The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-09
American Anti.Slavery Society.

This somewhat famous nd celebrated society num-
bering within its folds the real
antislavery fanatics Of the Northern and New Eng
land States, and having it's centre in Boston, in the
State of Massachusetts, celebrated its anniversary at
the Tabernacle yesterday morning at ten o'clock The
American and Foreign Anti-Savery Society is a
ding branch Of this establishment, having left it
count of the I'll ira views the question Of slavery in
the old Stairs which its leaders and most prominent
men entertain On arriving at the Tabernacle, we
found it toeraby well filed with part-coorcd and
highly varegated assemblage There white faces,
and yellow faces, and red faces and black faces long
hair and short hair straight hair and wooy hair beau
tifuly interpreted throughout the building both up
stairs and down stairs Among those in attendance,
saw Wendell Phillips, Lloyd Garrison, Frederick
Douglass, Lucy Stowe, and several other of the sup
portcrs of the institution There also fair repre-
sentaton of colorcd bredrenn present-a repre-
sentaton too, that embraced every shade and breed
Vided Commencing with the coal black and
ascending the sdngscae principle till it reached
the tarry complexion which marks the dapperttle
musacheod walters who in fulfilling their duties
North River steamboats,, ring large hand bell and
request "A dose gentlemen who amt paid their fare to
please walk up to the captains Office and scttleeeen
Among the audience, observed, too, a great
many gentlemen with broad beavers on their heads
indication that they of the Society Of Friends
and several ladies of the order.
At halfpast ten o'clock, friend Isaac T. Hopper Ed
other gentleman whose could not learn, took
their seats and called the meeting to order, Mr. Gar
rison holding in his hand Suspicious looking roll of
paper having the appearance Of antislavery petit
ton. Immediately behind those gentlemen sat Will
liam Brown, fugitive slave
In commencing the exercises Lloyd Garrison said
that in beginning good cause heavenly grace may be
duplicated with confidence. That this is q good
cause there can be no doubt and if any present
desired to for assistance from High for the efforts
of this institution an opportunity was now ready fu
him to do So
Rev. SAMUEL MAY took the opportunity, and prayed
for the speedy liberation of those whom God made
after his own likeness, and into whose nostrils he
breahed the breath of lifebut Who to the shame and
disgrace of this country, are held in bondage.
LLOYD GARRISON then said that expectedy he found
his name mentioned of the speakers on this oc
casion but all he would do was to read the testimony
of those who could not be doubted-the prophets OF
old-concernng the subec which called the meeting
together He then read several passages from the bi
BILE and afterwards said that 1t has always been the
object of the socctyto denounce slavery as the great
est evil. 1T has assumed that stakeholder should
be recognized a Christian and that any man who
dares to call his brother property Is destitute OF
Christ For this the society-bas been denounced
inhde by protested Christians hose hands are stained
with human blood on this continent; but the other
side Of the Atlantic, the people are not so blinded
this respect and have sent expression of their
timents too in the form of appeal by the people of
Scotland many OF whom are preachers of tho gospel
He displayed the suspicious looking paper above refer
red to. which proved to be appeal by portion of
the people of that country to the American churches,
the subject of slavery in the United States
monstratng against their having any connection with
slavery Shareholders. 1t ended by request that
American Chris tanity and American Slavery be sepa-
rated prayer for the prosperity of the American
church The document then paraded in front of
the pulpit where it allowed to remain during the
morning.
The financial account was then read. The following
statement comprises the receipts and expenditures for
the last year -
Receipts.
To Ball from old account ,.........,,. 81 80
Standard and donation account. .....,Ns, ceo2 ~
Publication account Observation-Disclosures. 81 rs
Total SG,9O2 81
Expenditures.
For the Anti slavery Standard, agents, and
the support of the Office in this city. .s6e15 IL
palancc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ST. a
EDMUND QUISCy Of Massachusetts,. offered series o
revolutions OF character similar TO that which marks
all resolutions emanatpg from this society.
PiLLsBrRY PARSER. Of New. Hampshire spoke to The
resolutions. After n few pcifatory remarks, he said
The resolutions much groundand may be well sale
10 be before for two three four days One poin
ne would refer to; slavery exists not because the PEG
plo are in love with IT, but because the people Of TIL
North are ignorant Of II. There Is enough Of ntcli