The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-29
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NEw YoaK, May 10, ls.s.

1t that geDial spxiBgtime seasoh pour on.
their fatness, ia spouters from evey part
Of the country, just full enough Tor utter.
snce. 70 pour out their platitudesupon the
inst and the unjust Every institution
OF our couDtry which thrivcs BY talk, and
grows on freedom of speech, holds an an
niversary here on the second week 10
Nav to compare notes, hear reports OF
committees, lay plans for future Opera
tions. discuss ways and means and 20 In
tn a little harmless mutual admiration |
generally.
But which of the many anniversaries
shall I attends Where shall / 20 to pick
up the most interesting incidents tor
your readers2 am attracted most where
there is strife agitation, eommotion; where
there is a combat between opinion, strug-
gle of ideas against ideas, contention am
ong intellectual giants. That place, pre-
eminent over all others this time, Is the
anniversary meeting of the American
Tract Society There mighty question
is under discussion-shali the Society
pablish a tract against slayery?-and the
cohorts of either host have mustered
from all parts of the country to mingle
| in the combat. Fifteen hundred clergy
men and laymen filed one of our COM
Lmodious churches at 8 in the morning
and DIR. Adams, Chairman of the Pub
fishing Committee, read well argued
and temperate report, setting forth the
difficulties which had arisen unexpected
ly during the year to prevent the publ.
cation of the anti slavery tract, and stated
that the committee had simply delayed
its issue to confer farther with the en-
tire Society. Then Bishop Mcllvaine of
Ohio and DR.. Tying of this city followed;
the enc in enthusiastic support OF the
committee, and the other in an able and
we'll considered speech, also supporting
the committee, but closing with mo
ton to instruct the committee to publish
the tract during the coming year or as
soon as practicable. DIR. Tyng's motion
was voted down. Then came other sim
liar propositions and along with them
scene of confusion, noise and disorder sci
dom witnessed in church. Cries o
, "auestion." "order,' Mr. President,
laughter, applause aad Kisses resonndec
from time 10 time through the house
and for many minutes at time. Dr
DE Witt, pastor of the church, had repeat
eddy to appeal to members to ..preseTs'
, the sanctity of this house The oeea
, sion was e,tainly the rarcst specimen
..church militant that ever came undo
my observation. Dr. Bethune of Brook
lyn, DIR. Bacon of New Haven, and i
: Thompson, editor of the Independent
e were the principal gladiators who conten
y ded in the arena aud commanded hear
ing in spite of disturbance, and the
made wretched havoc with each 9th
b ers positions.
o As an impartial observer | should sa
G much of the confusion arose from tn
= amiable ineficicncy of the President c
the assembly. In his endeavor to hed
g all sides and respond to every call o
/ "Mr. President" he failed to protect
n speaker after he had assigned him IL
n floor, aud so the audience fell into con
fusion from sheer lack of skilful govern
: ment, rather than from any special prom
e ness to disorder or determination on ii
l. part Of the members to create confusion
After contest Of six hours the repo
= was adopted and the committee sustaine
by reelection. which is taken to be q
indication that no tract against SLAYER
e will be issued for some time to come.
e The next meeting where passion ra
# high and the clash Of argumentatiye arr
reverberated to the echo, was the Carr
sonian Abolition and Disunion Societ
&c There the flag of the Union was torn
d tatters, the church denounced as Il
e "Bulwark of American Slavery" the la
y. revival of religion characterized as sp
rious, Russia patted on the back f
- emancipation OF her Scrfs, and all q
l political parties, Democrats, American
1t and Republicans, were consigned to oil
a, common infamy as alike recreant to FIRE
dom. Here also sharply defined antag
nisms jutted out prominently, lnchle
ST opponents were mercilessly impaled /
D. the spears of warriors made skiil.ul
c. the drill and practice of years in the ar
ma Of debate, and who, despisins earn
weapons, make all the more trencha
as use of the sword of the spirit and he
We too the cheers of the faithful and hiss
a, of those who were "sound on t
is goose" every where prevailed.
Then came the Convention of " ON
and those who do battle for the rights
as women. Mozart Hall, one of the large
a in the city, was kept fiil two days, a
j. three sessions day, to hear the ed 8
gers and prominent debaters on the NV
man Question" Here the women,
n usual, had things pretty much their o.
Id way, The large and intelligent audien
ia seemed to have come for instruction raj
! er than dissent. The principal rig
~. claimed by the advocates wa. the rig
'ct TO yote--al other rights, it was conte
ed ded, would follow and be gained for v
lct men in that single central one. \ t
speakers wandered off into anti-marrl;
- and impracticalisms Of that sort; but tn
iii were mostly outsiders and the cony,
IN ton was kept pretty firmly to the gu
err ton of the ballot. Mrs. Lucy ST.
A. Blackwell aud the Rev, Mrs. Antoine
i; Brown Blackwell, exhibited the e.
" propricty aud dignity with which won
as could engage in the lighter branches
agriculture, and maintained that th
yea was the best kind OF remuneration in
m. The crops raised by woman would
= at as high price as those of the stur
III" est man farmer. 1t is maxim in &C
III mercc everywhere that corn is corn ;
zen "eggs is eggs" and there could be
cutting down to half price because |
euced by woman. Mrs. Stone /
~" there was woman in the audience,
'oil she had good mind to ask her to let