New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-13
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
ANToINETTE BROWNS LECTURE.

the Tabernacle, by the Rev. ASToISETTE l.. BROwS,
On the " Influence Of Slavery on Woman, AMI
"Womans duty in relation thereto" The attendance
was even larger than usual-the building being
densely crowded. Several ladies occdpied seats on
the platform, among whom were Mrs. Gibbons ard
Mr.. Dr. Ellen Fowler. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
was said to be among the audience. The following is
an outline Of the lecture:
Ant. Slavery has seldom been able 10 supply lec
tuTe that would CRAFTY popular American audiences
an org other reasons being the possession OF
taste beyond that which belo "a to honest yeomen
Another reason is that to sOre Anti Slavery ia too
spicy; its coolest entertainments often prove any but
cooling 70 southern blood even in northern latitude.
In The present oourse, however, the welearnei fame
Of she several artists who cater for the public palate
promises success TIE part select may be considered
lie fothy portion of the entsr4iDinmeDt "a furnish
in illustrations Of Womans relations 70 the subject
NJ one can contemplate Slavery without being as
TOMS he'd at its magnitude, blackness. and onormty
Of iDiquity. No wonder men, IN looking ~ such
monstrous subject have become liked IN their view,
ard thus have suhe cited Themselves 10 the charge OF
being monomaniacs. But woman does not run this
rick She is too trusting to become person OF one
idea; she is too given 10 detail-she cannot fix her
mind sufficiently on one subject 20 become a mono
maniac American Republican Slavery, in all its va
rious denominations shows compound OF lncDn-
sistent terms. Star Chambers, guilOtiDes, and all
other such torment H. not moiety OF the sum OF
Slavery and woman, helpless woman, is the weakest
and most outraged victim Of its operation The real
ity is terrible. but perpetual. The save-woman Is
leyeled with the be8st-robbed Of all but the merest
brute instinct II is the boast Of America that woman
here is reverenced, and In its most transcen-
dental phase ii is purely American-but, 10
America, there il woman, IN the cofton-held,
covered with covering which her master AID Dot
mt on his best borse. Yet he loves her az be would
a thousand. dollar check the best Blnk in Ne "
York. She is bis property the casket, and al II con,
tsiIs; he bought her he paid for every minute ana
beautiful arey which conveys the pulsations Of her
nerves; be paid the price not, to be sure 10 the
architect but to somebody II he chooses thus to
invest bis money, where is the harmi The life prin
cple in this species OF property Is as hlgh above tnat
Of tobacco or cotton as Ariel wss above Caiban-
But is this woman, in the cotton field, 30 much supe
rior to her masters horses Her forehead IA low, sad
sopes chaste soul; her form and face suegsst
the comparison Of granite mountain, gloomlly
pwaiting an impending avalanche Sympathy for
such gross ahjeci inseDsibiy as hers would seem ont
of place There may be anguish ard despair in her
/ soul but YOU can find nothing but mulishne.s-at
least so thinks her driver and applies the lash Oh
her yoInanhood il reverenced when tn red tt-olOod
flows down her finger; thus IL this woman brutifed,
/ mjpernlized unit her condition becomes standing
protest against her wrongs - sad 80 hopeless IS The
| face of another that any but an would pity
her but he ure her In her task. She cared or
ar protected Yes as Satan cares for and protects
bis victims. They are ali either dashed: or may be
dashed if their drivers please. Woman Il especially
/ made for love more 20 than man; sne has one hbre
more in her brain, and orc cell more in her heart.
! lApplause But can enslaved woman hnd one noble
lsaT
separate, but one before God and his angels Posi-
bly she may but il will be difficult. The STANDARD
and IDEAL Of marriage has been gradually revised untI
il now means perfect oDeuess of spirit, which alone
cen fancify the bond. The master can force slave
marriage on the slave woman; if not by right or
privilege then by compulsion. Even maternity be-
comes a matter of the masters choice and OF com
pelled traffic. woman is standing IN the open held
under sunsct th gladden. Paradise bat itdoes
not gladden. her she woman, and aslaye rs there
"a God 7" she murmurs. Did lac make that bright
"starl could bless him for the star, could curse
him for myself Did he make my master could
loathe him If he did There IS no God VINO
made that woman an Atheist Her master; for he
bought her with his money, and she IS his Were
bought by that man, and did ne stand beside me -
use bis power as he stands beside that girl to use IT,
would feel the warmth of his heart with keen steel
blade Applause 1t is better 10 suffer than u do
wrong but This would be a holy deed. But time
passes. and a new feeling binds up her heart; her
children look into her eyes. runor reaches hef-
thev are 10 be sold and 80 IS She Tue close grasp
with which she folds them TO her bosom tells that they
are Gearer Ia her than all else her hope IN tlis word
and the next They sold, but not vet apart they
ere sold together first but one month elioses, ant
the children are torn from her sent to the South ana
she stands again upon the block the ham ner tatis
she IL sold again, ard carried INTO ahOner bondage
Her further fate is TO us mystery. Human symPa-
thy us; reuress lhe bests0gs Of It's heart and 60 torih
no more in search Of her. Her daughter. now grown
TO womanhooi who: of her Shall she too share her
mothers fate Oh, Lord hos long shIl these tning:
bef Oh Slavery thou art not even whtened
sepulcber thou srt rottenness within, aud even
without thou art red with the blood OF cruelty ana
black with the guilt of years IL Is urged that slaves
DO NOT feel these things white people dO-sO much
the worse the system which produces the grestest
debssement of the hottest feminine feelings. Why
should the chattel mother love the masters little hu-
man property Yet nsture Is strong ana tne no'nsr
will gather her child into hsr bosom, though u Is ID
her only a ungling of Blessing aud curse Honey
srd ali are both 10 her goblet aud she must qust
them both together. Were the budl'Dg orokea IRON
the stem ana traDsplanied to tairef cline TINS she
mig ht bear but 10 see II surrounded Win vice. eod
have no DO wer to prevent the contact and MS results
this il hard hard to bear. She WORKS late and cary
for one who despoils her child OF ~ all To con-
grntulR,e the American slave on her daughter = 70
thTus; 80 ord into Der side. The eau ASIAN Z ave
NAV be the mother of Sult1ns the c"nolton OF tle
ueican slave is but al accumulation 81 serviiaies.
Can the slsve mother se- her clnaren osat.h
bv every one save herself, and not i7a'n al
most 10 hate these little innocent oc'a'ons
of suffering Such i the record 81 human nature.
An old slave bore this testimony; She sNd she ie-'
often disposed 10 Nj her children because every one
abused them Thus t il that tne siave-"on an nus
love al that i dear 20 her-chHd hu-OahI' iriehui
her o.n life: aud thus she Is hsrself male envols'
Jealous unaisns almost cenoniac. Couid one
s,eys-wcuan give 81 instance q msrtyra'al- s1e
,o,la furnish even a higher subject Of iniraiioa
,btu Mrs Stoge heroine before whom ali Do" VIII
reverence TIE logical tendency OF slavery Is "
rlsce all animal property, in moral view on ne
tsue footing The master must wish 10 mere -se hs
s,nnL A. well nav YOU hope 10 unite fire and ice as
10 introduce any moral etemeni into slavery. Le'
the mind and nature of the slave soman ee ever -
eTslted she must depress to the level OF ner cond
ton. When she has lost all her sell fesPre.: .uel
~; 81 10 be via, she is The real operation OF
slavery which gives scope 10 any faculty o. 'ne
intellect save a low cunning is an UNSUCCESSFUL -.
tempt unite the serpent ana the dove unasi ~ U
.hUttsrlv in Greenland; woman eaH become ou'Ier-
ay in New.York. The woman who can bear Ihe sa-e
81 public scrutiny must be an intellectual mons'e..
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