Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-19

state Christian Anti-slavery Cenveutien, -
De Held an Culumbuuy 0hiuy "Wednesday
aud Thursdny, AuEnst1o hnd 1t' 1863
To Anti- Slavery Christians throughout ths State
The present aspects Of the great controversy |
between Freedom and Slavery, IN our country,
earnestly call for more thorough aggrcssion and
tystematic action on our part.
The African Slave trade--which by 1.-The law
is piraoy.-is revived, and there 10 not sufficient
active moral power in the nation to extinguish
it. HUH#|
Southern Chureh,s have generally apostatized
to the open justification Of Slavery, and North
ern Christians are sadly remiss in duty with
respect to reforming and opposing it.
Souttern States are e1pelling or enslavng
their free colored population, and Northern
States allow their oolored citizens to be kid.
mapped under the provisions Of the Fugitive
Act.
The Fugitive Act is pronounced Constitu-
tional by the National Courts. Some Of our
most virtuous and respected citizens are i'm
prisoned because they could not quietly stand
and see neighbor kidnapped and dragged into
hopeless bondage, and our State Supreme
Court, in Difference to precedent, has refused to
pronounce the law unconstitutional.
According to the Decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States, Slavery is sextended
to oil our territories by virtue of the COnstiIu-
ton, and neither Congress nor the People has
power to prohibit it, And while all this is
passing the party in power is straining its en-
ergics to acquire new territory for the expan-
sion and development of the great evil.
10 meet the demands and aggressions Of the
Slave-hoding Power, the Freedom loving ele-
ment Of the nation has no great, christian, ear
nest, systematic agency.
Alarmed at these facts, the undersigned in.
vite christians of all denominations who be-
lieve and deeply feel that Slavery is our ma
tion's great crime, (and her great calamity, and
the source of her greatest danger as well,) to
meet in Columbus, on Wednesday and Thurs
day, August 10 and IL, to deliberate and pray,
to give public expression to our views, and to
organize system Of efforts which shall aid in
enlghtening and arousing the public conscience
aud enlisting the Christian energies of the
State and Nation against this great iniquity,
Let there be a great, earnest, prayerful, and
calm but determined convention
Unless the conversion shall otherwise direct
the forenoon of Wednesday will be spent in
prayer, the afternoon and evening in addresses
aud Thursday in the transaction Of business
}. B. WALKER, Pastor Congregational Church
Sandusky City.
A d BARBER, Pastor Congrega Church
Cleveland.
HENRY r. SMITH, Cleveland.
JAMES G. WHITE, Pastor plymouth, Con
Church. Cleveland
~. A. THOME, Pastor Con Church, West Side
Cleveland
W. II. BREWSTER, Pastor Yves. Methodist
Chuich, Cleveland
JOHN PETE, Pastor st. Clair ST. Methods
Church Cleveland.
JANE MONROE, Obcrlin.
$. PLUMB,
f.. II FAIRCHILD,
E P INGERSOLL, Cleveland.
j. A. GALE,
lG N. ABBEY,
II q. PENDLETON,
JOSEPH PERKINS, A"
fl. b. SPELMAN,
! OTIS BOlCE,
b. BARKER,
Is. PELT0N,
F. HUMlSTON,
cUYAHoGA FALLS.
T. S. CLARK, Pastor of Cong. Church.
b BOOTH,
H. d. HITCHCOCK,
If. A HITCHCOCK,
lJ. b. HARRISON,
Il N SII land 40 others.
AMHERST, LoRAIN COUNTY.
T. E. MONROE, Pastor of Cong. Church,
b. CLOUGH,
WESLEY PERKINS,
IL. HOUGHT0N,
.. CINCINNATI.
HIN STORRS, Pastor of lst Orthodox Con
gregatonal Church.
SIMEON 3. WILLIAMS
AKRON.
A. Z. BALDWIN, Pastor of Cong Church.
5 WILLIAMS, Pastor of Baptist Church,
EDWARD MEYER, Rector of St. PAul's
Church,
J. S. CARPENTER,-an others.
PARKMAN
j. P. CONVERSE,
A. r, BALDWIN,
A. Q. WATERS,
j. NJ. FRAZER, Pastor Of Cong Church.
! ...... MILAN.
~. W. WALTER, Pastor of Church.
MOUNT VERNON.
S @. LEONARD, Pastor of Cong. Church,
GEO CLANCY, NJ. p.
JOSEPH WOLFE, NJ e.
WILLIAM TURNER,
W. IL COCHRAN,
j. W. VANCE.
RIPLEY, BROWN COUNTY
IJ 8 PEREGRlME. Pastor of M. E. Church,