The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-16

ANNIVERSARY WEEK OF THE ABOITTIONIS1S,
May is pandemonium month with the abolitonists
of the North. In May they hold their anniversary
nsstings in the city of New York The meetings have
taken place the past week in tina. city-as well the
meetings Of the abotionsts proper as those Of the
cognate societies which look after womans rights and
the intsrssts of radicalism and license in general
In these meetings is abolitonism in undress--
inits naked deformity In these meetings it throws
OF al tho restraints of conventionalism--all the
DISCUSSES in which it cloaks itself as political party
for political purposes Here it's real features mir
rored to the life. Here tho world may see aboli-
tionism as il is learn its drift and behold its cnlmi-
nation.
The details of the proceedings OF these meetings
are monstrous and shocking enough but it is neces
sary to advert to them by way of warning. The
monster, to be hated, needs only to be seen; and it
serves wholesome public purpose to expose the
snormities of the abolition creed. That exposition
can DO given no efectuay than in the words OF
the abolitionists themselves, used at these May
meetings 1t has been said that the tendency Of the
religious mind of the North is to atheism and in
fidelity. The charge is unjust, because it is unds-
eliminating but there can be no doubt of the fact
that the tendency of that phase OF the northern mind
which is represented by the three thousand clergy
who protested against the Nebraska Kansas bill, and
by the sgners Of the Sillyman letter. is towards that
license conduct and opinion which is exhibit
ed in the annual abolition meetngsin New York Fa-
cabs deseersus aperni. When the religious mind once
takes the direction of skeptcism and nfdeity pow
or can check it's career twill rush down in spite of
all obstacles into the jaws of the dark regions and
it regains tho light at ALL it only be by ascend
ing the other side OF the ACTIVITY
None can doubt that the real sentiments of the
black-republcans those of the abotonists prop
err For the sake of expediency and of party
they modify their extreme views into fee-soilism,
and profess to limit their antislavery action to the
new Territories of the Union But it is clear that if
the slavery institution is the sinful and accursed
thing they hold it to be in the Territories is equal
y in the States and that if the authority of Con-
gross over the institution may be exercised in the
Territories, it may be exercised also in the States
Free4soilism is but abolitionsm modified and dis
guised to beguile the masses and to entrap votes
and there is not candid feesoiler in the land who
win not confess the fact IF conscience compels to
free-soism it equally compels to abolitionism and
freesoiism is worse than abolitionsm, just az the
serpent before he was touched by the spear of
Ithurisl was dangerous than Satan revealed.
To learn the animus and drift Of free-soilism we
have but to look into these abolition meetings which
in the backrepublican Jerusalem, are the sanetun
sanctorum Of the Temple. We shall accordingly make
some extracts from the report of its proceedings
during the week, given by the New York Herald
Commencing with the second day, find that it
opened without prayer grace of any sort, and in
very pel-me manner:
''Mr May then read letter from Rev. Mr. Mayo of
Albany, regretting his inability to be present. and taking
occasion to call the American church the of
all the tyrannies in the land 7"
The assault upon the church was SO far endorsed
az to be ordered to be printed. After that a res
olution was offered, denouncing two of the churches
Of the city, by a gentleman who seemed to have
conceived new idea of the Trinity:
" Rev Mr.. johnson said he had a resolution to offer
with great pain but he felt bound by his duty b his
God, the Church of Christ, and the slaue
The next speaker, in rambling and disconnected
set Of remarks, declared, by way of episode, that
he could not forgive Senator Douglass past course
I" The Tribune had gravely discussed the question
whether Stephen A. Douglas should be made the leader
OF the repuoncan he greater evidence
of Generalization than this Douglas had tamely seen
Charles Summer beaten and until he acknowledged his
inhumanity and border ruans he not to be taken
by the hand. Applause
g Voice say 30, too.
For himself he did not like to northern sena
tors eulogising southern senator's death for himself
he would ray, let the dead bury the dead"
Mr.. Parker Pillsbury followed this speaker in an
assault upon the religious revival We give spe
cimen sentence or two of his discourse
He wondered what peculiar diabolism was intended
by this late revival John Brown had said that he al
wsys knew when Daniel Webster was going to do some
peculiarly act by the peculiar religious junction
which hs exhibited fApplarse. It was just so with
the country, and thsss remarkable revivals always pre-
ceded some great national villany
He had said that deed of damnnQ darkness
was to follow the revival of 1858.
"Dr Chcever had said the revival was worth nothing
unless 1t could do something for the slave But the
South would tremble at this anniversary when they
would greet with rejoicing the rublng OF the revival
The revivas added strength and length and power TO
the chains that bound the slave"
The next speaker, enc Mr.. Wright, defined his po-
sition as an anslavery man without any ~ The Gus
tomary unresstve:
He was for the single idea Of antslayer. ...s, n
might be developed. He would accent an atheist a
Mgsmon, Mahommedan, If he had tho sp,r;t ~ ,rsa
DOM Ills radical point expressed in the resolution
that tbs rights Of man did not depend upon snv form ~
religion, any book that all were entitled 10 free
dom and the pursuit of happiness Whatever ia Opposed
to sslfsvident truth is a selfcvdsnt ls and that Ia