The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-13
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
New YoRK. May 10, 1919.

This remarked la previous letter. is the week for
tho anniversary meetngs, and reports OF the different re
gious phianIhfoPe, and "ismafie societies. thus con
rsdistlngnish them Tho best mode OF explaining ex
pressing the characteristics of the three grand classes into
which they divided. Yesterday attended meetings OF
of the last mentioned class-he American Union oil
Associaonists, and the "canlankerous auisaveryes,
of whom Mr. Garrison is the bright particular star MI
Horace Greeley presided the former in small room
in Broadway. Men and women they did not number in
all than 10 or 80, but | say THAT | never
80 human heads before collected, evincing half as
much intellectual NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF capacity and
habit OF earnest and deep thought Nevertheless, there
earnest resessness about the OF these people
with very few exceptions beokenin2 what the world has
agreed towne down to be insanity In this Il IS very
difficult to Judge Just when has reached that point
You will ecolect that many years SINCE upon proof
that old Oliver Evans insisted believing that In ls5O
would travel land by the OF Ten miles
per hour jury, pronouncDg him insane, authorized his
commitment TO mad house.
Mr.. Greeley made the first speech aborng to refute the
idea that the socialists OF either Europe America were
necessarily imbned with Atheism, any other ism than
that OF the moral, Intellectual physical, and industrial ee-
walton of the laborng class cause Of which any man
may indeed be proud that he advocate Mr. Greeleys
speech plain and the purpose As far he avowed
the doctrines OF his Sect tor have long been with
him. He only advocated the building up OF society The
lion OF the meeting, (is Paris associate Mr. Brsbane who
only arrived with flea in his last night from Paris,
let the Of the bag, however, for he advocated the
pulling down mighty social religious, moral and domes-
tic revolution; or in other words, Partisan red republic
ansm adhered by Proudhon, Victor, conaderant ct al
There various speakers between these enhu-
sastic gentlemen, the oil them connected with
the other of. the communist forms scattered the
try They gave in their experience generally amounting
confession that far, they had proved failures; the
yoares victims being everywhere in the habit Of giving
the managers slip, whenever opportunity Of making
livelihood elsewhere presented itself may say of this
meeting that orderly, and Marked for the most
part, with display of nationality quite unexpected In
cbps hoUe an ri
sympathy with the ultra Of the Partisan demagogues,
if on the lips of mos OF them 1t denied With the
ception of Messr Greeley and Brisbane the others
stupid and utterly without interest. Their speeches
almost wholly generalties that make synop-
sis of either, likely to interest your readers.
Al the anti slavery pow-wow the folks sat commingled
like black and white peas in a pot Two three
made speeches, remarkable for little else than
the barber shop air which appears attach the
mulao its leading characteristic in every ati-
tude, The remarkable effort that of dirty
ie shriveled up man. who, not content with abusing
the South, society," and the Christian church, whacked
away with right hearty good will upon the practices of
his own companions the Ganisones. The audience
listened complacenlly enough to all this balcerdash
til he pretty well into this branch of his speech Then
the hisses with which they occasionally vary their
free discussions AT length fat old lady, herself looking
out of the eyes if just of lunatc asylum wad-
died up to the foot of the platform, and pointing up
to the speaker, pronounced in shr voice, That mans
crazy This set all the OF the crazy folks in
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before of asylam Wendell Phillips and Garrison
present The latter very ordinary looking enthu-
sas whose oounenance and person redoent with the
canng expression common to those who in the North
live after his fashion, the gubiIiy of halfcaned peo
Pile MIR. Phillips is tall, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES person,
with hn light hair and blue eyes, apparently thirty
eight years of age. He has fne y-dsveloped
head, and arstocrac OF counienance i'll according
with the ugly mugs of the black spirits and white sprinked
around him He possesses undoubtedly of the frs,
minds in New England though upon this subject the world
has long since pronounced him deranged his coabor
ers Abby Kelly and Lucretia Mott. His speech dig
nied sunent against slavery sliding rarely into the
ava which all said by the others made up
He evidently appeared ashamed of his company. The
showing of this society evnces that they making no
progress This region of country is be the prncp pal field
o! their labors next year, understand.
The Foreign Evangelical Society report for the year. re-
lcepts S2i,29S; expenditures S2iiS They expended
1926 for agencies and travelling expenses the balance
for missions in France (SlO,S2O and in Canada Mexico
Russia Italy, Marseilles New Orleans Hayt &c. They
collected in the last 900 than before
year 100000, they say, expended in 1882, by
The Protesants Of the world in trying Roman
Catholics this being the object Of their abors Bradford
Wood, of Albany, (iormery M. c. and Benjamin +.
Butler were among the speakers at this meeting.
New York Coionisation Society The years receipts OF
this branch $2 56 and of the parent society (oa
$4,000 They have sent out vessels with $40 emf
grants in the 900 freed by their owners and 1870
bought Selves total cost of over $2G The south
ship with 200 emgrans OF whom 1903 could read 81 OF
them bought hemselves, at aggregate of $l55O
one "a backsmh) paid 1880 for HIMSELF aad $500 for his
wife. This socetys affairs in fourshng condition
The NeO York City Sunday School Union has lbs schools
in IS which there 1856 male and 42l female pu-
pills. and S4 male and 0j2 female teachers Bible classes
1855; 32,56s volumes in their Libraries. In their infant
classes they have 3,26i pupils.
american Tract S,ciety-Number of publications
(23 of which books) 45n English, German, French,
Italian Danish, and Welsh Total publications 45S, in.
Guiding "a besides 27 than 100 foreign
languages Circulation during the year, including 73l ,66i
volumes, 72036s2 publications. 1i. 400. 800 pages
H. 225 pages issued gratutously Receipts for the
years donations SO 1851 43; sales $l6i2S 49, balance
treasury year Sl40 %; total $25s4iO25 Expenditure.
S5S 100 AZ printing office expenses in nil SIT as and
$2 73 56 for presses total, T2oS 2S3 81 Total mum
Der of ,roreurs employed during the 4S0; in
mission April, 26s Bishop Meade of Virginia
and DIR. Tying the principal orators this meeting
american Home Missionary Socsty -Resources in the
years balance hand (,t the Of the year
IS; receipts S2D925 81. Expenditures S437H 81;
DUE 0i 60 They have engagements to pay Sol 49,
and have on hand $3.50 During the year they
ployed in all 0lg ministers, in rs States and Territories
302 in the Eastern 239 in the Middle Is in the Southern
and 1853 in Western States and Territories. or these
69S pastors to single congregations; 32l occupied
charger fields :; Is Welsh and Is to Germans Nor
wegians and coored One of those preaching the
Norwegans has interpreter The society has supplied.
whole part 1910 congregations They have So 800
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