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The National Convention Of Colored People Which Lately Me...

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Day
11
Month
September
Year
1843
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Public Domain
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05 The National Convention of colored ieople which lately mot at Bnftulo was very avornbly noticed by flio city papers. The lebates were attended by many professional fcntlemnn. An exchnnge pnper says: "All tlio non-slnveholding States, nndsev:rnl of tho otliers, were representrd bvTtS lelcgates. 'The object was to devise eome rieüns to elévate the condiiion of their race. Flie Gazette s.ivs the procoedintrs were in evjry way crcdiiable, nnd exhibitt d mucli talent. Vlessrs'. Garneit of Troy, Charles L. Rerr.ond -f Salorn, Ma-s-, DonjjJass of Conneclicnt, Wrieht of New Yoik, are all, except Mr. Douglnss, who lias been a slave, graduat.es of ome qf our literarv institntions. An address lo the colored peoplo was adopiet] - tnakinor a stirriiiw appeal to thein for ictiou in the jrreat cniise ot' felf-elevation ond seir-ndvnncrment, and sl)è.wing thnt all otber niisps of their debaKcment muy be removed ?xcept nf color. A corresponding comniiltee ■A' two fro:n e:ich State wus appointed, with power lo culi l'iiiine con ven I tope, &,c, and realiitions wcre adoptpd for llie circulation of pciitions to Conirre.? for Ihe abolition of slvery in hft District of Columbia and in tl e Territories, nnd npainst the annexaiion of Textil, fcc. Mr. Beman of Pliüadelphia, presided."fjr3 I' H quite ludierons to noticc whut a zeal for tho cause of religión has taken possessipn of cerlam YVhig pnpers, bpcause Mr. Gerrltt Smith chooges lo deliver anli-slavery Iccturos on Suntlay. The Bufialo Commercial liolds forth .upon the subj-ict in this wise: "llow ïsit possiblc fhat thiö nnnaltirnl mixnrf up of the worship of Almighty God on tho Subbntli, nnd politicnl discnssions. can fa il to distract nnd eever the Ckurches of Chnst, and nflict the mobt deplorable injury upon the holy caiiíc of gennine piety? ït pnios ue to see mor. profeiug to be good christinns, who are nol abofttionists themselves, butgood Locofocoa. urgin? on this blhtd fanaticism becaiise they bolieve il will injnre their politica! opponent's. If they have uny regard lor the penco of their öwn churchee, they should beun ro lost they fjm einbers too miicbi The injmy iliey will be likely to inílirt upon nny mere politica I party iá as nothinjr, v1im comparecí wit h evils Ihnt reli;in must HifTer bv ibe introduction of politic?,ns a arland parcel of the sacred oidinanres of tlie Chnrch." Yes, here is the rub, Mr. Smith preaches to the people that the authoiily of God cxfeodá to a.11 their polUicul as wrll as religions actsand they are bound to payas ninch deference to II is will in casting their votes, as they are in performing any religieus act.- This "Union of Ch-irch and State" sounds dreadfull3f ig theears of the Whigf, and wcll it may, for if the people believe Mr. Sniitli, they will not be very apt to vote for "the great embndiment of VVhig principies," Mr. Duellist Clay. 05 Tt is said to liave been a remark of Dr. Beecher, that mankind are just becomiug inteilpctually free; and that a necessary conseqnencp of freedom after so long a period of mental slavery, will be the most absurd and extravagant position? and theories. We were reminded of this by reading in the Boston Liberator an elabórate and able article, e'uowing that all the wars of mankind are a result of our warfare upon inferior anii.mls - that human butcliery is a consequence of brutal butchery, and that if men were not accustoined to tnke the lives of brutee, capitnl pnnishment wonld soon be doneaway. The writer says, "if the butcher bo disarmed of his knife, the soldier cannot lon-retain the sword - if we can rid the kitchen of its horrors, and keep our tables free f rom the mnngled corpse, private nnd public manslaying wil! soon become obsolete.' Some of our subscrüiers have ndopted a very unchristinn and impohte practico of taking the Signa! for a year or two, and ilion inoving away to parts unknown. witlmut. puying Cor their papers, or even ordcring tbc pustmasters to discuntir.ue thom. We have one ;ontlejnan of this cinss on mir boüks, u-lio is a Methodist clergyman whoso unpaid lill ie ."i. .'55. Wc dn nut mention tliis gentleman becnuse the amouiu is u-tpuicl, lor !;c mibtnot liave l;een uble to pnjr it tlien: bul it looks to ns rnther mean to decarup 10 unknown regions without oven ordiing a ilisconiinuance. - No man of honor, wbether ho be a Christian or Infidel, will be guilty of such an act. HF Mr. Apams thus bits off Casa and Webster, in a recent leder: 'Have tbc petti-fogging, bnir-pplitting, nonsenaical. and yct iniiamniatoiy bickerinps about iberigbt of senreh. pandeiing to the tbirst for revengo in Frunce, pnnting for war io prostrate tho (iisputed li tic ot" herbnine, bas the sound of this unrrtrumjiot yol ('aded away upon-our ears? Has tlie supremo nnd nnparalleled absurdiiy ot stipu- alating by treaty to keep a squadron of cibty ffuns for five years, without inicrmission, upou ihc coast of África, to suppress the African Slave trade. nnd at the same time denying nt the point of iheb-iionct, tho riijlu of tliat squadron to board or examine nny slaver all hut sinking under a cargo of victims, if she but hoist a forein flag - bas ibis diplomatic bono been yet jiicked cican?" Tlie Albany Patriot says more than 20 Postmasters have recently been dismisscd in that State for the crime of lovina human liberty! - One was dismissed on a fatsc aecusnüon of AboUtionism! Poor :'e!lov! He ought to becomo ■: genuino Liberty man now. Can lic not discover that there is a Slave Power in the nation, when it ha's extended it-s long Southern arm intcYork State and thrust bim from oflice? He must be blind asa bnt if ho does not now neo th neceasity of a Liberty party.

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