, 1874-06-11

Reunion began yesterday morning at 5:3o ocloclt,
in tho First Congregational Church. Owing TO
tho extreme carlncss Of tho hour the atte1:d-
anco was quito small at first, though 1t Increased
greatly before noon. III the absence Of tho
President, one Of tho Vico-presdcnts, Samuel
D. Hastings, Of Wisconsin, cnllod tho conron-
ton to order, mud prayer was offored by AIr.
Dawes, Of Wiscousin, and verso Of "Amorica" "
was sung.
.ANTI-sLAvEEY REFORMATION IN
CENTRAL NEW YORK.
Tho Rey. Hiram Eooto theu rcnd the following
"reminiscences:
1t might bo difficult for amy ono to toll uB how
and when the Anti-slavory reformation COM
moncod in Central Now York. Ihhall only spoak
OF tho time nna circumstances whom it began to
orystalllzo and tako form in debates and organ
izations Of Antl-SIavery sentiment. Thage had
always been among tho early hettlera Of tho
Empire stuto oppossrs OF slavery. Tho first
Abolition Society OH this continent was orgau-
lzcA in tho City Of Now York in 173j, under tho
P restdenoy Of Johu Jay. Two years afterwards
IAN Abolition Society was orgaui1ed In philatel-
plia, under tho Presidency OF Beujamin frank
lin. History informs us TINT these societies
multiplied not only at tho North, but Ia tho
South.
ANT1-sLAyEnY wAa 7HEN POPULAR,
and pro-Slavory at discount. It waH during
THIS bright ora that the ORDINANCE Of 1857 wns
passed, which sayod tho enliro Northwest from
tho curse Of Slavery, which abolished slavery iu
III o oaon ~ ',a;a,arao " - ,,r ;aa s,,anoa a.,
In, ~ s,a1"nav ,no,, tn slovc'trn,Ia VIII In
,Jastrmction * it, s,ayn-tratlo onr fntl,ers hn.
v rostod ,,nnu tha lSurala won in T tho nnst. my,
Totore1' t,a,nsoivea ,r;th lonca of an ofni,m tio
ot ~o d;atnnt fnt,'ro "''@ 1'eeS' ~ ~'~'l'S''0N
In ,ho ,neant,mo slaycry became nroAt.n,o,
Eji whitney gaye to tin South tho cntton.,.i,,'
d VIII Il ~ u ,yoa rn,,dsro ,roItaSta'
91at "a ~ vsa'.i an5 no,sor amI rassion y. fonn
1,osaestdon of tho i,onrts Of sInvohnlt1ors. tibn
South crew rich on lie fruits Of muronuitcd toil.
fa,r,fsrtnrers and marrha,Its At the Norll, aharod
IN tin snoiia. Ihoso nri,,ceIy ordo,s from i'm
annt,, o,iotod tho conae;nnro. nnJ san,ol1 tha a
linB of ChristionB mud OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nt thn
NORTH, 1t tits junctnre,' ' 1'''~ " '@'0
of u,ovanidors "a tlo;r fr;o,u1a ~ ,,-r, +,o
,C.o,.n;ynt;on goc;at. II hat1 T." h;rtt H.; WoaI'o
nutn IN 1H1i; S1sycho1Iars wero In NJ nrimr;na,
of4cors nuG Conpresa d;,l It rnvrrence. EEnrlnnd
Nep' .no unelc"' Hiea u aponlloa burning
sjnye Nv IN s Hmcr;ca m4 rora dcroivcd bv tat tn
1amlR.facof, hvhr;d nn1 nut ~ Me
sdar Of tilo slayo's en'ancipation hnif cont,,rT
AS to
ri uiovorv nnI rnfInI n,,nr t,o ,,rl,,;t AND rras
to a,'niorizn far and iustffy ta srcuraa13 paaS
nv stom Sjnyory was rar" hx o@sateo
,rHnrt1nauta i,ccinrei1 n ho unn,tioua,o h. t,,o
.i3lble md admittod by tho leailin" mi1a ot t1,o
,naton to ho n ,,ornet,1ni institn,S l'%'A "a 'po
In the midst OF this corrupt xro.
s,ouEna anorIrlosts,1 ~ nopx
I gball loayo It for ablor Y,ona linn n,,nn n
,epca Of It's iu1anoy nnd to aora s u1,o ,nnt,o 70
straurlo it, '@' -
ma iufaut Nlogea yoB In M mora dancor ~
death from tho assasnna of Errnt tnan t,,;a ia
,Anti.S'nyory ittnnt frnm mojorn p,nr,ai,a ,u'