New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-11-18
Womsn's a.OyaI Union League.

The first Of a series OF meetings Of the Wo-
mans Loyal Union League held at he Cooper In
siute Monday evening. The nclcmency of The weather
doubtless prevented as large attendance there 9th
erwise would have BEEN The meeting was opened by
the Rev. H. w Bellows, in few Introductory fcro1' =
explaining The objects and purposes II the League
Bellows was followed 10y Horace Greeley who's .'at
there two classes Of people one class who would
learn and one who would not. lie hoped that We be.
longed 10 the class who would learn. Our people lad
been learning for tie last three eventual years but IL
Lad been In an expensive school, nnd children would
for hundred years hence have 70 pay tie tuition bills
Whatever abridged the liberties Of any portion Of the
people was Injurious 70 those whO maintained IT, When
We rs people realized that our safety, liberty and In
iercsts demanded tie abolition of Slavery, there woud
10 some hope that Slavery would be abolished. We
were not irving 90 hhcraic four millions Of slaves. hut
thirty millions of people. This Rebellion wac not ia be
crushed alone by force Of arms but by the might Of
truth lie had never felt certain thai this Rebellion
would be crushed until II raised its head here IN our
midst and vented Itself in burning houses and murder.
Ing innocent blacks Then II was that he believed that
lie contest would terminate In tie triumph OF tho North
lie believed hai in the future our children would thank
God that We had had the courage 10 stand up and con-
mont this SHAREHOLDERS Rebellion.
At tic close q NI Giecleys remarks Mrs. Frances
y. GAGE Nas introduced and upon coming forward
gate her experience with the coDtrabsnds in tie South
d. partment She said that IL lad been supposed
that tie Government was taking the whole care Of
these people. This not so. Twenty four persons
only received half ratlOns from the Government to
the eth Of October last and most Of these were old
persons Slavery she said did not make people indus
trious and If she asked We're these people indus.
trOus she would ask. What do you mean ny industry
II We meayi by industry the Supplying 81 themselves
with !Q9d SIZE would reply that they were industrious
Sne held however that that wns not industry. They
had but few wants but those they hid supplied. What
needed 10 make them feel soon as we could
This would be only Of advantage to them bui also
TO Ne. They were. however, doing quite wel-tniy as
well could he expected. They worked vel. Col II.
vel the clief Quaricrnaster % the Southern Depart
gent three weeks ago last night in meeting held at
Gen. Moles Church. in speaking 10 the coored peo'
pie said 10 them, Some Of YOU work Us well rs any
white men, and there Is pointing 10 man near
lim). that works better than any white man have
under NY charge. and have made him an oyeTseer Of
some twenty men and give him forty dollars month.
When the speaker fret went TO Paris Island she Lid
goods sent her charity; but she very shortly otter go
ing there taught these people that they must work and
buy what they wanted They did aud when sAc let
q ere she brought away with her the OF 500 and
she gave s7J OF this % the sufferers OF Nckslurg
She had been asked Of tho morals Of these people They
were not Of course. strictly moral people. How could
they be They had been brought up 10 bo otherwise.
They were an intensely human people. With regard 10
their learning 20 read she would cay that they stvod
hard learn and nearly al Of them very dosrops
Of being able 20 read The oder people seemed TO be
more DESTROYS If ythng Of learning than the younger
ones. All they wanted was chance. With that LEY
would succeed.
AZ the close 81 Mrs Cages remarks. Dr. Bellows m
nouncc that the second lecture u the uOrd be
given on Friday evening ncrt, by tic Hon. WTa d.
Kelly NJ. {. SON Philadelphia.