The New York Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1860, Page 8

8 NEW THE ISPLDELS IN CONVENINON. | aia mma a Constitution. The Infidels the Allies of the Black Republicans. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY ADVOCATED. Martyrdom of Sumner and John Brown. ABOLITION OF THE ARMY AND RAVY Overthrow of All Beligion and Social Order. “PAAUEURATION OF A REIGN OF FERROR. ander a deepotiem as in what | wer continned a& “ome | the rigots of “newts cine Of (oir tad, sa.”? ee well live ® free repablic. Mr. Sea SPEECH OF ‘Ap aged philseopher, with a long gray Pvard, who was ‘Hoular winonen the reporter® W44 ba was plain PiValter of Greenburg,” without Say ““dister,” mud who ie said to be tomewbat light & the upper story, here addressed the meeting. He sal 19 — FY hope you wil! pot be offended, for 1 vome here l wish to make o few rema: bat i wil Bot deta you jong. I belleve 10 hort pe ches, Those who love truth and cenform their pract’so to their belief cam express their sentiments with brevity. There can be no doubt that man who love® and truth can say more in balf a minute tbe'a one who does pet, Yea take the | name of infidel vevy correctly, and I wish that the jash onabie churcP es could adopt the same aame, for itey ave all inGdel 1@.tutiops. All men who believe la voting and governmeot and property are infidels, sad do not bo heve in Cbrivt. All who have ears to hear, let them Roar; but them take beed how they hear, for ‘with what judgment they judge it shall be ja'god unto them, and with what measure they mete {t shail bo wrasured to them again. So long as you do nol practise what you believe nobody will belleve you. Take care, then, We eatin what you beileve, aod don’t believe ia the Iaehionable churchee You buy and geli ant you vote, and thus make youreclves like little children. Now, ail who t elong to ihe world are not with me, The followibg le\sers were thea read by the Secretary :— THE LETTERS. The Rxecutive Committee of tho Union of German Free- ‘hinkers of North america to the President and Mom bers of the Convention of the Intdel Asaociation of the United States, now meeting in the city of New York:— Mrsers. PREPIDENT AND HERS—Ta expreasing the wiebes of our body, we are charged to say that wo bail With the heartiest gyrpathies the meeting of the laide Association of the United States, now takiag place In the city of New York. We are sorry of not being in & posi- tion to send & there (00; but nevertheless we are General Onslaught on Jew, Catholic and Protestant. Heury Ward Beecher Declared Supe- rior te Jesus Christ. *TRONG MINDED WOMEN Mpecehes by Ernestine L., Bore, Borace Seaver, @. S. Murray, Mesers. Curthe, @sbern, Walter, Ber, Bee Bey The infidels of the United States aseembied in their Wid anneal Convention a! the City Assembly Rooms, Broadway, on Sunday morning. The Convention bas wees bitberto held in Philadelphia, and the object of the organization 8 to diffose abroad certain 80 called phileso- yeveal principles, whieh were taught by the French en- syolopadists, and are breathed through the writings of Voltaire, the two Rosseeur, Diderot, Valaze, Gibara, Bume, Paine, and othere. A stexdy opposition to Chris- Vanity and a geveral disbelief in Divine revelation are the Beading features of the principles inculeated by the asso- eiation, While profeering Obristians were on their way wo their cevera! churebes, a large placard was placed out- wide the door of the Assembly Rooms, intimatiog that the BnBde! Convention wes in setsion. In the large room of ‘the butiding there were assembled about one bundred and My persons. 1 wee « perfect study for the physiogno- mis; to view Lhe facial developements of the mem ers of abe Ovnvention. There was the aged patriarch, whose Birecte appendages would not have disgraced a Brabmin ; there was the faded downger, of the genus strong minded; while in the background was to be seen wumal! sprink- Ming of over- dressed candies, done up in all the glory of patent leather boots, garrote sbirt collars, and the in- ev'table eyegiass. On the whole, however, the mass of the audience appeared to hare been persons drawn to- gether by curiosity, rather than the real Simon Pure mide) members of the Convention. Among the celebri- tes present were 0. 8. Murray, formerly editor of ® pub Measion in this city called the Regencra‘or, and Ernestioe 1. Rose. ‘Tee Convention was called to order at about half past tea o'clock by Mr. Horace Seaven, who said, that, as the President of the last Convention, it becane his duty to ace to the organization of the present meeting. The fol- dow ing names be offered az officers of the Canvention:— Preskdent—Horace Seaver. Vice Prendenis—Ernestine L. Rose, of New York; Otis app, of Mareachusetts; K. Wallen, of Penueylyadia; Josep Lawton, of Rhode Irland: 0. 8. Murray, of Obio; A. Daval, f ‘he District of Columbia, and Tuomas Deanis, of New dere} Becrariet—J. M. Backott, Thomas Curtis, Business Commiiee—T. 1. Savage, of Mageachurette: K, A. Roee, of New York, Joseph Treat, of Ohio; J. F, Mem um, of Massachusetts, aud Jobo Wiadt, of New York ‘Finance Commiliee—W. E. Rose, of New York; J. P. Mcudum Meee nomivations haying met with cosnimous ap Preval, ‘We Prawent proceeded to addres ie Qouvention. He un PRRCH OF THE PRESIDENT. Ladice abd gentlemen, and ail ye who are friende of free thougbt, free speceh and universal liberty—It w cbeeriag to bebold such ap Budience Present on Ue occasion, and it wo ¢reat pleasure to welcome y tion. Whatever may be the motives t +f friends to be present, whether they % gives Wo this Go the city of or whether they ! ovly been actuated by curiosity bear what ma sail—whatever may be the mo- Wve that d you to honor us with your prevence— all 1 extend a cordial I bope that throvgbout may and a bearty w ceedings of the Conv and preatable t porpore to make a few the subject that bas Bfeen ye c beid in we participated in ita proce the stage of action. There were able men at this meet wg, ts will readily occur to you when J state thet among them were Robert Owen, of Eogland; Thos. Hertel, Ben Jamin Ofen, Joba Morris man, of thigcity, Wm. C Be Know ton, Romanas Emersc plauee.) They were all bi auc by Alexadder Pope— ‘An honest man’s the noblest work of God. Toey were honest, arefcl and biameess; tuey fought the good fight for freedom and bumanity, and if there is another worki they live in bliss, and if’ there be none, then they made the most of this, They have al away from the the active life, and though their memes may Dot be graven on sloue Bor Cast in iron, they have yet a nobler mo in the hearts of their breth. he boaored dead, whose Taide! Convention was and mauy of those who age have passed € Kentucky; Dr. Charles ad Abel Baldwin. (Ap- i men, and, as it wae once ren. And vow turning fr virtues I have briciy imp t our atter- tion to the living: and [ah momenta or & question which sow may be passing through the minds oi some who are present. “Why was this Indde! Convention taled, aud what are its objects?’ — Tt was called that wight take counsel togoth:r in perfecting ovr ton and jo aamisting Lo 1iffoe priveipica which we th pbilosopby ef natore what our ener ioe #8 ( ue, aad of cours ar let them say it. it i# vothiog that we are alarmed at Their opposition should not be any means t rify os. Ye © aware. oe and ¢ men, that ever wat & movement that attacked old Sued errors and bopes that did aot meet with opposition. But what of thaw We are not in vention bere. lexpect nothing of the kod. Homan vature has got to be made of diferent materials from thoec wb ich constitute it at present before bovest and independest men and women can look with quiet eye ant unexcited breast oa the false professions of priesteraft. | know that a great many think that these evile do ex this country. But they do exist herombere ia our Own country; and as we beong to that portion of the people of the Uatted States who see there things, we think it our duty to protest against Ahem Lt doce uot need any ergumeal te prove the asser. tion Ubal even in this country tne evils of pricatcract aad moperstition are g and burdeseowe (0 those who entertain {ree and | opinion, | do not know what are your feeliage as | position occupied a New York by infdel® aod atheists, bot iu Massach<- aetts, where it i boasted that of the Revo. lotion wae Orst set io motion heint and aa in- Géei ig aD outcast and an al with soarcely any other right than to be taxed and to pay taxes which right, of course, i# always carried out to the spirit apd t> the letier—it would acon ip the sapieat spirit of the Puritan fathers of old, who, when they Sogged as indian, made him pay forty shilliogs for (he bonor of the performance. The truth js, we have get in this country the amouat of freedo political freedom , but G0 personal freetom at ail for thore who difiee from the majerity, We may bel ao, aod be not preserived aor pervecuiod tc me that the great Amorican Revolation bas not yet worked out ite proper and jegitimate tofgence, act tt will not be $o entil we bave mental as well as political freedom. (Applause) As wedo not meet with anything hke support from the great ones of the laad—from thos: who are 0 power-—we must write, and endeavor to do a! the good we can. we will bave to adopt the reso. futon of Fthas Ailen, who was one Of our brethren. Ge wat riding out one day over & rough road and bie horse throw him, but be managed to keep hold of the bridle, veuied the animal from running’ away. runs—that jn this strait he called upam Jupiter to help um, bat Be help came. Then he called upoe Pinto—who supposed to come Ww a groat many peopie without calling—but Pluto did not-belp him. At last he fal “Ethan Alleo, belp thyself, wd, mounted his ow, it geome be af atheists of the United Stater are entitied to the @ame rights and priv). Jegee—political and social—that any otber clams of people Thie country will never tum of liber ay from | , Thomas Thompeou, John Fast. | we of which we Soast, There is a certain degree of | eas others | fret man who discovere awaiting the result of your meeting with great analety, Doping and wishing the resolutions you will come to will ecntribute largely to the comvietion far and wide wto the hearts of the believers thas the time of positive religion bas pageed, and the era of the reign of reason bas arrived. Believe vs to be, most reepectfully yoare, FRDK. SCHAURMANN POIT, Pree tent, F, Wivowz, rs Pwaveuma, Oct. 4, Broommvetoy, I., Oct. 2, 1860. To the.Certra) Committee of the Ipfide) Aseociation of ‘Amerios, in New York city, to assemble on the 71h day of October, 1860: Frikxps asp BreruaeN—It adords me no small pleasure at a time Like this, when the mind of every patriot and freeman js borpe back to the days that our forefathers declared “all men were created free and equal,” to bave the bonor of addressing © few words of encouragement to you, as the faithfal advocates of that good cause in which you and are engaged. My only regret is that I can- Bot be with you when you assemble as American freemen to clatm for man his birtbright—the right of freetom. (Ap- try not to support aristocracy or uphold humbug. No, vases wo defend fresdons, 0 promote virtue, to ex- tend jotelligenve, to carry out the object of the constitu. tion of our cosntry, tocrusb slavery and to cievate man © that position for which by nature’s laws be is in- tended. (Loud applause ) Our motto ia, “So long as man telierxxs in God he is not free: so long as tere one slave in America it is not a free country.” “ Oar or- gan isthe Pioneer, edited by Karl Heinzen, of b in whom we tiod the advocate and true friend of our cause. To go band in band with him is my warmest wish. Brethren, our Fourth of July will come, when ‘t will pot again be denied that by uature’s laws man bas the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of bappincas. Lot us, thea, go to work, be united, and we will tewh the would-be speech are vot to be trampled down and trodden uader foot ag the sport of tyrants, Let us drmly grasp this symbol of power and we will be victorious, (Cheers ) As & toast | send _— Honor to ail iree men, who spesk what tink. Honor to our beloved friend Karl Heinz2n, the bravest freest and truest German in America and the civilized ers italy, your true friend and brother Very respect our true friend an sbtrcis niet DR. H. SHRODER J take pleasure in endorsing the foregoing sentiments, Truly yours, JNO, J. MOKINNON, MR, MURRAY'S BESOLUTIONS. C, & Murray then came forward. He isa very old wan, with a massive head, and a length and volume of beard truly Aaronic. He observed, before the organiza- tion of the Convention, that he was consumptive, sad therefore aware that he bad not long to live; but he could pot resist the desire to appear at the Oonveotion aad wake his dying speech in favor 0° the principles of in- fidelity. He moved the following resolutions: — | Resolved, That the saviours the worid needs are they | who will eave from the ignorance which keeps in fear, and the fear which keeps in ignorance—not Jers to the supernatural or miraculous, but instructors in what # ratiooal and real, natural aad practical. Christan Saviour was an ii man; Was igno- rant of conmo geology an raphy, To those, | Humboldt, Tigh Miter, asta of others, have bees | bis superiors. (Applause. ) He didn’t know the relations between the sun and the planets. In this, Copernicus was hie superior. (Ap- Huse.) x3 Kaew nothing of the elemeota of agrisultural chemia try, of the metallic bases of the alkaties and earths, of the'science of electro chemistry. these, he was’ in- fertor to Deny and Liebig. (Applause. Didn't know that blood circulates in the buman eys- | tem In this, Servetas and Harvey were his superiors. (Applause. ) | Was ignorant of comparativeanatomy, In this, Cavier was his superior. ( Applause.) Dido't know that electricity could be bandied. In this he was inferior to Fracklin and Morse. ( Applause.) Didn't know tbat, a8 is the organization, #0 necessarily tbe the manifestation. In this, Galland Spurzucima his superiors. (Applanse.) bow, if tt wouid Gatter one of his worshippers out nie idolatry, 1 would say that, notwithstanding what he said about the * lilies of the (rather, in view of a!| he said ip tbat connection, teaching men to depead oa >rnatural, miracte-workiog god for #ustenance, in obtainiog it by their own Industry in the culti- f the soil), it i plata he dida’t know enough to In this, Henry Ward Beecher (Loud applause ) ow that mea are the creators, and gods the -that the pureult of knowledge pertaining to r existence on earth is betver for us than to be oocupied ting faith concerning heavens aud hells somewhere bat in things of knowledge, of soience, maukind in agreement and at peace, while in things of faith they are in digagreement and’ at war, lu these, all F.tional philosophers are bis fuperiors These gods are ignorant creatures. Tho rival devil was quite mistaken when he said: —* God doth know, that im tne di eat thereof, then your eyes shall be ed, and shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.’ | This Jehovah didn’t know amy such thing as is here | attribated to him. Dida’t know good and evil. If he | had known anything of the kiud, he wouldn't bi undertaken the task of gy pm from beings | with brains and eyes, If be known good from evil, or evil from good, be would not, in the most important comm tied that fatal bluader which | rly to “repent,” and then, when he went about works “ meet for repentance,” he woulda’t bave made such a mockery and foily of It With the drowning of all the others be would bave drowned the eight, and woless the devil was an amphibiowt animal that coulda’t be drowned, he should have put bim in w. the rest; at any rate, he should have takea that oppor amity to fesien the chain about bis neck, with « mill tached to it, and have sent him to the bottom to stead of wranglivg on with bim for thousands of y ad then sending an ange! to cha!s him fora single thousand, sad Qnally, after all, lettiog him loose again. Koowledge to distingtish between gool and evil would have madea clean work of that cleansing of the earth of cauted him a0 that was undertaken: a wiser and better course of things we lished, and further works for D vn repentance prevented. ra!) there moet pernicious errors had been com- 2 such groes ignorance, if the costly bad availed anything for improvement ia knowledge of good from evil, this unfortunate god bave chosen, and taken to himseli, as he did, to narinees and eas—instracting them and help ing — to defraud, rob, ravish and extermioate their eighLors And when he had protracted the folly of making in Strumeata!itics of them with no good results, and he pro. posed 1 make one more deaperate effurt, in the way of An attempt at raising wp © redeemer from this demoral- ined stock, if now, afer all, there could have beea at- tainment 6 kn Dat was good for all or any of the parties Interested, ould Lave beew 1 wap pro and gent for won sense, od a dictator of fai But from a father, to depend upon whenever they could not well get it by ploadering their veighbors, what oboult we look for but a sou fear of Lis ignoract, annataral father, the demoralizing work of teaching h they are to be conmumers without being producers. The whole of this process of teach to be ta the fear of gods, or (n the favor of gods, is demoralizing and de humanizing The ovil © ignorance. The remedy i knowledge Mr. Murray accompanied bis resoictlons with the fol- pg obeervations — Dr Barvoy, of Engiand, bas been looked upon as the tas etrcatation of the blood, but in visiting one of the New York State libraries, a fow days ago, and looking over an ancient encyelopedia my cyee lighted on an article On Servetar, who diet before Harvey was born. it wag there remarked that Servetus bad dome much towards thy right upderstandisg Of the circviation ef the blood. It .i* generally under. #tood for what that unfortunate man |, said to bave been 1 to death, namely, for heresy, but [ave an idea that # oplatons on the circulation of ihe dlood had some- thing to do with it Wacrrer of Greenburg, was of opinion ust the rosolu- Lone were the beet ant most sensible thing Gone yet, PBAnother philosopher thought that they should be Written in letters of gold resolutions were thee put from the Chair, Rad car- ried unanimously. Mr. Treat, of Ohio, submitted & paper to the meeting what be dowignated the platform of in@dality He read it, a¢ follows, when (¢ was uoxoimounly THE PLATFORM OF INFIDELITY. ‘The Colted Mates Infidel Convention aesembled in the York on 7, 1860, submit to favorites that Jord and master that freedom of prees and freedom of YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. an evit as the loee of tho happincws !t prevents; and alla food man can desire for Dis fellows ts that whatever thas obstructs their bapy.vees May be removes, mince Mi De oun cepire ig thar hey may be porlectly aud perpetually ry. solved, That the fac\ ts patent, even to being n self- evidence in the uni verra! cousctousness, tbat mot bil other uses put together do #0 much to provent and destroy thie baspiness of mep, az the notions they themselves enterfin abent God, deri, 5 1, Judgment, eral heaven, beli, and thelr own soale—toeve vory Several Dames tirike wea with dread and Werror. Resolved, That go w ‘eepresd and omnipotent te the tofluence of these notions to promote men’s uchappinses instead: ja individual to ® day Can pase with Out wage g than mortal fear; "fo that, ho: realization of more 3 wer be may drows his Chonghts amid the cares of Dueicess and the excitement of soviety, yet when he comes home ta the quiet of his Own beart, io view of sickwesa, lost of friends, ible death to h and-even hie own pightly Bicep, he would give the round world if be to be able to fee) that be was end oli was well, Resolved, That even the very few who, jo epite of there notions, feel that they themse'vee are safe, are stil! gad just ag much made unhappy by the same notions; for otbere wre bot safe if they are, but their fathers, mo- thers, browhere, eigters, husbands, wivee, sons, daugd- ters, and the immense majority of all who live and Dreathe, are in a peril which replonges them into the fame great woe from which thes for themselves bad escaped; #0 that at last sll are uchappy. Resolved, That these notions which thus aMict and op- their origin in the Bible; men read bt thom out of the Bidle; from time immemorial the Bible hag revealed theee notions avd odveed these unhappy effecta; 1t does both of these ings now; It al must do oth of these things as boog as it te the B: ‘these notions are the sole eza2nce of the Bible; they are what makes it; pai that is all the Bible is for—to teach theee notions which make men unhappy. Regolved, That if the Bible teaches avything else—as goodnese, morality—pevertheless, what it thus teachee is not peculiar to the Bible, but is simply reason, uatore, ecuaily taaght by beaten ia ail ages of the world; and foribermore, the Bible places this goodness Of its own teachiog under the ban, and thanders ite peoaities and perdition nat even those who practice ft, ualees they alto bebe: same in, and bave respect to, these fearful end woe begetsing uotious; and this finally en- forced accey |, and surrendering to, the notions, is stil] the full statement that the whole intent of the Bible je Lo leach wba causes men misery. Resolved, That therefure the Bibie is an evil to men; it te as great an evil as al! this grand happiness it prevents, } thie untversal woo It induces; wherever it exists peopie go mourning; they feeling it» bate- pre ly ‘that all Christendom is one great watl of angaish for the Bivie. Resolved, That the same thing that is trae in Curisven- dom as the result of our Bible, is true in all heathen coun- tries as the result of heathen Bibies; al! natious of men ou the earth have their respsctive Bibles, or sacred bookn, down to the boly traditious of tribes without written lan- ‘guage; and all these bibles are alike in teaching these same Sothoes; it ig this which makes them al! bibles; and all tne bibles nce the eame effects; everywhere they make those who believe in them unhappy; #0 that at last the whole world is filled with foreboding, the light of joy is obecured on earth, darkness and gloom settle down over the race likea pall of night, and untversa! humanity is racked with fear or frozen with horror—all, all oo ac- count of the world’s Bibles. rational and sole secret of Resolved, That the sim; men’s Bibles prodacing uses ciestroas resal roe ie other ; if they are human books, they are and their teachings are are should they not be , : Rescived, Toat disbeuef in men's Bibles ag something other than human booke is all that constitutes inddelity; jofidelity accepts a)! Bipies as books, but rejects them aii as Bibies; tt accepts them all like any other » but rejects them all as more than any other book; it accepts all that is true ic them, but rejects that great, sabordi natiog, comprehending whole—these notions—witnout which they would not be Bibles, but onty books. Ind delity, in its length and breadth, ie simple disbelief in there potions which work the world such harm; it is Bimple disbelief in Bibles which make men upbappy. Resolved, That it is the mission of infidelity to teach mankind that their Bibles are thus nothing but baman books, and therefore they need not be afraid of them, nor care for them, por respect them; they noed sorrow no longer, nor be in heaviness, por make tears their meat; Dut indeed they may be bappy, and that is all they exist for, and there is nothing to come between. Resolved, That {nfidelity is thus in very trath the pro- clamation of the most biessed and glorious, ‘true gospel now sounded in human ears—the gospel buman happiness—it is indeed # voice crying to the thou- gand million weepers in thi Dring you glad tidings of great joy which shall be unto ‘li people; peace on earth, good will to men ”—~an Oriental dream wi ich the Bible i# not, but infidelity is. Resolved, That never in the history of the world have mankind made such an iofoite m ; never have they 8 perfectly revereed the order of nature: never have they 8 put light for darkness and feet for | darkness tpn ys ver and bitter for sweet, good for evil and evil for , as in thas uviversaily laking Bivles to their bo- ome as their friends, aud #purning and scouting infldelity their enemy; for the Bibles they bave accepted bave caused them to suffer untold misery throughout ail the ‘ages, while the Infidelity they have rejected has only not 4 them trom this loag woe because they would not it. Rerolved, That ee far from infidelity being men's ene: wy, they have only toembrace it, gratefully to aknowledge its all-eurpaerivg and inconceivable : itis the most ] message that ever saluted their ears; it is the @wectest sound that ever fell from humen lips; it is the voice of music and singing, and gladness together for it ie the call of the saved to their brethren still ie grief, “Be of good cheer, ye shall soou stand with us; weep no more’ Resolved, That infidelity, being thas ie ite own os sence, and ‘in What inmostly constitutes tt, a prociama tion of buman happiness, is equally and uecessarily a Proclamation in favor of liberty, temperance, peace, w. man’s elevation, education, opposition to land aud universal reform, it is the friead of all that wou! Denefit man, and the ioe of whatever would injure thom; jis Woth, purity, sobriety, honesty, kindoess, brother- hood, and every good word aud work, because all these are happiness. Resoived, That infidels have the same right to their disbelief that Curistians bave to their beltef, and they have the same right to live their life that Christians have to live theirs; and Know that all ratiowal aud mag- panimous Christ: i assent to both of these props tions, without any other demonstration thap the trans Parency and force of their statement Resolved, Therefore, that the petty and serious perse cutions to which inddels are every where subjected on ac Count of their opin ioos, ant especially their proscription Dofore the law, and deprivation of rights in the courts, in go many of the States of this Uaion, are uaworthy of Christians, & confes:ion of the weakaess of C ianity, ‘as being driven to resort to such means in place of argu ments. an equal Confession thet infidels are better than Caritt.ans—since \t is always the worse who persecute the better—as well as a departure from the our government, and an outrage on our [ree institutions. Resolved, further, That the Sunday laws now ia fore or attempted to be foe in force, im various parts of the country, eepecially the interfering to prevent the running of care on the street raiiroads in our cities, the run: Of trains from the cities into the country on bealta pleasure excursions, and the crjoyment by the people ‘and particularly by our (oreign born population) of their anocest amusements and social recreations within Cities, are astill more Megrant violation of equal natural |: Hee, and a perfect crusade ageinet baman rights, and there ‘against right: the legislation ia not doing aa Christians ould be done by; it is simple persecution by edict, after the maaner of the edicts of the Roman Emperors against ‘the Christians—and aii this whea it 1 pot evon pretended ‘that there # any Bi Af a Sabbath, whea the New Testament positively does away with all Sa>batha, fod when the day the Christians keep not oue of them iu the world ever dreama of keeping in the way the Bible commands, under pain of inflicted and instant death Resolved, That if tbese resolations need any ment if they are not their owa argument, even #9 tasi to auy ir own reading proves theur good true, it ry man’s Comeclongnees and beart do not compel bim mediately to say,“ All ais ought (0 bo so, and there no reason Why !t should not be $9, and thea It ia #0, ‘fam so glad that it is!" then wo assert that taere ore eassawersbie aod overwhelming tons o' great jon all a Feolutione—hat the "Bi tz {his Convention tender ail infidel lector rs.and ageats to the ic to discase that proposition a addition to to the iadueace e can aa ind nt for the Commiss'ou of crime, of the country are literally jevers in the Bible. Reeolved, That we most ewnestiy and confidently ap peal to our follow citizens of all throughout the in bebalf of this statement of principles; we atk it may not be lightly pasted over, but that it may universall? ¢ the deravion it deserves; we ask that the Bible way everywhere be discussed, aat the tra. | no longer be suffered to rob the world of ite peace, and Lo baptize mankind into sorrow; for to this end—=tbe bapp! nets of men—our efforts are directed; for this platform inddels will do battle Resolved, That thi our appeal to all grows into thie Yeice to each one, our full and final chalienge to every wan to whom there preeents may come why should you believe in a book Which maker you so wabappy? Way Sbonld you believe in this terri vie Bible? Resolved, Tat these resolutons, authenticated by the President and Secretary of thia Conreation, be prevented ; the ne by Trivone, 2imes, Port, Haman, Odeerver, indepencient. wii the Sanday papers, aud Andrew Jackaon Davie’ Herald of Progress. with & request to all papers Apc journals throughout the country to copy. ‘The following resolationa were thea eubmitted from the Business Comm tee — Whereas, Man is #0 conatituted that in childhood be is readily made to any religion— , Jowish, Ma 0 of Christian, on tbe authority of thote who sur- roand Bim, hgh Ly ge! be ie Roy hy believe io ac with io him ori donee, and disbelieve for wend of uuihenies ovenenes » Produce ovnviction: therefore Resolved, That It is {stonsistent in principle and pern|- cious te $0 ascribe merit to @ belief in any reli- jon, or demerit “o & disbelief tn ali of them Wherene, io the ‘rve spirit of liberty, the courtitution Aatees perfect fresdom of conscience ual; s ‘erference in the exercise of that im the o. “@errance of any of the religt cus daye or tenets, or in Mie rejection of them all, ie & groes violation of the CoBstitation ae weil as the sacred righta of man, ®24 &# Puch ougnt w be reeisted by every true repobi. “*e Whereas, the coptigued agd incres ie vale of tears, “ Behold, I | humen book, aat | false views reapecting it de corrected, we ask that it may | ‘Wee tocroackmente | gould remain ip the reeeotion, becacee \¥ fully expreeeed upon the rights and Mberties of the people, by religions men Ward bigote and hypecrttical potiticlane, in eustaining apjast | peecber pimeel{ confesses this, for the word comes from awe, and enacting, em weet a in resinting these the re and lige, to bind and bind again, and it bas | ‘agressions than we have used for years passed; therefore. ‘be full meaning of the heathen word. Religion i= an in- Teeolwed, That it le tbe duty of every troe tafdel | grag) deception and confusion, which comes in to take to conerioate, fone, Bis Inaeme 8 ear et ee advantage of the weaknesses of mankind. It is 6a may wor ee pie on a] aggressions. | devetver all the while, and, as Beecher says, it we “Eterna! wee ‘price of Hberty, . , That ‘attention of liberals be directed to ‘The Wausmn of Greenburg once more arose to fire off | the organization of ed 80 ag to stop error at the | aemall speech. He said modesty and forgiveness fountain head, and thus leave the representatives of the | were what be practised. Be did not commit sin,for he le at Liberty to be pone, ienieed of bypocritical, | was dead to buy: and selling, and alive to mercy, oh, wit being turned out of rity and good will. He loved bis brother man as he loved Resolved, That as man is of no be- | himself. Be stcod upen the truth, for he did not ‘ond the limite of bis present existence, and ae bie du now anything «le thal was true He was only a little are confined to the Rieerrndes, eae boy of two years old in the truth. ( is, fore can have no duties but to himself, bis man, | however, about seventy in the flesh.) If a man said that and to all creatures capaple of fesling pleasure and pain.’ | he loved him, and yet bad a separate intrest, be would Whereas, religion causes an unreasouing faith in the not believe if, and ‘After some farther remarks, the question was put, and ‘8 blind eubmission to their pretended mandates; tt was carried by an overw! majority in faver of fore, continuing the word religion. Resolved, That tn yore the devotion and energies ‘Waren of Greenbarg again ted himself with of man to the services of this med Almigoty intelli- | an objection to the platform; he ht It was too much geuce—who, if He exiated not wan’s services— beyond leads to pervert bie f , to feiter his intellect, to divert hic from his duties to bis fellow man, and ought tw be discarded 2 antagonistic to the welfare and - Bess of the race. Resolved, That inssmuch as we cannot at present main- tain more than one place for public defence and dissemi nation of our principles, therefore we should all coptri- Dute to the support of the same until we can establish euch im other parte of the country; and therefore recom- mend the Central Committee use their infloenes to secure ‘m the city of New York a bail for that 5 ‘Mr, Hamtitox was of opinion that the resolutions re- quired consideration. He objected to the Central Com mittee having to do with the procuring ofa hall for dis- cursion. 8 left to the wes in the jocalitiee where meetings should held. Be would move that the resolutions be read and considered servacin. Mrs. Exxastixe L. Rows said she fully agreed with the winle of the resolutions thes bed boon Feed, and she also above practice and creed above common sente, are per- agreed with the remarks which had been made by her | Bicious vo true civilizati ve to frends, er ee pee oe strong h not a (a injurious to the ‘healthy developement of bu. alone Ld infidels to have ite owa ly , pitas was justly eaid, boing the Emapire Oity of the Em Resolved, That the plan of sa any gc ted pire State, it ought to be able to cast widespread by orthodox priests, and ansoun ir pulpite as the Union its pamphlets, its letters and its eae, 80.80 God’s scheme of salvation, ig eminently deficient in prac- enable others to become acquainted with princi- popes, boing extravagantly expensive, sy Jes. But facts were stubbora things, and here we | Wogical, is contradicted by science and altogether unsuit- Could see the pernicious effects of religion as it operated | Sb/0 to offer to persons of commoa intelli in this city. ere were that Ny 80 was fuse publicly to act their profession maining away was unfashionable, who did not wish could swim. They water; therefore, as support churches in public hall to spread Sbe blushed for New Y« ‘vailed in the city. paid from twenty five to 6 ‘hat they despise, Jars ip a delity. the a not continue, as expente. things, and it should was done here would wi Hy ing, which was carried unas! \ The first resolution was then read and agreed to. THE MEANING OF PROTESTANTISM. On reading the second resolution, Mr. Watrsr moved that the word Protestant be ussewn 1. FRYBOINE L, Rose said she believed the word Proves. | Yention for the name tant to be proper, because in Catholic countries the ne tndenne [bong arrestor te po ‘Br. Onceun, ut in Protestant countries it did. Freedom of conscience ‘4b 1a professed to be guaranteed by the conatitation of the | 2nd by permission United States, involving a right to protest against any- hat thing of which « citizen might disapprove. Therefore we 8 she was for holding to the term “Protestant.” or ‘Mr. Hawitox remarked that it appeared to him the do difference between Catholics and Protestanis was this: eae the Catholic would not allow you to think at all, while the _ sme Foci weeie allow you to think oaly aa be shought, | ra ‘this: Applause. would wee the congregat A Christians whe would allow aman to remain in member: iy ip with them while he beld religious opinions ditferen! from them. He did not wish to make the pudiic believe | (Applause. that, as infidels, a more about ery bed ed than Catholicity. former was a mere catchword om Warten of Greenburg hero sagely Saggectod that ie ‘a ie | ath Baas MoePetrorss eld cxponton tht aia | meetings, calling ways on eh ‘error—a lucid exposi vhat did | , | bet acem to be wpprociaied by the other philosopuere as | Eta siDEie ‘woman to attend their mectings. rved. | Mr. MURKAY said it eemed to bim that something more | might get | was necessary, in the way of amendment, Desides strik- | ‘ose who were sufliciently above their prejadices to | Ing out the aiggle word “Protestant,” to render the re. | Wherever tley liked: but they would never have sofation intelligible. " sympathies cf the general public, Let them adopt some Gefinite nawe—*Rational Philosophers” if they liked. Mr, Mexpcx was of opinion that, as an ingie) con) tion, they ebould employ language that would not be understood by the outside world. He therefore the “Protestant,” a@ it might be ieterpreted to an the Protestant religion, though that would not be e true meaning. He wished the Convention could have a lexicon, from which ai! such words of doubiful meaning | were expunged. They should remember that they wore talking Ww the people of the United States, and they sbould | use language which was not capable of misinterprotation. ‘The resolution was then ameuded ss proposed, aad in that shape agreed to. HYPOCKITICAL POLITICIANS—A SPICY DEBATE. Ou the reading of the third resolution, | moved that the word hypocritical be stricken out, aa i+ | was upnecestarily offensive. | Mr. Maxpen would be forry to see the word bypo- critical im connection with politicians expunged it was well known that our political rulers were al) Several members rose dt once, and the President said was unable to decide who the floor, pos which | there was s general call for Mra. Rose, who then ascended the platfurm. = } MRS, ROBE'S ANSWER. Mre. Pxewertvs i. Ross said that they bad been in- formed by the last speaker that they were entirely throwing away their cnergios aud their time, and tbat the term “inOdelity,”” by which their profession was kuowa, Would, a8 it did, expose them to the ridicule, and even | Wore, to the odjum of the world, They were also toid that they were abot out everywhere. She coald bear full | witness to that assertion, for the moment that oue was bold enough to touch that unclean thing calied religion, be or she is exposed to be cuted to the death. ‘They were called upon to adopt fome other name instead of that of inddel; but if they did fo they would be disguising their true senti- mente, and hypoeritically attempting to think tbat they believed In things in which, in fact, | bore. | bad bo confidence at all, By deing this they would Why were Somday enacted! 14 a smeh reas e peonuse they ceived with open arms. ‘sho protested againat any euch hypocrites. Why were not the city railroads allowed to | D}Pocrisy, apd counselled her hearers, ¢) lay aside the be in operation on Sundays as well as other days? ee ERB yh cause q Gian the | porting, the Fg Be of humanity, They cc. erat | were told that they iy, » and Seeabannea, tnaieants | that they never build up. does the pby- clergy would lay their | siclaa do when Bo gene on to sotens (ations ene 8 Sb an aot | cancer on bis limb? He tecks to remove the uloer. But | 1 as infidels, w does the patient complain? No. because whea the dis- which their fatbera ease is removed the wound will heal. Remove religion, ve them, they must keep and the whole social system a! once revives. It is the pocrites, and when the; a o- the wishes of the home. lo Guced into the legisiature to deus Sepeg wes sees supporied by several religious men worad ition wore offered & ‘ta faver, but the hypocritical politician was’ asked to present them refused, telling the petitioners that if be were 10 do 89 he ‘would be told to stay at home next year. A Vorwe—Was that Caled uj Mr. Maxpvs—No, that was pee yes on of. The member reused to present the petition, | and next year he waa told to stay at home. ( yoke ) They onght to make—firat, the politicians, secondly, the lawyert, and thirdly, the doctors, feel that they exer- cise an influence over them. Mr. Mendun concinded by — speaking ip favor of that a Of the resolution pro- viding Sr a ane i ae 2 ee. 0 prisouers either, {F prisous are but a rem AGRSTLAMAN (bought if the politicians were not hypo erites, the word be stricken out of (be English law us ge. Another CarsTiemay— The politicians ia for dollare and cents, and there js vo bypoorisy in that. (Laughter ) A THIRD GmwTuDIAN was of opinion Ubat it waa unfair to sustain a — ‘which fostered hypocrisy, and thea to brand the hypocrites as such after making theme. Lie charged the inidels themselves with belug as bypooriti- al as ihe 1 #t of society generally: Mr. Mrenay observed that tae word hypocritical Sad | been objected to by the gentleman who moved for its | | | pant of Cbristian barbarity. Teach men to be bappy— teach them the golden rule of humanity—not the Christiaa goides rule, “as you would men should do uuto you even to do ye wato them.” ad one half o' the immense Amounts lavished on that great Moloch 68 poor ut protected children without y end instead of becoming crimiaas sad outenate they will grow op to be independent aod honest men, and then there will be no need of prisons, poor houses and jails ‘tom Go to the churches and publish such advice as us bere today. It is needed there and may do -- ood. Here we do mot want i. See multitudes of | eraeure, as doing offrurive Now, he did not wish tobe = & | ; Priests who are supported by the in their igao Ofeasive for the sake of offence, but he would beoiteasive | Payce laziness and pride, jast for Eo"mean raure ot 0 when trath demanded it Exsaenae L. Ross said the gentieman who had remark: ed that it wae unfair to make bypocrites and then to brand them as such, was right in a certain sense but it ‘was the ministers and religion that mae the most hypo- criten, The infidels had working for the last tity years agains’ Church and Sale. im order to few poor sermons in the week. Doce thie not oeed reformation’ Look at ihe millions apent in this country erecting houses of worship, Some of them, per! mt the Hous? of the Lord, aad costing more money than would tupport a township. If these means were properly ap. plied, instead of to vain purposes of religion, there would be no prostitutes of both sexes paradiug the streevs of Aypocrasy, these inatilutions tended or cities. And yet your priests say notbiag about this. | mafain, Only Wes aan, Dabting \aiidel principles B2 | Ail they ever have to say is “keep to religion.” Sirs. j Rose continued in « caustic vein to review the several ee Se st unit Des088 | objections of Mr. Osborn, and on the conclusion of Ler | he ie aa inddel Bat ‘the political hypocrites were the | pemarke retired amid loud applavwse. 1 eek oreo wanes “it oe Mr. Commis followed, and oxplaived that there wit a | know a hyprocritical politician, lo great fact not to We aed In connection with the | arog Fey har ac eae oe eons cae eee 1 Father is this: To visit the fatherless and the widow in claiming to be an intidel, who : for tne Porvosution of waiviackie tor pe ‘ction, and to keep bimeelf anapotted from the Now, if it been “true religion before brother of bis, said Mr. Mendon, is ia the babit it would bave kept mankind up to the mark. Bat Saat S * Renseenie chore tn thie city —a church tues bed G0 mech to do fe ing true religion ye ret nes are me yy 6 |, ae wellas vi ; oad Cubeegh be ie on wadele whew tee | = God that they had little time to do their bame of Jers Christ or the Holy Ghost is mentioned he | Ra Feverendly bows his hood. (Deriutve laughter. he | commanded his followers that they snovla “Love the Lord Tho question was then poton the stticiag out of the | Weir God with all their heart, and with all thelr mind, word hypocritical, and lout by «large majority: TMs | Was Taxen of the words, forif Ie wad beau chow, shal or resolution was then put aad unaaimously carried. | ove man with all thy heart’ there would be someth' @ hour of adjournment having arrived, the PRENDENT | 44 yodge by, and it could be ascertained whether men phd} eg Ra AT aS et Ny 8 & their duty or not, But now mou took wil Lbeir time loving recetve « ‘dations from those who passed out. | Fas and bad, therefore, no time to love their ueigh _ eution then took & recess till hal! pasitwo | o'clock. / A HOME THRCST i Mr. Ospons inquired whether any one present would attempt to deny that Christians bad dose any good (or | ne another? ERNOON SESSION, WHAT i RELIGION? The Convention reassembled at half past two o'clock, bot it was some time before the infidels bed congregated in sufficient numbers to proceed to butiness. Op resuming the business of the day the resolutions re- ported from the committee were brought up for cou- sideration. Consideradie discussion ensued as to the propriety of supplying the word ‘‘superstition’’ for the word ‘re. ligion,”’ in which Mra, Rose, Mr. Murray and several THE RBOINDER. others took part. Py — a Mr. Cenns was for leaving the word “religion” as it | ferqeuel me | 17a, fer he believed that there was more villany comm|t- twenty years he had ted In the city of New York ander pretence of religion Fant fb yf ‘than from any other cause, ( Applause.) Mr. BiawcmaRp contended that ‘superstition’ would | bee word tar preferable. Mr. Mcmnay contended that the word “religion’’ f | FL ter. ho- | Canghter.) ¢ the world | than call religion | Fonts and friese, 2, Fy i hin — Pees tes ») ‘erat Voicms—‘‘Let the man speak," “Free speeoh,’? “Put him out,” &s., &. : Mr Murray—My friends, I am not at all offended with my brother, Be patient with him, for charity’s sake came back to the , and said that he. would not submit to be insulted by the Chairman un- ‘Mr. Munaay again let fy a vol of texts at him from excited: the Old and New Testaments, and in so rapid and | @ manner that would have been sufficient to knool eee e confusion fr. a | thread of nis narrative concerning had int |, Mr. bi i i i & FER i a Hide Ha } i i ; if sks i ; ily 3F. 3 | then went on to be with the doctrines of ity. ‘that they were bora in sin, and were they ovght to bate themselves, while infdetity, lpg even Convicts, and making them believe were better even iban they were, made them better reality. Itwould be hard to say that Chrisuanig never done any good; but the humanity of tne people, if left to iteelf, would bave done mach. (Appiauee,) Mr. RN taid be understood infidelity as well ag the infidels themselves, aud be hoped that would be af concise answer to the gentleman who bad just _ tpoken. He was not there ag a champion of Chr: bat he bad protested against it, and was disposed | think pretty much as the Convention thought. He had cooly Boegested a name less objectionable to the public tbe one the society had adopted, but ve did not wish them to take one which would stamp them as by pocrites. | by implying that they believed what they really believe. He complained that the Convention, unfairness which characterited the preceedings \ ligious bodies, had represented Christianity boxjous @ manper as they could. Toe PRESIDEN said be Bas eete $385 i | : H < é ] i if g itera | a Eg E f B Fy i E it tracts for distribation, in tribowed. ‘The Convention then took a recess till seven o'clock. EVENING SESSION. ‘The Convention resumed ite session at seven o'clock, with a scarcely diminisbed andience, notwitastanding» that ® tax of ten cents per capiia bad been laid on every’ adult for 4efraying expenses. Prior to the regular bas!- pers of the €vening, Dr SHartmn came forward and gave an cnsolicited ep tome of the history of « free platform, established i the Bowery during many years past. He also took the coca on to exprema bis views on the existence of God—e doctrine which be did sot oppose. ANOTHER GENTLEMAN Attacked the Bowery organization, and said tbat it waa origivally a society for religious die- | cussion, but that it afterwards degeneraved into a low po- litem, cowclare, attended by desperate rowdies, aod that the whole afair was now & disgrace to the name of iaGde! ‘The irrepressible Wacran of Greenburg bere darted? up a into existence, my quantity and proporti msciee and other partey eb 4 bat wil vi airof the boy”—born in imi ding wv What with my bev’ fittotion and awe? tion into the wor'd im tne Vermont—a ‘ fas5 Mounts mand Fort epirit of Allen bas the Prince 25 aol aif efi A Iie Heh i out 5