The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-07
THE ANNIVERSARIES.



Addresses By Rev. DR.. Thompson ana New.
DIR. NorthrOp.
The twenty FIRST anniversary " me American n1s'on-
arv Association was he,d at Cooper Institute yesterday
The proceedings were commenced at o'clock r n,
vhen thu Rev Dr. Joseph p. Thompson announced that
parochaI duties prevented the attendance OF the pres
Sant of tne Association Rev. Dr. Kirk, OF Boston, and
chat IN consequence the duty Of presiding would devolvs
uuou him The exercises then opened By the Rev.
pr Taylor, Secretary OF the Bible Society who read the
e7,h Psalm and offered up prayer
Mr. srRIEsY Secretary Of the society, then read the
report Of the socstys transactions for the past year.
which went 10 state that the association had now
completed The sixth year Of Its labor among the freed.
men and the twsnty-frst OF its existence when the
sna here near wsss
the nrst slave ship landed is cargo the ASSOCIATION
established It's frs. freedmsn's school, and them
N ssionanes and clothing THIS was followed by similar
steps elsewhere and when emancipation became the
foreshadowed result Of the war, the association felt
royidentialiy called and Tilted 70 devote itself
mainly to the elevation Of the freedmen. Il has re-
spondsd that call with clothing schools and the in
struction and consolat Of religion and mssiona
res ANA teachers nov among them number over 47O ia
scholars 900, anu s apptopr ATOMS money
and clothing for the ast year we're more than the third
Will Baptsts IN 1884 adopted Il AZ their channel for
reaching the freedmen. ins Ma ona, Council OF ,on-
other organizations and recommended their special
instrumentalny for the great work among the freed
the Reformed Dutch Church likewise commsSdsd !, 10
their churchcA Individual churches OF other denomi
nasions have also contributed 70 M funds Abroad the
Congregational Union OF England and Wales the Gene
raj Assemblies q scotland and the Presbyterian Synod
In Canada have placed record their approval Of It's
boea received from France and Switzerland. After
reciting the unsecaran and evangelical character OF the
association the report continues There million
schooi children among the freedmen. They need
to-day twenty thousand teaches salaries alone
ao,s $3.50 per no. snna n would S.d cost
societies. and in private schools taught BY native
ored persons less than Two thousand. OF these
this association has larger number than any other
organization All It's teachers missionaries, and,
with scarcely dosen exceptions. all its missionaries
thirteen religious denominations and laboring in
twenty States The necessity for the establishment Of
normal training schools for those people who
desire to Of themselves for teaching IS enlarged on,
two Of this character Zone 1t Charleston and another at
s eo
taught TO read within tho past two years Only
missionary has been sent into tho foreign field during
Tho receipts Of the last year s25Sooo for the
ssven months Of TINS fiscal year sl4s 600 larger
or in part suspended
Tho report CLOSES BY giving the following statistics as
fresdmen's schools whole number or teachers Of
day schools 40; number Of scholars in day school,
2soos; number Of scholars IN nigntkchooi sio; whole
gsk per cont; number in Sabbath schools, Is, 010
After The rspcrt had been road the Rev. Dr. Thomp,
Of the administration Swallowed forth whom he len
this country about year since and remarked that the
In public opinion regarding the freedmen had been 80
sudden and thorough that his return here could
d @ since tho se
slave with the ballot had made him sought AFTER by the
iesd he North in the matter Of his social eevst:on
me action Of the southern people would spur the North
= doing their duty and especially 10 this STATE in The
expected 70 the property qualification the an
chss swsps away, and negroes allowed TO vote pre-
long hence black jurors Ia the courts and he had
almost ~ We might see black Mayor, though It
That elncs any blacker than II has often been Laugh
tsr He oloced ~ hoping and expressing tho assurance
On Be- , ou .
" %s,k y!h8n eN oPSsUp T GelV5 Or rsce
introduced He said that the objects the association
were % patent and appealed forciby every Chris
ssssas them forth The temporal and spiritual sieysson
d che freedmen was work IN which al might engage
directly No.hios nov stood between the late slaves
< lie. the blessed Gospel In almost every other
tempted long preparatory process was neces-
sasy 70 a. that race to make them proficient 10
was no, 80; the preparatory process ended. Being
fnsc'ivey RELIGIOUS apt and apxious to learn letters
Bat - Voc Sos &c
6,na. ws az proper ss, appliances q ne South
Their, done by William Knbe among the blacks
the island Of jamaica The speaker then oombated
the theory that the Southern belonged
srior race and said that n such theory Il only
made our responsibility toward them the greater The
freedmen wcre tractablc, tsachable and innAtely |
religious The most momentous question now
put into tho hands Of the Americas people
for solution was this question OF the negro and
bis social slsvaton-his education and moral welfare
He hoped and believed that the good work would 70 on
anil that people morally and sociay elevated would DO
held up 70 the world BY the nation the fruit OF the
war, tie spolis Of our victory.
Tue audience then sang tho hymn "Hail 70 the Lords
Anoinled," afysr which letter read from Rev. T.
l. Cuyier D. D., who was advertised 10 address the
nesting but Who was prevented nom attending by in
dispostion
Arcr few remarks from Mr. John B. Cough, in favor
OF the objects d the association the exercises were
ole sod with the doxology and bsnediction.