The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-01-28
t. Daniel oconnell had said it was a

nant. Daniel OConnell had said it was a
proof that we were doing good when we
are abused by oppressors 1t was proof
that we are doing good when, day after
day and night after night, from pulpit, TO-
rum and press, are hurled at our heads
falsehoods, stereotyped lies, which have
grown old and withered, while we are yet
young, strong, and vigorous. He referred
to Charles O'Conor's antecedents, and said
they were not such as to justify any re-
spectacle people in getting iuto passion
for anything he might say with regard to
them. He referred them to the statement
that slavery was "not unjust" Charles
OConor was a lawyer, and weighed bis
words, and he did not dare to say it was
just, but only said it was "not unjust" and
that it was 'ft and proper" One of the
doctrines of Charles OConor was the resto-
ration of fugitive slaves. Now he would
tell them an anecdote. In 1854 there.
came one night to the house of distin-
guished officer under the government fu-
gitive slave. The colored servant took
him in, and fed him, and gave him nights
lodging. The fugitive had with him let
ter for this officer, and in the morning he
delivered the letter to him, while the serv-
ant looked over hedge to see what would
take place. The officer took the letter;
looked at it, and said, "Begone, you scoun-
drel !" and the fellow ran as though Chas;
O'Conor were after him; for though Chas.
O'Conor was at that time sworn officer
under the Constitution of the United States
and the prosecuting officer under the fugi-
tive slave law, yet his manhood got the
better of him, and he was converted into
an agent of the underground railroad
(Applause.) He proceeded to comment
upon the letter of Mr.. O'Conor. He had
said that they might be admitted into Con-
gress. Should we be indignant with him
for teaching our young men to aspire 7 We
ought rather to thank him for it.
DIR. Smith concluded by offering the fol-
lowing resolutions
Whereas, In speech made at the Academy of
Music, in the city of New York, on the 9th of
December, 1852 Charles 0'Conor, Esq, affirmed
that negro slavery at the South lis not unjust"
but on the contrary "ft and proper" and "be-
ngn in influences upon the white man and the
black man." and that such slavery is ordained
| by nature and is "an institution created by ma
ture itself' which "carres with it duties for the
black man and duties for the white, which duties
cannot be PERFORMED except by the preservation
and perpetuation of the system - and
Whereas, The said Charles 0'Conor, Esq, in
the speech aforesaid, declares very truly that
sit is very certain that he 'had not time to en-
large properly and fully and to explain these
interesting topics" therefore,
ResOlved, That this meeting do respectfully re-
quest the said Charles O'Conor Esq. to deliver
lecture or lectures in which he shall set forth in
full the views which lead him to believe that
gro slavery is "not unjust" and that he will show
when and where nature ordained and instituted
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negro slavery.
| Rcsolred, That the said Charles O'Conor, Esq.
be also requested to show his meaning in light
that cannot be misunderstood; that he be request
ed to speak ont like man, and affirm that negro
slavery is just if that be his meaning; and that,
embraced, in said speech, the negro in the family
of man, he shall be requested to show the perfect
consistency of the golden rule with the introduction
| of negro slavery.
Resolred, That in case the said Charles 0'Con-
or Esq., shall consent to deliver such lecture or
lectures, we pledge ourselves to procure for him
very large audience in the Academy of Music or
the Cooper Institute and that in case he makes
out his case even to his satisfaction, we will
| give him our Recommendation to the President of
the United States as a fit candidate for the ap
preaching vacancy on the bench of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Mr.. Stephen V. Douglass spoke of the
liberties of the country for which the col
ored people had fought, and whose reward
has been heavy chains. He thought it
nasty work, after long years of suffering
and wrongs, OF prescription and insult, to
turn aside in these days of our progress, to
notice such Infamous sentiments as are put
forth by foreigners upon our own soil. He
referred to the Union meeting, and to Mr..
OConor's speech, saying that he thought
the most charitable conclusion to come to
was that he was insane. Charles OConor
spoke of the duties of the master, which
was entirely mistake, for duties had van
ished, and interest had filed up the va
cancy. He commented at some length
upon various expressions, and concluded
by saying that, with God upon our side,
we would come out conquerers, and more
thanconquerers.
Mr.. Theodore S. Wright Titus, being
man of business, had preferred not to trust
to his memory, and had written out his