New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-26
NATIONAL PREEDrEN's REEtEE
ASSOCIATION.
Spsscbcs by VIM. Cnilcw bryant, William
snou Halter, and the Rev. Henry ward
Uessher,

Tie Second Anniversary Of the National
frcodmons Relief Association w,s heTl las; evening Al
the large hsll Of ,he Cooper Institute. large audi
eHce present.
WIN. CULLEN BRYANT. the Precedent " the Associa
ton. called the meeting 10 order aud tie Rev. Mr..
CnDrhw Of Cincinnati offered prayer.
Mr.. BRYANT adyer'ed TO the great event which had
made the Association necessity Of the times. Cen.
tury amer century might pass away, and yet no such
great event the act IL emanc patton again.
He remembered when boy with what emotion be re-
Corded the picture In an uhridgugHt ~ futafchs Lives
Of flomiD'us nroclaming liberty 10 .he Greeks. But
greater act far greater, was Tint ~ The presyent OF
tho United States oar black ncigtbor Ind fllon
among thieves. ills immortal mind had been mUiilated
and dsfgurel. 10 mako him more willing slave. We
must bind up his wounds and sot him ON his Journey
and bid him God apc,d. lie co.cldded by alludug 10
the annual statement, which had beer laid on all the
seats
HE statement say, that Tie labos Of present year
Of the Society were ia the W psIment ofhe sonthWhe
Tho disorder II the country and population. consequent
the military occupation. Was reduced IL order sud
the reaui OF the years lltOI was q balance IL tie
hands OF The cotton agent sfer oil expenses were
pnid, of sl22ll9 ~ During the past year
the able.boded men have been conscriited, but the
women children and old mru have. by raising yegeta-
bles and melons catching sh and oysters and !! wash
ING and cooking for the army. acquired considerable
properly Al Tie laie tar sale ia RcsG'oit they Pnr
chssed si2VOO worth OF real estate, one negro
buying his old masters house ior tL.O0 The edDca-
under the care OF tho Rev. DIR. J.. ID. Blrrows At
Fernsndina l. orphan ns!um under tho supervision
Of Miss Chloe Merrioki Il -. Augustine are te0Qh-
crs; on the sea lfud plantations - tcClrff rnd N
the City Of Borifnri i9. From the schools 90 pupils
have been selected aud under gnung Tor eacrFs.
More than 0U0 children attend he schools oil he Asso
citation IN tbs department alone In the Department OF
North Carolina, under the supplementary Of hr.
Horace JsIuCs eight teachers h. Hewborn. icur sc
Roanoke Islnnd three "a, Beaufort, and three AT Whsh
ngton In seven ftheso schools from which reports
wero oociyod iu January, the number attending
936 S,r,es hsye been established NJ Bolulvit New
bern snd Nicibnrg, Tor the purp".e nj shielding The
unifahails fgpins. Gle eAortlons NJ The SutioIs.
bout - go worth 81 supplies have been sen, 10 New.
Orleans snd arge contributions have been s0nt 20 The
freedmen OF the hississppi Nalley. Tie business NJ
The rear amounts To- over slUp,U;N.
THIn .AILES DuTLEE was then introduced. He
alluded 10 the meeting at which tho Association MAS
organized aud Tho hgppuo,s OF the nHuio then
sucgested b, NJ By aui. IL aas maxim y tho an
oient jurisprudence that the slave was the citizen oi no
country, but whom they became free they followed the
citizenship Of their beTaOr The liberty of the south.
slave had been bought by the best blood Of son.
and hence.orth. free man. ho was to become part and
parcel of the history Of the country He hoped that the
public mind now exercised on the question OF duty.
would look tle iRt0 this matter Of tho freedmen of
the south. He no better subject for literally. He
would like 10 commend especially TO those who under
the old system of things iei aloof from the aga
ton Of the question OF Slavery. Iy the Consultation we
were compelled to direct our philanthropy into other
ohanneIs than those which wond reach the slave. We
saw two OF three millions OF people to whom w could
not carry the Gospel or the Bibles submitted 10 H.
We submitted 10 ihe passage OF the Fugitive Slave
hil-a constitutional law, bat an inhumsn law.
We know how long It took To bring up tho
public mind 10 the point OF declaring that this
accused system Of Slavery should not 20 into any
Territory. Suddenly the disability was removed.
These objects Of charity and sympathy suddenly
placed befoie M. and We were free TO give them that
which before was forbidden. This now opportunity
should DO eagerly laid hold The duty OF The Gov
eminent In this war had been discharged lust In pro
portion az tho people understood what II was Mr.
Butler referred to Mr. Bgookss remarks In relation TO
the Froedman's bill now before Congress and excited
the hearty laughter Of the audience by telling
Ysplies.
HEss, WA,D B.S0WB wss introduced amid bpd