The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-08
Anniversary Of the American Anti-sIa.
very Society. rTyq.

.... - New YORK, May z.
The 34th anniversary of the American Anti
Slavery Society was held this morning al
Steinway Hall. The attendance was large and
included number of coiored people. Wen
dell Phillips, who presided, made an address,
giving favorable account of the present sta
tus and future prospects of the organization.
A number of resolutions were passed. Amongst
them one favoring the removal of the traitor OF
the White House; and another expressive of
want Of confidence in Congress, which is ac-
cused of "bartering duty and national security
for party supremacy and personal aggrandize
ment." -.. .,....l |--IH
Wendell Philips was the chief speaker, and
introduced series of resolutions, which were
adopted thanking God that they had met at
last in the midst of nation thoroughly in
earnest in the purpose to found their institu-
tons on the corner stone of absolute Justice,
and already far advanced in the accomplish
ment of its purpose, declaring the oaths of
southern white men, and the provisions of
southern State Constitutions altogether too
slight and uncertain guarantee of the civil
and political rights of the negro; that in the
judgement Of tais Society, the course of the
39th and 10th Congress betrays too clearly
that our danger lies in the resumption by its
members of the old, corrupt practices, bar
gaining and trading of ordinary politics to
which the enthusiasm of the war years put for
time stop, and in all the recent inaction of
Congress, on important questions, we see evil
dence that its members were bartering duty
and national security, for party supremacy and
personal aggrandizement; that legal guaran.
tees Of the Negroes freedom and equality should
be provisions in the Constitution, forbidding
any State to debar him from civil ahd political
rights, declaring it the right and duty of the
Government to secure general education
throughout the Union, declaring that the ma
tion it to its self respect, to justice to it's
future security and to the present safetyof the
coiored race, redeemed by SO much blood,
to impeach and remove the traitor of the White
House at once, and every hour that Congress
puts off that action it ins ults the nation dis
graces its law, jeopardizes its future, delays
justice and makes more and more innocent
blood cry out to God against us, urges the
friends of freedom to keep ceaseless watch on
the Supreme Court and the present efforts of
the rebels to make it block the wheels of the
Government, warning our lately freed fellow
citizens of the South that the offered friendship
and political cooperation of Southern white
men is a snare to make them the tools of their
own ruin; expressing the conviction that the
next Presidential election will be the most mo-
raentons one ever made on this continent, and it
bebooves all to see that we do not drift into in
competent or unfriendly hands, through heed
less hero worship and blind party spirit, since
we must put thorough loyalty, ripe statesman
ship and decided purpose at the helm. or we
dose half the fruits Of this terrible conflict; ex
pressing confidence in the people; declaring
that If Gov. Eyre goes unwhipped of justice it
will be another proof that England is ruled by
the pro-slayery spirit which covered the con-
fe.' crate pirates with English protection.
Letters were read from Gems. Saxton and
Butler, expressing regret at their inability to
that IL the Government should expend millions
on the education of the negroes the amount
would he repaid with interest i'm few years
Mr. Durant, of New Orleans, Rev. Mr.. Chad
wick of Brooklyn, and Wells Brown, colored,
also addressed the meeting.