The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-11

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for ye grind the poor, saith the Lord Above all il
their duty not to trust to lecturers alone but
seek individually, to forward the good work, by dis
semnating tracts and pamphlets upon every oppor-
tunity. Let them lay those papers up, as a sa.
cred deposit, till they were going anywhere, and
then let them bring them with them, and scat
ter the seed they went along For her part
she considered antisavery paper sacred as many
parts of the Bible AS to the opinions of those who
duly exalted the church. she wished to that there
was power behind the church stronger than the
church The Lord gave power to individuals well as
to the church. There were the little Davds and the
little Gideons, with whom he wrought wonders Let
them, therefore, give credit to whom credit was due
slave have been that day but for William Lloyd Garri
SON. who, knowing the great power he hal to contend
against placed his reliance upon a greater power I'M
furlcd the banner of abolition and raised it high The
lady speaker thus concluded amidst loud cheers.
CHAiRMAN-Does any one second the motion!
Mr.. WEsT-I will second it, 18th an addition. II
industrial be added to commercial 1t will then be
complete.
1t was then announced to the Chairman that one of
the society of Friends had seconded the amendment
Mr. FOSTER then rose to reply He said if the posi-
ton assumed by Lucrea Mott be correct it ought to
mercal relations involved guilt he wished abandon
them-to dissolve those relations The only inquiry,
therefore was as to that fact There some rela
lions which involve men in the guilt Of others There
were other relations which did not. Was this Of
the relations that involved them in the responsibility
Of the stakeholder If it ought to be dissolved
mediatey. But he had yet to learn that in trading
with man. he was responsible for his character. Per-
must be convinced of its soundness upon principle
fore he his assent to it, For he would single
out the STAKEHOLDER from any other wicked man. If
the principle be good let 1t be carried cut not merely
in reference to the South but the North and to the
manufacturers of England. Let it be applied to the
land monopolists of New England-to every man that
had blood upon his hands. He did object the in
PRODUCTION of the question: but he thought they ought
to silt it to the bottom and put IT for at rest lie
held that there was an essential difference between
commercial relations and religious and politi-
cal relations. He believed that sustaining reli-
gious relations with men involved the sanction the
character
the power If wicked men, of perpetuatng their crimes
In political relations the same principle held good for
the fundamental doctrine was mutual protection. If
they entered into political alliance with robbers they
must protect them with the plumber Of their victims
But when man goes into the market to buy arti-
Gle from n wicked man, does he thereby endorse his
character! Let him (r FOSTER be convinced of that
not only with the cotton lords of the South hut the
cotton lords of the North For he would as soon have
renee in the North. There blood on both He
wished his friend, Lucretia Mott, would give them
reason for the principle she advocated, for if it
should be adopted by that society, he wished to
defend it out of doors but he confessed with his
present views he could not Would she show
that it their duty dissolve relations with all
wicked because they were wicked. He for one,
detested that principle. He did not detcst her On
the contrary he respected her highly but he repudia
ted the doctrine Of exclusive dealing. Had they not
attempts made to crush abotionsts because they
were abOltionsts? Had they not justly condemned
that persecution and would they now initiate it It
was hot the sublime principle OF the scSrrel which
taught them to give to him that was needy He never
inquired whether man was Catholic or a Protes-
tant church member out conner, it enough
for him that he had the article he wanted to purchase
He maintained the very contrary principle that the
more intimately the abolitonists connected COM
mercally with their opponents the BETTER for they
would thus exert anti-slavery influence them
He went therefore to the stores Of the very worst pro-
ness to leave them $40 bill For the same reason he
liked to have to do with sergymen, for they the
wickedest of all Qaughtcr) If he were to adopt the
principle Of holding no connection with wicked man.
he knew not what he would do for the clothes he
the food he ate for the many comforts Of life he
oyed. lie wished to be informed what amount Of guilt
there Qet it be measured out) in those who held
commercial relations with while he
innocent in holding relations with any wicked men.
Mrs. Rosr of this city, "a native of Poland) then
rose amidst loud cheering, when she invited to the
platform She assembled it amidst renewed cheering.
cultivated ntellect and though she pronounces the
English language mperfectly she understands it's rhe
torcal power. She said she agreed with her friend
Foster to great extent, that there measuring
OF crime II they said great crime wrong, it did
not follow that a lesser crime was right With the
whole commercial world, wherever there was blood,
they ought to break relations If they wanted to break
commerce with high crimes, they must first break it
with the lower She agreed with the friend who addressed
them in the morning, upon the subject of wages-that
there was deep wrong in it-but she q difference
and though she could not dissolve relations with the
due to him, she could do it in the of the slave
holder who guilty of the higher wrong. She would
like to ask her friend Foster II he would purchase
stolen goods from thief, Now, the stakeholder
thief and he stole the labors of the slave and sold it,
loud cheers) He who took advantage of the neces-
stiles of poor man. and extracted from him more work
than he fairly paid him for also robber The only
difference between them was that holds whip be-
hind your back to scourge you If YOU don't
work he pleases while the other holds loaf before
your face and bids starve if you will not do the
work Of slave Cheers) She hoped the day would
como when both these forms Of slavery would be done
away with II they could not do away with all now, let
them do away with what was blacklist. CLaughter.)
chase Of the cotton rice and tobacco raised by his
slaves and II these articles left to rot with
him. he would cease to keep slaves She no
turer Self interest actuated both The way to
overturn the wicked system Of both, was to cease
of this the dissolution of the Union was mere shadow
For this would take away the For every addi-
tona pound of cotton the stakeholder sells he gives
be consistent. II they wanted to dissolve the Union,
because they thought it would serve the cause, let
refusing to purchase slave produced goods in slave
market The stakeholder is a man. steaer. II he CON-
pes him to work. and does not pay him for it, he steals
his work. Would they buy that (Hear hear) She
concluded, in energetic tone with the following
wordsTouch not, taste not handle not, the produce
brought out Of the sweat and the blood Of the slaves
loud cheerng)
Mr. REMoSD, a we'll dressed and educated man of
color, complained that the leaders of this
had given him cold shoulder of late on account Of
some differences Of opinion between him and them
He thought this the greater hardship, there
differed from them much he did, and yet
the same GOODNESS was not shown to them. He
tnen proceeded 10 explain vote gave 1Or
MIR. Philips, Governor Of Massachusetts, Mr.
Philips was freesoier, but he voted for him
solely on personal grounds and struck every other
name of the ticket By his personal influence and sa
crfces In the town Of Saem the coored children were
restored to the educational privileges of which they had
been deprived for some time There was therefore,
debt Of gratitude due to him Having been Kissed for
uttering an unpalatable sentiment, he said he could
appreciate hiss in it's proper place, but otherwise he
regarded he would the hiss Of goose in the barn
yard of the serpent in the forest (Grcat hissng)
He then went on to saw, he differed with his friend
Foster. He thought they ought to continne to pass
their radical resolutions and let those to them
who could He then adverted to the pine box contain
ing the two slaves, and said when he looked at the
gimct holes through which they had to breath he felt
more deeply than ever the atrocty of the damnable
system of slavery People told him to go into the South
and slavery. He would nowhere to it, when
he found men here kissing honest sentiment, and
calling Of color, niggersn For his part, he would
let the pale faces while there vestige of
slavery of slavery spirit in the land Hear hearD
pious man, who had died lately, said that God had
made up issues with nations quarter ola century
He hoped and prayed that he would now make slavery
the issue in order that the true principles Of democra
cya and repubcansm might be carried N all their