Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-12-25
Gegrit Smith 10 S.cphc0 C. Philips.
PrrrnnoRo', October %, 1876.


Hon. STEPHEN G. PHiLgIps, Of Salem Mass;
DEAN SIR.-This days mail brings me the
Speech, which you delivered at the Meeting
recently assembled at Faneuil Hall to con-
slider the outrage Of kidnapping a man in the
streets Of Boston.
| am not insenaihle to the ability, elo-
quencc, beauty, Of this Speech and yet it
fails of pleasing me. The Meeting, after
saw It's proceedings, was no longer an object
Of my pleasant CONCENTRATIONS. Indeed, Mas
sachusets herself has ceased to be such an
object. There was a time, when, among all
C6mmonwcaijhs, she was my begu ;le4k,-
Her wisdom. integrity, bmyery-in short,
her whole history, from her bud in the May
flower to the blossoms and fruits, with which
a ripe civilization had adorned and enriched
her-madc her the object OF my warm and
come over her. Alas, how great and sad a
one! She has sunk her ancient worth and
glory in her base devotion to MamEou and
Party.
When, in the year 1885, ono OF her sons
that one, to whom she. not to say this whole
nation, ives more than to any other person,
was, for his honest, just, and iearleSsassau.ii
on slavery, driven by inluriate thousand.
through the streets Of her metropolis, with a
halter round his neck, Massachusetts look
ing on, applauding. So far was sle from
disclaiming the mob, that she boosted, that
her gentlemen OF property and standing
composed it,. Indeed, one Of her first acts
| after the mob, was to choose for her COVER
nor the man, who promptly rewarded her fol
this choice by his official recommendation Il
treat abolitionists as criminals.
Massachusetts was not, however, lost t.
shame. 1t was not in vain, that the finger o
scorn was pointed at her for this mob aud to
other demonstrations Of her pro-slavery.-
For very deccncy's sake, size began to adjus
her dress, and Put on better Appearances
Indeed, anti-slavery sentiment became tn
order Of The dav with her: and, from he
chief statesman down to her lowest dema
goguo, all tried their skill in utlering hi.
words against slavery. But the hottowes
sentiment and the mcrest praIing constitutes
the whole warp and woot Of this pretended
and ungubstantial opposition to slavery
Massachusetts still remained the slave OF Par
ty and Nammon. She would still vote 10
shareholders, rather than break up the ma
tional parties to which she was welded. ShI
would still make every concession TO tn
slave power TO iaducc it to spare her manu-
lectures.
A fine occasion was afforded Massachu
sets, a few years ago, to talk her a%nti-slay
cry words, and display her anti-slavery sen
timent; and right well did she improve it,
| refer to the casting Of the fugitive slav
George Latimer into one oC Ter iails. II
stantIy did she show anii-slaverv %colcrs.-
She was anti-slavery all over, and to the yer
core also, as n stranger to her ways wOul
have thought. But, beneath al her man
festalions Of generous regard for the oppTes
ed, she continued to be none the less bouy
mp in ayarice-noue the less %seTyile to Il
South. The first opportunity she had to
so, she again voted for Shareholders.
Then came the project TO annex Texas
The shareholders demanded more territory
soak with the sweat and tears and blood
the poor African. This was another Gee
sion for Massachusetts to make another AM
slavery buster. She made it:-and Hcn Z
ted for C~i0y--lor the very man VINO had don
unspcakably moro than any other man to e