Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-02-15
ANTI-SLAVERY.
Boston vs.. the commonyvealth--the People
UriuSnuhantI

Boston has bTougbt 1resn lnIamy upon
ITSELF but the commonwealth is true to The
cause Of liberty and the rights Of, her in
habitants. We congratulate all true
hearted friends Of their country, all who
espou.e the side Of the weak and defence
less in opposition TO the powerful and op
pressive, upon the result of 1.-The GREAT
.ANTI-sLAVERY STRUGGLE, alike
in the city Of Boston and in the Legislature
Of Massachusetts. The yeomanry Of the
country. by their representative. have glo-
riously triumphed over the aristocracy OF
the city-they have rescued FREEDOM
OF SPEECH from the clutch of DES-
POTISM-they have spurned the GAG
which Southern tyranis and Northern trail
tors have sought to force into their mouths.
As Gen. Washington gratefully exclaim-
ed on one OCCASION God bless the geo
many Of Mdssaebusstts"
II was advertised in our last number
and in the daily papers in the city, that the
annual meeting ofthe Massachusetts Anti
Slavery Society would be held on the
18th inst. in Congress Hall, the Society
having obtained leave from the Free
Church stately worshiping therein, to
occupy it on that occasion. But the pro-
prietor and lessee Of the building not only
excluded the anti-sIavery meeting. BY d.
rect mandate, but, instGnter, turned the
Free Church out Of doors also! The
name ofthe proprietor is DR.. EDWARD
HUTCHINSON ROBBINS. and of the
lessee. j. M. ALLEN. Applications
had been previously made for several meet
lighthouses and halls, but in vain-not one
could he obtained in Boston! Fortunate
ly, a large STABLE being in possession
Of AN ABoLIT1oNIsr, the State Society
was invited 10 hold its meeting in the spa
cious Loft above. No sooner offered than
accepted At considerable expense aud
trouble, the Loft was quickly put in decent
order, and Wednesday morning came
In the forenoon, a large and highly respec,
table audience promptly assembled, and a
thrilling occasion 1t proved. In the after,
noon, the Loft was crowded almost to
crushing excess, and hundreds were com
PEELED to 60 away, not an inch ofroom be-
ing left unoccupied. Not less than fifteen
hundred or two thousand persons were
present. In the evening, the REPRE-
SENTATIVES' HALL having been
granted by the House. (see account of the
discussion in another column, upon which
we shall remark next week, an immense
number Of people attended, TO listen to The
able and powerful speeches of Orang,
Scott. Ellis Gray Loring, and Henry B
Stanton, (all the speakers being received
with loud and often rapturous applause,
and to the efecting recital of Mr.. Dress
er's narrative
There were some attempts 10 make I
disturbance the doors, but an overwhelm
ing majority of those who were presen
were evidently on the Abolition side
When Boston votes said Mr.. Stanton
the AnG-S;avery Society goes into !
STABLE. When the State votes, 1t goe
into THE STATE HOUSE! And h
truly remarked. that an avalanc he rolling
: down from the top Of tall Monadnoc
/. across Mason and Dixon's line into tn
Southern States, would not excite half tn
dismay that will be fell on the announce
> ment Of the fact, in that quarter, that tn
: occupancy Of the Hall of the House {
Representatives of Massachusetts, has bee
granted to the Anti-Savery Society O
n Thursday forenoon, another large an
a thrilling meeting was held in the stab
$ Ioh-another in the afternoon, by the Ii
dies Society, in the Artists Ga'lery-an
n another, by the State Society, on Frlda
D forenoon, at the Hall, 46 Washingto
d Street IA full report of all the proceed
inrs will be given 10 our next number
We assure our brethren, every wher
:" that these meetings, in interest and ettec
= have excetled all that have hitherto bee
N held in this city. A prodigious lmpuI'
has been given to the Anti-SIavery cauS
l. that Will tell irresistib!y upon the who
Is nation. -Li6eratOr
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