society’s proceedings—the dissolution of the Union—the annihilation of the church—the overthrow and downfall of the clergy, was stated by Wendall Philips to be the only exodus for the slave from the house of bondage. And 8. 8. Fos- ter followed, by calling the churches the most infa- mous places of resort in the city, and the mimisters a band of pirates and cut-throats—a conclave of in- carnate fiends. The resolutions offered by Alvan Stewart, are an exposition of their peculiar views. ‘The meeting was called to order by Mr. Jackson, who requested the Rev. J. R, Johnson, of Williams- burg, to open the convention by prayer. After which Mr. Jackson, as Secretary, made a verbal report of the proceedings of the past year, and an aceount of the present condition and prospects of the society. * Mr. Jackson said—The Liberty paity is steadily and Sinmaly advancing—its object is to secure free- dom for all, for the white as well as the black ‘man —to permanently establish the free and immutable principles of this government over the whole people —we have no fellowship with slaveholders, nor slave- holding interest—but have established a political party of our own, having for its object untiring, persevering’ op- position to slavery as long as it lives. I know. the newspapers have falsely stated that the party was dead—that it had reached its culminating point, and must decrease. But, gentlemen, did you not hear of us during the last election? Were we over- thrown and distracted—did we not hold our own? Was it not a moral certainty among the whig party who made the assaults, that they would be the victors ; and is there aman here—a whig ‘inthe land, who was‘not surprised at the issue? | know both miles and democrats were dis- appointed. ‘They found the Liberty party had hecome, ce John Tyler's admmistration, a fixed fact. 15,000 votes were cast last full in this State, and 56,000 votes in the whole country, in spite of the abusive attacks on the character and reputation of our candidate for the Presi- dency, Mr. Birney. Firstly, a statement was made, and on all the prominent members of the party that Mr. Bir- ney was going over to the whig party, and then that he was going to the democratic, Ifa Liberty man had been a whig, they declared he had gone over to his own home, and was going to vote for Henry Clay to keep out Texas, and if he had been a democrat, that he was going to vote for James K. Polk to extend the area of freedom. And now on whom does the reponsibility of the annexation of Texas rest? On nobody ! for thé best reason in the world. | It is not annexed—there has been no such tl concluded. It,may, but as yet has not been accomplis! Sgmething may prevent this devil’s scheme from being consummated. But the whigs say, ifwe had voted for Mr, Clay, he would have been elected, and Texas kept out. All have to answer is, if the whigs had voted for James G. Birney, he would have been elected. They might have done this without sacrifice of principle, as they profess sympathy with us ; but we can never unite with slaveholders. On whom, then, does th responsibil- ity rest? Tleave it for honest men to answer. Men differ on the expediency of annexing Texas; for my part, Tam in favor of it, net by joint resolution, nor with slavery; but make it a free State, and throw around a wall’ of freedom, Heaven high, to show slave- holders their doom is sealed forever. When, sir, in the history of this world has the principles of freedom gone backward? Never. The prineiples of freedom are ever onward, and if Texas is annexed we have the more work to do—for Christianity and democracy will not allew us to befaithless. I know the time will come when the crack of the slave-whip will not be heard in our land— but the voiees of emancipated millions rise to Heaven with shouts of liberty. Let every man do his duty fear- lessly and boldly to uphold _ the principles of a free gov- ernment, and my word for it this country shall be saved. The Crarmman said Mr. Bimey and Mr. Stewart were present, and he would invite them to come forward. Mr. Binxry-—Ladies and gentlemen : Icame_ prepared to offer resolutions, which | will now submit, and make a few remarks, such ag my health and the patience of the audience will admit. Resolved, Ist. ‘That the powers of Congress are strict ly Kimited by the Constitution. 2d. ‘That the Constitution confers no power in terms to acquire in any way foreign terrritory. 3d. ‘That the avowed object of annexing ‘Texas to the Union—the confirmation of slavery—is a shanteless announcement for us to make before the world. 4th. That the annexation of Texas would be a direst breach of the Constitution; an inexcusable viola- tion of a treaty of friendship with Mexico, and a coward- i abuso of superior power toward a weak neighbor and that must forever stigm: us as a faithless and dishonest people. Mr. Birney now proceeded to show that we had no legal claim under the treaties with France and Spain to the territory of Texas. That we had ceded all the rights we ever had‘ and could not, therefore, re- curto them again. But, said Mr. Bimey, the possession of this territory will never compensate a nation for its honer and its goodname. We are told, however, that it will “extend thejarea of freedom.” ThatTexas already has slavery and we cannot help it. But is it not the duty of this people to extend the Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are entitled to lite, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These are the fundamen- tal principles of this government; the moment foreign territory is acquired the principles of the government become law over that foreitory by virtue of its incorpora- tion. No government hus the ‘right to do the small- est particle of injustice. 1 admire the principle of the great statesman who said, when the slightest wrong was done to the meanest subject it was done to the whole. Suppose we had found in ‘Texas an order of nobili- ty oran Established Church (both opposed to the form of our government.) I say the moment it was admitted into the Union they both would yield to the great prin- ciples of this government; and if the Liberty Party pre- vuiled, the jubilee of freedom would sound for every slave ‘held’ in bondage. The powers of Congress are strictly limited by the Constitution—a heresy { admit. It has’ been said there was an inherent power inthe Constitution to annex territory ;—but it is not an inhe- rent power, but a delegated one—if it were not so, there would be ngend to the abuse of it. The people have declared that if the powers of the Constitution are not adequate, they may be appealed to ; but Congress prefer- red, in the case of Texas, to pursue a different course—a course which, to all intents and purposes, is the most signal usurpation of the slave power ever known, | know there is a Freat cry about the glory of the nation; but virtue, intelligence, and justice-vthese compose the glory of a Republic, I see before me, if we go on in this Violent acquisition of territory, a line of military posts, Hy glad to see it brought forward. Resolved, That it is our sol i Union, as the most efficient and powout) ‘mount for the extirpation of slavery, and further to show our lorerte our cherished colored brother, whom we will never dee sert, for we owe him deliverance as a dut; hold to the Union as the means of its pe Ahr vlad and not turn our back upon him asa chi ap mode ef being discharged from an unpleasant duty, by ulle the criminality of his master as an excuse for our wi of bumanity: Resolved, That it is no part of the mission of the liber- erty party to overthrow churches, vote for slave-holdere issolve this Union; bnt it is their distinct undertaking by all moral, legal, lawful, and constitutional power, to drive slavery from’ this land. Mr. Stxwant—Yes, Mr. President, I am for the Union. I would fight and die for this land, whether itis the swamps of Georgia or the mountains of Vermont. American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Meeting. A meeting took place on Wednesday night at the Apollo Saloon, attended by a numerous audience, and was called to order by Mr. Arruvr Tappan, of this city. The proceedings commenced with a pray- er from a reverend gentleman, whose name we could nothear. Atthe conclusion of which, Arthur Tap pan read portions of the annual report of the Society ; by which it appeared that several of their most esti- mable members had been removed by death during the past year, but that they had had large additions of members both fromthe free and slave States, and that the principles they advocated-had been extended all over the Union—that new newspapers had been added for the advocacy of the cause, and that they numbered in all now some fort; devoted exclusively to the dissemi- avery doctrines—that a Bibeny pany, had been established in Virginia, and that there had been a great call for papers and information from the Seuth— men ofinfluence there, showing an eagerness to look into and examine their principles—that, among others, an ex- Governor of a slave State had become a subscriber to the Emancipator—that in the letter enclosing his subscription, he stated that he never had been one of those who looked on them with scorn and ‘hatred; and that, though he wished for information to onpose them tl Se te Methodist and: Baraizmetion, on the, subject “That highly encouraging stands in the cause; that the execu- tive committee, on the occasion of a visit from some members of the Free Church of Scotland to this country, for the purpose of making collections to aid them, had addressed a remonstrance to them against taking’ sub- scriptions from Slave States, which remonstrance had been published in England, Ireland and Scotland, and had caused much discussion among eminent men on our side there, and which was not yet concluded. Appeals had been made, and sums of money had been contributed for the relief ofthe martyrs, Torrey and others. The committee had recommended the observance of a day of fasting and prayer, to he held in commemoration of the nefarious Texas plot, which, though it was not answered, by the rejection of it, as’ they had hoped, still, they. trusted, it might yet be defeated; and that some church- es and congregations had so observed the fast recom- mended, that they had remonstrated with Theodore Fre- linghuysen, against allowing his name to he used in connection with that of Clay; that they have carried on a correspondence with foreign’ socie- ties, and that the Reporter had been published and prominently circulated ; that they have received an ad- dress from the British cgnmittee, containing an appeal to the abolitionists of the ited States respectin; Roxas, which had been widely circulated ; also one from the Union, presided over by friend Sturge, on,same subject. That another anti-slavery society had been formed at the Sandwich Islands, making two ; and the majority of the missionaries there were either officers or members of one society or another. That they have invited Mr. Phelps to come from Boston to take the situationgof cor- responding seretary, which had been accepted ; and that the Reporter is to be printed montiily in future, and oftered for sale on reasonable terms instead of bi ig dis- At the close of this report Mr. tributed gratuitously. of resolutions of gratitude for the Tappan read a number advance of truth and freedom in the churches, That they felt much encouraged by the sympathy of their Trang Atlantic brethren, who, headed by Clarkson, aimed to abolish pawety and the slave trade throughout the world. That they rejoiced that the spirit of enquiry was awakened in the Slave States; that the Libert party aims to abolish slavery and harmonize the United states Government with the spirit of freedom ; that the consti- tution gives no power to i ; that the annexation of Texas is a ution and a breaking of the faith of nations with Mexico. That the qualification required from colored people for voting be done away with ; that asylums are to be ailorded to fugitive slaves, and that the friends of slaves are required to afford all aid they can to those in jeopardy of being taken by their owners. At the close of these resolutions Mr. Birney said, that the colonel accounts he had just heard pleased him much, connected as he had been with the movement when it was in its infancy. That the reso- lution embraced many topics of importance that had for- merly been looked on with awe; for one, the protection of fugitive slaves ; he remembered the time when tha subject was Beate ht Defore an anti-slavery meeting, and they had rom 0} ng it, though secret- Yow he rejoiced to say the feeling had been growing, and had taken posses- sidn of the hearts of many who belong to neither of the parties, but whose natural sympathy impelled them to aid the fugitive to his shelter under the flag of a monar- chy, but Re trusted! they would shortly find ample protec- tion in our ewn land. “The matter of abducting slaves may become an important means in consummati ng uni- versal emancipation—for can any human law justify ale- very. Many persons attached great weight to the ao- called Constitution ; but even supposing the constitution had sanctioned an unjust law, must it on that account, alll Unjust as it was, be carried out ? Certainly not. He he B,) could not enslave one of the audience, it would be unjust ; and going farther, is it because many are en- slaved by force that the injustice is abated. This nation is responsible for its standing in the scale of nations, and cannot be right on that which is essentially unjust. There is not a Court in the land that will not summon @ Jury upon the trial ofa paltry debt amounting to $20, yet when a human being is in question they refuse. ‘The South talks of the guarantee givon it for the perpetuation of slavery, but he would ask where was it to be found? ‘tis not in the Declaration of Independence or in the Con stitution. They talk of the Convention previous; do they suppose Washington and Franklin for a moment woul have consented to such a system so directly opposed to what they had been fighting for, If he thought so he would cast them out, but they had not done so. Even, supposing they had agreed that slavery was to be perpe: tuated, what obligatory force was it?” ‘Those who made the Constitution had not the ratification of it. Had the people of New York at the time the slightest idea of such aclaim? No, they even were dissatistied that immediate provision was not made for putting an end to the slave trade, The nation that dees not carry outits principles to other nations, forfeits the opinion of the world, What is ‘our standing before the universe, with the declaration of freedom upon our lips, and our actions to show for it— ‘The gentleman went on at some length to enquire into the distribution act and the conduct of the Southern States toward Massachusetts, and reflected severely on the supineness of that State in submitting to the dictates of the South ; of which we took full notes, but have no. room for their insertion. He was followed by Mr. Jackson of Albany, and Mr. Atvan Stewart, who was still speaking when the late- ness of the hour compelled us to leave. Annual Exhibition and Concert by the Pupils of the Institution for the Blind. We attended this exhibition last Wednesday, glad to see that a crowded and fashionable audience penly avo eee to the Pacific Ocean—a provision made for the sons of the aristocracy, as in Great Britain—and the worst kind of aristocracy—a military one. What do we want of an army—have we not a poliee ? Do we want to put down insurrections ? We have none to fear. What do we want of a vast navy—we want it not. Let slavery be abolished, and our whole country is an army united for its defence. Mr. Gaunerr (a colored man) made a few remarks about the “ old organization,” and defended the church from the assaults of Garrison and Foster. He said, this no sectarian party—this no creed party-—no church party, who had no creed except one that isin their hearts,are the veriest sectarians inthe world. If you do not subscribe to every article of their faith, they” read you out of their no-church church unanimously ! "You must agree with them, and yet they are no soctarians, Auvan Stewart. r. President—There is now and then aman who becomes an abolitionist, who expects to reap his crop in 1845—a sort of red sea miracle—a nation born in a day—but the cause will progress as fast as one convinces his neighbor. (Here a good many people loft the house, and Mr. Jackson requested them to stop, nd wished to state a meeting would be held o’elock.) Why those people that are going out are only akind of roving set, Whoeasually drop't in, and who tor all sut stantial purposes might as well be in one wre ther. The resolutions | am about to introduce, i ted my own comfort, or some call popul should not offer; but the tin # come when we must state we have no connexion with the dogmas and wild speculations of the day —they belong to the other pa and I for one unwilling to bear the Joad any longo: | offer you, therefore, the following unble: resolutions a Prrastocn. Whereas, the whig and democratic parties, with a view of misrepresenting the liberty jmrty abolitionists in the United States, calumniating their principles, and render- ing their measures odious, often assert, in their newspa. pers that the liberty party—the voting abolitionists, hold as centiments, thatthe Union should be dissolved on ac- count of slavery and the annexation of ‘Texas, and that the Constitution is a pro-slavery document, originating in cruelty and blood—and that tle churches of this country ought to be destroyed, as no longer the abodes of vital Christianity, but ag the homes o! hypocrites wad dens of thieves—aid the only apology of the said whig and de- mocratic parties for such vile slander is, that a cligue of Philosophers in this country, of some one or two thon- sand persons, known as 1 stants, no human govern- ment, no voting, Garri litionists, (whose senti- ments we utterly te, as we have so done for years,) hold and aftivm these strange dogmas, that the constitution is a pro-slavery document, and that the Union should he dissolved, and that the churches of this country are dens of thieves and hypocrites, and no longer entitled to the confidence of the people. To define our position as the voting abolitionists on these Heetions, by Which it has been attempted to injure us in the opinion of rymen—Therefore, |, That we believe that the Constitution of the | States, when interpreted in that benignity of spirit its own language {ustifies, m anti-slavery docu. ment in its Princip! jes and tendencies, Resolved, That we hold the Union asa grand bond of public and! private faith to which we are solemnly pledged, and which we will not and cannot recall; and whether slavery is in or out, or Texas in or out, we will stand by the Union, for its purification and exaltation, being determined to employ our entire moral and politi: cal power to the overthrow of slavery, in all and every shape, by which we can constitutionally reach the same Resoly u ed glory, and that, to carry out this plan of salvation, they Inust elect members of Congress thoroug&ly impregna- ted with the doctrine, Mr, Tinta, delegate fron#the Social Reform Society said that the empty benches made him feel sensibly col er than he would have felt had he been placed under pump on the first of last January, He didn’t want to go through the ballot box. Resolved, That we regard the attempt of cee nullification, or dissolution of this contode treason to the best hopes of mankind, and as the most wretched of nll antedotes hy which to exonerate our- sion, leracy, as high selves from the crime of slavery, were gathered within the walls of the Tabernacle to greet the interesting young band of unfortunates who were there assembled—thongh We question if the term unfortunate in this case is not misapplied ;. for certainly, after the exercises and recitations which we witnessed, we remain in doubt as to whether the loss of sight is really such 4 deprivation as has hitherto been supposed. We have all read poetical descriptions of those afilicted with this malady. Who, that has perused “ Bulwer's Last Days of Pompei,” but remembers that charmin, creation of his fancy, the blind girl “ Nydia ; and the wonderful tact which guided her in the absence of the light of day. But the perfection to which the instruction of the blind is carried now-ae day, is ul more surprising than any fiction, and we cannot but admit the beauuful arrangement of nature, which in depriving the human frame, in one sense, endows it with such increased sensthility in the rest. It reflects the greatest credit on the perseverance and ingenuity of the preceptors of the institution, who have thus been the meons of remedying, as far as lay in the power of snan, the mixfortunes of their pupils. And we noticed with delight the affectionate intercourse which existed between them. But we must to our subject and describe the exercises. They began with the performance of the rand march by the band, followed by the reading of the Scriptures from raised copies, and the fe ced in this part of the proc w Bullock, a very talented and inte ating Tittle gin next was an anthem, by. th “TH wash my hands in innocency,” the music of which is compo: Pro- fessor Reiff; this piece reflects much credit on ti which was performed with exquisite taste, and r the unbounded plaudits of the vast aysembla came examinations in geography, astronomy, chem, history, geometry, and arithmetic, and, indeed, we not a little surprised to hear the given to every question by those alll pporestargs, One of thé pupils, M played great vocal powers in th Miss Cynthia The ng, * Kve’s Lamentation,” and her performance on the pianoforte a very lively interest amongst the vast assem- Two others & the pupils, Mise ane Crowe Ke. by and Miss Bullock, whose name we have before taken notice of, recited some original poetry, which was most enthusiastically received. Several dueis, trios, and exa minations of the pupils, followed, afer which there was & “presto movement” played as a finale by the band, with much taste. In conclusion we must add that we observed atone of religious feeling running through the whole exercises, which evinced that not only the care of theit temporal interests has been attended to, but a due sense of their eternal salvation impressed on them. American Tract Sovicty. This Society held its twentieth anniversary Wed- nesday morning, at the Broadway Tabernacle, and was attended by a crowded audi: We were struck by the great preponderance of the ladies over the gentlemen, the latter not composing probably more than one-fifth of the assembly, and those were mostly clergymen from the country and strangers in the city. However, it was most delightful to see the great interest manifested by them in the proeeed- ceedings of this moet important society; the benefits resulting from which, have been, and are continu-