The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-12
ANNIVERSARY WEEK.
The Proceedings Of the American Tract and
American Female Guardian SoeieticG
Institution for the Blind, and
the Five Points Mission.

hm0rloah remdic Guardian S0cietieh
Institution for the Blind, and
the Five Points Mission,
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The Abolition Fanatics at the
Chinese Assembly Rooms,
! DC. &c. DC.
American ARti-slavcry society-Fanaticisa
Run Mad.
SPEECHES OF GARRISON, PHILLIPS, LUCY STONE, ETC.
The twenty second anniversary of the American ANTI
slevsry Society held yesterday, In the Chinese
Rooms, Broadway. The morning session commenced ct
ten o'clock, the congregation being at that time veEy
numerous; composed principally Of ladies' with sllght
| spriDkling Of bloomers and nggers.
WA LLOYD CARBON opened the proceedings by caNin1
the meeting to order and addressing as follows 1T u
common allegation the part Of the enemies Of snaa
cpaton, that the aboonss have put back their csus
by rashness and violence The allegation ancisnt
one and is worth Just much as it was in snoisnt
times; and in illustration of what it was then worth
will read to you the hfth chapter of Exodus Mr. GArri
son then read the whole Of the chapter the congreg
on and announced that according the usages Of the
society an opportunity weuld be afforded to whom
soever in the assembly might feel moved by spirit
| to offer up prayer.
reverend gentleman on the platform, Mr. Josxrn A.
Il
the visitation of the spirit kne down and vounteersd
prayer in which he affirmed his faith that all religion in
the world opposed to the royal law of freedom is inf
deity.
Mr.. GARRISON, the Chairman again addressed the audi
ence He sad-By the help of God we continue to this
day. The antslavery cause, in spite Of all the os-
position that has been arrayed against it's
spite of governmental edcts-in spite of awless
mobocracy-shn lives, and is destined to grow, and
nd rIo
and till the Lord gives the jubilee. For tho last two
years we have been compelled through the lawessness
of this corrupt CITY, to shake its dust from feet
testimony against it. The year before last were re-
se.ed BY the people Of sracqse and the following year
ever, voluntarily, but could not get single room In
this city fitted to hod anniversary. This NO dis
credit TO the Anti Slavery Society, but will rebound
with the same designs and with the glorious
ends in view Where those who said we should not
SPEAK Where, now, is the Union Safety Committees
We fhd ourselves here, but where they heaven only
knows We are here, not to browbeat irrtate
three great champions Of slavery have gone to dust
Their bodies e.tombed and their souls gone God.
Where John c. Calhoun Whereas Henry Clsys Where
is Daniel Websters All gone to decay, and hero
with our songs OF victory. Applause and hisses We
have had the Baltimore Convention, but what thsnf
| 1.-THE King of France, with thirty thousand men
Marched up the hill and then marched down again.
We have had the Fugitive Slave law enacted since ws
last met here-but what of thats Are tho slaves de-
day read, in the Voce Of e S1ay paper published In
Canada that twenty nine slaves had arrived there In
batch How has that law been received In the Northern
statess How did ws treat shaarach in Bostsns sims,
indeed, was taken away from the city Of Boston, In
broad ds,sh, but smngsed away in the hour q dark
throw Of the Fugitive Slave Law forever. And how
they treated in Syracuse in the Of Jerry and how
the slaves thcs elves treated it Chrssna where the
STAKEHOLDER compelled to bite the dust You know
Of tbs results Of the Of that law 1t gave Uncle
Tom Cabin apfiause) and Uncle Toms bin making
the tour of the world and the arst nst.lneat q
British sympathy behalf Of the slave, lately r
ce sed ia Boston the petition of ladies Of Engad
| signed by half y million Of women Even IN the
Southern stacs the feeling against slavery becoming
strong and to show you it is there, will read you
| paragraph from the Charleston Mercury Mr.. G read
the extract referred to commenting the influence Of
slavery in the South and in the national gorernment
These he continued, Of the cheering crcum-
stances under which assembled here day New
York, for The Lord God Omnipocnt rcisneth
dnccd by the chair to the meeting, and proceedsd
address the audience:-Yeu, sir, said he, address
movement you originated is also branded inadsl
movsment but should like to know by which Of tha
our conduct be explained if we have not faith 10 Gods
DO delight in being held to pabc reprOb Ation Aad
Do American dsgn: in ssiosn
American people it Is delight to swim 9th the
Ito 90 with the multitude whether for evil fo- good
We exception to this national trait We have not
unchurched the church and excommunicated the Stae
merely because like to be hunted and hooted and oe
cause we delight the tender Cap ain Ryn-
des. No, sir tits because trust in God, that be-
ese there higher Law than that Of Cong and that
there is magistrate more elevated than President
ans OF this remote corner OF the together
they say to repeal the laws Of the Great Architect Of
and only that, but the great Of the Church,
and those who stand at the head Of the Church have
idea that there be any law higher than that which
man can make Suppose q law should be passed in Con-
gress repeating the laws of gravitaton do you believe
there is priest in the land who relying that Law,
woul1 leap from the top Of Bunker Hill Monument Well,
just absurd to repeal physical repeal moral
laws We would not have stood up before the American
people and defed themtram ped their laws under
merely because that ~e liked ii but we dt because
We thought it our duty so to do Why, sir Why did
fathers come TO this apdy They were surely great
fools to leave their comfortable parsonage ANA farm
houses and trades to commit themselves to the stormy
waves and plant themselves inhospitabl shores
Why, what fanatics they were They had emily to confor
TO and obey the laws the land and live very comforta
bly,, just told now by priests and politicians
night do But that net the spirit of the men Of
was proes-but thew little thought what the results Of
their institutions were. they little thought that there
to be Procrusean bed established BY law to meas
1 ure mems conscicnces Now SIR we took pat
tern by fathers 1t from those old times that
the American Revolution dates. 1t was the
laws of those OF God should be obeyed and that
the principle from which the complement of revolu
the An erican Revolution was failure We have theim.
pudcnce to stand before Russia and AUSTRIA and Louis
Napoleon, ard to say to them stand Olive are hotter
than yel Applause protest that IL the aat slavery
movement ail- ray, ourselves ana children 70
be The thra of this bare and contempbie arstocracy
whips and chans-thcnl say tho American Revolution
fnrre and had better have remainedas vassals
| cf England. If to have aristocracy pre-
| fer sristocracy of gentlemen II Is species Of
vermn which think ought to bo extcrminatea, by
| bringing to bear it such force Of public senh-
men that it exist longer (Applausc Now, that
the object OF the Anti Slavery Society and how do
propose to do il 1t Is by operating public opinion.
What institutions but the projections of ideas
i What Is slavery Why 1t Is the shadow. Why does
slavery exist in the country 1t is because the American
people like 1t. We wish to change their IDEAS DO You
think that slavery will exist day after tho American
people have made up their mind against 1t On no. the
the American mind is perlneated with the leaven
OF anti slavery principles the institution will Dc annof-
lated and then when this circle Of fire shall be drawn
closer and closer around the scorpion Of a very then ny
glorious and iusrious suicide 1t viii drive its sting
| Though its own brain and die applause
rknl that In 1910 the Anna