The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-09-22
THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON D. c. SEPTEMBER %, 1853.


ficient answer to the ISibuns, we may pOin
triumphantly to the revolution now going OF
at the National Theatre in this city, with thu
aid of the drama Of Uncle Toms Cabin. There
the Rev. Mr. Claiming will doubtless go while
in town-as hundreds of less liberal cergymer
are doing-and witness fresh justification o
his philosophy"
On the evening of the Sd, Cold Water Ban
quet was partaken Of by large number of the
friends of Temperance, under the auspices o
the New York Vegetarian Society, of which DIR
r. I. TRAIL of the Laight street Water Cure
Institute, is President. At it Horace Greeley
presided and spoke encouragingy
We had a sermon by that noble-souled WON
an, Rev. Antoinette Brown, in Metropolitan
Hall, on Sunday morning, and Anti-Slayery
meetings in the afternoon and evening. Thu;
novel movement was put on foot by the indie
fatgable Oliver Johnson, of the Anti-SlaUert
Standard, and held under the auspices Of the
New York Anti-Slavery Society, Of which Mr.
Johnson is corresponding Secretary. The even
ing' meeting was addressed by Lucreta Mott
and Lucy Stone. An immense audience wa
attracted to it composed in part of Southerners
A number of merchants, clerks, and "drum
mers," in order to please the latter and save
the Union, got up row, and tried to silence
Miss Stone, but vainly. She spoke very power
fully, as a Maryland STAKEHOLDER, himself pol
ished orator, admitted to me at the close of the
meeting.
The present week, which has been one Of
intense and unrelaxed excitement as you will
infer, when ! inform you that we have had the
Reform Convention, the Half Worlds Temper
ance Convention, as it is styled, the Women's
State Temperance Society's meeting, and the
Woman's Rights Convention. Of the first
have nothing new to report. The attendance
was small. 1t does not promise much. The
Woman's Rights Convention was we'll attend
ed. Lucretia Mott presided, with that native
gentleness and grace for which she is noted
The speakers were numerous, and mostly good
Paulina Wright Davis, Lucy Stone, DR. Harriet
X. Hunt, Mrs. Ernestine Rose, Mrs j. H. Mar
tyn and other noble spirited and eloquent wo-
men, were among the speakers. Ii held its SEES
sons several days, closing on Thursday night,
with the nosiest row that have ever witness
ed, which put the Tabernacle completely into
the hands of the rowdies, and brought the
meeting to an abrupt close.
There were some aspects of this latest Union
saving operation worthy of notice | observed,
in the first place, degree of freedom from
malice and violent design, greatly in contrast
with similar mobocratic demonstrations in for
mer years; and in the second place, observed
that the females composing the Convention and
the audience, did not go into fainting fits as of
yore, in which they had to be carried out in
the arms of Mortified husbands and beaux, but
that they either calmly contemplated the tur.
bulent scene of shouting and stamping rowdy.
ism, or laughed at the freaks and antics of the
actors. Mark these facts. They are valuable
landmarks of progress
Next ! notice the meeting of the Women's
State Temperance Society. 1t met in the Tab
ernacle on Wednesday evening, Mrs. Mary c.
Vaughn, of Oswego, presiding The speakers
were Mrs Amelia Bloomer, Miss Emily Clark,
and the Lady President. These are all able
and efficient advocates of Temperance, who
have done glorious work in this State.
What shall say of the feature of the week.
the "Half Worlds Temperance Conventon?D
Why this 1t proved itself worthy of the name
which the public gave it. Although the call
was construed to include all representatives of
Temperance organizations, without regard to
sex or color, and was decided by the President
(Neale Dow so to mean, resolution was
passed, declaring that the public platform, in
its opinion, was not an allowable place for
women Paying no attention to this "Opin-
ion" Miss Brown arose to take part in the dis
cussions. In so doing, she was interrupted by
all sorts of points of order, insolent phrases,
motions to adjourn, &c, her very presence
seeming to brighten some of the exclusives al
most to death J. For two mortal hours she
stood on the PLATFORM striving for q hearing,
amid scenes the most disreputable to the op-
position. Finally, becoming satisfied that Miss
Brown would be heard, they caused the Hall
to be cleared by the police, SO as. to re-admit
the members OF the Convention only, the pre-
text being that outsiders made the tumult
which prevailed. But the real object was to
get rid Of Miss Brown and those who stood bv
her, as was shown by the gross outrage of pro-
ceeding TO work with only part Of the mem
bership re-admitted while others were stand.
ing at the door, waiting the call of their names
The next step was to dispute the credentials Of
those who claimed hearing for, and excluding
the most eloquent of them-Wendell Phillips
Finally, they passed a resolution forbiddins
females from speaking or doing anything
thus insulting the associations which delegated
them, while depriying them of their represent
alive right.
A Maine Law Poem, prepared expressly fol-
the occasion, was read by Rev. John Pierpont
Ii was glorious production Of genius, and die
something towards redeeming the credit of 4
body which will long be remembered by liberia
minds, for its disregard of the simplest rules
Of justice and the oleasest principles of right
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