The New York Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1849, Page 1

NO. 5453. MORNING EDITION----FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1849. THE ANNIVERSARIES. American Anti.Slavery Society. THIRD DAY. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, this body ayain met, pursuant to adjournment, at the Minerva Rooms, Broadway. The meeting was organized by calling Mr. W. Lioyd Garrison to the chair. Mr. Samver May opened the proceedings by reading the following telegraphic despatch, which had appcar- ed in the Herald that morning Great Excitement—An Atrempr to Run NeGRors To Derroren, 9—9 F A man named A.8. S:nith, abolitionist Moser is, sent & box to ‘Were provided w sary contrivances to sus ‘On the liscovery being made a telegraphic despatch was sent to Fre- derickaburg, where Smith was arrested and taken back to Richmond, where he was committed to jail to await aa early rial. It was such measures as this that even the friends of the unfortunate negroes were compelled to adopt to save them from the fangs of their master: men with immortal souls, made after the image of God, uncon- vieted of orime, coffined alive, and sent as part of a freight of merchandise—risking their lives for the chance of being delivered from the horrors of bondage under which they groaned. ‘This fact would go to Eu- rope upon the wings of the press, to the eternal dis- grace of this country. Mr. Weer then addressed the meeting destruction of the Union had been threatenc Union he held to be a sheer fiction—a piece of parch- ment. ‘The constitution was beyond the Union, and it too was pro-tlavery. He did not care if both were des- troyed together. What was the liberty under the con- stitution? If acolored man made his escape even into a free State, he was pursued by two-legged and four-legged bloodhounds, and dragged buck to punish- ment and greater degradation. And then what was the liberty white men enjoyed under the constitution? ‘They were subject to the will and pleasure of masters who worked them to death for any wages they thought proper to give them, For his part, he saw no differ- ence between the chattle slaves, ‘aud wages slaves ; and as long as the mass of the people were denied a right (to & portion of the oll, it was vain to talk of liberty. Men enjoy liberty, in- deed, without permission to use the clements air, water and earth! They might as well hold a man in mid-air by the breeches, and tell him he had free- dom, (Laughter) The Cuamman ‘said he did not like to restrict the freedom of discussion ; but he wished to say thut the time was limited, this being their last meeting, and he did not thing it was either fair or courteous to occupy their time with a topic that took away from their pro- er object, The question raised by the speaker who ad been just addressing them, was a different one from what they had met to discuss, Mr, West—My friend Garrison has forgotten that the same objection was applicd to himself—that he had in- troduced old women’s rights, and all manner of things, to promote the common object, He had advocated the abolition of the Union for the purpose. ‘Mr. 8, May—No ; this is what the slaveholders advo- cate. Mr. West—Yes, and Garrison, too, advocated it. But the dissolution of the Union could’ never deliver the slaves from their thraldom ; nor could they ever strike the fetters from the chattel slaves, till they had first struck them from the wages slaves. ' ‘The chairman had said that the time was limited, and that, therefore, he ought not to be heard. Now, he had endeavored to ob- tain a hearing yesterday, and was challenged—no, in- vited—to the platform by his friend Foster. But what kind of a jury was there to try the merits of the case? Asa sample, he might instatide an old lady, who came forward to deprecate the idea of his getting an audi- ence, upon the plea that he was mad! (Laughter.) Mr. Jacons, a colored man, of Massachusetts, next addressed the meeting. He said he was a dis-unionist, When the chairman first advocated the separation of the North and South, as the quickest way to overthrow slavery, that was not then new to him, for he was a dis- unionist ever since J. C, Calhoun first preached it, He wanted to see the abolition of slavery carried without the shedding of blood ; and he wished for justice to the slaveholder, as well as the slave. Heasked them, would they send him back to the South, if they were required todo so? They would answer no. But if they did not go with their muskets, and blow out the brains of every lave who refused to return, he held they were, in point of fuct, dis-unionists. He would now tell them some- thing of a reverend gentleman. A slaveholder, named Skinner, who was a skinner in every sense of the word, was in the habit of coming. every year, to visit his bro- | ther. Rey. Dr, Skinner, who, if he mistook not, lived at 160 Greon strect ; and yet the baby-stealing, women- whipping tyrant never received a rebuke from his reve- rend brother, at whore table he sat. He (the speaker) had a sister owned by this Skinner. She escaped from him; and, rather than go back, she lived for years ins place four feet high. Skinner offered $100 reward for her recovery—not that he wanted her for his services, but that he ‘might make an example of her. So anxious was the old doctor om the subject, that he had free woman arrested, and put in jail in her stead; and sent a message to his brother that he had secured the But it was found, on inquiry, that he was nd the woman was released from prison. ‘There was a time when the fugitive slave could not stand upon any spot of American soil, and be free; but, thank God, that was no longer the case, and they had now many cities of refuge. He had always felt that if the friends of the slave only did their duty, the bond- age would be put an end to; for if the slaveholder only aw that he would not be supported by those opposed to his traffic in flesh and blood, he would have to give itup. He had no feeling against slaveholders, for his grandmother had taught him to love them as well as any other of God’s creatures; but he did not love their cruelty and injustice. If any one asked him what must be done to abolish slavery, his answer was, that it must cease to be respectable. They must make it disreputable, and then the slayeholders would be ashamed of it. In reference to the church question, his opinion was, that they had too much religion in this country. If they had less of religion, and more of Christianity, it would be all for the better. ‘What did the board of missions say in Massachusetts? ‘Why, that they would preserve a strict neutrality on all exciting subjects, and that they could not meddle ‘with any civil institution. When they made that state- ment, they knew it was false; for when they preached against idols, was not that calculated to produce excite- ment? What the hypocratesreally meant, though they had not the courage to say #0, was, that they would not interfere with slavery; and it was well known that they privately accused Christ and his apostles of sanc- tioning that institution. In this, they were guilty of falsehood. He had been round Cape Horn, and had never seen anything there to equal the wickedness practised in the United States. On that coast they worshipped idols, and sold golden Christs; but here they sold Christ himeclf in the shambles. In returning from * convention in Springtield, he heard a clergyman fay, in one of the cars, that he was of the same opinion as Dr. Cox, that the Bible sanctioned slavery. He (the epeaker) had not been before aware that Dr, Cox held thore scutiments, He took an opportunity of address- ing the clergyman, and said to him, “Sir, may I be per- mitted to ask you a question?” He (the clergyman) did not reply, but looked as if he would condescend to listen. ‘The question he put to him was, “Did he be- lieve there was any meaning in the paseage of Scripture in which Christ said : + Forarmuch as ye have done it to the least of these little ones, ye have done it unto me??? The clergyman said, of course, there was meaning in it, He (Mr. Jacobs) then asked him whether it was lawful for the slavelfolders to make chattels of those for whom Christ died? His answer was, that that depended upsn the amount of light they possessed. Then said he, Jacobs.) in reply, “If they ‘want light, why dont you send some of your missionarics tothem?!* (fear, hear) He now asked that assem- bly, why these clergymen ought not to be designated by their true names, as bypocrites, knuves, and robbers, (Cheers ) Mrs, Lucretia Mort, an aged lady of the Society of Friends (Vhiladelphia) then ascended the platform, amidst loud eheers. She said she wished to propose an amendment to the fifth resolution, which pledged them to hold no communion, political or religious, with slaycholders; she wished to add the word“eommercial.”’ ‘At this advanced stage of the proceedings, she would “not occupy the time necessary to state the reasons why abviitionists ought to take this ground, even though they might be prepared tocarry out the princ ple not very imperfectly in detail It appeared to her to be essential to their consistency to attirm the prin- ciple. ‘They were just as much involved in the guilt of the slaveholders, by partaking of the sweets that came from the slave's unpaid labor. as they would by hold- ing church fellowrhip with them, ‘They were in fact, using their neighbor's labor without paying him for it, and that was neither honest nor just, Jt had been urged that this, as a principle, could not be adopte inasmuch as it could not be ‘ied out to its full ¢; tent, So might it be suid of our relations in politics Teligion, She had, however, no wish to make her view of the matter too prominent. They were all per- haps, too apt to have hobbies of their own which they pressed to the exclusion of the main question, Let them, then, consider the maintenance of commercial relations witb slaveholders 4s « participation to some extent, in their crimes, if not to the same extent that other relations would compromise them. A young man had asked last night what those who ugreed with her would have the society to do. This amendment was what they wished, and if he was not present, he would see it in the journals that Teported the proceedings. What they wanted was thorough honesty and straightforwardness in all their doings, and to bave no participation, directly or indi- rectly, with the system of slavery. ‘They were not an abolition society to cut off this or that branch of the tree, but to strike atfthe root, and overthrow the whole system, She recollected @ resolution had been passed some time ago, in which it was declared, by the meet- ing, that, however they rejoiced at the mitigation of cruelty, their position was one of principle, and not of treatment ; and that, therefure, no compromise could be made, a# long as man held property in man, (Cheere) Suppore, for Instance, the Bible society suc- eveded in putting the Bible into the hands of every slave; would that ratisfy the abolitionists? Certainly mot, Ignorance was a mere accident of slavery, not dlavery itself. But it was slavery itself they wanted to shale When they raw minislers of the gospel, who said chat it was a greater crime to do an innocent thing on a day which they chose to call the Sabbath, than it would be to eel human beings on thy shawbics block, on any of the other six days, what conclusion could they come to but that their Sabbath feasts were a solemn mockery, for the same reason that they were so of ol’ — “for ye grind the poor,” saith the Lord. Above all, it was their duty not to trust to lecturers alone, but’ to seek, individually, to forward the good work, by dis- seminating tracts and pamphlets upon every oppor- tunity. Let them lay those papers up, as @ sa- cred deposit, till they were going anywhere, and then let them bring them with them, and’ scat- ter the seed they went along. For her part, she considered an anti-slavery paper as sacred as many parts of the Bible. « As to the opinions of those who un- duly exalted the church, she wished to say that there was @ power behind the church stronger than the church ‘The Lord gave power to individuals as well as tothe church. There were the little Davida, and the little Gifeons, with whom he wrought wonders, Let them, therefore, give credit to whom credit was duc; and in what position, she asked, would the cause of the slave have been that day, but for William Lloyd Garri- son, who, knowing the great power he hal te contend gainst, placed his reliance upon a greater power, un- furled the banner of abolition, and raised it high. ‘The lady speaker thus concluded, amidst loud cheers MAIR: Mr. W “ industrial complete. It was then announced to the Chairman that one of the society of Friends had seconded the amendment, Mr. Fosten then rose to reply. He suid if the posi- tion assumed by Lucretia Mott be correct, it ought to be adopted, whatever be the consequences. ’ If his com- mercial relations involved guilt, he wished to abandon them—to dissolve those relations. The only inquiry, therefore, was as to that fact. There were some rela- tions which invclve men in the guilt of others. There were other relations which did not. Was this one of the relations that involved them in the responsibility of the slaveholder? If #0, it ought to be dissolved im- mediately. But he had yet to learn that in trading with man, he was responsible for his character, Per- haps Lucretia Mott held that doctrine, If she did, he must be convinced of its soundness upon principle be- fore he gave his assent to it. For he would not single out the slaveholder from any other wicked man, If the principle be good, let it. be carried #ut, not merely in reference to the South, but tu the North, and tothe manufacturers of England. Let it be applied to the land monopolists of New England—to every man that had blood upon his hands. He did not object to the in- troduction of the question, but he thought they ought to sift it to the bottom. and put it for ever at rest. He held that there wax an essential difference between commercial relations, and religious and politi cal relations. He believed that sustainin, re gious relations with men inyolved the sanction, the endorsement of their character; and this gave them the power, if wicked men, of perpetuating their crimes. In political relations the same principle held good, for the fundamental doctrine was mutual protection, If they entered into a political alliance with robbers, they must protect them with the plunder of their victims. But when aman goes into the market to buy an arti- cle from a wicked man, does he thereby endorse his character? Lethim (Mr, Foster) be convinced of that, and he was for ever done with all commercial relations, not only with the cotton lords of the South, but the cotton lords of the North. For he would as soon have alliance with Calhoun in the South, as Abbott Law- addition. If it will then be rence in the North. There was blood on both. He wi d his friend, Lucretia Mott, would give them a for if it reason for the principle she advocated, should be adopted by that society, he wished to defend it out of doors; but confessed, with his present views, he could not. Would ‘she show that it was their duty to dissolve relations with all icked men because they were wicked. He, for one, detested that principle. He did not detest her, On contrary, he respected her highly; but he repudia- ted the doetrine of exclusive dealing. Had they not seen attempts made to crush abolitionists because they were abolitionists? Had they not justly condemned that persecution, and would they now imitate it? It was hot the eublime principle ‘of the gospel which taught them to give to him that wa: He never inquired whether a man was a Catholic or a Protes- tant, a church member or an out-comer, it was enough for him that he had the article he wanted to purchase. He maintained the very contrary principle, that the more intimately the abolitionists were connected com- mercially with their opponents, the better, for, they would thus exert an anti-slavery influence over them. He went, therefore. to the stores of the very worst pro- slavery traders, for it did away with half their bitter- ness t0 leave them a $10 bill. For the same reason he liked to have to do with elergymen, for they were the wickedest of all, (Laughter. If he were to adopt the Principle of holding no connexion with a wicked man, ¢ knew not what he would do for the clothes he wore, the food he ate, or for the many comforts of life he en- Joyed. He wished to be informed what amount of guilt there’ was (let it be measured out) in those who held commercial relations with slave-holders, while he was innocent in holding relations with any wicked men, Mrs. Rosr, of this city, (a native of Poland.) then Tore amidst loud cheering, when she was invited to the lattorm. She ascended it amidst renewed cheering. Phis lady is evidently a woman of a very acute and cultivated intellect; and, though she pronounces the English language imperfectly, she understands its rhe- torical power, She said she agreed with her friend Fonter, to great extent, that there was no measurin, of crime, If they enid a great crime was wrong, it di not follow that a lesser crime was right. With the whole commercial world, wherever there was blood, they ought to break relations. If they wanted to break coumerce with high crimes, they must first break it with the lower, She agreed with the friend who addressed them in the morning, upon the subject of wages—that there was deep wrong in it—but she saw a difference; and, though she could not dissolve relations with the man who defrauds the laborer of a portion of the wages due to him, she could do it in the case of the slave- holder who was guilty of the higher wrong. She would like to ask her friend Foster, if he would purchase stolen goods from a thief? Now, the slavcholder was a thief, and he stole the labors of the slave and sold it. (Loud cheers.) He who took advantage of the neces- sities of a poor man, and extracted from him more work than he fairly paid him for, was also a robber. The only difference between them was, that one holds a whip be- hind your back, threatening to scourge you if you don’t work’as he pleases, while the other holds a loaf before your face and bids you starve if you will not do the Work ofa slave. (Cheers.) She hoped the day would come when both these forms of slavery would be done away with. If they could not do away with all now, let them do away with what was blackest. (Laughter.) What was it made the slaveholder? It was the pur- chase of the cotton, rice, and tobacco, raised by his flaves; and if these articles were left to rot with him, ‘he would cease to keep slaves. She no more blamed him than the Northern manufac- turer, Self interest actuated both. The way to overturn the wicked system of both, was to ccase to deal with them. Compared with the efficacy of this, the dissolution of the Union was a mere shadow. For this would take away the cause. For every addi- tional pound of cotton the slaveholder sells, he gives an additional lash to produce it. He would say to them, be consistent, If they wanted to dissolve the Union, because they thought it would serve the cause, let them do so, But it would not be half so effectual as refusing to purchase glave-produced goods in a slave ket. The slayeholder isa man-stealer. If he ¢ pels him to work, and does not pay him for it, he stoals is work. Would they buy that? (Hear, hear.) She concluded, in an energetic tone, with the following words:—Touch not, taste not, handle not, the produce brought out of the sweat and the blood of the slaves. (Loud cheering.) Mr HRestoxp, a well-dressed and educated man of color, complained that the leaders of this movement had given him a cold shoulder of late, on account of some differences of opinion between him and them. He thought this the greater hardship, as there were others, and, among them, their chairman, who differed from them as much as he did, the same coldness was not shown to tl then proceeded to explain a yote he Mr. Philips, a8 Governor of Massachusetts, Mr. Philips was a freesoiler, but he voted for him solely on personal grounds, and struck every other name off the ticket. By his personal influence and sa- crifices in the town of Salem, the colored children were restored to the educational privileges of which they had been deprived for some time There was, therefore, a debt of gratitude due to him. Having been hissed for uttering an unpalatable sentiment, he said he could appreciate a hiss in its proper place, but otherwise he Tegarded it as he would the hiss of a goose in the barn ard, or of the serpent in the forest. (Great hissing.) Je then went on to say, he differed with his friend Foster, He thought they ought to continne to pass their radical resolutions, and let those come up to them id, He then adyerted to the pine bex contain- two slaves, and said when he looked at the holes through which they had to breath, he felt more deeply than ever the atrocity of the damnable system of slavery. People told him to go into the South und see slavery. He would go nowhere to see it, when he found men here hissing an honest sentiment, and calling men of color, “niggers.” For his part, he would never let the pale faces rest while there was a vestige of slavery or of slavery spirit in the land. (Hear! hear! A pious man, who had died lately, said that God ha made up issues with nations over a quarter ofa century, He hoped and prayed that he would now make slavery the issue, in order that the true principles of democra- cy and republicanism might be carried out in all their perfection, Mr. Quincy, of Boston, moved that when this mecting adjourn, it adjourn sine die, which was put and carried. Mr. Quincy then stated on the part of the Treasurer, the neccesity of raising the sum of $100 lacking for the current expenses, The list of officers of the society nominated for the coming year was then read, and the opted. The change being little from the officers of the past year. ainman then stated that the question now before the meeting, was the amendment offered by Miss Lucretia Mott, to add “ commercially” to the pending resolution Mr. Fosren then rose and replied to the remarks of Mrs. Rove. His answer to the question, “Would you buy stolen goods!” is “Yes,’? According to his idea, everything was stolen, Little was sold in this city Which was not mixed up with theft, and therefore he would, and must, buy stolen goods A Srectavor—Do you regard trade as a robbery? A by Mr. F.—No, But there isa mixture of fraud and robbery in all things. Hewouldb uy goods in some cases. simply because they were stolen, Hix principle was this, that he bas a right to purchase a stolen article for the good of the rightful owners, All the slave works for is his—the master is @ thief; all he sells is stolen goods, yet it was necessary to buy from him for the goud of the slave. If we use the products of the tlaye's labor, and feed upom the unpaid toils of the slave, we then only connive with the master, and are guilty of robbery. Mr. F. here proceeded to argue upon Mrs, Rose's 80- cialist theory, that the capi is @ robber, and {s as bad as aslaveholder, Mr. Foster concluded his repl: Mrs. Rose, by deprecating the adoption of - ment. Hesaid he could not agree with the principle, that because the world is full of thi therefore an honest man must go out of the world and haye nothing to do with the people in it. Mr. Wesr followed in an argument on the same sub- ject, and in support of Mrs. Rose’s views. He main- tained boldly and unequivocally that the principle con- troverted by the last speaker could be reduced to prac- tice, and that it was possible to live without paying for the products of slavery. There was already a society established in New York for buying and selling without having to do with slave labor, whether that slavery be hired slavery or chattel slavery. Mr. West contended that hired sluvery ought first to be abolished, that there ought to be no working for others, no hired men, no cupatilists, but each man ought to work for himself, and all ought to be on an equality, and share and enjoy the fruits of their common labor, Mr. West further insisted upon it that he did carry out, in practice, the principle, He did not, for example, pay any tradesman for anything he bought; they were all robbers. He did not pay the landlords any rent. He had been living in a house for seven months, in Leonard street, and he paid no rent, aud would pay pone; no power in New York could get him out, (Loud cheers.) He held that he had no more right to pay for rent than he had to pay for a pair of boots, “If you can steal safely, you have a right to steal,’ was a true mot- to, Aman has a right to help himself to a lout of bread, or a pair of unmentionables, if he wants them, for we all have a right to live in this world,and the pos- session of t der of the property isa robbery; his goods are stolen goeds, and you ought not to buy them, ‘but to take them as you want them. The amendment of Miss Lucretia Mott. to insert the word “commercially,” was then put to the yote, and negatived. Mr. Reaoxn moved a reconsideration of the last vote, when it was reconsidered and again rejeeted. ‘The several resolutions before the Society, offered at former mectings, and reported in full heretofore, were then put and carried, viz.:— 1, No union with the chureh. 2. No union with the slaveholders, 8. No hope of overturning the Union. 4. Overthrow the Union, and overthrow slavery. 5. All this is a moral and religious duty, ‘The following resolution, complimentary to Mr. Cal- houn, for his consistency in going the whole hog’? for slavery, and not hiding his opinions, or disguising them, Was then passed unanintously :— Resolved, That even in his magnificent failure to rally the South, we recognise the evidence of the sin- cerity of Calhoun in Hl nhamesege the great idea of his life, the perpetuity of slavery ; and, amid the crowd of American statesmen living in expediency, ready, doubt- less, to sacrifice principles to profit, it they had any principle to sacrifice, we welcome the right of one who assumes, at least, to represent an idea, and professes to t on conviction. ‘A resolution against the “vile imposture’? of the American Colonization Society was then passed unani. mously. The following is the resolution, which was of- fered by Wendell Phillips :— Resolved, That the American Colonization Society is still to be regarded and denounced as the enemy of the colored people of the United States; in short, it has no testimony against slavery ; that it keeps fellowship with flavehelders; that it makes no effort to improve the condition of colored people at home, and utters no pro- test against the bloody and cruel code of the slave States ; and, in view efits attempt to gain the symp: thy of the English people, we would call to their membrance the noble protest of O'Connell and Wilbe: force, of Clarkson and Macaulay, against the vile im- osture, the fact of the deep and unceasing hostility to it of the whole colored race, the suspicious sympathy between it and the American church, which any true friend of the slave knows, and even doctors of divinity have allowed, to be the bulwarks of slavery. Mr Luoyp Gannisoy, the Chairman, here made some remarks upon, and in support of, this resolution, which was passed unanimously :— Resolved, That while we recognise the free soil party as an honest effort to effect a good purpose, and while we know such attempts must even be the unavoidable result of such agitations as ours, and with full disposi- tion to appreciate cordially the energy of many of its advocates, we yet regard, as its most valuable fruit, the palpable evidence its failure gives of the utter im- practicability and inefficiency of such efforts as those of the free soll party, and we feel bound to declare that that party is to be placed in the same depth of criminality with the whig and democratic parties in regard to the enslavement of three millions of our countrymen, $ Mr. Bexurtan spoke upon the above resolution. He thought the free eoil party was dangerous, as a weak and artful compromise, culculated to lead away aboli- tienists from the high ‘ground on which they stood, and to lower aud stifle the prineiples of abolitionism, He regretted that many abolitionists had united with the free soil party. His objection to it was, it leaves out the two ideas of abolition and of immediate aboli- tion. It does not go for abolition. It does not declare slavery to be asin, It begins with @ compromise. and would establish slavery in the land, Mr. Van Rewnssauean, of the Ram's Horn justified himself as a colored abolitionist, for voting with the free soil party at the last election. The President, Mr. Gannisoy, replied, and urged that it was free to all ‘abelitionists to follow their own opin- ions, There was no proscriptive opinion laid down. Mr. Pintanuny objected altogether to the introduction of any such resolutions, as he thought the free soil party calculated to lead honest abolitionists to make shipwreck of their abolition fuith. ‘The following resolution was then read, and being put to the vote, was adopted unanimously : Resolved, That the American ization Society is still to be regarded and denounced as the enemy of the colored people of the United States, in that it has no testimony against slavery ; that it keeps fellowship with slaveholders ; that it makes no effort to improve the condition of the colored people at home, and utters no protest against the bloody and cruel code of the slave States; and in view of its attempts to gain the aympathy of the English people, we would call to their ronembrance the noble protest’ of O'Connell and Wilberforce against that vile imposture; the fact of the deep and unceasing hostility to it of the whole co lored race; the suepicious sympathy between it and the American chureb, which every true friend of the slave knows. and even doctors of divinity have allowed to be, the bulwarks of Horace: Dr ", then addressed the chair, and said he had a question to ask of the Chairman, ‘Now that the liberty party had gone to the tomb of all the Cupulets, he was at a loss to know what he ought to do, or where he ought to go. What shall I do, Mr. Chairman (said the speaker)? Jam living under « government which is bound to the wheels of this Jug- gernaut—the eystem of human slavery, and what am I to do? The United States Senator, Mr. Dickenson, was his brother-in-law; but he looked upon him as detestable, mean, low-lived, and aman unworthy of being a Senator, for his support of slavery. What was he (Mr, Dresser) todo? ‘The free-koil party did not ratiefy him, though he had yoted for it. Where was he to go? "The chairman replied by saying in substance, that the anti-slavery party had most influence by being alone, and standing aloae, When they were join with ‘the whigs, they found themselves among ‘slave- holders, When they went with the democrats, there, too, they were mixed up with slaveholders. “When they went with the Church, they found themselves head over heels among slayeholders, and justifiers of slaveholding. What could they do? Where could they go? Ought they remain in such company, and slander their principles? Certainly not! ‘The’ only thing to be done was to leave such company; and there- fore the society had separated itself from all such, So with the Union—it were better to dissolve the Union than remain in union agd connivance with those who uphold slavery. ‘The Cnaimman_then read the following resolution, which had been offered : Resolved, That we would hold up to the indignation of Christendom the heartless and cruel proposal which Henry Clay has made to his fellow-citizens for the abo- lition of slayery—the best plan which the long experi- ence, the boasted humanity, and vaunted devotion to liberty of the idol of America, has to offer—a plan which only frees Kentucky, by sending the colored man to New Orleans, or at best by transporting him, torn from kindred ‘and home, across the ocean; and all this, after long and weary years. So foolish a waste of the resources of the State; so idle an effort to perform im- possibilities; so palpable an attempt to secure the cre- dit of humanity, while we leave the performance of a knowledged duty to another generation ; #0 gross a violation of all right, such seeming unconsciousness of the cruel and atrocious plan attempted to be applied into philanthropy is, doubtless, a fitting close to a life pussed in the polluted atmosphere of American poli- tics, and ¢losing in the stifling embraces of the Ameri- can church, Which was put, and adopted unanimously. After which the meeting adjourned, sine die. Antl-Capital P' The members of this association, and a very large and respectable assemblage of both sexes, met in con- vention on Wednesday evening, in the Minerva Rooms. At aquarter past eight, the meeting was called to or- der, and Dr. Hanon was appointed chairman. On taking the ebair, Dr, Hanon aid it was expected that the president of the society, Hon. George M. Dallas, would bein attendance this evening, but he was pre- vented from coming, He then introduced ‘Wenvewt Pritiirs, Eeq., of Boston, who said he had great pleasure in speaking for a second time to a New York audience, on the subject of the abolition of capi- tal puniehment, He is always delighted to address American audiences on this subject. We ought to be the model community of the world, not because we are more intellectual than others, but because we are bet- ter circumstanced than any other people to be foremost in the work of reform, With England the case is dif- ferent. She is old— but we are @ young, vigorous peo- ple, with none ef the interested feudal distinctions, taxes, &e., of ancient times, and a virgin soil of sur- passing richness, Let us see, therefore, that we are Lrue to our position, in leading the vau in every reform ‘he temptations of France, the degradation of Russia, or the conflicting legislation of England, eannst be any exeure for us to hold back in the way of reform England herself has moved, and Is moving, in modi- fying ber death-pe pally, code, but we must outstrip lier in the good work, Nor are the friends of the abo- lition of the death penalty bound to prove that their favorite measure would be a panacea to society, and cure all its ills; those who think 0, mistake the pro- blem We say, all unnecessary punishment is cruel; and we say, give us an opportunity of testi ng OUF principle, Now why should we hang a man? For himeelf? Ishe dangerous? We can put him within four walls, where we need not fear him, and where societ, forget him. Isit for the sake of example that we should hang a malefactor? Mr. Phillips then reviewed the religious prejudices of the opponents of the reform. Some say that nothing but death will deter people from crime; but why not restore the ancient instruments of torture? Why not crucify him—why not use the tor- tures of the Inquisition? “You will ‘say, it would be cruel to restore any one of them, Weil, it is cruel tohangaman. If you have descended one foot in the scale of humanity by abolishing those tortures and painful means of depriving your fellow creatures of life, you can discard another by saving the man alive, “(Applause.) Now we summon those who repu- diate the one method, to prove that the other would not succeed. In reference to the religious prejudices of a portion of the people, he said that when the Al- mighty tried the experiment of frightening mankind into love and obedience, and, humanly speaking, fail- ed, he then tried love, which has sueceeded much bet- ter. He then argued to show, that society should, by moral culture and education, so train the children of the land, that when they became men, they would be incapable of committing crime. Society has nothing to do with sin, butto prevent it, Aman may take your property, or destroy your property, but that is not sin; itis injury, which society ean repair. God alone only can say what sin ia, Mr, F. A. Buexinanam, of England, was then intro- aced to the meeting. In responding to the invitation tended to him to speak on a theme bearing on vas alterations in the national polity of this country, h+ hada timidity, stranger ashe was, in stating, as h> would, some of the grounds on which he and his colaborers in the cause of anti-capital punishment rested in advocating their views. One of the obstacles which they meet, is the religious feelings of the people, which connect Christianity with the gallows. A few days since he was in one of our courts, and saw there a poor, trembling wretch, who had been driven from his native land by oppression and bud government—he saw this poor wretch, on whose countenance vice had set its stamp; into whose ears perhaps no mother’s advice was poured. This man had gommitted an atrocious mur- der; and while he was standing there, he heard the em- bodiment of the majest that on a certain day to arrive, . dead! I could not help thinking, said he, what is the fine distinction which makes the killing in one ease murder, and in the other, justice, or an act of Christian duty. Looking at the ease, as it stood, there certainly seemed to be a difference in the two. inthe one case, 4 man had been brought up immorally; while in the other case, thore who condemned him’ were virtuous, intelligent, and educated. But looking further, he could not help thinking that whereas in one case the murder was committed by one man, in the other, millions of his fellow-men commit the same crime on him, This law, therefore, is nothing but the record of the wills of many men; and why is it that if one man can’t commit murder, that millions or thousands can’ This, on the face of it, must strike you as an in- justice, If the law is nothing but the will of your c tizens, and as no individ the right to take li £0 it follows that right can’t be possessed by the State, ‘This is called—as is everything in advance of the ago— an infidel doctrine. Now, our opponents, logical as they are, do, in this denunciation, commit'a great ab- surdity. | They leap from premises of one description to conclusions of another, They take for grant- ed the divine prerogative of the Legislature, Our opponents say no man has @ right to take his own life, Onthe same principle, he cannot imprison , and therefore he cannot concede to the legis- the does not possess, ‘This is the reductio ad absurdam. Now, we concede the legislature has no power to do this without some ultimate object; but we believe that society hasa right to imprison the erimi- nal for the purpose of reformation, as aman has the right to do the same with himself, This is one of the arguments brought against ux, und it covers one of our grounds for opposing capital punishment, He then examined the grounds on which the friends of capital punishment rely for continuing it, First, the right of kelf-defence, which they say society possesses, On the part of individuals, however, there are, in many cases, conscientious scruples against taking life in self-defence, There are some who think that it would be better to die a violent death rather than imbrue their hands in human blood, but concede this right of self-defence, and apply the principle. There is no use in defending a murdered man, for he is beyond it; but society is t be defended. because the murderer may again take life And how is it to be done? Are we to put him to death because we hive no alternative? When we have the criminal within stone walls, have we not the means to prevent him from committing murder again? Tho loraic aw, too, is put forward as justitication for hang- ing. Onr opponents think that this law, being ofdivine origin, {t must be good, and we must not contradiet it. In regard to this luv, his opinfon, is that the ground on which punishment was inflicted in that day is alto- gether different from that on which it is visited in this day. The end to be attained under the Mosaic law—the cleansing of the land from the defilement of the sin— the expiation of the sin—cannot be uce«mplished by our modern legis! Again, our opponents say what God has once declared to be lawful can’t be un- lawful. Dr. Cheever rays not one of the prineiples of the Mosaic law has been abrogated by our Saviour, but if he take up his New Testament, he will find that seve- ral of them have been. The next point of the Scrip- tural argument is the very citadel of the argument.- Itis the text, “whoxosheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.” ‘This is the citadel of the ar- gument of our opponents, as Dr. Cheever terms it. He denied that this was a command, but only a sacrificial dispensation, and not mandatory Now take it as i The command, as they term it, does not. make any e ception. and, therefore, the man who sheds the blood of the murderer, must himself suffer. But our opponents say that their vi of this passage was the right and authentic one. , if we tak he ae the twe words “ by man.”” it loses ite whole force as an argument. In the vulgate, in the Latin, these words are not inrerted, Inthe septaguint, which is much older than the yulgate, those words are not contained. We might stop here, and not go further. But we will go to the Hebrew, too,and there we will find the absence of thore words. In the Hebrew, the quotation, aecording to pest critics, is,“ Whoso sheddeth man’s blood that wan, his blood shall be hed” What perversity, o stronger term, does not therefore actuate our in maintaining this quotation from Serip- ture as aground of argument for continuing the yal- low Dr. Che 8, “the man who doeth violence t shall tly to the pit,” and that the pit means death. Now the only way in which aman can flee to death, is by his own free will —by committing suicide. But if we look at the vulgate, we shall see that this is incorrectly quoted tvo, The speaker then, at length, argued from the original vul- gate, that the text says, that the man who doeth vio- lence to the blood of another man, no one shall prevent m. even It he flee to th After reviewing another position taken by Dr, Cheever, he said we have now found that the Mornic law has passed away, but the decalogue remains, ‘That eays, thou shalt not commit murder. and therefore, it is against our duty to God to take the life of another, We have also to perform our duty to our fellow man, The Christian religion teaches us to use all measures for the prevention wnd reforma- tion of sin. In conclusion, he said, that the arguments of the gentlemen of the association are based on the principle that man has no right kill. ‘The following offices were then elected for the ensu- ing year :—President, Geo. M. Dallas, Vice Presidents, Chas Sumner, of Mass.; Hon. Benj. 8. Porter, Ala.; Hon, Wm, T. MeCoun, N. V.j Henry 8. Pattervon, M. asurer, Jacob nding Secretaries, y,M.D. Recording 'y, Rey. Wm. 8, Balch. Ex Wendell Phillips, Mass.; Hon. Chas. 8. Adams. do ; Chauncey F, Cleveland, Conn.; Chas. A. Loomis, Michigan; Wm, W. Chase, R. 1.; Isaac T Hopper, N. Y.; Hon N.J.; Judge Strong, Palma, Pa.; Wm, Kelly, Pa.; Robert J. Walker, Miss.; TS, Scranton, La.; Aaron V. Brown, ‘Ten; Richard M. Johnson, Ky.; Wm. Riley, Md.; Oliver Johnson, Ohio Fifteenth Anniversary of the American Fe- male Guardian Socicty. The fifteenth anniversary of the American Female Guardian Society was celebrated, on Wednesday even- ing last, at the Church of the Puritans, corner of Broad- way and Fifteenth street, ‘The ceremonies were opened with an invogation by the Rev. Mr, Cork, after which an appropriate hymn wa sung by the choir. Prayer was then effered by the Rev. Mr. Sedgwick, and the following bymn, composed for the occasion, sung by the choir :— © God! who wandering Israel! led, And when the host, by hunger driven, Unto the prophet cried for pread, Didet feed them with the dew of heaven ; Behold our purpose now, and bless ‘The work our feeble hands would do ; Help us to succor, in distress, “The ebild of poverty and wo, Thy love o'er all protection fings. ©, Father, let oug helplees fold Be guarded by thine angela’ wings, Like to thy mercy-seat of old. And while in pity, Lord, we bend, ‘Yo uid o'erburthen’d mixery, ©, moy our deeds from earth aseend, Like incense evermore to thee. ‘The report of the treasurer was next read, showing, that during the past year, the receipts amounted to $12,044 73, and the same amount applied to the dis- burremente of the sockety. The annual report, showing the condition of the society wax read, of whieh the following is an abstract : During the pust year there have been furnished large quantities of clothing and provisions for the inmates of the Home, and for the disposal of the visiting eommit- tee, ‘There have been added to the society two hun- dred and nineteen life members. Various committees have united in sustaining the missionary department, by whose instrumentality hundreds of poor families have been visited and relieved, and many destitute hildren sought out and provided with proper guar- dianthip, Weekly visits were made to the prison, as during the ten years preceding. The number of gar- ments distributed was two thourand, ‘A Houre of Industry and Home for the Friendiess, contemplated by the fociety, has been erceted during the past year, at @ cost of $18,577 67, of which eum would soon ! oe paid $15,777 07, leaving an indebtedness of The whole number received in the institution since its organization was 1,249, of which 741 were adults, and 508 minors. During the past year, the number re- ceived was 644—adults 467, children 237, ‘The institu- tion has enjoyed generally good boalti, and but one death occurred during the past year, At the recent session of the State Legislature. ani act of incorporat: liberal in its provisions, and which it is hoped will me the future wants of the institution, was granted After the reading of the reports, the children of the Home rang a very beautiful little ‘song. It ix but jus- | tice here to say, that they looked remarkably well, and | were dressed ina style far superior, and in better taste, | than those of any other charitable institution in the | city. They seemed happy, and the little creatures sounded their shrill voices ‘as merrily as though they were provided for by the paternal liand, and not de- pendent upon the benevolence of those estimable ladies who have them in charge, Rey. W. W. Evaxra was introduced to the audience, who said he should speak in such a manner as should A the most fastidious. There were several organizations for the suppression of vice, and there were those things which, though professing to oppose vice and sustain virtue, constantly aided and abetted the former, There was in this city a portion ofthe press: which placarded their news in the streets, ted the protligate with the lovely. ‘This por press pretended tosustain virtue, while rockless of alllaw and decency, the most perfect libertines in the Union, who would ‘desecrate one of their fellows, who would shoot the man who would invade his family circle, and yet themselves pander to vice, There were, too, those whose business it was to destroy virtue.” They are always speaking of their virtue and upbraidiing vice, but they lie in the whole course of their liv At night such a man wraps himself in the mantle of re- flection, and calls upon the stones to be still lest his footsteps should be heard. What base hypocrisy, that men should not know their walks! They would prowl about to rob the memory of virtue, and almost pray that the objects of their seductive lies may not go back to the paths of virtue, People may taik about temptations, but they were connected with the high principles of virtue, and it ix an evidence of manhood up against it. ‘The Scotch bard truly said— “Tt casts a stain of infamy Which no repentance cin wipe out.”” He recollceted the case of Robinson, aud the press said he sought honorable alliance in respectable families, but withthe hatchet he struck his victim, Such was what every libertine would do if the fear of the law was not before him. were numberless cases where bloody tragedy or suicide had been the result. When this vice appeurs in the family circle, the foun- dations are broken down and virtue takes it leave. He hav. heard of the sorrows of intemperance and seen its effects; but this was a vice fur worse than that, and dark scenes are gilded over in this city. Not long i word came to one of her friends, and she stood. Ning like an aspen leaf. She said she would be willing to goto the most miserable hovel could she have a faithful companion. She was unbappy, and the eet was dark before her. But a short time since, n France, a noble fauily gave a tragedy In which two were murdered ; but what was the murder of a man and his wife? It wasthe dark scene behind. If the vice was not suppressed, he was fearful that the city would come to the degradation of licensing vice. It would be but a eacrifice of one portion to the other, and the community cannot feel that the vice is a sin when the law countenances it. He had been watching ten years, but so tar he had not seen sufficient law to sufficiently defend the family circle, ‘There is no safe- ty to virtue, The families of the widows are sought out, and if there cannot be laws to protect, it would be better to abolish all law and let every family take care of itself. H found that many were going to ano- the country, which might prove a place where virtue would prevail, ‘The Rey. Dr. Cureven suid, he regretted that the society was disappointed in the non-uttendance of the Rey, Henry Ward Beecher, but it was in consequence of his recent illness, ‘The following hymn was then sung by the choir :— Blest who with generous pity glows, Who learns to feel anothers woes, Bows to the poor man’s wants his ear, And wipes the helpless orphan’s tear j In every want, in every wo, Himself thy pity, Lord, shall know. Thy love his life shall guard, thy hand Give to his lot the chosen land, Nor leave him in the dreadful day To unrelenting foes a prey. In sickness thou shalt raise hia head, And make with tenderext care his bed. Rev. Dr. Tyna next addressed the society.—He anid, he should be happy to speak,but knew it was a difflcul- ty to keep up after a whole evening of listening; how- ever, he would net be wanting ta eentributing his aid to the cause of the rocicty, A year ago, the society met in that same house, when it was spoken of to build a house, and he thanked God that house, for the pro- tection of the friendlexs, had been erected. Much was ruid about the name of the society, and many objected to it on that account. but he did not feel disposed to tacrifice the rouls of thore beloved children for a name. If they should get to hi , God would not ask them the name of the soe! ich picked them out of misery. It was an enterprise that God had started, that God had blessed, and he knew it would give him no sorrow in the hour of death, that he had given his aid to such a cause, He did not believe that any man could give a thousand dollars for an institution that would tend more to the glory of God than for this. In this great city, man was forgotten very soon after his death, and he ‘did not know but that yery institution | which he aided, would be an asylum for his own flesh and blood, where they could get religious instruction, and be pointed the way to heaven, He believed that no- thing had been done in the city more for good than has this society, and they should be thankful that God | had permitted them to work in it. They should dou- ble their exertion for thi a Ah! where were the friend! the friendless?’ The society would be like a ti the cedar of Lebanon. It would grow and caat its branches out, and always work for the glory of God. ‘The audience were then dismissed with the benedic- tion, after the singing of the doxology. The New York Deaf and Dumb Institution. The annual meeting of this most philanthropic so- ciety was heldin the Tabernacle yesterday afternoon. It was one of the most crowded meetings which we have ever seen assembled within the walls of that building; it is not an over estimate to say that thore | were about four thourand persons present. The pupils of the institute, male and female, occupied the seats behind the rostram, and presented an appear- ance which was peculiarly interesting; the array of beauty and fashion which shed its radiance all around, added 4 considerable amount of attraction to the en- tire coup dail of the scene; and what with the earnest gerticulation of the mutes. their varying expression of countenance, and the association of” ideas connected with their seclusion from the colloquial charms of s0- | ciety, the entire appearance of the assembly was pe- culiatly interesting. ‘The annual report states, that the receipts of the Fociety for the year just closed. from pry eource. including the balance of $196 37 on hand at the close of the year 1847, have ameun| 63 10; and the disbursements have be leaving in the ‘Treasurer's hands on the 31st Deo ber. 148, a balance of $694 76. ‘The sum total of expenditures for the year included st of the debt of $20,000, contracted for the 1 the inte purpose of enlarging the buildings in 1846, and also a payment of $5,000 on the principal of the debt, which has been reduced to $15 000 ‘The exercises of the day were opened by the Rev, Dr. De Witt, and after prayer had been offered, Mr Prer, President of the Institution, said that he would take that opportunity of thanking God for the miles which his Providence had shed upon the institu- tion during the last year. in the continuance of health, in the manifestations of public approbaton, for the | prempt and muniticent assistance which it had re- ceived from the Legislature, and above all, fur the spiritual blessings which he hoped were ensured to the pupils of the Institute, The object of the society was to make them good citizens, good men in all the rela- tions of life, and more especially to make them cogni- zant of their duty to the divine mmenuds, In refer- ence to the intellectual progress of the pupils under his he would refer the audience to the exercises of the day. Gronar Y. Berwett, a mute, then advanced to tho front ef the platform, and com ed an exercise, which he expressed with most feeling gesticulation, dereriptive of the political events which bad occurred in Europe during the last year, Mr, Pect explained to the audience the tignification of his gestures, which were to the effect that the institution was most peaceful and happy during the year. He perceived in kurope the fall of thrones, and lately commotions in a neighborin requence of the outbreak of pub He then alluded to California, to dig & great quantity of gold; but he feared that robbers and murderers would despoil many of their property. He was thankful to God that teachers had been given to him, to instruct him both intellectually and religiously, and hoped that at the end of his education he would be able to read the Bible, newspapers, books, and by these means inerease his in. formation, Although he could not speak or hear, yet he was thankful to Providence for all the blessings which had been bestowed upon him, and he hoped that aiter this life, his ears and his tongue would be free to ting to the eternal praise of his Redeemer, ‘the next exerciee in the programme was performed by a class of six, three male and three female, wh been under instruction but reven months, By rection of Mr. Spofford, (a deaf mute) their teacher, they wrote the names of different objects upon large slater, combinations of words, showed the use of the numbers of nouns, and the tenses of verbs, in a manner whieh evineed a great amount of skilful training on the part of their teachers. and which ratisfactorily demon- strated that the pupils understood the meaning of what they were doing. A young pupil then cane forward, . Aghly. by his expressive gea- und amured the meeting highly: by bls exprrsive eee 8 were most truth. juced, was three instruction.and the exhibition A Was as xatiafactory as the for- mer; in’ this exereise, the pupils showed perfeet ac ee with the daily avocations of Hie “Not the least interesting portion of this perform- ee, was the anoant of information which the pupils tyineed, in reply to questions asked them upon the history of America, from ite discovery dowa to the | | stored, or one stone must not | the alliance between church and state would CENTS, I t time; with the political hig States, since the declaration o: appeared quite familiar Mr. Peet then introduced a young gont of the teachers in the institute, who gave ing delineation of the passions, in the most forcible ope oye 4 gesticulation, If this young gentleman ‘cd the gift of speech. in addition to the power which ssesses of portraying the involuntary signa of , he would make an unrivalled dramatie per- tory of the United f independence, they leman, ono inte he third class introdueed to the mecting were five nd « half under instruction, and were trained by allaudet. The exemplification which be gave of their training was of the same description as that of the two preceding classes, and proved quite satisfactory. Mr. Peer then said that the number of pupils in the institution consisted of 220. They were divided into eleven classes, cach being under the instruction of a articular teacher, Trades were established for the enefit of the pupils. so that, by these means, they had an opportunity afforded them of expressing their pre- ference, whether for cabinet-making, tailoring, book- binding, shoemaking, or gardening. They were thus ‘ded the rudiments of a trade, by means of which, with w little additional instruction, they were ena2 bled to support themselves after Tearing the institution, By these means, they contributed as much to the general prosperity of the country ny one situated us they were ; and they eons dered ‘that, after getting an education by ime lic provision, it would bea shame to them to be dent upon any other than their own individual exertions to obtain « livelihood, A very interestin nplification of the efficieney of signs, ax a colloquial t, was next afforded by one of the teachers, aral ed by several of the pupils, male and female. A eons versation, as*it were, was carried on by signs; and whieh proved that the alphabet for the dumb can be used asa very efficient medium of conversational in- tercourse. There were some other exercises on the programme; but they were not gone through, owing to the lateness of the hour. ‘The Rev. Dr. Masox then pronounced the .benedic- tion, after which the meeting separated. . The Evangelical Alliance. At half-past seven o'clock Inst evening, a meeting of this body was held in the Datch Reformed Chureh, Fourth street, corner of Lafayette Place. The pro- ecedings were opened with prayer by Rey, Dr. Skinner, Rey. Dr. Paxx reported to the meeting. He said, the object of the Society, since it was set on foot, was not so much to obtain numerous signatures to its doctrinal basis, as to diffuse its principles, and realise their pri tical results. They had been greatly aided in their noble alliance by a monthly periodical, the Christian n, under the direction of Dr, Baird, as its editor, blished by Mr. Hewston. It is true, the Society was not ushered into existence with that excitement which attended the birth of the kindred Society in London; but its progress has been steady, and its influenee is daily increasing. In the last year, there had been wd three auxiliary societies, one in the North Weat district, including North Pennsy! Philadelphia, and the other in Troy. They agency as yet, except what they had during the last month, in which Rev. Mr. Beech, of the Presbyterian church, circulated their tracts, and extended their or- ganization. This Society. he felt convinced was destin- ed to beimmortal, It had no antagonists but selfish- ness and sectarianism. and heaven knows these were enough for poor human nature to conterd with, Rey, Dr. Cuexven then proceeded to address the meeting. He said they had. doubtless, all read the late news from Europe, and it had formed a text for many an address in the various Societies now holding their meetings in this city, There were none of those So- clet’ ual inimportance to the Evangelical Alliance, red from the news received from Europe tbat ce had been formed to restore the Pope to ‘The object of his discourse this evening was to show the difference between this and the gospel allisnce, whose anniversary they had now met tocelubrate, The speaker then cited a number of passages from Scripture, with a view of showing that ope was “the inan of sin,” “the son of perdi- tion,” and that the Church of Rome was the scarlet whore of Babylon, He also quoted other texts, to prove that the time was at hand when bsth the Pope and the church of which he was the head, should be utterly destroyed. In the book of Revelation, the ‘beast was represented as opening his mouth and speak- ing, after receiving his mortal wound. I'he Pope had opened his mouth at Gaeta, and what did he say? He asserted his dominion over all Christendom, and he prayed—to whom?—to God Almighty! No; but to the Virgin Mary. But his prayers were in vain, for ere numbered. ‘Ihe army of intervention destroyed with him, when God poured out the vials of his wrath; and the adulterous union of Church and State, whether im Italy or in England, would be overturned. Dr. Philpots might imprison more martyrs, for bearing witness to the truth. But there was a’ power, stronger than he could resist, to sustain the truth. Christ said, his Kin was not of this world |The Pope, who claims to be his vicar, has declared that’ his kingdom is of this world, and that he must have it, and his servante will fight for him, France had proved herself, by the assistance she was giving the Pope, to be one of frogs described in prophecy—France, who had rent brandy and pri to the Sandwich Is. lands, and waged hostilities torPopery against the Chris- | tian and enlightened Queen of those realms, Nor were the wanderings after the beast confined to Europe, for here, in this republican country, lrotestant writers were found who advocated the restoration of the Pa- pacy by force of arms to Italy, that beautiful country, which had been so long priest-ridden and duwn-trodden | by the mystery of iniquity. Dr. Choevers then quoted from the Freeman's Journal a passage, which, he remark- ed, was so different from the liberal sentiments of Bishop Hughes last year in Vauxhall Gardens. The words of the Freeman were, that the Pope mu: left upon anotl stroyed, notwithst there be an ev; ding this threat, and then would al alliance all over the world, of Philadelphia, was the next speaker, He said unanimity of sentiment was not to be expected in this world, but there was one grand platform on whick sll Christians, who loved their Lord. Jesus Christ, might meet. and {hat was to be found in this society, ‘Ihey all acknowledge but one Lord and. Master—Christ. He had been greatly struck with tre reply of an Arab of the desert to the traveller Stephens, who asked hin who was his master? The child of nature stretched himself to his full height, and looking up to Heaven, suid, “ God is my master !> How utitul from a child of nature! iow much more beautiful from a child of God! "Till they all went to that home where khould be no more dilference of opinion, he hoped they weuld eherish the noble senti- ment of Lord Littleton, who said that the spirit of hell and of heaven could not be more remote from cuh other than the spirit of bigotry and true piety. Washington Irving had said that it was fortunate for a man to be born at. the fuot of » lofty mountain, or on the banks of a majestic river, for the first objects that struck the mind being objects of sublimit; ysion anda high impulse to the soul, utiful and true #eutiment, He had that church of which they h much to-night; but when he was a little boy with “the Bible, In its sublime pages he found embodied the ennobling vigor of truth, He would never forget those throbbings of heart he had felt, Often yeurs ago. when Dr. Skinner prayed, as he did’ to-night, that they might all be one. ‘He then Jated an ancedote of Rowland fill, who had said of ve preachers, tbat they were always preaching either When they preached ‘hed of what nobody understood; preached of mecaphysiex, they preached tand themselves, The waged in a contro- verry with a presbytery, and after it was all over he suid he tau he feit the devil ¢ i Duck in the pulpit, and | Rowland ; give it about physics or metaphysics of phyales, they pr an when thy souls from me, but this esbytery ; give it to them, give it to them.” (Roars of laughter.) y. Dr. Cox, of Brooklyn, next proceeded to address the meeting After recommending every one to sub. scribe to the Chrisiian Union, he went on to say that ethical truth did not depend on majorities like poli- tics, ‘The mau who was guided in the sublime and etherial principles of religion by majorities, was in a very bad way. and groveled in @ very low stratum of air) He would give them an interpretation of a text ofscripture, He then read the text from Matthew 16, o=* ‘Thou art P and on this rock I build my church, aud the gutes of hell shall not prevail against thee.”? | Now who was the rock! ‘They contended it was V’eter and all Popes down to Pio Nono, the 253d from Peter, who, 50 far from being # rock, was more liky a Leap of mud. (Laughter.) ‘The Doctor then went on torelate un anecdote of a conversation he had with a man, whom he convinced of the error of Popery by ex- piaining to him that Petros (Peter) was @ different word from Petra, (the rock.) Why, my dear girls, continued the Dr., the Chureh i# but one. How many brides had Chriet! Just as many a4 Adam in the Gar- den of kden. Christ bates putting away, and has but. one wife. She is not the Chureh of Rome, but the Christian body, seattered throughout the world. He that the Hon. Baptist Noel, from London, was. ome out he! They hadinvited him; butit was t ctrange eoineldence that he had himself resolved to come before they bad written to him. A celebrated Freveh preacher Was also about to visit them. The pr. them went on to describe his visit to London at the time of the meeting of the Evangelical Alliance, im London, and his shipwreck in the Great Britain om bis return, He would never forget that awful night, whem every one believed they were within five minutes of eternity, (Kev. Mr. Braynard had just commenced his ad- dress, when the unmistakeable roll of musketry, in close approximation to the spot, startled every one present. Volley succeeded volley; alarm was visible; many rose and ran out; the ladies were appalled; the meet- ing was suepended as the confusion increased. On go- ing to the door, we learned what we anticipated--that it was @ bloody scene at the Astor Place theatre, ad- joining. The multitude pressed down Lafayette place, into Fourth street; and in two or three miautes, @ ¢orpse was borne, in a cab, past the church, and left no doubt of the fatal result of the firing. The whole of the ad tragedy, however, was not yet known.) [Anniversaries continued on the Bighth Page. |