New-York tribune., 1879-11-22

| one thought with rs all. Either OF the members
could have told what the whole Convention felt.
We felt that the word had Just been uttered when
would be mighty through God, TO the pulling down
of the strongholds of slavery" The Convention
then proceeded to consider the paper II was taken
up, paragraph by paragraph, sentence by sentence
and after five hours of discussion, unanimously
adopted. Then it was engrossed upon parchment
by the late Abraham l.. Cox. NJ d.. ofNew-York. and
on the last day of the Convention signed by all the
delegates. sixty-two in number.
OF this " Declaration of Sentiments" the Magma
Charta of the anti-savery movement. what shall
] sayY As a specimen of vigorous and pure Eng
llsh 1t certainly Will not suffer by comparison with
its model, the Declaration of Independence. The
great struggle which it heraded. and whose prin-
cipes and purposes il SO clearly defined, is now
over, and most Of those whose names were APP
pended TO il have entered upon the life beyond;
but no man possessed of ordinary human sympa-
thics can read 1t even now without being deeply
moved IL is full OF power. Its sentences throb
with moral and intellectual vitality. IL stirs the
heart like the blast of trumpet. No one who
reads it and considers its high purpose and import
will think John G. Whittier eXtravagant when he
said "It Will live as long as our National history.
! love, perhaps too well, the praise and
goodwill of my fellowmen; but | set n higher
value on my name as appended to that Declaration
than on the title-Dage of my book. Looking over
life marked with many errors and shortcomings,
| rejoice that | have been able To maintain the
pledge of that signature and that in the long inter
yening years
Ny voice, though not the loudcst hes been heard
Wherever Freedom raised her cry oi pain"
The Declaration is too long, of course to he cop
led here, but must bring before the reader few
of its tcrse and thrilling sentences:
With cntirc confidence OVerrnling iusficp OF
God We plant ourselves upon the Declaration of ln-
dependence and the truths OF Divine ",catDn as upon
the Everlasting Rock.
We shall organize antsavery societies. II possible in
every ciiy, town and village IN our land.
We shall send forth agents 10 lit up the voice Of
n9nsirapcc, OF @arrlng oi entreaty and reouKe; ana,
We shalI iDculcate unsparlngy ana extensively anti
We hall enlist the pulpit aud the press in the Of
We snall aim at the publication OF The churches from
al participation in the guilt OF slavery.
We shall spare no cNcriIOns nor means TO b1nS the
whole Nation 10 speedy repentance.
Our trust Tor victory IS solely IA God. We may be
personally defeated, but our principles never truth.
Jilucc, sOu, humanity. must aud Will gloriousy
!rumol Already host II coming up TO the hep OF the
1id "Ea-t tue msnty hhd thc prospect peIoic US II
Submitting this declaration to the candid examination
Oi the people or this country. and o the friends Of lib
erty throughout the world hereby milk sigma
u IL, pcdging ourselves that. under the guidance
aud by Tie nep OF Almighty God, we viii do all that in
hes consistently with this declaration Of prncipes
To overcome the most cXecrable system OF slavery That
has ever been witnessed upon earth To our land
from Ms dcacest curse, to wipe oui the iouiest stain
that upon National cscutcreon and 10 secure
10 Inc colnrcd popueon OF the United states all the
glg.'s ad privileges Whch n.ions 10 ihem Us men anu
Americans come what nay 10 our PERSONS our Inter
cs.s reputation; whether we iye 10 witness the
triumph Of liberty Justice and humanity. perish
timely martyrs In this great, benevolent ana holy
cause.
Such was the purpose, such the spirit of Garrison
and the whole anti-slavery movement; such it was
i'll the beginning, such it was in every hour of its
progress. and to the very end Hero is the fanat-
csm the coarse vituporation" wide DIR. Whedonl
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churches turned away in affected disgust and yet
there are those in the churches even al this day
who would, were it possible, hide from future gen.
eratlons the shame of their delinquency, their recre
ancy to humanity and to Christ, and mcany throw
the responsibility therefor upon those whose only
fault was that they showed them the right way and
besought them with many prayers and tears to
enter into IT. There never was an hour when the
ministers and churches of this land If they had had
any heart for the work, or any earnest purpose or
desire 10 overthrow slavery, might not have as
sumed complete control of the antslayery move
ment, and when the prosecuted and mallgned Abo-
tionists would not have received them with shouts
OF galncas. aud, 60 make room for them, consigncl
themselves if necessary to utter obscurIty. Ii was
not that they did not choose TO follow Mr.. Garrison
that of itself a small matter-but Il was that
with the whole question within their grasp. with
did nothng-nay, that they virtually took sides
with the Shareholders, and tried TO screen them
from rebulic, weaving apologies for them ont of
perverted texts of Scripture and encouraging them
to pcrscyere i'll their SIN.
The Convention. after a session of three days,
having completed the work for which il convened,
adjourned sine die. in serious yet hopeful
frame of mind its members returning TO their
respective homes TO do what they might for the
furhcrance of the cause. The president, the Rev.
Bcriah Green, made parting address of singular
cloquence and power. that melted the whole body
into tears. His closing words these:
But now we must retire from these balmy influences
ami breathe another atmosphere. The chill hOar frost
will he upon The storm and tempest VIII Iise and
the Oi cutiOn VIII dash against our souls.
Let he prepared for the worst Let Ms fastcn our
selves Io the throne of God with hooks OF steel II
cling not Ia Him. our names 10 that document 1.-THE
Dccllraonl will hc as dust Let Us court no applause
indulge spirit OF bOasting Let MS he assured
that only hope graphing with the bony monster
Arm that Is stronger than ours Let us fix our
gaze GOd, and walk In the light OF His cOuntenance.
Il lust-and we know 10 is-ls OmnipOtence
Is pledged its triumph Let this cause be entwined
around the very bres or hearts. Let our hearts
grow TO II, that nothing but death can sunGcr the
boEd.
Instantly. upon closing his address, the president,
lifted up his voice in prayer SO tender, so solemn
SO eryent so heartfelt that all present deeply
touched and awcd and then. under the influence
of this baptism from high, the members bade
each other farewell, and went ont to fight great
battle for God and humanity.