New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-07
THE ANNIVERSARIES.
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TIE ANNIVERSARIES.
AMERICAN ANTI-SLANERY SOCIETY.
The first session of the annual meeting of tie
American Anti-Slavery Society was held yesterday
morning in the Church Of the Purans the Rev. DR..
Cheeyers. WN. LLOYD GARRIsoS called the meet
;pg TO order at lOi, at which time the church was
we'll filed In TIE course Of half an hour both floor
and galleries were crowded with an earnest and ire
quently applaudng audience.
On the platform were Wendell Phillips, Oliver
johnson, Theodore Iilton, and others, ard among
the audience was Brighten Rufus Saxton, L. {. ~,
who leaves shortly for South Carolina.
Mr. GARRisON in his opening renai ks congre'n'
lated tie Society on the circumstances IN which they
met, hoping, nevertheless, FOR more glorious re-
treat than that OF the Rebels from loIktown-the
final retreat Of Slavery from the country end tue
world. lie ACKNOWLEDGED the Just courtesy which
opened Chrlttiau church to "a Christian movement,
and closed by reading extracts from The ScliptnTes
After "A rattle l0pg prayer by The Rev. Mr.. Posf
of Jersey City, the Troasurer's Report, in tie ab-
eenCe OF DR.. BownircH was presented by OLIVER
JomNsoN. An abstract is as follows:
Galsnce om last years account LV9 20
Dopa,ions md subscnptiens to The Anti.slsvery
Standard 4"ft' -
sn55. ~
E.pen,e, ior publication Of STANDARD, lec,urins
ssents, 's'' %
Balance to new 1850 %
The Report. which exhibits very favorable con-
diton Of the finances was laid on tho table TIL the
business meeting in the afternoon.
Mr.. GARRisoS announced that Gsrrit Smith had
been expected TO be present, bat wns prevented by
duties a. home. a letter from him was ftad, dated
Peterboro' April h, 1862, expressing he desire 70
accent the invitation OF the Committee, and biz
wishes for the success Of e neeing and suggesting
that discussion OF the relations between Slavery and
the ConstiuiOn might be omitted, because tie
question now belonged 10 the people. Inoy must
lice above tie Constitution, II necessary 10 destroy
Slavery as they had hitherto sunk below II IN order
TO save Slavery. lie Nindicatod the Ahohtioniste
from tie CHARGES of inconsistency, on the ground
that they had hitherto thought it neoessry 10 break
| up tie Union il order TO put AN end TO Slavery,
whereas now il is possible to reform te nation with
out destroying It's integrity. conversion there
has been but it is 10 Mr.. Garrfor, not II him. aud
a change but the change il around him, not in him.
His anxiety about abolition Va. 1T an end, and
instead OF IT, bis concern is to the country and
the nation, which is possible only through enancl-
patton. The letter inclosea draft for $50
Mr. Garrison then referred TO the omission Of the
annual meeting last yesr, ana read the following
statement oi tie Executive Committee, IN place OF
tue usual resolutions:
i sTiIENIST OF THE ExEcUTIvE COMMITTEE OF THE
! AMERICAN ASTI-sLAyERY SOCIETY,"
For ito hrs timo since le formation Of tAe IN etic'1
fu;i.,ery Society in i its aiuu meeting eu d
m ycrr sc5 by TIE unanimous judgment of Is Frecnye
Coumer ia order that at critical period ia the lite Of
ito nation. opfoita0iiy Should be given the dmeriic
ereiiss of Fieedo 30 moDocIaic outbreak Threhy
hr taitof. the S,ulh might bs stimulated 10 nofe
lerYrp xed snd coniouaj,d b. behoding az undivided
North IN the msilteu-lce Of popullr 10 .tons Nov ul
fer The slgIrssiJn Of toe rebellion, aud oil iynprhy N
tie Rebels Is disa,owe5 tis society deems II advfits s
70 r'ume Tie o''I'aL,e 81 as tr'iftiy Mte - 81 l.r
Howcvcr opposed my have been either to the C3tli.
Al. F.f 90 e f. -
no resort to violence ac'ti fcous part aiopicd no ic.
"a o,trjusti6sle es.eres and p'essni,d other ,La
s5,red rights Of human nature sgsi po'on o. safce
1cn's drd by u a. cine lci,d sud utterly iudeiru.
bic n j. perogai,e o or crrEe, whether b. irdi
,idusi ogsuilsd capacity, 20 ccse al those laws aud
niuous fol wirL they io resrons1le o. bi which tley
arc ferniei 10 br rosrned sud espoc3y that Couiu'Ci
which the s1prome Law cf the iard" And 1, equally
thrr rat srd duty testify sgn whatever iey
ousy bel 90 be at yIencc with The principles OF Justice
end q claims Of huma'i.y embodied IN the Constitution
or enforced in any Of tie laws under r. ioyey 10 God for.
Society hs gone hais breadth. Hence those
II ofhaying putsued irccndry unl4wg f,aaouil
The society was organized for the Abolition Of s,yer ~
peaceful and moral nstrumentaesi hs, used oihsIs
fagIani in sesnst God aud the deLiel 4 ulsu
rights and the Slave sjseu az tie Of oil vanic.1 la
world and the common Instincts - fnouEind H. Therefore
neither iana'cA mad The charge o ansicism srd mad.
those plead ior s immediate abolition. 10 ho morally
consistent the Society could not bat depoc end repobate
TO the letter by the naiione since H. formation by viii
fugitive slaves permitted obe m mLted sud sptcd icey
in tie free States o. In the Slave Stsesa aye repre-
ion allowed IN Congress thereby greatly increasing Tic
political power Of desperate and d0uiuoeny Slave
faIcbyaud the National toyoAout bound IN nm encrg-
ency, 10 ineiieo with IL Iil aid navel power for Ito
sglpfeaiJn OF slave inuGecio ~ l. spee4v with ree-
10 these unyeraiy recognized pTumi.e-no et
in what raseologs they arc eApos.ed coucca,d-a,
,ho Society con.traned 10 Pronounce that ustInnent
covenant with death aud agreement with hell" end con
sequcLy, tO predict Ia due ine thst very overthrow
which las bcaen ~ through lie reaclery Of tbots
whom IL designed to couciae tnd bind tnd o. a. e.
righteous fe.lortioa Ci Heaven.
Il tHa neiilero sacrifice Of pTncpls nor "a risepeu Of
s testc ny u tbs direction. the part Of this Society 20
to The Iobe lion itse. that It ~ n1b. .d teh.
theory which httenp be Justified vss Wild and
pTeposteOas hHdirg cOunieu4Gce Watey.r IN The Dee
ration u Ind pudtuce u Tsfona theory Of rop
s0scfeny; th ~ object Gst0iel a. rasrrs
n4fs and oastardlyf snd Therefore the, she
Government having done wong 10 the south nor foug
70 cxelcse una~iul power over it, was ally i ls
H2lt md imrerative'y bound hy s cousurtionai obi
tons TO crush the fetcon 81 whseyef coat 10 ssyey iho
sCle gr0du IN !, cause Of the rcrcl.l1u.
o. the con Sire States ths In The Union a lee
months ego eleven In Warike rebe lion and con
Grated gcfher for the overflow or the goyefnrer, and
esaShnont Of az independent savcioding enrife mo
other held ioIcbio se glance only by ts prefcnce
Of vest aIus rron their soil drown foin Ito Ni IN o.
whose Withdrawal, now would bo the signal for ,e
States ilaiaity 70 revolt, lnd 20 join The Soutofu Coined
eracy The rebellion therefore virtually covers tho whole
sayoholding dominion includes nearly every der and
ha other object than the and
on of slavery, ard the repndiaicn o all connection with
ee inft.IviopG 10 ere Werd, rebellion tIa eipyey ne