The New York herald., 1845-02-01

head OF Waterville College, Me-, next addressed
the chair In rambling, Ineffective speech, in the
course oi which he argued that though the disso-
utien OF the Uilon might be great evil, in his
,pinion, the annexation of Texas was a greater
he quoted the lines of Mr.. VIM. Jones, commenc-
What constitutes a State ~
md recited the passage with the eusto OF a con
irmed pedant From that he touched upon Mr..
jaihoun's correspondence on the Texas que
md dragged in by the head and shoulders, the
stale slang ABOUT Jackson's quarrel with Calhoun,
m account of one of the ladies' of his cabinet =
lAt this aliuson OF the reverend gentleman there
was much applause.)
When MIR. Allen concluded
Mf. HussEY, Quaker abolitionist from LYNN.
took the floor, and moved that the committee on
business be instructed to report resolutions con.
demnlns the action OF South Carolina and Loulsi.
ana In sending home Messrs. Hoar and Hubbard.
Ihe hon Mr. PHILLIPS thought il better that
the commlttee should not be instructed. as ,he
Massachusetts Legislature were about Ia have
some able resolutions on these subects repor.ed
ny a committee. If the motion were modified 40 M
20 leave the subject at the discretion of the COM
mlttee, ne should be in favor of it, Hussey agreed
TO the modification, and the motion was adopted
The Convention then adjourned to Z o'clock in
.he evening.
EVENING SESSION.
Vice President GRENNELL took the Char nj the
appointed hour, and there being no business before
he Convention,
GEGRGE s. HILLARD, ESQ.,, of Boston. commen
ced very poetlcal speech against the anne ton
u Iexas' he viewed II first as moral question,
ma condemned the mercenary motives which had
seen appealed to to induce Massachusetts 10 an
prove OF annexation. He said she would get no
,eneht to her commerce or manufactures by an.
nexing Texas, and even if she would. he thonebt !,
iIsgraceful that free people should be willing to
,xtend slavery tor the sake of few psltry dollars
wofit. Leaving this tonic, he then examined al
ensth the assertion put forth by Mr.. Calhoun that
England had made a mistake by emsncipatinr the
,laves in the West Indies, lauding Great Britain
u2hly tor that act. The Argument in favor of an.
nexatlon, founded on the probable Increase of the
value OF slave property, was next brought forw ard
md commented upon with great severity. Asto
1ll these appeals from the South to help to improve
heir slave property, Massachusetts had but one
,nswer to make, and that was, "it was not so no.
minated IN the bond" Hi: said he had thought a
:reat deal on the annexation of Texas, and felt
ieeply; and ne wondered the people of New Eng
and had so much apathy on the subjects and that
he guns fired upon the Common yesterday sounded
0 him like the horrid exulations OF the priests Of
Moloch around the sacrifice of human yictim.-
(Unbounded applause
VIM. LLOYD GARRISON, the celebrated leader of
the abolltlonlss, was next called for from various
parts OF the hall, and came forward amidst the
most rapturous demonstrations of applause. He
said he rose to second the motion made by Mr..
Lovejoy, in the afternoon, for the recommitnent
o. the address, and he would further move to in
struct the committee to report an addition to the
address, substantially as follows:-
That in view of the fact that two branches of
the General Government have already declared
their appreciation of the annexation of Texas, we
ieem It our duty to declare what ought and will be
the course OF Massachusetts, Deeming it uncon.
we declare that the people will never
submit to it the law of the land; will look upon
the Union as dissolved, and proceed to form
States will join with her, and that if the annex
ltlon bill pass the Senate, the Committee be ip-
structed to issue call to the several towns of the
State, to assemble and choose delegates for Sc
cond session OF this Convention, to form a new
lnion with such States choose to Join Massa.
:husetts, the union of l7S9 having by annexation
been dissolved"
This proposition of Mr.. GARRISON was received
the latter, he said he learned by that noise that
ne had hit the nail on the head, and he called upon
he brave hearts before him to see that the nail
vas c!enched. (Shouts OF APPRECIATION; one chap
1000 600 of slaves, in the Convention; all the free
,acks, and the abolition party Of the Union
he was glad to hear the venerable President
commend the abolitonisis as the uncompremsine
trends OF liberty. He claimed to be one of these,
ind a true one. He would explain, however, why
ne was here. The Hon. Mr. Philips had stated
that he was here in support Of the Constitution and
me Union. Well. II the gentleman meant the
Union Uersus anne exatloD, then he an unionist;
!, he. meant the Constitution versus anne xatiop,
hen he was cOnstiutionaist. But if the gen.
eman meant to uphold the Constitution and Union.
liter the one had been violated, and the other dis
eonsttutionalst. He would never uphold the un-
holy compromise of the Constitution with slavery.
Tor his motto, as was well known, was-"iNo
nnlon with slaveholders" prolonged and deaf
ming applause The question was absut support
ag the Consntntlon-but had we any Csnst
uon to supporti Where stands Massachusetts AT
the present time Where are the rights of her CO.
lored citizens in southern States! Have not Sonih
Carolina and Louisiana declared war against
Massachusetts We are liable to be thrown into
prison In the southern States, and sold into per-
.'etual bondage, If we dare to stand up in support
Of our honest sentiments This was the Union
and the Constitution, and the Union they now en-.
ioyed and would they support it He said he con-
ented to be member Of this Conve ntion, be-
cause ne supposed 1t was to meet under the ad-
mission that Texas would be annexed, and
80 there would be no Constitution and no
Union, and we must meet 10 form another
Who (the speaker lnquired,) needs TO be rold what
We ought to do? The proposition Of the Rev. Mr
LoveJoy was to declare that Massachusetts was
reed from the obligation to support slavery by the
annexation OF Texas. Did he mean that because
he South did an unconstitutional act we should
10 another? Suppose that Texas was annexed,
md the opponents OF slavery should have the
constitution, pass an act for the abolition Of slavery
throughout the Union-would not that, he asked,
be a violation of the constitutions He said thai
lf the convention meant to act upright they would
ooldly declare the Union to be dissolved, when il
was so-and not talk about saving the constltu.
tion. He would deal fairly with the South and
i the constitution was dissolved by the xatlon.
as the address declared it would be, let us 60 TO
work and form another. He hoped that no more
such action would take place as did when Missouri
was admitted to the Union. Then Massachusetts
held a convention and issued an address, written
by Mr. Webster. declaring solemn protest agains,
the measure. But Missouri was admitted, not
wlthstanding, as ve-holding State; and several
other slave States bad been admitted since, almos,
without word Of disapprobation. That move
ment ended in words, words-and, he asked, did
they mean TO enact that farce over again T.
He said they must declare the Union null and
void, and call on the other free States to come
over and help US; and if all faltered and held
back, Massachusetts, with God and right on her
side. was able to stand against the country and
the world. (Great applause) But she could no,
do so, while holding fast 10 covenant with
death and an agreement. with hell. lf the
Convention, with Texas in the Union, meant only
TO protest, and let all 60 before-still to be
The body-guard Of slave-holders-let them not say
that the South had betrayed the country or the con-
stitution, for they themselves would then become
IRE acherous to Massachusetts,, TO the principles they
proiesse d, and to the God whe made them 90"
"A h. ia glOrio,is IA, look IN the SOuth. and