The New York Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1852, Page 7

» ANNIVERSARY WEEK. neers ‘Whe City Temperance Alliance—American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Seciety—Ame= riean and Foretgn Christian Union—New Yerk and American Sunday School Union =—American Sunday Sehool Un! at Phila- @elphia=—The Catholic Council at Balti- more—Meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society In Rochester. THIRD Day. ‘The New York City Temperance Alliance, @n Monday evening the anniversary meeting of this Society was held at Metropolitan Hall. The attendance was numerous, but the ladies outnum- bored the other sex. Copies of The Alliance or The Advocate of the Maine Law, and The Ladies’ Ad- voeate of the Ninth Ward Temperance Alliances, were scattered all over the Hall. The meeting was eatied to order by Rev. Mr. West, who briefly ad- dressed the assemblage, exhorting them to put their trust in God to help them in this great movement. He alone was able to make it triumphant. It was weause which restored lost husbands to their wives, anda work upon which God would smile. The yeverend gentleman concluded by offering a prayer for the blessing of God upon the Alliance. The Gorresponding Secretary, Mr. WARREN, then yead the resolutions, as follows :— Resolved, That in the general course of events, sinec the formation of this alliance, we have increased convic- tion of the propriety and necessity of those great objects of pursuit specified in the constitution, viz. : the enact- ment and execution of laws entirely prohibiting the sale ef intoxicating drinks, and the nomination and election to all legislative and executive offices, of such men as shall be known, by pledge or otherwise, to be in favor of such lows. Resolved, That although the Legislature has again r:- fused to hear the voice of a suffering people. and enact a temperance law. we are neither defeated nor dis- couraged; but in View of the fact that at this, the first vote ever takenin this State on the prohibition of the liquor traffic, the Assembly would have been equally di- vided, but for the fifteen members from this city, who yoted against the bill, we have great reason to thank God, take courage, and press onin full confidence that next year we shall have the law we want. Resolved, That the Members of Assembly from this eity, who voted against the temperance law, acted in op- poxition to the best interests of the people of this city, an some of them against the good faith they owed to the friends of temperance, by whose nomination and votes they were elected. Resolved, That those legistators from other parts of ‘the State, who voted and acted in favor of a temperance Jaw, without attempting to exclude the city of New York from its operations, deserve to be gratefully remembered, not only by their constituents, but by the whole commu- nity, and expecially by the people of this city. Resolved, That as fifty-four members of Assembly ex- pressed themrelyes, by vote or otherwise, in favor of the ‘temperance law, and only eleven more are wanted to con- stitute amajority. we do hereby pledge this city to the rest of the State, that we will return to the next Assem- Diya sufficient number of true temperance men to be our full proportion of the changes necessary to secure the en- aetment of the law at the next trial. Resolved, That the succesful operations of the present temperance law in Maine, the enactment of the same law in Minnesota, Massachusetts. and Rhode Island, give cheering indications of the rapid spread of true principles, and that the happy day is not far distant when laws fully equivalent to the Maine law will be adopted and executed in all the States of this Union. Resolved, ‘That although the Grand Jury of this city and county entircly overstepped the bounds of their duty in all they said about “Quixotic enactments that cannot. be enforced,”’ we yet thank them for returning bills of indietment against some sixty or more persons for selling liquor without license; and that the people have now a right to expect and demand from the District Attorney, to whom this matter is entrusted, that these several in- Gictments be prosecuted to conviction without delay, Resolved, That asthe Grand Jury have made a pre- sentment to the Court of General Sessions. that the Com- missioners of Excise have been in the habit of granting lieenses and permits to sell liquor in direct violation ot law, if the present Commissioners of Excise shall con- tinue any of these illegal practices, it will be the duty of the District Attorney, the Recorder of the city, and all ‘other magistrates who haye authority to act in’such ca- #es, to take immediate steps for their indictment and pro- reeution according to law for such misdemeanors. After reading the resolutions, he said he hoped that the sentiments contained in the resolutions would meet with a hearty response in the hearts of those assembled here this evening. He then lauded Mr. Snow as being one of their number, anda strong one too. Hothen adverted to a recent stabbin; case, saying that rum was the cause. He hope that, before next winter, they would be able to send up to Albany three members at least. Look at ode Irland. ‘* Dear little Rody” had at last come up to the scratch. Gangate) Not only has the law passed in that State, but Gov. Allen said that the law can be executed in Newport, and i must be executed. He was glad to sec that th Grand Jury in this city had taken up the violation of the laws that already existed here in reference t unlicensed grog shops. The Secrerary then introduced Horace GReELEY to_the meeting, as the great friend of temperance. Mr. GREELEY came forward and was greeted with Youd applause by the meeting. He said it is now only six months since we began this great move- ment. Some time ago we asked several persons if they would vote for the Maine law, and they sail “tyes,” and as a matter of course we supported them, and they betrayed us. Perhaps we were unwise in trusting them; but we learned something by it. He then touched upon Rhode Island, and said that al- theugh the contending forces were nearly equal, temperance carried the day, and this was another triumph over the grog sellers, If the money spent by people who went to Rhode Island for the summer months, was spent in something more useful, it would be of great benefit to the State. Minnesota was another victory, and, although the population was small, still the State was very large, and promised to be a thriving one. When the day of the election came, the ladies of St. Paul prepared a supper to celebrate the victory, so confident were they of sue- cess. Th Massachusetts the Maine law would be- come a law also, if the people agreed to it. He ventured to say that there was no man in Massa- chusetts who would say that the Maine law would be put down by the people next year. In our State how many examples had we of the effects of intem- ese In our own city, how many hundreds had een killed by rum! And how frightful were the taxes in consequence of it. Grogshops had more influence over the police and the Alderman, than the police and the Alderman had over the grog- shops. (Laughter.) When the meeting was over he hoped that they would resolve in their minds not eogese up the grand cause. r. Correy then came forward, and made a ve long ch. He began by saying that the cause of feumperaiiee had enifeted in her ranks some of the most talented men of the conntry; and the pulpit also had been preaching in favor of the eause. Like the star in the East, whlch was the hope of the Jews, so the Maine law was the star by which they were to be guided to salvation from intemperance. There had been several remarks in papers about the tempe- ranee movement being a humbug, and that the whole thing was a miserable failure. The facts, however, were otherwise. Look at all the evils of this fearful viee—look, for instance, at the boy who was killed the other day by a fiend in human form, and brought home a corpse to his mother. He then read an article from the New York Times on tem- perance, which commented on the evils of intem- perance. Within the last two weeks five murders were committed in this city, caused by intempe- fanes. He then told some anecdotes, which made the audienge laugh, and concluded amide) muygh applause. i ue SECRETARY then announced that a collection would be taken, which was the signal for a great many to run out. He said the treasury was empty, and not a dollar remained. They wanted money to publish their organs, the Alliance and the Advocate. ‘The reporter could not learn the amount of money collected, but it was very small. The theeting then separated. The American and Foreign Soctety. Yosterday afternoon, at half past three o'clock, the anniversary of the American and Foreign Anti- Slavery Society was held at the Tabernacle. The building was well filled, but seven-eighths of the audience were ladies. The ladies and gentlemen of color were not very numerous, and were confined for the most part to one or two back corners, with the exception of the orators, who occupied the plat- form. Altogether, the black spi bore but a very small proportion to the white spirits, blue spirits, and gray. Mr. Artur Tarray, presided. Mr. Lewis Tavran, Secretary, read the address and resolutions as follows :-- ABSTRACT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF TNE AMERI- CAN AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. ‘The Committee begin by narrating theie Inbors the past year. naming the publications they have issued. the con- Anti-Slavery remarkable declarations on the subject of human rights, thus sent out under the sanction of his high seer address. whieh some persons have misunderst . The committee, it is raid, did not intimate to the Exile, that, they did not wish or expect him to utter any condemna- tion of slavery during his stay in this country, but that they did not Cais an answer to their addross, for reasons assigned. leaving it, of course, to him to adopt his own mode of expressing his views on that subject. The; hoy ages wish, however, that he had stated explicit- Jy, that be stood by the ‘sentiments he had avowed in ungary and England, even if he had added, that com! to this country on a special errrand, he might not feel called upon to discuss the subject here, They hope he will not leave the eountry without reiterating the noble sentiments he has often uttered with regard to the equality of men before the nw, and the necessity of na- tions being just to all before they can be entitled to the respect of mankind or the favor of God, Mentiou is made of the rebuke given to ex-Chaucellor Walworth by Kos- suth, for attempting to cast a slur upon the anti-slavery citizens, whom he falsely accused of secking to entangle the illustrious Hungarian by obtaining from him an ex- ieee of opinion on the subject of American slavery, e committee allude. gratefully, to expressions of centi- dence from four American missionaries at the Sandwich Islands, and the reception of several hundreds of dollars collected in their churches te promote the anti-slavery cause, and mitigate the sufferings of fugitive slaves, The; then notice the workings of the Fugitive Slave law, whic! they say has been called “the most infernal libel on the name of law which any Legislature has ever enacted,” and allude to the adjudications that have been made by United States Commissioners in respect to persons seized as fugitives. Especial mention is made ofthe late case in this city—Horace Preston—and to the censures froely expressea with reference to the Commissioner; but the committee thinkyhe administered the act ac- pecaiagie the meaning of its framers—that they de- serve censure of the community for passing such an unconstitutional and infamous set. as well as he for ad- ministeringit. They also think that all who are con- cerned in oie 4 it into effect should receive the indig- nant censure of the people, while the act itself should be disobeyed. Notice is taken of the late case in Pennsy! yania, that resulted in the death of the alleged fugitive by the hand ofthe Maryland police officer sent to appre- hend him. While it is believed the uct cannot be carried out without bleodshed, the committee believe that it is operating beneficially in opening the eyes of the commu- nity to the nature of slavery. of which tho act is an off- shoot. The very great distress of the people of color, on account of the act. is feelingly alluded to. The signal de- feat of the government, in instigating the indictment of thirty-eight citizens, ‘supposed to be @ din the Christiana affair, which resulted in the death of Mr. Gorsuch, the slaveholder, who attempted to seize a fugi- tive slave by force of arms, is-mentioned in terms of exul- tation, It is stated that seventy thousand dollars, out o the public treasury, are reported to have been expended in the abortive eifort to convict those men of treason, and strike terror into the anti-slavery ranks, and among the people of color, by their execution, The in- dignant feelings of that portion of tho people who are sufficiently free from political and ecclesiastical ties to value human rights and paramount obligations to God, have found vent, itis remarked, in resolutions and speeches made at conventions called to consider what duties are imposed upon Christians and patriots in refer- ence to slavery in our country. It is stated that the leading political parties and religious sects prove them- selves recreant to the cause of liberty, republicanism, and Christianity; and that the Chureh is responsible for a continuation of slavery. Thealarm of the slave States in view of the increase of the free people of color and the stringent laws resulting from it, are mentioned; and the true cause is assigned, viz.: that as the disparity in num- bers between them and the slaves is lessened. slavery will be weakened. The disgraceful act of Indiana in prohibi- ting, in her constitution, persons of color becoming resi- dents or citizens of the State, is pointedly alluded to. It is considered @ violation of the constitution of the United States, and every genenerous mind is exhorted to con- demn it, It is stated that the people of color, alarmed and exasperated as they naturally are, seem determined to maintain their ground and resist all_ schemes of expa- triation, while they make new efforts to acquire educa- tion, property and a knowledge of agriculture and the mechanic arts, in order that they may rise to respecta- bility and competency in the ‘country of their birth, Mention is made of the Anti-Slavery Society for Canada, and the Ladies’ Association, both located at To- ronto, Western Canada ; and it is said the humane and effective aid given to the fugitives is appreciated in the States by allthe friends of humanity. The new efforts making by the Colonization Society are alluded to, and the advice given by some anti-slavery men. who disclaim sympathy with the coercive principles of the society, or any of its members and friends. is spoken of. The com- mittee say that, although they do not oppose voluntary emigration of either colored or white people to any part of the world, they have ever been averse to the people of color being placed ina position that obliged them to choose between two evils, and virtually forced them from the land of their birth and choice. The committee have believed. and do believe, that the continuance of edu- cated men of color in this country is a great service. not only to the enslaved, by giving to them hope, but to their free colored friends, and to the country itself. The humane are earnestly called upon, especially the Church of Christ, to offer liberal and efficient nid to the people of color in their efforts to rise, while they look upon them as fellow-citizens and fellow-immortais, entitled by the Gospel and the Covstitution to the same privileges and inheritance with themselves. The declaration of Daniel Webster, that the law of nature had forbidden the intreduction of siavery into California and New Mexico. is spoken of in connection with the historical fact that slavery originated in Mex- ico, and that gold-producing countries are not favorable to liberty ; and algo the attempts making to force slav- ery into the new Staterand the new territory, and to di- vide California with a view to add another slave State to the Union, The people are urged to watch those who are at work to accemplizh these objects, with ceaseless vigi- lance, especially, as it is believed that the government looke upon them with unconcern or a desire that the #lave-power should be gratified in the extension of slave- ry. The false and insulting language of Governor Cal- houn respecting the free people of color. iu his mossage to the Legislature of New Mexico, is condemned, as is also his recommendation that a law be passed to prevent their entrance into the territory. The act of the Logis- lature of Oregon, prohibiting “negroes and mulattoes"’ from coming to and residing fn the territory. is contrasted with the message of the Governor of Utali in condemna- tion of all * dealing with human flesh as property,” and it is said that the Mormons, whatever may be said of their principles or morals. appear to be too just to toler- ate slavery. The feelings and policy of the slave States, in passing stringent laws against emancipation, and in fa- vor of excluding colored people, in view of the prevalence of anti-slavery sentiment, the rebukes of the civilized world and the increase of freé people of color are re- marked upon ; also the emancipations that occasionally occur by slayeholders in view of death; likewise the mis- statements that are made by slaveholders from selfish reasons, respecting the condition of the emancipated in free States, as in the case of the slaves set freet by John Randolph. Lynch law, it is said, continues to prevail at the South; missionaries and other Northern citizens have been expelled; and the jurisprudence of the slave States is thought to be but litile better than Lynch law in some respects. The remark of a Southern Judge is quoted. that hard labor in the Penitentiary is no punishment to a slave, in connection with the fuct that a wealthy Vir- ginian was lately, on being convicted of whipping a slave to death,, sentenced to the Penitentiary for five years, whilea wretched slave-girl, for disobeying a brutal over- seer, and killing the monster in self-defence, had been sentenced to be hanged! The report states that kidnap- ping is carried on in the free States to a greater extent thanis generally supposed; that the Fugitive Slave act affords facilities to its success; that colored perrons aro taken to the South. some under false pretenses and some by force, and there sold; and that villains at the North, some of them wearing the budge of office, are often acting in con- cert with Southern miscreants in this atrocious business. Allusion is made to the controversy between England and the Southern States, with reference to the imprison- ment of colored seamen. while the vessels to which they helong remain in their ports. Louisiana has modified her law. and allows foreign seamen to land with passports from the Mayor, and South Carolina seems disposed to do Likewise ; but itis intimated that she meditates forbid- ding vessels entering her ports that have colored seamen on board, being encouraged to offer this indignity by the submission of Massachusetts and the general govern- ment to her previous acts, and partly by the extraordina- ry conduct of Indiana and Illinois toward colored citi- zeus. The Committee say that the condition of the South claims the pity as well as the censure of the North, and aimae to the tertor and untold evils that environ the mas- ter; which make him. if possible, more miserable than the wretched slave. They alo say that Christianity has a feeble hold upon the population, especially the male art of it, and allude to the spurious conversions, reck- leseness of men in public life, the impoverishment tnd decay visible on every ride, and assert that mich of the one rosperity, in some places and with some indi- viduals, is more the result of Northern enterprise. conducted by men tempor residing at the South, than Southern thrift. Inquiry is then made, what, under such circumstances. i# the North doing for the removal of such a calamitous state of things. Both whigs and democrats {seem disposed to accede to the “finality of the compromire’* to attata their ends, and religious men are too much disposed to bo in- different or opposed to anti-slavery action, The Ameri- can Tract Soeiéty and the American Sunday School Union sefuse to publish any work on the sinfulness of slavery, and expurgate foreign publications reprinted by them. The American Home Missionary ee supports upwards of sixty missionaries in connection with churches that receive slaycholders in their communion. The Ame- rican B,C. F, M. allow their missionaries among the In- dians to organize churches composed in part of slave- holders and slaves, The General Assembly (0. 8.) refure to legislate on the subject of slavery, on the plea that ax a spiritual body it has no cognizance with civil matters. ‘The General Auembly (¥. 8.). while it has borne testi- mony against the evils of slavery, and allows that they should be corrected by discipline. admits slayeholders to aseat in its councils, and treats them rectus in ecclesia, It is painful, the report states, te see the pro-slavety con- duct of political mon; but when ministers of the Gospel and influential members of churches act thus, it must makean- gels weep. It isa matter of congretalstion the reportavers, that there are in Com the State Legislatures, and | inthe ministry. good men and true, who are faithful to liberty. Allusion is made to the conventions held, from time to time, to give expression to the anti-slavery fecl- ings that pervade the community, and a hope is indulged | \ attended by the Corresponding Sceretary, his Srrrespomaince, ‘held Anti-Slavery Depository and Read- ing Room, &e, ' They particularly mention works written by anative of a slave State, and widely circulated there and in the free States, entitled “The Wrongs of American Klavery exposed by the light of the Bible and of Facts, with a Remedy,’ °The Sinfulness of bnld roma 4 nd “Non-Fellowship with Slaveholders the jbo tians.” and remark that, in pertions of the free States, moral darkness prevails on the subject ofAmerican Slavery, come ions of the Bible. and the duty of Christians, almost to as great an extent asin the slave States them- welves. Allusion is made to the large issues of ba Sg nae called the American Missionary and the Natior Doth founded by the friends and officers of this society: and also to the agent In New Mexico, who is laboring 40 prowote tbe ‘anth slavery cause, and othes opal epler- thut the National Convention, soon to convene, will adopt high principles, Several religious anti-slavery bodies ate spoken of with great rerpect, as exerting a wholesome in- fluence, Political and religious newspapers, that are | out-spoken for liberty, are warmly eommended. The re- cent work of Mrs, Stowe, ‘ Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” is spoken of with great eh imeme| ‘The conventions of people of y all color are favoral uded to, and the colored people are congratulated on the efforts they seem dis} to make for bape tae Notice is taken of th To~ buke of the National Fndustrial Convention, last year. Frier ”, reference is made to the periodical and labors of the ‘ittee of the Britich and Fore! Anti-Slavery Society, amd of other societies recoutly formed in England, Scotland, and Ireland. The late; M -taublaking nh relponi insaaace’ cf ite bathe: tae freedom fro intelligence from the British colonies with to the workings of cmancipayon je raid 9 vo very fayora- ples ‘the liber: of the community. is alluded to. report con- eh with an juent and graphie description by Lor , of the evils of slavery in this country, its con- ration of every patriot and Christian in the land---Good Lord, deliver us} RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That American slavery developes cumulative evidence of its sinfulness, its h« ity to the peace, union, and prosperity of the country, its disastrous influence upon the religion, social order, literature, and renown of the nation; and, therefore, all who uphold or approve it, upholdor approve a system inimical to the welfare of man and hateful in the sight of God. 2. That the continuanee of slavery at this day. in this republic, with the number of slaves augmented trom half million to three millions—when our fatl in obtaining their own freedom solemnly declared to Yhe world that “all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable a ne that amon; these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness;” an: added, with the solemnity of an oath, ‘for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protcetion of Divine Providence, we nerealiy paces to each other our lives, our fortunes and our honor’’—is a reproach tothe memory of the revolutionary patriots, a mockery of f democratic repulbicaniam, and an insult to the Ruler of ns, 3, That nearly allied to slavery. in meanness and turpi- tude, is the spirit of caste, under the influence of which our colored fellow citizens are debarred an equality with other citizens before the law, and the opportunity of rising in the community according to their talents, industry, and moral character; a apirit the more reprehensible as we invite to these shores, and admit to all the occupations of posiatys imthigrants of every complexion. condition and religion from the old world, many of whom possess less Anglo-Saxon blood than do our proseribed fellow countrymen. 4. That whereas, the Fugitive Slave act is, in the opin- ion of Chief Justice Hornblower and other eminent iu rists, unconstitutional, and, according to the first opinion of Daniel Webster, enacted in opposition to the “ plain import”? of that instrument—and whereas, it not only au- thorizes seizure without process, trial without a jury, consignment to Southern prison houfes upon ez-parie tes= timony, without opportunity of defence, but punishes humanity as a crime, and can be enforced only by out. raging all the charities of life and the great pelted of the common law—it is a “ Bill of Abominations,” and its authors, advocates, and enforcers deserve the severest condemnation, while the act itself should be everywhere disobeyed and execrated. 5. That while we would throw no obstacle in the way of our colored citizens emigrating to Sierra Leone, Liberia, California, the West Indies, Canada, or any other portion of the globe, as their enterprise, business, or inclination may lead them, in common with other citizens; and while we will aid them in the accomplishment of their own wishes, we will ever discountenance and oppose all schemes, whether devised Ms State or National govern- ments or colonization societies, of coercive expatriation, and all efforts to place the people of color in such posi- tions that, as a choice of evils, they will consent to leave the Jand of their birth and their chosen residence, 6. That we deeply sympathize with our colored brethren throughout the whole land, bond and free, in the peculiar circumstances of trial in which they are placed by the cupidity, tyranny, and contempt of large portions of the people of this country; and that we solemnly pledge to them our best efforts to vindicate their rights, and to redress their wrongs, while we exhort them to place implicit confidence in the promises of Him who has declared, that he is no respecter of persons, that he is the God of the oppressed, and that he will break the rod of the oppresser. 7. That. while we honor those tegislators and ministers who have been true to freedom, we believe that the po- litical and ecclesiastical partisans who have proved rec ant to the cause of liberty and humanity, have forfeited ‘all just claim to the confidence of the people. and that no reasonable expectation can be indulged in the preva- lence and success of republican or Christian institutions, until our citizens carry out the principles of the Declara- tion of Independence, and the precepts of the Sermon on the Mount. 8. That we call upon the women of this country for their persuasive influence in the great work of eman pating their sex from the degredation and miseries of slavery, and for their effective aid in the cause of uni- vereal liberty, reminding them that it was abeth: Heyrick who demonstrated to Wilberforce the duty and safety of immediate emancipation ; and that, in tho re- cent work of Harriett Beecher Stowe, we have a por- traiture of American slavery that is read by tens of thou- sands, causing very many of them to Weep. and pray, and resolve, that they will strive, while life shall last, for its overthrow and annihilation. . 9, That the example of the humane and disinterested advocates of freedom, among the editorial and literary corps, is a just rebuke to the subservient individuals and societies who have meanly expurgated their own works, or the works of others, ‘of all sentiments denunciatory of slavery, lest they should be denounced by slaveholders and their apologists. 10, That the thanks of this meeting be given to the friends of the oppressed in Canada, for acting the part of good Samaritans toward the unhappy subjects of op- ression who have fied to them for refuge, and to the friends of impartial liberty in England, Canada. the West Indies and elsewhere, who have strengthened the hands of American abolitionists; and that we entreat them, while they deservedly rebuke their own countrymen who, on taking up their abode with us, prove r to the anti-slavery cause. to be equally faithful to A cans among them who aflect to be the friends and aivo cates of emaneipation, while silent or opposed to the cause at home. 11. That for the sake of the slave. for the prosperity of the country, and for the good of the Church of Christ. we te ire the union of all abolitionists, and their alt of their colored brethren. be- lieving that the highest obligations rest upon the people of these States to remove slavery by moral and political action. and being determined, in the fear of God. and in sympathy with every friend of humanity who will co- operate with us, so far as the means shall be furnished. to enlist the pulpit and the press in the cause of the sutfer- ing and the dumb. to aim at a purifieation of the churches from all participation in ths guilt of slavery, to encourag> the labor of freemen rather than that of slaves. by giving a preference to their productions, sparing no exertions to bring the whole nation to speedy’ repentanc for victory being in God, through whom truth. justice. reason, and humanity, must and will gloriously triumph. Mr. Taran stated, in reference to the work of Harriet Beecher Stowe, referred to in the eighth re- solution, that when ho was coming to the meeting to-day, a bookseller put into his hand an extract from a letter which stated that the fiftieth thousand of this book was now being printed; a sale without example in the history of bookselling. Yesterday a Vice President of the Union Safety Committce told him that he thought this hook would be the death of their organization. (Laughter.) The address and resolutions wére then put from the chair and adopted. The Hon. Mr. Cunver then came forward, and after an introductory remark said:—The questions broached in these resolutions have been forbidden, although it is perfectly right and constitutional to talk on one side about the extreme and great in- terests cf the Union, while in talking on the other side we shall be denounced, and held up as agita- tors, for the part we take on this occasion. We shall be told that this question has been settled, and that there is a finality about slavery ; hence any man who talks about it is considered as an enemy to the Union ; and we find that men talk now as Millard Fillmore talked thirteen years ago oo pellet, and as Webster talked four years ago ; and now if we talk as they did, why we are de- nounced as agitators and enemies to the Union, as dis-unionists. I should like to inquire what men mean when they say it is an injustice, and becomes an offence, and a violation of a good man’s duty, to talk upen this, subject ; and by whom t—by a mi- nority in Congress. I know well that about one- third ef this manatty are under the influence of strong drink, (Laughter.) Be quite easy; I speak deliberately ; Tknow something about the opera- tions in the White House. This question was at- tempted to be adjusted by 109 out of 231; and because they say it is settled, we are to hold hands off Now, by whom were these measures written, and by whem isa check to be placed upon all kinds of legislation? Did you ever know simple act 0 Congress so sacred that no Congress was competent to alter it? I remember, a few years ago, when the agitation on the subject of re-chartering the Bank of the United States was rife, in 1 and 1836, the whole country and both houses of Congrese were agitated, They passed the act for re-chartering the bank, and General Jackson vetoed it ; and when rties changed, and General Harrison came in, the Rest act of the whigs was @™ pass an act re- chartering the bank, which passod both houses —and don’t you remember how they | spread an alarm that all the people were crying out for the repeal’—but Captain Tyler eee a difficulty and trouble. It is no breach for the peo- le, as liticiane or citizens, when it passed by the Taw of 19th August, 1841, by a jority in both houses, to agitate the question. The act affoct- ed all the interests of the country, and reached, in its ramifications every part of the Union; the same Con- gress paseed that, and when the people came to- gether in the December following—but four months apecrarss— Oey turned the whole matter over. Who then cried out that they were dissolving the Union ? ht of dissolving the Union then? Why, nobody. Look at the tariff question and tell me if there has been legislation on that. The tariff of 1828 was a high tariff; and I'am a whig, and I be- lieve it was yale tariff. They made a war in 1832 and 1838, and they got the compromise, and the tariff went down to IS41 with the whigs and was carried out, and the country run down with it. That tariff was not so secure but that it could be touched. Away went that tariff and up came another in 1846. Isay to you, my friends, that just as soon as we get the power, and in the way we got that tariff in 1846, we shall have our desired change. (Cheers.) Take hold of and repeal the the Foe Slaye Law ; it is constitutional ; there is nothing that you have heard of a the ay, of Col me, Cie Lea = must not be touched. says, ‘ou repeal that law, ‘ we will dissolve the Umion.”” When this infamous law was only 34 men out of the State of New York, only one man was to be found to votefor it. That courageous man was James Brooks, who rolled over three times, aad Was like @ dog wait- Who thot ing outside a grocer: hter), and since that time cannot get hitteelf Bente nr of that time. Yee, thirty-three men were ‘* on that oceasion, (laughter)—there was only ‘man from Otsego county who voted for that law, and since that his constituents have snegentee between heaven and earth. (Loug -) New party lines are being drawn. Henry Clay has ex- pressed his views; Mr. Cobb has been introdu- cing a new idea, that no man should have his eon- fidence who did not adopt that new creed—oon- ged one and all the measures of the compromisv. Would not take my stand upon one point. I look at the elaim of right and justivo; and I regard it a8 & political matter of some weight. I speak free; no man ever gained by touching or making war with me. (A laugh.) ‘1 have my own opinion upon this matter. Who will insist that the compromise is suited to this state of things? Go to your statute hook fur four years past—not the are but to your statute book—and there you will find recorded for four consecutive years, the logis- lative results of New York, speaking in a marorty on all questions. We had for representatives in the Senate at that time, two men, Dickinson and Wil- liam H. Reward—one of these men stood up and did all the Tone, and steod on the ground where his Pay. had placed him—where nineteen-twentieths of the people had placed him—in an approved posi- tion ; and when the voting time came, he voted in accordance with these resolutions. (Loud cheers.) Referring to the Compromise measures; Henry Clay told us the Southern people ought not to com- plain, for it was all for their benefit. Task your at- tention to what the North and don’t you know they got slave trade abolished in the District of Co- lumbia? The law that was passed was simply that, you should not buy slaves abrond and ship them off to another place. “ California was the Thirty-first State admitted into the Union; was there anything said about that? What kind of Compromise was that? We got another State in after we had got in seventeen, in addition to the original thirteen, and we ought to be thankful for it. (A laugh). Tell me the difference between these two last States (Texas and California) ; one came in at the beck of freedom and the other at the beck of the slavo interest. New governments were erected in New Mexico and Utah. When the day of trial cam: only sixty-nine men were tound to vote for th Wilmot proviso. Fourteen and a half free State had spoken out on this subject. When the day of trial came on the question of that Compromise the North was beat. How much did we gain by that? What is meant by this? If you love tho compromise, you also love the Fugitive Slave law. Suppose a man hired a farm, and another man came Dy force and attempted to dispossess him, and being unable to showa title,he showed, certificate signed by himself, that he owned one half of the other’s farm. The jury, Webster and Cags, would say, ‘Let us hear proof; we don’t want to know anything about the title, we want to know what will satisfy one party; we don't want anything else; and’ they said, ‘he shall not have a half of this man’s farm, but athird. What would you say of such men as'that ona jury?) Why, you would throw them into the East (Laughter.) That isa true view of the merits of the Texas question. I have seen the prac- tical effects of the Fugitive Slave law and its an- guishing effects. The doprivation of tr j Or fy other security for a fair hea rights of habeas coryus denied. Did not the half drunken men who passed that slave law desire to suppress that English writ? What a wretched sys- tem of bribery it tolerates! and tho poor wretch at the City Hall fully understands it. (Laughtor.) We are told that we must al by this state of things because it is the haw! The distinction Vetween the sentiments of man in public and private life, and the ery of ‘the Union in danger,” is the rock on which this country is going down. In oyster saloons, over their champagne, they concoct. their infamous legislation in Congress. In 1850, in the town of Salem, a girl run away from slavery, and had married, and when she heard the pursuers coming, she stood shivering with her child, as ifshe had been hunted with hounds, and all b cause her mother’s mother was a slave. Is the man who can justify that? It is piracy and kid- napping of the highest degree. It is a law that runs counter to all good feelings. We have our du- ties to perform, and will maintain them. (Cheers.) | The honorable gentleman closed his harangue by asking how the men who were in favor of this eruel system would stand at the judgment day, before the tribunal of the Most High; and was loudly cheered on resuming his seat. ¢ Rev. J. C. Raymonp, a blind colored minister of a colored Baptist church in this city, next addressed the meeting. He felt somewhat diflident to spenk, after the honorable gentleman who had just ad- dressed them ; but as he was a colored man, he felt it his duty to say a word on such an occasion as the proach ts The resolutions were of vast importance to iis colored brethren. He 1 not read them, and he had to trust to oblivious ‘There was one & nemMory. htng in HHRMA resolution WEG he remamnberdl They were, ste was that enste was akin to slavery. indeed, kindred—not cousins, but sisters. was the greatest enemy to the negro race. very early. Moses, while in the land of Midiam. lected a Woman who was not very white, and she w spoken of contemptuously by the sister of Moses, be- cause she was @ black woman. God punished this contempt by afflicting the lady with leprosy. She was not cured till after much prayer and entreaty. Solomon, the son of David, and a very man, married a black lady; and the Soug of § mon—that bridal ode—was composed for the ocea- sion. She knew that she had given umbrage by com- ing among the fair Hebrew daughters, for they sent her to do the outdoor work. Her defence was that thesun had made her features swarthy, and it was well known that brunettes were highly esteemed by the whites. (Laughter.) Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, in his eighth chapter, though a fair-com- plexioned prophet, said he became black with grief. All knew that affections of the mind changed the color of the body. How are we to bkune for our color, given us by accident? We are all colored here to-day, thank God. There isa sprinkling of every variety of hue; and the bleaching process is going on go fast that the time seems to be approach- ing when there shall be no color at all. T happened to be born in the State of Virginia. You see my complexion. 1 had no hand in it. When I was a boy, there was an English doctor, named Holmes, who practised surgery. He was called in to attend apoor black boy. He put the gold head of his cane upon the pulse of the patient. Was that the way to try a man’s pulse? (Laughter.) There was in that ‘State, once upon a time, a minister named Sampson, (not Samson of the Bible,) and there was a Rev. Jesse Lee, a white man. Sampson was afar better preacher than Lee; and Sampson, at a religious meeting, got up, wiping his mouth, to preach, when Lee said to him ‘Sit down.” “TI won’t,”’ said Sampson, who continued in such a strain of eloquence as he never heard before. Sampson was moved by the Holy Ghost. There was another case where a public baptism took place, and one of the colored sisters went down under the ice, and was lost. The white ministersaid, hand us down another —the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blersed be the name of the Lord. This is caste. He then related another instance of a white minister who used to address the black brethren always sepa- rately, and only admit them to the Communion—in fact to the crumbs that fell from the table after the whites had feasted, Ho was present one day, when this minister, addressing the colored population, said, my black brethren, be obedient to your own masters. And then invited them to come down stairs and eat the crumbs after the whites had finished the bread and wine, for, said he, God is no respector of persons. (Roars of laughter.) And down they came, and such a getting down stairs you never did see, and they ate the crumbs and drank the dregs and were very thankful. (Laugh- ter.) That was caste. There have been various schemes mooted of late by poe rope to get rid of the colored man, and send him back to fa- therland, but blessed God this is our fatherland. It is my fatherland—my father was born here— I am an American —we are all Americans We all have our kindred in this country, and we know no other. Much is aid about Anglo-Saxon blood and Caucasian blood; but there is now such a mixture of blood in this country that thore is scarcely any pure blood at all. At least we know not where to find it: what we do know is, that “God hae made of one blood all the nations of the earth.” Yet we have prejudices against us—the prejudices not only of the world, but of the church and of the abolitionists themselves, who give us no encourage- ment, but professing for several years what they would do hr us. But, if I understand the resolu- tions aright, a new era will now be begun with the Anti-Slavery Society, and God grant that every white maleand female now here present may swear by high heaven to elevate their dark brethren to their true position, and make them equal with you, my white brethren. I donotrefer to amalgamation. God forbid. But what are we doing but slave-breeding in the States called free I do not advocate inter- marriage, nor do we want that. By a strange mis- take in the laws of Alabama, black men are per- mitted to be married to white women, and recently a black youth applied for license to marry a white wife. The clerk at first refused, but was at length compelled to yield; and now there will be black and white marriages with a vengeance in Alabama, (laughter) and young Africa will make political capital out of it. Crenewed laughter.) We do not want marriage with the whites, but we want equality here in the land in which we were born. We do not want to go Canada, or the West Indies, or Liberia, or anywhere else, except under the vo- luntary impulse of trade or commerce, or bettering our condition, of which we are the best judges our- selves. Here we were born, and here in America weare resolved to die. (Applause.) Rey. Henry Warp Brkonern was the next speaker. He said theré was but ono impression he. jesired to leave on the meeting. It was a religious impression—to feel that the of this meeting were not the claims of enthusiasm and philanthropy; hold of them. There are but lai f God taki: meg Who fee) evaDlebow wy the Veaanity of the aati slavery mtovement. It was Napoleon who said that he could manage every description of personsexcept the truly re! man. The politicians, therefore, could not understand how it was that pereons cm- braced principles against tho prejudices of the peo- ple—some fanatics, no doubt; but the greatest fa- natics were those of indolence and conservatism. But fanaticism was not the prevailing sentiment—it | ious feeling, and because Christ was the living God. Therefore it was that, as long as slave- y existed in the country, agitation would exist, ll true liberty was from religion. Liberty was not the mere ireedein of an animal, but of a social, in- tellectual, moral, and religious being. This is the large and true idea of liberty, and where it is not, liberty goes on crutches. This isthe cause of the difference between Europe’ and this country in re- ference to liberty. Our fathers were intensely religous —religion was their very vitals. But in Europe whole masses of the people were open and avowed infidels, having shaken eff Christianity altogether. Hence, ‘was a rel there were only paroxysms for liberty, but no steady, | poreverng resolve. Of the nations of Europe, Tungary was the most likely to acquire freedom, because she was the most religious. (Applause.) ‘The star of the East’ was her great exponent, and he was eminently religious. He was before the age in this country, as a religious politician— perhaps only equal to it in his own. His Reh: ciples of politival Christ nor the press, nor the people of this country co! ageept or understand. ‘The day will come when it will be found that Kossuth is right, and , that» church founding America is wrong, because she does not understand the religion she professes and teaches. It is essentially a religiousquestion. Ibis not possible that black men can develope into Chris- tian men, as God intended them, while herd in bona- oge; for though there are individual exceptions, you cannot convert them as a people, They are three millions and a half, and the effect of the gos- pel on the first generation is scarcely seen; but) in the second generation it produces its fruits. The moment the slave.is made a man by the pel, he cannot be hel bondage. (Applause.) haretbre itis that the slaveholders§ure right, according to their principles, in keeping the claves in darkness, for the light would set them free. If education has that effect te a certainextent, how much more the gospel! Now this isfound out, and the same rigor- ous rile will soon be adopted in. reference to the gospel that is now adoptei a in regard to education. jan ministers say that the gos- It was the very reverse. ‘The of Christianity was the very reve growth. The mind of man was capable {infinite expansion. There would be anti-slavery agitation as long as the central fire of Christianity was in the breasts of Christian people—just as the central fives in the earth were the cause of earth- quakes. He did not go the whole length of agrocing with Wendell Philips and) Mr. Garrison, but ho honored them for sacrifici themselves in this money-loving country, where polities and purses rule everything. He'then proceeded to attack the Colonization Society, though he honored their mo- tives. As for him, he could not dodge and jump ever the cross of Christ in that manner. The mecting adjourned till 8 o’clock this morning, to the lecture room, which was announced as an open meeting, for free discussion. It was also an- nounced by Mr. Leavitt, that at 4 o’clock this after- noon t funeral of the late Mr. Hopper, the philan- thropist, would take place at the Tabernacle. had heard Ch a American and Foreign Christian Union. 'The third anniversary of this society was held at the Tabernacle yesterday morning. The meeting was well attended. Three-fourths of the audience were ladies. The proceedings were opencd with ahymn sung by the congregation, after which there was reading of the Scriptures, and prayer by the Rey. Dr. Bacon, of New Haven. The Rey. Dr. Farcuiip then read the Trea- surer’s report for the past year, as follows:— Balance, May 1, 1851, $096 92, Amount received by donations, church colle: | directors, life mem! ved fro1 legacy fund, $6,308 64; amount ‘received from publica- i 528'27—total receipts for the year, $50,640 91, Am appropriated for missionary labor at home and abroad, for outfit of penses of mission stations, rents, &e., ount paid for salaries, secretaries. and age amount paid for pub- lishing books. magazine, ns Blatt, and Missionary Intelligencer, $4,808 26; amount expended for tracts and books, given to missionaries and others, for gratuitous n, $400.00; amount paid for rent ot office, stages, and incidentals, $2.3: balance $2.00 73—total expgpditures, $56.610 91, Tn tothe above receipts™and expenditures, the ‘Treasurer announced that of the $10,000 which appeared inthe last annual report. as advanced by the members of the Board in anticipati if assets, $6.308 64 have been aod paid. and the balance provided for out of the fund in the bands of the urer, Also, that the sum of $11,500. which was collected by the Rev. L, Pilatte, been remitted by the Treasurer to the Evangelical of France, (xt Paris.) which society is now ui with the American and Koreign Christian Union work in France, This sum might pr the body of the report. that © forwarded to the miussionaric and other parts of France, § to the anount of $4.311, which amount does not appear in the report. but forthe payment of which provision has bee mad The Rev. Dr Barnp then read large extracts from the unnual report of the board, of which we subjoin a condensed abstract :— The board have had much to encourage them during the past year. Although one of the secretaries was ab- sent from the country for five months, for {he promotion of the interests of the society in Europe as wills forhis health, and the society was deprived of the services of two of the most efficient agents for months, the receipts from ordinary 8 were about $5,000 more than they wore the year preceding. and amounted to $56,249—a sum considerably greater than the receipts of the Amer Home Missionary Society, in its sixth year. They been able to finda larger number of suitable laborers for work, Much success has attended the labors of the ‘sionaries during the year. The field of this society's mbraces nations which hold the Papal heresy corrupt forms of Christianity, including several millions of Romanists in our country. constituting in all one-fourth part of the human race, © What has been done by our Bible, Tract, Sunday School, and Home Missionary Societies and Boards. has been rather incidental than Of the nearly 3.000 missionaries of the hb miesionary rocieties and boards of all denominations in this country. not 300 are laboring among the foreign population, now amounting to millions, and yery few of those among Roman Catholics, or for their special bene- fit. In what is doing in the way of missions among our foreign population, by denominational effort, the J dist Episcopal Church is far in advance of the others; and yet even their missions reach far more the Protestant than the Papal part of that population, But while Protestants are asleep, Rome is awake, er churches have, within a few years, increased in this city of New York, from ‘six to twenty. Her follow. ers in this city, according to Archbishop Hughes. are 200,000 Ten Roman Catholic churches have been built, within a few years, in Buffalo, and a great cathedral, which will cost $200,000.18 now in process of erection, A similar increase of Romanists axd Roman Catholic churches is seen in Rochester, Providence, Boston, Cincinnati, St. Louis; Cleveland, and many other places. At the commencement of the Ameri- can Reyolution. 170 yeare atter the first colonization of the country, Romg had ‘no more than forty-one or forty-two priests’ here; now she has six archbishops, twenty-six Dishops, 1.385 priests. 1.411 churches, and 651 other sta- tions, thirty-four seminaries, and 421 clerical, students, and ninety-six convents and nunneries! Andin addition to what she raises on the ground to uphold and extend her influence among us, it would be safe to estimate the sums of money annually sent hither by the 8 foclety of the “Propagan,”’ in France, the “Leopold Society.”’ in Austria, the “Louis Society,” in Bavaria, and some others, at $150.000. Home Fietp.—The whole number of laborers, of all classes, connected with the society in the home field, during the whole or part of the year now closed, was eighty-five. They have been distributed in fifteen States of the Union. Some of them are laymen, some are exhorters or licensed preachers, and others are regularly ordained ministers of the Gospel. They are of different religious denominations and of various nations; but are happily united in one great object which the Ameriean and Foreign Christian Union secks to effect. In the pro- secution of their work, they have published the Gospel n six different languages, namely, the German, French, Trish, Spanish, Italian and English. Several of these missionaries have had charge of organized churches, and, as pastors, have confined their labors chiefly to them. ‘This haa been the case with the French missionaries in Enosburg, Vt.. and Bangor. N.Y., and the German missionaries at Buffa- lo, Rochester, and Newark. N.J. Some have preached in small congregations, in two or three or more places, without organizing churches. This has been the case with the French missionary and one of the Irish mission- aries in New York, an Irish missionary in Brooklyn, the German missionary in Cleveland, an frish missionary in Mobile, and several others. Four missions have temporarily suspended, mainly for the want of snitablo men; several have been enlarged or otherwise modified; and fifteen new missions, in as many fields. have been es- tablished. A church for the German mission in Roches- ter. has been bard oom anda lot of ground bought for that in Buffalo. One church, well organized, embracing ninety-five members, all converted Romanists, has con- nected itself, with the full concurrence of the board, with the Baptist denomination. Forrics Freip.—The board has voted $1,000 to nid the French Canadian Missionary Society in the work of preaching the Gospel to the Papal population in Canada Kast, and in educating Canadian youth at the two excel- lent seminaries of that # iy at Pointe-aux-Trembl They have two missionaries, who are laboring with enco' raging prospects in Hayti. In conjunction with the American Seamens’ Friend Society, they support the Rev Mr, Trumbull at Valparaiso, and the Rev. Mr. Fletcher at Rio de Janeiro, in South America. In Europe, th: Rey. Alexander King, in the employment of this society, has continued his eloquent lectures in Dublin and other places in Ireland. The board have invited him to r visit this country. and give a similar course of lectures, ad~ dressed to Romanists, in our chief aitics. In France they have sustained eleven missionaries during the paat year. who have labored faithfully and suecessfully in that i portant country, The board have transferred the mis- sions and missionaries whom they have supported in that field, from the direction of the American-Swiss commit+ tee tothe Evangelical Society of France. The board have aided two missions in Belgium—a kingdom in which the door is now more open than in any other Papal country ‘onthe continent for doing good. They have also sua- tained two missionaries in Sweden—the only missionaries whom they em selene aay of oid ly Bony srg fo omanists. . And A hat ipeeoasige a iaiy, ope io the Bivevowa o SATUS, anity neither the pulpit, | ‘and the other at Reme. ax chaplain in connection wi ihelpeieel untamy. Te cone tian supported by this society, in foreign lands, last your, was about twenty-five—making the whole number of its la- borers, at home and abroad. more thao one bundred aod ten. Reverend Dr. Barrp then said—In meetiog the society on this the third anniversary of itt formation, the board felt it to be an imperative | duty to commence the statement of their eed- ings with the humble and sincere jon of te Divine favor as the source of all true success. ipts of the society, from ordinary sowrces, were greater last’ year than the preceding by over five thousand dollars, a tact which shows that the | work in which we are ist, hrough God's ‘7 , ase of immigra- tion which is setting into this country from Burope- Who, said h es hot see that this’ vast influx of | people, poss i habits and principles different | from us, must in time, by po means remote, have ® owerful influence upon all our most important interests? But let us look at the portion of this | foreign population with which our society hasto do. | There is abundant evidence, of an unmistakable | character, that the Papal population is fearfully in- | creasing ‘among us, derived chiefly from Ireland and Germany. Archbishop Hughes estimates the present Roman Catholic population of the United States at three millions and a half. Soon there will | be five millions. The day is not far distant when there will be ten millions, if the ratio ot inerease continues to be what it has been of late. And what will be the influence upon the destinies of this nation, of having such a large body growing up in our midst, who will, for the most part, blindly fol- low the dictates of their priests, and deposit in the ballot-box their hundreds of thousands of votes, un- opened, just as they received them? What a tem ation this presents to ambitious, unscrupulous poli- jans to descend into the market, and bid for those votes. And are there not men among us who are capable of doing thi The following resolution was then moved, and adopte: Rerolved, That the prosperity of the society's missions in Papal countries abroad, aud among Papists at home, may be properly interpreted as an encouraging testimony of God’s blessing upon it, and should call for the co-ope- ration of all evangelical Christivns, as affording @ mani- t Protestants, not merely in love and serviee of meeting. He said that the Roman Cathol had always shown itself hostile to true Chi ys and had Xo shown itself in move ways than one, and that it made plausible excuses in warring against us, and claimed to be the only true church. Because it is enveloped in antiquity and tradition, does that make it the true chur No; of course not. He alluded to the necessity of being united in the great cause ; for, although’ we come of different tribes, still we are united, and therefore are invineible- He then alluded to benevolence as being the most Godlike principle planted on the earth. Benevo- lence is the Iamp by which the world is to be en- lightened, If you light a candle, the people will seo the light ; so also will the people see a good action, and admire it. Rev. Mr. MaGoon then came forward and ad- dressed the meeting, in an eloquent speech. Ho al- luded to the secret manner in w' Catholics conducted their movements ci: But this society disguised neither norite agents. In the first place, i bring into the way of Chri Catholics within their r it was designed to reac h the Roman 1 conspira- Most of these whonr were from the continent of Europe, beyond the ocean. He then alluded to the style building the Roman churches in the olden times, not with luths and plaster, but of solid masonry, now yenerable for their antiquity, and built by the people, Here had the Roman Catholic been aceustomed, since his youth, to the injunctions and restrictions of the priests, so that it was no easy matter to convert them, and we must have the as- sistance of God in this great *. Man may dis: tur, but God only can eradicate. We must uso entle means to convert those unenlightened men. ‘indness must be resorted to, in order to brin, their children to the true faith. We may have dif- ficulties to overcome; every one has difficulties, even the little chick has difficulty in getting out of his shell. (Laughter.) It was strictly prohibited to the agents of the society to enter into controversy with Romanistsabout their church, The Reverend gentleman concluded by moving the following xeso- lution, which was unanimously adopted :— Resolved, That, although the social and political dis- quietude of the European nations must be regarded as untavorable to the progress of true religion among them, yetit behoos > labor without severy sincere believer in God's promises to xation in his service ; trusting that the of human affairs in that purt of the world temporary and preparatory even to the coming of that kingdom which alone possesses the ele- ments of stability, and is certain of success, Rey. Dr. Witkes, of Montreal, was then intre- duced. He gave an interesting account of the reli- gious condition of the population of Canada, and described the immense establishment of the Romish Church in that country. Notwithstanding the pre- onderance of Romanists, the Protestant brench Mission Society were not discouraged. ‘They were laboring earnestly, and the results were highly successful. You will be glad, he said, to learn that the number of converts in British America and Ireland has increased very much witlin the last year, and in the latter country in particular. Ho then proceeded to say, t he had travelled in that; country n good deal, and found it a beautiful country, but he was sorry to say that it was under the influence of Popery. “The people were in com- ples darkness. It is anunfortunate comtry. That England has helped to enslave the inhabitants, he could not deny; but popery was the chief cause of the miseries of Ireland. | Dr. Wilkes closed by offer- ing the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: exolved, That among the tokens of divine = stowed upon Christian eflorts in cur ny: ti cetecaes of large numbers in the Roman Catholic districts of [ré- land to the pure faith of the gospel deserves particular mention, and calls for thankful acknowledgment; and. at such results should animate both British and Ame- rie m Christians to the discharge of a sacred duty they ‘owe a peopie too lon; r owe Ps copie too long abandoned to degrading ignorance Rev. Dr. Parker, of Bleecker street Presbyte- rian Church, also addressed the audience, on #ho vast tide of immigration passing into this eoun- try. He added that ina few years this country would be flooded with millions of Chinese; our streets would be filled with them, asking if we wanted cooks, &e. Thero is now in progress » rail- road from San Francisco to the States, which road will conduct the millions into our country, and then we will have the great fight between paganism and Christianity. Brother Iumsay says thore will be blood shed, hut I say there will’ not. T am not the man to shrink from blood when it has to be shed; but I don’t believe in shedding blood when it is not necessary. God will send the multitude here, and we will have to receive thom. The majorit: will be theirs; but I hope they will be converted, and their hearts softened by our institutions. us treat them with kindness, and do all in our power to bring them to Christianity. He concluded by moving the following resolution, which was unani- mously adopted: — Reselved, That in view of the opposition raised by the concurrence of ecclesiastical and civil despotism, our evangelical brethren in France, Italy, ‘ane Hungary, whether harrassed by unjust restaictions, or shut y¥4 prisons, claim our affectionate sympathy, and should have our prayers, that if any of them should be destitute of man’s aid. yet the sweet comfort of God's spirit may never depart from them, The meeting then closed at one o’clock by singi kip oe OY ee American Sunday School Union in Philadel- phia—Twenty-eighth Anniversary. The twenty-eighth aunual meeting was held yes- terday, May 11, at the Musical Fund Hall, in Phila- delphia. Annexed isan abstract of the annual re- port:— (Sotto Hoa 22, of which $45,836 54 were donations, and $4,201 95 legavics; $136,703 95 for sales and in payment of debts; from tenants renting rooms of the s 5; rent of depository ty, $2, 3,000; loan received $200; balance, from last year, 1,528 78. rf ExrenpitvnEs.—For stereotype plates, $3,233 16; paper, binding, & 1,046 16; Bibles and Testaments st, and miscellaneous books purchased to fill orders, $6,385 17; interest on loans, $2,449 56; salaries of secretary, superintendent of book-store, book-keeper, salerman, clerks, and laborers, $8,582 19; rent of depository and offices $3,000; taxes $624 90; sala- ries and expenses of one hundred and fifty-wo mis- sionaries and agents, and donations of books to poer schools, &e., $52,907 38, (which includes an over- draft this year of $1,468 05 more than the amount received for this purpose); miscellaneous items, 219 84; balance cash on hand, 17. The society is now indebted for paper, ey 62, which, added to the amount be interes sso on eh coe in- ebtedness of 363, * «mount stock, and oe is yon 4. . wNDAY Scoot MIsssoNaRrEs.—One hundred and forty of these laborers have been Sonu for various periods of time, in twenty-six different States and territories. ~Theso Sunday school missionarics have established 1,685 new schools, and have visited and revived 1,785 other school together embrac- ing 24,999 teachers, and 164,828 scholars. The have distributed, by ‘sale and donation, $37 worth of religious books for children and youth. The missionary labors the society aro distinct from the publisl department. the latter is quite subordinate to the former. As preven a apeitaticn, er has two a no new sehoo! borhoods and netlementa where ae > a el ia Sule copyrights and editing, $2,751 69; engravings, $3,+ Pog, 810 550 05; printing’ ae