The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 3

ns? 1 I 18 3 8 I fr has of the poor deluded man stealer and may the Gi On I Aowthan that of my oppressed brethren and sisters 1 1 ngle 1 this 'i 11' 4 1 tn i CJkUCo av 1ft lieu WpU? nual RttjSort will be read And addresses which there will be a meetin for the choicest' officer Vopenlv i mother icenes tould jffie and to ex The suf may excite rn I our And es and ns I mob 6f flood oil of :1 sis ihad of the kid I I nn 4 vii The women have held their Convention to finish their businessin midst of the fearful agitation1 Their moral daring i pieaa tne causje ot peace and universardibertyU and other busineMA' GBOCiT BECKWITH BotfmMay 19 r1838 9 Ci 1 A Tirt fih4 itAial i i a Council atly number not exceeding five emaleSo yw tfMAf 1AC nthn hnvAr '41 ain r' their directors as delegates The'edticationof the'ris ing generation' whoare to beyupy the seats insociety uat ait? uv uarcivrah i "i Wr? parsed fromNmouth in Igss than fifteen minutes "several IS? 1 1 ''1 sct Anre im auuuuiiM hi oixuiircei aim tin mediately a 1 viw host tof persons seen coming down 1 Col Watniough the high I iJo 111 me iieuu ine party' No sooner had' this: officer arrived in anuillev entrance than JI mstnTi nrirkittlrpf sands and continually receiving 'uinentationspj aPPafenlty as we believed fr9m pridou was injurea oui ine cir Icufnstancecreated for a few minutes immense Col however femainedand marshalled I his forxce and after about an hour this affair was also terminated without farther violence? Thus closed the events the quiet not having been fully restored until after mid night "It iHoibe Jtoped that this was the final termination of these unhappy tr KA and obleJ ipori except among a portion ofvriends on the subject of Heaven krows has 1 lety in NeW England but how can it dd BO if the eci aut iuere umu vuuji wn wat can win not come up tne vonynuon the expense even of some incon vcnience and selfd ne Vp at the altar in this chy with whose poetigenius both Europe and America a pours forth of his soul in vi of the fearful scenes at Philadelphia in the followia than ig rqb rinity apolo: when ntiori they TU 7 awv slJlclwii JIVLll 11K2 ILOiy 11 1111 vl XXCilvfJIl' config pviiig At beck ye send your sons hunt down Indian wives or to lhe lash Yes and their bones' Whitening midwam ps and everglades 'Where no friend goes to give them graves 3Prove that ye are not slaves I At beck the veryhands Ye lift to heaven to swear free Ai Will break a truce to seize Ihjrlanda Of Seminole or Cherokee! 7" 4 tear a flag that Tartar hordes I I 'Bespect and shield it their Vengeance is thine Almigbty God! i' es 'Is a 4 lv ikvvt 4 4b rf' ir 3 UallVC UvUUUidiCC xven now i sce tnee take thy rod i tThy thunders leashed and growling fouhd Slip them not yetinmercy Deign if Thv wrath vet Inncrer tr rnstruin fc 'e' 4 let thy kingdom Slavery come et Church let State receive thy dahin ZJZ Det pulpit press and hall be If so' the brotherhood ordain JJluss her ownindignaut spirit Shall still speak and men shall heir it Yes while at Concord a stoney 'X 'I'll 6 pt Zk Ann 4lr 'A imk While a shaft at Lexington' (Z Or half a one' on yp There shsfll she sutnd and strike her lyre'Z Truth and reedom shall stand by her 2 should she thence by mobs be driven ZCZZ or purer heights plume her wing Spuming a land of slaves to heaven 4 rif where she can safely sing 1 God of our fathersspeed her thither 4 rl God of the let me go with her ttv' The atrocious comments of the mob exciting ed 1 itors'of the New York Journal p( Commerce Commer cial Ad vertjserBostoqGazetterj3os ton Courier' and luuruiiig xusisccl preceamg: page upoi ine rjois in Philadelphiapwould disgrace even fiends Verily those bloody mifided men havea fearful account to seqle be tween God and their own polluted soulsl iw oil Mil III II I ulllti May IB 12 D' of the dedicator bv AVU PHILADELPHIA UNDER THE DOMINION A4 COLONIZATION' AND PB SLA VE Yt MOBf' Deax BrOTUEK jMob lawis still triumphant' with me 'the scenesof A Hall erected for free discussion dnd dedicated prvfexsidly' to liberty and laid in hard ly "an effort being ma Mayor city Ruthori prevent' No proclamations made no placards put up warn inland the citizens mr KtnV nt though the mob began to assemble in the morn ing openly hying their plans and uttering aloud their threats to destroy the building can learn of the efforts of the Miyor 'is that he made a speecji'to the mob just before the'Hall was broken nnjd fired for which they cheered him as report says 7 All' law human divine nil authority an 1 igoverniperit of God or man were prostrate duing the Sight I went down'll) of desolation this Thousands were there exulting in thedestructit ho! Hall and ope tly Coasting of the had in the workpThe cityup Pi M) seems to be under the control of the mob their wrath has been as yet restrained fromurtoppm ed citizens pfcSXl The cause of this' yuffian outrage hitrtd to pur oppressed fostered cheried nnd increased Jby that of concentrnte majignitv frau I injustice arid oppressibn ATHE'i AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY its AUXILIARIESJJ15' ferocious mob and burning of that Hill be attributed tori he American and Pennsylvania CylohiZa UUU ooeieues xaney nave uone wnat they could cite hatred in our hearts towards our same and lowivnlgar abuse' is' bandied about' among these ferocious men which I hajye? hear 1 from Elliot fCressoii Gurley Wilbur and other agents and advocates of thafriessence of all aliomina tions'This city too is full of imeri stealers women and kidnappers 'from the' I saw them inithe mob yesterday urging them on IsaJr them amidst the mob to dayj glorying in the justifying th? spirit of murder and destruction which they had exhibitedand openly declaring that if another was erected that should lie do southern robbers and men stealers abuse the kindness and hpspi laiuy oi me norm 1 ney are welcomed to our cities and towns and tos Tvpay us uul uvtb7 oromers ana sisters and children mobs lead them on to violence murder bi public buildings and lay out houses in ashes the ri? rufliah slaveholders' our ministers are determined to hail as" good christia: Jout a snort distance rom the place more than 10000 assembled to fire xhe city and murder our citizens excited and led on bv slaveholders arid colonizationistsr'was convened the old school General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church' Wm? SJ Plum kit of Vp a man stealer 'w is1 the' A large portion of that Assembly sup posed to embody the talents learning and uietvTof the Presbyterian Church are said to be slaveholding kid nappers Can there bea more detestable a re in lamous ana more diabolical character on earth prqfesse Ur man stealing' A preachin oer i A reverend kidnapper? A Doctor of Not one unless it "be their northern gists How did these reverend' kidnappers feel they saw the triumphs ofslavery and coloniz But be their triumph The inob tha countenanced by their silence 7 by the of Him who overrules evil for good seal the death of the monster in 11ns city 'But where arc the peace men of Philadelphia? great oouy oi them1 quail belore the storm manyglorious exceptions I honor: their noble dence ih God and readiness to die for the truth and forivin? their me enffibat m'suTh ari'hour as this! To abandon the grouna wnen tno Lord brought brute force and moral it i raA Spread her white pinionsrtoonr western blast intrt ktiph noL I 1 1 '( gneveu 1 know but I have stronger sympathy with physi cal daring than with moral cowardice Mjr soul scorns holy Ior ihe Liberator rt fake! chiMten of theme whoiJj 3 4 All are bora free Their" spirits come' 3 Back to the places where they bled holy martyrdom i Cv An fin sloping oa tbefr graves ri4And ybhr ye scares I Ay slates of slaves! jWhatjilp yeyt jsA AhA rfpAiim nf A ma frt or: 48 'mb 5aavM vs UHG wavet ivyi 4 So firmly your neekswWe deep The chain her ouirerine flesh endured 5 Yvnirtrft KIta'a inhartnfA vamh! wj Mavwaw Hahj say ye that falsely spoken XW Calling ye Then prote WorXa free press see it broken 'r i i i yes I but people shouldjiot dare Print what the brotherhood wont bear 'Thenfromyour hjntet wmds' of grace all while yejrejpleadin for a race 1 Whose blood has flowed chains for ages xAnd let thy kingdom Ana see it ye re pot stricken dumb i 7 'Yes men ofG ye may not speak 7 As by th? Word of God bidden pir the the blariching chek rlSVYe feel yourselves rebuked and chidden And if not cat out' ye fear it i' I' And why Thelbrcihren will not bear it i 4 7 Since then through pulpit or through press za AvpvtvjviH Mtxuuw JCJC 1WV LD4C Go liko the Sun of Righteousness ise men 10 a siaoie Ben tArrejtq'Dibertyyou oay mere tnai uou maae an men tree 5 "i fe 3 'Mp 'A' 'Vi IAM i ffc 'C Ei'eri vows plighted Ere of her form caught a glimpse And driven out by imps Ah well so persecuted they yThe prophets of a formerday A Go' then and build yourel ves a hall To prove ye are not slaves but men I Vi riWrte on its towering wail Baptise' it in the name oCPenn fi'JLndge it to Her holv catise Beneath the JEeis her laws 8 thin Jet reedom's rijriAi'And tvbileiyouf hearts begin to throb burn within youHajrkl the yell The the of the Mob troops that joiirid yStif sweeps i And leave your hall a smouldering heap I 1 4 ft Kf i 4 SI tbe ye rse KOn your 'servants through the door 'v own senate Xihat the 1 rdrijs May gash your back no toOTe i iAre tramnled underneath their feet sl a 73 with them with them and associate with them with Others" is their great offenceThe wrath Heaven will one' day comedovjon rilie Colohizati churches' arid1 ministers gf this city for aiding to et iMuiner against brother Abolitionists have 'appointed a Committee prepa'reanappenl tothe Ixsaxitv The man who set fire to his housed in orderjo destroy the rats that annoyed him wasu Solo mon iri wisdom and a Socrates in philosophycoinpar fd to thosS insane and lawless' men Who applied the torch to Pennsylvania Hall with lion of thereby conmiag COLORED AMERICANBf The Philadelphia Association for lhejtforal arid Mental Improvement of the People of Color being desirous of increasing' the efforts necessary for carrying' forward the moral had tnebtal Elevation of tHe people of' color Twill hold their Annual Council in Philadelphia on the irst Monday in Junqnext The Wardens' or Vestrymen of the several colored? roaoml gations throughout the Union whose constituted ap pointmenf makes them 'the guardians of the morality" of their people ore particularly requested to send dele gates oftheir respective congregations to said Council i AsSOClAt inns fnrmpd ntivil iarv Ia iVia TlUkMnhIn' Aai XtlHaUtlVOlOi ACT sociatjon and the Literary Charitable and Beaeficial Societies are requested to serid delegates to the ensuing I CieileS whO hftVP mnifl kiMAflz their directors a' delcirntM ii 1 sc Kcuerantm wnn rni i that are now occupied by ourseivesfisan important consideration aSjWeltas a du ty which shonld neverbeM lost sight of for the establishing of liberal and correct Principles by it in the mind? of the young would Be eaving them a legacy calculated tqriucrtwethe joya'l of social intercourse yr Joy oraer oi ine Association Papers Jq'rihe are req this notice lix AME ICAK PE AdE 'iSOCIETY Wh vvui tenia anniversary inxsosiQix oan day the 29thinst in the Chape) Public arrises at 3 o3clock PM rhn abstract heroism are beyond all praise 'They are worthy to plead the caue of peace and universal ilibertyj The abolition menhcld a meeting in front of the smol ing ruins thismprnipg and adjourned sine dfeThis will prove a dayof triqm'ph to abolition Lavery must die' God hath doomed its overthrow ri i arewell my brother The 'Lord protect you and the oppressed for whom you plead from the daggers of cuiAveuvituug xOurSr 1K Yr 5 May' 18 HEgKING MOBOCRATS Mr Brother 4 7 The character of John Swift Mayor of Philadelphia and hi? posse have earned fdrtHeiriselves an infameus notoriety Swift in his 'conduct for two pist days and nights as Mayqj of tbiscity has shown him self worthy to 'stand by that man whoacted as Mayor of Boston in 'When about tQbreak dowm the door last night the mob cheered each other on by intimal jhe Mayors hurt" us the Mayor is our jheMaycrhates Abolition and Amalgamation asbad the Mayor' lovbs These cries burx from the mob immediately after he Mayor's speech pTheeffectoff his speech was rather to spur theA on thinto ri'lIost thankful am I that the poor pitiful moral: edvyard had jhqt bruie wolfish courage to call outthe'militaryyRather'worild JhavJIalland every other Haff and Churchand house in this ciiy destroyeff than to see a storm' of mil lets poured ujxin tlfesei poor deluded men and their sotils in all their pollution ushered into the presence of a holy CwfWl lnr1 TaIii kiRznwv5Aj ilAill I1 fe isxijo rfVHH wu mi VLae cowardly King of Mobocrats 1 lAj'riCi There is a deadly hostility in rilus city to the colored peopleri It'now: bursts joutYrTbat theAbplUiouifts have walked their colored they eat with sit with them and asswiate with them as of 1 I AOircx ron all' The stories put forth by profligate and jniffiau editors 'about ostentatious parading of whites "and blacks arin in arm through Chesnut tec purely fabuldus andlcoih ed for the basest of purposes Nevertheless he who would refuse to walk with A colored brother gives evif deuce that he is a murderer in his heart ri j'' Hz The Monthly Concert of Prayer lor Slaves will be bolden at Lyceum 39 Hanover street oh Monday evening next at 1 2 past7 All who remember them that are in bonds as bound 'are invited to attend A m'eeting of more than ordinaiy interest is anticipated? 1 made an atonement where is our own Englandit! is saidentailed the curse of slavery upon but she could not compel us to submit to taxation without rep resentation Herelated several anecdotes respecting xt luuuwiy ui mu K4meiHtaAnuinab npievKnneinena oXz ble fronts andinarble porticoes freradventure sotneTik tt A' 'Lr puv ui MictruuujKin jjave iiiarwez nearis ponneage mirror but cold and Jike)4hose6rhameritaf squares the joint achievements of Nature and' Art Where dead spires of grass are1 springing into life at the resurrection call of Spring arid' buds and 'Mos soms arc covering the nakedness of parental branches with filial how alt these serve to makehiladelphia i lhequeen'r of America cities! The population is immense hoiy rrethodica! their movements! They walk they run they" turn round they advance thcyretreaiJby rigid an gles al! Ono bustling jostling spirit would disturb the' repose of the city NeVessity 'alone lolerates the flre enkijrdling crips ofthe dealers in charcoal and the propensities engendered by the screams of fish women All else is Impossibleliiere fore that thcse appearances shiH prove deceitful that this repHe isXnerely the stagiiation of moral jife that under its coyer caste all grasp ing are lalent coil ed up like snakes torpid fr? want of AIjus vr nni ilt nm Vi be before a week shall gone by m5arvellousnd disgraceful developtinents win Spwk today' but our columns are'erowded with irifdKj litre been made' and riot arid arson become prevalent matioi bn this subject extracted from the newspapers throughout the city Mdy Heaven fcrofimd We shall attempt a description next week TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT IN Pill LA DE ZZ A PHiAv! RIOT AND ARSON A it Sfcw I 'A The city of brotherly has now become the citv of enmity cowardly active ferocious enmity' toward the of inalienable 'humanrights' and all whqseconiplexions are incompatible freedo'min this republican and Christian land We proceed ld give' some particulars of the awful sceneswhich have transpired in hat fal tenacity within the last ten tlays and which will bfihg down ppon it the retributive justice of HenceforthPhila delphia is to be ranked with Boston and New York and Utica and Alton as the enemy oi liberty the scorner or tne poor and needy tha contemner of law and the assassin of bleeding humanity They have since humbled themselves will she continue incorrigi ble? 1 a 'Having witnessed the anniversaries afNewYorlwe proceededo Philadelphia: agreeably to the request of many dear friends i'n that city iirbrder to be present ar me dedication ot a new and spacious edifice which had just sireetAjetnin Cherry and Race in support of ree Discussion Liber Yi Vjrjusj and Independence Almost three years had transpired since our last ivisit in companycwith the stout hearted and eloquent George Thompson whose voiceis now stirring all England with its truinpet tones agwist the remnant of British slavery the cruel apprenticeship? What eventful years had these been and how crowded with dawless violence with persecu tion for sake' whh universal insanity 4 naa oeen daily snaKea with air earthquake till all that wasmortal perishable doomed to an utter overthrow had felt its foundation of dlay wood and giving to the wild consternation sand lively horrdr of Priests ih unsanctifirid canohicalk qf Doctors of Divinity no longer oracular of Politicians spekingthe one thing office of Tyrants merciless as starved hyenas prowling for the dead I Terryfile things had' been seen hidebus because revealed in clenr lihf VI the noon of the nineteenth century Dire outrages had been committed against: Lawupon' Truth and In nocence by a tribunal more infuriate and less merciful the Inquisition grapplings 'of Truth with Error such conflicts of Libertywith such of Physical orce with its magazine of brickbats and rotten eggs and missiles indescribable and staggering ronk and file to overcome Ethereal the world had scarcely ever jseen Most un equal struggle yet rampant and fearful LAlmost within sight of Plymouth Rock upon which tile Pilgrims first planted their weary on the soil of Massachu setts sprinkled with heroic' at the very' base of Bunker Hill in 'the city of Boston anff under the shadow of ancuil the most eloquent among men the mosft intrepid of re formers man of circular philanthropy without division section or boundary in its outgoings filling the as doth a vital atmos the Benefactor of Europe Africa arid America had been hunted for his life as is a partridge upon the mountains like the worst of felons The most hideous of monsters I 7 So he shook off the dust of his feet ns testimony against the murderous spirit ofthe land ai returned to prosecute his godlike work in his country We too had'been somewhat exposed to peril 7 had sufiereA'v iofence at the hands of a frantic multi tude immortalized 'as gentlemen' of property and has been thrust into prison not tor crime but in sober truth asa friendly device to save us from destruction! Bufwe may not dwell upon these' things Those three years which had elapsed and to which al lusion has Leen made are not to chronicled in a ha sly editgrial paragraph We leave' them to the his tqrian earrived in tbe'! city 'of Pens bn the' 14th i nsl MJhat sobriety of behaviour what an air tranquillity what order a ujf regularity on the part of its inhabi tarits All is sqhare built judicious prudent compla cent comfortable The very animals' in the streets tread along'tbe' pavements for even ani mal excrement is deemed pernicious though God designs itfur(goxl' 'Those roadclean ly far reacbiiig streets extending under iatingly from the Delaware to The Schuylkill stately beautiful blocks 6f buiming with marble door steps lifid mar AJ' i 'f of ihein occupants Jiave tnarWzhearts polished like turrfr shut 'K AT 4 Anc'Ulk iknrv rtv squares the joint achievements of Nature and' A arid buds and 1 should run? dike electricity through' every fibre oftM mecungs uy vaakim jbvukws' i ADDRESS' wittiss bv wmxTrex'ft' Not with the splendors of the days of The spoil of nations and barbaric Noiweapons wrested from the fields of blood: Where dark and stern unyielding Roman And tne proud Eagles of his cohorts saw A world War wasted crouching to Iris Nor biazbned car nor banners floating gay Like those wliich swept along the Appian way When tothe welcome of imperial Rome '4 Tbe victor warrior came in triumph home And trumpet peal and shoutftigs wild and higb5'' jj Stirred the blue ouiei of th But calm and rraecftil nraverfnl and sincere: i re 37 As Christian freemen only fathering here We tledicate our Idir and ionj Hall Pillar and arch entablature and wall 7 As Virtue's shrine as Sacred to reedom and to God! r'f '4 0 doftier Halls brighter skies than these' Stood darkly mirrored in the iEgean seas Pillar and and life like statues see Graceful and pure shafts Where glorious! Athens from her rocky hill'l bawArt and Beauty subject to her a And the chastedtomple and the classic grove The hftll nf th Krmrc rvT Inv Arch fane and column graced the shores and Their shadows to thesblue Saronic wave And statelier rose on Tiber's winding side The the pride 'y 'Z The: CapitoL whose arches backward flupg Th Cj clear cadence ofthe Roman S' Whence stern decree? like words of fate wmt forth To the awed nations of a conqueredearth the Caesars in their glory came fe Ana isrutus iightened from his lips of flame Yet in the porches of halis A rul! in ths ehtslMnr lf alzdt 4 mt omuhvh vi lvi L'ttiivaj nuucj Lurked the sad bondman and his tears of woe Wetithe cold marble with unheeded flow And fetters clankedbeneath the silver dome Of the proud Pantheon ofimperious Rome 5 not for him the chained and stricken ft By shore or blue ji In the thronged forum or the seat' Thebold lip pleaded and the warm No soul of sorrow melted at his No tear of pity rusted on his chain 1 But this fair Hall to Trnth and reedom given Pledged to the jlight before all earth and Heaven A free arena for the strife of mind fA jr To caste or sect or color unconfined' '5' Shall thrill with echoes such as of Old rom Roman Hall or Grecian Temple rolled Thoughts shall find utterance such as never yet The Propylca or the orum met A 1 Beneath its roof no strife1 Shall win applauses with the waste of life No lordly fictor urge the barbarotis game No wanton Lais glory shame But herethe tear of sympathy shall flow As the ear listens to thetale of woe Here an stern juagment of th" oppressors wrong ontuiBuoiig irtmi uu retatniis lone' io parnai jusuce nom tnunequax scaie No pride of caste a rights assail No mandates echo from this wall Holw to reedom and the Richts of All But aftair field where mind may close roe as tne sunshine anti tne chainjess wino Where the high trust is fixed on Truth alone And bonds and fetters from the soul are thrown! Where wealth and rank and worldly pomp and ttiiglxt Yirfdlo the presence of the True and Right' And fitting is it that this Hall should stand Wtyere Pen ounder his band rom thy blue waters )o press Ji The virgin verdure of the Here where all Europe with amazement saW3 high freedom trammelled by 110 lawj A Here where the fierce and warlike forest meff Gathered in peace' around tbe home of Pehn Awed by the weapons Love alone had given 1 Where voice against the wrong irst found an earnestind indignant Where bold message to the proud was borne t' fevfeiU Tafexxfel ittingit fe that here where reedom first'1 rom her fair feet shook off the old dust 7 Zt? And her free tresses to our sunshine cast One Hall should rise redeemed from One Temple'sacred to the Rights of Man i I' 0 if the spirits of tne parted come A sf Visiting angels to their olden 5 If tbe dead fathers of the land look forth' rom their far dwellings 'to lhe things of earths Is it a dream that with their eyes of Jove 4 They gaze now orf us from the bowers above ardent soul and Benezet the '4' Steadfast in faith yet gentle at a Meek hearted and that brotherband The sorrowing exiles from their ather rZ Leaving their homes in bowers of vine And the blue beauty of their glorious Rhin? 7 To seek amidst our solemn deaths of woody reedom frop man and holy peace with God' Who first of all their testimonial gave Against for the outcast slave A Is it a dream that such as these look down Aad with their blessing our rejoicings crown Let usrejoice that while the door Is barred against the pleaders for the poor A fZ'Zi1 While the Church wrangling upon points of faith orgets her bondmen suffering irfto death While crafty Traffic and the lust ofGain' Unite triple chain7? One door is open and one Temple A kfe I A a P' to iT to to to tol to to V5 7 JnnV A ifj a coviiii piact iuj iiuu rcu Juiizci ly Where men may speak unshackled and unawed Hig words of Truth for reedom and for find fiZ 'A ''v vj And when that Truth its perfect work hath done i And rich with blessings our' land hath When a slave beneath his yoke shall pine rom broad Potomac to the far Sabine When unto angel lips at last is given The silver trump of Jubilee in heaven iv An cl from shades And through the dim loridian everglades Rises to meetthat angel sonndl'izi A The voice of millions from their chains Then though this allbe crumbling decay walls blendingiwiththe cominon clay Yet round tile ruins of its strength shall stand The best and noblestof a ransomed PilgrimsMike those who throng around the Of Mecca or of holy Palestine A prouder glory shall that ruin Than that which lingers round the Parthenon! Here shall th? bhild of after years be taught Ti work of reedom which his tr Told oflthe trials of the present hour Ourweay strife with prejudice and How the 'high errand quickened soul And touched her lip as with the living How reedom kept Heir lofty faithj True and unwavering unto bonds The art shall sketch tbe ruined Hall The garland erownits aged wall And History's pen for aftertimes record Its consecration unto God! 1 Ss I rr TI NEWEL4ND'ENTION1 This1 Convention wiff hold its fifth annual meeting Ifett week in theMarlborol Chapelin this' city! Tt will' meet according do nqticeon' at 8 in the Vestry of the Chapel for the pose of organizinand will continue in! session until 11 the vestry cannot be occupied bn JVedneyi kJ it is impor tant thatery delegafeKnAetery person who designs to become amemb'er of the Convention should be on the spotprccisely at 8 thatlhe Convention may proceed to at Wednesday afternoon nig clock there will be a piibbc meeting of the con venHon in the Chapel for the offering Of resolutions leaking addresses" fee fcc Ar 9 'ACjf on ij Thursday! there willbe a similar meeting in the Ciap: elAnd on riday the Convention will hold4t3 ing throughoutdheAayHn ilie'ChsIpeL' At hlloflbese meeting5 tV? assistance of distinguishedfriends of the abolition cause from abroad Vis'' expected Alvan StewartEq of engaged positively tobef present? Esq of be pres eiit if bis health permits and also Beriah Green Pjes ident of Oneida InstituteMessrs Stanton and Birnev one or Wh will pf course be present Some othera have been vftjtten toand are expected? the friends I of the cause 'come up then by scores from every part of New England 4Never was Jt more important that it should be seen by" their actual pres oiir holy Convocation that the friends of the slavein jNew are neither few nor feebleT This Convention should give an impulse to the cause throughont New but how can1 it do so un less yeyipurt' of New England is represented portaiit business will conje before the meeting for dis? cussion and inspiration thatdiscuatwa i ground when tho Lord brought brute force and I know but I have a stronger sympathy with them both as equally Contrary to the high and to Li" to to 1 to ui uuL xjUIu I ''f" This is but a small outbreak compared to the that are before us unless tbe spirit of repentance be poured out upon us' Philadelphia is the citadel of slavery in the north Ir is the southern kidnapper's nunung grouna tie will not give it up till he tasted blood But if blood must flow it is my uesire ana prayer to trod that it may not be the the oppressed sirs dur dear oppressed brethren nn services and every one of them worthy ters froni the southern dagger'and Bowie knife rattier see the blood ol my tamily and my own flood these our noble friends and fallow citizens have fere enough by iis May the i Lord forgive us they forgive us As to our malignant I rn 1 1nrr enra waiiv I tozwv jvmi miuuu ucany us a lUVC YOU in 11 with mine and with all our dear brethren'abolitiohists than to have one drop of theirs she by us vi Thanks to not that the spirit of the bottoriless pit the spirit of colonization and slaverV pervades city not that it bursts forth like a volcano in the pres ent 'mob not that the beautiful Hall was burnt justice and humanity outraged but that Philadelphia is nov ey upneavea irom its deep ioundations of slaveryoppression Yes Philadelphia the beautiful the city of Penn over which had settled an awful stt slavery is' now fearfully convulsdd Heaven kA the end But be assured the spirit! of colonization received a deep wound and its final doom is hastenin tototo I 7 I 'J torfR 1 The women have done nobly kdayvThey 1 av "II 1 to toT to IN different sections of hhPV 5IHK ATTEMPTED ATTACK ON THE 1 ue THE UDLIC LEDGER z' 1 CVV 1 unuM tu rj'y i Ulficc or taeri? CotnmcrciaL JlHH i Monday 3 If Ve sure However that he should not tha steam boat mail and mil zaii I have to appeal to their good sense and love of WMgers from Philadelphia a painful renort ha's nd vainJT'MRu'sh was 'kafeheJ that liie 'riQis werwneed 0 at! ceerc' W' flast evenmirrand that thn i I Hei concluded by exhorting alt 'present tn tfthe whites as they had a nghf to doiffirst as endeavor tff the excite sailed by them in snon tolorgetand Philadelphia tpapers of tlns AC I morning however we are saiisfied that the sto thaJthosc nho' had heard him ry is untrue Still it is tftih that a riotous dis PJ Jd to lhcr andthajif 'T1 pJSHJdnMs miintained during tbe whole of of thetpcace: or of good order "TT Saturday which brokoout into 'actual Violence that night throw a discredit upon the city in tho evening i rvevral hundred persons howevrcontiQued Ah unauthorized call for ti public meeting of jr? S1C until a late hour of thetV the fire 'department having been posted through IT portion of them if not indeed rL to a a a 'to I 1 WZ li IHL 1 1 1 1 I I i I tf ri a PI I 9 Zk AM uie vuy vn oaiuruay inuruing jurge meeinur I 1 1 uipu3uu at 4 in ths afternoon (the liourippoint? Hrnteet property and preserve order'Notn ed) was But because' the sonc 'vns thrown in that vicinity so far as our meeting rear dniuthorized an adjournment to I observation extended throughout the evening' the hour uf eight in the evening was proposed I nev scene of excitement ton fonnity 'with this resolution the neighborhood of Sxth and Lom an adjourned mbetirig took dace at in I Ii' appears thnt 'a white mini the evening Several thousand firemen togeth whle Posing quietly along was knocked down er jvith a large nu tnber of citizens Were in at several colored meh who stood at jhe north tendance and proceedings evinced a pro two streets per spirit the preservation of the pbaceik "7 raided the cry of murder regain ijCwas while this meetingwas "yet engaged led hisjeet' hurried oven to the south east cor: in its that tho rintmiy ncc alarm and soon succeeded in cofe 3 tiors in jhe subjoined extracts were £ctlnff enough to turn upon the assailantS I Atones flew and the parties were for an instant The followingaccojihlis front the United' directions? I Stntes Gazette Tf' of greatly exaggerated While the business of the meeting was going foo doubt vjyre soon parsed jto on in 'Independence square there iAvas Y100 JSlhan fifteen ipinutesseveral shouting in SixthiTitrpet and a' hundred persons with astrong policeforce 1 line aT nAee AWK I2 u' 1 WCft OT) the fTfOU nd CJai WfttiYlnnvli flno birrVi street at a rapid occasionally shouting in I being at the head of the front of a house? This company consisting of 'several' thnn I went down to the African house in Six th' a bo ye Lombard street and a few person'swe understandcommenced shouting' as if to excite the I' 'At length some few brickbats Were and it seemed as if the work ''of mischief was begun when suddenly Mr Recorder 'Rush sprang into the front of the mob seized one or two actually engaged in lhe th ischief and called 4 aid 4 At once the pelting ceased and we here has tened in the midst ofthe mob but found no one willing to acknowledge that he wished to prose cute the' mischief' Whether Mr Rush secured the person whom he seized we dq not know as we were unable to get sight of him Themob continued to hang round the heigliV borhoodfor some time but did not attempt we I A 1 rtrr to to to to tor to to Jt I tot 11 lIOVIIIll (UIS UlUUJl appeared to us that large lads were the' promi nent persons iThe police lyas mustered in Sixth' street but i "ftheir exertions' were not required 'EarIy on Saturday evening the'eorners of the streets in the vicinity of Dock and Second streets were occupied by groups of persons evidently expecting some though without any imtnnnrtrpnt iHpu wkonfn it avAnU nrnonn Tkut tj fthe course an hour two crowds had as 1 and there appeared a disposition to at the printing office of the Ledger "Tdj The mayor and a party of police were in the 4 'building The' sheriff had a party in or near i the Exchange and mounted patrols were seen the streets A hue the crowd were passing toward the office thef mayor came out and addressed themj as citizens and' askedtherri to consider thnt their own property might some day be similarly A 4 1 end nnrrn roil if tbmr oi rnnrn rrorl snoli Aria nf illegalaclion After some and rejoinder' the1 crowd seemed disposed to hold (heir ground without proceeding to violence when at a late hour" there dame a mounted messenger to give notice "that there was an outbreaking in Sixth or Sev eDthr street and Lombard st 'Thither the crowd'iin Dock street hastened and the mayor with a part of his disposable ''force proceeded in withthe call is nt! repuri yvasiiiai me uiiu'ks iiuu xisen upon the whites were beating them 5 We could not learn whether this had been ithe case but it is'certain that a' pistol was firedT 7 t' and was believed from the window ofa I houseLand great' consternation was manifested The mayor is of opinion that thepistol wis fired in the 'strpet'' though as 'wks absent at the lime of the discharge he could not tell Order was again restored! It may be proper to state that the mayor'had 1 a high constable arid several police men at nu '7merous' points in the city with' a mounted mes 'C senger to convey to other stations any news of' 'attack and aid if required The ing the police bhenff Watmough was also out riding from one point toanother and having deputies with stationed in1 different places 4 It is stated to us that a crAwd assembled in Small street a plade chiefly occvqiied by poor'blacks out of the ftmiis of the city and were making an attack when' the blacks rallied and drove awaytheir Thesheriff at toto a Wrf rfto 1 rfto toto toJ toto toto Jto 4 to toto toJ toto toto to to 4 1 rt Ujai L4U4V ililiveu I i VO LU I VU 1 I 1 Yesterday the Mayor had police officers pro wrieu tor tne several colored places ol but during the day all was quiet' With reference to the mob'that attacked the'Asylum in Thirteenth street on riday night Aiderman McMichael tells us that though hehas liteu'Iong in Spring Garden and1 believes he knows the face bf nearly every person in: ityet he did not kriotv one of persons engaged in the riot' 1 following particulars are from the Phila 1 1 1 While the above meeting was in progress a large boIyof persons proceeded down Sixth to a I 1 Jto 1 Af lug lUUUU iuuv uuwu pendence Square They proceeded toward the church for colored persons in" Sixth' abovff Lombard street On arriving in front of that bhildiltg a portion of the crowdfcommenced throwing stories at the the of glass continued for several minutes without intermission 7 Indeed at' this moment the affair presented a truly jdarming character howev er Samuel Rush of the citytvaa present This gentleman walked toward the 1 front of thff diurrh an called upon all good citizens sto siipport in orderji nrtil rnAA4 iwm 1 tu law This call was instantly and nobly respond ed to byto thowho were standing roundi jand tbe crybecapie'generarof fsdpport the Support the law This firm conduct evidently? checked ths progress of the assault nnd Mr Rush addressed the coneoufw' around ah in jable' energetic and emphatic manner i He called upon his fellow citizens tb support him in maintaining the Jaw iri preserving the peace and preventing the'destrnction of proper Mr RMtdthathe had been a jftagis Irate but a few days but hs had taken a solemn oath to is cQijptryand that oath he was to keep inviolate even at the hazard'oCliis life! 1 He assure those' whom he Was addressing that he whs unaccompanied eithqr by constables Ijr pal tee but'the citizens were his be depended and he kne he would not have told ope nd in vain He Exhorted those who had been4 engaged? in I attacking the churchnot lo nltowtindue excite mejit tolnfu'riate would 'only add Sl that if they destroyed that property with atonea? 'r)Tecity Warms with ineeting haasesr styled of God? It is therefore a religious Jfe publichalls are numerous to all classes 'of nneu for every variety of purposed It too a ree Discussiox But nq These houses ofGod are but houses 'of men built by contract as con ceived by some prennum exeited architect fold by the puLlic vendueto the highest! bidder iti' which the' man with a cold rine in nodlv'annaTel sits in a good jilace and the poor taah in' vile raiment stands on the confines of gentility and the black man into a pen like a dangerous ail deveyt'k wrorsfiiPIrs ol the God who is no respecter of persons! No marvel that the'doors of those bouses are all Lofted pod barred against those ho call for 1 he abrogation of caste and'the elevation of A wn trodden Jiupianity As to the public halls if you want tqkjttmp Jhn Crowf or work in ischief morality or pleadin favor ofsla Very as a divifie ipsiitutionorM expatriate tion ofthe 'negroes to yon nay have you? themBat if your object' be the universal emancipation cyour race from chains and servitude' presume'not to think of occupying the meanest of' mim ani pro tear ot trod no regard for isiificnng man no amount of compensation can open one of them that the sublimes enterprise of the age'maybe advocated therein Is not the city quiet as a sleeping tortoise Why then seek to disturb it What evil so terrible as agitation KAVhat hydra more rapacious than fired discussion? What though human beings bearing upon their brow image of the Eternal are constantly seized by legal LecnsCentcd bloodhounds (within sight of that famous old ball from which some sixty years ago yept forth that yet more famous Dec laration of inalienable right 10 liberty) thrust in prison loaded with chaitfs and bijrried into slavery All this is consistent with good order and blissful qtii escence Above all why should riends be urged to awake out of sleep Did not George oxand Wil Ifera sBennand Robert Barclay trouble the peace: of the world enouglvtosufficc till the crack of doom? Did they not like the Catholic saints Lave a large stock of merit above their own wants which they be queathed as a legacy to their followers? Do not mod ern riends still cherish a grammatical regard for the Jiiitl loyally refuse to say you for thoul Arc they pot punctilious in dress with all me chanical accuracy and independent imitation Being well regulated in their own Society why should they trouble themselves about the sins of other 'people aucv iuu biand on ns own bottom There being then nd hall br meeting house profane enough to admit of free discussion in that city it was aeterminea on the part ol some choice spirits (a majority of them mechanics and working men) to erect a building saerfed to Liberty and the freedom of sneerh Bravely they went to work industriously did they toil were their contributions At length the fin stroke was given and a noble superstructure majestic in its simplicity challenged admiration of the world as the grandest monument of moral enter prise to be found on the American continent It was not quite complete on our arrival The painter busy with his brush and 'the clock maker nuttinH a time piecejlntd operation and the gas regulator arrang ing his pipes Accompanied by one of its managers ti examined it thoroughly with pleasure and admira The basement story sub divided into a vari ety of apartments chiefly intended fdr( storesrone be ing reserved as a convenient lecture room and another as an anti slavery depository It was estimated that7 the larger hall would seat more than two thousand per sons there being three spacious galleries The 'furnii ture was selected nd arranged with much taste Over the platform was printed in gilt capitals 'the motto ot Pennsj 1 vania Virtue Liberty and I The total dost of the building was about $40000divi ded into two thousand shares of ttnmv (tnihiw too i 4 vy a nmDcr of tlie stoplrwlrliQ 'Pff Munda forenoon tha 14th insri the hall vrnfc'A mrawiLhxaaMA dcriT fitrTtntetngerit'audience to witness the cerem ony of dedication The orator select ed for the occasion was' David Paul Browm a popular tneffber of the bar in Piilalelphia distinguished forfliis literary attainments and rhetorical powers or many years he has given much of his time and all his legal ability inoney and without to succor persons arrested Us fugitive slaves and to deliver him lai 'YiJ? spopeti oat ot the hipl of the nobly refusing to receive LIYV rnmtnncahnn Rnt LSc with frightful conflict aniTglorious victory The land 1 humanity is local not Before he commenc 1 ri el Kaon rf ra 1 vr cX ra Ir An At 1 1 1 1 1c I 1 1 turns iuiess letters were read' from' rancis James and Tlu fe Steyens of thePennsylvariia legislature Theodore Weld Girrit Smith John Quincy Adams and Bematjill expressive of regret that their authors couUnot be present to assist in the dedicatory 1 occasion that of 3Ir' Adams was faithful and forcible in tne aigliescwegree and elicited ureat annlarKo rising tosackireSs the assembly Mr Brown was received with approbation His oration was a' splendid performance impressively delivered but mar red and crippleflby a glaring violation of its own prin ciples The larger portion of it was full of invincible truths withering satire and godlike a triumphant defence of the equality ofthe whole human race and inalienable rights' He showed' that slavery isiucompatible with the dictate's of humanity the claims of justiceand the permanence of republican' ridiculed and refuted the charge that abo litionists are fanatics and declared that there can be no slaves without there being that the Declaration of Independence settles the contro Versy as to tile right of every man to enjoy liberty un less it can be proved that the slaves' are not men that it could not be moral treason to aim at the sunnrpion to 1 1 01 mat slaveholders are Jramphng upon northern that southern gasconading about a dissolution of the Union should no longer be submitted Jhgt in the sack of the South are found fKe silver 1 the thirty nieces ot silver the price of that the sentiment of McDuffie that is the corner stone of our republican is deserving of a halter or a madhouse ad that the friends of emancipation seek a peaceful' ovrthrow of slavery leaving violence to be used exclusively by the' supporters of brutal system Cz The scheme of African colonization he said had fear fully failed and the execrations of suffering thousands are resting upon it He comparcd it to the fiddling while Rome was burning Practically coloniza tion is death The attempt is making to found arcpub lie' upona yawning sepulchre He would not call the opponent 1 the anti cause fanatics but let them defend themselves if they cat against the charge ot insanity or impiety He eulogized the conduct of England in giving freedom to her slayers England nets up to tfercreed of universal liberty We adopt her vices but will not imitate her virtues She hast uiauc au uiuuciuciiL ts our ow xngiana it is saidentailed the curse of slavery upon but she' could not compel us to submit to laxation without rep I Herelated several anecdotes respecting persona of color and paidan eloquent tribute tothe ffiemdry of the htmeriied Thomas Shipley nhe friend 0 the colored race He' said Le would hither be one of the late Reform Convention whovoted against dis fjanebisirig the colored citizens of that State than one of the Spartan band at tThey: will bet hailed by posterity or an hour and a half the orator? wieldedLp two edged sword and jevery blowj was fatai to Slavery hnd Colonization But suddenly' he turned Lhe blade upon the goddess of Liberty and stabbed her to llie In 'other words Mieendorseel 1 some of the worst heresies of the old school of gradual ism and talked as incoherently asfdoes one smitten 5 wilhjhsanity Owhat a fall was there Up to th nt moment he had secured smiles and the reiterated applaudits oftheaudience but a' visible change was observablein almost cvery countcnance as he proceed and at the conclusion of his address they felt as if that hall needed a new dedication and another baptjsnis in the nainesof dni' A baptism of fire it seems' awaited it JOt the subsequent meetings 10 th? the tumult on Wednesday evening nnd'the destruction of the JlalL evening oufj lirni(s wiU not permit us to Atofetoto toto toto Ito 4 Jtoto tol toto 4KB toMil tototok MA jto toto toto rfrato 1 tol tototol 1 Lb u' "'hr jc i a 'if W'T to l' W' 4' A YM TK 1 RR TBT TH' TO VM rw 'UAW fT a hiihumi agwima iriWlliTf jiiiir'ii I irjiiwliriiiinuniriimrrnr niai i ilaiiii ii i ug inin'Ti ig A 4 Vs tsA to wm read at one 1 n'Sto 'It zz I a if ICxsi ilkwgras vK A to copygA 7 ta i.