Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-09-03

We have only room for the following extract
Of notice, from the Boston Post, of the meeting
of the citizens of Boston, held in Faneuil Hall, On
the 2lst inst. in reference to the recent attempts
of the Abolitionsts, to interfere in matters rela
ting to the South. After the resolutions haIbeeu
read, the Hon. Peleg Spragne, formerly United
States Senator from Maine, addressed the meet.
ing in eloquent strain, arly, III substances
follows:
The question being on the adoption, the Hon.
Peleg Sprague rose IN their support lie thought
the r. equation or abolition of slavery within the
exclusive care Of the slave holding States. He
saw no good that could result from ag falling aud
infiaming the public mind at the North on this
solemn and delicate SUBJECT not if the excite
ment perry AIDED every section and State on this
side OF the Potomac.
What benefit would result from such ex.
citemont? Is it proposed to operate on the fears
of the shareholders? BY such q course you might
bind the cords of the slave closer-make bis
chains heavier-and dig his dungeon deeper for
fear hardens the heart against all touches Of ba'
manity-but you could effect neither his emanci'
patio nor the improvement Of his condition
And if all insurrecton sho ud take place among
the slaves, should we not, in obedience 10 tho
Constitution, be ready for the cal--ay, 60 for
ward to meet our bretheren, and die in defence
OF tnOSe whose DiOOu Is our piOOQ-WnOse Causo
is our cause
Mr.. Sprague denounced in strong Language The
course pursued by abolitionists. He desired TO
do them no injustice. They protested wish
not 10 compel, but to persuade though Their
course " calculated for any thing rather than
| persuasion. They sought to please and allure,
| by language that could have other effect than
| to excite & aggrayatc. He had heard ofindivid'
| uals who practised a thousand winning ways 10
make folks hate them and the abolitionists had
employed all these arts with wonderful success
| In reference 10 The disregard OF consequence,
which the aboli,ionists profess in performing
! what is right, Mr.. Sprague could not conceive
| how regard TO consequences, in a subject Oh
! this importance, could avoid entering into the
very essence ofright II they really entertained
this notion, why did they not carry it fully INTO
practice? Why do they not 20 to the South and
| preach their doctrines; Why: from regard 70
| the consequence their lives perhaps, would Do
in imminent peril, aud the loss of life is conse.
quence for which, even in following the strie'
line Of duty, they exhibit a due regard. ne
thought the true underst anding OF this doctrine
was, that the abolitionsts disregard the conse'
quences that might result from. their conduct 10
other peoplc--but were sufficiently sensitive 10
reference 10 those consequences that atscleS
themselves. This position this profession Of
Disregard to consequences-was a false position
one that could be in no wise sustained.
With reference TO the opProbrious Language
used by the abolitonsts tow ards the slavehoIo
ers, stgmatzng them robbers and murderers'
men with whom we should hold communion,
Mr. Sprague pronounced it 10 be lbelloss asu
slanderous. The time was when such Language
could not have been t.eaihed in this community
Go back to the period when our fathers hrstPle'
claimed resistance TO that authority which CLAIM
ed the right 10 bind the colonies in all what
soever; when Massachusetts stood alone, breast
ing the torrent Of British power, and when our
gallant brethren Of the South came genefously'o
her assistance what was then thought OF COM
munion with Shareholders? When the stree"
OF Boston, and the fields Of Lexington and Con
cord were flowing with the blood of our cltlseosA
split by the myrmidons Of Great Britain--Wsen
that man, a Shareholder, burning 10 the W..
length painting OF Washington, which :crms ssS
most valuable decoration OF old FaneWi,l VIZ
that STAKEHOLDER, who there smiles upon TINS au'
dience, with the Shareholders under his coD ,,
mand, united in driving the enemy irem ".
streets, and from this hall, our fathers suli[
thought il no reproach 10 hold communion VIZ
him and with them -.
We cannot follow Mr.. Sprague throughout ~
his spirited and eloquent remarks. They We'o
received with an srdeut aad general applause.
II rs enough TO say, that he fully sustained VIZ
in the walls Of old Faneuil the high repa'..'ssa
for chaste, sincere and fervent eloquence ina
brought with him from the floor Of the Sena n,
The meeting was closed with q speech Ia
the Hon. HARRISON GRAY oTIs, full o. ' soS"
and striking views Of the constitutional question
involved in the great subject under conslueldc
with strong and spirited. though NOS Di,'e' On
nuneiation OF the agitators and aboliilonisn .rst
rising 10 speak, he was received WIN nv
hearty acclamation. The voice which naa 80,
ed the stormy debates of that ball In nas' i;ct.
commanded the same respectful attcnii9R' ''