New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-28
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
RADICAL ABoLrIoNIsr CoyvEyrIoy
Correspondence Of The N Y. Trihun..


correspondepee Of The ~ Y. Tribune.
SYRACUSE, Tuesday, June %. 1874
A gathering Of one hundred or one hundred Al
fifty persons was held at the City Hall in this e;t
this morning, in pursuance of eall of which A.
following is an extract:
The WIKI and Democratic and Kn,w No.hns p,r.ie. 49,.
zach made up SHAREHOLDERS ms vel ss nonslsveAoder, al
bsnss the eoad2n Of 'hsr soa1Ssa existence h. SsJ
s 0rpo.edto Slavery bat for ofthese psrs
S,,nsssf psmoerate party e. we eheerfuly ssa Al AZ
slsssrv party Nevsrtheless Il denies the eftse y.
, H. con,sp,Iopal authority ofey~ .irrshos, w
every Government for bis slsveca sher. "a. Apa.,
avery sosisty Garrison party, hike ourselves -
within The limits Of moral tanion 10 sbosh Slavery, III -
.s ousei'' suoy no poe' power % 800 ws
STATE. and 20 leave Slave States, far enecrns lie 49,
es P0ws Of S1s s's ss sa 's Of The ss ." e
marty l. The only ptica party In the and "a *
oye,hrw cfeyery part an parcel Of American slavery TS
little party only claims tha' there is no aw ~ avey i
Federa Cnsttu,ion demands the abolition Of al America
slavery State or National"
a handful call for this meeting says The OBJ
"iect of this Convention is TO reorganize the Grea
"Army of Freedom on radical aud permsnenI
"erounds, and TO raise men and material aid 10
push on the great cause And also It contains
this appeal: ''Come up to this Great Council to
"get a new baptism from the Spirit OF Freedom
From which the spirit sctuating the originators q
this movement may be judged.
TEMPORARY Vh0tNiLNfiON.
The Convention was temporarily organised 81
! o'clock by the appointment of JAMES McCuSt
SMITH of New-York as Chairman, and OF Y ID
SHARPE of New-York as Secretary.
The following Committees were name by the
Chairman:
and enit smith, of New York; Samuel Mcfarland % Peaa
syiysnis Burdick Rhode Island C. C. Foo Of Micl.
si Financc Cc1aSi,tscvcerris smith Lewis Tsppsn
Loqueir and John Thomas Of New York and Samuel heFa
Nes mating Co~%iitee-John c. Harrington, Robert Emms,,
and Abram Pryne, Of New ork -
MIR GooDELL from the Business Committee ~
ported in part The report consists of a series Sf
/ resolutions drawn by Gerrit Smith; a declaration
of sentiments and an address prepared By Mr..
| Goodell.
| GrRRIr SMITH from the Committee on Finance
reported plan substantially as follows: That
monthly contributions of money be called for from
| all parts of tie country 10 promote the Ant-Sla-
very cause local agencies to be established to
! ceve the same central board of nine to BIO es-
! tablished in New-YOrk City; the contributions to
be expended for presses and lecturers 10 adv cate
| the sectiOnality of Slavery and the Aati Slavery
character of the Federal Constitutions closing with
! the recommendation that's National Abolition Con-
vention be held at Cleveland o., in September 10
carry out the plan of operations to be commenced
| here.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The Committee on Nominations reported as fol-
! lows:
For Presideu-J. MCCUNE SMITH of New-fork.
For Vice- Presidents-C. c. Foote of Michigan,
| Charles G. Case of New-York and 5. Mcfarland
of Psnnsyl yania.
For Secretaries i. c. Matlack of Syracuse and
! c. w Clark of Rochester.
On motion, the report was adopted
Mr.. SMITH, on taking the chair, said h. did not
| feel worthy of the honor. He lid net come from
a locality which entitled him t0 such considera-
tion-he hung his head with shame for his native
CITY There were memories contested with SYRIA
cuse, Chrstiana and other localities, which we're
beautiful to think of and entitled them 10 conud-
GRAFTON before slavery-ridden New YORK. ne was,
| however, a willing servant OF the cause, and ne
would do the best in his power to subserve it's lu-
terests in his present station.
A recess was taken until the afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The attendance was much increased in numbers
over that OF the morning. About 400 persons fill
half of them from abroad, were present A num-
Der OF ladies were in the audience.
GERRIT SMITH read letter from q. w Brown,
editor of The Kansas Herald Of Freedom, who de-
tailed some particulars Of his experience in his
present locality; and also a letter from Ex-Chief
Justice Hutchinson of Vermont, who stated that he
has long held that the Federal Constitution is AnIl-
Slavery, and not Pro-Slayery
An motion, AMOS DRESSER OF Ohio and LEWIS
TAPPAN OF New-1Ork were added W tno ho' "
| VicePresidents. :,
The call of the Convention was read, and al
persons agreeing with its sentiment we're invited 70
! furnish their names and become members.
The declaration Of sentiments, reported oy inc
| Business Committee was taken up Tor consldera-
ton, and its adoption moved. long discussion
ensued as to several forms of language after which,
Beviale Green gave his views at length on the sub
ject of civil Government and its duties and prov
ince, in which he denounced the federai Town
mept as not in any wag entitled TO such desipa-
ton; he sad it is no more than grim ghastly
confpiracy-a base usurpation The province Of
Civil Government he held to be the vindicaton Of
the right and the punishment of the wrong. he
thought that the duty of this Convention was 70
establifh what true government is. long de-
bate-quite dusultory in its character--on tho
/ righteous Civil Government doctrine followed No
new points were made. Hairsplitting was the
chief employment of the speakers. The further
consideration Of the declaration was postponed un-
til the evening session.