The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-01-21
OUR ALBANY LETTER.

Eyck, who has been blind for some time.
1t was well attended, Notwithstanding the
night was dark and stormy. That of the
ladies of the Hamilton street Baptist Church
has been postponed until the 18th.
Our State Legislature convened and Or
ganized on the Sd inst, by re-electing
Hon. D. G. Littlejohn Speaker of the AS
sembly, Lieut.. Governor Campbell presid-
ing in the Senate. No useless waste of time
was shown, but, unlike our National Legis-
lature, they proceeded Immediately to Or
ganize, and that without fear of dissolving
the Union or breaking bonds of sympathy
with Virginia. Business has of course re-
vived, and while we were pleading in COM
mon with our brethren throughout the
States, last week, for the divine interposi-
tion of God in behalf of His people in their
suffering, and for revival of the work of
salvation among men, our hotel-keepers,
BARRIERS, walters, &C., were smiling and re-
joicing that their revival" had come. May
the prayers of the people of God be fruit
ful, that like success may attend their ef-
forts
Members have their pockets loaded with
petitions in both Houses, prominent among
which are those for personal Liberty
Law" and "a Law to Prevent Slave-Hu
ing in the Empire State" which have been
referred to special committee of five, who
it is believed will do justice to the sacred
cause committed to their trust. Though
scarcely two weeks in session, any amount
of gas has been discharged from the Demo-
cratic side, particularly on the Governors
message, the offensive part being that in
which the devotion of New York to the
Union is spoken of, they thinking there was
too much sympathy for John Brown, too
much respect paid to Wendell Phillips, too
much love exhibited for Gerrit Smith, for
her to have any devotion to the Union.
But one good act she has done, which will
hand her down to posterity. The Union
savers, in their anxiety to save the Union,
got out their bills, advertisements, &C., for
their great meeting at the capitol, design
ing to have the Assembly chamber, but
forgetting that this was a Republican Leg
islature; consequently, when the represen-
tative from this city arose to present res
olution to that end, objection was raised,
and it was laid over until the day previous
to the meeting, when it was called up, and
after some excellent remarks from the Re-
publican side expressing sympathy for
John Brown and his cause-though not in
way of operation-the House, by deci-
sive vote, refused to allow them the cham
Der. The reason for refusing, as stated
by member, was simply that, as the only
disunionists were at the South, and as the
fidelity of New York is not questioned,
there and not here is the place to hold these
meetings. They placed at their disposal,
however, with great liberality, the outer
hall and steps of the capitol. This had
chilling effect upon the fiery savers, who
thought from the legislative chamber to
sound forth their demoniac sentiments A
preparatory meeting was held Wednesday
evening, and the great "saver" came off the
next night. The hall was crowded to its
utmost capacity by a promiscuous crowd,
who had an opportunity of sayingthe In
ion and cooling their heads at the same
time. The speakers, Hon. Henry j. Ray
mond, editor OF the New York Times, Hon.
Horatio Seymour, and many others, occu-
pied the landing at the head of the stairs.
They traced the present excitement on the
slavery question to the anti-slavery agita-
ton at the North, in counting every slave
holder outside the pale of humanity and
Christianity" Would to God they had
only been counted so years ago, and liber-
ty to-day might sway her sceptre of JUS
tice through the land, for it is principle that
makes the man. No man who has any
moral principle would hold his fellow man
in bondage; and to talk of STAKEHOLDER
being a Christian and representative OF
Christ is one of the most absurd and fear.
ful assertions man dare make.
The speeches received any amount Of
applause, in which thevast number of boys
present were not at all backward. A Sc
ries of resolutions was adopted showing
their love for the Union, and letter wa:
read from Ex-President Van Buren,, giving
his views on the times
And thus ended the affair; and now, al
hail, for the Union is safe. The Union
which has been up at auction since the
10th of October, 1859, and for which sucl
successful bids have been put forth by Phil
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