The New York herald., 1844-12-09

I. A GLADDING,
Ex Com E N. Y. A. s. Society.
WILLIAM JACKSON, Esq, of Massachusetts, was
appointed President. The names OF the other Off
GERS we did not learn. After the usual routine of
preliminary business, resolution was introduced
and discussed. declaring the propriey Of holding
National Abolition Convention in Washington
City Some doubted the e, ,sxpsdsncy Or the safety
one. $50 much the better" replied another. eff
the the Argument a ne m Of third. "We' apply for pub
lie room and it will be refused, and that will give
us a lift,' was the argwsnentun ad dosnMnn oi a
fourth. And so went the battle, but no definite
suit was reached, and the resolution was hung up
for further consideration.
In the afternoon, we had the good fortune to be
one Of the delighted listeners to the proceedings
and debates Of this Lycurgean assemblsge GerIit
noticed M presently They were laid on the table
for the time being, TO enable Mr.. Jackson to read
very long letter from Aivan Stewart, Esq who
The reading Of this letter caused considerable
sation and good modcum of applause. II was
written in the peculiarly plthy, nervous, and at
times, witty style of Mr.. Stewart. We were par
ticulary struck with two or three passages. Mr.
S. spoke of James X. Polk as being the persona
ficaiion Of slaveholding bigotry" and recommended
10 every abolitlonist on no account to suffer the
aforesaid personlilcation" to be introduced to
him, but to regard such introduction contamina-
tion itself! Again Mr.. s. condemned the course
pursued by certain abolition candidates. of giving
their opinions on the subject Of Bank, Tariff, Dis
tribution, Internal improvements, &c particularly
in written communications, TO go before the public
He recommended hereafter entire silence on all
these subjects, and to stick like wax to the One
Idea" There was aparagraph squirting most aw-
fully towards the acceptance Of locofocO nomi.
nation by James G Birney. Nominations, either
by wings or locoiocos, must not hereafter be ac-
cspted on any condition by "liberty party" man.
This he considered as an established law of the
party.
AZ the conclusion of the reading, some debate
ensued touching the good health of Mr.. Stewart
and the prcpriety OF entering his letter upon the
minutes. AT length Rev. Joshua Leavitt proposed
that the letter should be considered in the light OF
speech in person, and on his motion it was laid
on the table. After the singing Of song by Mr.
Clark, who, by the by, Is capital singer, the reso
utons of Gerrit Smith were called up. They are
in substance as follows:-
l. That whether is the whg any other proslavery
party that has been defeated by the Liberty party"
votes aboltionists rejoice thcreat and declare
to be present. as it was original cad ehs be
unceasng purpose to defeat every proslavey party in
. That the alleged SANDERS OF the embodiment Of the
whig party Henry Clay shall not close our eyes to the
strocous lies and orgeres oy which was to
infant cause.
That the claim of democracy by the bastard and pro-
slavery democratic party s of the most lying and
mpudent preensions that could possibly be put FORTH
and should excite the contempt Of all candid and upright
l. Tha. while the Liberty party welcomes to its folds
people OF all cmes all religions all coios and all ma
tons can have no Fellowship with the bgotry and In
tolerance Of the Native American party.
That while Torrey, &c. &C. naming some half jozen
individually are imprisoned oi no other crime than aid
ing the oppressed to obtain their freedom this country
cannot except for the purpose or establishing Its
Hypocrisy claim to be either republican or christian
country
some one asked what the first resolution meant
Mr. sMrHreplied that II meant to declare that il
true that aboitions had been the cause Of the defeat Of
the whigs, they were right glad oft And If they could
known no bounds We declare hostility to all
proslayery patrons and as long proslnvcry party
exists in the land whether be ecclesiastical polit.
cal, our work is not accomplished
Mr. ALLEN 81 oneida county said ne was astonssd At
every day. but day or two snce that he heard
man describing some fowls as new fashioned duck
to the capitol, and there assembled
of men make President Before they could do that
they had get clergyman to make prayer And while
listening to that prayer could help thinking Of
the old maxim" God help the rich-the poor can beg
The whols address Of tho cerGyman was behalf q the
those just going out Mr. A. said the wings
toned to argue that we must choose the least Of two
two evils James X. Polk In intellect fourth ratio
man. and in his actions brute He was living upon the
women! Mr. A. said he used to be an abolition a6ut
and that was the msanest Of all sbolitionss He had
been from his youth rabd ocofoco hut couldn't sand
pitching Van Buren, overheard, and nominating Polk Ho
was inclined then to be whg, but finally went the
whole figure for the liberty party.
MIR. PR'rcn.RD, Of Washington county. was very lu-
minous upsn the ISLANDERS and lying Of the wings, which
we're truly awful. We felt very bad indeed hut sup
posing that Mr. p had not seen the Abolition papers
which teemed weekly with the meanest kind Of lies about
Henry Clay, very much amused at his philippe
But while he going \ ., strong on the art Of lying
and sanderng really thought he was too hard upon
he Editor of the Boston Chronicle who sat at table In
'front.' oil him. Had We been entitled to participation In
he proceedings should certainly have called him to
oraer Tor being personal ne concluded with that
iui ana perfectly original argument that the Wings were
70 blame for electing Polk, for il they had all voted
Tor Birney Polk would not have been elected The gen
tlsman forgot-but we have told the story Of the
FORE Ysr5um sap.
Mr. DRE.sR gave tho resolution COMMITTEES dressing
tor omng the name oil James d. Lane in the list Of i'm
pri.oned patriots Lane was in the Virginia Pentcntiary
convicted BY iye gentlemen justices of aiding slave
mother ana enid 20 escape from bondage, and he now
Of Albany, but resided In New York. where he had fam
~ And yet his name had been mentioned in any