, 1877-10-26
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Anniversary Of the Illinois Anti-slav-
cry Convention at Alton.
Sons Interesting "reminiscences II lie Leading
lboilfqnistl u tht STATE.
Organization Of the First Society Against
Human Bondage.

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The late Of this issue Of THE TRIBUNE is tho
fortteth anutvc,ary of thc boIlinr ri one of tho
.,n., -. .a...tI,., ..h,at, ~. toa,
'o'. -. WY" ..s ~ sa
attehdeo IN ILLINOIS, MOI toneutut'onai Con-
lature, for auy cheap ward politician eau elect a
srnatnr In .u,c ri thosc hfrl{c.-nf,t an asaocfa.
.,nm ~ t,"'' aI " so,u ~. rsnna,,rn" dn,.,as aa ~
what % th.r h,'w natnu ~ asn. hut ~ as.em. NJ
viction and determination. bent on at lent ex.
pressing IN opinion afnut~-or filing protcst
against-wFat was then considered an evil, a
!;.1s41 ;ar1s,t'n'' 4'"'' sVen worse' ~roDr-hana"
To rcsItc the sttuatlon Of tho State at that
ttne--fuinct ma It wus 10 n siayc STATE On tfc
southwcst--wGtt,d he to write the carly history
of thn Commonwealth oytr agair, and tlat ia 10
watulcr outside tha [ntcutiou, Is 1null, 40 a. 10
write tho biography Of f.oyeloy, which should
be, ami IL. k1Hjwn fuii wejl.
flr assembly whtch met fortv years ago to-
d9y was ls'Eats @ s s,1 , h, Antsass1y ~
Nj, s"n g., f nt,t1r irt7 s,1 IL H. ~. ar,nat
n" sr a,.u ,,iy ~ y, 1t n M r,tra n ri ~ ~, @
N'*ertr, ,'a'e,l n IVY: THIS Is IN The form, Of
ramnhict "l thirty.rtx page oI cnEsous:y old
@ nsop,e of ta.tc: hui these t!1'nrs commend thc
snrnc 70 hIllinphlles aud desctndantsu uf forn,er
ase Who l"sc To remind themselves OF what they
ars anu nave oeen.
the delegates to this Convention were Of those
people uf the State Of Illinois who were favor.
able to the immediate abolition uf slavery with
nIt.s. with a charming Innocence of the sonnI nf
tht1Eb In cause utl'l cNeet II ronse1'lcncc Hf
the Intrusion Of a number Of disosdcrly persnne,
the Convention did not duly organizes
until the afternoon" There is moth
ing more atnnt nartyrdom than
abatement TINT t!,t stotcrs pr,ke up the meet
lug at one time. The call for the Convention,
s!gnes! BY Elijah T. 1orejnr. touched or, the fart
that the o:trz~r press had been shree times 'le.
atrnscd In Alton ln the space Of lttIe more
than one Jcar4 calling thtib to mind the history
oE TINT teses of at'tlsce Wh'ci eliminated In the
tra91eal death OF Luvelof.
THE NosrKn or T1!R CONTENTION
WAS formed by tho cnroltncnt Of the following
names:
70 D1rit.s counfg-A. Kent. Q: v; Fuller.
ia5at:e ;t;, g9a"'k hli" Aaon 'lateh; n,.
rc"eh. N"sSs I,artc1 II. r. '1A"'' '' d. a'ef' T.
rfprsa conntvI, Purtef, Aasvrl Russell,
1GseM,T Counfv-R. t;fosyrnor. '~"'
.1fef<dn coan'y-C. L.; Watson.
Itaatoek Coaaiv-A. Work.
80 Adants toanfg1A. Turner. nufus: Brown. 4.
Kcye'. g 'rga Wes!Eate. Nohett f. Vance, navth
.se!eoHt 1T. y: DGe. ran I.atE ieFi st.il.
na William s h'roy Hfassn"s nn. neh1Th. u: aitkln.
1inhh;n. # II snnM A"' \" "''ap''1' ~
.uoryan conafp~E. Boccher, r. wolco.t VIII.
Inn Cnrtaf T., Jcnney, 4, u, Hitchcock, E. ii.
Turner.
Sd"gda.o connfp-C. Lrman, L. N. 1tansom,
Tho.naA Gnlt. nf' John Lyman:
>, Grtfn Goaaty-tosenh 4, ttsF{ish. James uronn,
t,;. e. M,,, M,HYeoae'' 'oah o. @o9''il a.
."S Haad inantMun n.ot'ii ii,,c. n, wh,,,1..r~
1'" uaS"vnn IGa" IounipnGS,s soa m "3f lisetbe3nf = NJ
tistontla Tfrriiory-Thomaa 0segz.
y MadEson Connty-N.J j. Atwell. A. Lindsey, ".
F. Yam Mctcr Z. T: l0rcloy. !, Y. tttsycs, T.
y. Ant!h1~ danes Enrpcntet. .; ". Hunter, D.
:. Manton: =; Dsnn1aon 0eprTS Wtlson llubbsll
;IsrR a:~"t Moora w;t.,d II y; fAKT FS sonn D.
1inrnt, IL tfn,,sm' i nrtrs = II uh;nn. ~
fannrr' william ifnrnrd. N. forhra. If t5sttan,t.
er, ii. Etearns, Samuel Thonp.vn, il, Wclicr.
Thomas NaplcA, ". L, ChaptleIl. d. Dicotl b..
Homer.