The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-28
THE UNION.


TAs Abslissoaists and sAsir Torsisn E@i...ry.
The following sketch Of the reception meeting OF
Thompson. the foreign emissary, take from the Bos-
ton Times The number of auditors is stated by other
papers and witnesses moi TO have exceeded eight hun
dred of waeh third consisted Of negroes. third
Of women and girls and the remaining third OF and
boys; f4l t@EA3
"REcrrrioso OF GsoReK Taonpsos. M p, AT woRcEsrxa =
Al halPast eight o'clock Saturday morning last about
one hundred persons took advantage OF cheap excursion
TO Worcester. OF them for The purpose of hearing
George Tsomp.on 'he English s6oli,on;t Many Of tue
noticed 'hs usual party Garrison phiPs May the black
The car. .opeed At Newton and a, but took
up only few passengers The train arrived at the Wor
boys fingered about house. anxious Enslish
man. but NOT cheer broke the coldness which regned
haps quarter Of mile from the saion-honse The floor
q the h.i was nearly covered with promlscuous an
old maids and young girls The larger part Of the audi.
snce appeared 10 be acuated by motives Of curiosity
There were some very pretty gs among the crowd, and
our bachelor heartstrings were excited to great degree
to .ta,e that II hey did not map go 'N'''
| "The meeting called 10 order by Edmund Quincy.
and that Il would be organized by The choice OF the
officers"
This pofesed to be adjourned meeting Of the Faneu
Hall meeting, although such adjournment ever was
heard Of till Mr.. Quincy announced it at Worcester
Some ridiculous speeches were made--some foolish and
proane resolutions passed, one Of them comparing the
prosecutions of Thompson TO those Of Saviour. Blu
the great display Of the occasion the harangue Of
Thompson himself The Times thus sums it ups
THE president then announced Mr., Thompson for the
second time. Thompson said that he glad tn,
heart oil the Commonwealth SO sound the question
He Proud his osa, for
Ing else than that she was the mother OF America Hi
SHOULD always exist The only rivalry between ii.
two countries should be which should do the good
Il the violation of every law, divine and human Til,
Shareholder was practical atheist He might hear preach
only stain fair fame OF the United States anc
foreigners were 10 DO debard from speaking Of il here
yied they did threaten the life Of her Sacred Nj
jes'y the Queen Fugitive slaves were always safe il
England
THE speaker then pitched into Moses Stuart. Of An
dover and sad that he was more in iavo, Of the OLE
pose the fugitive slave bM II people would make him
orious because he foreigner, he could help i,
! only helped the cause along by doing i. gaps hin
M Thompson then proceeded @ say that he thought u
should nspsr 20 hence BY perseeutioa.
MIR Tnom pson referred the public press
Boston tie deliberately declared that the
ments Of the Faneu Hal meeting were. in nine
sn false This showed that there was deprasity
where 1t fault Of newspaper propretor edi
tors, Or eporers !. was the fault Of the people who
hat The press should be reformed or starved into Virtue
He said thar he had bsen put by one hundred an,
by The people MOI Tas speaker Oh ,snysd any man 1
tho Uned States to compare notes with him on the sub
ject Of slavery and the constitution.
Il MIR Thompson closed with sarcastic essay again,
the church tie should always think OF Worcester whe
far away Again he thanked them for his kind
We were told when Thompson first arrived that h
was mere looke-on. and did not intend to take part il
the political affairs OF the country; but he avow
his determination to oppose the fugiue-slaue iaw and
zI-I..s
Who ever heard Of such impudence in foreign rene
gadei He is endeavoring TO assist in enkindling tn
flames OF civil war. and to break up and destroy III
Union This fugitive bill question involves al
these momentous considerations. Are the people O
Massachusetts willing TO be nsu,ed further by this i'm
pertinent ntermeddler, who has been brought over
he conesses. toget large audiences because he for
signr
Garrison. Phillips, Abby Kelly, Fred Douglass, Rev
Mr. Parker. &c. had completely abolition aground
They could not collect negro audience; and. b
put new spirit into their sinking cause they have pro
cured this clown of Parliament. Thompson. They hay
followed the example OF other humbuggers-frst on
piece OF machinery and then another after the first
worn out The abolitioniss tried Thompson first Il wa
dead failure II early in the campaign Of abo
tionism He Kissed off the stage, and escaped iron
the back door OF the theatre He decamped from Bos
ton and left the coast clear. After some time, the
tried the Amazon Abby Kely then the Rev Mr. Parker
with Fred Douglass in his train; and now Monsieu
Tonson s come again. How much they will make b
this las, Of old game remains to be seen Thomp
son not inclined to be made martyr when here be
FORE We doubt whether he has any greater love nov
Tor the ago and the stake He shows much discretio
in his warfare slavery. He keeps al a respectful dis
lance from its borders He doubtless agrees with Fal
staff that
/ " Diserstion is the better part Of palor."
What display OF iuory' decerates his glad NEE,
ings II must be equal to the elephants gogotha on tn
island Of Sptzbergen.
i Abolition Spirit