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Show 7·1 Sf:CO~D DA \'--:HORNJSG SESSIOS. dispensably necessary for a full, free, just, and im,partial discussion of ~o momentous a subject, renders it impossible for me. wiLh justice to the cause, to enter upon it, till his return, which will not be till the end of this week. But on Monday evening next, (God willing) I wilt I.Jc fully prepared to meet not only the gre<:~t and old champion of abolitionism, .flmold Buffum, but as many more champions thereof as think proper to enter the lists, when I pledge myself to prove that AUOLITIONISitt is deslrucl'ive to the real i11lcrests of tAe slave-to the welfare and existence of the Union-and contral'y to the express commands of God. Finally, I beg it may be distinctly understood, that I am not the paid agent of the Colonization, ~r. of.any other society, and that l wil~ as cheerfully advocate the cause of abohuonJ.sm, as I now do that of colonization, when once my errur be made manifest. I have the honor to be, sir, Your very obedient servant, w. w. SLEIGII. In the evening of the next Jay CWednesday) while I was al churr:h, one of my sons came running to me, stating that several gentlemen had re· quested him to come off and inform me that Mr. Garrison was abusinu me b~fore a crowded assembly in Pennsylvania Hall-upon which I i~me~ lately went there, (about half past 8 o'clock, P.M.,) and entering the buildmg by one of the side doors, I met several of my friends, Dr. Anderson, Dr. Gebhart, Mr. Mann, and some others, sayinrr that Garrison had been disgracefully abusing me and Mr. Elliott Cresso;, and said as much as if we h~~ both run air from ~ngla1~d-'' left your country for your country's good, &c. &c.-upon whiCh I mstantly, once, and only once, audibly demanded a hearing. The noise in the Hall, produced by ::;orne stones thrown at that moment against the windows, prevented my hearing whether anv reply was, or was not, made to. my request :• and being unable to get acceSs up to th~ platform to request pnvately from the chairman, the privilege of deM fend1ng myself, I left the building.-Lastly, as 1 have been informed that some persons I~ ave circulated a report that 1 addressed the mob, outside the }fall, on that evemng-I assure yon that I did not utter one word outside the build· ing, but walked home with the gentlemen just alluded to. Moreover, so far from my ~~ter.taining any unfriendly or unfavorable opinion of the great body of abolit!OlliSts at large, (as my pamphlet on the subject "AnoLITIONtSM ExPo.sED," this day ~ublis~t~d, fully shows,) I consider them (however much I ddfer from them m op1mon) a worthy, but deceived body. W. W. Su:wn. REJOINDER OF W. L. GARRISON. \V ILLIAi't LLOYD GARRISON again rose, and said : I .woultl be th~ last ~an in the world to reproach another with being a for~Igner:-1 cons1der th1s as no ground for unkind treatment, or for remarks wh1ch m1ght wound the feelings. Nor woultl 1, on the present occasion, have alluded to the fact of that gentleman being a foreigner, if he him!lelf had.not volunteered his .servi?es as an advocate for an expatriating scheme. ~t d.1~ seem to me peculiarly 1m proper, a11d indisputably outrageous, that a~1 mdlvtdual should come here from a foreign land, to enjoy rights and privJ· . • The Pr·csirlent of the meeting did not hf'Ar Dr. Slt:igh mAke that, m· :..ny othc1· I'Cqtwmt, nOt' dHI Ire know Dt·. Sleigh was in the Halt that e \'Ciling. REJOINDER OF W. L. GAHRISON. 75 leges which beloug to no other people on the face of the globe, and advocate the ~xiling of native born Americans! It waH in this light I spoke of him as a fore1gner,-and now cry shame upon him. As regards my hatred of 11caution," "prudence," and" judiciousness," 1 must say, that e ither the gentleman canM n?tunderstand irony, or that[ am very unfortunate in the use of it. I have a h1gh regard f?r {fospel caution, gospel prudence, and gos7lel judiciousness; for ther consist 111 TELLING TilE TRUTH, plainly and fearlessly, " whether men will hear, or whether they will forbear;" but so the words are nol unM derstood by a time-serving ami man-pleasing generation. It is colonization caution, colonization prudence, and colonization judiciousness which 1 hate-that timeMserving caution and prudence so common in the coloni· zation ranks, is what my soul loathes. Tw·: discussion was continued by CnARLE3 C. BuRLEWH, who dwelt on the inconsistency between the sentiments of the former and latter parts of David J>aul Brown's oration, and endeavored to prove that the tendency of the latter was dangerous to the cause of human rights-that it was a sur· render of fundamental principles. He was followed by A LV AS STEWART, who, in a clear and eloquent manner, showed the character and tendency of the colonization scheme. But as notes were not taken, we are unable to furnish a report of what was said by either of the speakers. SAMUEL '\VEnn then rose and stated that, " as there appeared to be a diversity of opinion in rPgard to the best mode of abolishing slavery, he was authorized by the Managers of the Hall (who had just conferred together) to say, that there would be a discussion in that place on the enM suing morning, when a\l who chose to participate might have an opporlunity of explaining their views, whether in favor or against immediate or gradual abolition, colonization, or even slavery itself!" This annunciation was received with gre.at approbation by the audience. 1:he meeting then adjourned, till afternoon, when the Lyceum again occu. pted the Hall with essays and discussions on scientific subjects, which they prefer not to have published. (See .!ljternoon Session of the first day.) |