The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-13
From The NeD York Observer.
Boston Matters.
BosToN,

BosToN, Dec. 2, 1850.
The GREAT UNION MEETING in this city, on
Tuesday last, was all that the friends of the Union
the Constitution, law and order could have desired
1t is the weather unfavorabe but there was
| such good spirit prevailing within the "Cradle Of
Liberty that one thought of that. The meet
ing immense one, the resolutions and
speeches were received with heartfelt and loud ap-
plause, the best spirit prevailed, and, altogether,
| the meeting reminded me OF what have read
and what we have heard of patriotic meetings held
| in that same hall prior 70, and subsequent to the
Revolution.
| The call for the meeting was signed by men Of
the greatest respectabiity and moral worth in Bos
! ton and vicinity. The signers not simply
politicians of the two great leading political parties
of the country, but the leading of the three
learned professions, together with Inutitudes of
merchants, and persons III all the useful walks Of
| life. There were some four or five thousand per-
sons OF this description, that came forward volun
tarily, and put their hand TO this good work of pre-
serving the uuion and maintaining the laws.
The presiding officer gave an interest and char
acter to the meeting. He a descendant of the
brave General Warren. He remembered the time
when the Constitution was in its infancy and when
Shay's rebellion was rife. He, too is at the head
of the medic al profession amongst The other
officers of the meeting were gentlemen of the high
est character.
One thing is quite certain, that the influence of
this meeting, together with other causes, has pro-
duced quite powerful reaction in this community
in favor of the Union and III favor of sustaining the
laws of the land. Men who lately proposed to
sst the laws and the officers of the law violently,
now talk very differently, and feeling decidedly
in favor of claw and order" seems TO pervade the
community. Boston is itself again, and you will
not, trust, hear again of such dsgraeeful aud law
less scenes, as have lately been reproach TO
fair city.
THANKsoGVINo SERVICES. Several clcrgymen Of
this city and vicinity improved the occasion Of
Thanksgiving to acdrcss their congregations the
relations of citizens to civil governments, obedi
ence TO the law Of the land, and kindred topics cal
culated 20 promote the Union of the States and obe
dience TO law Among the preachers that took this
ground were DIR. Waterbury, of Bowdoin street
chapel, the venerable DIR. Sharpe, of the Baptist
church, Rev. Messrs. Rogers and Kirk of the Con
gregational church, and Rev. Drs. Putnam, of Rox-
bury, and Barrett, Of this city, of the Unitarian
| congregation The writer has heard of but Gin gle
discourse the other side, resistance TO the
lave and that pleased the better portion of the
preacher hearers that be is likely to have leave
TO retire TO some more congenial field Of labor,
less he speedily learns instead Of preaching pseudo
politics, to preach the gospel part of which is the
duty Of citizens 10 'be subject TO the higher pow
ers for conscience sake, and not to vainly plead
conscience as an excuse for breaking the laws
part Of these discourses in support OF laws and the
union have been published. They are all sought
for and their authors will doubtless preach through
the press 10 thousands.