The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-28
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constitution WAS pro slavery document, wsether OF hos
MT NRlIxs addressed the chair "Does Mr.. Foster
mean TO lay ~ {order, order)
Three or four gentlemen gened the nosr and there
considerable confusion. Melen, Ttcomb and several
thers were talking all together amid cries Of = rlas
Mr. MEIES commenced the abstract discussion u the
question.
VOICE You DO not dare hear the truth. daughter
and prolonged applause)
Mr. MFtIKy-Mr Chsrman-
Mr. PmIIiPs-Take your seat, Mr.. Melen
Mr. FosTER-There is now no party in the country Who
determination. SHOW party whicn Is not pro-
slavery party. Is it the free soil partys
NJ FosrFR~isay, mol Here are three millions OF men
who suffer under burtheuswho are treated like beasts.
yoIcr-No, sir reel daughter
Mr. FosIERThere is party in the country that does
Ike terms Of slavery not even the Gerrit Smith
MI ME11ES-That is not SO. Gerrit Smiths party is
Mr. Pinups-Take your seat Mr.. Mellen, (He did it.)
Mr. FosrER-The free soil party the greatest draw.
back 10 the caue of Where was its represen.
tstveY Not Allen, not Giddings not Horace Mann or
they would rot accept Office under government where
sent to any bargain with slavery. He would not vote
under such constitution The idea that 1t was the
freest government In the world utter absurdy.
There another government where onesixth of the
female population we're subjected to prostitution yet
the world. Listen to Sumner ia FapeuH Hall aad the
United states Senate when he desired that we might 20
back 10 those days Of our savehdng fathers, where
every sixth peron chatteled slave and that's free
soi m for you.
MANY VoICEs-No
Mr. FOSTER INDUCED in several remarks against the
Church and the anniversary meetings now being held in
this city. He thought it would do good If he could
60 INTO some OF these meetings and give them little
plain talk Now hs could 60 this easily He could get
into any clerical body in this city by no greater stretch
of his conscience than that proposed by hts friend Was
believe ard promising that which he did not intend to
perform. daughter and spplause) Now, coald not go
there en- honest II an can
voIcE-Thats fact daughter and applause)
Mr.. Foster i could net go an honest man because
cannot 90 10 the ballot box honest man. think
l could Go much good in one psce as the other.
sr. MEIIES Do pretend to say that the consitu-
ton Is pro slavery document and that we are to argue
those prem ses and no o'he,I
Mr. FosrER-The question is whether properly
under the constitution knowing to be pro slavery
Mr.. MKIkS-TbaPs not the question, and you have no
business to deceive the Convention in this way.
yoIus.-" Down." "down." Sit down, Ael'en" Gle
AyocE--Mr. Foster do under sta nd you that the old
line aboonists believe that the constitution is pro-
slavery document
Mr. FosrER-They do so; they have long ago declared
that it ant with death and agreement with
he'll No free soer believed this and consequently they
retarded the efforts of other people who sought the eman
cpation of the slave. Mr. Foster occupied half an hour
in using mp the free solers and succeeded BY
seller and appeared their champion He believed that
be had examined the constitution thoroughly and
thought aro that Il anti slavery documsnt There
power TO make or unmale slavery in it. He DO
levtd that government not altogether an artificial
nsu ion as hi, friend ONT Barsss had sd said h: DO
port the Cover and the free soil party can only
obtain power by the legitimate meAnsthe ballot box
Mr. GARRISON replied to the last speaker and repealed
the idea any union WITH free sellers. The South
respected the old slavery party because they knew
would under the constitution because it
unholy compact He preferred to stand out and wait
Gods own time for victory.
the side but his speech very stupid that
the faithful wen, of in hocks TO get their suppers and
hi
ed for hour. The afternoon attendance averaged
about fifteen hundred.
EVENING SESSION.
Ia order to keep the ''unerrfed the Of Ave
cents demanded fer admission and Mr. Francis Jack
son informed that tbs free st was
night amounted to $50 it whispered that fair
friend Lncy Stone and that sangune Dem0sthenss Wen
dell Ihillps was to speak The Adies mustered in full
force.
At quarter before eight O'Clock EDMUND QUINCY called
the Convention to order, and introduced
Miss LUCY STvSE-A short escrip.on Of this lady may
be urint srestpg She is young t~enty three
years Of age, brunette of petite figure; with large but
her full and eIpressives prominent nose, with
slight INCLINATION TO turn up large full mouth ana good
in front in show fine csmbric shirt down to the waist
with sLirt collar rolled black silk shirt half way
down to the ankle and cut full tron.e-s Of black al X
fitting close 10 the leg good sizei foot with CATER boots
She her hair short and combed back She looks
like cccious little girl en- the platform She speaks
in ncoeraely full cesr and pleasant toned voice. and
hardly gestures except when exc ted Miss Stone
held that the ensA v0d tuAt 1t would
he well enough for 10 free ourseives We can't help
Uncle Tom hold out the hand Of sympathy to Csssv
because we are yourselves slaves We are all towards
becsue are afraid to settle matters between God and
conscience, but always afraid Of Whist people
win cay We don't ask !, ANYTHING i. right or wIsng but
few, dare TO cay anything which they think will be un
popular To illustrate what she had 10 say. Miss Stone
raid she lately went where the Garrison doc.
thine Of sbotonsm was very unpopular It's advocates
could be counted the fingers OF baud hall could
be had, and the meeting was held in grove People did
dave IN (po (aniIb eliavA sho n
fair representa- i've Of al the women said she would have
come she could have made herself in the wall
She might have been COMPRESSED great deal and it
would Iot have hurt her much She would have been
gsd come but che would have been afraid because
the not popular in the ts~n Nearly all the
women and the men too bad as her One rother
who told MISS Stone that they had nothing but orthodox
went where the Their swine iesorted (Lsughter) An
other said he wouldn't TO hear crazy ~oman talk
when SIZE sctured in hi town but when she went to the
next he heard the lecture and paid qIsrer for 1t.
This toady (sid she came the platform after
the lecture over and me his hand daughter
and applause And he is fair sample OF all the
What to be done then to teach the people high
moral courage The clergy too recreant aud would
pulpit and their salary whea compared with the right
VIXEN the clergyman looks up TO HIM sho sits above in
stead q thinking what man r pay his salary then will
he be able TO teach the people their duty The only tails
man. by which the slave could be emancpated
age MSS Stone ashamed Of those who would stoop
10 curry favor Of nation which, stephen Foster
says, steals babies whips women, and drives slases
market you do not do i yourselves you stoop to
ask fsv0rs OF those VINO She hAd sum
GENTLY contempt to peak Of the man who had intro
duced bill in the New York Assembly TO legAlino slave
holding in New York DR. sharp had invited ose OF the
BE- by steales to ocsupy his pulpt Rev Dr. Fuer aud
this had bosstsd thst he held slaves. And thus it
will be alsavs until people at the North to trucks
70 the ravehoidsr who think toem than those
who work on the plantation Overcome this-feAr rot
rdieuie look to God alone and victory is certain.
Miss StrDe's remarks occupied about half hour but
not vel received-the people laughed at her
earns, While they we're wounded by them Shew.s
ceeded by
WnDIIL PHILLIPS who proceeded to defeod hi-
and ertci upon the free sellers. No man, however
high. sbouid he above bis criticisms No good name,
Loweyei mertorious fit to oe considered With rsgtrd
10 such a cause. Anti slavery meetings must discus,
perony and abstract arguments not interesting in
these days Nen idolixed in this country, and
wsitsd q whole year To get Charles Sumner into tbs
Senate. (App,sI,e And ,hs was the ~hole fruit OF
that rena kable session Aud shall not have the pri
vege to criticize the acts and the public life OF thi. am
Can apy body tell IN ~bat John p Hales IDEAS on tbs
policy Of the anti slavery party ares Nobody blame
him for sitting still ~hen be ,hould have spoken Hc
leaves after sx years service and he has done nsthng
The FREQ soil party has no platform that's the fault