Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-06-09
SEVENTH ANNIFERSIRT.
NEW YORK ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY.
Reported for the standard by W. II. burr.

Reported for the Standard by W II. Burr.
The New York tCity) Anti-Savory Society held
its Seventh Anniversary in the Cooper Institute
on Wednesday May 9th, 1860. Although an en-
trance fee was charged at :he door, the spacious
hall was crowded to the utmost many being COM
PEELED to stand in the asles during the whole pro-
ceedings.
The chair was occupied by Oliver johnson, who,
having called the meeting to order, said:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN; l shall introduce to
you, as the fret speaker on the present occasion,
young man who in ono respect is prodigy;
and hope that in saying so shall not prejudice
him in your estimation. He is one OF the small
number of young mer in this country who dare,
for conscience sake, to differ with their ministers
(applause). l think that you will agree With me
that this is great merit, especially when it is
considered that his minister is none other than
Henry Ward Beecher. If this is not sufficient
proof Of bravery his part, trust his speech will
supply whatever may be lacking in that particu-
lar. introduce to you Mr.. Theodore Tilton Of
the editorial staff of The Independent.
SPEECH OF THEODORE TILroN
NIL AHtOh' Oi IlSlpRi was SiCe'Su Win uedll0 }
applause. lie spoke as follows:
remember reading in the Autobiography
Of Robert Hayden, the English historical painter,
his account Of taking fulI-length plaster cast Of
negro whose fine physical proportions had at
tracted the artists eye. The stalwart man stood
in high and narrow box, fitting around him as
closely as coffin. The soft plaster was poured
about his body, and began setting into hardness
His limbs were gradually embedded in the mould
as if they were fossils in solid rock lie stood
unmoved as a statue, without comforting a muscle
until the plaster, as it rose about his chest, tight
ened upon his lungs, and the strong man, hel pless
unable to stir, began to sufocate. Writhing hi
face into an expression of agony, and tutoring q
groan of despair, he summoned the artist to his
relief, who seized hammer, and with one blow
struck the cast, broke it into fragments, and Sc
the man freel
So our American institutions are taking their
impress from the negro, and crushing him in
their grasp. Already his face is turned towards
US in piteous appeal; already his groans ure heard
throughout the land We come tonight to litt
the hammer. to strike the image, and to free the
man! (Applause). Nor let any one say that we
lift rude and unholy hands; for, since the world
was old enough to have a history, the imag
breakers have been Gods truest workmon Tap
plause.
The question of the hour-the question of the
AGES this: Is slavery right, or is it wrong
And in coming anew to the discussion this year,
| think we have one great advantage over all for
mer years, for, at last, we have had the question
stated nakedly and honestly by our enemies.
A gray.haired lawyer of this city-looking into
the eyes Of seven thousand of his fellow-c;tizens
and speaking in the ears of thirty millions more
has declared that the only point at issue, the
only point worthy of national discussion is
whether slavery beor be not benign. .benefcent and
just; and he gave his judicial opinion, and added
to it his moral conviction that American slavery
is benign and divine! That was a new glittering
generality kindled at the blazing footlights Of the
Academy of Music, and held ur as 1ambeau to
which the Democratic party might come and light
their torches in the coming campaign
And so we have the House of York at the Acad.
emy Of Music, and the House of Lancaster at the
Cooper Institute, aud we wage again, as of old,
the war of the white and the red rosel
Who is right, and who is wrong?
/ walked, one summer day, on the summit Of
Richmond Hill, in front Of the Capitol of Virginia
in company with that eccentric man of genius,
DR.. Ross Of Alabama, the leader of that portion
of the New School Presbyterian Church that en-.
camps on the other side of Mason and Dixon's
line. lie said to me with great seriousness -as il
there had flashed into his mind, in the sunlight OF
that beautiful morning, q momentary suspicion ol
the divinity of the divine institution !he touched
me ON the arm and said, IF | am wrong, an
terribly wrong, and if the Abo!itionists are right
they are sublimely rightv parted with him, and
strolled down the slope of the hill. While
walked there came to me, borne in upon my eai
10 the stiffness of the summer air, succession o.
strange monotoncus sounds--"Going goingl 60
ingl" and as turned my steps in the direction
whence they came, was beckoned by red flag
that ought sir, to have been black Aagl-tC
the room of an auctioneer in which, the moment
entered, saw standing upon :he auction-blOck
woman with child folded in her arms, and
with another standing by her side. l remember
how the auctioneer announced her to the crowd
Of buyors-"This woman, of the uame of Maryp
Think Of 1t, sir! A trembling wOman-bearng
tue huCIcu uaho buuu uOhou iaeb anu iV"Oob az 'he
cross on which Christ died ! standing there amid
the strife and rivalry of bids, exposed as mer.
chandse to public salel Well she was sold. with
the little child on her bosom, to one Statei the
boy at her side to another; aud two other children
lying in tho save-2en, at hand, to two differ
ent States Thus a little family. already robbed
of its father by previous sale, was now broken
second timo, aud scattered to the four winds !
| walked out from the crowded room, ,sickened at a