Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-24
Gito aha County snteIIigenee,

ANTI3SLhvERT MBETING.-A special meet
ing of tile Worcester County South Division
Aasi-Slavery [Garrisonianl Society was held
at 8rinley Hall, yesterday The meeting was
called to order by Adm Ballou of Milford,
vice President, who made some appropriate
remarks in reference to the death of their late
President, Efingham i. Capron. a commit
tee chosen for the purpose, reported, through
Samuel May, Jr,, resolutions expressive of the
feelings of the Society on the death OF their
late President as follows:
Resolved, That this Society, meeting for the
first time since the death of its late President,
EFFINGHAM l.. CAPRoN, desires TO record its
sense of the loss which the society and the
anti-savery cause have sustained in his de-
cease, and to record its tribute of respect for
his character and as we call TO mind the sim
gular consistency, dignity, and purity OF his
hte,-his firm and unwavering adherence to
those principles of Humanity, Justice, and
Freedom, which he early espoused-the calm
ness and resolution with which he rose above the
fear of man and the bondage of sect, and recog-
nized the true church and the true Christianity
i'll that cause which remembers those that
are in bonds as bound with them" and while
we remembered the many other proofs he
gave of conscientious devotion to Truth and
to the great idea of Duty, we cannot but sor-
row that we shall see him no more amongst us
i'll the fiesh and yet are grateful that his pres
ence, his counsels and his example, were spar
ed to one cause.
Two other resolutions which followed, ex
pressed sympathy with the family of the de.
ceased.
Resolutions were offered and discussed in
reference to the position that should be taken
by antislavefy men in regard to the outbreak
at Harpers Ferry. MIR. Ballou's resolutions
were thoroughly and intensely non-resistant,
dscountenancing the exercise of force or yio-
lence by themselves or Others under any cir
cumstances whatever, for the deliverance of
the enslaved, trusting to moral and pacific
means alone. Mr.. S. S Foster, on the other
hand, thought it the duty of all anti.slavery
men to use such weapons in aid of the cause
as they might deem most efficient-the non
resistant abolitionist to use moral weapons
alone, but the abolitionist who believes in force
in any case, should use force to get rid OF sla-
very; for that reason John Brown and his con-
federates were justifable.
Mr.. Mays position was, while dscounte-
nancng force in the present instance, as our
priciple of action, yet, judged by the moral
standard which governed our fathers in taking
up arms against Great Britain, the slaves of
the South and those sympathizing with them
are equally justified in using force to remove
the despotsm which enthras 100000 hui
man beings in slavery at the present day.
We understand that arrangements are being
made, by some of the personal friends of Capt.
John Brown, in the state, to secure for him
the services of able counsel, in case he is af-
forded a fair trial. For this purpose funds
will be required, and contributions will be re-
ceived by Rev. T. w. Higgenson of this city