The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-13

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William Lloyd Garrison made the mex
peech-the most spirited and eloquent
perhaps, of the gathering. He commenced
by the declarstion that his vocation as 81
abOlitiOnist was ended, and continued il
the following strain:
THE cJNFEDERACY.
Where now is that boasted bastard
Confederscy We know where the Union
is, and what its power is, and what its flag
means. -Four years ago, when it went
down at Fort Sumter. it went down on
four millisns of slaves; when it rose q
month ago it proclaimed the eternal desth
of slavery. Where is. and what has be
come Of, JEFF. Davis Laughter One
| hundred thousand dollars reward are of
cred for him, and the money will be paid.
In the speakers case it was different.
Thirty years sgo the state of Georgia
offered five thousand dollars for him.
When Sherman was marching through
Georgia thought of going there and
claiming the reward, but it occurred to me
that he would have to take Con federate
bonds, and it would hardly pay expenses.
Laughter. Recently L w4s in Georgis,
and not even sixpence was tffered for
me-. On the contrary, my anii-siAvery
sentiments were listened TO sttentively,
and was warmly welcomed. Where is
that Georgia brsggart, who was going to
call the roll of his slaves on Bunker Hill
TLsughter Where is that BOInbsstes
Furioso OF Virginia, Henry a. Wise
Laughter I Has he been IN his parlor
the past year ? And if he mss, how does
he like ~ sse. the picture Of John Brown
hanging on the walls and John Browns
daughter teaching eo!oscd children within
the boussH The Confederate promises
have vanished into thin sir, and even tbe
rebSl Generals admit th1t their cause is
played out Where is slavery Ii the re-
belliJn is put down, slavery is put down;
they are one and insepsrsble. The procla-
nation of Abraham Lincoln broke the fst-
ters of three millions of slaves, and for
that act alone he will be hsld in lasting
remembrance through ali time. APP
plsuse For his willingness to serve the
poor and the humble, he laid down his
life; and was ever man SO mourned ss he
has been? Not simply because he was
honest and came up from the people; not
because he was upright and sble alone,
but because of the consciousness that he IN
csrnsted the great cause of universal free
dom, and ss,,wiling to lay down his Ifs in
defence of his principles. What has be-
come of slavery in Louisiana Voted down.
In Arkansas and Kentucky 1t rests on
rope of sand without form; in Delaware
there are q bakers dozen slaves, but D3ls-
ware is q very small state aud her slavery
is nothing.
HIS NEW POSITION.
rejoice TO stand no longer isolated, and
to be looked at as if were monster with
seven heads and ten horns, with blssphemy
written upon my forehead. But now lost
in the great ocean of public opinion L am
but drop in the sea. Abolitionism is no
longer distinctive, but common; and now
that ROolitiOnism is triumphant we won't
have any more anti-slsvery agitation, and
our work being ended we must miDgle with
the millions of our follow countrymen,
putting into into the grave of slavery what
ever spraDg from it. We still fnd preju-
dice against the colored peOpls-but man
must be recognized wherever he appears.
Aliens and foreigners come over here and
we take them into our arms of protection
and say this shall be your home and you
shall be citizehs like us, and shall We say
less 10 those W no are native born here, who
have made the field CORY with their blood,
and who in our hour Of despair and trouble
gave up all, forgsve all and came to our
rescue2 We have not saved ourselves
alone. Two hundred thousand stslwsrt
slaves threw themselves into the scale, and
rebellion and slavery have kicked tho
beam and been crushed.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Gsrrison's
speech, the meeting adjourned to half alter
three, P. NJ, when it was called 10 order
by the President, and the Tressurer's re-
port submitted. TIE total receipts of the
Society during the year were Sl3, 96L52,
and the total expenditures $ll,751.Oo,
nearly all of it for the publication of the
Anti-ISlaUeTy Standard. After some fur
ther business had been transacted, Mr..
Garrison submitted the following resOlu-
lions:
WHEREAS, The formation of the Ameri-
can Anti Slavery Society was rendered
necessary by the universal completely of
the nation in the guilt Of the slave syselm
Church snd State, Government and
People, Constitution and Union, all being
subserVient TO the will of
heaven defying slave oligarehy; and
WHKREAs, After thirty years of faithful !
testimony and untiring labor on the part
ofthe society, to procure the emsu cipation
Of the millions held in bondage, and
niripa riht,fiop of,f
without mixture, and the reasonable at !
tempt of the South to dism ember the
Union and overturn all free institutions, it
is decreed by the nation that all fstters
shall be broken and every bondman set
free; and
WHEREAS, 1t is not for sbolitionists TO
affect exclusiveness or seek isolation from
the great mass of the people, when the
reasons which compelled them to take such
3 position no longer exist; therefore,
:. Resolved, That, uniting our thanksgiving
to God with those of the emancipsted mil
lions at the South, for the wonders he has
and rejoicing with Joy unspeak-
able that the year of jubilee has come, SO
that further anti-slsvery agitation is un
called for, we close the operations and the
of the Society with the present
ReSotUed, That q committee be appoint
ed to liquidate whatever debts the society
may owe, and that the committee shall ap-
propriate Whatever balance of funds may
be in their hands, in such a manner as they
shall deem most promotive of the rights
and interests of the colored population.
Wendell Phillips offered the following
substitute:
Resolved, That since the Constitutional
amendment sbolishing slavery is not yet
ratified, and consequently the system of
slavery stands in the eye Of the law un-
touched; and whereas, there are still thou
sands of slaves legally held within the
United States, therefore this Society calls
upon its members for fresh diligence in
prosecuting the work TO which they origin
ally pledged themselves in putting the lib
erty of the negro beyond peril,
A long and lively debate ensued, partic-
ipated in by Garrison, Phillips and others,
all but Mr.. Garrison opposing the dissolu-
tion Of the society. In ths midst of this
debate the society adjourned till the next
day.
SECOND DAY.
The second session of the Society was
larpelv attended. and the discussion of Mr.