Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-13

4 aHop r.a.v Societies, affiliated soih dat of II
,ckicA goa are Corresponding Secretary, are there
- fhe United Statesf And hoo many 1lembers be-
Lone 70 fhem IN TIE AeGREeATEF 49,. ha I
ANSWER Our anniversaries are held L
on the second Tuesdays in May. Returns
of Societies are made only short time
before. In May 1885, there were 225
auxiliaries reported. In May 1886, 527.
In May 1887, 1905. Returns for the
in May next have not come
in yet. Il may, however, be safely said,
that the increase since last May, is not
less than AGO. Oflate, the multiplication
OF Societies has not kept pace with the
progress Of our principles. Where these
are well resolved, our agents are not so
careful to organize Societies, as in former
times, when our numbers were new
societies, now being not deemed so neces-
sary for the advancement OF our cause
The auxiliaries average not less than so
members each-making an aggregate of
l12,4S0. Others estimate the auxlliaries
at 1900, and the average Of members in
each at 100. L give you what l believe
to be the lowest numbers.
g Are Ekere any other Societies similar to yours
and not affiliated NTH Il in the United Statesi And
hoe many, and rhGt Is The aggregate Of the mem
bersf''
ANswER:-Several Societies have been
Nrmed in the Methodist connection with
in the last two years-although most OF
the Methodists who are aboli ienists, are
members of societies auxiliary to the
American. These societies have been
originated by ministers and others, of
weight and influence. who think, that
their brethren can be more easily per-
suaded, as religious body. to aid in the
Anti-Slavery movements of the country
by this two-fold action. None of the large
religious denominations bid fairer, soon to
be on the side of emancipation. than the
Methodist. Of the number of these Non
Auxiliary Societies I am not informed
The Illinois State Anti-Slavery Society
;, comes under the same class. The Rev
Elijah P. Lovejoy, the Corresponding
Secretary, was slain bya pro-slavery mob
few days after its organization. Since
it has not held meeting-and have ne
data for stating the number of its members
1t is supposed not to be large. Neilhel
is the Delaware State Anti-Slavery Soci
ETY., organized, few weeks ago, at Will
mington. auxiliary 70 the American.
have no Information as to its numbers
The Manumission Society, in this city
formed in 1885, with John Jay, its first
and Alexander Hamilton, its second Pres
idcnt, might from its name, be supposed t,
be affiliated with the American. Origin
ally, its object, so far as regarded tn,
slaves. and those illegally held as slaves
IN this State, was in a great measure
lsimilar Slavery being extinguished il
New York in 1927, as State system, N
q efforts Of the Manumission Society ar,
icon6ned now to the rescue from kidnap
pers and others, of such persons as ar
lreally free, by the laws Of the land, br
who have been reduced to slavery. {
1the old Abolition Societies organized i
1.-THE time, and under the influence of Franz
lin and Rush and Jaw and the most activ
&their co-adiutors, but few remain. -
Their declension may be ascribed 10 tn
defect-they did not inhexibly ask ft
immediate emancipation. The Pennsy
vapia Abolition Society formed in 179
with DR.. franklin, President, and D
Rush, Secretary, is still in existence-b
unconnected with the American Societ
Some of the most active and benevole
members of both the associations Ia
named, are members of the America
Society. Besides the societies alreat
mentioned, there may be in the countr
a few others of Anti-Slavery name,
they are of small note and efficiency, al
are unconnected with this.
8. "Hare you qfliatiOn, intercourse or connect
tCikk aay siniIar societies out Of tie United Stat
and IA chat coEHtriesr'
| ANSWER A few Anti-Slavery So,
a cites have spontaneously sprung up
ne Canada. Two have declared themselv
ng auxiliary to the American. We have
agent-a native Of the United States
Upper Canada; not with view to t
organization Of societies, but to the mo-
and intellectual elevation of the ten tho
sand colored people there; most of who
have escaped from slavery in this repr
lie, that they might enjoy freedom unC
the protection of monarchy. In CIR
Britain, there are numerous Anti-Slave
Societies. whose particular object, of la
has been, to bring about the abolition
the Apprentice System as established
. the Emancipation act in her sIaveholdi
colonies. In England, there is a soci
whose protested object is, to abolish sla
of ry throughout the world. Of the ex
on tence Of the British societies, you a
Of doubtless. fully informed; as also of
the fact, that, in Britain the great mass of
people are opposed to slavery as it exis
!, a little while ago in their own colon
) and as it exists now in the United Sta
- In France, the French Society for
abolition Of slavery" was founded
the 1884. 1 shall have the pleasure of ira
ked mining m vop two namnbls,s cont.;n