New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-12-14
An Abolition Convention In Utica-Goins
the whole Hos-The Church las ii Isl
ansailed-Riofs, Disorder, &c. &c.
Private Correspondence OF the Editor.


ansailed-Riofs, Disorder, &c. &c.
Private Correspondence OF the Editor
HEREIMER, Dec. 1s, 1872
I'VE beg leave beforehand TO The Supreme Court
OF this State that publish the following letter without
malice other than 'ega) toward any ore, and certainly
with no idea of endorsing either the acts spoken OF or the
writer's them The letter is 50 rich however that
cannot monopolize the enjoyment of i; Ed Tribune
H. Give had one of the taest Abolition Con-
ventions at Utica last week that came of in
these diggins. 1t lasted three days. attended
two days We had Lloyd Garrison and ABBY
Kelley and other heavy artillery on hand, and the
way they "put in the scientific licks' ag'i'n the
peculiar institution and its northern aiders and
abettors was caution to all man-stealers, I
promise you. 1t was fat, TO see those CALLED
iades, the pro-savery Clergy, vince under the
broadsides of Garrison and his associates. There
was fellow naned Stephen S. Foster, from your
granite State of N. H. They call him the (mod-
ern) " martyr Stephen" cause as how he has
been mobbed several times down East for his ex-
seeding bodness of utteranee--he called John
Tyler {" pirate" in the course of his remarks,
and was interrupted by some sentec puppy in the
crowd calling ont '.Th0t's q lie ' Foster took
~ B-paused little, and went on, again repeat
ing the offensive sentiment. You lie, Sir, re-
torted the voice in the audience Don't you sag
that again ~ Well Foster had to give it up
But Abby Keleyarose, explainedin scerching terms
wherein John Tyler is A" a pirate she might
have added a traitor into the bargain-and if ever
mean sneak was made ashamed of interrupting
public speaker, | rather guess the one aforesaid
became so, ere Abby let go of his cars. She's d
smasher of womaa, that same ABBY KELLEY
Did you ever see her! She's 90, or Whereabouts.
Abby and other leading speakers, in the course
of the debate, had promised that the Pro-Slavery
Clergy should be I" skinned from head to hcel' be-
fore the Convention rose. But so prolracted were
some of the discussions, especially upon the prop
osition to form Central N. Y. Anti-Savery So
ciety (Which was strenuously opposed by the Utica
priests and Levtes, on the ground that such an or
ganizaton, if now formed, would go forth TO the
world with the no-government, no-Sabbath, no.
religion odor attributed to Garrison and his friends
and therefore it was best to defer it,) that
Thursday evening arrived and the clergy hadn't
got their "skinning' yet, though the Convention
had been in session three days. The priesthood
at last got impatient for the sacrifice, and Rev.
Mr.. Spencer, (Presby,eran dominic, in whose
church the Convention held its sittings) rose and
stated that he had come in that evening on pur-
pose to be Z" skinned" and he insisted the
skinning' aforesaid. Whereupon Abby replied,
stating the reasons why the hides of the clergy had
not been stripped off over their heads-beng sim
ply the lack of time. But she pledged herself
that if the Courthouse could be had on Saturday
evening, and order could be preserved-(for it
seemed as if Bedlam had fairly broke loose on
Thursday evcning)-she would fulfil all that had
been promised on that head, and would prove to
the satisfaction of ALL that LIBERTY in this country
had been crmcifed betreen t,co Mieoes-tAe
CHURCH and the STATE-AkD THAT THE CHURCH
WAS TIE GREATER THIEF OF THE TWO !-(Here
they Kissed her down, straight from the mark.)
The session of Thursday evening was beauti-
full specimen of :" Chaos again. Walnuts
potatoes, and Gre-crackers flew about the house
like hail-stones shouts, screeches, stamping,
whstling, not surpassed by the rowdies at the
Bowery Theatre any occasion, characterized
the scene. The old Quaker Canning Fuller of
Skaneatelcs, stood in the pulpit with coat and hat
off for more than an hour, trying to make speech
but the Democracy" would mt let him. Some
times thew would permit him to utter FIVE words
sometimes not three-whea they would boot him
down. The Loco-Foco Mayor was on hand, but
couldn't do any thing with his constituents.