The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-02

and vhs hnovs aueht Of the eiYec Of mental
labor the bodily frame YIN marvel at TINS: we 'caay
us NAV by the Divine blessing recruit her strength and
contribute to the proongaton Of life 20 promising ot
Ssory Of God Cheers Meanwhile she enjoys ths happy
con- that she Ia suffering IN good cause Dot
ter there could not be i one when involves me wei,
raj and eternal of degraded plundeed oppressed dark
ened brutared perishiDg millions And while we delight
furnishing her for Time with peaceful retreat from
sthe wrath Of men"from the resentment Of those Who
did they but rightly their interests would have
smiled her and blessed her-~e trust she enjoys and
ever will enjoy quietDess and OF infinitely
higher order the Divine Master whom she serves and seeks
to honor proving TO her. the terms Of his PROMISE
pestn Enthusiastic chsering) 1t may sound strange
ly that, when assembled for the very purpose
Of dsnGun'ns IN " saoa
in woman So however, it is. We claim Mrs. stowe
(renewed cheers not ours only, but stiu
ours She british and European property, well
American She is the property of the whole world Of Ito
nature and the whole world OF humanity. (chee,s
Should tram atlantic friends repudiae the property
they may transfer their share-(sughter and ehcers-
most gladly will accept the transference Mrs
Stowe has taken her place on the platform at this
great gathering Of which she is herself the attrac-
lion the nucleus supported and countenanced by
few friends Of her own sex. on the ,nqn'uss ana
horrors Of slavery s nothing LEAVE sns% 70
opr esteemed transatlantic friends themselves, DR..
stowe and the Rev. Edward Beecher, enc Of the
brothers OF the gifted lady whom are this evening
assembled to honor. The subject is one which, hap
PLY. we are ali Of one mind. The entire question,
deed il wrapped up in that dvinely simple and dvnely
practical conformity TO its principle would in one mo-
apnhate slavery, and sweep from the face Of the
Earth all social wrongs Therefore, all things whatso-
would that should do to you, do ye also TO
them lin ewisen .
Dr. ROBSON seconded the resolution which was cordi-
ally agreed to.
Prof. SrowE was received with great cheering He
sad-Inhabtants of the free city OF Glasgow in the
Of Mrs. Stoae and in my own name, have to thank
YOU the warmth OF reception but cannJb hnd
words do it. Is it true that all this aiession ate
feetpe in regard to that book 81 don't speeks any
body made that book, sIecks it gro ved Qaugh-
ter) Under the pressure OF torrid Fugitive slave
law the book sprung out Of the soil, ready made !
exceedingly regret thai, in consequence OF the very
feeble Of Mrs. Stoves health and 10 consequence
of the great pressure of engagements upon myself
engagements Of q public nature which cannot be pro
teImtted account Of any private fselings-we are
not able to respond 70 the many ytaohs We nave re-
able 10 spare you the time which you DESIRE Had time
permitted, and orr own feelings been consulted, We
should gladly settled do you, accepted your
congratulations spent it'll you the en- tire summer
applause But this cannst be the state OF Mrs Stowe
health is such that she cannot bear so much hndaess
and my engagements Of such character thai
must be in many distant places and by The LIST OF June
must he again hard at work in the United States Scot
land has dtngui he'd for her love OF freedom
And though almost all the religious denominations in the
United States, are, to great e1tent silent regarding
this system OF oppression, yet there are two denonna
lions which have been Silent. Two denominations
stood for the old scotch Seceders and the
Of the old Scotch Covensnters have never
been silent the subject Of slavery Never have they
been silent even in the slaveholdng States. CHEERS
1t il that Of the Scotch Sccelers have fallen
away into slavery notions and gone with the current
hey have done while they belonged to the
Scotch seeding body There are also some other bodes
from slavery opinions but they are not so bold
those 10 whom lave alluded Thee are OF the class
vino are polite and easy 10 their languages There
j. also other denomination free from the tsnt OF
sayerythe disciples of old William Penn-iof there is
not Quaker ia the United States who owns slave
There Is Quaker who slave without being
elected at from the Society of Friends At one time
ong ago many Of the Quakers held slaves but they were
told that vas wrong and they appointed committees TO
labor among all who owned slave. They did not de-
the system at public meetings, ont they passed
resolutions and appointed commit tees tn visit every ind
yidual and to labor with that individual and the result
that in less than twenty years they succeeded
do not know, indeed that in less than ten years every
Friend in the United States not free from the
OF slavery. Cheers And had other dencmina ions
pursued the there would not at this day be
q slave IN the United States not one (Cheers)
believe that the passing of the Fugitive Slave .w IS the
last desperate effort and the dying struggle Of the system
(Cheers) But there real difficulties connected with
tie slave question in those States in which slavery exists
All the social habits Of the people connected with the
system and they don't know what to DO without slaves,
where they and where they have always
been them Tnere another great difficulty
corrected with this questonthat is that the slave
holding States political bodies, internally indie
reneent The shareholders possess all political power,
ard be made for the amelioaton OF the
slave excepting by the slaveholders themselves II IS not
The in this country, where your Parliament could
hold rcd the slaveo Jhers, j. the slave
holders themsc who mold the rod, and they
custoned 10 it. There only two ways there
fore in which change be looked for. Either
the STAKEHOLDER himself must be persuaded to adopt
system for the abolition Of the evil, the evil
will he brought TO end by bloody revolt
ton The slayenolders have consciences, and these
win be awakened In time by truth and Christian lore.
In coming along here from Liverpool have observed
your wealth and comfort and abounipg
but have also observed that great deal Of it results
from the producers OF slave labor. In this country is the
great market American cotton and IL is cotton which
susains American rlayery. | do not ray you can do
without it, 1t Is cotton which makes the system profit
able and cotton makes the price OF man ESQ in The
markets Ct the United States 1t is my conviction that
nine tenths of the people Of the Unsod States feel 10
their hearts, the subject Of slavery just you do
cheers) but there Is such tremendous power brought
to bar against this feeliog, that those who
Portable and wish 10 live in easy way, don. want to
needle with the subject at all. Professor Stove pro
ceedet t. state that there were OF Inhabitants
in the United States anu only aO0Uoo Of them were
Shareholders. Yet these men held public opinion in shb
lection and exercised degree Of tyranny which was hard
y equaled 10 the most despohc governments And how
aid they do ~ Because they we're all united On that
side. However much they might diher on other ques
tonsho9ever bitterly they might quarrel and right with
the pistol sie knife the subject