Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-04-22

Tho anniversary In PAtladsapAia, yesterday,
calls % mind the facts-nov little known-thAs
thsrs was . serong and Widespread feeling Of 4
opposition 10 the syslsm Of slAvssy, In The Lest
quarter Of the last century, and that socistiss TO
Oppose it were oEganixsd N ssvssA Of ~
6taass. Tia Oldest society NM that which esls-
bsassd its Osntsnnial In PhiladAphia, ysstaslay;
thsa followed the Dodisty Of New York, ossanis-
ed N l7ss. ot whish John Jay wAs Prsaiaast ;
then the Society Of this 1sass-D slAwazs-in |
1853 then, In l7s9, Societies In Maryland and
Rhode Island In 1850, the Connecticut Society
headed By Precedent Ssilss, Of Yals College and
in l7si Society Of Virginia, and h ina thas Of
New Jsrsey. In January, 1854, Convention
Of these organizations was held In Philadelphia,
: the chief Of whose acts Wan the adoption Of ..
memorial to Congress, In reference TO the slave
: trads.
T. TIA Society Of Delaware had IN sxistsnos, nm
doabtsdy, but the circumstances Of ID career
: are now mostly lost In l7oe u. Brssot do War
villa, an Intelligent and philanthropic FRENCH
man. member Of the ''Philanthropao Soeisty"
/ Of Paris, visited this country, and wrote very
u fully In reference to the ststs Of feeling on tho
:, question Of Slavery. Great influence bad been
exerted by the organization Of the Philadelphia
Society, and he adds that "They are eudeav-
: orng 70 form similar institutions in other States
l. and have succeeded in the State Of Delaware
Again. he says. 1t length and more particularly
II "Ths little four Dimensions were even then
Or thought limited, it seemsl State OF Delaware haa
'e followed the example Of Pennsyvania. Instances
d. Of giving freedom are numerous. 1n this State
famous for the wisdom Of it, laws, for it, goo<
NJ faith and federal patriotism, resides that angs
70, Of pesoe. Warner Miffiin. Like Benezet, b
be occupies his time in extending the opin
ion Of his Society relative TO tho freedom Of tn
M blocks, and providing for their existence an
w, their instruction. II il in fact 10 his zeal h'
nas Ia owing the formation Of society In that 6ta'
eO after the model Of tho one in Philadelphia, Il
Ter the abolition Of Slavery"
mi How long the Delaware Society existed. und
ing tho active efforts Of Warner Mifiin and his .
,ol sociatss ia uncertain, but in 1877, the minut
the OF the Pennsylvania Society show the receipt Of
the communication from the Delaware organization
ton saying that in consequence Of their ANAL MUIR
pom Der and the low state Of their funds which We
ads inadequate to meet their necessary expense
lem they had become discouraged, and were consi
Ter, ering the step of suspending their operation
he'd committee Of the Philadelphia Society, 90
ON. sisting Of T. Harrison, T. Parker, and G. W
mo- liams, was appointed to visit Wilmington n
Itch encourage the Society there, and grant
way twelve pounds ten ahilliDgs per quarter for Z
cen next two yeArs, was made to assist them. The
hen is some evidence that the Delaware Society !
Who NAMED in existence - late - 1888.
or Endorsed by names such As Benjamin Fran
the lin, Benjamin Rush, John Jay, and Preside
or Stiles. in the North, and by men like
and rick Henry and St. George Tucker. Of Virgin
'een this movement against Slavery In the closi
'ont years Of the last century, WAS strong and rel
fend table, but it met An opponent still stronger VII
nder IL encountered those n sterial interests Of
cruel and power which formed the support Of al
Lined institutions The promise OF speedy growth
upon anti-slavery opinion, which looked 80 bright
after our revolution, faded away in the b.
rces' passage Of Time, and instead Of the benehc
lar influences Of philAntbropic organization,
than plantation whip nourished over and contro
past the opinions Of American society.