Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-07-12

association shall be held In the city Of
Boston on Thursday Of what II known
as "Annivesary Week, y az such place
and with such sessions as the executive
committee may appoint, Of which at
least one months previous notice shall
be publicly given. Other meetings and
conventions may be called by the COM
mittee, according to their judgment, at
such times and places as may seem TO
them desirable. &
Fifth-These articles may be amen
ded at any annual meeting at the asso-
citation, by majority vote Of the MEM
bers present, provided public notice Of
the amendment has been given with
the call for the meeting. elTTls
Officers elected for the years 18s2-SS:
President-William ]. Potter, New Bed
ford, Mass. Vice. Presidents 0ctavious
b. Rockingham, Boston, Mass; Felix
Adler, New York City; George w. Cur
tbs, Staten Island, N. Y; Edward l..
Youmans, New York City; Frederick
Schueuemann Pott, San Francisco, Cal; (;
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cam
bridge, Mass; Elizabeth b. Chase,
Providence, r. l.; George Hoadly, Gin
cinnati, o.; Nathaniel Holmes, st.
Louis, Mo-; Rowland G.. Hazard, Peace
dale, r. L.; Bernard Felsenthal, Chi
cago, ILL.,; Annie L. Diggs, Lawrence,
Kan. Secretary-Frederiek A. Hinck-
ley, Providence, r. /. Assistant Secre-
tary-Chas. HI. Goldman, Boston, Mass.
Treasurer G. Haynes, 45l Wash
ington st. Boston, Mass. Directors
-Four years, Fred. May Holland, Con-
cord, Mass; Mrs. Clara M. Bisbee, Dor
chester, Mass; ]. A. j. Wilcox, Chelsea,
Mass; three years, b. A. Ballou, Prov
idence, r. l.; William ii. Hamien, Bos-
ton, Mass; Anna Garlin Spencer, Flor
ence, Mass; two years, Ednah ID. Che
ney, Jamaica Plain,, Mass; Arthur e.
Hill, Florence, Mass; Richard p, Hal
lowell, Boston, Mass; one year, Chas
d. b. Mills, Syracuse, N. Y; John l.
Whiting, Boston, Mass; Helen M. Ire
son, Lynn, Mass.
The office of the association Is at {;
fremont Place, Boston directly in the
rear of the fremont House), where is al
SO the publication office of The Lader.
All letters pertaining to the business
of the association payment of member
ship fees, orders for its publications, &c.
should be addressed to "Free Religious
Association at the office.
Communications intended specially
for the secretary, as well as his person
al correspondence, should be addressed
to him at Providence, r. l.
F. A. HINCKLEY, Sect'y., F. r. A.
From the foregoing it will be seer
: that the majority of the doctored quo
) tations in the first clipping were man
ufactured in spirit rife with unscru
pulous villainy, and to which the word
of the constitution, as correctly report
: ed above, give the direct lie. Whel
! Judge Hoadly became member Q
! the association Ralph Waldo Emerson
i headed the list of vice presidents, a
: he continued to do until he died. Bel
! nard Felsenthal, of Chicago, one O
I the vice-presidents, as seen above, Is
!, Jewish rabbi; Geo. VIM. Curtis is th
: editor OF Harper's Weekly; E. |
f Youmans of the popular Scienc
e Monthly, Thos. Wentworth Higgir
!. son is Unitarian clergyman, VIII
! ! raised the first colored regiment i
! the United States service; and tru
n transcript of the history Of the societ
e will show thai Catholics, evangelic;
9 Christians liberals of all forms 9
= opinions, Jews, and Spiritualists, {
Q we'll as unbelievers, have been we
coined to the platform at its anniver
n sary exercises. The fact is Hoadly
a Christian gentleman, a member OF tt
Unitarian Church, corner Seventh an
e Plum streets, of Cincinnati, a Fle'
d mason, knight Templar, and all I'll
: Iinfdel stuff Is bosh.