The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-11

aneedote related Of an Englsh lady the daughter
Of an Earl who had left all to Join missionary family
In Persia. He slss gave anecdote Of little boy
who, when haunted with being Methodist, said ne
Methodist, II IL meant one that loved his Bible
Hon Mr. LEWIS, (Cincinnati) said thae he had been
forty years member Of that communion and earnestly
desired the progress Of human liberty which was the
of the people, and he believed that much OF the
influence Of the Methodist Episcopal church had
for not cooperating with the missionary
societies that he could not give his assistance
or money where it was the price OF blood lie
against the slave owner Cheers and hisses)
1t the same people that opposed the liberty OF the
white who opposed the liberty Of the colored man
Qsses) lie maintained that the gospel would De OPP
posed by the slave because they wanted to OPP
press the white people the slaves He nstanced the
case Of Bacon. who had been called an incendiary al
though his addresses were directed the white people
and not to the black But the slave owners were OPP
posed to the diffusion of knowledge went 70
abrdge their influences He said this because he was
the inhabtant Of an adjoining State to the slave
States and he contended that ana misery
the companions of slavery. The Hon speaker
alluded to the late between Foote and Benton
and blamed the conduct Of the former
A. TEMPLE, missionary an Indian, then addressed
the meeting upon the all absorbing subject, slavery;
but her remarks contained nothing OF importance
airy, an Indian woman, to the notice OF tne meetng
This latter, dressed out with clean white blanket
round her shoulders and red ana o1own h
assembly clapped at the end because, we suppose IL
finished.
Rev LUTHER LEE followed. in support of the reso-
luons, and maintained that slavery was Incompatible
with Christianity; that 1t perverted the laws OF God,
reduced the slave to the condition Of the heather
lie detained upon the Inconsistency OF sending out
Bibles to the heather abroad while they sold men ana
women and children at home. An appeal was then
made to the generosity of the audience during which
Henry Bbb colored man, delivered piece OF poetry
representing an imaginary conversation Between the
jesty This piece Of attempted humor was, however,
| received with several Misses.
Rev. Mr.. LEWIS WoRpEN, Of Pittsburgh, "a colored
man. addressed the meeting, and complained OF the
rudeness and insult that he met with in New York
Hal had ..th In, fhaW Vast
grossness Of he had exhibited in this
city where he had expected to have seen the highest
refinement lie stood there to advocate the cause OF
the gospel for the world in general and not exclusively
for the black white He maintained that the poorer
the South by the nrtocratic shareholders who did not
wish to see eyea them educated He thought that the
laboring classes Of New York would coincide with him
he had time to with them, and he believed
that they also coerced into their late behavior by
| their superors in wealth. In allusion to the late
slavery meeting at the Tabernacle he trusted that the
feeling against the not prevalent among the
working classes of the city ll hope was in the or
| yorng TO bring the bengbted minds Of the hea
then to a knowledge Of the gospel
| HrNRY BInB. Ia colored mani, then addressed the
| meeting and said that he had been a slave and had
and stripes upon his which he must carry
to the grave when he first ran away from slavery,
that it not a republican government but oppres
sve he felt it better to suffer with the slave in this re-
public until they obtained their freedom rs laid down
| in the act of independence In Canada West, there
were 10000 coored people, 10000 OF whom were fugi.
slaves but were degraded anu iBuorant anu
how they to be enlightened unless by the instru-
mentality Of such societies as this! He was not for
the Union but that they should combat
| by argument The speaker then entered into a ramb-
| ling discourse, about runaway slaves, sbloodhounds
swimming rivers bushes the cOnstit antisavery
meetings, and finished by firing out the patience Of
the meeting, who however manifested a considerable
amount Of forbearance in listening to all that was said
This closed the meeting which separated quietly al
though there many dissenents present and at an
early period Of the meeting party Of
outside the doors had manifested intentions Of de-
| monstration, which stopped by the police sta
toned in the vicinity There among the audience
colored persons both male and female, but not
| many, and few the platform, or two Of whom
| addressed the meeting as stated in report.