The Liberator (newspaper)/September 18, 1857/Anniversary of the Western A. S. Society
Anniversary of the Western A. S. Society.
Dear Friend May:
The anniversary meeting at Alliance closed on Monday. It was, on the whole, the best one I ever saw in the West. It was well attended, and the discussions were very spirited, and mainly interesting and profitable. I see no reason why we may not prosecute a campaign worthy of so auspicious a beginning. Calls pour in on us from all quarters for lectures and conventions, and many old Republicans and Free Soil men are about tired of their political warfare.
You will soon see the Resolutions of the Anniversary, and I hope approve them, too. They all passed unanimously, except that of S. S. Foster on political action; and the opposition to that was almost as decided as the approval of the rest. I think it finds very little, if any, favor among the Executive Committee, or any of the old friends of the Western Society, except, it may be, among a very few of strong political tendencies, or actual members of the Republican party.
The resolutions on the Church found no opponent whatever. Those relating to the new compensation project of Elihu Burritt were equally unfortunate It was delightful to see how promptly and how unitedly the Western Society placed the whole weight of its foot on this last attempt of cowardice and compromise to evade its most solemn duty, at once to demand the liberation of the captive, regardless of the iron demands of those who have robbed them so long.
The meeting continued three days. On Sunday, the attendance was at least three thousand persons. The great Oberlin Tent was never much better filled never with a more earnest and determined congregation of the friends of freedom and humanity.
Yours, for the right,
