The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-02
Meeting of the Cslored PopsIastsn.-Thei
Denuneiat soa Of the Fagitivs slave BiII.

Meeting OF the Cslorea Pop eiatton.-Thetr
Den~neiat ,oa Of the F~gisivs slave Bill.
meeting Of colored people with slight and visible
spriDinDs Of white sboli,ionist held yesterday
evening at the Zion Chapel, Church street The build
ing, which 10 capable Of holding 500 persons, vas
crowded to excess two thirds Of those present being
women Of color The following Ia copy OF the hand
bill by which the meeting was convened
THE FUGITIVE BILL
rsrriso SLAVE!
FRKEngr TO BK MADE SLAVES,
MASS siEriso' e z rI e;,i CHURCH a
Church street. corner % Leoslid.on
III. si.is s'sn The ,s.t'a e ro6E DSrr
ss.i, T:..'s psSr;s,, ,a =; defend our nS'r-
by order Of th. Ihsrssa Of tss Cenmit,e. sfla
Shortly after seven O'Clock, william p Powell vas,
motion, called on TO preside.
The Vice Presidents vers-Mesrs. J. NJ. So uh, J.
Powers, Rev s white D. Bu.h Rev 9. n. Cornish, X.
Harrington, J. II. Putnam. Rev. J. T. Raymond, }.
Harris. 4 Drsyton Rev n. Wilson, A. Lyons i. y.
jefferson, }. Jsncrs J. Purneli, n. IL Cousins, n.
williams, Capt. P. Hawkins, L. A. Potter, and y.
Guion.
secretaries-T. ,. white, N. D.; r. II. Reason, n.
The meeting was opened With prayer By the Rev.
Mr. white. who duplicated for victory over their
enemies and besousht the ON npossnt power to guide
and protect those vho ere going to the land where
msn do not trampe on one suother.
The PrtspTsr, in Addressing the sssemhlage, said
Fellow CitiEsnsIn all things that have beauty there
4 nothing TO man more eemely than liberty Give me
the liberty know to utter ana TO argue freely above
ali liberties CChcsrs) mois important subject
than this never In the history Of this country came
before th. Ame,ie.n people snd u .. nothing NOR.
slave bill. which subjects every free colored nan
woman and child TO be SEIZED upon, bandeuGsd; and
thrsty slavehold-r BE- permitted By this unrghtsou'
lav 10 come tpto our domciles or workshops, or tns
pss,,, he5s re, ssr ana 'ss On gu, ,s
without . strugxle-nosd cries Of "No, po,'D-
without resisting. even n need be, unto death
necss TO IN. halter and lmbs TO the shsckles
sta csbk our chsirs 20 IN. sweet music .f pssdv,
Obedience no MOI And every step which -e nay
take whether a. b. back yards forwards viii be foi
4 loved by consequences too vsst too momentous
strengthen our resolution TO perform vhss -is
dom c~tstss Let us be united &c man. regarding
FIRST rs hts inhersnt aud insensble There arr
. thousand ana on. vsys BY Which the unsuspectina
c.lorvd man, and child may be entrspped int
4 the hspd. Of the bsckh.srtsd vilianou, tidnspper
aud spirited Say into slavery almost nstantly Th'
esse % Jane. Hamlet the fugitive " In point and
rect an told that his wife died this morning Of I
broken hssrt MurmuIs and oh, Oh rom 20. ~ y.
there msy b. more loud nossl
h,sfys % ,si,SsSsi.s ssa.rss.,A
". w .hy vih -. .lsrae,r vser'
yor tois 40 sne,, y.sssbI, M an. laws will yor
30 So no MOI Yeu are told 20 hts the wsnsele,
that bind you will you do co. (No, no. no The las
h made By the people Tine peopl. have told you thu
ycu mast do 90; will yru obey them (Ne) Upos
your decision this night hangs the liberty OF millions
Thi, covenant With d.sih and ssre.nsnt Win he'll
must be trsmpled under foot rtssted disob.yed snt
violst.d at ali hazards (Cbeers) When the nothe
country imposed upon the infant colonies the three
end half per cent tar and the stamp act, the verI
trst blood that vas she'd she'd In resistance OF tn
odicus act by eOlored nspi the hrst martyr 70 ms
ricsr Independence. nobly led on the mob 81 whit
the 20 receive the nv of the Brush
soldi.ry sns throughout the Revolutionary sud lat
var. colored stood eide By eide ~ith white men
spd achieved most glorious victory In the name o
liberty We have met thk nieht % decide not -hethe
30 ell psy the sovernmert three snts-haf pei cen
tsx or an impoet duty but vhether we Will suffer our
selves and n 1ilies 70 be inside slaves And Oh, fov