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Show !28 ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION OF A:UEHICAN WOllEN. free labor over those of slavery; and never, if we can have a choice between the two, give countenance to slaveholding, by purchasing, traflicing in, or using the latter. A number of persons spoke upon this resolution, when, the hour for adjournment having arrived, the Convention adjourned to meet at ten o'clock to-morrow morning, in the same place. \V n,LlA_~ C. llt:TTS, ~ Secretaries. ALICE ELIZA IIAI'IlllLETON, 5 A. S. CONVENTION OF AMERICAN WOMEN. On Tuesday, 1\fay 15th, 1838, at 10 o'clock, A.M., the Convention as-sembled in 1hc Lecture-room of Pennsylvania Hall. Having been called to order, the following officers were appointed. President.-M.ARY S. PARKlm, of Boston. Vir.e Prcsidenls.-Maria \V. Chapman, Catharine M. Sullivan and Susan Paul, of Boston, Mass.; Mary A. ,V. Johnson, of Providence, R. 1.; Margaret Prior and Sarah T. Smith, of New York; Martha \V. Storrs, of Utica, N.Y.; Lucretia Molt, of Philadelphia; Mary W. Magill, of Buckingham, }:la.; and Sarah M. GrimkC, of Charleston, S . C. Secretaries.-Anne \V. Weston and Martha V. Ball, of Boston; Juliana A. Tappan, of New York; and Sarah Lewis, of J:lhiladelphia. Trcasw·er.-Sarah M. Douglass, of Philadelphia. Adjourned to meet in the same place at 4 o'clock, P. M. TuESDAY AFTERNOON, May 15. The Convention was called to order at 4 o'clock, P.M. The President then read the nineteenth Psalm, and o!refed prayer. On motion, the following persons were appointed a committee to prepare business for the Convention: Sarah T. Smith, Sarah H. Ingraham, Margaret Dye, Juliana A . ..-rappan, and Martha \V. Storrs, New York; Miriam Hussey, Jlfu.ine; Louisa Whipple, .New llampshire; Lucy N. Dodge, Miriam B. Johnson, Maria \V. Chapman, and Catharine M. Sullivan, 111wtsachusetts; Harriet L. Truesdell and \Vaity A. Spencer, Rhode lslancl; Mary Grew, Sarah M. Douglass, Hetty Burr, and Martha Smith, Pennsylvania; Angelina E. G. \Veld, South Carolina. On motion the credentials of the delegates were received and read. Resolved, That this Convention adjourn to meet at 10 o'clock on Wedne. sday morning, at such place as shall be procured by the Business Commlttee. WEDNESDAY MORNING, May 16. The Convention was called to order at 10 o'clock, A. M., in the Temperance Hall. The ~4th Psalm was read by the President, and prayer offered by Margaret Pnor. On motion, Sarah P~gh, Elizabct~l M. Southard, Mary G. Chapman, and Abby Kelly were appomted a comnuttec to confer with committees from the Pennsylvania Stale Anti-Slavery Society, the Requited Labor Convention, and the Managers of Pennsylvania llal\, in reference to the arrangements for meetings during the week. AS'fl·SL.-'t.VJ.:It¥ CO:."lVENTIOX OF AM~:RJCAN WO!'tlio:N. 12V On motion, Rebecca Pitman, of Rhode Island, and I.ucretia Molt, of Pennsylvania, were added to the Business Committee. Sarah '1'. Smi th , on behalf of the Hu::;iness Committee, presented letters from the Female Anti-Slavery Societies of Salem and Cambridgeport, which were reml, as follows: To thl' Anti·SI:IVCI'Y Convl'ntion of American \\' omen;- D ear Sislt1'1 :-\Ve congrat.ul11tc you on ymu: meeting tO<.;cther ~g:•in, "!ld WOHid cxpr·esa to ?:.~:no~;;~ l~~~~~~lu;.~~~~'l;;~ssE~s~~~~~~ f.~~~h~~/~~::~t.ted,V~~.!!:::~c ~?o~:·:;~':,~cai~~~~.t~.~ ~~~·t!~ ~-h~ pr·csent time n;or·c thau C\'Cl' impressed with feelings of gr·utitw.le. \Ve m·c couscious thut the ~u id1u1ce of Him who has dcclar·~tl himself to be the" fricutl of the fderu11~u :nul the liriut," hall been O\'er• you, from the uuptu-all.cktl success tbat has crowned all your dlO•·ts iu the cause or the oppr•eucd. \Vc would thnt we could All be with you-IJUt though we may uot sit in your councils, nor lis~ ten to th~: wonls of ~ncour~tgemcnt us they full from your· tivs, yr-t our· bel'll"ts shall Ue witlr you, ant i in o•w small measure we will Ue "constant in JWHycr·" tluo~t you m11y be guided by wisr!om fr·orn ou l•igh-tlmt your p:rssion11 may be untie!' the coutr'01 of r·e11son, nurl that in the midst of your· usscmhlicll you may feel the 1wcsenec o[ One whose miuion 011 ca1·th was " libCI'ty to the enptive." So~Yt~e.~::•setn~·~~n~;~ob~r;.:~tl~~~~~~~~~~~:l~a!:~~:::~~~~~~~~~~~~~\0 ~f~~~~~~~~a~,?fis 11i~ ~i1.~1~1i~~~t ~~ ~;:~ thous:.nds in the \Vest Indies who IU'c sull'c1·ing oppt·essinn from thci•· b1·•·thr·en's lnuuls-bnt fmm the An~tic to the Ant:wctie-ft'Om the Atl11ntic to the Pueifie-whcJ·C\'t'l' the chmk of the chNin is bear·tl, wlrer·ever· the sigl• nf the prisoner floats on tire air·-thCI'C docs 0111· cause extend, llle•·e must out· pl!ilautlwopy l)CIICtratc-:md who slntl1 say that we arc not l11bol'iug fol' the havpincss of millions yet to l.tc! For the t!llCOllr·agemcnt of those new con''t·rts who mny clmnc.'e to he with you, we would say that the mm·c we have been enga~d iu this glor·ious wo1·k, the mot•e we lun't! fdt our hearts in· clim:tl to the rdief of the " pour and the needy" and our eRrs opened to tht! "cr·y of those tlnrt have no hdpc•·"--antl we ha\'e been b1·ought to ICel mor·c keenly the :~wful amount of guilt anti cr·ime with wl1ich om· ear·th is filled. Surely woman must 110111 llt'ise, in nil he1• dignity and kinrlliness, to stay the sword of the angt'l tlmt is ll.enr to nw.:nge the I'CIIIIIlll the black m:m·s WI'Ongs! ~hy the Lot"d be with you nnd t..kss you-m>~y you be stl·engthened to plan 11. nobler wo1·k tlt:m CVl'l' felt to woman's lot to tkser·iL~! Let your WMtchword be !ibt1·ty anrlltrve, and your bannl·r pure and S(J:Jtless ,·irtue. May you live to sec the :~ppr'08ch flf tlmt duy "hen man shall no more I'aise his hAud 11gainst his bl'Othcr, when the lion and the lnmb sh:lll lie tlowu tno.;cthct·, and there sh:11l be none to dig aLout the walli of Jt!I'USttlem. ~'Then slu1ll you •· light l)l'eak forth aa the mo•·ning nnd your health sha1llfJI'ir•g forth speedily-and your riglrteousncu sh1d l go befot·e you-and the glor·y of the Lord sh111i bl.: \ 'OUI' rCl'e\Vt~l•d." ' On behalf of the Snlcm (Ms.) Female Anti-Siavcr·y Society. Yom· faithful coadju tors in .l-'1"t.'t:dom's cuuse. :\I ... nr St•L:SCLII, Cot·. Socretm·y . E.Etrnctsfrom a Ldltr jrou\ t/1~ Cambridgeport Fer1w.le .lbtti-S/IJ.I!f!I'Y Society, To the Anti-SI•nry Convt'nuon of Amcril·an Wotnen :- _. • • .. • •-At 11.11 Anti-Sinve1T meetiug, a cleq;yman, who had h'a\'CIIL-d South, SHill Ire was IOr·biddt!n, when tiiCI"C, to JWem:h to slaves: a slll.veholtler said to him, it is not safe for tlu: Jdavcs to be enlightened, he could not J>Cr·mit them to hea•· the se1·mon upon the mount, anti said that the precept," \Vhat SOC\'t!l" ye would that men shoultl do unto JOlt, tlo ye even !iO unto I hem," wouhl open their eyes to their situ:Hiou, ''TherdOrc I fol'l.1id you to pr·cnch to them." Thi1 clcr· ~;yman ob!ICrved that they could not lie taugl1t the Lonrs prayet• without wituessing its denial all IU'Ound them. \Vhat an u\'OW:I.I is this of tl1e bOMtluAe ol both maste1· aut! shn•t!! The sci·n.on upon tbe mount would cr·c~tte insurTectiou! Tr•uly the tli\•ine uspinr.tions commencing, "Our Fathc1· wl10 ar·t in hc-~•·en,'' (thot }~at her· wl1o lmth made of one blood all nations of the cw.t·th, and commanded ~til to love asll\'ctlu:t!n,)are \'irtua11y r.lenied. We should be u•'tinst to our fl:clings, dill we not take this O!JI)()t·tunity to tt•iuler• our· gn•tefu l tributeofrcspt:ctantllo\·e to those fdcnds of humanity, Misses S11r·;•h :\l.aull Angelina E. Grimkf, for their noble exe1·tious in om· ''icmity the past yr·1u•; we tl.iuk nmny a Felix hR5 tl~mbled, JUid m11ny a jailor·, himself in bonds, has cried rout, " \Vhat shall I tlo to b~ 8!1\'t:d ?" Ther~ JU't: those, and the numbe•· is neitloe1· ft!w nor small, who think dull slRH'l')' is a politic11l ilff~til·, and women have no conc<·rn in it; but tlclud....d ot' t.~~llous must be tha: hl'Srl which ac· knowletJ~s that woman intliets an ittim·y, but shou ld be J)()Wt:d~ss in ret.h·essing it. " 'Ve ha\'t: not so lcu.•·ut!d Christ!" \Ve think tl•at to wom11n is committed the pr·ccious trust ofri;"Hl'ing our ~:,•,~gli;·~;!t:n11~r~:.~ i~~~~~;,~~~s e,~;;t~~t ~c ':?ot8~~c,. i·~~~~ee 1f::: ~~;~~~~~~~~~he ~.y~;:n°fs~':,:.;~,~~t:~J pbilllnlht·opi~t, phihmthrnpist arul M:~tesmMn 1 nrc identicttl te1·ms, tl1en m~ty we hope tlmt "righ- 17 |