The New York Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1849, Page 1

NO. 5451. MORNING EDITION----WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1849. THH ANNIVERSARIBS. THE MEETINGS YESTERDAY, Se. &e. dic. New York State Colonization Soelety. The annual meeting of this society was called for last evening, at the Tabernacle, but owing, doubtless, to the drenching rain which prevailed, at the appointed hour there was but a very slimattendance indeed, Full half of the few there were there, however, were ladies, As ‘will be seen below, it was well enough that it was so, as there were the fewer to be disappointed, A vory cloquent prayer was given by the Rey. Mr. Mz Suetpor, ‘The Pursienr, after regretting that the inclemensy of the season had prevented the attendance of the friends of the society, stated that Goy. Pinney (late Governor of Liberia.) would read an extract from the report of the proceedings of last year, remarking that ba 2 would not detain the audience long. rr. Pinney was almost disposed to rebel against the Presiding officer, and to recommend that they should journ at once, to attend the meeting of the Sunday School Union, for the reason that they would not be able to present, he feared, such an array of speakers as to satisfy the friends of colonization, More than two months ago preparations were made for this meeting. Correspondence was had with gentlemen throughout the country, and the most gratifying responses were re- ceived, and Speakers engaged for this evening —Dr Parker, of Philadelphia, Dr, Jyng and Dr, Cone, of this city—three better men, perhaps, could not be’ se- cured. They had relied on them, when just at the Jast moment, most unexpectedly, they found that each one of those gentlemen, through circumstances they considered controlling, found their presence there pre- vented. He then read a letter from Dr. Parker, of Philadelphia, regretting that interests of paramount importanee, concerning his own people, prevented his attendance, He was sorry the more, as he had been studying the subject, as the sermon he transmitted would show. Mr. P. said that he had received this letter last Saturday, and a reply ‘was immediately written stating that it would be {mpossibl to supply his place, and urging him to break through his other engagements, That afternocn a reply was received, stating this to be impossible, and that the Doctor would endeayor to be with them at the next anniversary and give them a sermon twice as Jong as he would have done that night So (said Mr. P.) you may expect something next year, if you ean waitrolong. Mr. P. further explained that Dr. Cone’s health prevented his attendance, and ‘ uncon- trollable circumstances”? that of Dr. Tyng. Under these circumstances, he said the reading of tho report, ‘as well as a series of resolutions that had been prepar- ed, would be omitted, and he would only present a summary of some general and important facts cennect- ed with the opcrations of the Society for the last year. ‘The receipts of this branch of the American Coloni- zation Society for the year had been $12,516, while the total receipts of the Parent Society for the year ex- ceeded $55,000. Under the auspices of the Society, nine vessels, with 870 emigrants, have sailed for Liberia. Of these, more than 100 wére Christian communicants of various de- nominations; seven were preachers of the gospel; more than thirty had purchased their own frecdom by extra industry, at a cost of over $20,000; and 103 in one yes- sel, had learned to read, and thirty to write a decent hand; upwards of 600 had been voluntarily cmanci- ed by their owners. Grateful mention made of the favor shown to honorable President Roberts had been reveived 0. ronch, Prusiian and other govern- mentshad not only received him with cordiality, bat had entered into commercial treaties with the new re- ublic,on equal terms England and France especial- ly, had pledged to him their co-operation for suppres- sing the slave trade; and have given orders to their commanders on the African coast, to aid him when re- quested. ‘The Britich government had signalized its Kindness by giving the President and his family a pas- gage home in one of its public vessels, and also by pre- senting him an armed yacht for the public service of his country. Through the liberality of the well-known philanthropist, Samuel Gurney, Esq., $10,000 had been ledged,to him for purchasing the sea-coast between Eibetia and Sirra Leone (about 160 mites) ‘This wasa summary of the facts as given in the report intended to be read that evening. Mr. P. then read some interesting facts, furnished ina letter trom Mr. McLean, Corresponding Secretary of the So- ciety, dated Savawnah, 7th May, relative to the bark Houma, recently sailed from that port for Liberia, with some 200 emigrants, They were of the most respectable class, many of them professing Christians, five of them clergymen, and would be a great addition to the colo- ny. The expences of fitting out (he vessel were some $10,000, for every dollar of which the Society had gone in debt, &c, There were 140 families now ready, or soon would be, who, by the laws of the State, must leave before February next; and an appeal was made for ald in forwarding them to the colony. ‘ When Mr. Pixxey had concluded, the Socicty ad- ourned, American Anti-Slavery Society> This somewhat famous and celebrated society, num- Dering within its folds the real, genuine, unadulterated anti-slavery fanatics of the Northern and New Eng- land States, and having its centre in Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, celebrated its anniversary at the Tabernacle, yesterday morning at ten o'clock. The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society is a sece- ding branch of this establishment, having left it on ac- count of the ultra views on the question of slavery in the old States, which its leaders and most prominent men entertain. On arriving at the Tabernacle, we found it tolerably well filled with @ parti-colored and highly variegated assemblage. Thore were white faces, and yellow faces, and red faces, and black faces, long hair and short hair, straight hair and woolly hair, beau- tifully interspersed throughout the building, both up stairs and down stairs. Among those in attendance, we saw Wendell Phillips, Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Donglass, Lucy Stowe, and several other of the sup- porters of the institution. There was also a fair repre- kentation of our colored bredren” present—a repre- sentation, too, that embraced every shade and breed into which that peculiarly interesting people are di- vided, commencing with the coal-black shoe-black, and ascending on the sliding-scale principle till it reached the tarry complexion which marks the dapper-little mustacheod waiters who, in fulfilling their duties on our North River steamboats, ring a large hand-bell, and request “All dose gentlemen who ain’t paid their fare, to please walk up tothe captain's office and settle-c-0-e,”” Among the audience, we observed, too, # great many gentlemen with broad beavers on thelr heads— an indication that they were of the Society of Friends and several ladies of the same order. At half-past ten o'clock, friend Isaac T, Hopper, Ed mund Quincy, Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May, and other gentleman whose name we could not learn, to their seats, and called the mecting to order, Mr. Gar- rison holding in his hand a suspicious looking roll of paper, having the appearance of an anti-slavery peti- tion, ‘Immediately behind those gentlemen sat Wil- Mam Brown, a fugitive slave. 1 In commencing the exereises, Lloyd Garrison said that in beginning a good cause, heavenly grace may be supplicated with confidence. That this is a good cause there can be no doubt; and if any one present desired to ask for assistance from on High for the efforts of this institution, an opportunity was now ready far the new-born republic of Liberia—of the manner in which 1. Mav took the opportunity, and prayed liberation of those whom God made likeness, and into whose nostrils he Dreathed the breath of life—but who, to the shame and disgrace of this country, are held in bondage. Lrovp Gannison then said that unexpectedly he found his name mentioned as one of the speakers on this oc- casion, but all he would do, was to read the testimony of those who could not be doubted the prophets of old—concerning the subject which called the meeting tegether. He then read several parsages from the bi- ble, and afterwards said that it has always been the object of the society to denounce slavery as the great- est evil, It has assumed that no slayeholder should be recognized as a Christian, and thatany man who dares to cull his brothor as property is destitute ot Christ. For this, the society-has denounced as infidel by professed Clristians,whose hands are stained with human blood on this continent; but on the other sideof the Atlantic, the people are not so blinded. ‘They agree perfectly with the views of this society in this respect, and have sent an expression of their sen- timents, too, in the form of an appeal by the people of Scotland, many of whom are preachers of the gospel, He displayed the suspicious lookin red to. which proved to be ana ' the people of that country to the American churehes, on the subject of slavery in the United States, and re: monstrating against their having any connection with slavery or sinveholders, It ended by a request that American Christianity and American Slavery he sepa- Fated, and a prayer for the prosperity of the American church. The document was then paraded in front of the pulpit, where it was allowed to remain during the morning. ; ‘The finaneial account was then read. ‘The following statement comprises the receipts and expenditores for the last year :— ion of Receipt ‘To Ball from old account. « Standard and donation account Publication xecount.. . Total os seeees For the Anti-slay the support of the y Standard, agente. ftice in this city and $4 a series Of tL which marks Balance. Epmunp rerolutions 0! all resolutions emanating Prensneny Pannen, resolutions. After afew perfatory rem ‘The rerolutions cover much ground.and may be well said to be before us for, two, three or four days, One point he would refer to; slavery exists, not because the peo | Pillsbury then read a communication in the South gence in the present assemblage to overthrow it within a year, but no interest is taken in the matter. A great many present have no doubt attended this morning for amusements sake; as they would a theatrical exhibition but the anti-slavery cause is not of this character. We are all, every one, concerned in the extinction of sla- yery in this country; in fact there is no being in the whole unive who is not interested in the overthrow of slavery in this country—even the natives of the Fejee Islands. Yet most of us are here as spectators; but there {s not one present of whom God does not re- quire that the slave shall be liberated through his agency. The great mass of the people live for no specific purpose, and if we are, as we think we are, God could have been better ay than in our creation. He saw before him many who might wield the destinies of the nation, yet he had no doubt that they had yet to learn that God created them for any especial purpose, that they are anything but retailers of other men’s ideas, or followers of demagogues, of some religious or political organization. How many young men are there who think that they are nothing but vulgar fractions constituting the universe. Too many of us aim at being no higher than parts of organization or association. We never dream of being any thing but Presbyterians, or Episcopalians, or whigs, or democrats, ‘The clergymen of all denominations look upon young men and women as so much raw material, to be worked. up and added to their respective congregations; and the politician treats them ina similar way. The dis- covery of organic sin has had an extremely prejudical influence in this respect; for, under its operation, as the physical body under the influence of chloroform, no pain or twinge of the conscience can be felt; and the conscience of the country may now be cut into slices, without ay feeling. The church has said that slavery is an organic national sin, and therefore could not be touched. The church is the light of the world. She may do as she has done, raise her light on some reef of fatal rocks; but it has yet to raise its yolce and say that slavery is an evil not to be borne. ‘There is not & clergyman in the country who docs not shake hands with the bloody slaveholder. The city is now black with clergymen—many of them are present; but there is no class of the country who need’ more instruction than those religious teachers of the people, (Laughter and hissing.) The other day, he met three Methodist clergymen, and expressed to them his regret that slavery existed in that church. The remark surprised them; but they asserted that there was no such thing in the Methodist Church North, He then went on to prove that there are twenty thousand slaves and four thousand slave owners in that branch of the Church, ‘The denial was, no doubt, honest, but, in his opinion, (the speaker) they belonged to that class of whom, probably, the Almighty will not expect much responsibility. | Mr. mn Constitutionalist, attacking Henry Clay’sletter on eman- cipation, and challenging the Kentucky statesmen to show him any passage in the New Testament proving slavery to be at variance with Christianity, Inthe com- munication, the writer accused Mr. Henry Clay of at- tacking, not only the constitution of the United States, but God's own institution of slavery, which Christ and all holy men of old, sanctioned as, next. to redemption, the most sublime system in the world The speaker here made some remark which we did not hear, but it elicited a great deal of hissing, which, however, in no way diseoncerted him. ‘Phese evidences of disapproba- tion being continued, looking around the building, he said ‘This is interesting to me—well, every one in his ernacular.” (Much laughter.) Now the object of reading this letter, was to substantiate the charge he made against the northern clergy; and he would go further and say, that there are not Mieiaidovon clergy men in New Yerk who would not welcome the author of thore sentiments to their pulpits. ‘Wrong, sir; I'm one, and I would not. do it. —No sir; there are more than half a dozen in ‘ocm, who would not do it. Well, lean assure you | know something of the Northern clergy, and there are not half a dozen among them who are not in communion and loving friendship with the Southern clergy. Where, then, are the re- bukes by the Northern tlergyment ‘They make none. So itis with the religious press. There is not a jour- nal of this kind which will not denounce the meeting as one of infidels, The New York Observer will do it, and others will do so. But the secular press will not do so. The New York Herald will not call this an in- fidel meeting. (Laughter.) The Ezpress will not do so. But I tell you I care for no infidelity but that which isin the church, | care nothing, said he, for the athe- ism or infidelity that is being imported from France ; we can overcome every thing, but the organization of the church. But the conflict will come, and the church will be overthrown, and liberty will be triumphant.— ‘The politics of the country are giving way, but the church is strengthening its opposition, and’ that is the reagon we attack the church, Henry Clay writes on prospective emancipation; but his letter, even on that subject, is denounced by the church, He joined the church’a few years since; but if he goes on in this way, assailing “one of God’s institutions,” he willbe excom- municated, and he may as well prepare for it, on account ofhis anti- ory opinions. Politics are giving way, but the church has thrown herself in the breach, and it is therefore against the pulpit that we shall direct our attacks, The mext subject touched upon was the union of these States, which he characterized as another foot- hold of slavery. When he concluded he was both hiss- ed and applauded. Wexpeit Punwirs was the next speaker. He felt, he said, much regret to be obliged to address the andi- ence before him. He would be gladly excused. We wonld all be gladly excused from recording year after year our protest against slavery. No one can suppose we are doing a pleasant work. He must be a mad- man, who sacrifices his ease and enjoyment, to the sterner duty of sacrificing business, that he may awaken a community to its duty; but without arro- gance to ourselves or to the comiaunity, it would be madness to spend our lives in this way, if we did not think ourselves possessed of a principle of vital impor- tance to the American public, We do not come to tickle or disgust the community. Our lives must be tuken as an earnest of our sincerity, whether we are not, after all, in the right—whether, radical as we are, it is not the truth, that we advocate, as we have been charged with introducing new tests, and being fanatics and impracticable reformers. On the contrary, we affirm that when we laid down the princi- ple that slavery isa sin, we challenge that the State cannot stop short of our position; when we found that the ramifications of the young sapling of slavery went to make up the national character, that one root was under the altar, and the other was in the union that held these States together, we set out with the princi- ple that, no matter how strong the church, or the State, if it be dipped in this sin, neither can be covered with patriotism or religion, Do not blame us, if in each sue- ceeding year, we honestly believe; true to our mission, we attack the church, or the State. There is a dispute between the abolitionists and the church, whether the latter shall be pro-slavery or not. The church is no insignificent institution —it is mighty in its hold on the national heart, with 1. ‘mpress on the national litern- ture, and the direction it gives to national polities—we reeognize this influence, and we reason that when she moves, we need not listen to her accents, for the mo- ment she does so, the solid carth shakes, her voice har- monizes every conflicting clement, and when she arises to do her duty to the American slave, this little organization Will be whirled into nothingness, But the American church is doing nothing; if she were, we would not be here, Now therefore, when we come out of our little holes and see nothing doing, we conelude that the church ix doing nothing. It is on this account, therefore, that we attuck the Ameri- can Church. My friend enid, while reading the article from the Constiiutionatist, that it took a clergyman to write it; but he knew a politican who went further, A celporteur undertook to give a Bible to a free color. ed man in New Orleans, not knowing that he was do- ing harm, for he knew that it was intended for all na- tions. He was, however, arraigned before the court. He plead mistake, that he did not know what the duty of Americans is, under the impression that duty knew noclime, Well, the judge in giving his answer, said to the man, “You must take care what you do, for you will find, my friend, that there are domestic i tutions here. which we value more than the Bible.” We attack, therefore, the church because leagued with slavery. How ia it with the State? We are call- ed fanatics and disturbers, Now we are determined to live anti-slavery, and when we are satisfied of the poli- tical falsity of the country that all men are free and equal, we address the multitude through the eyes and not throngh the ears, For instance, the North den| the equality of the colored man; the abolitionist dis dains to argue whether a man is a man or a monkey, but he gives him a retuge, and tramples down all the i stitutions of man, for God made the slave, We, th..efore, trample on the prejudices of the cemmunity and on the laws of society. To us, then, our plan of reform Ie— we confess without flinching, to trample on the laws of this country, the constitution of this eo call upon you to do likewise, And why because so- cicty here rests on the broadost basis—hecause the na- tional will in. this country #peaks and Is obeyed —be- cause revolution ix'impossible on account of the ballot boxes. We, therefore, denounce the law, so that it may be altered by the majority of the people. We will say to the slave, * This law is nothing to us, we will dis- chey it; and we give to the fugitive siaves shelter, taking the consequences of not obeying the law that denounces harboring fugitives from slavery, In such a way did Thomas Garrett, of Deleware, act, who, on ac- count of harboring a family of fugitives, was reduced from competency to poverty, but who, even when the last thing he owned was sold by the Sheriff, and when sne ed at, said tiat he would do the same to-morrow, ‘Thus, then, the abolitionirt will disobey the law, and act on his own conscientious convictions, I¥ that fanaticis infidelity ? If it is so, then wel 1 try; and we re denounced the term Free 'y, for there are none, and n "a ay one portion of the people have to skulk from the other, lost they be arrested and sent into slavery, — Da Webster says you are a law abiding com- munity; but, thank God, we are not, Massacusetts at least is not. She ix not quite so low as her sta- tute book, for we defy despotism there by disobey. ing the law, He then reviewed the earcer of poli- tical parties for twenty years past, and deneunced ver will be, as le than all, as having done nothing for the ex lnvery, and paid his respegts to John C. Cafffo Jorhua TR, Giddings; the t for obvious reasons, the latte himselfan abolitionist, and swear- ing at the same time to support the constitution, and taking a legislator in Washington, If Joshua R, Giddings means to say that he hates and despises the laws, let him say so, Me has said a great deal, for whieh he thanked God, but would to God that he would say he would trample on the constitution, because it ia ccntrary to the law of Ged, He then spoke ot Martin Van Buren and Daniel Webster—moderate men who want to reform the world by the use oj Cologne water ple are in love with ft, but beeause the people of th Korb are ignorant of ft, There is enough of intelli- who wish to do it so cunnisigly and quietly, that on the next mort ople “Yili Wake up anil find slavery TWO CENTS. one, ‘The work will never be done by such means; it s by the fanatics, as they are termed, that it willbe ac- complished John Quincy Adams would have remained a dough-face to the day of his death, but that the fani forced him into the positién which he occupied in his La years, ‘The principles of the fanatics have done a great 004; for the bave forced politicians into measures which show thut they are waking up. The free soll measure was their first failure; but let the fanatics go on in their duty, and God will take care of the consequences, Weare charged with deferring emancipation;but it must be borne in mind that there must bo no sacrifice to ex- pediency; for if we once adopt that asa principle, we shall lose our foothold, and will never be successful. We have forced the democrats into defeat; we have forced the whigs into alliance with slaveholders; and this alliance of the lash and_ the loom is a natural on {Hissing.) | We have drawn the lines between allexiance to thought, and allegiance to the palpable, ~ We have defined the slave power, which is not confined to the South, for the South is powerless without the North, We are the slave power, and as long as we belong to this government—as long as we do not protest—so long do we throw into the scale of the slaveholder our e y. It is the union which makes it possible for John ‘alhoun to be a villain, The South—why itis an incu. Dus—no, not an incubus, but a disease; it is a minus quantity that diminishes the strength of the nation. We have to oyerflap her, ‘The capital of New England is engaged in burnishing the escutcheon of South Caro- lina, so as to make it 1 But do let the South call upon us to join with them; that is all the abolitton- ists ask, In conclusion, he said the Christianity of the rorld is the same fs that of old—it is equalizing and renovating all; and we only ask the Pro- testanism of America to do in the new, what Chris. tianity is doing in. the old, for only one-sixth part of our population—that it will be the pioncer of huma- nity, the vanguard of freedom in our country, Beauti- ful theory, may be exclaimed; but God never permitted man to conceive anything which he could not bring into being. Religion, properly interpreted, means something that our noblest conceptions cannot reach; but we have now-a-days to turn baek and see whether the church will follow us into the depths of benevolence, Like Leggett, we believe, that there is nothing good that cannot be luced to practice. We may die in the attempt; but your grand-children may yet honor our unworthy figures in. marble, and the slaves will hereafter bless the memories of those whose lives were devoted to their liberation. Freprnick Doveiass spoke next. He was not sur- prized, he said, at the good sense of those who were leaving the house after Mr, Phillips’ speech, for he was sure that all he could say, could make no addition to the impression which has been produced on the audience, Meetings like this, he supposed, will be necessary as long as slavery exists in this country, for the mirror of slavery must be held up to the nation, We have had a dark picture this morning of American morals and religion, but he saw it in a darker and more polluted state than do those who have spoken before him, Ie did not owe this to the possession of any keener facul- ties; but he was not only one of those who suffered under the Southern lash, but also has to endure ignemy andinsult which are heaped on the so-calle free eclored men in the North, He proposed to look at the state of American morals and religion as illustra- ted in the character of the nation’s great men. It ha: Deen said that no country is found better than ite la It might #lso be said, that no nation produces a greater morality than that which characterizes its great men, The character of the constituer cy ix reflected in that of the representative, and he believed our great men to be the fairest illustration of our morality, Who, then, are our great men—how have they distinguished themselves? Jn a truly Christiay country, the man who is forcmést’ in works of good, will be the most popular and the most respected. ‘Thus, in a country which loves freedom, he who sheds the blessings of mn will be the most pop Are we such a people? Let Zachary Taylor answer. How has he distinguished himself? He is not a peace man, nor a freeman; but the only thing which has made him popular, was, that he was a successful instrument in the hands of this blood-thirsty government in carrying on a war for the furtherance of slavery against a half: civilized people, who had previously abolished the vile institution. Hence he made himeelf popular, and was cleeted to the Presidency. ‘The letter of Henry Clay, it will be perectved. craftily written and full of most detestable sentiments, has been received at the North with applause. At this point there was a rush for the door, and Douglass stopped—promising to finish his remarks at the adjourned inceding, which would take place in the Minerva Rooms, at 8 P.M. ADJOURNED MEETING. The adjourned meetin; announced to be held at Minerva Rooms, in Broadway, at three P. M., at which hour our reporter attended, and a more gloomy and melancholy looking spectacle he never witnessed. Seated on benches, one rising above another, were about one hundred individuals, of both sexes, and of all ages, colors, and claskes, of society, talking ‘in alow voice about abolition, Texas, New Mexico, Jno. C. Calhoun, Jno. Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, and a variety of other persons and matters connected remotely or fnti- mately with slavery or the abolition of slavery in this hemisphere. The kloom which prevailed out of doors, in consequence of the dismal weather, seemed to have followed those composing the assemblage; and unlike the rain which poured from their umbrellas, and meandered in miniature rivulets from every comer, it seemed to have unfavorably connected itself with everyone pre- sent. At length the monotony of the room was broken by a country-looking gentleman of Vermont-shape and mould—although we believe from Ohio—calling the at- tention of those assembled to a bundle of books which he had undér his arm, and which, he said, he wanted to get rid of—that is, he wished to sell them. The book, we believe, was the auto-biography of a certain Mr. Wright, who did wonders in the cause of the abolition of slavery, While our Vermont-built friend was endeavoring to sell his valuable works, a song was sung by two or three ladies and old gentlemen, to the ancient air of Oh! Su-san-nah— Don’t you ery for me, For I'm going to Alabama With the banjo on my knee, The exact words of the chorus were, we believe, Oh, the star of freedom, That's the star for me; It will lead to Canada Where I will be free, After the song, the meeting was called to order by Lioyd Garrison, who acted as president. Several Sec- retaries were nominated, and elected without a disten- tient voice, and then a committee of finance, and of other departments of the business of the society for the ensuing year, were appointed at the suggestion of Mr. Garrison, While the committees were being appointed, Mr. Gannison said that certain resolutions were read during the morning session, and as some of the audience per- haps desired to introduce some, he thought it advisable to read them again, which he did, He also said that in the discussion of the subject of slavery, the Ameri- can Anti-Slavery Society made it a practice to invite and court discussion from those who differed from them on that important matter. ‘To all such,an invitation to state their differences in courteous la calmly and dispassionately, was extende ture that if any one accepted the invitation, his de- meanor would be calm and dignified—befitting the oc- easion of religion which justifies those inconsl actually. as he said, sanctified slavery. re hope, he said. for the slave but in the American Anti- Slavery Society. It has created # public sentiment, which in defiance of iniquitous laws has protected and will protect the unfortunate fugitives from slavery, not only in Massachusetts, but in the States borderiag on those in which slavery exists, The public sentiment is so benign and excellent, that last evening when he was on his way to New York with his friend Edward Quincy. on board one of the finest steamboats in the world, he was treated as well as he could desire, and there was not, he was happy to say, any distinction made between him and the rest of the passengers. Two Years ago such an occurrence would not have taken place. Instead of being put in a cabin, as he was last evening on board the Eustern boat, he would have been stowed away on the deck or in some dirty corner. This change in public sentiment was, in his opinion, to be attributed to the exertion which the American’ Anti- Slavery Society made for the elevation of their “ color- ed bredern,” It becoming more uncomfortable, and the audience getting chilled, it was determined that, if possible, the zeal of all present should be sustained, and a fire of enthusiasm be kindled, if possible, in lieu of one in the stove, so as to warm the assemblage. Accordingly, Paxxen Pittanvny, one of the big guns of the cause, rose and said he recollected that when he was a young man, he was told by his futher, whenever he was cold, to work, if he wished to get warm. Ashe felt cold now, he would go to work to warm himssif, but at the same time he would suggest there ought to be a little more light on the subject. [No candles yet.) On look- ing around him he could not but observe the many young men before him, and if these young men would but do their duty to their colored brethren, the poor slave would not, when fleeing from his heartloss master, be obliged to be locked up ina box, marked “ keep dry,” but that the slaveholder himself would soon be reduced to that alternative in order to reach the Northern States. If the young men who are before him would learn that freedom is the birthright of evrey man, this change weuld soon be effected, and it would be as un- usual to see a slaveholder chasing his panting fugitive slave through the streets of New York as it wouid be to see them scattering firebrands, and arrows, and death. But he believed there were more friends of the slave in New York than Isaac 'T. Hopper, for that city has done something in the way of giving refuge to the refugees, and he hoped that the mantle of Isaac 'T. Hopper would fall on the shoulders of many of the oung men of New York whom he saw before him. If is wiches were fulfilled in this respect, we would soon see a different order of things to that which now exixts, On locking around the piers and railroad depots, he observed the significant caution posted up, * Beware of Wenpett. Purizirs suggested that as it is customary, at this stage of the business, to appoint a com mittee of thirty or forty to arrange matters during the recess, he would move that such a committee be ap- pointed immediately, whieh was done accordingly. Mr. Samvet Brook, of Ohio, said that a year ago, a committee was appointed to draft w plan for the better organization of the society, and the promotion of its principles throughout the country. In consequence of the members of the Convention living in several diffe- rent States, they were unable to confer personally with each other, but he had the authority of his colleague; to present a report, which he held tn his hand, ‘an which he would read. ‘The principal feature of the re- port, was a resolution attached, calling upon the friends of abolition throughout the country to subscribe the fmall sum of one dollar each, in aid of its views. The report was referred to the committee of thirty recently appointed, with instructions to report in the evening on the matter, ‘The room being intensely uncomfortable— there be- ing neither light nor heat, nor any thing else to make a stay in it even for a short time tolerabl Lucretia Morr directed the attention of the officers et,and Mr. Phillips undertook to go down nd find, if possible, some one to light @ candle and make a fire for the comfort of the audience, While he was engaged in this inretesting work of love and consideration for the feelings of those arsembled, « Mr. Brow, a colored man, and @ refugee from slavery in the South, was called upon for a few remarks, The subject which he touched upon was the inconsistencies which mark the American character, N+ people make higher professions in favor of human rights and hu- man liberty, than the American people, from the Congress of the United States down to ‘the small- est and most isolated association. Thus, the go- rands ax a pirate a min who enga; in th trade, while at the same time it heaps horor and cmolument on those who buy and sell slaves athome, Again, if a slave ceeape from his Southern master and flees for refuge to the North, the person who succors him is fined and imprisoned. More do- yelopements of this kind have been made within a car, than haye taken place ping five, Within the Inst four months, th ional visit in Philadelphi: ugitive slaves from tha St vhite that they he way in W was by one trav nt, ‘Those fugitives are now safely State of Massachusetts, but they dare not come to New York, although he would bs yery anxious to see them in this city. Ho, himself, has been asked by his friends in Massachusetts, whether he was not afraid to come to New York, lest he might be dircovered by his old master, reclaimed and sent. back toslavery, But he co er reeogn i any man to his body |. and although offered to raise a contribution to pay his value inthe slave market, he would not allow them to do it, for as far ax he could prevent it there should be no reognition of the right of any man to hold his fel- low man in slavery, (Applause) Here then, he said, we have an instance of the Ineonsiateney of the Ameri- can character; and yet, while these things are going on, the people of the United States are loudly applaud: ing the exertions of the people of different nations of d worl! to free themselves from a slavery not half ¥o despotic or erucl, a that whieh the bi got connec of Gorgia pickpockets,” but if the young men of New York would do their duty they would svon see over the same L places, “ Beware of kidnappers.”’ , A gentleman rose, and fas Mr. Haypoex, the ex-wood-sawyer of Hudson, He was, he said. but a new convert to the cause of abolition, and was induced recently to join the abolitionists by a ern slave-holding minister, He heard tbat gen- np ject of slavery, and on one n he heard this clergyman say, in’ reference to the North, that it even went so far as to denounce a Christian slave-holder ! What ruid he, (the speaker) — a Christian sluye-holder!—why you might as well look for a moral devil. (Laughter) “Now, said he, if this minister, und all like him, do not go to the ¢ then there if no use of one. He would go for freedom of all kinds—freedom from the chains of alcohol as well as from the chains of slavery. And as he has released himself from the one kind, he will do all he can to relieve his colored brethre could stand o wooden leg.) E Tabernacle in the forenoon, and ifhe was right, the remark was made that the abolitionists would trample the constitution under foot. Now. his way is, if a law is bad, to alter it, and make it eo that it will not favor slavery. (Great applause.) Before he released himself from’ the chains of intemperance, he used to listen with interest to the politicians reading the Declaration of Indepen- denee—for when he used to drink, the whole univers rested on his shoulders— (laughter)—but they ought to have said, “free and equal” according to Southern ueage, He thanked the audience for their attention ; but he wished to show his hand; and if he did not speak grammatically he spoke from his heart. Lvucketia Morr thought the gloom, which the coolness of the room superinduced, would soon be dispelled, if we have such ‘pe as the last, especially if the apirit moves them. She would desire that there was a little more warmth in the room, but as there was not, the warmth of zeal might be produced in lieu of that of fire, In the speech at the Tabernacle there was much said of the influence of the church, and the clergy, and the State; yet there is, on the other hand, an abundance of encouragement to the friends of freedom, great us are the supports which slavery has in the church the State, and they are tottering and must fall, is greater than them, and truth will have the victory. We sce other supports of slavery giving way. Preju- dice against color is dixappearing—the colored people themselves are becoming enlightened and educated— the State enactments, ten or fifteen years ago, it was supposed. could not be modified; but, by agitation, senttering of tracts, appealing constantly, many of those laws have been removed. From. this, we must believe that the prospect before us is good, and that truth will ultimately conquer. We may be called infi- dele-—ignominy may be heaped upon us—dur opponents may railas much as please about what a Pillsbury Par- ker may ray, but what need we care about being grieved by man’s judgment or the judgment of the chureh ? hurch now? ‘She wax sure that many whoattended the Tabernacle this morning were delighted at what Wendell Phillips said of the church, and rhe was ¢ was another Jesus influ: encing the present day ; and that of the church, as at present constituted, she was confident not one stone would be left upon another, ‘There is on all sides an abundance of evidence to prove the defection of slavery anid the progress of anti-slavery Ideas. | It was nothing but the agitations of the abolitionists that created «uch wonderful changes as have taken place in the old world; and although the number of slaves ix increasing in this country, still we see the progress of anti-slavery principles, The prejudice against colored people, and the refw admit them into steamboats, railroad ther conveyances, are fast wearing away; co- je are adinitted to the professions—are con- with, and eomprise some of our most able and talented artists, From all this, she said, if must not be supposed that the efforts ef the abolitionists have been in vain Wenpett Partiira rose to say amen to all that was stated by Lucretia Mott, the speaker who preceded him. He would heartily respond to the remarks which fell from her on the subject of equality. In_ reference to the church or to the state, the abolitionists must not suffer themselves to. be cowed by either associations or individuals of colossal reputation, for they have a per- place which they occupy. the would summon either the church or ne state, or both, as the ease might be before him; and t us not be afraid of any thing or any person that was made by nature's journeyman. who was ashamed of him, In reference to the remarks that were made by the ex- weod-rawyer of Hudson, he was reminded of a story told by Harriet Martineau, A bay had hurt his foot, and was crying; he was told not to ery, that he would not feel it to-morrow. “Then,” said the boy, “I won't cry to-morrow,”” (Laughter.)’ So it is with the consti- tution. We cry now, because it supports slavery; when. it is altered, we'll stop. If the locofocos—whom he says he has left—therefore, amend the constitution, and if the amendments are good, we will take them, As the farmers say, “If they have any potatoes to hoe, let them bring them along.” Our friend said he would support the constitution, but he does not mean so, He Would not, he was sure, oppose slavery, and then go and deposit a ballot in favor of it, He need not vote at all. A great many of us have got along very well for ten years without voting; and there are the women, who don't vote at all. and yet their influence is felt in the country. (Laughter.) "The speaker again referred to the speech of Joshua’ R, Giddings, and said he, was ac- cused, in the morning, of mierepresenting it; but he did not. He then reiterated what he said of Mr, Gid- dings in the morning Mr Havpock replied—Probably he did not express his true gentiments on the subject. In relation to the constitution, he would, however, repeat what he meant, and maintain, that by’ agitation the constitution can be amended, ‘The Southern States talk about dissoly- ing the Union—about leaving it, but they date not do so. It put bimin mind of the story of the bumble- bee under the bed—so often told to the child, until he disbelieved it altogether. For his part he thought rum and slavery ruled the United States, and he would go for abolishing both, Our laws were made by drunken legislators, (laughter,) and the lawyers had to get drunk before they could unravel them, (Great laughter.) Looking from his profession d (aughter, loud and prol would have ¢ deal with the speaker in his remarks concerning the ballot box. It is a potent. instrument, and he rejoiced that it is thought so highly of. He felt that in the ballot box there is an instruinentality which makes its influence felt throughout the length breadth of the land. “Ty ints point it got so dark that our reporter could nd his fingers so benumbed that he could not ith visions of rheumatism, lumbago, pl was compelled, in self defenc ij aving the last speaker firing away in defence of the constitution, EVENING SESSION. Our reporter for 7 better in the temperature of the room, on arriving there in the even- In fact, it was, ifany thing. cooler and more un- pleasant than it was during the afternoon, There was good light, however, not from candles or other small, fry of that kind gas—with a blaze of the olé-fnehi The friends of the paint iches, In the immediate vicinily of the plate form ereeted for the accommodation of the officers of the meeting and the 01 ning: and on the back seats were sent e somewhat larger than that which attended the atternoon exercises, and delightful eloqu of Lucretia Mott, jit friend, refugee Brown; aud though last Enot least, that of Hondele Phillips, and) Lloyd Garrison. Butore the speaking commenced, as was the ease in the afternoon, those assembled with their umbrellas between their logs, were engaged in discussing a vae riety of topics—the most prominent of which was the probable ;duration of slavery in the United States, che mag nity of England in freeing her West In- , the aMuirs of Canada, ef Europe and of win general, ‘Th sation was © deuly interrupted by a hew al coughing ema- a of the ror dication that somebody was going to sing. In a mo- ment or two the indications ceased, and our friend Brown, the refugee slave. who would not allow his friends to contribute for his release a sum to be paid to his master, equal to his value in the slave market. gave Vent to his inspirations, and entertained the company with the following song *— Fling out the anti-slavery flag On every swelling breeze, And let its folds wave o’er the land, And o’er the raging seas, Till all beneath the standard sheet, With new allegiance bow, And pledge themselves to onward bear ‘The emblem of their vow. Fling out the anti-slavery flag, And let it onward wave, Till it shall float o'er every clime, And liberate the slave ; Till, like a meteor flashing far, It’bursts with glorious light, And with its Heaven-born rays dispels ‘The gloom of sorrow’s night. Fling out the anti-slavery flag, And Jet it not be furled, Till like a planct of the skies, It eweeps around the world. . And when each poor degraded slave Is gathered nearand far, O, fix it on the azure arch, ’As hope’s eternal star. Fling out the anti-slavery flag, Forever let it be Phe emblem to a holy cause, anner of the free, And never from its guardian height, Let it by man be driven, But let it float forever there, Beneath the smiles of heaven, Mr. Pitssuny Pangen then made his appearance, and said, that during the time that would be necessa- | rily occupied by the officers of the day with business | connected with the association, he was requested to pre- | side, and he would speak a few words, xo that no time would be lost. He was happy to kee such @ class of peo- ple present as those whom he was about to address, He was in the habit of mixing with the middle orders of so- | ciety vhocarned their daily bread by the sweat of their brow; and he was rejoiced to sce that class in at- | tendance this evening. For the upper classes he had not much respect. ‘The Inwyers and clergymen wero i mere wire-pullers, in his opinion—the creatures of the | sphere in which the; ‘The minis 6—sowere the manufi to his experience, had a good deal, manufactures his goods for the salea- able market, He manufactures his sermons, or re- writes them from books which he purchases in the book shops. Thus the minister may be either hunting or cock-fighting all the week, and on Saturday night he purchares a book of sermons, prays tp God for grace, and delivers one suitable to the locality in which he is placed, on the next Sunday, ‘This is the fuct, in his opinion; but he did not spewk for any one else, and he would be happy to hear any one whose sentiments differed from his. “This is the ehurch system of the present day. Now, we have to support ali thie—we have to pay for | the luxuries of the pricst, we have to pay for sending his children to school and to eollege—to pay for his hunting and amusement—we have to pay for Duitaing churches, and yet we are told that salvation is without ey and without price, Yet from this, it would that salvation is one of the dearest articles in the American market, (Great laughter.) You know that there was a certain portion of the people who doubted whether Jesus was the Messiah, and they sent messages to him to ascertain the fact, Jesus desired to convince the Jews, so among the reasons which he gave of his divinity, was that the gospel was preached to the poor, Now, if Christ came to New York at the present time, what would he say? Do not the churches prove that they are not of God, for they exelude the poor. Again, have you not read in the Bible that the Lord dwelleth not in temples made by hands, and yet societies are ex- pending two hundred thousand dollars and more in building churches made by hands, Now, what is the use of expending this money, when God’ declares ho docs not live in them? What'was the use of building Trinity or Grace Church, in face of this declaration that God does not dwell in them. Now, we see all this money expended, but did you ever hear of the church building @ house for poor people— fer poor widows, for instance, (God’s own chil- dren) to dwell in’ and be comfortable? No; instead of doing this, they build these great houses for God, which he says he will not liye in, which he wont live in, and which he don't want to live in. Now, how muny fine, comfortuble cottages would not the expense of Trinity church have erceted. ‘Trinity church will no doubt be a fine ruin before two hundred years, and so, he religion which is preached in it ark excited great hissing. —We don’t want such talk. New York. Panken—I don’t understand this hissing. Voice.—Is this the object of the meeting? Panxen—I observed at the commencement, that I | would only utter my own opinion, and that all who differed could express their differences, but in courteous term Voice. —Then observe courtesy yourself, Panxrr—Have I not observed courtesy? I really believe I have. Voice.—What is the object of Trinity church, It appears to me, sir, that you misunderstand the object ef the meeting. | would like to know if this is an abo lition meeting? if not, say so. Panxer—This is an abolition meeting, and after a | few of there remarks, 1 intended to speak abolition. | Its’ an insult to mother would drink the wine purchased by the bleod of her own child—when babies were sold by the pound at the auction block—when the church was thus found holding slaves, selling slaves, and et.couraging slavery, welcoming the slayeholder to the communion table,— then it was that the abolition laborers found it neces- sary to speak against the church; it was not for the mere desire of assailing the church that we did it, for we know its influence, its resources and its power; but ia view of these things, should not the mask be torn from her? Just look at 70,000 slave-fathers left worse than childless—all the agony they endure—men robbed of their manhood, and women of their womanhood ; and when the church possesses the power to destroy all this —to correct those terrible things, and will not use it, let me ask if the church should not be assailed? Rev Mr, Barnes says that slavery could not survive @ year —that these enormities could not survive twelve menths—if the church used its influence for their cor- rection ; and with such things before us, is It to be avoided that we assail the church? It is on this ac- count that we are obliged to tear the mask from the charch; but before she uld speak against the chureh for the good it has done, let her tongue cleave to her mouth—let her right arm be withered. But whatever the church may do—however 80 much she may be ed by the people, when she tolerates’ those horrors, when she has the power to prevent them, so long will she (the apeaker) assail the chureh, Luther was persecuted and cursed for assailing the church in his day, when ha knew it was corrupt, and #o it is at the present day, But if we adopt this principle, the church and mankind will degenerate, and the church will become corrupt. Now, if we xee that the church is wrong. we must expose her, If she has stolen the livery of heay t say that it was only to serve the devilin, (Applause) ‘In an account of a sale of a beautiful negro woman in this country, and which appeared ina London paper, It was stated that she was a good seamstress, and the price immediately went up from four to six hundred dollars, It was then stated that the slave woman was a Chris- tian, and the price at once-advanced to one thousand dollars, thus bringing a profit from the Christianity which ‘the poor creature professed. What a picture this is of Americal Now, the religion of Mahommed pro- hibits slavery. It declares that the followers of Mahom- med should hot be slaves. If liberty and Mahommed- ism on one side, and Christianity and slavery on the other, whieh would you prefer?” Dye no doubt you would prefer Mahommedism, If she were a slave woman ew Orleans, she would, as one of her Christian sisters did, join a cireus, and go in the capacity of a servant, in order to get liberty when she reached the North, rather than remain in New Orleans, a slave connected with the Christian Church. There are many who believe that we are infidels, because we strip the mask from the chureh; that we re- vile the principles of Christ when we’ denounce the chureh for holding slaves and sucouraging slavery; but when the people see that the church of the North re- cognises, as its song, slaveholders*and upholds them in their horrible work; when the Baptist and Methodist of the North hold fellowship and communion with doalers in human flesh and blood in the South; when the people of the Nerth know all this, they cannot but now that the church which we war against i¢ not the Christian chureh. We war with the church that will recognise those who imbue their hauds in the blood of their breth: We hail the principles of Jesus of Na- zareth, and we war not with the principles which he taught, But itis not because we are so little Christian, it is beoause the church encourages slavery, that we assail the church; it is because she is untrue to herself. ‘These things are xad to us; and she never thought of them but with sadness She hoped there was no reason for warring against the church; but the facts were oth- erwive; and therefore the church, which pretends to be Christian but is not, must be assailed whepet stands in the way of the liberty of two and @ half millions of people, The time will come, when going to church at certain hours, and singing certain psalms, and going through certain ceremonies, will not constitute rell- gion, “It is those who live good from hour to hour that are really religious; and the time will come, when good works will constitute religion. ‘Towards the con- clusion of her remarks, Miks Stone referred to the ease of the refugee slave, Brown, who wes before the audi ence, and said that there are in our country many s which are consecrated, where scenes took place we all love to look back upon. We have our Bunker Hill, our Princeton, our Saratoga, and other places of a similar character ; but yet in all our vast ry, there is not a place where the refugee slave can haye rest for the soles of his feet. Were our feiend. Brown to be on Bunker Hill, even resting against that glorious monument, the law authorizes him to be dragged away from that sacred spot and sent back to slavery. Miss Stone sat down amid much applause. Wm. Brown, the refugee slave, then speke.—He said he appeared before them as a refugee slave, one who had Hed from slavery in Missouri, where his master nowflives, to the North, for liberty. He had no deubt that his master, who now lives in St. Louis, would be happy of his return back; but ho did not think he would oblige him, (Laughter.) In fact he thought he would decline all the polite invitations which his master might extend to him to return, (Laughter,) Well, he appeared before the audience, not only as & refugee slave, but also as the son of a slave-holder. Indeed it has been asserted, that he fs related to the present President of the United States, but however that may be, or how: related he may be to the slayeholders, by the tenderest ties of blood, he would not on that account refrain from saying what he ex- perienced of the horrors of slavery. ‘The gashes which ¢ bears on his back have made too great an impression on him to allow his doing so. He then said he would read a few choice gems from the St. Louis Republican Voice—Haye you got the paper No, but itis edited by a Mr. Charles, whom I knaw very well, for | worked for him, and he whipped me 10 (Laughter.) Yotcr-—Where's Abby Kelly? Panxer—Mr Foster is not here, my friends. | Voicx—I propose that our friend Brown ‘take the | chair, for I perceive the meeting is not organized. | Brown said the regular chairman would be here soon. i P aps you don't want me to goon; per- n't wish to listen to me any further, | Vorcxs—“Go on, go on, go on. Go on, horse,” | Well now, in speaking of the church in New York, I | did not;mean to infer that it was worse than the | church in Boston, for it could hardly be so (laughter); | but as | am in New York now, I speak of the church | here as I believe it exists; and were I in Boston, | would speak of the [church as it exists there, Is not this manly, to say the least? (Laughter). Now, I know the eMurch; and the other day, when Iwas in Connec- ticut, I spoke to Mr. Tyler, Seeretary of State, and some other eminent men, and told them that the church owned slaves, and hired them out for the pur- pose of raising the salaries of the ministers, In some places it is customary for the parsons to have one cow or more, but in the South they haye human stock; and as they increase, they are from time to time sold off. Now. if you will allow me, I will prove this— which he did, by reading a notice of sale of slaves by Park haps you di churches in South Carolina and Georgia, Now, said he, after doing this, | was asked if this was not an anti-slavery meeting? I would like to ask, by way of reply, what else is it? Now, did’ you ever hear, in New York, of a Baptist selling « Baptist, or a Presbyterian selling a Presbyterian? Yet we see it is done in the South, and what can you think of the ehurch or religion which justifies it? Now, my friend across the way, you came to the reseue of the religion in your own way, Now, [ said [had every reason to believe | was addressing an audience who carned their bread by the sweat of their yell, you are the man who came to the defence ion, Now, God demands of us that we be —that we be true to him—not exactly to This is good, because it is demanded self, I am addressing young men, yu see what the South’ say of you. isan artiele from the Richmond Inguirer:—*Our slave population is preferable to a Northern labor- ing class, who have just learning cnough to make them wondrous wise liberty under the su Now, there i x froin Hudson, who add: wondrous wise ae truly rel Trinity Church of us by Ged h and | want to let Hi 4 our friend, the sed us this after. to this doctrine, e express: holders pple to the coun | 5 dy Thompson, late minister to Mexico, On the 216th page of his’ book on Mexico, he says of the President. of Mexico:—" He hus a ba- che drawn by four horses, and, khame to say, | driven by an Ainerican.”” Now, what is the cause of this ¢h “Tt is’? he says, “that he never can be futistied at eceing a native American perform- ing menial servieo;” and yet we see our own horses and carriages driven by native Americans, — Again, he ays that he was happy he lived ina part of the coun- try where no decent man would drive a coach, What a lot of indecent men, then, you must have in the city | ot New York! Now ifyou think it not uncourteous to use the words of one of your own editors, who, in allu- ding to the streets of New York, said that itis quite a | dry time when the ears of the horses are to be seen, (Laughter) Now, if sach is the case, you ought all to | be thankful for getting a decent man to drive you from the Battery to ‘I'wenty-seventh street, or anywhere | else, (Laughter.) [know] am particular in’ such a matter as this, Again, he says that if the liberties cf | the country are to be lost, they will be lost at the bal- lot box. Now we have been in the habit of looking up- he ballot box as the arch of our liberty—our very anchor, (Applause) Again, he says that menial occupations, such as driving carriages, unfits men ing freemen, Well, if this rule were applied, salt of those whom I see before me, would be deprived of the right of suffrage, Now, ‘ome here to tell you what the Southern slaveholders think of your indecent men of the North, (laughter.) who earn your bread by the +weat of your brow, as well as to tell you of the ini- quities ef the churches, and yet you will bissme, Well, Pacn't know that you meant much by it, (Great laughter.) After a few more remarks in thi Mr. Parker eat down, Miss Lucy Stoxn wa vebemantly Ma Wak te somblage, and, in ieee eee ee bee gt ‘of the church this evening, she weuld suppore there would not be any doubt as to yt «that had been made. the correctness of the remarks t made, We have all been brought n the ebu ¥ but we eueider it our duty to speak of it, or assail it, not be- tame of ony good she hag done, but for the evil she feeein not-doing good, Has any abolitionist found fault with the chureh for building houses for widows, or for ree drunkard, or the prostitate Newer ‘all credit for her good acta. the attention of the But when ¥ cnt her missionaries to China, Asia, and the heathen of the Sandwich Isiands, and never sent even a Bible to the hut of th , instead of do- ing this, she was owning , and selling them to purelase wine for the communion tabl the dnd the most dangerous men for | ! | the north of Bu like smoke, (Langkter.) The impressions which he made on my back, have made an img session of him on my memory Much hay been said against the church, but if it did not aid, and abet, and pret slavery, no attack would be made upon it. The absiltionists are are culled infidels, but give him the infidelity of the tbolitionists, which knocks the fetters from the slave, in preference to the Christianity of the church, which furtens them on his limbs. (Applause.) Go to the South—« cological Institutes selling slaves, and reeding slaves, for the purpose of raising funds where- with tomake ministers. When I lived down South, and my master—and here let me give you a description of my old master, for he made an impression on me which [ would like to make upon you—he was a whin- ing, praying, complaining, psalm-singing man, who ordered me, every evening at nine o'clock, to go down to the ? and call them to prayers, (Laughter) E' called them in, and the influence which th , in putting them all ory night master ha asleep, by prayer, was remarkable. He possessed a magnetic power, which Sutherland could not uch, (Laughter.)’ Wel day was always fixed ‘ing the Bible, and 'y verse he would tell he a sto ask him the meaning of any pas which they did not understand. He was extremely proud of being ae ; for he was proud of being thought an expounder of the Bible. Well, he never asked him the nation of any passage but once, and then he applied to him to know the meaning of that parsage of scripture “ Whatever he would that others would do unto you, you do to them 2?” “ Why,? said he, “Where did you hear that; { never read it t you.” ‘(Laughter.) “Igot it in the city, L replied. “Just like the Cit said he; You can never send a servant to the city, but he is spoiled.” (Renewed ughter) “Now, mind you, bo.” said he, “ PHL in this to you; but neve such a question (Roars of laughter.) said he, © Sam~ were my . aad T we ike ine to do all thas you di “T guess I” would,” (Tremendous never read that part of the Bible to ry proud of reading und explaining v laughter ) me, but he was that part of scripture which says * Servants, obey your (More laughter, in which all present joined ) It has been said, that masters and mis- treskes are kind to their slaves; but he has had striking evidence—(laughter)—that such ia not the fact. He continued in this strain for some minutes longer, and concluded by si The fetters y A soul that see I spurned the tyra y wear i but thrown away; sb control. man to pl Resolved at last th yi— The hounds are baying on my track ; O Christian! will you send me back ? 1 felt the stripes; the lash [ saw, Red, dripping with a father's gore ; And, worst of all, their lawless law, The insults that my mother bore ! ‘The hounds are baying on my track ; © Christian! will you send me back ? Where human law o’errules Divi Beneath the sheriffs hammer fell My wife and babes,—I call them mine, ‘And where they suffer, who can tell? The hounds are baying on my track 5 O Christian | will you send me back ? “Leek a home where m a. If such there be upon this arth, t Tod kinds it lean To draw Tike free, though humble hearth, “The hounds ing on my track ; O Christian | will you send me back? ecting then aud t Foreign Anti-Slavery Soctety. terday this society held its anniversary meeting at the Tabernacle, Broadway,and was very numerously attended. Prayer was offered hy the Rey, Mt. Wend, a colored man, after which the Brothers Glucken (cclored) from New Haven, Conn, played on the violin and piano, to the universal gratification of the audience. ‘They were most enthusiastically encored im their song. Inthe w of the president, who, we understood, is ind the Rev. D. Rort, of Con- necticut, was enlled tothe chair, Mr, Lewis’ Tappan, to whom we are indebted for copies of the resolutions, read an abstract from the report, from which it @ peared that the exeeutive committee bad publish he slave laws of the Distriet of Columbia, ‘That a youth’s missionary soclety, in the Free church, Sulli- va upported a colporteur, who distributes bibles among the slaves of Kentucky, That the Ameri- can missionary association has inissions in Africa, Jamaica, Siam, the Sandwich Islands, Canada, and se- yeral States of the Union, employing forty-five mission- aries, ‘That religious newspapers have taken far higher and bolder ground on slavery than before; and that the sledge of Portugal for the abolition of slavery throughout her colonies in Afriea and the East Indies; the move- ments towards emancipation by the Sultan of Turkey, ond the Shah of ‘ja; the millions of serfs set free in « narrowing down the question 1h the Bight Page)