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the practice Of praying. If there were any ad-


resolved not to suffer repetition of SO distaste-
full an innovation. Pbis led to some abstract
debate on religion. Mr.. Wendell Phillips
styled the society "the ini1el society" and
said it "clung to the appellation." The ice
thus broken, Mrs. Abby Kelly Foster abused
the Bible Society, the other religious So
cieties, and the various churches in
good round terms; and proudly claimed for her
self the title of "infidel" The President, Mr.
William Lloyd Garrison frankly confessed that
"he believed in nothing but the Slave" Mr..
Foss was not disposed to discard the New Tes-
lament altogether; he thought it an excellent
shook on the rights Of man." but regarded pull
pits as an abomination. These sentiments were
appropriately capped by speech from Mr..
Henry c. Wright, one Of the most able merl-
bers Of the society; who pronounced "the Chris
tian's God to be the most accursed Of demons"
snapped his fingers at the Bible, and wound
up with the blasphemous declaration tina. "Je-
sus Christ knew nothing about christianity"
Mr.. Wright, like Mrs. Foster, thanked God
that he was an inidel."
Passing by an easy transition from the work
Of God to the noblest work of man, the society
proceeded to revile the constitutional the same
terms as it had reviled the Bible Mr.. Garri-
son, the President, proposed the following reso-
luton -
Resolved, That the grand vital issue to be made
with the slave power is the dissolution Of the existing
american Union.
This resolution was supported in speeches Of
great energy and force. The Hon. Edmund
Quincy protested that the constitution dis
played the ingenuity Of the very devil" and
believed "that the Union should be dissolved
because such was the opinion Of the Society,""
Mr.. Wendell Phillips avowed iheproper mission
of the Society to be the furthtrance of disunion.
Mr.. Henry c. Wright, anil great applause,
"thanked his God that he was traitor to the
constitution" and somewhat loosely added
that he would like to see the President sold
as a slave" Even Mr.. Blackwell, whose con-
science seems to have been more tender than
those Of his colleagues, confessed that he scared
nothing for the Union Of itself" The world
would probably have been favored with more
specimens of this style Of philosophy, had order
been more strictly maintained at the meet
ings. Unfortunately, it was impossible to
prevent Mrs. Abby Kelly Foster from rising
to her legs every ten minutes, and other mem
bers, such as Mr.. Stephen Pearl Andrews, con-
sumed the time of the Society in trying to
persuade it to 'tbegin by settling the principles
Of human rights" The accomplishment of this
trifing task was impeded by objections from
members who desired the Society to con-
fine itself to the topic of abolition but
the Hon. Edmund Quincy very justly re-
piled that " their meetings would not be
nearly so interesting if speeches were confined
to the close question This view seems to
have prevailed, for the closing debates were of
a rather ramblieg character. Towards the
close of the second day, Mr.. Puryis a gentle
man of color being in the chair, Mr. Irving
grew indignant at the floor which had been
denied to him, being granted to another men,
Der and exclaimed to the chairman
You told me the hour Of adjournment had arrived
CuGIR.-I did not
IRVING You did, sir
CuAIR.-No, sir. = = = Take your scat siri
IRy1NG-I will not: you told me lie!
These are the leaders of the party which has
opposed the Nebraska bill. his is sample Of
the sort of legislation we Aould have, if an
abolitionist majority were sent to Congress, or
the spirit Of anti-slavery were to overspread
the land. More diabolical sentiments have
been expressed before. The Hon. Horace Gree
ley, another of the abolitionist leaders, has
prayed that "the Capitol might blaze by the
torch Of the incendiary or fall and bury all its
inmates beneath its crumbling ruins =; which is
probably more atrocous than any of the infa-
mics we have quoted above But the rampant
infdelity and foul-mouthed treason of the an
ti-SlaverysSociety can find no parallel out of
the ranks of its allies. BY their fruits and by
their words ye shall Judge them: and with the
proceedings Of this anniversary before them,
we do not think the American people can 90
far wrong in Judging the character of the
Northern opponents of the Nebraska bill
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