Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-30


mem o"r The citizens. The citizens then adjourned
tc' that the convention cdta to have adopt
"" ,nsu'icn we cannot say as TO inns TACT; Il hau
a a. only organised informally, when 1t adjourned
~, i vet under great excitement, although we ap-
Ias ~ disturbance of the peace. We have Just been
Fi:d that the members of the convention have gone
i0!1,oro in Madison county, with the intention Of
g 's.,r;z;nr and CONF dieting their business.
::,s,T;u,-7 O'Clock, 2. .N.-We have just learned
ih. rrin,inr materials of the Standard d Democrat
'h,' ,bc abolition paper in this city, have been thrown
ON y, t,r windows, on the walk
'a'' (Fror, the New York Commcrcial.l
. ,,rrrsiinU letter from highly respectable gen
~" in Utica, rrahes us to furnish the reader with
;t,,na,ion touching the proceedings Of the Abui-
m Conyen;ion, well on the part of the Convention,
.,'bs pcople in opposition to that body.
,,, long agony is over. The grand State anti
,,y Convention has met, hourshcd its little brief
S" md adjourned sine die. 1t called to order
~ n, Ten o'clock, and Judge Brewster, of Genessee
ny was chosen Chairman, pro Iempore: and the Rev
rri We,morc of this city. Secretary. Constitu
,n If State AuSuvery Society was then produced,
,,v read and urIn con. adopted.
declaration of the opinions and creed Of the
,:cn was then Produced and the reading of it COM
''".,d by Lewis Tappan Esq. The doors which had
;"'" m shut IN to this time opened by crowd
a., friends of Stree discussion who had been
WAL To remain outside, and who, in their progress
,.,rcI, In. vcsbue, freely discussed sundry black
: Knocks; and left coat or two, hors dn combat, and
mol
c ,n,i.aboliiion<s. who near the door, inter
I and induced the free dspuants to suspend farther
Nrtinos But the doors were now open: and the
. was instantly filled with those friends of good or
~ vim arc never except about the first week in
yn,be, and the mode and place of whose existence
nr III. res, Of the year, has, for time past. been
.tdIe 10 nquiring philosophers.
Thc house was in perfect uproar. Cheers,
,.s wells and all manner Of strange noises cnsucd.
T., reader. MIR. TaPran. continued most mantu!ly
4,nr a: the creed. Though he could not make his
-, =, ncishbor hear q word Of what he said. After
I,.,pu gone in this way some twenty minutes, the
5,m,,t.e of the citizens of Utica entered the house,
I5.d By the honorable Chester Hayden, first Judge
= Oneida county, and requested hesrng from the
roarcnticn. The uproar and confusion was now trc-
,,,ntous Crics from all parts Of the house, to hear
~, committee mingled with yclls and Kisses,
,,J all The while Mr. Lewis Tappan s;csdfasty per-
:.m,ng his ,antc mimic reading of his 'erced The
,,,nan at length induced Mr.. Tappan TO desist, and
,s meeting came to order to hear the communication
q the committee from the meeting of citizens at the
rurl.rnom i, read BY Mr. }. Watson Williams:
,.r which Judge Hayden addressed the Convention.
and On behalf OF the citizens cntrca,ed il to adjourn
!, ~ only possible means Of preventing 1teadnl re-
eli. He assured it, that the communication just read,
,j run,natcd not from mob but from the worthirst
81, most reputable inhabitants Of Utica, and that it
-odied sentiments entertained by large body of the
..,ens Mr.. Lewis Tappan then moved that 4 CON-
tee Of ten be appointed To prepare suitable resolutions
the convention. and respectful reply TO the citizens
a
r. Tappans resolution, and undertook tn say some
mag bat the friends of - free discussion go free
depressing their opinions, AID talking just as they
,ei aad each for himself, that The gentleman $
.-ccc, was dumb shaw to all but the speaker. He
,Is,.nre wound it up very briefly, and sat down
Tie Honorable Samuel Beardsley, member of Congress
,:om this county, then got up upon a bench and
ned his respected rlloW-cltizcns would wait un- |
n the convention could reply to the committee
i4e Convention had heard the communication of the
ctzen and he anxious to know what 1t had got to
So 10 to hear what apology 1t had TO offer tor coming
city and insulting it by making 1t the place OF lis
alterations. He (thc Congressman deemed tue insult
On: Of the most aggravated nature, nc. When MI |
cardsey finished his pacific address, which he did amid
cc1s. urras and yes Of his constituents Judge Hay
again and endcavorcd to allay the excitement OF
ne meeting, and urged the necessity and pToPrirty OF
ssi.inC quietly the answer Of the Conrcn ion In the
mainline the leading Of the Convention held
consultation and determined that 1t was best 10 adj
,:urn il die. The vote accordingly put and
unanimously carried and the Convention declared i'd
1rned The difficulty not however, entirely over.
free discussion had to be convinced that 1t had
rally adjourned and Mr. BeaTdS!ey wished ~ extract
t,m the Convention assurance thai II would never
.7?e. again. However, after the lapse OF hall hour
Is; whole assenbagc fairly vacated the church, with as
i:wlnsanccs Of disturbance could have been expect
cd The members Of the Convention have, we believe.
received persona! indrnitv, butt has been III
several owing to the in,cercnccand protection OF
.sneen opposed to them in sentiment, that they have
Ice.
III is most fortunate circumstance, that it should
ae passed off did without dreadful consequences
the excitement in the church exceeded all hclef.-
il some time there momcnlary reason to fear all
oIb.eakng Of actual violence which would have been
gacoalrolabic. Ropes at ono time fixed around
house the vesbue of the church, and there were
iicqp"nt calls from without for a gentleman whose !
ram. vas peculiarly odluus with the Populace Inc
convention acted wisely in adcu.nng as they did,
70; no other could possibly have prevented the
destruction Of the church. and probably loss of life. Much
wisely would its members have aceu hau never
ben caled-or called at time when the pubic inind
vas not alarmed upou the subject to perfect frenzy
The members Of the. Convention after the ADJOURN
Incnt began leave town, and many had gone "hrn
PROJECT started by some OF thcsn TO meet AGAIN al
Peterborough Madison county, and finish their delIbera-
SONS The remainder accordingly lett town for that
Yacr about three o'clock this afternoon The city now
quiet, and shall probably We no farther dis
il5aace. | am persuaded that they could not nave
dreamed of the excitement they were causing or they
would have believed that though such an asseInblaSe
lawful, yet with ST. Paul, that all things lawful are
nr: cSpcdni and would have abStained from holding
have no doub, that the second Presbyterian church
would have been torn down, if it had not been for the
meeting this morning, and the committee coming into
The Convention, which gave them REASON tor ADJOURN
Ag =
81" is mournful to think how great the tendency OF
-'od men is 10 uraism, when their minds become ex-
cited II is unae rstood that Gcrrit Smith invited Inc
C'aycnon to PcleIboro, and | presume il is so as
Getr;t is friend and believer in immediate emanc.
P'ia, houyh c,lonizationst he believes that al
-:ts the best hope OF attaining the prevalence OF the
:!Tnier doctrine.
e" cannot learn that Thompson in town. and pre-.
sumo he The mob cut up few capers tins al
NTnoon About g. they called upon Captain Clark 10
Gear his temperance house of Abo!tionsts IN twenty
minutes which order he complied with They have hred
some and woopcd about the streets little hut
have not done much mischief; and think, as 1t rains
pretty smaFty e O'clock there is little probability
Il will do much more
Alvin Stewart was called for BY the mob Just
n1nG ont old Stewart and pass him OUT want !
Stewart, old Stewart were frequent cries.