The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-04


ers, stro.g-minaed Women, Spiritual Rap
Peers, Atheists. and Negroes.
SPECIAL REPORT FOR THE NEW YORK HERALD.
HARTFORD, Conn, June 2 1853.
rRn DAY-EKSIsG SESSION.
Tho convention re assembled at the hour appointed,
Mr. William Green In the chair. The isnce much
more numerous than at the former sessions.
The black d'sus-nis, believe, were not present
Mr. wmcHs0Dss..s.A the following resolutions
ns. !: All asssnss 90
be- TIA, law IL into the PnySa n.0oo
Received T5ath ars to ali things and only
ministry that defends apologies Tor slavery oppres
ular spiritual gOysrnmental o. Individual IS 70 Be
Sins AND sy Or defend %
DE HunS e. With 1S Of man and destructive
The Rev. Mr. TURNER came forward and said Pre-
sdent IN rising to discuss this subject do not Sand
before this Convention with feeling Of bgory, nor to
advocate the doctrines and teachings OF the Bible how
time hopored unless there good rea son that the
Bible should be sustaiped would feel in appros
ing this subject that it is below the contemplation OF
man. and below der it in public debate II the
Bible good gift it good enough talk about bsore
the people applause If y Is Tad book, aud can be
proved to be the people the very persons that
ought to know it. (Appause) Some know very well
that the entertain 4 public discussion very
liberal sna /. am am lar no@ supposins that every
Bible its truthfulness is designing man [
have for wears been Impressed ii h his ssntmenttbs
many the closest thinkers scepca upon
the utbfulpess Of the Bible from fact that has
in the hands OF toe clergy been forced to what
not written within it sacred leaves. Hence l am will
hog an individual thai the truthfuness of the Bible
should be discussed but sttl, with my brother, who
spoke upon the stand upon the side of the ques
ton, insist upon the Law by which the Bols is
t. be tried. A bill is preferred against it by the
resolution, Of mot grave and solemn chargss-
charges that ought 10 excommunicate it from
the community and from the hands of every Individual,
those chsIees sustain ed Now, then if Bible
is to be proved guilty charges preferred against it. We
insist having the law defnd My friend here. upon
that a~ SSe We re a The xs il
TO be judged is WITHIN the breast words in.
corpoa,ed in the very construction Of tho human soul
that and become the standard
which the Bible is to be tried upon the charges preferred
against IT ana Of course verdict is to be rendsred by
proper standard, Mr. President have objection to
submitting the Bible there; but question ihs Law
is to be tried, and if in the human soul, mind of
man, there Is law OF hight aud wrong Of sufficient a
thorty to allow TO bring the Bible to that TO Try
il by that aw, then that Law should be universal law
for every human soul and every intellectual man
is called upon 10 this cAe aLd under such
circumstances to render ve,dict to bear part
erecting standard By which the Bible is to be tried
Now, If the law OF right and wrong is plantel 10 tae
human brsass, or human soul or human re-
Organization that law must be shown to be universal
Is there such Law 10 the huosn mind and that Ia uni
al Is there such standard OF right and wrong
all human soulsf Ii such la exists in the human
mind and III law is pos dependent upon outward or
external instruction, is it true that should such
law Of right and wrong existing among the hea.hena
with her infant III her The banks of the Ganges
hurting IL to the ters OF the Deep frantic vita joy
believing that hr CO.'S anger is appeased and yet my
friends will Say that II in America do the
same thing he /, monster. Now in the or that
mother # there be Law Of right and wrong Impaired
how Is IL that TIE mother does the wrong with her child
and I,y brother in America h4s the rightp Dses not
that mother act according 20 the law of right
implanted in her breas The views taken Of the Bible
whole have been but objections raised and these OBJ
jectioDs eawn 10 as guments against it, without
considering in but few instances at rate the place
Circumstances der which things claimed to
be have been done have beer couptenanced if
iceed ths Bible counter ances what has been charged
with coun.enancDg. Human beings possessing finite
nind oubd in almost every age, to have brought
the Bible 10 the standard Of their judgment and
some have against it because it contained
things which they deemed Inconsistent with he Law of
right but Gods plan reveal. in the Bible ana
stempt to ceer it, is adapted his whole cnomy
upon earth The great point ct TO be settled the Ia
by which the Bible Is 10 be lied.
The Rev. GEoIGE sTosRs said the resolution which
brought forward at the sepng Of this Convenon
fagnsd The Bible al the bar OF oue court aud charged
ltHith certain crimes Nos, person is brought be-
lore court j. IL lot right that the Law should be de-
fred by which thst is to b. triedthe law by
which 1t could be judged whether he criminal,
Yea cay, according the cha g-2 In reply to this
question friend Wright very prettly Indeed appeals
20 our feelass, saying he law Is planted in here,
(siriaps h. bf~ast l-in the constitution Of
nstuIe. Is 1ost the laS By which the Bible
is 10 be tried sIa It's morality rregon tested Is
thst the Law BY which this book il TO be proved wicked
thing CT 70 se IN. lied ask again by whatax is the
Bible to lie tIier If an correct, the position
the Other side il that natural religion is the law by
which the Bible is to be tried Now ask you TO prove
that Goo possessed of solitary moral perfection by
that religion Tell what moral perfection God is pos
sssd Of Tell me how you going to demonstrate, by
natural religion that there than a million
Of gods tue niverse9 What does natural religion
teach leuf You FAY 1t teaches thst there is God Il
does so out does il no teach ou that the re are
sar d. and tens of Thousands Of gods Where you
find your proof that there many gods there
are lstops and cities NosI maintain, and challenge
proof to the contrary that nothing be proved ia
garn TO God of Coos from natural religion. two
tbirgs-tha they possess intelligence aud power Zap
Mr. WRIGHT replied, and
The Convention adjourned Until Friday morning, at
SECOND DAY-MoRNIND SESSION.
Hartford. jane 3, 1858.
Pursuant to adjournment the convention assembled at
A NJ hr Joseph Barker 4 Iowa, in the chair. Be
tween three ana four handred people we're present.
Mr.. DoEREss Of Newark n j., sad-I wish to speak
TO tie following resol ution -
Resolved. That ID has given to rule of life by
Leh y &c vss ne WI Se lust what God designed he
Intellectual social and spiritual nature of every human
This Isl Biater Of great mporanca here, the Bbls
has been charged vita actions committed By Cod which
IN themselve are criminal and unjust 1t stated that
the Bible book which crime God
himself has been charged in that volume With the most
hsgrznt c.ints This Is ihs charge against the Bible
WHICH &c ought kindly and cancidy consider To
prove these charges the Bibles statements taken
Up and exam Dea and hey fourd to disagree With
the instructive Judgment OF the human race We have
beer asked TO show the Law Why arragn this
bic old book and this Is leg lmate demand Now Tor
tht law 10 the resolution, II l. conteaded that human
bstue contains the law, and that it compe eut
judge for itself mean to refer 10 the 81 nple facts Of
nature And row what some OF those faces? would
instance that every blade OF grass is body being
organism which acts, and which action is regulated oy
isw, which law IL does learn from gging sch oil
with otter blades OF grass bat IL does this thing Take
tte animal Kingdom. The hen is produced from a
ohekeD and the Law which governs the egy i in The
egg What is claimed in reference to The mind ?
It is tsid to be the highest part Il gu: Ia
ture. which nobody deny. Has the mind
anything TO do2 Does il act, metz and il there
Law within itself that makes It actY There
DOUBT Of it, and am constituted that II person
takes little child and dashes its brains against
wall, l must FAY that it is wrony. Does the Hindoo
woman feel differently from what OF wouli feel
when she throws her children into the GangeY Her OBJ
jeot 10 gain Gods favor and she does by The de-
struction Of her infant children 1t is thing
derstaro the thoughts which book expresses, and
otne thing TO decide whether those thoughts truth
or not my says 1t is right to do this first put
man in mind TO and do what he ought do Suppose
ne has got whole nation IN slavery and get him in
TO oispoop to let these people go free and when you
have got him minded to let them 90 Free you hit him
somew mere else and cause him TO hold them and when
you have played that trick finally drown him and all
that follow him. thus furnishing him for obeyng every
disnokitiGn which 10 In intah