New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-13

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| cane silent: tbs they deiend-d the silence. an,
yr,i.r.sy they r, pscs1 two enineut lawyers of th
ivy to .u,isu the d.feuse The -xpo-itiun va Nj
hb. exp-rion u the duty If charitable iu<'itation-
lie cFstnted TO them. but cet'ed it, sigunrit> The
- eal.r then rrvp~ I'd ne 20 "n taken by Mr.. Lor
Ia un'eisct its bgeiisAy uh-xlr- s--- Inference.
If NJ. Lrros sndrr,s to sh W what the Tract ~
ely could Rat hid ought od In de-, they waLt+d la
hHv Jublisb,d VT they conld aud Cusht Ia do. The
b-r II tie Tract - c,ety had right la ssy what
they waited L. have pubi-hed The right of cOn-i,iu
e cis wes TO state what they waut-d dobe Mr.. Lord
,,coI dfieI II nt the Trac S,rirty had M r"t
! to Iublsh on SLAVERY. The Society had test fled
NJ dir.-t coveousres- aud theaire-gong dancing
He d. lied tie iirrice Of M. Lord that the Trsct
Soietys business circulate without reference
| TIE spH Of The II after they printed. The Bosou So
ciety had said they would speak out on the question:
they loved the slave anu the slavebO.r, aud b-csue
| hey loved u-n. they would speak out. Their duty
opara,e action lie did not vote yes,er lay
became lie wished not Ia obstruct them.
lie uld cay If " like the South, Y, there. Their
~ish WIS to coLsut 10 parry feeling; to Com
bie with raaical element, but to do the
vii 1T 'IOd. IL wa rai Ia leave an institution
with which they lad had Harmonious relation for
tliry-fovr y'ars. II caused them sadness thus to
s.psIate but IL ~as Dot sad 10 do right. Is was Re
n'f to drsoiye d cvhi,ciOr with tue Sout1; out
hey had Git liuii.s theIt, Why should We here pu
u er tLachle- oh our limits lAPplau--. II ~a'
their firm ufpO-@ not to draw any from the Nes-fO'k
S.eie,y, but it was Ia do much better that they
Wou,O come aufbg II they -houd go back aui
socp. 10 money, except for Ne" .EOsland, aud
cucuote Iorhug EXCEPT what the American
f. ELM throughout ea-Enguud, and the
N,tL-West. 1be result would be most ii-astrous.
u then r This meeting To soy that the Executive
Con itee II tie American Society at B,.tOn shoull
assuu,e sgaD independent position. II II we're cvu-
deret uiteOus ~ thus abruptly sever their rela
tor, the Ie' lie Of New-Englaud could say tuat the
di.cCuIt.,y fI m the other side. They had com
eLced Ill 1914 AID il not Until eleven year, after
that the Auciicab Society cOinnieLcet; aud B''s-
ton having local interest to s"bserve they readily
deferred, without losing the idt nifty o the Society, Ia
ctoI eIste with the S,ciey Dr. Kirk then stated
q facilities 81 the Boston Society for doing the work
oi tact pri1iiig aud di"trbution
Tie Rev. DAsIEL VROoNAs, Missionary to China.
iLen the meeting lie said ia the discussion
/ e had 10 parry Interest. He had been announced rs
Mrsioialy, hEd he would Like 10 take them To mis-
sti aiy heU where he could in twenty minute, call
II -, lii z If men, women and children ten timer the
number III this house lie spoke Vt the wants of the
lazy fields Tor tracts rs an important element IN
fIwH'dii tie interests # Christianity there. lie
sut, acts to illustrate tie eagerneSs J the Chinese
Ia reno Christian leraturr. But literature WIS of no
avail EXCEPT tue lives Vi Chns ain were
p.6cation OF the CHI rita, idea, AID the asI ute
ma If The Chinese quickly dscerned Inconsistencies
between the idea and practice. They needed
ut .hly bo.,ks-good boOks-but Christian men u
enbDie item He urged upon Christians to con-
tribute the Ia Increase the facilities for the uns
,ray work ia China, ana to forward Missionaries 10
tie sceLes Of their labor.
After hymn, The R'v. Henry WARD BEFcHyR
81 Itale on ibe stand and addressed the assembly lie
aliLded TO tie Intense mental aud spiritual activity
Which rxisied AT the present day throughout the world
" Lille in Europe, AID elsewhere, il was exhibited ~
wars aid run If war. here 1t manifest in dis
tussiOI 1 ht difference uaceable to the TACT OF
having attained point uf freedom OF dlscursion
II. could but ui,h that this lesson OF freedom had zen
armed perfectly b, II had bees by all this
race. BY the remarks OF The Rv. DASIEL LORD. $50
le Lad been reported To- be by Tar TRIBUsr he had
Al. lea ..f man
kind ,uld not be discussed ia deliberatvc
Il, sen bes; that they were lot safe places
Lear DISCUSSED exciting subjects. When
lie had observed the fact that most at the person
preset hi Ia meeting we're old men, he hal thought
thai be would have thought Of calling in the
fire grcs Ia put out Onb-tOnes rs 10 pu; out the FIRE
of such mbly tlaughterl. Tie then alluded to
The calling in Of two lawyers at the meeting, to do
what it seems The cergymen had been able to do, AMI
as in oden tiuts tue prie-t aud lawyer unit d
To PUT down Chrst 1t war a special plead
ing against np'pess and ful'uess, aud In iavor
If emptiness AID prctense. proceeding to the
the assertion of MIR. Lord that the Oh"ct O the society
to " circulate tracs," he took exception 10 tue
idea that the qual'y Ut The thing circulated was no. 10
he cUusidrieu ana 10 ilus ate the sophstry vt the
PORTION taken that they were not to print aud crcu,
late tracts on Slavery because they were not wanted
aid would he tolerated. he applied the circulation
,f tracts ugaiust stealing at the Five Points, aud
M he'd # because the people there said they did not
them, they NUT therefore cease TO print AM
c oulate iacis against steaIng lie dehiei the ~
~, lii,n that tracts against slavery couii MOI oe
c icula,ed it, the S,utb. lie av-rred that tracts
written in Christian sprt could be circulated Tracts
should De written the duties of slavehoder--tof
theee were duties Of masers-aDd the first duty was ~
en- al ii, ate ,e slave. Laughter. II they would
PRINT ALii.Slaveiy tracts, he wound engage To nave
tweI ty-niOLs circulated III one year ia the Slave
Slater. Ar. Beecher uext examined MIR. Lord We"
ul the fIciis of the members which were, that they
we're to contribute their means and vote for officers
against whose action they had resource. Even tue
lie befs ara life directors could have no rght ~
participate in the proceedings by this Interpretation,
AID tie pretense that they had WA preten-e
tie pusitlun the management hal assumed was ~
clear case Of u-urped power ~ was ever
klowu, and like all usuipers they had followed
ll,ir usupa'on by stopping free speech lie DIRE" an
analogy bttwten The course pursued by the manage
II eut aud Louis Napoleon, 81 d dget upon the mora
ruI piiude If iLer pilence when the great crime Of
Iiun III Slavery involving every other sln existed
all VI = lis with The completely Of the church.
The speech listeued 10 with profound attention.
aid vss frequently Interrupted by applause.
Tie assembly was dismissed with u benedlction.