———1 ' ———— ———— • w 306 T HELI B B R -A, T O E, . DECEMBER 25. C j of the tree, are also conservative. They membered the movement was in its incipiency. The upon Mr. Roberts Vaux, an aged and highly respected Samuel J. May.—There be root were others who were the children of colored persons, and such others as fore Mr. Tappan But jjav<i been seeking to preserve in the life of our na- cloud of citizen, whose social position and reputation as a phil- of the told me to start another paper. abolitionism was not even so big as a man's members Convention, whose names were not pleased to send their children with them. The excite- I could principles without which a State rests a as a proper not carry on two papers. So I bethought me tion) those hand. Now it covers the heavens 1 anthropist indicated him person to preside signed to the Declaration ; and I look back better be imagined than described. The peo- sandy foundation. You will commemorate the with a ment can of this young man, Charles C. Burleigh, and harness- on a When I entered the hall—which was on the morn- over the meeting. He received the Committee polite- feeling of shame to the fact that anniversary of your organization surround- there were four or ple rose almost in a body,and the poor woman was over- ed my horse and went Friday, in thirtieth ing of the second day—the had begun ; ly, and listened to them courteously. He sympathized five women—Lucretia after him. It was on by the cheering signs that this fact is being re- proceedings Mott, Esther Moore, Lydia whelmed with expressions of abhorrence and deter- the midst of haying ed them in their general object; he was opposed time. A very busy week he had though, as I soon learned, there was no specific busi- with to White, Sidney Ann Lewis—who did us good service* mined opposition. Of course, I went to her, and prof- had of it, and cognized. would be glad to see it although he then believed in shaving, Men are coming to perceive, also, the righteous- ness before the meeting. A Committee had been ap- slavery, and abolished ; but— who spoke, and spoke always to the purpose; and give. Without entering he had I fered her such aid as I could not shaved himself since the haying season ness of abolitionism. The black man is getting to pointed the day before, consisting of Wm. Lloyd Gar- and then followed the usual objections; and in short, remember that in one or two instances they relieved into the narrative at all, I will merely say, that in a commenced. I went to the house of fath- be recognized as a man. rison, Samuel J. May, Edwin P. Atlee and others, to while grateful for the honor rendered him, Mr. Vaux us from difficulties into which his excellent we had got ourselves in day or two I found myself solemnly pledged to test er, and inquired for Charles. For all this, let us and take courage, Con- begged leave respectfully to decline. discussion. He is in the hay-field, thank God draw tip a Declaration of Sentiments; and the the Perfectly well I remember them. the question of that woman's right under the law to as busy as he and continue to work and to pray until we have a While wait- Discouraged in their attempts to find a great Whj were their can be." Nevertheless, I must see him ; vention was now expecting their report. man names not signed to the Declaration 1 open a school for colored persons—a right which they and sent for State founded on the principles of Christian Democ- ing, addressed to for Chairman, the delegation concluded to select It shows that we I him, and up he came, and I am sure he Dr. Abraham L. Cox rend a poem for were in the dark on the subject. called in question. I had pledged myself to as much racy. purpose one of Andrew looked like the son of Jesse when he came to Garrison, written by John G. Wliittier, at that time a this their own number ; and the choice But their names should always go down to posterity Yours most cordially for the rights of man, T. Judson, afterwards one of the Judges of the Court Samuel of old to be anointed, as David did himself. young author, comparatively unknown to fame. You fell upon Beriah Green. A better man could not have as active members of the Convention; and A. BATTLES. I desire of the United States, who was her principal persecu- Nevertheless, I saw that it was Charles Burleigh, remember the piece: been selected. Though of plain exterior and unim- that th^y should be remembered as having and taken an tor, to try that question from the lowest Court in Can- I told him what I wanted. He engaged to be with posing presence, Mr. Green was a man of learning and active and important part with us. " Championof those who groan beneath terbury, to the highest Court in the United States. me the next Monday morning, and he was; lie did band, superior ability; in every way above the average of Mary Oppression's iron Grew.—Why were their names not signed 1 He said tauntingly to me, V Ho ! ho ! Do you know good service in the cause. He wrote himself into ®he z§xbtKHtttx. In view of penury, hate and death, so called men of eminence. a Mr. May. what you undertake ? " " Perhaps reputation that has been, I believe, increasing I see thee fearless stand. Mr. Tappan, who sat at his right, Because we had no conception of the I don't," was my ever * was a jaunty, reply. No Union with SlaveholdersI ####** rights of women. Because it would then have been "Itwill cost you money—a vast deal of mon- since, as a writer and as a speaker. man-of-tlie-world looking person; well dressed and " " love thee with a brother's love ; thought an impropriety, ey." It may," said I. I had not consulted an in- You see, Mr. President, you tapped rather a full I handsome; with a fine voice and taking appearance. a thought at which we all I feel my pulses thrill laugh now. dividual, excepting only my friend, that most excel- cask. That is a reminiscence I had no thought of BOSTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1863 thy spirit soar above Whittier, who sat at his left, was quite as 25, To mark fine looking, lent man, George The cloud of human ill." though in a Benson, the father of Mrs. Garrison. bringing up. But now, to come back to the Conven- different way. He wore a dark frock coat Mr. Garrison.—To show the spirit which pre- " Said I, So sure am I that the aim of this movement tion, where you wanted me to begin. I said to my THIRD DECADE OF THE Lewis Tappan arose and delivered a with standing collar, which, with his thin hair, dark vailed in that Convention, of unusual liberality cer- After the poem, and will be justly appreciated by philanthropists through- brother Johnson, while brother McKim was speaking, sometimes flashing eyes, and black tainly for those times, let me read two resolutions AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. glowing eulogy upon Mr. Garrison. He related two whiskers—not out our country, that large, but in therein adopted : I shall have all the money I that I thought his introduction was a little too long; very striking anecdotes, which, though 1 remember noticeable those unhirsute days gave want." Henry I confess, however, to a little trembling after mine has been longer, so he must forgive me. And [PhonographicallyReported by M. Parkuurst.] them distinctly, I shall not, in this presence, repeat. him, to my then unpractised eye, quite as much of a Resolved, That the cause of Abolition eminently de- a time, when not an individual offered me a dollar to now I will give you a reminiscence about him. He by saying that it had not been his pur- serves the countenance and support of American He concluded military as a Quaker aspect. His broad, square fore- sustain me in that trial. came all the way from Andover to the Convention— SPEECH OF J. MILLER McKIM. pose to eulogize Mr. Garrison ; that what he said was head, and well cut features, aided 'by his incipient women, inasmuch as one million of their colored sis- ters are pining in abject servitude—as their example A few days brought me a letter from Arthur Tap- I comply cheerfully with your request, Mr. Chair- said in no spirit of panegyric, but as a matter of fidel- reputation as a poet, made him quite a noticeable fea- and influence operate Mr. McKim—No,I came from Carlisle ; I was only measurably as laws to society pan.The story had got into the newspapers, and was man, though the task it assigns me is not in ail respects ity to truth and to the cause. Mr. Garrison had been ture in the Convention. —and as the exertions*of the females of Great Brit- six weeks at Andover. ain have been noised abroad. Arthur Tappan I had known in my an easy one. To look back upon the origin of this So- struck at as a representative of the cause. It was our These were the officers of the meeting; the rest signally instrumental in liberating eight Mr, May—At any rate, he was a simon pure, blue hundred thousand slaves in the Colonies.