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VOL. XIII.—NO. 2.
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ DECEMBER 30, 1859.
WHOLE NO. 626.
against the rights of citizenship
of thOBe who are justly thy victi
Finally, we ask thy fatherly \
•Diir Cums|j0tikncf.
EnrrOR :"—The    Christian  .
eaches the devout addreas,' Onr Path-
fa art in heaven, &c. Those invited
feast spokeu of-in the gospel, h-.d ibeir
iliort, yt-t coitiprehoissivc—'I pray thee
1   Sli'.s;
r forn
s possible that those who bow dow
their   forms   of   prayer.    Not
is of tl
den,
i form of prayer especially adapted to the
vasits of those iu Congress and out, who are
iaily showing  their fealty to   him who now,
iver the affairs of our nation, I take tho liber-
y to suggest a form.    I do not   worship, nor
he shrine of slavery ; nor am 1 so vain as to
appose that the form I shall   suggest will be
Tsoine appropriate suggestior
loyalty to the slave
aring wrong of such
,o   appear and   to be
0 Thou all   pervading power of slave
y in
at thy feel,
knowledging thy supremacy
nd   thy right to
gold that we may supply   ou
selves with
(he
supply tha
may bribe electors, and   we
right to rale ove
tory ; the other, by the  unc
of its adherents, asserts and
eports, and
phatically and   re-emphatic
ally asserts
thou   hast a  perfect right
to reign   undia-
tnrbed where thy dominion
ow extends
We
acknowledge to thee that th
at thy shadow,   and makes
show of   r
ance to thy power, where thou art  not
ssen-
amies,' and that thou 11
Iteolved, That the
f Him who hath also said, 'Exe-
cut in   the morning, and   deliver
my fury   go out   like fire,   and
ttemptto   obey such a
ader ; deliver them
tunnt to previous notice, a densely
:d meeting of colored citizens convened
Second Baptist Church, Chrogan St.,
t, on Friday evening, Dec. 2d. The
g was called to order by Wm. Lambert,
riefly referred to  the  solemn event  of
then introduced   the evening's  exercises ac-
-By   Revs.
Daughter of
Capt. John Brown Liberty Leagi
the platform and took the Chair ;
then assusaed a more deliberative
I!-'-." i,  H1.
immunity, many of
.ni: eil'eet-
colored churches
otment be made for the preach-
Old   Capt.   Brown, within that
rVebb from the Finance Corned that the League had twenty-
l hand, ready to send to Mrs.
, would be forwarded to   her  as
■o the
pern through-
fry, requesting them
bly then adjourned, ti
: the soul-stirring at
8,
Q. H. PARKE E,
large and highly respectable meetir
of the citizens of Buffalo was held at the Ea
Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evenin
13th inst., for   the   purpose of paying son
niory <
Of Ha
Capt. John Brown, the
per's Ferry.   At an early hour the hoi
crowded to its utmost capacity.
The meeting was called to order by
Weir, Jr., on whose   motion   the   Rev
Adams was called to the chair, and  Messrs.
Peyton Harris, Jasper   Johnson,
■ppoiated Vi
.  Weir,
, and B. T. Youi
Jifktrir.
Sir; When our thoughts dwell upon the
"nited States of America, a mfijestie fonn
sea before the eye of imagination.    It ia   a
Look, then, to what is taking place in that
Duntry of Washington at this   present roo-
In the Southern-States of the Union there
with in-li-rnatiun, us Use most monstrous of in-
. of the Northern SUii.es.  A white sunn,
man, John    Brown,   sought to deliver
these negro slaves from bondage.    Assuredly,
radiated with a
of so  great a
John I
when
to the appeal.
■. -  ..- ■   ■ :
spirit of the Gospel, I
these oppressed brotl
Freedom. The sla\
tude, made no rcspoi
siiidled'willi kids ; his'two" you
self was taken.   This   is what
affair of Harper's Ferry.
John Brown has been tried, w
comrades, Stephens, Coppic, Gret
What has been the   character
Let us sum it up in a few words
his arm, another in hi3   loins, an
with  the   ghostly presence of  1
pointed Secretaries.
Throne of Grace was
:    ■.     '        :■■
i, We, tho oppressed portion of this
slavery, and'know by sad experieni
talking e~  '
nighty  i
tain   fanai
liiere
thy stately step-
foolish idea into their   crazy
is a power higher than thine i
You shall see that when in
pings  thon dost approach   i
people can be so debauched as to welcoi
thy coming, we will encourage and defend th
in thy onward march.
We have so debauched certain leading a
s of  I
and v
sage   t
morning and for a  little   :
■ouM
South and run oil cattle and horses, as slaves;
so that the sun does not go down npon onr
wrath, and indeed in our wrath, we only
mean to oppose some overt act of thine that
for the moment touched our foolish sympathies. The real principle that thou hast a
right, supreme, to live, we never, even in our
wrath, attempt to question.    We acknowledge
in their ignorance and weakness they declared
that all men were created equal, and that
among their unalienable rights was liberty ;
and that they formed and adopfed a constitution without a single guarantee for slavery, but
on the contrary in the 4th article and 4th aec-
every State in this Union a republican form of
government;' yet we rely upon thy clemency
that thou wilt forgive them, for the reason
that they were prejudiced against thee on account of their selfishness, having themselves
.VI   ■'   ■
h blasphemoi
i, that thou
body and tho
I whereas, we, by the help
, and the  Been
■enow beginning to develop
southern part i * "'
ibled to  make
d   and  highly
-   T ' j Brown, and
teemed friend, Old Capt. John Bi
16th day
i,y   .,■:.-■:  ■ i
e and timely blow
utb to tremble wit
boldly and freely
thereby 'solitary ant
:   •>'■ :■    -■■-.;■
i  b*sd, c-fuie-
:■;:; !'■ ■  ,v ::.!i
by the Ohairn
Rev. E. J. Adams next spoke, reviewing the
jtory of the Harper's Ferry affair, endorsing
e bravery and manly spirit which character-
id the noble old hero, and urging our people
a united and vigorous action in behalf of
ledom. He concluded his remarks amid a
perfect storm of applause.
Onr worthy and venerable townsman, Mr.
Peyton Harris, next took tho platform, who
■j, which was joined j
The following resolutis
r.  Adams, was   unan
Resolved, That we
refused, forged and mutilated documents pr(
e[ way of 1.1
sat even the ideas ol
'
myself, though I i
the   safety   of thi
; scaffold of the 16tl
ing the par
founded ai
within this guilty i
shed beneath
therefore, be it
■ed, That we hold the namo of Old
Capt. John Brown in the most sacred remem
'    ■ je, as the first disinterested martyr for ou
;y who, upon the true Christian priiieipl;
.is country ; therefore will we ever vir
■eople
Resolved,   That ■
loudly
keeping the Old
of liberty upon th'
ie nntil  the proper
ur million of our fellow
mpathy an>
■■ ...-:  i ■[■
ard the Harper'
s of the final ove:
binds and degradf
for their loss, whose lo
■ on it well ; they i
t alone in the world
of the whole of Europe.
a watched 1
i attracts the
in hanged on the 2d   of December—this
iat news has just reached us.    A respite
, be, i   ^ranted to him.    It is not until the
h that he is to die.
i'iie  interval is a brief one.    Before it has
led wis! a cry  for   mercy have had time to
lie itself effectually heard 1
No matter 1   It is our duty to speak  out.
Perhaps a second respite may be granted.
nerica is a noble nation.    Tho impulse of
inanity springs quickly into   life  among a
e people.    We may yet   hope that Brown
If it were otherwise, if Brown should die on
; scaffold on tho 10th of December, what a
rible calamity !
M of  Brown, let  us avow it
The hour of eleven o'clock having arrived,
he house being still crowded with no disposi-
ion to adjourn, the President declared it in-
ecorous to  continue tho meeting any longer,
ddress be published in Frederick Douglass'
"aper.
After which tho meeting adjourned by sing-
family of   Capt.
be' held
by us as our special friends in whose welfare
After the reading of the resolutions, the
'MarseillesHymn'was sung with a soul-stir-
ing effect, and then able and eloquent speeches
were made by Revs. Messrs. Anderson, Green
Webb, and John D. Richards, who responded
so ably and eloquently to the resolutions, that
fires of liberty were kindled   in the  hei
brance tho name of Old Brown wUl nev
the day of the peoph
—the executioner of
the attorney Hunter
■the  Kin,
vn wonld be n
be, though
Republic,
loves, the mo
that    He-mil
hgle State ought
shudder, the
,   now
Other*
.   jiith of   Hi.ee
uld be
of history would thenceforward
testily that the august Confederation of the
Xew'Wosld had addf
together with the i
bond that can only kill.
■om the
It ia b
When
effect, and wl
.mpion of (
die, slaughtered by thi
like Germany, 5
Europe i
; and when  we
; that, like  Fra
[Applause.]   Now, between us of th.
h   - ,   -   :       1,1  111,
Ma due," "Love thy neighbors as th.
ueweU a]i|.lau=c]    Thus we should 1,
we ouKht ti
JJritish government, Rhode I
Tour years before t      '
;an independence si
n freedom's cause i
the  oppressions of tho
was as full of r
either upon the nn
i, in the   face of
.: ■■■..: ..
The people of B
'epreser
ington continued
goods, of which the
h.    <
: tho
vidence, Du,
t flood, thi
essels, and make illeg:
'lich the recoverv cos
m gave chase.    The
fidently followed,
slled Gaspce Poiul
then set the vessel
■!.     :■.■ I ;   ■
ittle below Pai
ailed
night,
i the Gaspee, boardi
took and lauded the
fire.
■hich  Dudington
ipposa they
lh..:  n
ress the least sympathy for the second John