The New York herald., 1849-05-10
he denomnated It, morally revolutionixing the mind
UPON the subject Of abolition.

he denominated It. morally revolutionixing the mind
upon the subject Of abolition.
=, s4r. took the platform next, and when Just
nveghing against the Southern shareholders aud the
motives which prompted their political conduct (ac-
companed with very violent gestic ulat ons his dis
course as unexpectedly cut short, by aged lady,
who said,
please stop that man. don't
This announcement received with shouts of
laughter.
h.r. WEST continued, and denominatol all the advo.
Gates OF abolition present parcel of paid slaves
who went ere collecting money. when they should be
going about doing what was but their duty for nothing
he old lady informed him that he was
deranseu but not so much he pretended to be- and
further that he driving all the people away which,
in fact was The case for every boiling fast
as they could
The meeting then adjourned
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon meeting called to order by Mr..
Garrison, the chair being taken by Mr.. Quincy.
The Rev. MIR. TILLISGHAsr, of New York, took the
platform, and said that he did not entirely agree in
Of the principles which he heard annunciated
the previous day at the Tabernacle. With regard
to the doctrine Of dsunon he would say that he had
advocated shat principle regards the church in
nection with slavery People would lay themselves
open to the anathemas such administered by
Mr. Phillips. yesterday, If they followed the advice
which be would give them, aad that was, to take po
stion alongside the slaveto put their shoulders under
his work. and to assist him with their endeavors. IL
they did that they would not be open to animadver-
sions but most public men, unfortunately, have taken
the side of the oppressor which opposed to the
will Of God; and it grieved him much to the clergy
Of his country taking position alongside the
ransa position which opposed to the spirit of the
holy book and the njunctions of Christianity But if
the church and the clergy would only take the position
which they should they would not then be subject
reprehension He would go further than the free soil
party in reference to slavery and disunion he believed
that the government responsible for the existence
slavery upon every square inch of the territory
the United States in it vested the power of totally
sweeping it away In support of his position the re-
verend gentleman took retrospective review of the
different legal enactments upon the subject of slavery
He contcnded, that whether the constitution be pro-
rhnnn acIox,n
district OF Columbia free State, brought out
to in vessel bound coaswise not that from that
very fact he free man under the common law
He further maintained that slave holder cannot
a runaway slave, because the common law, knows of
such thing as slavery it was only in slave State
that slave could be recovered Nor should any citi
of free State in any assist in the capture
Of fugitive slave on the contrary by the very de-
cisions in the courts in this State citizen was bound
to resist it by every IN his power 1t was duty
incumbent on every living free soil to extend
its advantages and the protection which the law
affords to the painting fugitive fleeing from the pursuit
OF those two legged hyenas. They should take the
he yde o te
and by the dissemination of their principles in
duce the public mind never to vote for slave
holding President These vast elements of power
in the Northern States Their citizens had been mpri-
soned and treated with the utmost indignity in
Charleston and New Orleans but the North had the
power take such position that the South would no
dare to imprison free citizen coming from the
North, his legitimate business, than they would
citizen of England Yes, they had the pow
CT to entirely abolish slavery, if it be carried
out in good faith In the stern advocacy of abolition,
which existed throughout the Northern States, he
conceived he the Puritanca virtue of their
tors sprngng once with the same fervent ZEAL
the unfinching constancy and indomtable will Of
the Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock.
Mr. HAypocK said that every one knew the history
and of slavery but he did not understand that
the constitution Of the United States prosavcry
He considered that If any wished to destroy the
present structure of government by disunion, he
would suggest better form should be offered by the
party proposing He thought that by dissolvng the
Union instead ofloosenng the bonds OF slavery would
be the rather Of fastening them the tightly
upon the unfortunate slaves but, by hanging to
to the abolition but if disunion be proved to
him to be the best course for adoption he would not
oppose it, but would fight on his hoek
MIR. w. PHILLIPS then offered some observations,
and particularly dwelt upon the construction of
the constitution, in reference to slavery. He
recognised by the highest tribunals in the
country. He differed with Mr. Tilnghast in that
gentlemans view Of the recovery OF fugitive slaves
and maintained, with much force, that the right
of recovery vested in slave owner, according to
the constitution. That the laws protecting slavery
were bad required illustration; the STAKEHOLDER
knew that the law in his favor aud the knowledge
that such institution wrong, not sufficient
inducement to him to give up his slaves because, by
doing he forfeited his social position his fortune
and his chdren's expectations. The immediate mis-
sion of the society to agae, to stir up the rcli
gious sentiment Of the people and to employ the press
and their literature, engines for the purpose Of
changing these obnoxious laws
WANT of space compels to curtail, in the above
briefmanner, this. eloquent speakers discourse.
Mr.. Brook, Chairman of t he Committee of Finance,
suggested that the subscriptions already made were
sufficient to defray the expenses; that the SUBJ
scriptions be either doubled a collect ton made
The meeting adjourned after the collection.