Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-05-27

ne cause VIII Oe more or less injured
by this proceeding; but its onward move
ment will not be greatly retarded. Let
those who cry, ali ha. so would we have
it. remember that the Lord reigns, and
that the cause of the oppressed is his
own.
Business Meetings Of the American Anti
SlGcery Society.
The Seventh Annual Meeting, for bust.
ness, was held, pursuant to the call of the
Executive Committee, in the fourth Free
Church in New Y ork, on Tuesday. NAV
IL, at o'clock, p. NJ.
The President being absent, Francis
Jackson, of Massachusetts, one of the Vice
Presidents, took the chair.
Prayer was offered by Benjamin Shaw,
of Vermont.
On motion of the Recording Secretary.
the following assistant secretaries were
appointed:
9. l.. KNAPP, of Vermont
VIM. BAssETT, of Massachusetts.
WIN. F. GARDNER, of New-Jersey.
SAM'L D. HASTINGS, of PENNSYLVANIA.
CHAs. L. REMoND, of Rhode Island.
The call was then made for the names
OF members to constitute the roll
On motion of Chas. w. Denison. Mr..
Black, from Jamaica, w. l., was invited
to seat in the society.
The following persons were named bv
the chair, and appointed the Committee Of
Business:
VIM. Lloyd Garrison, Chairman, Ich-
abod Codding, Thomas Davis, Rowland
Il. Robinson, Amos A. Phelps, ABBY
Kelly, VIM. L. Chaplin, Lewis Tappan,
Charles @. Burleigh, Charles w. Gard.
iner. and Charles w. Denison.
The vote appointing Miss Kelley being
doubted, the house vas divided, and on a
count there appeared 557 in favor and 45I
against her election.
Lewis Tappan, Amos A. Phelps, and
Charles w. Denison, successfully asked
to be excused from serving on the COM
mlttee. for reasons assigned; having ref
erence to the appointment of Miss Kelly
as member. They were excused, and
the following appointed in their room:
JAS. S. GIBBONS, of New York.
F. GRAY LoRING, of Massachusetts.
ROBERT HANNA, of Ohio.
On motion of John A. Collins of Mas.
sachusetts, it was voted that no person
should speak more than FIVE minutes at
one time; and on motion of Mr.. Gleason
OF Connecticut, it was voted that no per-
son should speak more than twice to the
same question.
Mr.. Robinson, of New-Hampshire,
moved resolution that it be deemed ont
OF order to manifest either appreciation or
dlsapprobation of speakers or proceedings
by audible demonstrations.
Pending this question, the Society. ad-
Journed till 9 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
Wednesday Morning.
The Society met pursuant 10 adjourn
ment. Francis Jackson in the chair
Prayer by Charles w. Gardiner, of Penn.
sylvania.
The following letters were read by the
Recording Secretary, by request of the
Chairman of the Business Committee:
Letter from taOenty ministers of the M. E.
Church.
Baltimore, Md May 9, 1910.
To the American A. S. Society:
We the undersigned, ministers of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and mem
bers of the General Conference of said
church now holding its session in the
city OF Baltimore, take this method TO
address you. 1t would have afforded US
great pleasure to meet with you on the
present occasion, ard some of US would
have done it, had it not been for our con-
nection with this Conference. We rep
resent the church in the States where we
reside, in this, its highest ecclesiastical
council.
We regard the present meeting of the
American Anti-Slavery Society as one Of
immense Importance to the Anti-Saverv
cause, and 1t is our earnest PRAYER, that
the genius of universal emancipation.
rather, the God of truth and love. NAV
preside in your counsels and direct in
your decisions.
We exceedingly regret the present as
pect OF affairs In the Anti-Slavery cause.
We are afflicted with unfeigned sorrow
that any subjects, foreign to the design in
which 1t originated, should have disturbed
lis councils and diverted its friends from
the great object to the accomplishment of
which their efforts should be directed
the annihilation of slavery.
we address you, not in the character of
Methodists, or Methodist ministers. tho
such we are, but as lovers of our country
and OF universal man. We believe that
aoolltionists should use the whole of their
influence, whether civil or religious, for
the removal of slavery from our country
and the world. And without expressing