Columbus Democrat., 1838-06-30
From ths Washington Ciroaiele-
PREPARLNG TO GO OVFR.

'16otlioniss q a5ngbtar 100 ridiculous for con-
naent.- Riehnsond IPhig.
"Iadeei, rs haes no doubt thai he a5oLtioH fsrey
IS tresriag eat at the ASrih"
Lsshbwg virginian.
10 begins Tie begiuning--and pretty bold com
nenceHent' we think, considering that Mr.. Clay
has hardly yet taken the field Twelve months more
aud You cannot make the Southern Wings hear the
word abolition though you scream il IN icif ests
IN tones loud as scyen-iod thunder. athe abolition
lever wearing out at the Norlhll" Why, the editor
surely dreams. The very proceedings on r.hieh ne
comments, (the doing Of the late annfycrsarg of the
American Anti-Slavery Society) shows the contra
~ Instead of wearing out, The disease is raging
with ten fold fury. Did the Virsinaif read the
elaborate constitutional argument in support Of the
night aud duty Of Congress 10 pass sdcsls-s,nrv
act emancipaiing tie blacks throughout the Unon
--and maintaining tliat they are "now ifeesn Did
he set The vote on that paper OF the speeches uriha
menilW;S Or has be heard Of lhe proceedings Of
the Wing Legislatures Of Vermont; New York.
Massachusetis-snd the late message OF the Gov
crnor Of Connection? Surely Mr. Clay has given
our friends an opiac, and they are now in dream.
But this Is lust what we predicted.
That the people of the South msy sec what The
VTginan can no longer see, we copy tie following
paragraph from the las. number Of the Pcnnsyysmu
Freeman whose editor u. g. Whiitier) is the au-
thor OF the beautituveFsc in honor of"Henry CLAY"
winch appeared some time ago in cur columns. The
first extract refers To the proceedings on whiel. the
lrginian comments--and which, we suppose, salts
lies h'm that 'aboton fever is wearing out" We
might I'LL iiiy columns Of our paper, had il so many
with The mere notices OF new societies, new papers,
meetings, addresses, Sc, OF these incendarcs.
Wearing out, quolhal Move fear oar South
ern Wing friends are "wcuring-outp instead of the
"ievcr' We shall sec more hereafter
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE a. S. SoCI.
ETY..
We have snly room this week, in Consequence or
| the space which the dongs Of The Anti-SIayerv
meeting in this city necessarily occupy, 10 olance
hastily at the proceedings Of The National Societs,
ai'er the date oi our letter from New York. The
record ol the business meeting will he found on our
| irsl page. The anniversary public meeting way
held IN the Broadway TabernacIc-and at 10 o.
clock the vast audience, computed at from three to
otr thousand, was called 70 order BY the President
Of The Society. Arthur Iappan, Esq After prayer
by llmothy Merritt, yenerahs father in the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. an abstract OF the Annual
Report was read by Henry d. ScanloEY, one Of Tie
corresponding secretaries. Hs deseils mere fdu Of
cncoHrdg ement. Befrccn three ana foav hundred
ncc societies hare been formed wifhin the dsi near
andfhe irhole number noe recorded amounts TO dbonE
| fifteen hundred.'
METHODIST ANTLSLAvERY C0NfEN-
TION.
The last number Of the Friend &c Man contains
the proceedings Of he late Convention Of ministers
and members Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
10 Utca N. X. Two hundred delegates attended
and letters . were reesyel , fen n%sers % an and oes
members. rnc ioIowing gentlemen we're elected
officers Of the meeting:
Rev. Jared Perkins, Portsmouth,, N. ii. Presi-
dent
lion. Seth Spraguo, Duxbury, Mass lst V. Pres
dent
Hon. Daniel IIoyt, Sandwich, N. Ii. Cd do.
Rev. Timothy Merritt Lynn, Mass. 81 do.
Rev. T.. Robinson, East Ailtsion, Me. 4th do.
Rev. Luther Lee Fulton, N. Y. 9th do.
Rev, Schuyler Hoes York Mills, N. Y. 9th do
J. G. Delong, Esq. Utica, N. Y. 7th do.
/ Rev. Daniel Coe, Winchester, Conn sth do,
| Rev 5. w. Worcester, Palmyra, N. Y. 9th do
| Amassa Gillet Esq. Sharon, Mich. 10Th do
! John Cassidy, Esq, Bclleontainc, pa. Iith do.
! Rev. John Parker, Rochester, NJ. r., 10Th do.
| Rev. Wilburn Hoag, Rochester, NJ r. Secfe-
! Rev. Jas. Porter, Worcester, Mass. taries.
On The afternoon the first days session, Avian
Stewlrt Esq, by The unanimous request Ofthe mem
bers addressed the Convention IN speech Of grcat
power, which was received with hearty responses
/ In the evening, Luther Lee, Of Fulton, N. YORK,
a preacher OF commanding talents, and a rctens
convert 10 the cause addressed his brethren. The
editor Of tie Friend Of Man, speaks Of his address
the most clear compact and logical argument which
| he had ever heard.
| On the next day, 3 Declaration df Sentiments
wGs discussed and adopted, and a series of resolu-
tons passed. DOnatonsanj pledges, to the amcnnt
0l60O dollars were taken up, for the purpose ofsus
timing Iions Watchman. The discussion Of the
resolutions elected fnc bursts Of clcquence, whicy
were responded 10 by the hearty and characteristic
Methodist "Aaeil! We copy the concluding par.
| agraphs from the Friend Of Man:---
"a resolution expressive ofstroug condemnation,
Of the internal slave trade of the South, drew forth
/ thrilling remarks; and appalling statements from one
speaker, lchose name and place ofresideace we nag
not IN this land Of flbenNQ9 for The best Of reasons
adventure 10 record He was Methodist and
preacher from the land Of the pretendedy "patriar-
chal institutions" But he was one Of those Metho-
/ dist preachers, whose persons and wives and chill
dren are claimed as "chattes personal By their
! brethren OF the same Christian Communion. He
I had been obliged 10 hire the time ol his own wife
( from minister in the same church, in order to re-
tain her society by her own frcsdc, and that, after
she was .egally as well morally free lie sabmt~
ted 20 this, rather han contend with one who stHl
! held hl' children in his power. But after all this
| lorbcamuct, aud after the fee papers Of his wife
were at engih, gwen her. the infant al her breast
was still retained by the same Minister as ms slave,
and several years after she was seen in the cole of
She slave merchant bound to the lar South, from
which tine no tidngs in respect to her have reach
ed the ears Of her parents The effect Of such
narrative upon the audience and the convention,
cannot be well described. There were few eyes
that remained unmoistcned with tcars.'
Poor BiddIc--some OF his quondam wkig
friends DO kick and cuff him about, most uniner-
ciiuly. While they have been homes. III their
eudeavors after National Bank and have unfe
servody put themselves under his lead, suppos-
ing him TO have been as honest as themselves
as hoaeSi we mean, as a whig can be IN matters
OF this kIndl they at lennfh hnni, u dcla,.nr shrA