The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-01-21

.ers, editors, newspapers and magazines;
none of these, he said, were sustained by
,olored people alone, and nothing but
ruth could extort from him such confes-
sion. Returning to the convention, hesaid
not one practical measure was submitted
to it; he sought the good Of his race, and
neither man nor devil should fright him
from his purpose. At this juncture the
lecturer discussed the slave question under
three heads, the last of which was the
sources of slavery-this was the cotton ar
gument. Itconsisted of statistics of cotton
imported from this country si", 1893
down to 1858 He said King Cotton
breads a rival, and the explorations of
Africa have not been failures, but the
growing of cotton there will yet be our de-
liverer, though it has been the enslaver of
our race in this country. Near the close
of his remarks he said, " | feel tonight as
/ am not in the habit of feeling, foil am
in the line of my duty, and if God does
not care for fifty millions of people, he does
not care for any one."
When he had taken his seat the meeting
was organized into :. business meeting at
the suggestion of Mr. Alfred NJ Green, by
the appointment of Mr.. Morris Hall
as Chairman. The Rev j. p Campbell
moved that the African civilization
movement meets the approval of the color
ed people" The motion was discussed by
Messrs. Robert M. Turner, Parker T.
Smith and J Jeremiah Buck, in the negative,
and the Revs. Jabez p Campbell and J.
B. Smith, in the affirmative. The oppo-
sition was mainly questions put to the
lecturer, backed up by arguments, to
which the lecturer replied with seeming
good will, but with much vigor. He con-
tended that seven-eights of the support of
slavery rests upon cotton exported to
Europe, and if we can supply the demand
by raising cotton in Africa slavery cannot
long exist here" The Rev. J. p Camp
bell would like to see feathered birds fly
ing to Africa, for he was in favor of the
movement, but he was an unfeathered bird.
Mr.. r. NJ Turner remarked that there
were but few feathered birds in Philadel-
phia, such as the Rev. Stephen Smith, and
if the African enterprise is to be confined
to them, very few will go there. The
lecturer would go to Africa although all
others should stay away; for [ have been
preaching the gospel for twenty-five years,
and (pointing to the slim audience) this is
the kind of receptions have been in the
habit of meeting. The slim attendance
was caused by want of circulation to the
notice of the meeting.
On Tuesday evening Mr.. VIM. IL,
Johnson lectured before the Philadelphia
Literary Company, at Central Hall, on the
politics of the country. The lecture was
historical and argumentative, and went TO
show the pro-slavery character of the Con-
stitution of the United States. When the
lecture was concluded Messrs. l.. @. Wears,
J. G. Bowers, and d. B. BowSer discussed
the question: "Would the success Of the
Republican party in the present canvass
be advantageous to our causep Nothing
new was elected, but the same arguments
were used as on previous occasion, when
the same question was discussed.
In the last issue Of The Weekly Anglo
African" writer who adopts the signature
of that prince of fabulists, Ksop, initiates
in measure his style, without, however
the merit of being as entertain
ing or having as good moral for his fable
as did his prototype There is about as
much truth in the original as in the Phila-
delphia Ksop," and if the latter did not
profess to assert facts, would let him pass
unnoticed so far as / am concerned; but
his statements are not strictly true. 1t is
not true that the phrase 81 can't see it." is
of the Philadelphia ladies, for
| have never heard a lady here make use
of the phrase tits not true that the police
the body of Capt. Brown into
baggage car and hurried it through the
streets at railroad speed. 1t is not true
that the "good thinking" or "more inteli-
gen" portion of Philadelphians sympathize
and think with the committee. 1t is not
true that "O p. O." was patent to the op-
position which / made to the miserable,
cringing petition of the committee. 1t is
impious to assert that prayer to "mean"
man cannot be too humble A prayer to
the Deity should be all that sincerity and
deep humility could make it, but simple
petition to a creeping worm calls for no