The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-31
BosToN, Jan. u, 1S4S.
The -Abolitionists-I I1oo Parties-Their
DOings &c

DoSloN, JAIL ~, 1910
The Abolitionists- The 1too Parties-Their
Doings, &c.
Last night closed the annual sessions of the
two sections of Massachusetts abolitonists,
usually called the Garrison and liberty parties.
more heterogeneous set of people were never
congregated together for professedly the same
object. In these bodies you could find repre-
scented all the isms and schisms, and new
tangled notions that ever emanated from the
brain of man.
1t is certainly rather remarkable that New
England, that has usually been noted for its stad,
puritanical notions, in moral, political, and re-
ligious things, should now be so pre-emnently
the fountain head of all those theoretical absur-
dihes so prevalent at the present day. But ridi-
culous as these conceited philosophical sages
oftentlmes make themselves, it is not to be
denied that many of them possess COED degree
OF talent. There are men in the ranks of the
New England abolitionists OF superior educa-
ton, OF great eloquence, and who rank very high
IN the communities where they reside. But
somehow or other, the moment this abolition
mania gets possession of them, it contracts their
naturally well poised and expansive minds into
the most narrow superficial limits. Even the
great South Carolina statesman, in his lone idea'
views regarding the main pillar institution OF this
model republic, is not more enveloped in the mists
OF tanatlclsm than are these men. Gen. Howe
who would have refused even a Christian burial
to the lamented Lincoln, was rewarded for his
glorious achievement, by being made president
| OF the liberty convention; while Mr.. jackson,
who really looks too sensible for such position
was chosen las usual, to preside over the bedam-
ties of the Garrison wing.
have attended number of the meetings of
both parties, and from what have heard uttered
by some of the rabld fellows, should think this
country was the grand focus of all the inquties
that were ever Matched up by the worst demons
DOttOmeSs In rom r I oil nd
more particularly to the Garrison men. No
language seemed sufficiently potent, no epithets
vile enough, for them to apply to every body and
every thing that didn't come within the narrow
circle OF their communion. The church came
In tor a good degree of their BLACKBOARD
slang The wings were a set of periured vii
lalns, while the democrats were too low for
them to speak OF, sc, &c. 1t is lamentabe
that such men should so grossly pervert the gift
ed lntellects that God has given them 1t real
ly seems as IT these men thought their reputa-
tlons rested solely upon their ABILITY to concoct
something more vile than ever, to apply to all
who may not think just as they do. Even the
liberty men, who claim to have some elf-respect,
got to quarrelling amongst themselves upon the
church and ministry. The rattle brain ms of the
party, who seem to have but one notion in their
heads, and that is, that the three millions OF
slaves of the South Constitute the whole sum
total OF suffering humanity, throughout the wide
world, could not let slip the opportunity of kick
ing up muss with the more rigid church por-
ton of the party. Because ministers of the Cos
pei won't preach continually about the "poor
slave, and nothing else, they are denounced as
dough-faces and hypocrites.
Mr.. John p. Hale closed the exhibition of the
liberty party, by a speech of about an hours
length. TO say the best OF it, it was not above
medlocrity., HIS friends were evidently disap-
pointed, both nlthe quantity and quality OF the
speech; tor expectation was exceedingly high,
and regular earthquake OF two hours length
was anticipated. Some of his friends excused
his want of originality, upon the ground
that the subject mad been exhausted. There
may have been some force in this for these abo-
lltionlsts are the greatest takers in the wide
world. | should think they might exhaust any
thing but good sense. That they are not so apt to
trouble AS Hudlbras would say
"They can distinguish and divide
hair 'twixt south and southwest side;
On either which they will dispute
Confute change hands, and still confute
should like to see in one grand pile all the
resolves that ever emanated from abolitio on brains
they would illuminate the whole world if set
on fire.