The New York herald., 1869-05-13
AMERICAN ANTi-sLivsaY SocETf.

last Day Of the Anniversary Meeting-A
COiored states Ri2his Adv0ratc-Ssc cpIicn
{. Foster Rampant ON Agrs,rianism-Ail
Slavery, Physical and Spiritual, t0 be-
Abolished.
The second and last days meeting OF this years
anniversary OF the American Anti-Savery Society
was held yesterday, at Dodworth Hail, on Broad
way opposite Eleventh street, Mr.. Wendell! Phillips
IN the chair. This was what has been named
business meeting. The preceding days proceedings
were speech-maKiDg Yesterday the actual 'bus-
ness'' Of the anniversary, the election OF officers for
the present year and the platform OF principles by
which the Anti Slavery Society is to he governed
hereafter, TO be attended to and completed.
The number OF those present was very small, not
more than about twenty five persons beng IN the
hall at one time, of whom nearly one-ourth were
negroes one of whom was referred Ia as the "Hon-
orable" Mr.. Turner. OF Georgia. Several Friends"
OF the old school were also present. but took no
part in the proceedings. amt neither spoke Tor
voted. Among the ladies' who attended Mrs. Grew
participated actively, made very warm speech IN
favor OF the project SHE proposed ond towards the
close OF the meeting she had quite tit of words
with the Rev. stephen c. Foster, az viii presently
be
The formal business of the meeting was the cleo
tion of officers, which resulted al the officers of
the previous year being re-eiected.
Mr.. PHILLIPS stated that there was not so much
money in the treasury as was stated, the Whole
amount being no! In OF ST. 100. some further
remarks were made, wheu
MIR. AARON VI. POWELL took the stand and spoke
IN highly enlogstc terms of the results achieved by
the agitation of the society in favor of the breaking
OF the chains which Kept the black IN bondage
In the south.
Mrs. GREW followed She advocated the doubling
Of their subscriptions 10 The N,tnid for the sup
port OF that paper was wonderfully important IL
being the moral educator Of THIS nation anu dis
seinina,ing trose very pr'hcpes Wuch snr,,. G cahe
essence Of Christianity. IL would only he necessary
10 support that paper for few months or ut furthest
for a year, to press the adoption OF the hiteenth
amendment and then the whole WORK OF the society
would he completed.
Dr. HAILctK took exception to this. Having
liberated the negro, he asked. shall we now fold our
arms and sit downf Tncy were Ectoirners, ana
opposition to slavery IN any FORM physical as wei
question ~ capital aDd labor: There Is komanisni,
which CONSIDERS democracs as great sin a. Socm.
ianism Itself. All these questions are TO lie aEaicd
by the society. IN order TO disenthrall the human
race from all slavish degradation.
Mr.. g. u. STEgBINs, Of Michigan. believed mat
with the enlraDchscnent OF the negroes inc goal
was not vet reached. II was necessary that the
freedmen should bc made landowners. Mr. George
W. Julian, member of Congress from Indiana aud
chairman OF the Committee on PuDlc lands. had
told him that there were large tracts of public lands
IN the South available for negro settlements II the
policy of the government could he shaped IN that
direction but that the wealthy rebels are owning
and buying up millions upon millions of acres In
order 70 exclude the negroes from becoming land
owners. senator Harris Of LOUISIANA. told MN
that there was no trouble with the freedmen N they
are led and paid as agreed to: but that the mean
hard, graspinp rebels wrinp the hearts blood out "
the poor coored men, aud then refuse to pay them
the stipulated price.
Mr.. PnttLfrs-rhey are not always rebels vino DO
that.
Mr.. srrBBiSs sssen,ed TO this correction, and pro-
ceened 10 state thai u, one parish IN Louisiana,
where Mr. Ncddcll received 400 cplored republican
votes m April, 1865 Grant received not one In No
veriher. because over LOO negroes were brutaly
murdered IN cold blood during ths summer.
irof WnCoN gave his reasons why The protest
against abolisblng elective government IN the Dis
tric OF Columbia should he adopted, that being OnN
means 10 deprive the freedmen OF The ballot and
the experiment bcing once tried Washington, The
proposition viii bc made % govern all the southern
states Nv commissioners and abolishng elective
governments there altogether, and thus rendering
nugaiory the political righs now gwen 10 the col
ored people.
Mrs. FtASCrs /. HARPER colorcd. from the south
spoke anuut the difficulties between the races w the
South. ana she would ask the American pcopie
whether there H. nope, means tO stup TINS muir
dcrY She would ~ out herself and lecture, II she
could do anything aud cut her own fodder anu
finally callcd upon the Hon Mr.. Tuner, coorcd
Mr.. TteSEg said thai II the President could bc Nv.
flueuCcd 10 issue proclamation, 10 order "ls''
generals 10 bold the entire ncghborhcod for 1--WE ar
Zen miles responsible or the murder of freedman.
or T Congress- woul furnish them arms and aninid-
milton. ihen tiicy would protect themselves. Uali
dozen members Of Congress had told him to go and
procure arms ana protect themselves; but they
would not speak ont openly IN Congress.
W. r. Pown.L tcooredh OF New York dssencn
from this. Thc federal government has nothing 10
do with the administration NJ municipal law III tc
states and II was asking too much. In regard to
lnu,,s be- said that the Homestead law already pro.
| vdes tnut negroes ~ well as white men may settle
upon public domain equal terms. IA TO arms,
he thought they nceoed no physical force. the tine
| for hghtng ~ over. Thcy should now go To WORK
| and earn their independence.
| gisSER replied that two hundred and eighty nine
republicans white ana hlnck, were Killed ~ Georgia,
! aud no one punjshcu, az the moral scisC VI Tue