to
promote the elevation of mankind to a proper rank and standing
among men, as they enable him to discharge all those duties
enjoined on him by his Creator. We would, therefore, respectfully
request an early attention to those virtues among our brethren
who have a desire to be useful.

"And lastly, your Committee view with unfeigned regret, and
respectfully submit to the wisdom of this Convention, the
operations and misrepresentations of the American Colonization
Society in these United States.

"We feel sorrowful to see such an immense and wanton waste of
lives and property, not doubting the benevolent feelings of some
individuals engaged in that cause. But we cannot for a moment
doubt, but that the cause of many of our unconstitutional,
unchristian, and unheard-of sufferings emanate from that
unhallowed source; and we would call on Christians of every
denomination firmly to resist it."[28]

The convention was in session for several days. It attracted public
attention on account of the intelligence, order, and excellent
judgment which prevailed. It deeply touched the young white men who
had, but a few months previous, enlisted under the broad banner Wm.
Lloyd Garrison had given to the breeze. They called to see Colored men
conduct a convention. The Rev. S. S. Jocelyn, of New Haven,
Connecticut; Arthur Tappan, of New York; Benjamin Lundy, of
Washington, D. C.; William Lloyd Garrison, of Boston, Massachusetts;
Thomas Shipley and Charles Pierce, of Philadelphia, visited the
convention and were cordially received. Messrs. Jocelyn, Tappan, and
Garrison were invited to address the convention. They delivered
stirring addresses, and especially urged the necessity of establishing
a college for the education of "Young Men of Color." At the suggestion
of the speaker the convention appointed a committee with whom the
speaker conferred. The report of the committee was as follows:

"That a plan had been submitted to them by the above-named
gentlemen, for the liberal education of Young Men of Color, on
the Manual-Labor System, all of which they respectfully submit to
the consideration of the Convention, are as follow:

"The plan proposed is, that a College be established at New
Haven, Conn., as soon as $20,000 are obtained, and to be on the
Manual-Labor System, by which, in connection with a scientific
educ