The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-02-11
Yume Gurttsgonbente.
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 6, 1860.
Mr.. EDIroR-Mr. Hamilton A. Moore
delivered the fifth in the regular course of
lectures given under the auspices of the
Banneker Institute, ON the History of
Music" at Central Hall, on Tuesday even
ing last. The lecturer is a musician by
profession, and in his case the adage was
verified" every man to his trade" The
subject of the lecture was one of curious
study, and 1 have no doubt that it gave its
author some trouble in its preparation. It
was also the first time that Mr.. Moore had
attempted to deliver public lecture, and, =,
as might be expected, his nerves were not
as still as he could desire. The compost
ton, however, was good, and the matter
was we'll arranged. A debate succeeded
the lecture on the following question:
"Would it be good policy for the Republi-
cans to indorse Helpers Impending Cri-
sis p" Messrs d. B. Bowser and VIM.
P. Price were in the affirmative, j. w.
Simpson and j. G. Bowers in the mega
tive.
On Monday evening a public meeting
was held at the Philadelphia Iastitute,
Lombard street, above Seventh, for the
purpose of reviewing the petition that was
sent to Gov. Wise, of Virginia, by CON-
mittee of our fellow citizens, and published
in the Philadelphia Ledger of Dec. 1e,
1859. The meeting was organized by ap-
pointing Messrs. Jacob G. White, Sr.,
President, and Edwin Chew Secretary.
The call was then read, together with the
names of the signers, about forty in num-
Der. The following preamble and resolu-
tions were read and adopted by unani-
nous acclamation:
Whereas, At public meeting of the proscrib-
ed Americans OF Philadelphia, held at the Shiloh
Baptist Church on the Sd of December, A. d.
1859, for the purpose of sympathizing with the
noble heroes of Harper's Ferry, committee was
appointed to request of Gov. Wise, of Virginia,
the bodies of John Copeland and Shields Green
then under sentence of DEATH in the event of their
being hanged; and,
Whereas The Philadelphia Ledger of the
10th If the aforesaid month did contain an arti-
Gle purporting to be petition to the Governor Of
Virginia, over the signatures of three members of
said committee; and,
Whereas Said committee subsequently ac-
knowledeed said petition to be the result Of their
deliberations thus fixing the responsibility of it
upon the citizens of Philadelphia be it, there
fore,
Resolped That while we have desire to bring
under the ban of public condemnation any person
connected with this letter to Gov. Wise,
we will not fail to embrace this opportunity, on
behalf of the noble and manly sufferers at Har-
per's Ferry, to disOwn all or any political or mo-
raj condemnation either expressed or implied, in
the above mentioned letter.
Resolped That, in the opinion of this meeting,
the language used by the petitioners does not ex-
press the sentiments and feelings of this commu-
nifty, vnd that such language is incompatible with
a firm, free, and Independent course of action,
such as should characterize freemen.
Resolred, That no honest man believes that the
dsfranchised Americans suppose that any act in
the conduct of Gov. Wise in the Harper's Ferry
affair was either noble, generous, or magnani-
nous, or that the brave men whose lives were
sacrificed on Virginia scaffold were ''poor' or
"miserably misguided"
Resolred, That it is unmanly and ungrateful in
sentiment false and contemplate in its illustra-
tions and conclusions, and slander upon the
characters of the noble men it refers to- and blot
upon their dearly cherished memories
Resolred, That this petition exhibits total
want of dignity, frankness, and independence, and
violates the sentiments of every true man by vir-
tually kissing the heel that would crush its au-
thors
The committee on resolutions consisted
of Messrs Geo. E. Stephens, l. G. Wears,
David B.. Bowser, Franklin Turner, and
Robt. III. Turner.
Some of the politicians here have been
trying to form Union party. They had
a meeting at National Hall on Saturday
evening last, which was failure, for none