Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-05-22
Anti-Siavery Conventions.

ne LIN anniversary Oh tle american ANU
Slavery Society, was held in New York, week
before last; and with the avowed object, as
stated by some of The leading members of"rev.
oiuIionizing The Union, and overlhrowing the
Constitution" William Lloyd Garrison, the
notorious abolnionist of Boston. presided; and
speeches made by the Rev. Henry Grew
of Philadelphia. W. Phillips, of Boston, Abby
Kelly, of n Y fugitive Slave from Mary
land, James Foster. of Mass, Miss c. Hitch
cock, Of Conn, and others.
According TO all accounts il was a strange
and motley affair The addresses were Of the
most indecent, infammalory, and dangerous
character The audience was composed OF
persons Of both sexes and colours Men and
women, white and black, bond and free, were
mixed together promiscuously, and took deep
and approving interest in what was going on.
Dlsunion, disorder. and detrac;ion, were the
order of the day. The Union, The Constitution,
the Christian Church, and our Revolutionary
Patriots, were each, in turn, made the subject
of The most violent and virnlent attacks No.
Thing appeared TOO sacred TO escape the denun-
citation of The speakers. We give some of The
remarks OF Miss Hitchcock, as specimen
She said,
1.-The preamble 10 the Constitution talks abou,
perfecling Union All sham. There might
be union between pilates and murderers, and
thieves and robbers, but there can be no true
union between Slavery and Liberty; and every
man who goes for the Constitution goes for sIa-
very. Ii prelends 10 establish justice. As well
say that The canniba who eats his Englishman
for breakfast and his Frenchman for supper, is
just. 1t is all a deusion. The authors of the
compact did moi mean 10 be just. They tolera-
ted the slave trade with all its horrors for twen-
~ years-and this was just Nothing but
Despotism of The deepest dye, Tyranny of dark
est hue, Oppression of The most cruel charac-
Ter, could have dictated compact which toIe-
rated such system as this. And YET so acted
The founders of the American Constitution Ii
was covenant with death, an agreemeu, with
hell, not done in frenzy, but deliberately and
was hesitation. Blu, the deed was done, dark
and bloody as it was. Benjamin Franklin pro-
posed prayer-and 10 whom? To Satan and
ne coming up out of the boltomless pit, nerved
their hands. and put The pen into them, and
strengthened them TO do The dark and wicked
work. Ii gives me no pleasure 10 descend into
the graves Of these honoured men-but | tell
no more than The truth. This Constitution.
then, is fit only to be torn in pieces and tram
pied under foot. | hope ii will be no more
honoured; and my prayer is tina, this agitation
will 60 on, until from one end of the country to
the other, ihe bloody Union will be put down,
and the bloody pariizan banner of the country
be prosirated in The dust"
1t will hardly be credited that such sen,i-
menis as these could be uttered by any person
bearing the semblance of young, virtuous and
delicate female. Blu, such is the truth. Some
OF The other speakers were much more violent,
Wendell Phillips, of Boston, also spoke, and
gloried in the admission of Texas, and the con.
sequen, extension Of Slavery, as il would result
IN the dissolution of the Union He argued
that The only exodus of the slave from the house
of bondage was TO be over The ruins of The Con-
sli,uiion. and that the Texas movement. as tend
Ing sooner or later to overthrow tha, Coasti,u.
ton was movement TO be glad of and rejoice |
IN. Other speakers attacked the Church and
The Clergy, and declared that no places of in
fanny were worse than The meeting houses,
where slavery was not denounced; nor any
body of men worse hypocres, than the minis
ters who preached there. Such were some of
the mitdest remarks a, this meeting. IL con-
nRued in session four or FIVE days, an d the pro-