The New York Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1859, Page 4

ble, those resoluti Ames ican snd Foregn Bay iss Publication svtety Rey. Mr. Wisonst 0 whole matter of the re tee, consiating of Dre ing’ both vides of the q 18 whick: prop the feaxibility of the p: oposed consolidation. Ble Craik couid no: receive this a8 an amendment, It wae & substitate, Mr. Wiscorr did not care what it was called from bot sloes, the whole Board taken together. Dr Hauer did pot odje a legal queetion. Dr. Coney did not see that anything could bo gained by The Board coud the course propored by Mr. Wesvott. appoint a coxamitice themselves. Dr. Dunnax tiought it better that ihe society should ap: pein tho comm!" © the union of the Bible Socie y and the American as an emendmeat, tat the utivas be referred to a commit: a0, IlAgue aud Taylor, represeat- ation, aud baving the entire coa- fidence of the Sovlety, 19 report to the Board of Managers He was apxious to bave the calm‘opinion of thre: men, selected who could arrive at a safer judgment ian st to the substitatios, but he wished the name of Mr. Colley, a legal gentleman in his church, put in place of bis own, as tae inqaiy iavolyed | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1859,—TRIPLE SHEET. poping the question, Ia avswer to the iaquiry of De. Taylor, be stated that the Trieenial Convention bad a charter trom Pennsylventa and from Massachusetts both. stion Ov Dr, Hodge's motion to postpone tuo sub ear Was pot and lost, tution to Dr. Brierley’s :esoludon put, apd meta simuar tae, ‘The original resoiuuion of dir, Brierly was thon put and Jost—it was understood to give piace to similar resointions om ew J. M. Brocs, who moved that the resolutions from the Convention for cousolidatiog the American aad Foreiau Bible Society vod the American Baotist Publica tion Society are highly desirable, and iat they be refer- red 10 (be Board of Alanagers, with power Jo effst such & union if practicable. Ab amendment to étrike out “American Baptist Pabli cation Society nd insert “American Missionary Union’ was lost, and Mr, Bruce's resoluweas were pul and canied, The gociely, after prayer by Rev. Dr. Hoar, ai- jourved, 1 In the evening Rey. Dr. Dowling delivered a sormon to a large and eltentive audcieace, Rey. dir. Vourit, (f Rome, was o/ opinion tat the rofe | eee 4 rence of this matter to ‘ae Board of angers wontd aly BOSTON AMERICAN TRACT SocIETY. t iden tho aitleren’ve etre tn wou tee incl wiser fo ( Sgoorty to settle the qnesuoa foc Amecirg in bebalf of the American Tract Society, then Boston, was held 'r the Church of the Poritans (Rev. 1°. ed it would bo w pubstitusion of sir. We gers. tion. society did anything. Mir. Mannix was of those who believed, “ where thore ‘The first question to be considered was, whether this society and tae publication society wished the consolidation. If they did, a way would was a will there was a way.’’ be found to effect it. Mr. Boswouri, of Maine, agreed with Mr. Marble, that But then it ba- came important to Know whether thero was a legal difll- culty in the way, and to ascertain that, he b-lieved the matter should be referred to lega! geutlemen no} coanecte L in any way with the society, so a8 to secure an unviassod that was tbe first question to be decided, decision. Mr. Davis wished the society to understand that he bad not expressed au opinion as to whether the union could be He had merely said that that ought to be effected lega! considered. if the deeds were as represe legal consolidation could not, he was perfectly satisti be made; but he bad not exaimine vert to bien tion. Rev. N. A Reep, Middletown, thought there questions besises that of the building ia Nasi &nd be considered it would be advantas in the afterncon. Dr. Voor considere’ there were but two questions— Taat Afterwards the | legai question might come up. Bat now the ony question was—wbat are your views of the expediency of conzoli first, whether the society wished thie consolidation. the gociety should decide for themseives. dation? resolution. He wou'd ask of the laymer they were going to bury au American Bupust Bible So had been established for the purpore of | ciety which spreading the Gospel. Pending bi half-paat two o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. At balf-past two o'clock the Society reassembled, Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Ewell, of Genesee county. Mr. Buckwxujresumed his remarks. secondly, to instruct the Board of Managers. side who could not hear. finally, the Moderator suggested that he should speak the young ladies in tho gallery. This was followed by tho declaration of an aged member that, to his knowledge, brother Buckwell hed learned to tal to the young ladies At length Mr. B. got a position which was gatis. | long ago. factory, and be proceeded to oppose the consolidation: If the American and Foreign Bible Society was, as soma asserted, dead, defunct, without means, unable to do to amend tho qot!, by appoinving two legal goa- tiemen avd Dr. Taylor to report to the Board of Mana. He understood Mr. Isaac Davis, an aged mamber of the society, and an experienced lawyer, t0 be of opiaion that there was a legal difficulty in the way of consolida- It would be well to bave that decided before the the deeds, aad was not prepared to give an opimioa without & personal examina- e other street, to refer it to a commities of legal gentlemen to give them their opinion OCKNELL, of Philadelphia, was opposed to Mr. remarks the society took a recess uatil The resolutions propored first, to annibilste an ex'sting sostety; and, Both of these he was opposed to on Baptist principles, Mr. Back- | well was repeatedly interrupted, first by brethren on one side, who did not bear; then by members on the other He was invited to ascend the | pulpit stepe, then to take the middle of the floor; and, Cheever) yesterday morning, at 10 o’clock—Roe Li w.od, Esq., of this city in the chair. The exercises were commenced with prayer, by Rev. Dr. Hatrmp. Mr. ALvorp, one of the secretaries of the Boston society, read « statement in relation te the Society. Amount of re- ceipts for the year ending May, 1859, $57,063 81—increase over Jast year, $5,804 64. There hayo been granted to individuals, to home and city missionaries, seamen, fisher- men, pastors, Sabbath schools, prisons, é&>., 6,831,000 poges; entire circulation forthe year more than 37,000,000 poges, besides 130,000 copies of the missionary and child’s paper. At the South 18,000 pages have been given for circulation, Nine colporteurs have been em- ployed ip destitute regions in the United states and the British provinces during @ large portion of the past yoar. Rey. Isnaxt P, Wann, of this eity, read a statement ia relation to the past operations and tte future plans of th nd “congregation. nx, D. D., of Boston, waa then intro- He ‘said that the question now viding the two parties in the Amorican Tract Society of Now York was not simply whether they should publish three, four or ten tracts Ou a special subject, but it was ope which involved the profoxndest principles of moral obligation, There are some questions whieh every mom. ber Of that society 18 called upou to answer upon his por- Fonal responsibility to God. Onght the legitimateinflu- ences of the Tract Society to + used to put en end to slavery, if there was bo oO porition to its doing sol If it cught, iS opposition a sufficient reason for inaction? Does the American Tract Society, in taking the ground of eter- pal eiience on the subject of slavery, fally and fairly represent Chrittionity to the world? “And ig it my per- sonal duty to confine my labors to the channel indicated if | DY the society? This meeting here today is an | answer to those questious. He had not intended to refer to this matter, The work of the Tract Socioty was too vast and importent to allow thom to spend time on side | issues, were it pot that the speeches made yesterday in | th Tract Society of New York indicated that we are not | yet outof the wilderness of sin in our march towards Cupaon. The period of discussion bas not yet ended, How does the matter stand? The Tract Society has seat more anti siavery literature into the South than all the abolition societies in the country. But last May the so- ciety stepped tbat good work. However, the | another work to co: expunge all they had pablished upon | slavery: At one time they published tracts against slavery; then they beoame silent; then they defended | weir silence, and foally got two eminent New York | lawyers to prove that they bad not the right to pab- Meh anything against slavery, That was the climax, The speech of Mr. Lord yesterday was a yery lucid, clear, eound and lawyerlike exposition aud statement | of the nature and prerogatives of charitable institu tione act be used was unsound. ts to He said that dono to | their property to the Executive Committee, aad bad no right to say how it should be admiaistered. Tuat pro perty was to be administered in a certaia way, exprossad | ip the agreement made at te time tue gifts wore made, | The constitutions of these cocietios should be adnered to, co that the éying may feel that when they give propert; to any matitution that they know the mode in which itis apytbing, why transfer it to the eociety in Phila- | to be appropriaced. The unexpressed inference of the deipbis? Why tie a dead body to a living one? | whole speech was that the American Tract Society has uo But he did” not believe this was so. He be- | power to,scevre the pubiication of tracts against the ev la lieved the society would, if permitted to go | ot slavery. No donor could require that his donation on independently, be supported and do much good, | should be go used, so long as ong member of the Publigh- While so much work remained for Rible societies to do, milies in our own cities many were found without a Sible—and be bad found in Philatelphia while even among fourteen families, the beads of whi that work Philadelphia, where it was born, but in New York rather honed, howe and made more useful t extinct, Rev. Dr, Cosman, of Boston, rose to protest against the He was present at the birth of this societv; was be now present at ite funeral? He trust- bad not realized all which callei it into proposed corsolidation. ed ia God not. Suppose the socie! ite anticipations, the exigencies wore earning from | $8 to $12 a week, without a Bible—he could noi vote for the extinction of ‘any one society whien might forward If the American and Foreign Bi ble Society was to be buried, he boped it would not be buried ia Se , that the society would be revived ever—a monument to declare that Baptisis would not allow a B.ble society to become ing Committee objects to it. The fract Sosiety, Mr. Lord | ssys, is formed for cirenlation, not for testifying agataat | any sin. Saying that the white man shall not deprive the begro of any invaluabie rights ot manhood is test'fying, ard that, gays Mr. Lord, would bea breach of trust. | acaivet theatre goivg, dancing, kc. Now, either Me. Lord is | metaken, or the soviety must make a thorough overhaal- | tog of its stereotype plates. The learned advocate it | etker wrorg Is his position or weak in his argument. | Thie meetirg to-day carries us back twenty-five years, | when hew England charitably suspended her own vigo- | rous operations and gave upitsadmirable machinery to Its | brethren in New York, whom they considered better situ- | uted to carry forward this great work. But a change has | twken place. Tue scciety in New York is composed of men | who are adverse to slavery, and of men who support it. | The one class have determined that it is their duty to be ex'sience till continued. Granted that the soci- | silent: the other class that it is their duty to speak out. ety bad not tren useful as it might, | This involves the necessity of separate action. It was let them look ‘to ite future; Ict them look | ¢aid to have been an institution with w! for thirty-four to itsauthor. It was not born of man bat of God. He | years they had had euch harmonious tioar, bat duty bad blessed it. came in their path, believe that God had hedged tbeir way, and given them Hberty to fersake his work? | a eociety which for a third of a ceatury What would be said of them, who pro feeeed to stand upon tue great catholic grouad of Christ What would be Certuiniy not. a8 (be corner stone and upon bis wore? eaid of them if they forsovk this work? He cared not other institutions overtbahowed them with their prospe- He be- fould come when the work of this d of the popular ear, and there ¥ @ OF apos- ; after @ Kcore of years, be- Take the worst view irm to the charge e thatthe eociety should ilated, #hould not have ite his rity ee long a5 he was firm in bis convictions lie red that tae da; society would tak would be a Bible Socie telic to become discon! cauee a few things hat of things, it was their ¢ committed to them, and not die, ebould not be anni Was 1 Ci gone wrong? duty to stand And should ther, because an obstacle | md right required that it should be done. But dcing 50 we entertain an unabated affecdon loa a3 | worked so nobly, to the Secretary for bis faithful and in- valuable services, and that noble band of brethren wao bave wrought in’ this work so long and successful Thank God that such a miss of Christian literature bas been put in circulation. We have no desire to entizo any person away from them, except by doing so much better tbat everybody will want to come with us. At our pext annual meeting in Boston, this moath, we are prepared to submit a resolution that our connection is dissolved with the New York society; that question, in our minde, is set- tied. We mean, rather, to assume our original starus; for ibe Boston society is the parent society. We will par- fue an independent couree of action; collect money wherever we find persona who wish to give. And if in if tory taker from it, even though that history shoull for @ | the secretary of the New York gociety comes to ~ bundred years be a blank. Tet it “go a silent power to a generation that would have an opan field. The trust committed to them was a sacred bot, without b: be ap ect of unbel of want of good faith with men. He its individuality or weaken its po er A motion to luntt speakers to five minutes was made and carriea Rev. Mr. Hone moved that the whole subject be post, It was loo importavt @ mensure to Many of the friends of the so- ciety were not aware of the great change tn the conatitn. | He looked upon it as a breach of contract with the life di poned for one year. be entered upon bastily. tion which was proposed u in another light rectors, whic! fi to day would cover them with shame. Rev. Mr. Mrrvock, of Boston, tuppored that no doubt, existed as to the distri dution. an If it had done its tead of boiag usefui, burtaen- no miagiviog or drawing back principle of Bible tranelation and Bible his scciety was not the principle—it expedient for caryy ing out tae work. work, und was pew, in some, the question might wel would bs continued. tho society. important respecte— the society, and oft shoulder. was bs considered whether not present at the birth ‘the five mivuice being up, some members called out, “Time wp.’’ Dr. Tavion hoped the Chair would be left to call the ve members starting up, creating dia- time, and not to ha’ order Dr. Menvock said, though a young man, ho felt paiaed at the went of order shown here and at the convention in Oliver ctreet The Present esid he bad enieavored to maintain order, He was proud of bie breturen as Baptists; he | wighed to be prond of them as genticwen ako. | On mot.on Lr. MURDOCK requ to continue his | yemarks, snd procerded to gay that he hoped there would be ro postponement. th their judgments formed on this questiva, aud it could be now decided Rev. Mr. Fexroy thought that in the twenty years since this eociety was organized, many changes had takea M Lord at the Tract Socie power of life member as deciding this q elect their manage than men who e'e ike lepal decisions me ation, con and Fore'gn Bible Society, tist Pablication Society tion wou! z recreant to duty, { against God, and lognd with his pro test, as a life director, against any act that would destroy He bad not a werd to say against Ho was wnliko bis brother Cushman ia two wi he did not give it the cold Memovers had come wi gbt to be ‘cousidered. He likened tus 1 Covuy referred to the opinion of ar. Daniel ing on Wednesday, on the ‘0 jastruct tuatecs aud managers, “The directors could only ‘8, and could no more instruct them @ judge could instruct him how to Dr. MoCiay said be wage lover of both the Ameri- and of the American Bap- but he believed (hat consolida- ¢ injurious to both, They would separately dowa as | Boston, if any men in my church desires to give to bim, I will point bim out. And we to New York and open an office here, and man—Do you wish to give to us or to the oth: ? and if he wishes to give to us we take it, We have a began business in 1814. Eleven years afterwards a 20 | clety wax formed here ia New York, ands soon a we eaw thet the greateat good could be obtainod by aa inti- mate union with that society wo yielded to them. We | bave all our experience, the good name of the original firm, all our original catalogue of tracts, the additioas vefore us to select from, and we are untrammel- ¥ money inverted in presses, or books aud extonsive spondence. is eo plain that all can see what it is. The Rey. Danie. Veoomax, missionary to Carton, China, next addreszed the’ moeting. He said be bed no peroual, or at most no party iate rest in the controversy referred to this morning itis in good bands. His field was that of the missionary. Hie urged the importance of sending tracts to Caina. was gled of the separation of this society, not on account of the particular reason which brought the separation about, becauge it will secure the megns of sending more tracts to the heathen. In a/ldition to his business as a miszzioury, he bad distribute: fifty thousand tracts aovu el'y with bis own hands. He could spend ons hundred thoueand dollars a year in his particular missionary field in China, if be could have it. Bat it was not alone tracts and books that were wanted; it was necessary to have men who lived up to the doctrines of Curistianity. The tracts were to be ued mostly to remove prejadicos egainet tre missionaries and their teachings. ‘The congregation then sang the bymn beginuing— ‘Meek aud lowly, pare and holy, Chief among the blessed threo, Turn%g sadness into gladness, leaven-born art thou, Charity. Warp Brecier was then introduced to the it of ie Rev. Ievry Yars to have come up to these anniversiries this year without asolemn sense of the presence of God ia ali tha feur and terror, by the voive of shaking aud of revolatioa, by the yoice of war and of rumorsof war. It seoms to me that every man who is accustomed to read the word of God, with bis eyo also upon its interpretation in the tlective Christiana must be aware that we etand upon ths mischief, then only for the greater good bye and bye. el! the earth there is nothing of apathy; there a no places on the giove where men are torpid, except in tract rocietios. In evary island, every contident, every In of mind, and men are looking out to know what f t things are about to befull them; here, too, ia tha go, more good, "acd | recrive pore contributions. snd are agitated, aro stirred up—bappiiy not as mich tected now ma wi®,, Bible Society, was by wars nor by rumors of wars, not by revolat‘on, aot by @ compieint to make et him make it to the Board, aint would be correctod; but he prayed ¢ i todan the nations the Word of God unimpair consent tohuve this noble etruc ted, or joined to any other Secic He hop and pray-over. be given to come to a decision Oa motion, & quarter to five o'clock was named as the hour when the question would be taken. Rev. D. G. Corry hoped there would be an end to the iby There was no such object. ‘The ques. merely what would they do with a Society They were ag well prepared to de- changes which had been rung on the charge of wish’ to bury the Bible, tion we which was dying ont? cide that ‘wwettion bow as And ho trusted there : Rey, Dr fanige Reuld be no postpouemont, fale of the houce—they that; but they could ne the cociety. ot transfer the char If any one hed { them net to deatr an institution which was the giory of the land—to ane ed. He never re annihilated or iy “i the resolution woud be referred 40 the managers to consider Wenn, of Now Jersey, desired that an Opportunity they would be a your hence, it wae not the question of the migut do ue they wished with tered rights of | terday by the “ Rev. Daniei Lord,” as by ay intestine diesenstens that threaten bloom and sow dis it out in wars in other lands only breaks out in discussio: here, tbat those things which eleewhere crack contiaen no other reason than that God hag taught ua a better leeron on this side of the water, that t> discuse ali ques- ticns freely disarms all discussions of danger. We have carted that eafety is in liberty, not alone of the hand and oct, but of thought and conscience, and of the tougue to br'rg forth that which conacience and thought have bred. Some men talk about disunio: know there are some Who sleep on disunion, who wake on it; it is their break- fast, dinner and supper; their week day devotion and their Sunday horror. But you might ag well fear that this con- tinent would break in two ag that this nation would break in two. We are too selfish to break up. There is no davger of that; as long aa the devil 4s much interest ond as largo investments in this nation, | there will be no danger of disuaion. There is nothing the | devil oan gain by it, much that Christ might. Free dis- cussion was our safety though we were tol differently yes- the Tribune has it. “x 2 (Laughter.) Deniel must have thought hi wikee Pamion oe to know why this society could | lion's den ‘hee (Lavghter.) Rey. Daxtel Lot bare te which bud been trensferred froma prieeti Convention,” | deliberative bodies sre apt to give way to excitement ; and tot com Peuveylvaniato Bostoa, | that they are not safe places in which to . shed better than ever ufte Rev. Dr. Hacun ate A Mexper snswered that it bed not Dr. Hacer (triumphantly )—That's the Dr. Taytox thought thie “a m! tion to Dr. Peck, whether the not @ charter. Rev. Dr. Prox tt thie society Bad the resolution cn wiahe ade the change, ferences fatake, ava put t Trisunial Conyen on ought in rome things the me ot been wise; but he did mt which tbe debate waz fourdod. ato destroy the society, it ought to be don ot rend itto Philadoip! a. He was in tayor < e 1 eked if tae Trienaiat Convention had a | ° ques oad mbers of e hy re, Of post: have discussi and that free speech under auch circumstances ryonidebe Gangerous, Tatk about the danger of such an assembly of gray beade as I saw yesterday, whose average age would | | fail net much short of fifty years, being carried sway by | Cxeitement! Isbould just us sooa think of sending fre | {ngines_to put out tombstones, (Applause and laughter.) | But there was a ting to be done, and that ery annonaced | be purpose, Special pleading was required ; the !awyor | end the fig june! hende 8 was dove in olden tn e temple, Tt was @ plea to keep mon ng who bad. something to Bay, and giv mon pense ‘0 say oomething wino had no talk in them. Now Why ie it net s¢ much @ breach of trust to testify | world, speaking as God only cin epenk, by the voice of times, and who reads the times with the il'umination cast upcn them by God's word, every such iutelitgent and re- eve of great things, either for good or for mischief; if for has | had | nr. Hig statements weie correct, but every argu- | | clergymen from all parts of the country, by men who true’ I was urged very much yesterday to go | anybody catches me playing frog upon such a theatre ag | notelimingte anything beaefictal for the manageinont of | charitable and eleemosynary institutions relinquished | | Management of the Tract Society bave usurpe: speakers yesterday, aud it mast be’ very apparent that it Ackerly, afterwards cae of the founders of the Tastitution wae bigh time another Soevety did come tote tne feid, | forthe Blvd, Ta 1816 a letter} waa received from Mr. that the Noith Ams ricka Traot Society should take tts | Gard, @ distinguished deaf mute of Bordeaux, off-ring to pace iv the fied sgaicst the Souva American Tract 30 | come to America and aid the work, His proposition was was the Ame Coty. And this one bad the priority, too; uo can Tract Society senior, the other the Aaerican Teaot | at Society jo Tt bad dooe as some old gentlecon who fot UFed of bosivess have dope—jeave their sous to take | 18) cure of the firm, merely keeping & general eye v9. thom, And as some of thege old gentlemen, floding shat thir sons were not conducting the business just cighs, 6. tothem, “Here, we will take bold now oursely 2a ow more,’ 60 Vis Society #1ops in and says to the youog maa assembled at the Opera House, “It ig time for us to Jook into this matter a little.” I think it is high tims, pot a day to soon. The speaker then read fom the Prbune a sketoh of Mr. Lord’s speech of Vedaes: cay Loiore the American Tract Sooivty, to the effect tout the Tract Society was & charitable ingtitut.on, ite property tbe result of gilts of certain donors, who had no right to Bay whet should be done with it or how it snon'! ve ad mipistered, but it must be admtaistered upon the pian vpon which the gift wae rolicited:— | Let the object of the »:ctety ba tha elrentation « there | sothi 6; Ibis not, sare priae "" inciples of polt ike i~it Wi iy scl St wi ive ‘¢ poritive kuow ledge that euch eixe mided. Buch things not only cannot struct the usefuiness of the society, of the property of the aoctety to print a tract in aa wakuo be cirenlated, but iiay 0d Tt woald be & gross abuse fopgue, 60 no one could read it. ‘That is practically the cate when you attempt to clroulate ‘tracts amovg those who will not receive them. ‘That is, 1s soon as you find that men do not want the truth spoken to them, you must not teach them the truth. ‘You nivst not take tracts to Mercor street and the Five Points against adultery, and stealing and murder, because they do not want to hear the truth. If you did so, avcord- ng to the the doctrine of the Rev. Mr. Lord, the Soviety would be transcending ita chartered privileges. You must not circulate anything that the people ao not want to bear, Now, howdid the Rov, Daniel Lord find out that tracts on the subject of slavery wou'd not be read at tho South? Twili agree to dod, even south of Virgia, ia the eouthernmoet tier of slave States, one huadred men, nov-tlaveboldipg and slaveboiding, who wili read weil written tracts on the subject of slavery, to one that you can find in the present administration of the Tract Society. ‘Throughout the South there sre a great many thonsaads more men who do not hold slaves than who do, and among them there are huvdreds of (housanda—sball {say millfops ?—who really want light upon this subject. T will agree to circulate ia the @ States, ifthe Rev. Daniel Lord wiil print and publish them, within one year after publication, twenty millions of piges of well written acts on the subject ofslavery. Rey. Daaiel Lord also ta di a of te here are two classes of functions to perform in the manag ment of the society. Ths function of the me nbders is to elect the offtcers, and after that they had to rig’t to iastruct these oflicers apy more than the people hi Fight to iaateuet tae sodas after they are elected mm the fuvetion of the oflicers: elected 1s to carry into eifact the odjecta of the svciety. He did net think any man could delegate any power he powsases t> ri apy agent to.use by proxy. ‘rhe elxth ar te of the constitution provi hat nothing shall be puodlished to whivb a.y meazser shall object. You sce the discretion that committes bave; say member may putdown the publication of any iract. Lei us look at the idea of instructing the commiitee. Now, yo io tha woclety have only the right to elect those tru: ‘ow = no right to nay to the peopl you elect how they sball idea of icutruction takes away the v.to not oaly of any stugle ber of the committee, bus takes the veto trom them all. Now, he is right so far as this: we cannot say that you shal! poblish such and such a tract; but we do say they are bovnd to receive advice, to hear good and sutfisient cons, to (ale into consideration the supposed wishes of (hose who are their constituents whon they are properly expressed. “No,” says Me. Lord, “thoy must not even talk He declared yesterday oa that floor that discussion pect to this matter was out of order, because there was danger in promiscuous ersemblies that the truth would scarcely be likely to come out. Where, then, was the place? Why, when this Executive Comittee got to- gether to diecuss the matter over in the quietness of their clorets they would then exfoliate wisdom; butin an as- sembly of a thousand old grayheaded mea it would not be right to do £0; it was not safe to trust them; they would te p f the Tract Society. 1 never knew a body of men that undertook to usurp power that were not willing to take the next step and shut vp men’s mouths; dest usurpation, then gagging. Both have taxen place in our midst. Tae bever meant for them—as much usurpation as Lonia Napoleou; and having done that, they have done what be next did—muzzled free speechand free discus- sion. Tuere never was a more ruthless thing done in a Christian assembly. If i; had been done in some political cabal, in some Uoogressional body at Washiagton, it would not have been surprising, for surprise is an emotion that has died out in Wasbiogton. But that it should be done im New York, in a body containiog # large number of ferry reeked with devotion, it is surprising. It is up end epeak. 1 was told that I might, Bat when | ia tion, bul thir wa too much timo aud labor, with unsatisfactory results. tions, whether avy Avariah ©. Fi formed this duty faithfully, and through his iustrumoen- tality a pumber of reforme were agreed upon, street (then surround now in the midst of a denge population) iu 1829, years after Mr. Harvey P. Peet, who has #0 faithfully oc Cupied the position of head of ‘the institution for twenty cight years, was inétalled as principal, mot without experience as a teacher and ability as graduated at Yale iu 1822, and from th: to one hundred and ment was made, filling up rapidiy, until lo 1855 the limita tion was removed—and, with the consent of whe Supsrin- tendent of Public Instruction, the institution was allowed to receive and educate gratis all proper applicants 1857 this number amounted to two huudred and Wirly- four, of which tweety three were from New Jorsiy. The city of New York increased the number of its papi's antl they reached tho pumber of #ixteon. of pupi ears, for three yoars additional instruction bravebes after the regular term. niblished @ num er of text books for the gducation of the | deaf and dumb, which are now in use to a great extent ia many &cbools. and furniture, bor ioulture, gravivg, are all creased deman¢s of pupils, and fin growth of the city vorthward, hommixg it ia wi and depriving the pupiis of proper directors to sell the grouod for building lots and move up town further. ington Heights, about nine mites feom toe City Hel the Hucgon, for nearly bi of thoir old grounds ted up to 1857 was 1,237, and Ia the couree of tho whole thiriy-cight years there wi nt accepted, but it caused the organization of & sooiety, whooo head stood the venerated De Wits Cliatou, aud the Insuitution for the Bind was iacorporased April 15, 17—on the same day that the {netitution at Flartford roung the early friencs and founde:s wat D Slidell, Gen. Jonas Maj uus Miller, Peter pes, Si ’ Sharpe, Jatves Milnor, Robert C. Cornell, John P.’ Willis, m. L, Stone, and Robert 1). Weeks It was at Grst eupposed that tae Hartford sshool would accommodate all tie deaf mutes of the couutey, but aa Vestigation revealed the fact that in New York alone there were sixty-rix deat mutes in tho then population of 110,000. curing teachers, but Gowlly, in the spring of 1818, the Great diflloulty was ai Geet experienced in pro- Rey. Abraham 0. ool was opeved with four pupils 4 eee latae Grsk:meana of sap ausbury being the first teacher. port were subscriptions and donations, in addition to bat contribute, As tae school s3 the gity of New York fosvmapee of tea cay aehola 2 lime to time meade pre a ior 1521 the State wat» the frat Jor thirty two Stave punils, fe of laste ete to three years excl, ‘This © foor yours La 1825, &0! to Hye veers mbar elect was taade to loach ar) culm eubsequently abandoned ag requiring the parents could ‘The deficiency of qualified teachers was at first a great drawback, £0 that, in 1829, when the State granted aid to erect ® more permament’ and convenient building on Fiftieth street, the school was sion of the Superinteadent of Public Iaatruction, who wi laced under tbe suporvi. by comparison with otber iastitu- improvements could be made, Mr, '. Who held the office at that time, por- rected 10 seer pi ‘The iostitution occupied the new building on Fiftieth by open fields and yey but ad tea Mr. Peot was mau. Ho was born in Bethiem, Connecticut, time -0 the dats a instructor in his appoiptment in this institution, w the American Asylum at Hartford. ‘Mr. Poet received tho bonorary degree of LU. D. from the New York University in 1860. Dr. Peet's labore oa behalf of ths institation tor over a quarter of a ceutul cees. have coutributod largely to its suo He has bai the assistance of a ble directors and aches. His title of Principal was changed to that of Pres dent of the Board of Directors in 1845. Up to 1829 tho average number of pupils in*the schoo about fifty. When Dr. Peet took bold of it in 1881 wi there were cighty.two, of whom Afty.six wore beuaticia- ie of the State. This pumber of Siate pupils was culargod inety two—the list, as each ealarge- Ia The total numer in the school in 1856 was three hundred and af en—a larger number than in any similar institution in the world, In 1888 the torr of ineiruction was extended to Ave Ta 1863 tho Legislature sanctioued the high class, in tne higner Dr. Peet, mesa vb Various avail able trades, such as makiog clothes, shoos jookbinding, printing aud en- vuught in the institctios.” The building o ifticth sireet way three times enli to meet the ia: atroets cation, iaduced the Toey purchased an olegant spot on Wasi. alf the sum realized on the fale he whole pumber of papilé aim't re but thirly five deat Tho uew grovn¢s are withia haifa mile of Washiagton Heights, comprising thirty-sevea aod a ball acres, wita a fine view of the ri of more than ts more than thres bundred fest dee front wings, fchoo! Louse, roores, euopa, &e. centre is a filth bulidivg, used as a diving room. Tue four exterior buildings are four stories high, central building only three. commodious, convenient and clegaut arrangement of the or. The buildi ze form a > bundred and forty fee , meludiag™ the In the the Of the wouderfully terior, and fine appearance of the cxterior, space will not permit the details now—they must he seea to be ap- | that, jumping up on the seats and then on the platform, to | preciated. The entire building, exclusive of grounds, be snubbed and torn down again, where Tam to speak, by | $300,000. The grounds may be considered ag a good in | the aufferance of these very reverend lawyer mavaging ent, their cost can be realised by tho | (Applause.) I believein free speech. If there is any- | Coristianity, then they have another New | involviag more than. does this one. sw ong do with the weak? | of South america, of Norin America; it in today the | Lat the weak bolong to the strong. The Bible has another | large ond old established firm, thoroughly tried. We | presibie. tice nade by our joint lavors, and the whole world’s | Our theatre is the world, and our daty | 48 earthquakes crack the earth, do not happen here? Vor | Pt | duty of the strong to tio weak? | He | , mertivg, and gaid:—It is not possible, I think, for Chris- | | ie | tongue and golaen lip. (Appianen.) | ever were two mea why | no reversing lever in ih almost | way, every where, there is a stirring of heart and | & man dangerous to society wh: ° hoe and rate aghim. Those who want his tooke ase apoiled al- | rerdy; you cannot burt them. But it ie the {ronions man, who bas rick of throw up bis eyes whon he cord end ruin, What is the reason that that which break: j | ®oniol for deaf mutes, He was aided t | brother of three of the pupils before n | aspietante be started zeveral achoole in Virgiata tricketers or what not—just let me kaow it, that is ail. thing in this world as sacred es religion itself, it is the right to speak religion and those principles that iavolve the welfere of the human race. There is a public senti- ment tbat can drown out even tract societies; which, if it is slow, is £0 because it carries with it so solemn a power, and moves 0 certainly in its deliberations that it need not put oneven the appearance of There is no being so certai as God, and none soslow. Since the aya of Moees and the prophets, there never has beon an age in which men, feeling the crying wrongs of the world, have not said, “How lovg, Oh, Lord, how long.” He seems to delay, but Be never fails to come at tast. The wi teachers and attendante. There were three hundred pupils in the institution last year, and the total exponce of the institution was sale of such portions extends northward. $08,201 18. from the City, $3,300; from the State of New Jerse $3,024 83; from paying pupils, $4,876; and most of th | Dalance from the Siate counties, though not equalling the expenses by 3.565 14, owing mainly to tue unusual ex- penees of the new bu Iding. cen be spared as the Empire City ‘The area of the several floors of the ue is nearly three acres, aud it supposed they iN accommodate 450 pupila, with “Weir necessary 009; 7 he The receipts from the Stite were $39 It {sa gratifying fact that the highor class bas proved end will certaiuly be accomplished. But if there isoae | £0 successful. Its graduates are equal to those of most thing certain above all, I believe God will yet mark with | coilegcs, and contribute tothe neceasary quota of teachers most con¢ign punishment aad condemnation the men who | for other institutions. have, in the name of religion aod for the sake of screening themeelyes from their respopsibility to the poor and op- pressed, violated our rights and our privileges. (Ap: plause ) I do not say these men are not Christians. eter, Lauppose, wes a Christiax when he deniod hig Lord. I hope these men are Christian’ jut if that ts ‘estsmeat from For the last thirty years, certain'y—perhaps for has been developing some of the | in this world. I do not caink | that this side of Calvary itseif taere has been question What shall the It is the question of Asia nador | British Comination, of Europe under multiptied ty -anaies, mine. the last fifty years—G th ex Pr question of the world, ond the answer of the world is, THE ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES. ‘The annivereary exercises were held in the Academy of Mésic, which wae filled from pit to dome—literally crammed with people, decply ‘atorasted in the traly im- preesive ceremonics. point of v.ew, aud even crowded on the stage. pile occunied the stage, and the whole scene was one of They filled overy available stand The pu- ¢ most brilliant that the Academy evor presented. Tas oreires were opened with prayer. Dr. Pexr, the President of the Board of Directors and incij al of the Tustitution, then came forward ant said: Lapis axp Gentismex—You have aszembled to see an exhibition cf the ufode of instructing tho deaf aad aural, by methods whien present, you wi permit me to say, ond : he bigveet t ence ine auewer-t'Ye that ure sirong boar with the weak, iosiract | grited bitreligioon aoe, gel lporteon eiyenpdttrel them, take care of them,” But what saya Kogiaid whee | had been, by tue deprivation of a single eense, cut olf {rout the question is pul to be of the isles, what ix tha The aoswer ie, to got | opiam out of them, and indigo, and a3 much cotton as Ask the Catholic monarch of tays, To take them frou the const of slaves, abd import them to the West Iu and indigo thera, And what says the vol as the duly of the strong to the wonk? *Giveit to thom with the cat-o'-nine-tails."’ Now ths quest must be and answered by Chrietisus, by churches, by co For more than thirty years past tho diapaeon of this coun- try bes been—not the righ of the breeze through the oak, nor toe roar of the winds in our western forcats. Tne deep thunder-toned diapason rolling through our faut has becn the crying and groaning and sighing of the slo During all this time the church has heard it without knowing what it was. But God has been rolling it on more and more, and no# it is Deginniag to ho un tersioad and known of men, The public sentimentef the whole continent has been chauged; charchee that rofased to ir. 6 it have been overrus by subject ; Presbyte rians, that would not lot a resolution in regard to the suy- ject of slavery be read, will now hardly revsive any other. ‘Yet one of the oldest aud most raverend gociatios waich we have, the American Tract coclety, which was organiaad to speak the truth of Got to man, Bas stood by agit eaea the whole conflict, and never opened {is lips, nor uttered ong ce Ir ot « i a o by a e of st t for twin fisters, d than is gi tul or early deasn higher privileges of humanity—goocia! comaani ust develepment and religious teaching test philosophers and wiseat lawgivera of the bast reck and Ronan times resigued them to hopslese igno- ence end irremediable degradation. Searcely turee nturies have parsed since the first known teachor deaf mutes—tho Spapish monk, Pedro Ponco— jared to demunetrate the falsity of these old pro- 4 and it is just about ® century since the nt De I'Epie, the founder of the first school 22 inatruction of the destitute deat and jarge heart enlisted fo vhis labor as wall hianthropy, by acoidentally meeting two inmates from birth, So great has sioce een the progress of the cause of denf-mats nd of other kindred brane 8 en! umb, nad b freligion as ¢ of benevoleut effort during the last half cevtury, that it may at least be said uo other vidences of buman ‘progreas equally bright tokens an approscbiag millenium. “Yet there was quite a sub- tantiel foundation for the old prejudice that left tie dear and dumb to eit dowa in the shadow of ignorance forever. Yiuch bas, Indice aocemplished enly by cuthusinstic and pores veon done for thom, dnt ft bas bee: ur ne difliculties ia thé way of their instruction aro greater erally apprcvlated. Tho iiret effact of cougeni is 15 to ieolate the soul, to cat i 4 from tho ordinary communion of minds, this d ¢ single word. ‘Churches that were unfaidhfal, Stata that | the rarities ot > teen anno of nll epmeeoke were recreant, have been brought into ling; whole nelgh- | communion with other minds—in a great measure aleo of borhoode and communities that were false to the truth have been converted to the truth. Igcarcely know ano- ther icetitution that has been able to etand out agaist this providential work of God, and maintain a bad consistency from beginning to end, excopt this American Tract S). ciety. If in the day of judgment it shal! be scooanjed a sin to have spoken a word for the poor, the naody and the oppressed, that conderaratioa will not be laid upon the American Tract Society. Tne Gospel carries with it a three fold form—the ideal or intellectual form, the genti- | mental or emotional form, and the practical or coaduct form, There is no trae religion without all these forms. If you have the intellectual and tho emotional form, and ieave Ugion it falee and infide What man would do meet to promote in! expect me to say Theodore Parker, pert & most harmless man; he is op20— Then it must be Garrigoa or Phillips =bim of the irou » hot them; if ther: ds a € uw upoa me to 81" telity, you might pa. Notso, He tt @ fault | opines @ aretbe men. It i woa'd as soon cal and never back, those goce to doa wicked thing, of saying long prayers while bo is contriviog some villany—wio stands ia our tins whore the Pharisee of old st —he who takes thegar- ment of Christ to rerve th i in—he is the infidel man. plause.) The speaker continued his remarks eome farther, amid great ant La doxolopy was then aung, end the ng was dis mireed with @ beaediction, w i Gott or nothifig ie. a . But it ig o' here —_ Z to wach them, not, indecd, the language of tu THE DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION. follow mon—tat labguage the guahea warm. fr HISTORIGAT, SKETCH. \; The New York Inetitation for the Deaf and Daish is the oldest in Amrica, with tho exception of that of Hart- id not more ihan twenty-five of the two hastred institutions of the kindia Enrops can claim an earlior origin. There were, before its establichment, two attorapts to effect like organisations in thie State. Ray. Joba Stan. ford. provious to 1812, imparted some tnetruction to two deaf mutes whom he foand in tho Almshouse, the success of European teachers being then little known ia Amoriza. Asearly a8 1793, however, thore nd appoared in tho transactions of the Amorican Philosophical Society, @ treatige on teaching the deaf aul dum) to spoak. Twenty years previous a deaf and dumb soa of a prominont citizen of thia city bad been sent to Etingborg, amd the success in big case subsequently led in a great moasure to ths founding of this ipatitution, ag did’ also tio progress of several pupils sent from Virginia, and taugal by Dr. Braidwood, an eminent European teacler. Tn 1812, Join Braidwood, a granigon of Dr, Draldwood, came to America with (he dosign of establishing a large by Col. Wm. Boiling, amed, through whozo 1 New York, hut owing to bis dissipated habite thoy failed. to ti 4 ths qa ¥ by fre of 30 at some of the élatements made by the chiof | They, however, attracted the attention of Dr, Samuol that exercise ni when they firet conie to ackool they are ignorant ‘of words, but destitute of most of the ideaz expressed by words. intellectual sud sooral developement, wo have yet a readily available aut efficient iusirumeat of Instruction in that,beau highly improved form to which it bas boom brought by the labors of successive goncrations of teachcrs and f ovr new pupils acquire, without ecosible effort, ina fae ¢ lopement of id of social interco of the Gospel ebine forth on the one heart—but a cold and oy more than an average, amoui meoy can never acquire more thaa an imporlest quaiitance with the language of books, show exumpler, not x guuge, the creel portion to the difficulty of its acq of Homer, or that of Virgil, is not ao difficult for the sta. dent of this ogo aa iv oar own longuage for tho deat and time, staxting from afar bigher order of their thou; guage cf gectaree, ¢ ary to develonment, and in the case of enf cbildrcn growing up lonely among peoplo Little skilled in the language of gestares, 9 make insccoseibie all tho acovmulated wisdom of gon c ‘ations which, for ordinary hildren, comes to the min] inthe mere flor of language m. And, it should be added that, by being cat off from vocal speech, they ioge irretrievably the beat in Btrument of thought and reasoning. Vor to tho dea and verbal language, how- become what it 18 to Words csn never cling by natural affinity to (heir jamb, from birth or early intans ver laboriously acquired, can ne 3. minds, or supply a ligtog means of communication adequate to their social and tures only can supply for thom tho means of monial abd roral dévelopmont rai free social com- munion. ia thelr early home in dey lectual waote. - A language of gee- carly And ag deaf 8 are, for the moet part, aloae , With few or none to aid’ them ing ond improving this Iangnage from the iat rude Clements which all men possess, it follows that ‘only wholly Starting from this iow point of fal language just reforrod to, which, in tha pups eck or montbs, gaining in this process » 8 and faculiies. By the uso wage the beavicst and darkect part of th ved, the veil ig lifted from the face of nat #0 opened, the p r lot ie re- 6, the door Garkened ana im I, ant leavue hitle rigsped min#. So far our suce +23 is ne lips, and ewakens sym in the ible charac: ‘ qaisition of writ- % Jangnage is the difcult part of their fatruc. ion, tesicing to hs utmost their memory and their dili. eve, and dea audiny all the akull and sathosiasm of the acber. Whi'e ati deaf mutes who ars not itiots can ac. cire through eit own language of gostarce an avorazs, " eral Kaowiedgs) Yet we huve to ely of mental and moral cultiva. "ose fa the uae of appropriate laa. ‘ch kbow!d be tho graator in pro- ition = The language ion, but aleo of r mm», And if you find thet our pupils, with all the diaad. toges under which they labor, understand and uso ritten language ae casily and readily as our learned en do Latin and Greek, taoy will have cone ag mush as can, in their cage, bo reagonably expected; for thoy will bave accompliabed In six or Sevan jeark—sterting, t00, ‘om the lowest polat of meptal progrens—as mach a3 men Superior iniciloct vaually accompliah in even a louder vint of developement. I hat pecullarities of phraseology which you observe, prosced from tho influence on the ghia of thelr own vornacular lan- je syntax of which differs radicaily ‘om our language of worda, Phe fir clacs covaleted of two bors and two girlay iW only add, th ill doubties | tion for about six year about tho age of eight or nine years each, who bad been in the inetitution but eight months, baving been entirely ignorant of the use of words or’ of wriing when thoy came, Their instructor, Me, Conckling, also a deaf mute, first cauaed them to write their names; then procoaded to write the plurals of various nouns, sbowing their knowledge of the proper occasions for changing the tor- mination of the letter *{”” to ves” in making the plural, Fyom tbis they paseed to indicating the grammatical con- struction of the sentences, and el wrote a number of sentences embodymg given words, Io one or two cases bey made ludicrous mistakes by omitting necessary con- necting words, but evincing wonderful progress for only eight months’ tuition, ‘The next class consigted of two boys and girls of about the ages of seventeen euch, who bad been four yoars and ahalftn the institution, under the charge of Professor Morris. They atswered a number of questions relative to history and geograpby correctly, wril on the black board answers to all ‘questions They wrote sen- wpces embodying given words with mach readiness. The next class consisted of ten young ladies and to youny gentlemen, about twenty-two years of age each, who had been 1» the invtitution pine yours, oud in the highest class three years, under Suara of Mr, Isaac Lewis Feet. They were firat directed to erite their emotions on be bolding such @ vast assemblsce While theae were iter, tho ute boys We he’ eon in the institu rx, under the direction of Mr. Lowis Peet, the vice principal, gave ations of various objects, such a8 an eagle, « hawk, a atool, a goose, an clephant, a horee, @ lock, akey, &c. Then one of them, named Poter Urtchthieff, Wlustrated (amid much laughter and ap- laure), the process of startiog a beard and of shaving, the fitter including every action from beginning to end, wind- ing up with lighting a segar and walking oif. {hisees Eastman and Montgomery, aud Messrs, Barnes and Stropg, had now finished writing their expres- sion of their thoughts of the occasion upon the blackboard, and they were read to tho au- dience. were all written with classic elegance, abounding with beautiful allusions to their own misfortunes, to the benoilts they were deriving from edu- cation, to the purposes to which tha building was devoted, to the privilege of divine worship which the achieve: ments ot science bad allowed them to enjoy, and other ideas eminently fitting the subject, The reading was greeted with loud applause. The following is a portion of Mr. Strong's composi- tion:— “ It gives us much more pleasure than we can express by words to look around upoa £0 vast a concourse of 1n- teiligent gentlemen and laties, assembled in this edifice, and reflect that they, by their presence manifest sym: pathy with those who, in God's providence have been Ceprived of hearing acd speech, and that while the claims of benevolence aad philacthropy are urged in be- balf of those who in our own native republic are without the unerring pages of Goa’s sacred book, and of those wha in foreign dominions beyond the deep waters, wor- sbip a8 a defty that which is uot God, apd knowing nothing of the existence of the doly Trivity, the efforts success- fully made to educate the children of ignorance which bave bound and gailed their throbbing hearts, and to il- luminate the darkness which has enveloped their miads, touch a responsive chord tn the hearts of a Coristian com- mupit; Me Peer then resigned the cjass to the direction of the audie lowing them to write sentences suggested by wor le catwod by the audience. Whre they wore wriling, one of the highest class ecbovare, Mr. Sidney Vai', coscrtbed the ecene of a boy ‘eabog ‘epples, being discovered by an old man, the wwucr of ibe tree, who tries bim succcesively wita words and grass, sn.! finally with stones, compelling him to come and beg bis pardon, Mr. Vail then gave illustra romem bering, intending, forgetting, £0. ; ‘aired, angor, joy, sorrow; thea of fear, e, awe, admiration, pride,’ vanity, scorn, devotion, dejeetion, despair; which, for tho trutnfulness of thelr repreeentation, brought down the house. The comporitions ob the words liberty, immortality, music ana poctry, were pow floishod and rea‘ to the au- Cunee, aod were characterized by the same Intelligence that marked the others. Next come a dialcgue between Mias Goodrich, of Brook- lyn, and Mr. Nowell, of New York, pupils of the instita- ‘Miss Goodrich was particularly iptelligent in ber demonstrations, and no one could view her sweet face without at first a shade sorrow at hor misfortune, whicb, however, her wonderful power of ex- pression would immediately, in a msasure, mitigate. Mr. Wilkinson, the teacher, who prepared the dialogue, inter- preted it to tac audience, and besides being attentively received, it wos loudly eppiauded. The class was further exerciced iv writing compositions, embodying words selected by the audience, evincing grcat aptitude and intelligence. Mr. Gaatacg, one of the high class pupils, next gave an iustration of Christ calming the tempest, as delineated in the fourth chapter of Mark. Dr. Apaws, of the Madison square Presbyterian church, one of the directors, between tue exorciees, made an ap- peal to the andience on behalf of the insiitation, suggest- ing, among other thivgs, that it should be remembered in last wills and testamente. Mise Gertrupe Watrer, & nioce of Gerrit Smith, closed the exercises with a beautiful rendition of the Lord’s Prayer in the language of gesture. THE FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY. The Academy of Siusic was crowded to overflowing Isct evening, upon tho occasion of the ninth auniversary of the Five Pointe House of Industry, showing in an un- mistakeabie manner tho high estimation ia which tho socie- ty is beld. About 250 of the children were ranged upon the etago facing the audience, and amongst them we noticed a slight sprinkling of colored boys and girls, Tney were all neatly and cleauly dressed, and presented quite an inte- resting feature in the proceedings. Miss Ryan, one of the teschers, put the children through a dumb show cxercise with their hands, after which they sung— ‘We come, we come, in joyous epring, terror, With flowers that bloom, and birds that sing, The notes of praise to sweil; Their swect perfume, that mellow song Borne on the gente breeze along, Mast please their Maker well. Prayer was then offered by the Rey. Dr. Hatfield, and the Lord’s Prayer chaunted by the chidren, when ‘A. Russmu, Eeq., the President, addressed the audience. He contrasted the splendor of this hail aud the wretched asylume of the poor in the Five Points. Ia this spa- cious building, those wide spanned roofs and those architectural designs, we had shown what science could do, and in the lively colorings and bril- lisnt effect wo traced the influences of tho heart, which are grand and important traths in ele- yating the mental powers of the race, The subject which they were to speak upon was the sad exhibition of the de- gradation of our race. The sight o1 these children, enter_ jog vpoa life almost devoid of sympathy, was surely suf- + traction, | ficient to arouse the highest interest of humanity, Cen- trasting their homes witb,thoee of the audience, how fear- ful the difference. Vico and degradation usurped the piace of the family altar. Tt was difficult for any but those who visited the Five Points to picture the scone. Every attribute of home seemed wanting, Could we wonder at egrading consequences of this? Yet the success which this society hud met with wae small ia comparison with what they should be. Labor was never more nead- ed than at pregent, yet they never met with more slight apport. They could not, unaided, carry on the work; | they could oniy picture the wants of these children, and depend on the public as almoners. Thy works of tho £0 cicty during the past year had been condusted in much the gamojmauner as in that prece: ing it—trataiag anit lead. jog the’ young subject. He ailaded to the judicious zeal of Mr, Pesge and bis wife as fully justifying tha ac tioy of the trustees in selecting thom. ‘He then went {ato a history of the workings of the society during the past Fear, showing Wat on the first of Marca there were re maining in the House 182 peraons, @nice which 830 had Ueen received. Of there 403 had boon sont to sitaatioas, 138 returned to their parents, 7 gon» to housekeeping, $ to the hogpital, 17 to oiher institutions, and 35 expelled, ‘The day scholars averaged about 250, and the same tex 2h- erg, with one exception, continued in charge, tuas adding to their former efficiency the advantage of increased ex- perience. The position of the school to the Church of ths Ascension was a gource of great sstisfaction to them aud untold benefit to the obildren, Inthe past year efloris had been made to estabiizh farm housos, and Mr, Pease devoted bis untiring efforts to that purpose, which would Jend to most pleasing results, Althongh the year nad been one of great financial difficultics, aud many of the most kindly incliaod donors were unable to continue their Wwonted aseistance, yet still they de sired to acknowledge tho kind mercy of Pro- vidence, Some months ago a severe calamity seemed to be hovering over the houze; a fever, probably from tho Ath of the neighborhood, apread amongst the chiliren, and at ove time twenty or thirty were laid up, and the Pr om turned intoan hospital, Bat in God’s proyi- dence they all recovered, and maay werd hére to-night to help in ewelling the hymn of praice, With feclings of deep regret he announced that one who had roigaed for five years amongst them, a bright examplo of fomale de- votion, worn out with long continued watching and anxi- cty, bud been taken from inem—he alluted to Miss Holt, whose death occasioned a loss which the trustees word not able to heal. In the removal of Mr. Field to the South on account of his bealth, the cociety also lost one of its best fricndg, but be hoped that another clicaate would re- new bis constitution and enable him to resume his Chris tien tab ad duty, too, to refer to the death of one Bird, ono of the earliest, most iuing and Ub of the insti death of another o rR verTs then read the firancial report as follows:— ce on hand, March 1, 1958, $489 Receipts from various gources, 1,535 TOL issabac Ssdovenvense seven ees ees B12, 015 ‘The expenditures were— Provisions 5 Faet and 821 Monthly Record (p 1,391 Books and stationory. 207 Repairs 305 Tneidental 233 Rent of Cooper Institute. 3 Medicines... be ‘Transportation 109 Salaries... Bt Bae. Outdoor poor, 00 OD HMMA... sede sapere sere sesecee S180 reer, MC Pmasi thon came forward, amidst great ap- plonse, and gave a history of the goctely from its com. menvement to the Reaves time. Nine years ago, under the auspices of a kindred sosiety, he went to the Five Points to commence a particular work, He went with trects in bis bande, and with a he pathizing with the poor, wrevobed and desolate ar second and third visit he was met by. that locality, with the exclamatione, “For God’a Christ’ exke let us alone.” ‘Do you not suppose that we krow without your telllug us that wo were once innocent, ns virtuous and bopeful, aud tbat there wae a prospect ‘4 ip fe; but now e'are guilty and COFFOpLAG the ee beautiful prospects of our eariy life ere blignted ana gone for ever, therefore let us alove.’” “ Show us how to live Winboot vice or crime, or let us die aud be damned ag wo are, witbout tormenting us.” Hoe explaioed that there as work enough ip ® great city, and to go ont and get it, the reply was, * Who Sele eve it?) Who wilt take ug in? Blighted, bloated, ragged wretcbes, physically and morelly enebained—who will take usin? He then came to the conclusion that if he had nothing more feasibic thas tracts, Bibles, preaching ond prayer, be would never do apy gerd. Be heard, however, that ibere wore shirts ty be mace ckesp for the siop shops, and bo went to No, — in Jobn étreet, where they wanted to know if be was going t openasbop. He told thom “ yes,"? and whee they asked him where, he apswered in the Five Poiuts, Toe reply then was, ‘No, gir; none of my work goes there.” “And he called upon half a dozen with the like result; but at last he met with ‘a man in Carmine bide) who took a right view of the matter, and agre pply them. [n tbia way hegotthem “honest labor,” and he glowiagly de- 1 the joy that was infused rato them: the delight with <) they sie thoee meals vonestly earned, And now, in nine 5 ears, from that same region, eamo up @ little army, ished and broken bearied, wish new hearts, new pes and new proapects of Lecoming respactabi: sad ureful, while many had cone tow better worlt, Lit not k ? (Loud applause) He cared not wiat was the | bees given—-the returas doubled it. Labor, honest ia- dustry, under the blessing of God, they bad ‘brought to bear on the classes of society ther ‘as for the mi: abje wretch who would be a pauper, physical to gain bis livelihood, there was no hope for him in ‘world, nor the world tocome. He foi ce ‘beg or steal. (Applauge.) But living at the Five Poin! accociated with thieves oe abandoned women, to ray of eighteen, whet under God could keep them from bet tis He ihonrotetred ime. for © the building of the me for them, and of the progress that had been made; also to the farm schools, woof which were established, one in Eastchester and one in Westchcster,and last epring they went tothe ayms with twenty five or thirty boys. Their best wishes were realized, and the boys, from viciousness and malice, were taught to direct their minds to God. Bat there wag. between $3,000 and $4,000 needed to carry on their work, and the society was discouraged. The President bad stated that the work was in the hands of the audience, spd be would ask was not the work worth their support? From 400 to 600 were sent during the year to sita- ations, and sn average of 800 were year after year taken. fe of lon peas ee field ce br Lacwpon in the way of being happy. it pay ad applause. He hoped the result would be that the ive Points toase of Industry shoutd live as long as there were little immor- tals waiting avd begging to be taken care of, and that means would be abundantly furnished for the pur- 3 pore. He concluded amidst loud applause. Rov. Dr. Cuyiuk then delivered a most eloquent appeal in behalf of the society. He considered it the true economy to those in.our midst, so that they should becoms bees to fl! our hives, instead of wasps te sting us; and he illustrated this subject by an atausing anecdete—of a par- son attacked by wasps whilst delivering a discourse, who, on being asked the reason for his restlessness, exp! that, though God's words were in his mouth, he beliored the devil wasin bis breeches. (Loud | ) tf it costs ten times as much to save these children, it was worth it: and he earnestly advised the audience to give the society their active rather than passive approval. Dr. Tyna followed in a most beautiful address, to which, in our brief eynopsia, we cannot do justice. He Jed forth some of the children ove by one in his arms, and Cemanded if they wore not moulded and finished in ag, beautiful a sor any oftheir Fifth avenue daughters. ‘They were God's creatures, with His image stamped on their brow, and it wasfor them that he bad offered up | his life. He ailuded to the bright future of some of these children, and even the bright positrons that some of those’ who had formerly been aided by the society now occu- plied. In conclugion he begged the audience to asssist in thie godlike work for the Redeemer's own sake. A collection was then commenced, and Dr. Cuver stated] that one gentleman offered, on condition that the whole $3,000 were raised, to give $100 towards it; and presently] he'stated tbat another yentlemaa would do the same. Tn the meantime the children sang more bymas and| went through dumb show exercizes, and Dr. CrickERING, of Portland, Mo., offered the follo ygolution, which wes mot with favor: Resolved, That this society, to be appreciated, need bat to be known; and that the Monthly Record, containing an| outline of the current biatory* of the institution, is no only a most desirable vehicle of information respecting it, but highly suggestive as to the great art of doing good, and fitted to be useful among alt classes of readers. Dr. Hatroy then pronounced a benedictory, and af anotber hymn by the children the meeting separated, ‘The subscription raised amounted to about $800, THE NATIONAL NA RIGHTS CONVEN: IMMENSE AUDIENCE—TURBULENCE PREV AILING— THR SPEECHYS INTERRUPTED—NO RESPECT FOR THE LA DIES, EVERYBODY HISSED, ETC, The annual gathoring of the “strong minded,” whio always forms a part of the anniversary week's perform ance, came off jast night at Mozart Hall, Broadway. At carly hour every part of the hail was densely thronged, and before the proceedings were opened the aisles wor choked up, and many people, afraid to venture the dis comfort of a vain attempt to crueb their way into th room, left the building, evidently disappointed in thelr de} sign to gota peep at the fair advocates of tho rights o crinoline—thereby saving the entrance fee of one dime! ‘The platform was crowded with enthusiasts ia tho doc| trines of woman’s rights and vindicators ef woman's ‘wropgs. Among others were Dr. Antoinette Brown B! well, Susan B, Anthony, Ernestine L. Rose, Lucre'is Mot Caroline H. Dole, Wendell Phillips and W. Lloyd Gai ‘The Bloomer costume was not represented on the plat] form, though it was visible here and there throughout th room and in the corri¢ors, yainiy endeavoring to disp! itself within. It assumed various shapes, from tho sum| mery-gauze skirt of that convenient length which neithe impedes locomotion nor does the Corporatioa business o sweeping the streets, to the heavy cloth pelisse, biacl pants of unexceptionabie masculine cut, and long boo reaching half way to the knees. Hats of felt and plum of table for the most part decked the heada of the fi and young (for they were all young) crusaders. Bat glories of mest of them wore’ destined to the obscurity the lobbies. At Beven o'clock Miss Susan B, Axtnoxy, a quiet lookin and comewhat intellectual lady of forty, or thereabouts plaialy dressed, and spectacied withai, took the Chair ami much crushing, noise and confusion. She introduced a Miss Caroune H Dore, a sharp specimen of woman) hood, who hardly comes within Bron’s description of th “« Ripe and real,’’ with a profusion of gold chains an and seals, and a woful absence of hoops. Miss Dole pro ceeded to read come extracts from her lecture on Mar} Woistonecraft and Margaret Fuller, but the dissati faction and disorderly disposition of the audience wi such that the female Chairman bad to appeal fo A temporary Ini! permiited the spoaker td progress a litle, but the interruptions of stampia, and irovical applause soon increased to such aa extent that Miss Anthony whispered to tho speaker that Was better to desist, which she ¢ii 60: tun) graciously, retiring amid a storm of noise. Hisses| groans, Whistling and boisterous laughter, princi pally from the galleries, at intervals interraj y the’ speakers, which a ‘portion of the audience en deavored, bui without success, to suppress. It evident, from the domonstrations all through thy evening, thata large number of those present wore no very ardent sympatcisers with the object of the meeting] as thoy did not manifest the commonest respect due to'wo man, Bhether fanatical or philosophical, protected or un Miss Axrrony, introducing Lucretia Mott, seid that eh hoped the audience would be sient and hear the pione of the movement, Mra. Mott, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Morrcommenced by expressing her sy mpathy wit! the large number of people who wore compelled to stand| ia Consequence of the smallness of the room. She coa| gratulated them on the growiag prospscts of woman’ Tights, and she was glad to inform them that, at a ing of the Young Men's Christian Union, held that di the young meo had consented to accopt the co operatio of women, g ymptome of satisfaction, and a cry of ‘qu natural.) When Honry Ward Brecher—(hisses)—f dared to speak in favor of the anti-slavery cause, he mot with great opposition ; but when he recently appearet in the Academy of Music, and made the sounds of hi voice heard in a music that was more melodious than that of the Opere, though por haps not so loud nor so screaming. were noble men, and educated men with bis feelings and app! what must comie out of (Langhter.) The , who sympathized ded his words, This wa 2 agitation for woman's ri (Here there cries for “Phillips.”) Miss Antuony said they had a programme of speeches! and the audience mus: submit to it, Mr. Voillips wonld not speak until after Miss Antoinctte Brown had addrosgt the audience, (Cries of ‘‘Brown!’? Brown!’ Mré: Morr continued to advance several aaguments, neither very fresh nor very forci’le, ia favor of ber sub: ject, an’ waa listened to with a moderate degren of Bpect to her age, impressive prseeace and manifest sincerity. Dr. Antouriccte Biackweut Brown spoke of tbe practic: injustice of asgerting thet women were mentally inferio to men. There were vo laws that established this asser| tion, aud whatevor inferiority has been exhibited in wa men, wbhea compared with mep, arose more from the diMiculties thrown in their way than from any othor cause! Either women were weak by nature, law or condition, She was prepared to show that the latter cause was true one. She then recited the grievances under whic women arc said to labor—now £0 woll known to every; body—and demanded for her sex a legal and porfee equality with man, Look at the practical estimate of thy defcienicics of women, ‘Shakspere is my demi-god, but would not with to marry him,’ said a female critic; here ste laid open ber brain to the rcaipel. A father’ ittlo daughter came fondly to her parent, and smiling tt bis faco, the first expression she heard was, ‘Ab child, I wish you were a boy.”” Tne boy child was de: and the girl hoped to come in its place in tho affection the father. (Laughter.) You laugh—but you laugh b cause you cannot estimate true nobleness. But the never forgot those words. dwelt in her heart, from that time she determined to be a boy and to beso the comfort of her father. Boys studied Latin—she di £0 too. In short, the lady ehowed that the girl becamo} by earnest study, a proficient in every branch of learn ing. There is now, too, a venerable man, whose daught is wife and mother, and more than of age to sp for herself, and yet she was devicd those rights whic belonged to her in all those poeitions, That father; through a false policy, would have her keep silence an ‘Dot assert those rights. She would not curse that goo ‘but mistaken old man; but who would not twine garl around the brow of that noble woman, and skould any form of human intellect be oppored? Coul you eouccive a Jesus of Nazareth so timid as not to hat moral power enough to go up to the Mount of Olives an Preaek tort sermon, beginning, “Bleagod are the poor