The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-14

perty, in sOme places and with some individuals,
is more the Eesulkof Northern enterprise. con
Quoted by men temporarily residing ut the South,
than Southern thrift.
A series of strong resolutions was read by
Mr. Tappan, and unanimously adopted. We
copy the following:
T. That while we honor those Legislators and
ministers who have been true to fre edom, we
believe that the political aud ecclesiastical parti
snnr who have proved recreant to the cause Of
liberty and humanity, have forfeited all just
claim to the confidence OF the people, and that
no reasonable expectation can be INDUCED in
the prevalence or success OF republican or
Christian institutions until our citizens carry
out the principles of the Declaration Of lnde-
pendence and the precepts Of the Sermon on
the Mount.
Hon. t. d Culver addressed the meeting. lie
said the resolutions Just introduced would bring
down denunciations upon the heads of those
who participated in these proceedings. The
press of certain parties will attack rs, not be-.
Gauss of our Arguments, but that We have come
here at all Agitation is to be done away with.
Finality has become the order of the day, and
matters in dispute have been adjusted" Ad-
justed by whom! BY a minority Of Congress,
and that minority, too, chiefly under the infu-
ence of strong drink. Great sensaton-cheers
mingled with Kisses, and outcries :. You should
be ashamed of yourself"l Be quiet, gentle
men ! have seen these things before know
how they 20 at the White House. Mr. Culver
could not see, however, how any Congtess had
the power to pass acts which another Congress
cannot NJ do, il they please In reviewing the
tests of finaity and the new creed of cou,pro.
misses, the speaker administered sharp rebuke
to Hon. James Books for having lodged the
vote on the slave law The honorable gentle.
man had shutlled and twisted, and rolled over
three times, like dog catching crackers thrown
to him from a grocery store; but when the time
for the vote had come, this gentleman dared not
meet the question, and could find nothing better
for him to do than to dodge. Applause aud
laughter Mr.. Culver went on to rdicue the
pretension Of the slave power to govern public
sentiment at the North. He instituted com
parson between the admission Of Texas and
California into the Union; one, easily received /;
the other, standing suppant for space of nine
months. The compromise question first spranr
out of the Texas boundary dispute. Mr.. Cul
yer exposed the iniquiy of that bargain, and
went over the history of the act to prove its in.
justice From this he passed to consideration
OF the fugitive slave law, denouncing the base
ness and meanness Of the measure A particu
H.
creased compensation to be awarded to the com.
missioner who shall remand fugitive to his
master. That creature of the City Hall, said
Mr.. CuIver-and speak with all respect that is
due to him-knew all this when he received all
the testimony on one side in recent slave case,
but refused to hear the opposing evidence. "a
sensation. The omission of any designation
Of black or white, in the provisions Of the law,
was mentioned in decided terms of reprobation
In conclusion, Mr.. Culver entreated the co op-
Grafton of public sentiment in efforts to retrieve
the condition of the fugitive, and to repeal the
slave law
The chairman introduced Rev. John r.. Raw
mond, blind, coored clergy man, of the Baptist
church in this city. He spoke in behalf of the
vital Importance of the resolutions to the colored
people; and rebuked the prejndices of CASTE as
only inferior to the evils of American slavery.
Mr.. Raymond related several anecdotes in a
humorous style, which brought out roars of
laughter. His remarks were very effective.
Rev. Henry Ward BEEcHER followed. There
was but one impression he could desire TO leave
upon the meetng--a religious impression. The
claims Of this subject were not the claims of en-
thusasm or philanthropy, though both senti-
ments entered into the question but it was the
cause of God. The tenacty Of the Anti Slav-
cry cause is made matter of wonder The
reason of this persistence is to be found in the
religious sentiment which gives the heart and
the life to il. There are men of Jusus Christ
yet alive who cherish still the breathinos of
their master. To ask us to abandon this cause,
IS TO ask man to evacnate himself Of his entire
moral sense. Mr. Beecher apprehended that all
true liberty was of religious nature Liberty
differs IN It's constitution in this country and in
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continent have not succeeded mainly because
they we're not inhned with the Christian spi,it
There is much to hope, on this ground, from
Hungary above all other countries of the Old
World In this connection the speaker Landed
the sentiments of Kossuth, as applied to the
urispl udence Of religion, and the duties of re.
gions men, both as individuals and nations.
Mr. Ececher obi cted to American slavery, for
one reason alono---that men cannot understand
Christianity and become men, and vet continue
slaves. Applause.] He felt none the less in
terest in sending the gospel abroad to the
heather in other lands. He did not regard
Christianity as great hoop, to hold together
c'vlllz I'd communities its radical idea is not
conservatism, but growth--not necessarily ia
natical, revolutionary growth, but an expansive,
healthy increase. 1t leads men to higher ~
still higher attanmonts So long as this prin
clple shall prevail in the world, there must of
necessity be agitations. Applause AS earth
quakes are produced by expansive forces, created
by intense fires in the interior of the earth, so
one cannot reach the seat OF those agtations un-
less the waterng-pot of expediency seeks to
put out these hidden fires in the very heart of
the Bible, and the mind of every honest man
MIR. Beecher thanked God for the existence of
men who were willing to forsake name and
reputation for the great Christian Anti Slavery
cause. He could not agree with all the ideas of
other parties, yet he deplored that there should
be schisms in this struggle of the opponents Of
slavery. He was disposed to believe that peo
pies conscences needed awakening--that PRAYER
for the slave was necessary element of sue
cess. He believed that the free North owed
another duty to the poor colored citizens among
us. than to find fast ships to carry them to Ii.
IBERIA. He. rebuked in scathing phrase, the pre-.
JUDGE of caste. To give moral suasion, in the
shape of election from the country, is nothing
but the moral suason Of the sheriff who turns
out destitute family because Of its poverty
Let it be understood that we are Anti slavery
because We are religious. Mr. Beecher enlarged
upon this point Mt considerable lonoth and