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Show 114 'fiiiiW DAY-Al-"'l'ERNOON st::;siO~. were opposed to freedom. Upon this, remarks were made by a number of persons ; and, among other things, it was stated that the churches of the Roman Uatholics were not_ disgraced by negro-pews, but that the difrcrent m~mbers_ of the human fam1ly _met t?gether there in worship without regard belllg pa1d to" the hue of the1r skm or the curl of their hair." ALVAN STEWAitT said this was new to him; and if it was a fact,. it was very ere~ dita~l~ t~ that ~eno~1ination. l_le h_oped it w~uld ~e remembered by the abohttomsts. I• or h1s part he d!scla1med any mtenllon of impeaching the character of the Roman Catholics. A few remarks were then made by E. C. PRITCHETT, upon the grounds of hope that the anti-slavery cause will soon triumph ;-stating that the slaveholders will be unable to resist the truth, and besides that they will soon find themselves borne along by the more powerful tide of public opinion. lie was followed by C. C. llun.LEIGH, who, in a single ~entence, stated that he also felt assured of the success of abolitionism, but that his assuran~e was founded on the power of truth, and not of public opinion. lie den1ed that the latter was the more powerful. J>n.ncuETT explained, and added some remarks to prove that public opinion, when once directed against slavery, would be irresistible. \V.ILLIA_n ll. llunLEIOII then rose and said, he hoped something substanhal m1ght be done for the poor Cherokees, to whom allusion has been made this afternoon, and whu arc about to be expelled on the 23d instant from their homes by the armed force of the United States. As some resolutions on this subject have been prepared, he hoped they would now be oft'ered. The following preamble and resolutions were then read and adopted. And we rejoice to say that, out of an audience of between two and three tho.usand persons, nearl_r all of whom voted, there were only three, we believe, who responded 111 the negative! This act ofmet·cy and of Christian benevolence nNISIIED 'filE DEDICATION of the }fa/l. "At this time, when the libet·tics or a noble, but unfortunate race are al>out to be cloven down by the cupidit.r of an a\'aricious 1)CO!l\c,-whcn a stain is nbout to be cast upon our national escutcheon~ wh1ch t~l? tcnrs nnd regrets of after :1~8 wi\1 never be nble to remove -it becomes the ~luty ol :1\1 the h·1c1.1ds of Hum:mily, to raise their voices ngainst a mc:asure whi~h would thus ent:ul dtbgracc upon tlus eount•·y, :md ruin upon its aboriginal inlmbit.ant.s. Therefore, u Resolved, That \~e do uncquinx· . .'llly 1lisappmvc, :md_indignantly condemn, the attempt about to be made by the Umtcd States' GO\'crumcnt, for the forcible removal of the Cherokee nation. "Reso_lved1 Thnt a eopy of the foregoing l'renmble and Resolution be forwarded to our Rc~~:~~:~~~~~~, m Congt·css, lO the PL-esidcnt or the United States, and the GovcrnOl' of OUl' Com- The above re_solutions were passed on the 16th. On the 22d the President .o.f the Umted ~tat~s sent a message to Congress, (accompanying a concthatory commumcatton, llate~l "M.ay 18th," addressed by the Secretary of ·war to th~ Cherok.~e DelegatiOn~) tn order that such measures might be ~dopt~U by Congress as are reqlllred to cr.rry into effect the benevolent mtenttons of the government toward the Cherokee nation " and which it was hoped, would " induce them to remove peaceably and contentedly' to their new homes in the \Vest." We have not the vanity. to _suppose these resolutions produced either the ~essage or the commm11eatat?n. alluded to, but we do believe they were timely and proper; and we reJOice that the last act in the Dedication of the Pen~sylv~nia Hall. was an _unequivocal testimony against the cruelty, frauds, and tnJUSttce pracllsed agamst the persecuted and suffering Indian. PROCJ.:I.:OJNGS 01' TilE STATE A. S, SOCIETY. I Hi IN the account of the meetings held in Pennsylvania Hall given ~hus far, we have confined ourselves to those which were held under the direction of the Managers, and which constituted the Dedication. The Lecture-room, how~ver, was o~cupied on the preceding day by the" Anti-Slavery ConventlOn of Am~ncan Women," who also occupied the Saloon during a part of. the ~ucceed111g: day. Under the ac~ount of the next day's meetings we sh.tll gtve the mmutes of the proceetlmgs of the Convention just named, from the commencement of its session up to the time of the fire, as published by that body. The Pennsylvania State Anti-Slavery Society for the Eastern District, also, .held two meetings in the Saloon this day. The minutes of these meetmgs h?ve. been published in the "Pennsylvania Freeman," a weekly paper of tlus ctty-the organ of that Society. They are as follows: PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE SOC IETY . .A J.ueeting of th~ Pennsylvania State Anti-Slavery Society for the Eastern Dtstnct, was held m the large Saloon of the Pennsylvania Hall May 16 1838, at eight o'clock, A. M. ' · ' Abr'm: L. J>ennock, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society, called the meetmg to order, when, on motion, Lewis C. Gunn, \Vm. A. Garrigues, and James Uhoads, were appointed Secretaries. On motion, it was R_esol'Ved, That members of Anti-Slavery Societies auxiliary to the State Soca~ty, but who have not been appointed delegates to this meeting, be receaved as such. Resol'Ved, That all strangers, members of Anti-Slavery Societies, in attendance, be invited to take seats as corresponding members. Porti?ns of the minutes of the First Annual meeting of the Society held at I-larnsburg, January 15th, last, were then read. On motion of \V m. If. Burleigh, John W. Leeke, of Chester County, was invitctl to take a seaL as a corresponding member. The Report of the Executive Committee for the Eastern Distriet was read, and, on motion, adopted, On motion of Samuel \V ebb, it was Resolved, That a large edition of the same be printed, and circulated in every part o( the state, under the direction of the Executive Committee. Peter \Vright, \Villiam Jackson, Nathan Stem, George Sellers, Samuel 'Vebb, and James 'Voorl, were appointed a Finance Committee, to take into consideration the amount of money necessary to be raised during the ensuing year. John G. \Vhittier read a statement of the number of societies which had reported themselves auxiliary to the State Society, and requested persons in attendance to furnish Joseph Healy (the agent of the Pennsylvania Freeman) with the names of all other societies not reported, also the date of their organization, number of members at that time and at the present, and the names of the }>resident, Corresponding Secretary, and Recording Secretary of each. William Harned, Lewis C. Gunn, and Samuel D. Hastings were then appointed a committee to confer with the Convention of American \Vomen. the Requited Labor Convention, and the Managers of the Pennsvl\'ania Hall , relative to holding meetings during the remai-nder of the Pre~cn.t week. |