e enactments,
obliged to flee from these United States and take up residence
within her borders. And that this Convention will employ its
auxiliary societies, and such other means as may lie in its
power, for the purpose of raising monies, and remit the same for
the purpose of aiding the proposed object.

[Signed] "ROBERT COWLEY, }
"JOHN PECK, } _Committee._"
"WM. HAMILTON, }
"WM. WHIPPER, }
"BENJ. PASCHAL, }
"THOS. D. COXSIN, }
"J. C. MOREL, }

This convention's work was carefully done, its plans were laid upon a
broader scale, and the Colored people, beholding its proceedings, took
heart, and went forward with zeal and courage seeking to increase
their intelligence and wealth, and improve their social condition. In
their address the convention did not fail to give the Colonization
Society a parting shot.

"CONVENTIONAL ADDRESS.

"_To the Free Colored Inhabitants of these United States_:

"FELLOW-CITIZENS: We have again been permitted to associate in
our representative character, from the different sections of this
Union, to pour into one common stream, the afflictions, the
prayers, and sympathies of our oppressed people; the axis of time
has brought around this glorious, annual event. And we are again
brought to rejoice that the wisdom of Divine Providence has
protected us during a year whose autumnal harvest has been a
reign of terror and persecution, and whose winter has almost
frozen the streams of humanity by its frigid legislation. It is
under the influence of times and feelings like these, that we now
address you. Of a people situated as we are, little can be said,
except that it becomes our duty strictly to watch those causes
that operate against our interests and privileges; and to guard
against whatever measures that will either lower us in the scale
of being, or perpetuate our degradation in the eyes of the
civilized world.

"The effects of Slavery on the bond and Colonization on the free.
Of the first we shall say but little, but will here repeat the
language of a high-minded Virginian in the Legislature of that
State, on the recent discussion of the sla