Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-12-05
A Rebuke to an English Adolf
ZIONIST.

A public reception was given III Dos-
ton last week, to the notorious English
abolitionist, George Thompson, who has
come over to this country 10 lecture the
people of the United States on the enor-
mites of Slavery, which institution was
established among them by the govern
ment and people of England. We are
glad that Bostonians had respect enough
for their city and the country, to hiss
Thompson down, and prevent the utter
ance of his libels upon our people and
institutions. We trust that wherever
the fellow attempts to speak he will be
served the same way. We have got
American fanatics, agitators, abolitionists
and traitors enough among us, without
them from England. Wecopy
a portion of the proceedings at Boston,
from the Advertiser of that city:
Having stood long time waiting for
the storm to subside, Thompson sat down
upon chair which had been passed up
to him-a movement which caused fresh
outburst of merriment and noise, which
finally took a musical turn, and many of
the rowdies joined in singing
"We won't go home till morning,
We won't 90 home till morning
Till daylight doth apps n"
Then followed clapping,. cheering,
stamping, screeching, hurraing, groans
and calls for three cheers, for Daniel
Webster - +" three cheers for Bunker
Hill - "three groans for John Bull, -
given with much laughter; T" three cheers
for Winthrop" Then came g Yankee
Doodle whistled by a band of about
fifty in the centre. Three cheers for
Gov. Briggs" were next required and
given, and then three cheers for the
Z Hen Convention" In the meantime,
rings were formed in different parts of
the hall, and negro dances performed as
long as the crowd could be kept from
breaking in the circles. "1hree cheers
for the United States," called up Abby
Folsom in the front of the North Gallery,
and then "three cheers for Abby Fol-
som" were given with tremendous force.
Straightway something fell from Abby
about the right Of free speech, uttered
in very high key. A stentorian voice
was heard below, calling out" Can't
you holler louder, Abby ?" This is
glorious doings, amt it ?" replied Abby,
adding have seen more respectable
lily among the brute creation. The lion,
roaming in sublime majesty in the desert,
behaves more like rational being than
you do. You act like set of lions stir
red up in menagerie. 1t is worse than
speaking under the brutal dictation of a
chairman, with power to say one is out
of order. [Cries of " Go on, Abby
Go on Is this the way you trample
on the right of free speech, the para
mount and paragon attribute of mankind
You call yourselves free, but you will
not be allowed TO speak evenin Faneuil
Hall without being fettered by chair
man, backed by the police, and after all
you are but menagerie of wild beasts.
Abby brought her GRAFTON to a close by
exclaiming-"Willy you hear Mr.rhomp-
son speak ?" "No," like thunder clay
came from the centre, and Abby sal
down.
William E. Claiming now tried to ge
a hearing, but it was no use.
Then Theodore Parker essayed tt
storm the mighty commotion, by pointing
to the portraits of Washington, Adams
and Peter Feneuil, but all in vain, fol
the screeching, pulling, dancing and
jumping increased.
Mr.. Quincy again advanced, withdrew
Thompson from the platform, and de-
clared the meeting adjourned.
Thompson has published the speech hi
attempted 70 make. 1t is vile, infamou.
harangue, ridiculing our laws and govern
ment and eliminating our ablest public
men. He will do we'll to stay at the
East, where the aboliticnists are strong
enough TO protect him. If he should
venture out, he would find considerable
difficulty in carrying out the purposes
for which he. has visited us.
The New York Courier & Enquirer
a leading Seward Wing paper, in re-
marking upon this subject, says justly
that nothing can be clearer than the right
of American citizens, on all occasions, t.
assemble and express their opinions up
on public questions, without interference
from any other portion of the people,
But this is right which belongs solely
to Americans. Foreigners andth agents
of foreign governments possess no such
right; and, consequently, when some
twelve years since, Mr.. George Thomp-
son, an Englishman, and subject Of Great
Britain, ventured to come among us, tc
agitate upon the subject of slavery, we
did not hesitate TO advise our people
no matter how great their adherence Of
slavery--to drive him from every public
meeting in which he might have the i'm
pudence TO thrust himself. The advice
was followed in more instances than one