The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1855, Page 2

at A De = HE we fl it i i i : a i i F i kr i i iE fi i iri Fee a i i E $ = a4 = ; ; E i taught more than this. pe its lt ey very movements oan. Sar abater it prestbed egg2he Hi i i ‘ : } i the balance then went on to demonstrate his proposition tno man, woman, or child, in this country was ly free. The slave—he said—bas no rights. The slavehoider eannot utter as solitary sentiment which ht affect slavery. The press in the South is not free—it is maz- vled. “The people of the North have not their rights. Some time ago it was proposed in this poy the salnwing smpesl celebration should be held im the cit; of Washington; ard it was voted that met, because the ew 8 be there. The Women’s Rights Association had a similar proporition, and voted in the same way and for the same reaton. if the of the North had their sul) share of civil rights, it could not be. Where are the ree colored of the North, whom he had the honor J@represent? In free colored people had not the ‘wighta of franchise, although they pay taxes, and al- it was 3 by white mg be etn re yepresentation must go together. In the ‘of New York free colored men cannot vote, except, indeed, by reperty qualification; and that is ‘alla Hr itis $250 which votes, cnd not the humanity. (Ap- laure.) He had thus indicated a line of argument which, if pursued, would demonstrate that there is not airee man in the repudlicof the United States. He was glad to know, however, that a great change was somite about; he was gladto know that {t was being look Bow asa national question; and when the North arise in its majesty, then slavery will meet its death blow. May God defend the right. (Anda voice im the parquette bawled out *‘Amen.”’) ‘The Cuarmman then introduced, in a few appropriate Remarks, the Rev Miss Anrornerrs L. Brown. She camo forward, and in a modes} mien and gentle voice, pro- eveded to addrees the meeting. She said :—She pitied the man or woman who doss not choose to be identified with the cause of the oppressed. Many a time she could not find an opportunity to ape: Dessuse she was a woman, and she hoped and entreated for strength for the day. Notwithstanding her dofi- eienc'es and inexperience, still might she be associated ‘with the truest and abiest of the friends of the bond- man. Let her always be true to her own convictions in ‘the cause of humani! She pitied one who did not ‘had been breathing the malaria of moral death, so that he could not stand upright and declare that he woald be ‘true to himpelf, bis nature, and his God. It is the carse of ‘this nation, that it has immolated the conscience of its ome and daughters on the Moloch altar of cust»m and law. Bhe thought when Mr Langsten (the last rpeaker), told he wished to be a man and toexercise the rights of a that that sentiment found s response im each heart. Has not every American, she said, entered into Ahls own soul and said, in the language of ’76, ‘Give m9 freedom cr give me death?” (applause) Tarn to the South; look at the three and a half millions of slaves there; Faw d are literally entombed ; they are enduring not the fs mine-fold death, but the Promethean death. The coun- ‘try bax tuken from them civil and mental rights, and has walled up the sepulchre st them. The poor ‘bondsman is iobbed even of moral nature. No Wonder then that heart should feel in behalf of one s0 wronged. And yet the compulsion of every petson in the country to be some way or other wound ™@p in the sin of slavery is one of its test crimes. Ket them, therefore, consult their individuality alone. Het each of them wash his or her own hands im iamocency, and free himself and herself from all re- spensibility for the wrong done te the black. What {is meant by compelling every man to yield toa majority? For one, she was a democrat—a true democrat; yet she ‘Would not abnegate her conscience, because willed by 4 jority. As was said by the poet, Zeke Bige- if you take a sword and run a fellow through, lovernment haint to answer for it— God will send the bill to you. Laughter and applause.) Majorities do have certain hts in democracies; but surely they have no Ly ts to make laws compelling the minority to disol heir own eonsciencés when sarsning eae unjust is required. Then ond there the right of the majority ceases, Let us werk earnestly, to prove to the world that slavery is and cannot be, just and right. Neither in the Bit nor out of the Bivle, can sanction be for for such s wrong; and then, when Dreught to this crisis, Maveholders will surink ‘Rack from before the face of the world. Let them be brought before the Golden Rule ; and then and only ‘then, will all slavery laws be repealed. She was de- ted, last night, to hear the sentiments declared by t whole hearted man, Senator Wilson. (Applause. ) cause cannot be stayed. There never can be a ‘turning back of the impetus toward freedom, Freedom thall yet reign triumphant throughout this fair lami, end throughout the world—that issure. (Applause. What can we care for institutions compared men? ‘What can we care for the occurrences of to-day eom- pared with the eternal principles of truth? This move- ment must go on. ey have tried to crush it, they have tried to put down agitation, but it was impossible, fAyeee: The speaker weeded to tell the Arabian which represented Adam and Eve after their crea- bona eho barefoot over the burning and blistering Dbered. ‘Wearied and oppressed they lay down and slum. Soon after a good angel came past, and taking pity on them spread the seeds of trees and flowers around them Satan next, in romenade round the earth, passed Dy, and seeing them, said:—“Adem I know, and Eve F know; but what are these’ I don’t know them, and will eover them up at allevents.’’ So wita his cloven foot hee spread the earth over them; and the seeds sprang ap, and when our first parents awoke, they found them, aelves in a beautiful oasis of fruits and flowers. And so the friends, not of the slave, but of oppression, have been ‘tion in this —e try. hav. } an easis in our midst; and we will live in the pleasant and happy community of universal freedom. (Applause. Let us, therefore, take hope. Everything shall work to gether for good. Let each of us earnestly resolve, come what will, we ever and at all times will be true to the slave, and in this way be true to our own soals, (Con- S cape Syeiause, during which the fair speaker resumed nea’ ‘The Hutchinson Family was here again introduced, to vary the entertainments; but before they could com- mene the first bar of their music, a vensrable looking old gentleman from the rural districts, wearing a Shaker hat, got up on the right-hand side of the parquette, and Mr. Chairman and ladies and ‘the words of trath to th yatlemen—I wish to ex audience. (Applause, uring which the old gentleman took off the sombrero. The principle of universal humanity must be successful, if we are true totheend. I trast and hope we shall so eonduct ourselves that we shall not be amed of the Christianity of Jesus Christ. (Applause from some ‘and expressions of wonderment as to the meaning of the sentiment from a) Ani I trust that the poor suffering slave, whether white or black, shall be freed in and in all dominions of the world. ft is is the spirit of Jesus; and where that it in, there is liberty. (Applause.) ' Let us cultivate is spiritof humanity, and rejoice forever in him who isable to subdue all things to himself, and to beise @own all oppression, and all violence ani blood, and le! ‘us renew the heart with sympathy, one with the other. ‘Then we shall have the universal brotherhood, (A plause, during which the old gentleman resumed his ahi Hutchinsons then proceeded with th ir song, en- titled ‘Right over Wrong, or the Good Time Coming.” ‘The President next introdueed to the audience, with ‘ome appropriate remarks, the Rev. Tasovors PARKER, who came forward and sald—They came here year after year to look each other in the face, and whenever the: @ame they found something Jorous and something sad. He we divide his discourse into three head: as to pa ed He would speak first of the di elements wi enter into our national consciousness—seconily, of the steps taken during the last year by the enemies of freedom—and thirdly, he would consider the various Fmhd in the country, whether for, or opposed emancipation. Ethno! he aaid, this nation, France, Spain, &c., was very diverse, but this did not interfere with our national oneness, for foreigners themselves in the great national ‘tide, and after ‘the first century ’ you cannot tell what drop fell from ‘The Scandinavian, the German, the Celtic or the Anglo Baxon cloud. In one half of the nation the idea of tes—in the other the idea of freedom. are fire and water; essentictl, between them. (Applause: . jom can have no rival. ‘in vain todecree a compromise between them. It hollow peace, which is far worse than a solid i f i i i it 8 & EE ae H ut. . bill to slave kidmappers, those who molest thom tied in the ate é we been performed. ) » many parties as thera fu'tla country, the fre toll party, whowe object was 63 in this country, the free so ) Ww make liberty Batons! and slavery sectional. In 1848, it madea show in the Presidential contest; and in Mossachuretts it had done one great —and that ‘was, to send Charles Sumner to the United States Senate. (Applause.) ‘The free soil party was not entirely dead— it was more than asleep; it was in a state of suspended animation. Laughter) The whig party was not dead— it was not in @ state of suspended animatiou; but it was ima cold, cold sleep. Now and then it turns over in its sleep, tor it dreams. (Igughter.) It dreams of the United States Bank, of the tariff of 1842, of the dissolu- tion of the Union; and then, after making a show of re- turning wakefulness, it falls into its sound sleep again. All its great men sre dead. Daniel Webster continues to le at Marshfield, disappointed and dead; Heary Ciay continues to lie in Kentucay, disappointed and dead. . Seward remains; he is the ablest whig in the coun- try— the only whig who has got any future before him. (Loud and continued spplause.) But whatcan he do with the party ?—a live man tied toa dead party. What can the party do with him’—a live man toa cold, sleeping party. He (Mr. Seward) once stood in the way of | the party 3 the party now stands in his way to honor. Of Mr. Seward, he might find time enough to speak again, The w! party is in the condition of a splendid mull, with all its machinery in perfect and in good order, but not a drop of water to putitin motion, notwithstanding the prayers of the party for ‘rain.’ (Laughter.) Next came the demo- cratic party, representing the low salt of the people. It is emphatically the partyiot adventurere. The par- ty is the party of the old wealthy community; the demo. cratic party is the party of that portion of the communi ty who have their fortunes to make. (Laughter and ap- jause.) It has now the power of tte government in its Bands, comprising both the Executives of the country, the presidential and the senatorial. The democrat party, he continued, has, by ita senatorial and presiden- tial executiv ru} e six acta to which I have referred in the contest for freedem. The demogratie party ts not dead; it’is not asleep; it is not in a state of sus- pended animat tee) Canabeee ) na is ve : hvent and very strongly at work for slavery. fourt in bis cuueastiva was the American party—the Eeoe Nothing party. It was heterogenous, with ne unity of idea or cohesive sentiment. If opposition were with- érawn from it, it would fall to the ad. It does not stand on its own legs—it is prop} onone side by the slee, whi rt and on the other by the wide. pa democratic sty. (Laughter.) > The founders of the Know Nothing party say thus: “There is an American people, consisting of white Americans; there must be no foreign scions engrafted on it.” Then it says :—‘ There 1s an American church; that church is the Protestant church, and the members of the Roman Catholic church shal! not be admitted to office.” This is not a new idea—it is an old Auglo- Saxon one, Know Nothings entirely with the ‘Anglo-Saxons in that redpect ey saw, or might have seen, there was net a Catholic priest, ‘out of the 2,000 Catholic apes in the country, distinguished for any- thing but his Catholicity—none istioguished for poetry, nelence, Fiianthrony; or anything else, They—t! Know No things—organized themselves with astonishing skill. Their secresy was anything that was not con- sistent with Americanism ‘or Anglo-Saxonism; but cir- cumstances made it convenient. They had these two shibboleths :—‘‘ No foreigaers in power;’’ “No Catholic in power.’ The feeling of the better part of the North was adverse to the two old parties—whig and demosratic —and so joined the new one. They were disgusted with the small men put in the Presidential chair, from Harri- son down to Pierce, ay tapering down to a vanish- ing point in Mr. Pierce. Laughter, The secresy of the party made it attractive, y joined it through curiosity; they went in to ‘‘see the elepbant,’’ and they saw it. It Fane be wondered why those men did not join the free soil party; but that party had too much lost its hold om the confidence of the people, by coquetting with the two old partier. Many of the old free soilera went over to the new American party. Among them some ef their Generals went over, compels Ses General who had addressed them last night, (Senator Wilson ) (Applause.) I hope be will soon deserve your applause by another title. Many others joined them because they were tired of lying on one side, and so they turned over. Bating its secresy, its objections to foreigners, and its objections to Roman Oatholios, all which he did not hke, it wa right. But old corrupt hacks went imto the party—Know Notbings in reality, mental idiots, who went in for the spoils. The Know Nothing tornado had swept up a large quautity of miscellaneous rubbish, and now bears it in its bosom; and alas for the country where that rubbish will be Nig cee (Loud laughter and applause ) In the gouth, these two — tive ideas—hostility to foreigners and hostility to Catho- lics--are the only ideas that hold the party. But in the Know Nothings of the South there was as much hos- tility to abolitionism as there was in either the whig or the democratic parties. There it is only the contest for And why should the South ils, oppose foreigners 8 and Catholics? Why, the Catholicism of Spain and Mexico, ana France, i of Virginia. foreig is better than the Protestantism (Applause) The Northern hostility to will not last; they will not like to deprive the if $100,000,000, the value of each annual crop of foreigners. The hostility to Catholics will not last, for I think the Know Nothing party is a little bit ‘streaked, ”? and ashamed of the Massachussetts Legislature, and I do not think that they will like to entrust the supervi- sion of a convent to such a man as—as—as—(hisses from the parquette.) That is it. (Laughter.)- Toey will not entrust the supervision of convents to a msn whose name cannot be pronounced without a ‘‘Hisa,’’ (Loud laughter.) The American party having no unfty of principle, can have no unity of action, and so cannot last. Its leading men must doone of two things. They must either declare for slavery or against it. Jf they declare against it they are fundamentally gone. If they declare for it they are gone too, They may, to be sure, establish a great anti-slavery party, for it has pros- trated the democratic party—it has prostrated the whig party. (Applanse.) And now it can nominate an anti- slavery President. Will it do so? Will it have the cou- rage todo so? Gentlemen, Ihave fears; ladies, I have hopes. Mr. President, I need not declare whether my hones or fears are the strongest. {Arran In Mas-- sae ussets the Know No ty has already done great things in behalf ro Trica. It has brought \together a Legislature in which there are six per- fons not belonging to the American party. never had a Legfslature representing so litle the int of the moneyed classes, but they never had a ‘stare em- fimeape’., X2 much justice, #0 much humanity, and so ve of freedom as the present Legislature of Massachusetts. That Legislatare had among other things taken off all restriction as to color in the admis sion to the public schoois; and it had deprived of his of- fice a judge who delivered up slaveholder. is lause.) In conclusion, the speaker laid down the foliowing programme, which he urged upon the anti- slavery party to oer es 1, Abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and in all the United States territory. 2. Abolish the American slave trade on the sta, re. peal the Fugitive Slave Law, &e. 8, Declare that no slave State shall in fature be ad- mitted into the Union. 4, Declare that no slaveholder shal! hold an office un- der the government. 6. Reconstruct the present judiciary system; ani 6. Declaro that at s certain day (Ax it when you Hike) slavery shall cease in every State, or that State shall cease to be a part of the Union. (Applause and demon- trations of agreement ) Ané now, he continued, the great question for the next Presidential election is, ‘Shall we have s Turkish or Russian President, im favor of despetism, or shall we have « President whose sympathies are on the side of li- berty?”” saaen ‘applause, during which Mr. Parker took Mr. WrxpEut Purturs, of Boston, was next introduced to and addressed the meeting, travelling over much the same line of argument as the other ‘kers had done, ‘another song from the Hutchinsons, the meet. ing separated at a quarter past two o'clock P. M., hay. ing been in session four and a quarter hours. EVENING SESSION. There was an evening sesrion at a quarter to 8 o'clock, and the Hon. Cuartes Sumyer, United States Senator from Massachusetts, delivered an address upon ‘ The Anti-Slavery Enterprise; its necessity, practicability and dignity, with Glimpees at the special duty of the North,” before the New York City Anti-Slavery Society, Hon, WiuaM Jay, in introducing the honorable Sena- tor, said he was ‘‘s Northern Senator, on whom nature had conferred the unusual gift of a backbone—a msn who, standing erect on the floor of Coagress, amid creep- ing things from the North, with Christian fidelity de- nounces the stupendous wickedness of the Fugitive law and the Nebraska perfidy; and, in the name of liberty, humapity and religion, demands the repeal of those most atrocious enactments.” SENATOR SUMNBR’S LECTURE. Mr. Scuxer commenced with s glance at the history of the anti slavery enterprise from the time of the abo- lition riots in 1835 down to the present time, when he thought the cause had become popular. The first point argued by the honorable Senator was that slevery, for the honor of human nature and the good of all concern- ed, should cease toexist, and at once. He quoted from Judge Stroud and others to prove that a slave, sc cording te law, i¢ an article of property—a chattel per- sonal, The averment that slaves are treated kindly was no argument against these facts in the law. Power, he 4 as could make | mt. abe Py ogd tw ae. the i ay se can claim ing for your as maa, must Det accord to him Life, tiberty and the pursuit of hap- piness—which you proadly declare to be your own in- a@ienable, God-given rights, and to the support of which Yathers helt lives, fortanes, and sacred opor—are Bis by the sawe imucrtal title that they are yours. ‘He held that there was nothing in the writings to sanction slavery, and Serene sal’s letter {o Philemon, in felation to the bon¢emam Ovesimus. He held that Onesimus was mentioned by Paul as an equal, to the discus FL 4 i not asaslave. The Senator next passed flavery enterprise, be 0, does not wadartake to chvage i a ‘sa! Dot t bumap nature, or to force apy individual into a tions of life for which he is intellectually and ada] nor does it assume that all the political of an American citizen. But, sir, it dees con- assume, against all question, contradicti assault whatever, that every man is entitled to life. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and, with equal confidence, it asserts tha: every individual who wears the humea form, whether black or white, sheuld at once ber zed ae man. I know not, when this is done, what other trials may be in wait for the unhappy Afri- can; but I do krow, that the anti slavery eaterprise will then have triumphed, and the institution of tlavery, a8 defined dy existing law, will no longer shock mankind. The question should first pesreeyy met and discussed everywhere. Good men will seon find a way to remove it. The honorable Senator would not advocate compensation for the slaveholders; but such was his desire “to see the foul fiend of slavery in figh that he would not hesitate to build even a bridge of g if necessary, to basing his escape.” He was @ of —, of opinion that nga of danger to the master was done away with b; peaceful Cy poe of the slaves in the Bri West Indies. yet the chance of danger there was greater far than Loon us, In our broad country the slaves are 07 wed by a more than six-fold white population. in two States—South Carolina and Mississippi—do slaves outnumber tke whites, an@ there but slightly; while in the entire slave States the whites outnumber slaves by many millions. But it was otherwise in the British ‘est Indies, where the whites were overshadowed by a more than six-fold slave population. The slaves were 8C0,000, while the whites numbered only 131,000, dis- tributed in different proportions on the dil islands. And this disproportion has since increased rather than diminished, always without danger to the whites. In Jamaica, the largeat of these postes,ions, there are now upwards of 400,000 Africans, and only 87,000 whites; in Barbadoes, the next largest possession, there are 120,000 ‘Africans, and only 1 whites; in’ St. Lucia, 19,560 Africans, and only 600 whites; in’ Tobago, 14,000 Afri- cans, and only 600 whiten; in Montserrat, 6,000 Africans, and Lay ees whites; and in the Gr ines, upwards of 6,000 Africans, and less than 50 whites. And yet, in all these places, authorities attest the good behaviour of the Africans, It is further urged that the anti-slavery people da. mage the cause they would promote and biad the bonds more firmly upon the slaves. The speaker held, in op- ition, that the enterprise had already accomplished incalculable good. Already, said he, there are si change. In common speech, as well as in iting, among slave masters, the bondeman is no longer called a slave, but a servant—thus, bya soft substitution, con. cealing and condemning the true relation. Rven news- apers in the land of bondage blash with indignation at the hunt of men by bloodhounds, thus protestiog againat on unquestidnable incident of slavery. Other signs are found in the added comfort of the slave, in the en! attention to his wants; in the experiments now \- to share in the ning, by which the slave is enable fits of his labor, and thus finally secare his mn ; and, above all, in the consciousness among slavemasters themeelves, that they dwell now, as never before, under the keen observation of an ever-wakeful public opinion, nickened by an ever wakeful publie présé. Nor is this . Only lately pro] ions have been introduced into the Legislatures of different Stater, and countenanced by Governors, to mitigate the existing laws of slavery; and almost while speaking, Ihave received the drafts of two different memorials—one addressed to the Legis- lature of Virginia, andthe other to that of North Caro. oe for the slave three things, which it will be monstrous to refuse, but which, if conceded, will take from slavery its existing character—I ee first, the rotection of the marriage relation; secondly, the pro- m of the paternal relation; and, thirdly, the Jege of knowl ge. Grant these, and the d Upas tree roon must die. The usefulness and benevolence of the enterprise was a@ sufficient guarantee for its dignit; \d hard words cannot a! it. The speaker then gave his view of the duties of the men of the North in thi tter. He heid that Congrees could do much towards abolition, and it was the duty of the North to overthrow the slave oli- arcby which rules the republic. Ssid the honorable Benater, with a watchfuiness. that never sleeps, and an activity that never with as many eyes a6 Argus, aud as mapyarms as Briareuse—the slave oligarchy as- strts its perpetual and insatiate masterdom, now seiz- ing a broad territory once covered by « time-honored ordinance of freedom; now threateni to wrest Cuba trom Spain by violent war, or hardly violent pur- chace; now hankering for another slice of Mexico, merely to find new scope for slavery; now proposing ence more to open the hileous, heaven: ing slave trade, and thus to rep'enish its shambles. with human flesh; and now, by the lips of aneminent Senator, as- serting an audacious claim to the whole ap of the West Indies, whether held by Holland, Speln, ce OF England, as, ‘‘our Southern Islands,’’ while it assaile the independence of Hayti, and stretches its treacherous ambition even tothe distant valley of the Amazon. He held that if the North should unite to protrate this oligarchy, slavery would te swept away with it. Spsak- ing of the Fugitive Slave law, he said it must be made a dead letter while it is unrepeaied; not by violence, not by unconstitutional activity or iaterventicn— not even by hasty conflict between jurisdictions; but by an aroused public opinion, which, in {ts irresistible might, aball blast with contempt, indignation and abhorrence all who consent tobe ite agents. In conclusion, Mr. Sumner referred to the union of the ‘‘enemy,’’ and said: ‘We. too, must be united. Among us, at ) mutaal criticism, crimination and feud, must give place to mu- tual sympatby, trest and alliance. Face to face rt the slave oligarchy must be ralhed the united masses of the North, in compact political assosiation—planted on the everlasting base of justice—knit together by a com- mon eae and by the holy sympathies of humanity— enkindled by a love of freedom not only for ourselves but for otherr—determined to emancipate the national Ue Aoecnedd from hes cies | thraldom—and conatitut! the backbone party, powerful in numbers, wealth anc intelligence, but’ more powerful still in an inspiring cause, Let this be done, and the victory will be ours,’ NATIONAL COUNCIL OF COLORED PEOPLE. SECOND DAY. The Convention re-assembled at the same place at 33 P.M. Om motion, a Finance Committee of th @ was appointed, consisting of Messrs. J. Wilson, W. (z Nell, and Stephen Smith. A letter from John C. Bowers, of Philadelphia, addressed to the Nations] Council, was read. ‘The following rerolutions were offered by Fred. Douglass, and accepted :— period of two years has elapsed since the or national conventi ie Americans whereas, Tet Proved highly Reneiicial in lay! lan of ‘union and co-cperation for their mutnal improvement an ation and improvement; and whereas, national convention of ‘our people de- 01 78, now appointed to of eolored people, New York, o draw al convent! to be —, Stare ef day of October, 1855. jesolved, That the moral improvement social tion of the tree colored people at the North, isan weans of promoting the emancipation of the slaves 2 Sout! that this Council finds it impossible to repose confidence in the genuineness of the avolitionism, which, while it denounces slavery at the Sonth, so sive and hurtful all schemes for the moral ole free tolored people at the North. A discussion arose on the propriety of holding the next meeting at New York, which met with opposition. A member thought it was highly injudicious to hold the convention in Philadelphia, as ‘our’ reporter (Tribune) would not be present to take notes. The blank was fill- ed SP after @ short diroussion, by ting Philadelphia. mmier ce of Ohio, was admitted an honorary 6 ayes and noes on having a national convention on bo bende ae righ were taken and carried. Messrs. Ww ith a fell were appoint to pre- wend is, pointed to pi a MB, KELL REFUSES THE HONOR, ‘ELL wanted to give an explanation why 1a not vote, but was choked off by. he Presidents “Aang Mr, BELL rose and said he hada motion, but would at tho same time oppore it. It was this:—That Mr. Nell be excused from acting on that committee. Mr. Nell last night, he said, was not excused from and thus committed himself to all intents and LS ey nein Soruples, he al have stated » It waa important with them and who wasn’t. Mae eT ip his mind not to come to but met a friend in the str this Council, who seduced him into the Council, The vote nde ~ nm hia last @1 was given f iG wan! wif Mr. claimed a member of this august body? fee: dd The Onarm stated that the question hether Mr. Nell should be excused from niting on the: ness ofa pO gg pemregpin = Nap to his being excused. Let » vote us or leave us; it is Sie Woes eevee Rt anc cove .. Witson ieved . Neli’s were ii to the il ity of this convention. It ot that his sympathies certain sera) Mr Mt ot an he DARK AND STORMY, ir. MYxns—| » Nell is t it setts, Wot him do 40: if not, let him righ omen vote was on ex . from © the Finance Committee. ey Poirven cee pr three ayes. Mr. Nell was not excuded. Several members, after this decision was rendered, held a meeting around the stove. Nene co eee Shas say eunet Seley dle poate; sige eat purpose of erecting a ek was nominated at 't for the bogued toe excyeed, Mnsabary Jolt dnlone Ou, 704ing, to be excused; he ‘ted to know what they considered | should deem it necessary torow in New. East? pao or mosquitos om the banks of the Miassalppl For the The Cuair—All that land East of Ohio. Feat has of the gi he deemed ‘Mr. Lewis objected to such a large field of labor, it mecesse: ye of sectarian: The Finance Committee reported as follows:—That fam and schism, w the unity of the church consisted each member of the Council be taxed $1 to defray the | in. bE of one law, ba ape Se pobernin mange Adgooet Jesus one baptiem, one faith—the faith of Christ, series of resolutions were ed, recommending | and one bead, who was also Christ. He then proceeded to Saat Desmepaaie popes fo tha Wpatey ofipaeen af Se enler: enumerate ‘the various marke and characters by which ed. those in search of unity so desirable, Net yeni of their inquiries after ansail- of the Catholic ehurch on this and in ase that she alone that ‘the Church: of under ane visible head. and argument, were \y commin- wer sacramen| iple i x no mono} of ecclesiastical “T tickle you and you tickle me.’’ re Was no use in paver gx peaterment; bat 34 cn} the full measure of thus on every occasion puffing Mr. Douglasa’s paper; it | truth, freedom and unity. Pe pees next proceeded was not such 2 paper as could be maaporied to consider the fg pa! wl all sectarianism is whole Soles reer of this country. ‘ ‘based, and made @ triplex dis ‘viz., doc Dr. Suara that the American Anti-Slavery Society | trine, Roomy and tas dectrine, had been ¢coing os else but on the Mutual | be proceeded at much to prove that every other Acmiration Society principle, for last tweaty . | except the evangelical sect dissgree on points of dec- Their lecture symem fully shown that it wi I | trine, and how coy opinions tickle you and you tickle opinion did no harm, but con: Mr. Downing a wor’ in xd ing Such a thing in his | jo matters of doubt lead contentions and schism. ble good. The evangelical doctrins held the same place Te. thought Fred’s paper was more anti- | Jigious mization of that the genus homo did slavery than the Lil , and went in for the resolu- ry pee hint — the was but ope species, The tio evangelical church preserved the integrity of ite uni ‘The ag and nays were then taken and the resolutions | in fundamentals, no matter how widely churches adopte members wey bave differed ing non-essentials. THE LAST SCENG—VERY FUNNY. He next spoke of the various g denominatioas, ‘While the vote was being teken oa the last question, | commencing with the Roman (i Church, upon Mr. Beman refused to record his vote, on the ground whore ray f decline and speedy dissolution he rata- that be didn’t think a member was compelled to vote. Jated his bearers. Skilful physicians, he said, fert Vorcre—Yes, it does. reat sensation.) her pulse, looked at her tongue and examined her symp- ‘The Cuam—tt is courtesy due to this body. Met Dr Gam oa esth his” Mr, Secretar, e Cu, a name, . cre! i ‘irda "tne be tope enteaeat 4 toms, were unanimous in declaring that she had not long to live. The whims of passion, he continued, have a vast sweep, and acquire a great momentum. Often the most trivial causes among members of the Mr, Beman—TI don’t ask to be excused. (Tremendous | same sec! eing in laws, sentiment and itra- excitement. ) * tion—divide it into distinct and se; te congregs ‘The Caaiz—All in favor —— thus increasing the evil most alt to be ceprecated. Mr. Downina, (greatly excitea)—We must understand whether we are a body or not. ms Mrcnxrs (rising from their seats)—That’s the ques- jon. ‘The Cuarr—All in favor will say ‘“‘aye;’’ all opposed— Amidst the noise, clat er and confusion of voices, the Respecting ceremony, he said that he was sorry to be obliged to admit thata serious schism prevails the Congregationalist churches on the baptism and the Lord’s Supper. These much vexed questions he would not discuss, but referred his audi- ence to the views taken by the great, ba geet and Chair decided the question settled. The Council rather | learned Robert Hall on these subjects, w! ably, abr) termina‘ ieee , and adjourned till10 | fully, and, as the a eat clock this morning. ly three ladies were present | treated of them, The third point—government—he yesterday—one of them was white, the other 5: , and | went into at considerable length, susta'ning the polity tke third jet, The attendance was tolerable. of bis chureh in its executive and disci; inary character. He contended that it was not the sy or practice of AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL UNION. aves srssartatt arb. to rane fem seonabeehip The American Congregational Union celebrated its an- | dectrinal points of lesser importance. On the contrary, niversary in the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, yes- | it bas made it an invariable rule to modify ite discipline terday. Rey. Dr. Bacon, of New Haven, Conn, presided, | to uit those who wish to join it, The evangelical doc- At10A,M the exercises commenced with prayer, pro- | {/B¢, #8 professed b bee eggs pero) not sec- nounced by Rev. G. Adams, of Brunswick, Me, The tarian, but essentially Cathol that Lov $9 ion prevailed during the past year among many chi 08, choir having performed an appropriate sacred piece, Rev. Dr. Stearns, President of Amherst College, Mass., thata national sysod or assembly was necessary to the Sermenent benelit of the Cor egetlnal ehureh; aad was introduced. He commenced his address by saying = f that he accepted the invitation tv address the Union on t such a feeling would be to produce two dis- the presen occasion with pleasure, inasmuch as it af- tinct sects of Congregationalists. If any such it ex- isted im particuler churches, he they ‘be cut off or dissolved; such a epirit wes not known to, or re- nized by the Pilgrims. Cor tionali he ° forded him an opportunity of propounding his views on | cluded, Knew. no ‘schism in the past, and feared no any theme connected with the interior constitution and | schism in the future. At the conclusion of this addresa, the exercises ended with singing, and benediction pronounced by Rev. Dr, Steans; after which the audience separated. THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. The thirteenth annual meeting of the American Tract Society was held yesterday morning in the Broadway Tabernasle. The attendance was numerous, notwith- etanding the unfavorable state ofthe weather. The Pre- sident, Chief Justice Williams, of Connecticut, presided, and the exercises were opened with prayer by Rey, Mr. McGee, The Treasurer’s report was read by Moses Allen, Eeq., Treasurer of the society. From this it appears that the receipts, in donations, including $13,302 42 in lega- cies, were $147,208 13: for sales, including periddicals, $265,875 78—total, $413,173 86. Expenditures for pub- Ushirg books and periodicals, $225,030 12; for colpor- teurs, $105,113 81; cash remitted to foreign and pagan lands, $16,000—total expenditures, $419,227 34, The annual report of the publishing and foreign de- partment was read by Rev. Dr. Hallock. According to spirit, or the outward working and onward movement, or historical developement of Evangelical Congregational- iem in this country ; for, though, he said, the views of one so humble may be of little importance to anybody, yet, by attempting to give his own opinions, he would be less likely to compromise those of his brethren, as an entire eongregation could not be held responsible for opinions or views advanced by a single member. The meral subject proposed was one of d interest. ical Congregationatism is not only Seti tural ia ite , but the best possible system of chi poiit; for s free, intelligent and truly community. It Y allows freedom to individual developement of mind and heart, while by its creeds and confessions, its prin- ciples, prestige and spirit, it s0 strongly curbs erratic tendencies; it maintains equality among Christ’s dis- cae ammen beled CSE Sar ‘the humblest, wi ives room. e experts 108 moral worth; it brings the soul so near Mediator, without the Intervent of human agencies, or any but the simplest forms; it furnishes checks to theological hatred and the ambition of those who can disi themselves only by hunting out heresies and acc! their brethren. The of the Con; tion: Chureb, he said, was essentially in the New World, | ‘is, there were of new publications, in six languages, where it is coeval with the first fettlement, and the | 36; total publications, 1,948; total approved for circula- mother of our best institutions. The interior constitu- tion and spirit of the other words, What is and what are its leading principles? The said, was often asked witn a sneer, What tionalism? as though « full, clear answer was out of ‘The difficulty of the question arises from two t. aes 9 Save fury Pe einen ited peel of . na) istform, w) ives the Dest 3; Poston of Co ms stiorae] ran ged tains several pon-essentials, which have fallen into dis- ure, Asa acheme it bas not been re-affirmed for several generations, and as a whole is strictly followed by no tion abroad, im 122 languages and dialects, 2,972. Monthly circulation of the American Messenger, about 200,000; German Messenger, 27,000; Child’s Paper nearly 800,000, ‘The Secretary, Rev. Mr. Coox, read the report of the Colporteur Department of which the following is an ab- stract — Forricn AND PaGaN Lanns.—Remitted in cash for the Sandwich Islands, $1,100; 6hina, missious of Presbyte- rian Board, $500; Canton, Soathern Baptist Board, $100; Shanghai; a. B. C.F. M.,'$200, and Southern Methodist uestion, he Congrega- 7 question. church. The second difficulty arises from the very na- fy 5 tore of the system, which iuclades as a fundamental | 2°m ny, 9100; lame, Ereghytelan, Bane Oe principle—liberty. It is not a system of detail, but of | Telcogoos, Baptist misi Nellore, $200; Lutheran Common segse. In answer to the question, therefore, | mission, Guntoor, $300; Mi $1,500; Arcot mission, he said, the church is a divine institution, of which | 509. Madura, $200; ‘Bombay, $500; Nestorians, $200; Obrist 18 the invisible and only head; it has no human | fyrig $300; "Turkey, Armedians, $1,800; Jews, $200; head without snd above ital; it is subject to mo pope, | Greece, A. B. 0. F. I, $500; Eptcoopal, $200" Baptist’ mo Maho, etelarch, pelass, Hing or State; itis simply | $200: Italy and Sardisie, $500; Sween, $300; ‘Baptist sales to Obtist, and in’ the visibiee tion the pre- | mission, Germany, $1,300; Lower Saxony Tract Society, sling officer of the church. The Bible, especially the | Hamburg, $300; ‘Dr.’ Marriott, Basle, $800; Belgium, New Testament, contains the constitutions and rules by | $900; Strasbourg, $100; Paris Tract Society, $800; Tou- which Obrist is leew to govern bis church. It has no man made or church made look of authority. In this connection he said he deemed it necessary to correct an louse, $300—total, $16,000. ‘ CorporTaGk.—Number of colporteurs laboring the whole or part of the year, 659, of whom 126 labored error respecting the nature of a church, which seems to | smo; Germans and emigrants, and 104 were students be imbibed by certain ultra democratic spirits, who frome es and theological ecateation,” They visited place it on a level with voluntary associations of human | 639393 rai with 281,697 of whom they conversed origin, and suppose that a majority of a church may | on rerson: jon or prayed. Of the families visited have the same control over all its affairs as the majority £3,426 habit neglected evangelical preaching, 64,686 of 9 temperance society has over its ments. A | fsmities were Catholics, 51,392 families were des- church, he held, is an entirely different institution from | titute of all religious books but the Bible, and 36,259 any other which existe, and was organized upon entirely | households destitute of the Bible, and o ‘ad fe! Srewmed 12-108 religious meetings, “Six eclporteur ‘con: ssed 12,768 religious m gs. con- ventions have been held. Gronlated during the year, 061,369 volumes, 10,001,214 poblications, 292,861,298 pages. "Total atnce ‘the fori. n of the Society, 158,319,412 publications, including 10,424,737 volumes. Gratuitous distribution for the year, in more six thousand five hundred distinct ants by the committee, 66,564,036 pages, besides 141,470 to life members aud #—value, $51,737, At the conclusion ofthe foregoing, the Rev. Mr. CurcnERinG, of Portland, Me., spoke to the following reso- rent principles ircm any association man’s de vising that kas been cr can be established; therefore, no bn rot even the whole Mee hr make any change in the foundation prinel of church polity, or in the ordinances, without bol (Nap rage oon ins Christian community, without loss of s1 asa church of Christ. A Congregational church be defini to be a company of oi A believers, a having en- tered into covenant with and each er, aoknow. ledging Christ as their head ana the New Testament as their ru'e, and havirg chosen and consecrated certain officers according to Christ’s direction, and having the Holy Spirit in the midst of them—witbout which such a ‘boty is no more a church than a human corpse a man— port, an abstract of which con, ite statedly in one place for religious ordinances, blished direct and’ the other ae ends of a church. Such a church aia tian the ateunsiog tees, includes both the and the lambs—for true Con- the year with unex- fregstionaliem, like i the leading cenominsticns of se Faas tr Aeon te hdlede of ‘the ‘chureb, when baptusd’ as ‘members ‘of tne | cett Which attended the labors of the solety during the ota st year, . be met with some adverse for- Chnzeby« howgh | such. sre. aot wt rllig. | Tne but still its course was not im) led, and it came higher mysteries of the church, without evidence of faith and repentance and making public profession of the same, all which are necessary requisites not for infant ba) y but the Lord’s supper. In the admizistration of hurel affairs Congregationalism nizes three and only three orders—Ist, pastors, otherwise designated minieters, teachers, bishops, overseers, &c.; 24, deacons; 3d, the brotherhood, who, taken together, constitute the repre- tentative body of believers. The church enjoys the pre- rogative of designating its own officers, to appoint its own delegates, to provi ogg maintaivance of its insti- on out from the difficulties that beset it with unimpaired strength and vigor. It was encouraging to know that the great heart of New hp a4 was right in this great enterprise, that it was with the society, and that it gave its assistance with a generous hand, e wise and good bad exerted themselves in its: maintenance, and they would continue to do so to theend, for they knew the work was the work of the Lord. He was pleased to sse the efforts made by the col; , who had rendered great assistance to the and through whose in- strument @ great many erri had been ations, fo dntde os or rejection of pro- | Erouent back to.Gon, He had an opportunity ‘of know: the speaker enumerate le then preceeded to speak | img the good inartl ?§ the colporteurs, for he had, him- tthe saat I LAs speak | self, recelved much aid from them. In proot of ‘their o various ecclesiastical offices, thelr incumbents, | cmciency he related an incident of a person whose con- and the dutiewand fanctions assigned for their perform- | Soatn” wag hook Uirwegh ibe manne Of @ eves ance. It SS eS ter to preach the pe PE acolporteur, He they would facramental ordiaanoes, conduct | Eot'‘felax in their noble. exertions; he hoped they te ‘ould continue in the work which had so far sus- up the church of which duty to designate the times, ac wi Seanfuly carried om; for he believed tvs if they. aid blic instruction and de yaad many fouls would be con’ God that “vere now pn BO pe rn of pe. The rerenet 2 ecntinu a TJength speak tracts and cofporteurs in the dissemination of ing was then presented . Dr. — esolved, That the highest efficiency of the ministry, the aiebana an mcrae ‘of prsotal Chfsuna noi) all the disciples of the Redeemer. ‘The reverend itleman said it was a mistaken idea s United States to remain ea eet eee parece ng would bless God Yost he old Puritan fotbere tacded tps on their shores. . At this stage of the it was announced by the chairman that « recess of ten minutes would At the expiration of the allotted time Rev. J. M. Hiinois aseonded ; li of % eae - ! 5 i [ F i i y | i 5 i i E F i i i the ares erful means of resistin; ‘ yf, i copkopde 8 1g the interests of Mr. made some in the course ae to SS ee of the een te Seemenee voen Se Por D. Pst \ eg bt 5 i E 5 SCHWENTZYELDER the after which the was chaumted and the diction pronounced, meeting then adjourned. FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY. ‘The second anniversary of the Five Points House Industry was celebrated at the Broadway ‘ yesterday afternoon. There were five or six Jersons present, chiefly women, This is the under the charge of the Rev. Mr, Pease. The inmates the house, to the number of two hundred, oscupied tl choir seats, The children were neat, clean and ‘The exercises commenced with singing by the dt after which prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Walker, Brooklyn, W. H. Buriaicn then read the annual report of tl trustees up te March 1. The corporation was . om the 10th of March, 1855. It seems that the farm Westchester county bas not proved a paying experi ‘The report says it has cost $6,818 87 for buildings, & and has produced nothing. We quete:— The Trustees would bere mention that this season they carrying On 0] ng at the farm, as Hinged that Unbuld be imponsinie for Mr. Pease ton] it himself from detriment to the institution. napimit mame the operations in the city, without And they’ therefo and at ti fircal year which commences to-day, a plan m: be di od for managing the Sram, tm fhe eanneay ie tion with the establishment in the city, wil vantage Wiviile Mi: Pease took charge of the farm, the . Pease : athe Five Pointe was mainly wider Mr, sueind Savior ths sem iten mane BanLAel fing sicknoss in the ety, together, with the ge sament, to & great extent fruske In the mouth of November, the indebredue ot the institution was found to e: amount 4 hands of the Treasurer by nearly $5,000; we} gbliged to sake active measures to prev. ; in the werk committed to their care. They imi concentrated the whole ofghe institution at the Five Pots recalled Mr. Pease from tM country, scoepted the tesign| Hop, which Mr. Pearcey, on account of the siabarraremea| of the institu tendered, and curtailed of the ontablishment, us pie A m / The full tide of public , Which had our efforts, was felt to ‘at the flood, and contril tions came in so rapidly enerously that, as will be yy the surer”! ent, the institution has ut standing to ite ineheary debe of lest autania ‘bald poor, in.Noveml » wad 1,014 oredit all paid, and all claims against it the Institution to the outdoor and Ji rs 89,: inmates P es—shoe shop, $1,20 aff sewing.§81,100; work done for rors, $2,781 bo—total $5, ‘The report says that meal tickets vere issued and found u: ful during the winter. Many unemployed persons were sent other parts of the countey, where they engered in-labor. this connection we introduce » statement ot the Persons reocived into the institution during the months, the number discharged, tho circumstances un which they lett it, and the present mage Oe inmates: Men. men. ren. 25 125 150 Inmates of the institution Ap’l 1, '54. Received into institution to jar. 1, 55120 533-276 sit nt to otherinstit 16; not accounted Tho last entry, ‘‘not accounted brett ord ae xpi FO ve a P Ream faosived into tue ia a on it was found ee ‘any of ‘ Siete nore eee e confusion incident ri ps v ‘our officers or socommodations could adequately of. Ng of the finances of the institution we can make ® ras sai {factory report, As already stated, we areout of del Tave a considerab) joumtin the hands of the i following stat it exhibit fully the nature of Thee geeunlony teen tions, no further explanation is ra 448 39; 781 65; ren SE thP ret BN et To balance due Treasurer last. } eet $63, $2,722 41; provisions, $10,075 54; i $228 06; work and als, $13 assistants, $2,050 73; out door portation of inmates o., os, 72; total, $1 nation. It was thought the b re ty rniture, superintendent and $271 88; incidental, travel situations, medicine 955 44 201 89; total, $25,566 66. y the neta sad farm account for the March 1, that the total receipts were peneee, $25,774 30; balance on hand. 8. with an appeal for funds for the new buildi f $18,000. It is to baye large and well vent ea aging "te five uate fo haa hn atreet, ing on 1e ive ar] L chased for911,000., Of this rum 10,000 ‘will be bond m tt term, 409 83; almost the en ound, ontaining fhourand square fect of flooring, can be erected in substantial but eimplest ner for about $18,000. this expenaiture the institution has a legacy from Mr. sntord of ane man, He congrataJated the trustees upon the fact ty the institution was a permanent affair. He mades trast between such missions as that veo ‘Pease incidents prise in which he is sonal reminiscences o| H jessed te be culty, to give her up to the care of the effort was tke prétended father to Rev. Mr. Oeaoon followed. He spoke of the of Christianity, without which nothing tual could be done towards the reformation of the cions, and the assistance of the poor. At the conclusion of his remarks, the doxology. chaunted, after which the meeting ‘adjourned. AMERICAN FREEWILL BAPTIST MISSIq SOCIETY. ; The eleventh anniversary of this society was menced yesterday morning, and continued tilbla| the afternoon, in the Bethesda Baptist meeting in Chrystie street, near Delancey. There ‘were not more than twenty members of the society, the stormy weather. This society, we und quite large, but is scattered over all the Northern. ‘The meeting was called to order yesterday by President of the society, Rev. Himaw Charlestown, Mass, The Rev. Sereno Howe, of Mass., acted as Secretary. After the usual preliminary business of such ings, the Secretary read the annua! report, a long ment, setting forth the laborsof the society during last year. From this report, it appears that this is an offshoot of the regular missionary the Baptist church, basing itself upom am mising hostihty to negro slavery, The 0 sends its missionaries all through the South, and. Lomingo, to war against slavery, and teech the @ to the negro. Within the réport was included pondence from different missionaries, relating cess that had attended their efforts in their fields. After reading the above report, the sppointmen the standing committees was declared to bein order, the committees were accordingly established. ‘The Committee on the Time, ran ot ee the next annual meeting, reported helr appointment, as follows: The next annual ¥ te seh Palak ig ye Ber, Ken; on and Revs Henna ‘ of Sa someon ak comer The next business in ordet was of