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Show 126 THIRD DAY-EVF.NING liEE'fiSG, cannot. Moreover the South hns entreated, nay commanded us to be silent; and what greater evidence of the truth of our publications could be desired? Women of Philadelphia! allow me as a Sou~hern woman, with mut!h attachment to the land of my birth, to entreat you to come up to this work. Especially let me urge you to petition. lUen may seule this and other questions at the ballot-box, but you have no such right; it is only through petitions that you can reach the Legislature. It is therefore peculiarly your duty to petition. Do you say, 11 h does no good?" The South already turns pale at the number sent. They have read the reports of the proceedings of Uongress, and there have seen that among other petitions were very mauy from the women of the North on the subject of slavery. This fad has called the attention of the South to the subject. How could we expect to have done more as yet? Men who hold the rod over slaves, rule in the councils of the nation: and they deny CIUr right to petition .and to remonstrate against abuses of our sex and of our kind. \'Ve have these rights, however, from onr God. Only Jet us exercise them: and though often turned away unanswered, let us remember the innucnce of importunity upon the unjust judge, and act accordingly. The fact that the South look with jealousy upon our measnres shows that they are effectual. There is, therefore, no cause for doubting or despair, hut rather fOr rejoicing. It was remarked in England that women did much to abolish Slavery in her colonies. Nor <ire they now idle. Numerous petitions from them ha"e recently been presented to the Queen, to abolish the apprenticeship with its cruelties nearly equal to those of the system whose place it supplies. Ona petition two miles and a quarter long has been presented. And do you think these labors will be in vain? Let the history of the past answer. When the women of these States send up to Congress such a petition, our legislators will arise as did those of England, and say," \Vhen all the maids and matrons of the land are knocking at our doors we must legislate." Let the zeal and love, the faith and works of our Engli sh sisters quicken oursthat while the slaves continue to s uffer, and when they shout deliverance, we may feel the satisfaction of having done what we could. REMARKS OF ABBY KELLY. As soon as the speaker had_taken~her seat, Annv KELLY, of Lynn, Massachusetts, rose and said : I ask permission to say a few words. I hove never before addressed a promiscuous assembly; nor is it now the maddening rush of those voices, which is the indication of a moral whirlwind, nor is it the crashing of those windows, which i8 the indication of a moral euthquake, that calls me before you, No, not these. These pass unheeded by me. But it is the still small voice within. which may not be withfltood, that bids me open my mouth for the dumb,-that bids me plead the cause of God's perishing poor-ay, God's poor. The parable of Lazarus-and the rich man we may well bring home to our~elves. The North is that rich man. llow he is clothed in purple and fine linen, and fares sumptuously every day! Yonder, VONDt:n, at a little distance, is the gate where lies the Lazarus of the South, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fall from our luxurious table. J. .. ook! see him there; even the dogs are more merciful than we. Uh ! see him where he lies!! We have long, very long, passed by with averted eyes. Oullht not we to raise llim up; and is there one in this Hall who sees nothing f,•r lli1ns .. lf to du ? l' ltOCJ::t:OtN(lS OF TIH; REQUITED LAJJOR t..:ONVJ<;N'l'ION, 127 A •·Ew remarks were then made by J ... ucRETIA MoTT, of Philadelphia, stating that the present was not a meeting of the Anti-Slavery Convention of American \Vomen, as was supposed hy some, and explaining the reason why their meetings were confined to females-to wit, that many of the members of that Uonvention considered it improper for women to address promiscuous assemblies. She expressed the "hope that such false notions of delicacy and propriety would not long obtain in this enlightened country." The meeting then adjoumed. THE FOUHTJ-1 AND LAST DAY. TnE Hall was occupied this day by the Requited L abor Convention, and the Anti-Slavery Convention of American \Vomen, for business meetings. The character of each of those bodies may Le learned from the minutes of their proceedings. REQUITED LABOR CONVENTION. AT a meeting of the delegates to the "Requited Labor COil\'ention," held in the Lecture-room of the Pennsylvania Hall, Fifth month 17th, 1838, the meeting was called to order by William C. Beus of P hiladelphia; nnd, on motion, \Villiam Bassett, of Lynn, MassaC'husetts, was appointed President, and \>Vm. C. Betts, of Philadelphia, and Alice Eliza H ambleton, of Chester County, Secretaries. The call for the Convention was read, and the names of the delegates enrolled; when, on motion, they proceeded to form a National Requited Labor Association. On motion, the following committees were then appointed, viz.: a Committee to draft a Constitution for the Association; a Committee to prepare business for the Convention; a Committee to prepare and publish an address on the duty of abstaining from the produre of slave bbor; and a Commiuee to inquire into the best mode of supplying the market with articles produced by remunerated labor. The Convention then adjourned to meet in the Saloon at two o'clock this afternoon. Afternoon Session.-The Convention assembled at two o'clock, accord-ing to adjournment. The roll was called, numbering two hundred (lnd seventy-one delegates. 'fhe minutes of the morning session were read and approved. The Business Committee reported, recommending that a portion of time be devoted to a di~cnssion of the duty of abstaining from slave labor produce, which was adopted. Alanson St. Clair then offered the following resolution: Resolved, That we will in all cases give a preference to the products of |