The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-09-22

trlumpnanty 10 the feVOluuOn now gOlnH On
at the National Theatre in this city, with the
aid of the drama of Uncle Toms Cabin. There
the Rev. Mr.. Claiming will doubtless go while
in town--as hundreds of less liberal clergymen
are doing-and witness q fresh justification OF
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 Of
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 encouragingly.
We had a sermon by that noblesouled wom-
an Rev. Antoinette Brown, in Metropolitan
Hall, on Sunday morning, and Anti-Slavery
meetings in the afternoon and evening. This
novel movement was put on foot by the inde-
fatigable Oliver johnson, of the Anti-SlaUery
Standard, and held under the auspices Of the
New York Anti Slavery Society of which Mr.
Johnson Is corresponding Secretary. The even
ing's meeting was addressed by Lucretia Mott
and Lucy Stone. An immense audience was
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 a 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 1t held its SEES
SONS several days, closing on Thursday night
with the noisiest 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, a 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 90 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. II 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?"
Why, this II proved itself worthy of the name
was construed to include all representatives of
Temperance organizations without regard to
sex or color, and was decided by the President
passed, declaring that the public platform, in
its opinion, was not an allowable place for
women Paying no attention to this "opin-
ioiI HiieS Dfo"u aTocc w Itkc p6rt III inc us
cussons. In SO doing she was interrupted by
all sorts of points of order, insolent phrases
motions to adjourn sc, her very presence
seeming to Brighten some of the exclusives al
most to death For two mortal hours she
stood on the platform, striving for a hearing,
amid scenes the most disreputable to the OPP
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 by
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-Wendel Phillips.
Finally, they passed q resolution, forbidding
females from speaking or dong anything
thus insulting the associations which delegated
them, while depriving them of their represent
alive right
A Maine Law Poem, prepared expressly for
the occasion, was read by Rev. John Perpont
Ii was glorious production Of genius and did
something towards redeeming the credit of a
body which will long be remembered by liberal
minds, for its disregard of the simplest rules
of justice and the clearest principles of right
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