New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-08
Tho Fun Tavern In PhlsdsIphia and formed them.
selves into a sOcie!y uuder constitution Of
which The following was the preamble

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sbi,i'y rrmnin ~ iusiy IN bondage uuI'"~ ~
.r, las afpcarrd Necessary that sone hil elolI Oe
oy,crdca toward puch poor unhappy sufferers
Ir,ver tbcy NAV be dis Overcd, ether IA thIs cry
ar iis reighborhoof; and IA I00seui'S Tue oo9d' Ol
v,ckedner- and setting the oppreSsed ieo y eYdenuy
n mi, incumbent on all the proieSssos Oh 'nrsuanWyI
- e1sc,oHv nj a time phea justice liberty and
H. Lr, Of The LaTd are ne general topics among most
ranks and stations al nien.
Their, fore being deslrous, "a muoh M Ia US Sc,
,o coutribute toward obtaining relief Tor au sucn rs
arc kept thus upiusy in hraidom, We have agreed 10
;usnect and take charge of al the particular cases
which NAV hereafter come to our knowledge anI Iu''
our good intentions may operate more sicceSsiuiy,
and be of general utility 20 such as stsnd IN neei OF
our assistance have Judged il expedient TO form our
selves iito a regusr society by the name OF Inc 50
civ for the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfuly held
in Bondage.
President, Treasurer, Secretary and a
standing Committee of Inspection, were APP
pointed, and the Society commenced its opera
tions in good earnest But the political commo-
came in some sense the focus, soon interrupted
its eetings, which were not resumed till after
the treaty OF peace.
At first the society had been composed entirely
of Quakers In l7S7 it was reorganized' and the
name given at the commencement of this article
sdopted large number of new members were
adm tilted and the venerable Franklin, then Press
dent of the State accepted the office of President
Of the Society with Dr. Rush and Tench Cox (af-
terward distinguished Democratic politician) as
Secretaries, and in 1859 an scs OF incorporation
was obtained from the Legislature OF the State
One of the first objects to which the Society
had to apply itself was the defeat of bill intro
duced into the Pennsy lvania Legislature (Phila-
delphia having at that time become the seat OF the
National Government enabling officers OF the
United States to hold slaves in Pennsylvania. No
wonder Judge Kane hates the Society but for
which be and his brother Federal officials might
have enjoyed SO charming privilege Societies
with similar objects in view having been formed In
other states, upon the proposition of the New
York Society in 1894, a meeting was held at Phil
sdelphia of Delegates from all the Abolition Soce
ties in the United States, including several in
Mary land and Virginia, to deliberate on the means
of obtaining their common object-whch National
Convention continued to meet annually for the
next twelve years. To the first c Convention DIR.
Rush was delegate from the Pensy lvania Society,
and was the chairman of a Committee to draft an
Address issued by that body to the people of the
United States From that document the first OF
the kind, distinguished as well by ygor and siIh-
plicty of style as by its emphatic condemnation
of the system of Slavery, we give the following
extract:
MANY reasons concur in pesuading us to abolish
domestic Slavery Ill our country.
g. 1t il Inconsistent with the safety OF the liberties OF
the United States.
Freedom and Slavery cannO. long exist together.
An Unlimited power the time, labor and postery
of cur fellow creatures necessarily units men tor dls-
charging the public and private duties OF citzens OF
II il inconsistent with sound policy in expo'ing the
States hch permit to all those evils which nsurrec'
tios az the Iesenttul have introduced into
one of the richest Islands iii the West Indies.
1T il ubfrepdy to the present exertons OF the in-
habi ants of Europe in faver Of liberty. What people
will advocate Freedom with a zeal proportoned to ITS
bless while they view the purest Republic IN the
world toeratinv in lis bosom body OF slaves
In vain Las the tyranny OF kings been rejected
while We permit III our country domestic despotism
which involves in its nature mos. OF the vices and
misories that we have endeayo red 10 AVOID.
II If degrading to our rank az men in the scale OF
being Lei US ufe and social affections for
the purIUres for which they given, o. cease to
boaat preeminence over animals that are unpOluted
with our crimes.
But higher motives to iustice and humanity
toward our fellow-creatuIes remain yet TO be men
toned.
Domestic Slavery is repugnant to the principles OF
Christianity Ii pr0strates every benevolent and just
principle of action in the human hearts. Ii ID rebel
lion a. aiust the authority of a Father Ii is
practical denial of the extent and efficacy of the death
OF common Savior Ii is a usurpation of the prerog
alive of the great Sovereig of the Universe who has
soemny claimed exclusive property in the souls of
men.
Blu. if this view of the enonnity of domestic
Slavery should not affect U.s. there ls one consideration
more which ought TO alarm and impress u especially
at the present juncture.
at il violation Of divine precept Of universal
Justice which has in no instance escaped with i'm
punliy."
1t is apparent from this extract, which forms
the substantial part of the Address, that the
IDEAS supposed to be distinctive Of our modern
course, however, Of the next ten or twelve
years, it became evident that this movement in
favor Of emancipation was not at that time to be
crowned with success. The representation
from the Southern States at the annual Conyen.
tions dropped of, and in 1905 triennial Con-
died out. Even in Pennsylvania Pro- Slavery
spirit began to show itself. The repeated eff
forts of the Society to obtain from the Legisa-
ture the immediate total abolition of Slavery
filled of sucess Even In the ordinary business