New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

OF the preamble and resolutions piePaieu Ny lno
Commttee and passed by sufficient vote all Were en-
tpeIv nroner i'm language. They express distinct
disapproyal of Slavery and the siave-traae. anu tln
need to still labor for their hnal aDoht%l1n ION I dl a.,
lands and propose to appeal to the Pope the Queen
of Spain and other influential parties 10 ao IN Ielr
final abolition This paper appears 70 nave eeen
drawn mn with an earnest desire on the part OF lts
authors not TO dspease anybody-at ieast, nor any
we'll disnOsed persons in good society, Another seI
of resolutions proposed to the Conference py
nnnleasantnesses, e. g.: In the United States an
event of immense importance Is acconPiisneu ho th
100000 of men Lave Just entered fi f,io claw ono
nrv still exists in the laws and customs.
Let the Radicals of the, North, while impost,
enoneh TO accord it to the blacks of their own States
et them earn for the whites the pardon OF their long
crimes toward the blacks BY hs hSoon IL n0r cOn
grcss of Paris calls the attention of all Americans
Jealous OF dignity of ther country to TINS national M
disgrace The Conference, aware OF the t9o % LIE ude
exoInple of liberty for men still in serytude, sends
its CONGRATULATIONS to the Republic OF Haytl WINCH
inspired by the French Revolution, was s.I"g ga 20
conquer and has been since to ma,a svmratbv
10 the Mexican Republic that has refused 10 accHPt
the rcistablishmcnt of peonage attempted to he I'M
posed by STRANGERS ana % % n an ~, a., ersnne 70 baye
men the heroic devotion of the mulattoes there follows
list Of Hayten aud other lnsuigelitsI OF & Naa,
Turner Of John BROWN ana Oh 'ier no'''
Galignani's euphuistie reporter saws: An attempt
exuression might have been deemed by some 10 DC
extreme to introduce propositions to SUIT their own
views but, Oh tho Representations OF me thailinau;
they did not press their sentiments to discussion
Mr. Reclus did all that man could IN me way M oI
pressing, but the Chairman as courteously anu a. a.
positively as possible forbade dscussion-not only
refused 10 hear Recus discuss the resolutions bnt 10
let him speak at ALL and refused TO have the res9l
tons read though understood hun TO say that theY
would he printed in the official report, NheTeny "
! | Iobouaye is not 10 be blamed in the least. Uo
| Anti-Slayerv Conference cannot be held IN rams
The managers of this Conference bad to ask peTmls
sion of the Minister OF the Interior 10 meet, anu op
famed il only on conditions which, both expressed
| aud implied they were bound IN honor 10 9nser'e
They therefore strictly regulated the proeeeaI t ~
| advance - what papers were 10 be READ, What
! lcft unread. what speeches 10 be SPOKEN
! who 10 speak - especially for the French part
! Whether IL was worth while TO play at abolition
meeting on such conditions may be question nnt
there is no question whatever that If speakers IKE
Recus had been suffered TO 40 on; they would nave
made work of it,. They are not OF playful tempeIa-
meut. Many of them arc members OF tho society
Agis CONNIE M PensoS'-act as YOU think IhSy arc
to-day aud here. what the Garrisonltes ana fhiip
pians and Parkerites 20 years ago III Boston,
They are RAIDS and Reds fanatics-thorns ana
chestnut burrs 10 the prudent and respectable These
are they who are pushing the Subscription ior gou
medal commemorative of John Brown, TO pe pre-
sented To bis widOw-a subscription which was
started by a woman. Mime. Gael, which is headed by
Victor Hugo and all his family, and although started
onlva month or so ago counts more than 600 subscr-
boTs 1t is n twO-sOus subscription, after the manner
of the Lincoln medal subscription. Ihey mean 70
subscription international ahd hope that some
one will undertake t for America. lt is no 1ault
OF Mr.. Laboulaye and the Managing Committee that
such folks not suffered To freely speak their
thoughts in the Sale Herr last Monday; they are
not suffered to publicly speak their thoughts any.
whore in France. If they had taken possession OF
the meeting as they would il they had once got
under headwayfor they are of an aggressive grasp
| ing kind-the meeting would not have been there
long. Their modes OF expression would nave 30 Peen
deemed by some 10 be extrcme,-no donbt oi ~ !:
they would have inevitably undertaken TO SUIT
their views and not tho views OF tho author
ties who would have soon pressed them to reserve
further discussion OF their sentiments lor inc lnagis
trates of the Police COTtc'ioneit.
Far be it then from your reporter to presume 70
censure Ed. IabOulayc, 10 whom all Americans owe
gratitude and respect NJ. Cochin. and the
other excellent managers oil the AhlioA'eiy Con-
ference.
Mr. Waller, who was with DR.. Livingstone in the
Zambes country, gave some account of the h0rllble
waste of life that accompanies the slave-huntlng
there for tho supply of the zanzibar market, whence
the comparatively few but positively largo huniDer
of survivors taken by Arab dealers 10 De SOFA 10
EGYPT and the countries along the Persian Guli. An
officer OF the Frcuch Marine, who has penetrate iar
into the interior from Tho Senegal coast tnen gssd
by the Rev Mr. Knox of the Church OF England Afr-
can Mission Who would attempt 10 utter iis correct
ideas of existing treaties relating to the slaYe-.Fadc
aud the need OF their being altered OF revoked IN tle
| Anglo-French dialect Our countryman, Mr; -. q,
Palfrev committed similar linguistic iLisi axe ana
I errors the second daY. The delivery oI DOh spiah-
ers was apparently al ended with good deal ot pam,
which was synpithlZed With by The thinncd aud j.
ency. DELEGATE flqm Cuba spoke Ycll but pnely
oil the state OF tho Spanish hbo.i,ion movement ~
recting attention 50 thi- pecniilr lea ue lst ln
stead of proceeding from the Home Government Out'
ward 10 pressed from the Colonies themSe YES Oh
the Home Government. Unfortunately, NJ. Olozaga,
WhO wa 30 have treated moro tUl!y OF TINS sulpec
orc OF c most interesting before tho meeting, kept
silent on tho gr0und ~ near as could understand
tue deratc, aliuege eLui1nat 9n given OF his ret-
cenoe that in the actual Situation Of the Spanish
Governments anything Ike cGnsnro from one OF ~
subjects would be unrecOmng. he last speaker OF tho
day was bsbnp !dhr; N,,o ieyresoIteu w i -
Methodist ChWcl OF the United States. lio read
long paper giving u review Of the CROWN oi tias
clufti from the outset ~ ycarsagO aud particularly
from the ovcr,et of two years ago. The stubborn
facts oi The Freedmen coming into the fold by thpu
sands. aud contributing their money ,laVlaIuS
preacher. told ~ black man. were the nest 'iE
nents presented that day for the capacity oi tic
African race 10 run alone.
Al Tho opening of the meeting on Tuesday, the
President Acknowledged receipt OF several pap.rs
sent into the Committee. One was notice 81 The
John Brown Medal subscription, sent IN 10y the ianal
les. with request that the Conference would sub
sc1be. The request was read, AMI III that way y, -
got smuggled into the proceedings" The official
report let s hope. will repeat the short but generous
llarpers Ferry by Nj Labouaye-who however
stated that it did not lie within the province of the
Conference To subscribe: quite rlght again. An
other was II translation of the John Brown song-not
read Another was a letter from the widow OF Ious.
SAINT LOuNerture, accompanying the portrait or
that great man. Next followed the reading by tho
English Secretary, of letters from John Bigelow and
Wendell Phillips The name OF Phillips was greeted
with earnest applause. His letter gives,
for declining the invitation 10 attend the meeting
that every American who had its announced purposes
at heart was bound TO stay at home where great and
sOrely ypressing work yet 10 be d0ne-wOrk which
the President of the country treated throughout the
missve quite disre5pecfullyl was doing his worst to
render difficult.
Mr.. Laboulayo then addressed the assembly for
half an hour comprehensiyely reviewing the history
and phil0sopkyo of the Abolition movement, from ts
.ptg Of tfltf of Ia
time Regarded merely on the rhetorical side, the dis.
course was veritable masterpiece. AS the names of
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