New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-02

Several distinguished southern gentlemen were
invited by the committee to lecture on the pc
cuar institution, with full liberty to present any
views OF adopt any line of argument they might
see fit. They were assured of patient, respect
hl and candid hearing General Houston Of Texas
alone accented the invitation and delivered lee
lure. The other southern gentlemen declined in
courteous terms
The lecturers for the course in the approaching
Season have Just been officially announced in BOs-
ton. The committee have extended invitations to
thirteen Shareholders, most Of them United States
Senators. Two have accepted unconditionally-
Mr. ToOmbs Of Georgia and Nr Hilliard of Ala
bama. Two others, Senator Butler Of South Car
olina and DR.. VIM. a. Smith, the president Of
Randolph Macon college in Virginia. have given
replies from which the committee have been led to
hope that they will consent to lecture. Their
names, we observe, are announced in the Boston
newspapers among the probable lecturers the one
followed, the other preceded by that of William
LLOYD Garrison. DR.. Smith, We believe, has been
accustomed to lecture in favor of Slavery in
Virginia.
Of all the southern gentlemen invited, this year
or lat, one only, Mr. Wise Of Virginia, has re-
turned rude answer. Several Of their replies
have been published Among the unpublished
ones that of Senator Mason of Virginia is perhaps
The most remarkable He declines in letter Of
five or six closely written pages the tone of which
is In marked contrast 10 the ruffanly style Of Mr.
Wise He contends that the North has no right
to discuss the subject Of slavery, and attributes
it's continuance abolition in any part of the
country to the influence Of climate only"
fWbat effect, either for good or for i'll he re-
marks, the loss of African Slavery has worked
on the superior race at the North either as re-
"gards their social or political cOndition-whether
"to elevate or to depress both, or either-we at
"the South do not think it becomes us to deter
"mpe We may have our opinions, but it would
abe Justly deemed intrusive if not offensive, to
"express them. Yet we might with as much
"propriety challenge you to discuss such topics
"with view to affect or modify your social inst-
"tutions as you can challenge us with reference
"tO ours
We presume that no one in Boston, nor any
where at the North would object to the discussion
of which Mr.. Mason speaks, except on the princ-
ple that il would be sheer waste of time and
words as much so as to argue for or against the
proposition that two and two make four Had he
accepted the invitation of the Boston committee
and selected for his topic the influence of the alb
sence of Slavery on the social and political condi-
ton of the North, nobody would have complained
that he was either intrusive or " offensive
though many might have smiled as they inwardy
compared the present condition of Virginia with
that of Massachusetts-of Richmond with that of
Boston
The present race of public men at the South
seem to have renOunced the doctrines of Washing
ington, Jefferson, Madison, Patrick Henry, and the
other fathers of the Republic, all Of whom have
left on record their condemnation of Slavery and
their desire for its abolition. MIR Mason says in
his Letter that can experience of two centuries
land half has done much to enlighten the public
Judgment at the South on the institution
"Slavrry for the African race as it exists here
We satisfied not only TO retain 1t, bm so far as
IRE can by fundamental ld,c to nsure its perpetual
- ton among u.s.
The opening lecture Of the Boston course will be
delivered by Horace Mann of Ohio, on the evening
of November %, D the fremont temple. Whit
tier has written poem for the occasion, which
will be read by tho Rev. Thomas Starr King. 1t
is entitled "Tbe PanOroma,' and the plan is this
A mythical Snowman presents panOra mic views of
the great West it is and of the same as it will be
with Freedom or with Slavery, and closes with an
address to the people of the North on their psi
ton and duties 1t is said to be in Whittier 8
highest and most vigorous vein.
The most novel and attractive feature of the
course will be the reading of drama written by
Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1t will be read by
Mrs Webb, a cOlOred lady, who has given success
fully public dramatic readings in Boston The plot is
founded in part upon the story of Uncle Toms
Cabin, and the title ia "The Christian Slave.
This drama, we learn, will be publicly read during
the Winter in this city aud in Philadelphia, Wash
ington, Cincinnati, and elsewhere.
The other lecturers announced are Edwin Z
Whipple who has not hitherto publicly delivered
himself on the subject of Slavery; DR.. William
Elder of Philadelphia; the Hon Joseph NJ. Root
of Ohio; Mr.. II. J. Raymond of this city the Hon
Lewis d. Campbell of Ohio Wendell Phillips
Senator Bell of New Hampshire and Mr. Henry
.. Stanton of this State, who fifteen or twenty
years ago was the crack orator of the Massachu-
sets aboitiOnists.