The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-08
~ FRIENps oE FREEDoM.
The Annual Meeting OF the PennsyIva-
mia Anal.AlnKarY annlotx.


Robert pr Wss ia@rse @ Hno oesp interest
called The meeting 70 order and stated that this was
society he had besn TeSsessd O by f The ye1srabs
ebs ss tbs ns James am M0t 10 ocG1Py & tne n
capable Of performing the duties of presiding officer.
On motion Of Alfred H. Love i was resolved that
con mItee OF three DO appointed to nominate officers
1he Chair appointed the following constitute the
commtttee;-Mahlon B. Linton, William III. Johnson,
Finance COMMITTEES oonsstng of three, be appointed.
the bavS r.
II, Coates, and Mary Grew.
had forwarded forty volumes Of her poems and lem
perance stories the proceeds above the actual cost to
be for the antlslayery cause
Edward NJ. Davis then made an earnest appeal 70
cause q be carried forward 70 asuoeessH' oonsnmma,
Kenpett sSnaTe and West ChesIef were laTee t5Test
interest was manifested In the meetings. and be had
The cause Of aSsI:slaVeTy. A thorough oTgani:
MSn thirty hS @es He Wond appeal
TO the Republican party TO make the issue absolute,
white man . Government, The issue in the coming
frage9 He believed in the loyalty, Intelligence and
IN IN me enigh tenn ent Of the men OF this state aud
The Republicans were beaten by com mblnations. He
much difference between the position Of the RepIb
can party and that OF the Democratic party as there
Is between that very warm place below and that de-
The Republicans were timd and lukewarm. They
were net oIganized-did not combine The Demo
Democrats
other side Mr., Davis then referred briefly TO the
seminating antisavery principles II should receive
Mrs Mary Grew stated that Wendell Phillips gave
all his spare time TO the anti slaY ry cause without
more obligation rested upon him than devo we'd upon
the rest Of the advocates OF the cause OF God and
T. II. Coates SAID he understood the object of the
Justice; and when man Is o9nyeTted to the pure
becomes q
others what he claims for bimsel therefore the ballot
others II free himself
had advocated those principles which had made such
great progress since He had witnessed with pain the
question been universal suffrage the defeat would not
The four millions of black people In this country
who six years ago chatteis are TO day Tney
point Of capacity read and write they stand along
Carolina in 1850 They have greater proportion
to-day Of readers and writer's than found among
for selfgoveEnment and are Demonstrating It.
In the Southern States where the elective franchise
has been conferred upon them, they voted quietyi
riots or murders and more than All thai, there was
liberty fhey aided saving the nation. O''' ~
struggle 10 sustain the Union without calling on all
men to bear arms; The REPUBLICANS must remain
the day would soon come when the talk about race,
Miss Mary Grew then read the fol wing resolutions:
Resolved hat the revelations which daily made
south e regain by p0litiGSl dP0@aSy the sapTs-
man throughout the South, excepting where such
maTS forces Of the United States prove that the the
and call upon to stand faithfully posts until
| those to whose redemption we are pledged shall be
Resegcd That the iimd and faltering course of the
pies Of absolute Right and It's lamentabie failure TO
meet the demands of the nation in this perllous crisis
ReSotUed That we regard as utter fashessness to its
prncIpes il he has any, are SO Underlined that friends
aud foes freedom aE claim him their eosdJutor
inspires from his lips in 6shaiI 9f in mpered
s@iSsssd bs
appTeoiate the influence WSeh Tie NatioSGf n W.
Sdgery Standard is exerting the public sentiment
Of the country through our daily Journals as well
the members Of Congress who testify earnestly its
S WE w sa dnG 10 it's
claims on all true friends of freedom tor its suppor
U1f Widely possbe 1no
s Post to the st Of daily Ph
delPhia and that we congratulate the puolic u pOn
que Questions day and the saressness and S dety
aSd 10 S
age OF our fellow. citizens
that since our last annual meeting the doors OF our
city railroad cars have been opened 6Y our state
citizens and though we regret that the Christianity Of
lice without the intervention Of the authority OF the
state. rejoice that 1t is done and that coored
city from the deep disgrace which, for so many years,
they have endured.
| ResoIyed, That we call upon the American Congress
to be faithful to its duty In this perlous crisis by Inn
Presdency Of the United States and placing the
| Executive Department OF the Government in loyal
hands during the remainder OF this Presidential
| Aaron NJ. Powell said:-The chattelism against
which we were formerly waging our warfare has been
in the sense which speak Of freedom for the white
race, has not yet been definitely secured.
ia rpa
taken the Republicans is unchristan, cruel, aud
unrelentlng hatred OF the black race because OF its
complexion. In the months Immediately before us
have large responsibility resting upon us, growing
out OF the peculiar trials and temptations Incident TO
There are men, earnest enough as Radicals. when
there nothing political az stake bat as soon as the
sea pSen 6e Vround of ayaabtY Wbe9eon thew
stPnd and forward them over personal and party
enc ends NJ t Is & true ] as sSted @ b In & 6ae G nas
abroad in the country eulogzing General Grant.
ET0m me ne Ups OF % Piair @ , nS IL 91oIeu ss
! suTance 70 the Republican party and abolitionsts
which the black man needs in this terrible emer-
| gency. - -
let you that II will be your duty again. it
pTomises and in words which have not the instidea
! ton of old facts which warrant your confidence,
| We need to urge the most radical measures, and
stimulate to the uttermost the leaders Of the party
which is more fully Identified with the of the
| aud thoroughly uncompromisng.
Let us, by firm adherence to the principles which
] have animated us hitherto, go forward and make q
radical opinion, which shall govern those who are
the agents of people Ia the pathway Of equal jus
tce for all men and for all women without reference
10 color,
The meeting, at o'clock, adjourned until o'clock
A FRESH TRAGEDY.-Next Monday evening,
we are positively assured new tragic play will be