, 1863-12-08

pu11ADE1rn1A, Dec. 8, 1858.
As sequence to the foundation OF Enc
American Anti-SlaverJ Society IN Boston, IN
1888, By Mr. VIM. Lloyd Garrison ano coa9-
intators, the Pennsylvania Antt-SlaEerJ socl-
ety was founded at q series Of meetings IN
Adeluhi Hall. in this city, during the 4th, 5th,
and 9Th of December, the same yeaf. AZ tue
close Of each period Of ten years, annlVerSa-
rics have been held In commemoIatlon o. the
event; and this morning ~ ~ .1o,sns nes1 ri. =
I'd I'd ihe magnificent Concert Hall as renewed
memorial Of the period. Ofthe sixty persons
Who signed the Declaration Of Sentiment on
the Gil Of December, 1855, forty-ave are still
living, A few of these tainted By the way, and
.elapsed into IN tgnonle concurrence Mltn
but lie majority pushed on with high and holy
purnose, md have lived to SET in blessed
sid age, q rich fIuition Of their hopes Upon
fhe platform were several Of these, Including
Mr, james Mott, President Of the Society, ac-
companicd By his widely known and esteem
cd vic. Mrs. Lucretia Mott Back Of the
stare numerous American flags were draped
nronnd picture of John Brown, the grand
est martyr to tho cause, and aboTe, IN g'san,
tic letters, was the motto Of "Lioe5ty a and
and accompanied by various aDti-slaveEy quo.
tatious from the writings and speeches OF
Amcricau statesmen. Prominent among
these, and fully in front, Mas the following
| eYtract from letter Of Washington: 1T
being among my first wishes 70 see some plan
he aholished by law" Also an assertion Of
| Monroe in speech to a Virginia convention,
which ran thus: 1--WE haye found TINT this
eyil has preycd upon the yitals Of this Union,
and It has been prcjudicial to all the States IN
which it has existed" Around the haii we're
Among the notab1cs taking places on the
platform were, William Lloyd Garrison, PITS
| sdcnt Of the American iSlavcry Socte j;
Theodorc Triton, Assistant Editor Of tht fa.
drpendent ;Oliyer johnson, Editor Of the fnfs'
Slatyyu Standard; J. Miller Mchfm, Se geta'
fhnrles G. Burlcigh; Abby Kelly foster
with her husband, Stephen 8. Foster: Mrs
+ Lucy Stone nu.cA --.4, -.4... ..e...4 =, An
Elizaabeeth a Jones; Fred. Douglass; Dr.: b B'ud d
son, President Of the New York City Anti
; Slavery Society: the Rev. DR.. Furness; tht
Rev. Samuel ]. May, OF Syracuse; samue
May, !r., OF Boston, General Agent Of tht
eareot Anta5sF{ # sSs,e Rsv JShf Shf
fun, Of lynn; Miss Mattic G1iflth, O
New York, formerly Of Kentucky, who nobly
roye freedom to I'LL her slaves Miss Sarat
fugh; Thomas Garrett Of Wilmington, .
sturdy Quaker, who, in slave State, daret
] to harbor, In series Of years, two thou
/
a land Of freedom; Thos. Whltson; Aaro1
Murray, and Wendell Phillips Garrison, son o
| the President Of the meeting. To the regrc
} of a;.,, Mr: Wendell Phillips, though expect
; sas ssa ss:s aRge'eats as4
; rison, the latter remarked that this the ce1e
b1ntion Of the third decade Of the society
would probably be that Of the 1ast, for slavery
could not last another ten years, and we vert
evidently near the jubilee, when the freedom
Of every American slave VII be finally sung
power md glory, and the spectacle Was nj
! longer that Of few humble individual.
struggling against nation, but a natio1
rocking ID the throes Of mighty earthquake
As far as the anti-slavery field was concerned
e9rs ese S5 al ssf t sncses gGa pSs ge
Of ineessant and colossal work pre-
sented itself, that Of inducting fntt
thrift, education and we1-being, the mil
lions Of wronged beings 1ntely freed from
hea fea esH2sd sHaed be hsnff as It's 1t
ters from Arthur Tappan, John g. Whittier
Samuel G. Thurston, md Samuel Fesscndc1
Of Maine, james Freeman Clark, the Rev. O
B. rockingham, the Hon. Owen 1ove}oy
the Hon. Joshua R: Giddings, John Ranki,
, souri,, Charles Sumner, Judge Conway o
Kansas, Geo, ". Curtis and Others, WHIT
wcro unable to attend. Mr.. Loyejoy IN
nounced himsen as ~ 1axor o. IN act9l Con
gress apohshfng slaHeIy thro1gnoat Inc I'm
us o1 ne oniteq S5ales, anu makins y
penal o1!cnEc 70 nola or el3im ea.c. AZ
AenfT = MflsnL quolea iate assetuon 9i
Ghien etateS senaeo5, lat N "a a'asaonasn! H.. Y
.ne G9ns.avn mou.u soU " onEtrn it,. LII ~
nnou!u tfung1i. ~ aose'e1 e1u'e's "4tn1n 1A'
W. " H. tuT Tnec4ut. 1vos ,,tcrr4r4ad br n,
aasr,ed +rs1n4 ~ -" ertas;n1 ln15;e-g 7,.i,s ~
nrosad ~ 10 sound ~ - Go9c,, scr1,aar,ts mds
and cornornis or The An Ir q Go1orc5 reri,
nert iatc1r Tac,1,ifed and stationnd nj Eamr
W;ii;,m psnn ~ thc nnisl.;Tfe m nnt;oII
NJ NJ T N;11cr SJcKin,1 ffer wcre inritcd r.
a seot mon lie n1stfor1n ne}ni;cat;nr ono1s
n'ase % af tic M nntj.slayerF movemcn}. MI M
harrison sai7 That fl,ia eIone Yzos cnonrh fr
sho1,. 41at the deoth.vsrrant nf r,sTerE VA
sca1"a IN nrr cnnntT Az tbc so}3icr:
InarrI,ed m 41,e a;s1e' and fon1e fhe,r n5accs
teora anonr The and;ence We're a1,nni1ont
EeW dnnh{7ces co,tId def1ne the cansa ~
4hnsr1 c1nnt;or S ~'@'@0~ y
TTese hnnni,r ncst.foced men e1cvatci
to manhood. and wearing the Lonored badet
of soldiers of tic IInitcf Etates. tvDi0ed tbt
cn,1;naf;tn nf asaet o,'d noh1s, 1nrl *, r.
son1 he;nT frscd x;ti, ;;ecn leon srmnathv for tha,
. work fa7,nd lie rn.dv Recommendations ~
tcers nr Frrness renariTed fhnf fhe f1rsj
time he sat upon platform with Mr. Carl
l EOD. lEQf1u hTUdET3 anu Ills crew 9t1q{