The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-24
OUR ALBANY LETTER.
ALBANY, Dec. 9, 1859.

ALBANY, Dec. y, 1859.
:" Shew me thy faith, without thy works; and Il
] will shew thee my faith, by my works"-Jas 2:18
DEAR ANGLo:-Albany, the old Dutch
conservative city, is showing her faith by
her a0orks. AS the death of Christ brought
not only the living to acknowledge the
zwickedness of the nation, and the greatness
] of the blessing which, by it, would be con-
] ferred on man, but even the very dead
I from their graves, arose to testify to the
horrors of sin, and do honor to its mighty
victor so the death of the noble martyr,
John Brown. brought not only the living
advocates of humanity to dep1ore still more
adeeply the great wickedness of this nation,
which requires so great a sacrifice on liber-
sty's halter, and the greatness of the bless
{ ings which from his sublime death will
flow; but even the very dead, who have so
] Hong slept in the deathly grasp of the
: slaveOcracy, to arise to testify to the
atrocities of American slavery, and hence
] forth VOW eternal hostility to the demoniac
J Constitution, and honor the slaughtered vic
] tim. The second day of December, as
your readers are already aware, was ap-
apropriately observed and honored - but
only beginning
On Sunday evening, the 4th inst, VIM.
j. Watkins, Esq, again held forth power
] fully and most acceptably to large au-
dience, in the Wesleyan Church. (white)
who, you know, of all denominations, are
I the most hostile to slavery On Monday
evening he again held forth to another
1 large audience, in the Hamilton street Bap-
list Church. On Tuesday evening he
again held forth at the Wesleyan to a large
and interested audience, and Immediately
J latter the conclusion of his mastery adj
! dress, the effect of John Browns martyr
! dom wasshown.
Rev. T. Doughty Miller was called to
! the chair, and Mr.. Bishop white appointed
Secretary. 1t was then resolved to form
] an Irrepressible Conflict Society" of AL
sbany, its MOTTO" Eternal hostility to
slavery" It's constitution, bylaws, &C.,
/ &c, was read, in which it is proposed to
create public sentiment against slavery,
by the publication of tracts, delivery of
lectures, &c, &c, whereupon twenty-one
persons Immediately enrolled their names
] as members, Increased some nine or ten
/ at the close of the meeting) and on motion,
proceeded to elect officers, as follows:
President, E. N. Selkirk, Esq, (white.)
Vice President, E. Elkins, M. D., (col-
5ored
Recording Sec, - Bishop, (white.)
Corresponding Sec, Rev. L. Doughty
Miller, (colored.)
Treasurer, - Sands, white
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
New. Mr.. Mason, white
T. Vogelsang, Esq, (colored.)
Rev. Jno. Mills, white, and others.
The Chairman then vacated his seat
/ and offered the following resolutionsI
which were adopted with loud and unan-
imous "aye":
Resolred, That we shall ever remember with I'M
Ifcgned pleasure the visit and labors among US, in
this momentous crisis, of that able advocate of hu
man rights, William ]. Watkins, ESQ., and hail i'll
las one of the many suspicious signs, which,
ION every side, bid US "be of good courage, forl
|God is with US, and viii raise up from the mar
tyred ashes of John Brown, the moral hero of the
age, many friend of God and humanity, who!
otherwise would have lain dormant in the hellish|
embrace of American slavery.