New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-11

quieting down on the subject-they see prominent
clergymen preaching from the pulpit obedience %
this law-they see newspapers which once spoke
"brave words for the slave, now excluding APO
litionism from their columns. The question be-
fore us is Whether re are 10 make resistance 10 ne
executioa of tkis katc Whether we are 70 recos.
nize the principle that every man is innocent and
free until he is proven to be othsrwis or 70 ad-
NIT the Virginia doctrine that every black man is
a slave until proved otherwise The South have
President Fillmore, the Army and the Navy on It's
side-and they are determined TO press this law
TO the bitter end This Convention must say
what ought to be done. am peace man. am
opposed 10 the shedding of blood IN all cases where
il can be avoided. But this Convention ought 10
say to Shareholders that they are Ia danger OF bod
lily harm If they come here, and attempt TO carry
men off into bondage. l say to any Fugitive, thar
nothing short of the blood Of the STAKEHOLDER who
shall attempt to carry him Oft, ought to satisfy
him. The Convention should say so. DR.. Chan
ming, whose memory he esteemed so highly, once
said that we could frown shareholders down
the idea being that the indignant flashes OF our
ewes would brighten them out OF countenance l
am for the fullest exercise OF moral power-lor
doing all with moral power that can be done,
and for using no other power when that is suth-
cient for the end. But If any one should attempt
TO take me into Slavery, should strike him down
mot with malignity, bat as c0L1placenty as
would bloodhound, and think was doing God
service The STAKEHOLDER has nd right to live
We must keep them away. They keep as away
from the South They say. they will hang US if We
go there and we keep away. ''ye must make
them understand that it is equally important
for their safety that they keep away from as
on errands of this character. He referred TO
the case of Hughes, in Boston. he did not
deem it safe TO remain, and he lett few
cases like that would make the law dead
letter. Make two or three dead men--that Will
make the law dead. letter. These men have
thrown it in the teeth of the black men, that they
are unfit for freedom-that they have not the
spirit to revolt against any degree OF oppression.
Are we not invited to the work Of Staying kid.
nappers BY this theory in regard to ourselves
There will be no more kidnappers from Macon,
Georgia. Mr.. D. went on with very minute ana
interesting statement of the manner In which
knight and Hughes were treated at Boston
making them heartily sick Of their expedition.
What we must do is to make It unsafe Tor
STAKEHOLDER or his agent, or United States
officer to undertake TO kldnap any man or woman
among US. And to show that it Is unsafe, we
must set some examples. In illustration he re-
ferred to the recent case in Pennsylvania where
a band of colored men beat Oft the kldnappers
The STAKEHOLDER went home without his prey and
declared he would not renew the attempt. The
business was accomplished The rights OF the
assailed were protected, but only by their own
strong arms. If in Syracuse you allow one to be
IN.
human being will so far sink his manhood as to
become a wolf tiger, a bloodhound, he is not fit
10 live. | do believe that two or three dead
Shareholders will make this law dead letter 1
have said that the South know how to keep Abo-
tonsts swsytbey s sSt t %Sy and in that way
only, can we keep these bloodhonnds from their
errand Of robbery at the North.
Mr.. GERRrY SMITH, from the Business Com.
mittee. said two series Of Resolutions would be
reported. 1t was not expected they would all
be adopted, bat selections could be made
Mr. MAY then read a series OF resolutlons-Mr
SmITH also read another series.
Mr. C A. WHEATON, from the Committee on
Permanent Organization reported the following
list of Vice. Presidents:
James C. Deong Of Oneida Joha '" SeVeI OF OnonI a.
Cbsuiauque: VIM r. Smith, Of Wayne; Frederick Doug
lass of Monroe; Lyndon King. Of Oswego
Adjourned to clock.
At 6 o'clock the PRESIDENT called the Conven-
ton TO order. The Vice Presidents ook their
seats.
Prayer by Rev. r. r. RAYMOND, of Syracuse.
The President announced the reading OF the
Address to be in order
GERRlT SMITH read the Address. 1t occupied
nearly an hour recent law of Congress calls
upon US to aid in reducing our fellow men 10 Sla-
very. Il they were criminals, and not innocent
men the punishment were far too severe. Why,
then, should We do this great wrong! The ans
wer is, because the law commands 1t, ana that we
under obligations 10 obey law To be sure we
are. We should always obey law. But all IS
not law thar - called law That only Is law
which is Truth-that only is law, which
is " holy, just and good. That which
lacks Justice aud truth is not law. Slavery abrO.
gates all things which go to distinguish law. IL 10
no law. The address denies that toe Constitution
gives power to reduce any human being to bon
dage. Constitutions and laws, so Tar as they are
repugnant TO truth, are void. AS to our fathers,
whatever respect we may owe to our dead fathers,
We owe moro to the living God. Is 1t said, We
must obey the civil law that the Bible enjoins
that SO does it ia regard to chdren-"obey
Your parents in the Lord" The same qualification
applies to obedience to civil government. When
civil government violates the law Of God, it is ut
terly without authority The doctrine that wrong
may be cone when commanded by the civil gov
eminent is a falacy. 1t not rebellion-it is not
treason to resist such law. When civil govern
ment tramples under foot the Divine authority, it
is civil government which rebels and not he who
sists its enactments. We are calledupon to resist
this law, by our property, or life, if need be. We
cannot be Chrstans-We cannot be men, II we
do less Does the Constitution command or au-
thorize this lawl Then the Constitution com
mands that which we cannot obey, without DISC
bedience to God. The doctrine OF human brother.
hood was eloquenty enforced and illustrated. SO
long as Slavery remained the ruling interest of
the Nation so long would the National Politics and
the National Religion be corrupt as now. To
belong to a National Political OF Ecclesiastical
party, is to be on the side of Slavery. The hope
of the country in the Free Soil party Of l54s, was
founded solely on the fact that it was not Ma
tiona party. The duty of every man to maintain q
positive character was insisted upon-not the ne
eative character of doing no harm. God denounces
the Slaveholder-he at the same time denounces
those who suffer. him to be held. He denounces
the Slsve-catcher, and him who suffers the Slave
to be caught. None Of US are bound to be con-
stitutionalists. But we are all bound to be men.
Make up your mind, felow-ctizens Says the Ad-
dress,) that the country must perish, unless the
good men in the National parties hasten to leave
those parties.
The Address is powerfully written, and cannot
fail to command the careful consideration of think
ing minds throughout the country.