The Portland daily press., 1868-05-28
MASS ACHUsETTs.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW ENGLAND ANTI
| SLAVERY SOCIETY.


SLAVERY SOCIETY.
| BOSTON, May 27.-The thirty-eighth annua
| convention of the New England Anti SLAYER,
| Society was held to-day in the Meionian thC
| President, Mr.. John Z. Sargent, presiding
| Wendell Phillips presented a series of resoln
tons and advocated their adoption in speech
marked by more than usual force. inyectivt
and satire. He denounced Grant and Colfax
the Republican and Democratic parties the
Cbfef Justice and Republican Senators who
voted TOR the acquittal of the President, and
said that radio alism had been killed by the
failure of impeachment. He however trusted
to the genius of the century and the laws OF
trade and political economy to bring all ont
right in the end, and save the negro from de-
struotion.
Stephen s.. Foster followed Phillips in a
speech of similar tenor.
The following is one of Phillips resolutions
in full:
Resoloed, That in the drunken man, the dis
nohored magistrate, the vagabond brawler, the
treacherous chief, the stirrer up of sedltion
the mobocrat the patron of counterfeiters, the
pardoher OF murderers, the usurper of dan
ferrous powers, the conspirator against the
peace of the nation and the execution of the
laws, the llDeler of Congress, consorting with
repeis, IN al THESE the nation finds President
guilty Of high crimes and misdemeapors. .
anu recognizes in those who vote him inna-
cent only his comrades and TOOLS
IN, Inc other resolves, in substance, are: LIST.
Inat the defeat of impeachment at the hands
OF the Republican party justifies the nation in
duct of the President demonstrates him to be
guilty OF high crimes and misdemeanors .
ID, That the nomination OF Grant and Colfax
IS weak yielding to availability. 4th, Con-
demns the "a resolve of the Chicago platform.
9th, Protests against the admission of the
rebel States until the National Constitution
shall guarantee suffrage to the blacks. 9th,
PREDICTS, II admitted at present, we shall have
another malignant-political power built up at
the South to contend with. 7th, Condemns
the Republicans as the first regulators, in
falling to pay the negro soldiers for their SER
vices. 9th, Condemns Grant for his indiffer-
ence respecting outrages on the Southern
blacks. 10th, Denounces the acquittal of the
PRESIDENT and demands the expulsion of the
recreant Senators, and calls for new articles of
lmpeachmen4. 18th, Denouncess the Demo-
cratic party. 18th, Criticises the Chicago plat
form for fall lg to demand negro suffrage.
ANNUAL PARADE OF MILITIA.
The annual May parade of the Massachu-
sets militia took place to-day 1t was the
largest since the war. All arms Of the service
Were represented and each appeared in excel
lent condition and with full ranks.
SHOCKING MURDER AT KINGSTON.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, May 81. Cornelius
Holmes, brother of Alexander Holmes, former
ly President of the Old Colony railroad, was
found murdered about 7 o'clock this morning
In by-road near the back entrance to the GEM
etery in the adjoining town of Kingston, with
his brains beaten out. 1t is stated that at s
o'clock last evening while he was at the house
of Samuel Andrews, boy came to the door
and delivered to him note, upon which he re-
marked that he must be going, and started by
path across the cemetery for the Stony Brook
neighborhood at the depot. Mr.. Holmes was
quite wealthy man, but not being of strong
mind, his property had been mostly held in
trust. 1t is known that he received quite large
sum of money yesterday, which was found upon
him. 1t is supposed the murderer was frightened
away before robbing his victim. The scene of
the murder gave evidence of violent struggle
No positive clue has been obtained of the muir
derer, and the widest excitement and suspicion
prevails in the usually quiet town of Kingston.