The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-10

IL ne CONSTITUTION etand N the way OF obtaining nee
iom the slave must be torn in pieces amended
II the supreme court tho army, the navy, the Pres-
dent the Senate stand in the way they too must BE-
ovesthrown. The visws Of are changing on this
subject. Every new Northern State embraces prohibit
ton Of slavery in its constitution The same changes
going in Europe And shall we, in this country,
keep back He then referred to the abduction case ut
said must now be determined whether
there legal slavery in the District of Columbia and If
there u.s. shall know the way of getting rid of it, The
blood Of the martyrs the seed of the church. an
the blood Of those recaptured slaves will be the seed Of
Freedom. lie was glad that one Of those slaves was
we're sold the chiefan Of the Senate went into the car
TO fraternize with the dealer See in this symbol of
the times The democratic President is pledged to sla
sery-the Senate Is pledged to slavcrythe church Is
pledged to slavery and the of the church
raternzes with the slave dealer But if the slave
there Is in heaven, sweep away President Senate
church. just so far as may be necessary to
eomplish Freedom. Let US, however, feel that
have justice and truth sde-have patience and
hide time Let have violence for the victory of
truth will yet be won The signs Of the times favor
there Is asymbo Of ancient strength-the statue Of
Hercules rising from his cradle and sranging the
pent there Is. too, the symbol Of modern mesa sta
tue which stamps on the serpent, which is slan and
that statue Is peacefully looking up to heaven-it is
Friend LuemrrrA Morr. Of Philadelphia an elderly
lady OF the Society Of Friends. the next speaker
She said the advancement of knowledge and Of pro-
grcss Il pleasant object Of contemplation In ancient
times Il the righteous who held his way, and
later times the ndation Of the Apostles
20 Such the declarations Of the Saviour
Ina coming to later times, discover this law Of pro-
gress IL has been emphatic in the Of those who
have been engaged in the work Of beneHtting man.
Many present can. doubt look to the first efforts
Of peace reform and they no doubt remember the ef
forts Of preventing offensive war; but the Sa-
yiour the present Mount Zion says I" ] say
90 you take not up the sword at all The language of
the peace reormer IL to give kiss for blow to return
good for evil And do the progress of these
principles Was there a time when nations were
prolific of high moral sentiment and religious prin
eipe, s they are at present Truly the law of pro-
A. Of. .I.tsA,
rance movement. or old, It was said you must use
spirituous drinks moderately; but the words of the
ALL Was it not said Of old, away with your popery
nd priests. and let have in lieu Of them the
protestant priests What Is the language of to-day
Thou shalt do thine hnking-God is thy thinker.
Look at the pupits now-they not small they
were, isolated; they large enough to hold
many, and frequently women seen in them Gap
pisuse) IL IL ten years since the speaker attended
abolition meeting, at which solitary few gather
ed together ia Philadelphia, to utter the simplest
truisms Read the declaration Of the convention
~ 1883 What had been the labors Of England pre-
yousy TO that but to arrest the slave trade But in
that the great principles Of liberty were ut
tered and shame to republican America, the members
we're hunted down for asserting that should not
hold man In bondage In this land Of lberty-that
man had right to put his fellow the auction
this legal right his fellow manthe people
asleep on the subject. The task which that conven-
ton undertook was a Herculean one but look at
what the law Of progress says this subject Look at
this petition The law OF progress has awakened the
whole country nov knows that slavery is wrong. OBJ
the law Of progress the efforts In the anti
slavery Look see how the question ag
tate. the church and where the balance will be found
We have got the pulpit aud the church side and
legislature Of the different States that has
something TO do With this question: and although the
slaves increasing In number and their territory in
ereasing yet when perceive the efforts Of freedom
in the old world and the in which 1t IL viewed
Ia this country the future Is full Of hope Look at the
Law Of progress in our country. Ten years ago,
Pennsylvania Hall burned because whites and
blacks met together there and in Independence
square nov they hold amalgamaton meetings! Is not
this evidence u prcgres Look at the present
dition Of the coored Who IL that rdculcs
for mixing with the blacks, None but those whose
scorn IL despised by all good people These the
evidences u progress; and let those who might be Je
suses Of the present day proclaim liberty throughout
aud let have confidence that shall be instrument
tai In giving delivereuce To those who In chains
But this must be done by increased exertion ON the
part OF the abolitionsts They must and make pro-
gress by their faithfulness We TO enlist the pull
pit and the press; and we that portion Of the
church can't be reused from Its apathy must touch
not the unclean thing live suffer ourselves to slum
Der, what will be the result, Republican America will
be the last strong hold Of slavery in the world.
WESpELL PniLLrs. Of Boston. was introduced to the
meeting, and offered resolution, that rccog nisng the
progress of the cause for twenty &C. the society
deems II duty to that there IL exodus for the
slave except the ruins Of the present American
church and the present American Union. That rcso-
luton he said asserts very little than what the
speakers had delivered, aud he would say from
the bottom OF his heart every expression Of the APP
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