Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-12-06
-.cT THOMPSON AND THE COL :
eEofSO%mrs CITIZENS OF BOSTON.

After being mobbed by the respectable whites
tnoSton because they were afraid he might say
a'otbng against slavery, Mr.. Thompson was
ooo;ved by the colored people on Monday eve
;Og Strict order was maintained by the police
EbsSrles l.. Remond colored man, and gifted
noaker. welcomed Mr.. Thompson, and the lat
y replied at length, in a strain of eloquent re.
Eark. congratuating the audience Oh the pro-
rress of emancipation, speaking warmly o.
klorkson and Wilberforce, of the abolition OIL
sIavery in the French Colonies, of the earnes
sttenton now universally paid to the subject Of
Slavery, &c. We copy the following pas age
from The report Of the Chronotgpe:
Il Avoice has spoken in the ear of this mighty
nation, and has said
Sleep no more
Slavery has murdered sleep. 1t is unneces-
sary for me to enter upon historical detail
Most if not all, Of you have been living witness
es of the progress of the cause. Some OF you
have beer conspicuous actors in the sublime
Hrama which is still unfolding its scenes-deeP-
sning in interest as they advance In the stage OF
The civilized world.
The question is up-the contest is begun
lhe combat thickens-the battle becomes grand
il will be grander still-it will be the greatest
md and grandest ever fought on earth, and its
[onseouences the most momentous and far
reacbing of any that ever followed from war
hi principles since the world began.
III Slavery! it is the theme of every newspaper.
h is the topic of debate in every legislature hail.
h lenuthens the sittlngs Of Congress. 1t allows
Eour Senators but two hours rest at night. 1t
mixes with your soil. 1t determines your bound
nv lines. It is that word in every new Consti-
fution which causes the mightiest intellects in
HE land to grapple with each other in passion
lite and unyeilding conflict. It's the pivot upon
which every election turns. 1t decides the COM
snlexion of every ticket placed in the ballot box
kItis the test of membership in churches. 1t is
The cause of divisions in communities. 1t leads
10 new combinations of political parties. 1t
makes and unmakes Bishops. 1t changes
WHO'S into Democrats, and both into Free Soil
ers. 1t is the interpreter of the tables of stone
given to Moses, and of the precepts to brotherly
love uttered by Jesus. 1t meets the priest on the
stems of the aIter-the preacher on the stairs of
tbe pulpit-the merchant on the busy Exchange
and the New England farmer, when hungry
naked wanderer asks in the name of it and hu-
mainly shelter for the night.
Is itnothing my friends, that all this has been
brought to pass in twenty years? Is it nothing,
that an obsolete and buried Christianity has been
exhumed, and sent forth, like a refining fire, to
purify this land from the dire curse of Slavery.
After Mr. Thompson had concluded, spec ches
were made by other gentlemen. Tie Chrome
type says: :,
Wendell Phillips took the platform and made
a speech of surprising eloquence, keen satire
and brilliant thought. Mr.. Phillips was follow
ed by Rev. VIM. H. Claiming, who believes
that Mr. Thompson will not be allowed to return
to England until the insult which nus been off
cred him in Boston has been wiped out by a
crowded assembly of her citizens in Faneuil
Hail.