...reater public contempt and odium. Its sittings were, while guarded, open to its avowed and bitter enemies. No person was refused admittance to the Convention: on the contrary, Messrs. Gurley and Finley [General Agent of the Colonization Society], a large number of Southern medical students, several ladies, and, in fact, all who came as spectators, were politely and cordially furnished with seats. ...