The New York herald., 1866-05-09

Celebration by the American Missionary nj.
CIV, American and Foreign Christian " Iin,
New York Sunday School Union, lzne-
ncan Tract Society and Five
Points House Of lndT A,ry.
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Addresses Of General Ho .eard and Henry
Ward Beecher Bef are the Ameri-
can Missionary Association.
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The American Anti-Slavery So
ciety ina Session.
speeches by Wendell Phillips, Rev. O..
B. rockingham and Others.
xhe President Declared Traitor
and Not Traitor.
MEETINGS TO BE HELD TO-DAY.
&c. &c &C.
xhe President Declared . Traitor
and Not a Traitor.
MEETINGS TO Be HELD TO-DAY.

American Missionary ocintion.
ADDRESSES BY MAJOR GENERAL o. o. HOWARD AND
REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER-READING OF THE
ANNUAL MISUNDERSTANDING STATISTICS
The first Anniversary meeting Of the American Mission
ary Association in this city was held in the hall Of the
Cooper Union yesterday morning at ten o'clock.
large audience had assembled the far sex being decd-
edly IN the majority, and the spacious platform
filed by prominent divines among whom was noticeable
q colored clergyman.
The meeting heing called to order Mr. Lewis Tappan
was elected chairman The Rev. Mr. Burdge being sub
seiently introduced passage from the Scriptures
After prayer in which the audience joined, the
tary Of the association Rev. George Whippe proceeded
70 make public the subjoined document
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The American Missionary Association, as its name ind-
Gates is not wholly Frecdmen's Aid Society 1t has al
mission in each Of the following countres:-Africa the
West Indies Siam the Sandwich Islands among the
Indians OF the Northwest During the past year five
missionaries, male and female, have been sent to
Africa, while two have returned from their labors
there and three from missions among the emancpated
people jamaica Its mission in the sandwich Islands
been almost wholly sefsustaning and that in Siam
entirely So For the last -four years the great work of
the association and much the larger part of its expen
dures have been in the vast field among the freedmen
providcntialiy opened in country Being the first
to enter this field OF labor commencing September 1851
the association has been continually extending its
tons there; the demand for them never greater
In the fiscal year. ending Octoberl 1866 its dsburse
menis IA this Held including $Ol ia 49, the estimated
value OF clothing sent 10 the freedmen Sl67 459 Co.
and the number OF missionaries and teachers employed
was $40, the number of scholars taught being about
10000 In the months OF the present fiscal year
tbs cash receipts of the association have been S49 902
its expenditures 1887, of which amount So, 236
have been expended its foreign missions The esti
cuded the above, is $4,000 Upwards Of 500 600
will be needed TO complete the engagements Of the
present fiscal year The number OF missionaries and
zen II
ane thirtytwo, OF whom minority are women teach
ers; Bible readers and family missionaries. They have
located in fourteen States and the District OF Colum
The schools nourishing, numbering in q few in
snces over thousand pupils in place. and reaching
with their eeyating Influences many thousands OF fami
koa Numbers Of colorcd ministers and teachers
pioyed; many others being trained Tor this work.
The marriage relation becoming better Understood and
regarded by the people, and they being led to appre
tia,o and enjoy the blessed influence oi family and
ncme
For work among the freedmen the association sends
out ministers and teachers OF any evangecal denomna
ton aims TO preach the gospel distribute the sacred
Scriptures establish day night and Sabbath schools, and
mpart its gift Of clothing all in the name of Christ and
that may to him. while 10 the extent of its
ability IT sDors promote their temporal welfare
struct them IN all things that relate 10 their civil and
political rights and the proper use of those equal fran.
ciscs which IL demands and seeks for them
from the government OF the country
Tho Congregational Council at Boston, held in June
last with compro hensive views Of the responsibility
prcvidentally laid the Christianity OF the country,
recommended TO the churches Of their order to raise
for the the freedmen The Free viii Bsptists
and the Wesleyan Methodists have as denominations
selected Il as their special nsrumeniality for reaching
thus people and individual churches and Christians Of
many denominations have done the saue.
The Congregational Union Of Enennld and Wales, at
heir annual meeting, gave a cordial reception "
representatives, and manifested their interest In the
freedmen and their substantial unity with their brethren
ln this country by recommending 10 their churches a
Simultaneous collection be forwarded to US Oher
Christians and phlanthropsts Of Great Britain have in
Like manner welcomed our representatives, and contrib
nted 10 our work.
fhe plans of the association for raising and discussing
funds comprehensive and effective. In addition TO
department secretaries at Boston, Cincinnati and
Chicago who will supervise the collection Of funds in
sssss s sersns nsai yss the work IN
ade thar does not MAXI SPECIAL m mention Of the aid
Burcau Of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
the former Of which has generously responded TO all
our requests made In accordance with our purpose to
place Bible in every freedman's family and Tosta-
ment in the hand Of every child that -ead Without
the aid and protection given by the Bureau to our
been everywhere greatly embarrassed, the necessary
expenditure vastly increased, and In some States the
whole effort almost entirely parayzed and the mission
At the conclusion Of tho reading OF this rcpor, the
dience Joined in hymn, the chairman subsequently
introducing Major General O. o. Howard, Commissioner
Of the Bureau OF Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned
lands who spoke at great length on the subject Of pow
ADDRrss op GENERAL HOWARD
He sad that he could not find time TO review the OBJ
sacles by Of which certain had sought 10 i'm
pede the progress Of the Frcedmcns Bureau He could
recall many instances in which the establishment OF
schools was discouraged and many others in which the
tending TO thom neither aid protection, and this
course Of conduct loading many to believe that those in
power did not desire the freedmen TO be educated at all
The supplies placed the disposal OF the Frecdmens
Bureau had originally been very small and the
.nr sns I eass nsa
Yaenty made by the Southerners and repeated by the
Newspaper Of the North relative 70 the Incidence
m tne negroes were false. The freedmen were ready
snd willing TO work and the hundreds OF planters whose
esaee had remained In their possession daring the
great conflict well knew how avail themselves Of the
good Will and industry Of blacks Not few Of the
sehoods SCI soat on the subject OF the black race
birth to by the hatred Of white csperadocs when the
Sonfcdcrate armies were disbanded thousands OF men
Ssr ssss Of ,Sss han 1d psnsss upon society The
The only means by which 10 obtain nveIhood hui the
refuse Of the Southern lgons had been organized In
derent sections OF the country bands OF "rerua-
ton" and ,'nigger killers" whose sole purpose was
70 ravnse the country and carry OF plumber such
provinocs These hordcs were composed Of poor
parts Of the bank robbers and criminals Of
the North and what the oboct Of their movements was
POOR whites in e South the speaker drew vivid ID pe sne
tare Of their suerngs and described the Of
apathy into which they had sunken. The Freedmen's
Bureau had literally supplied their wants. which wore
great and demanded immediate satisfaction In The
month Of March the institution OF which the speaker
was q representative had given food 70 no less than
H. 900 poor whites From the 1st Of June 1895 10 the
3st OF March, 1905 900 rsops had been drawn and
distributed 10 the white refugees and, the lapse
Of Tine 900 ratons Ind been dealt out TO tie help
lev frecmsu-a daily average Of s,e0s rssions W the
former and 10 135 10 the latter But this was not the
only evidence Of the work performed ny the bureau
wtich, however, was not permanent institution.
6hocis had been erected clothing furnished and trans
roaton provided for those whose services useless in
ther place of re4idenoc were required elsewhere AZ
present teachers most needed, and thee he urged
upon hs hearers 10 send forth Instructors uere wanted
VINO woud brave scorn and ooniumely: Who would lace
dcath while devouns themselves wholly 70 tber labor.
Ihe euy presence of such these 10 The Saoih would
zoos bling about te much d,sfed object of fcduesfng the
tse1nen and preparing them for the discharge az their
d"t' 40 goo1 and usciui oiusens tApplausc
A. the clcst tf general Towss. as,,s the audience