The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-21

A. s---fh lecture Of this sers,s was delivered
Broadway Tabernacle, Tuesday evsung, BY Mr.. WI
Wells Brown, fugitive slave, who, a snnouscsd,
delegate 70 the Peace Congress In Paris, In lsAs,
he received the wars congratulations Of vicor
the Abbe Duguerry, Emile d Girardis, Richard c;ol
and many others of no less celebrity, for his NJ
upon the WAR Spirit OF America, which holds in
age nearly four millions Of his brethren" After 81
ing Ave years in Great Britain, during which iii
addressed more than one thousand public msetiags
commended himself TO the confidence Of the best n
that country, he has returned to his native land
vote himself 10 the work Of an anti slavery lscti
The subject Of his discourse Last evening was, sou
tonal Character, and how it is viewed from distai
At half-past seven O'Clock there was very fAirl
dience assembled, and in short time after Mr. b
accompanied BY Mr.. Oliver Johnson and two other
uemen, sscsnded the platforn and were rsesivsA3
much applause. Mr.. brown II . gentleman or pied
appearances and good address. He ID far removed
the black race being just the :" color Of mshosa
and his distinct enuncAtion evidently showed u
white man "spoks' within, although the words |
he said that he was not sure Il what hs would u
would meet their approval, % hs belonged TO ola
this country The me mbers Of which treated
life slave and scourged BY the persons claiming III
However, this audience which had been accustoms
hear annual eulogies on their national character,
well AFFORD hour to hear him speak Of it ~ viewed
distance. He could truly speak American oil
history Of their fathers the black Of America
stood shoulder TO shoulder with the white man In
struggle Of the Revolution. The Revolution comm
cd intellectually, but the story Of the dvine right
kings and their early preiudicss embarrassed them;
they Also bad to contend against the causes which
duced the failure of many Of the Eastern repubcs II
succeeded but il true they found slavery "a the
If However, the Declaration Of Independence had Il
truly adhered TO- the audience need not have taken
trouble TO como this evening to hear lecture agAi
American slavery. The rights Of the Shareholders
guaranteed to them for twenty years and by this
they got power in the State which for seventy vi
they have not failed to He would ask then to
the slave States, the slavegrowing plantations Of
South, where the colored youth born with ps
pect before them but to grow up to be worked for liz
cotton . sugar plantation. Nothing on the coas
Africa could be more outrageous than that he hal
in. the Southern States and in the markets Of New
leans, Matches, st. Louis and Louisville, mothers VI
from their children, and children from their parents
order to be sent from the slave growing the slave
Stunning States Here he related some affecting ncde
Of the sorrow evinced by the members Of tho fan
when separated, and proceeded to say: that the bl
slave felt ~ much for his children and family Z
white man. Slavery the natural reproach of
country, and in the South the preacher OF
Gospel even advertised his negroes prime with
other goods and chattels This Southern ~
dover for twenty years, that it proper to sell ID
into bondage Even In Boaton, the Reverend Doc
Nehemiah Adams had apoiogixed for slavery sayf
that he had seen man Of one hundred years age, "
had not worked for ten years before That was &c
why he had not worked for the last ten years
Doctor Adam: should live for one hundred years
would be glad to say that he had not worked for
years prior His old slave was like liberated dcak
the speaker saw in England, which was set
1s from the fact that his leg. wore .t from q
the slaves Of the South, nor did they send missions
there. The Tract society had offered . reward for
against the fact Of Causing slaves 70 dance q the end
acowhide Slavery had influenced all the institution
The people abroad watch them, and the religious -
here are doing, and judge Of IA accordingly. Amer
had nearly always bsen represented BY slave hold.
abroad-Stevenson, Abbot Lawrence, Buchanan, ssult
and an Independent people nut free men, like Sewa
and Hale would not pass muster ct Warrington. Tn
our national character vas lowered abroad. He
heard the sentiments Of the Declaration Of IudependeE
quoted long ago BY Thomas n. Benton, but 1t appear
Ike painter stuck the head Of lover Of fibel
on The dscayed body q IN easts nsbeman Of Europe
to lay spea the injuries inflicted ON the blacks by
whites. The English sympathised with Americans, :
Ireland, with tn. ChArtists, and VITA Hungary, j
Efforts to ssoiisi slavery. All The foreign love
question. An American Doctor of Divinity was rsfus
admission 70 Exeter Hail. whore he went to repress
Christian association from America, because he b
pro-slavery opinions: Hsynau was mobbed in Lond
for an act OF oppression the English hated oppr
sion, whether It b enacted the continent Of Eurc
or the continent Of America. Was Haynau any wo
Were not her liberty and her rights dear to her
those Of white woman In vienna2 America says Il
she - the home 81 the oppressed rom abroad, but
herself exes Of her citisens for their opposition
| siavery, she did in the case Of William and HI
Crafts from Boston. How dare they call It the land
The free and home Of the brave after this Tho laws
killed him, and he could return, butfor few
| men Of Great Britain, by whom his owner '
| paid. Thus was he freed BY British gold, a
rot by the declaration Of Independence I
stars and strifes did not protect him, but I
! gold Of England did, and he felt ashamed
say that IS an American he could never see his fes
or homo but for It, If slavery abolished We We,
soon have national character Let abolitionists
true to themselves and it would fall and the Decls
ton Of Independence DO realised. (Applause.)
Mr. Oliver JOHNSON asked Mr.. Brown If the rom,
strances from Great Britain against slavery got
said by persons wishing to mar the progress OF
institutions, or II they did not como from the true
publicans Of Great BritainS
Mr. BRowS-You are perfectly right, Mr.. Johns
(Applause.)
The meeting separated, evidently highly pleased, .
O'Clock.