New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-23
GREAT GRAyITAT0N MEETING
AT
FANEUiL HALLE
Wf8STER! CH0ATE! CASS! ANO HALLaTTl
GREAT ENTHUSIASM

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The long expected meeting to defend and pre-
serve the Law Of GRAylrArtoN. came OFT last
evening. and more than fulfilled the expectations
OF its friends The hall was crowded with the
anxious but resolute friends of the threatened
and perilled law, and the utmost unanimity and
enthusiasm prevailed.
The Hon UPLAND STAPLE was called to the
Chair, and twelve Vice-Presidents were chosen
among whom were many of our most prominent
merchants and lawyers The names OF Spinning
Jenney, Esq, s Island Cotton, Esq, Hon. Rice
Fields Hon. Increase Profit and Retained Power.
Esq. are sufficient indication of the character
and standing of the officers Of the meeting.
The Hon. L. STAPLE taking the Char, ex-
pressed his qualification at being selected TO take
so prominent part in a meeting IN THIS conso-
Grated spot called to preserve from threasenea
destruction great and vital law OF the universe,
q law which the recent act OF Congress was IN
tended to preserve This act, Sc just and neces-
sary he said had been the cause OF tanatical
violence dangerous to the best interests OF trade,
manufactures industry aud public order-an OPP
position which it was the intention OF this meet
ing to PIT dozen, efectHaiiy and to'ereri Great
applause Fer this purpose no means had been
left untried The names of those merchants,
LAWYERS and physicians who had signed the CAL
would be published, and he assured the meeting
that the names of those trho had declined TO sign
IL troald BE- publt$hed also Cheers, and cries OF
"thats right that's the talk F9 Without further
comment he would introduce to the meeting inc
GREAT ENPouNDERoY THE LAwoF GRAylTATtoN
Hon DANIEL WEBSTER then came ward. and
was received with deafening shouts and cheers.
AS soon as silence could be obtained, he spoke al
follows:
am for Grayitaton Applause have al:
ways been for Gravitation Renewed appiaase'I
| always shall be for Graytation Under the law
# itoti W. horn
itation have lived and by Divine PERMISSION:
and the leave of certain OF our tanatical riends,
expect to die and be buried undeF the Ia" Oh
Gravitation Tremendous sensation
No small portion of my life has been devoted
humbly and unconspicuously admit-to the ex'
pounding of this law, Here the speaker was IN,
terlupted bynine cheers for the Great hXpouhder.l
Without Gravitation what would be our conan.
tom What would move the loom or the plough
Where would be your commerce, your Railroads,
your factories your waterpowers, your steam
conversational great and Invaluable privileges Tor
which our ancestors fought and died? Not only
would these be lost but lie itself, II held at ALL
would in my judgment, not be worth the hoidin6'
Sensation
Now gentlemen hold it to be one of the i'm,
piled powers of Congress TO pass laws for the
preservation OF Cravitation. Fanatics may rave,
and strict ConstructiOnsts may bubble, but nO
man whose opinion is worth considering doubts
the existence of this right Then, gentlemen IL
allowable This think is not new or doubtful
logic Laughter. Congress has just passed
law making use of certain OF these means TO THIS
end This is the whole of it, And yet certain
socialists and fanatics, and schooiboys and school
e1r}S laughter would persuade rs that mere Is
something unconstitutional! Have we tive sen,
SEES, MIR President, or what has happened to US
Well fellow-citizens, what's this act,-thls law
full means to lawful and transcendently important
end 1t is Just this. Itprovides that whenever IN
the opinion of any person living South OF the equa
tor the gravtation or equilibrium oil the earth
shall be in danger, he may come to any o! our
States and take from them any person or persons,
who or whose ance stors were born or have llved
in the southern hemisphere and carry them to the
place which they or their ancestors lett, at the
expense of our Government. Can any act OIL leg
isation be more simple more just or more clear
ly constitutional? II they can, my short exper-
ence and limited capacity do not permit me to see
it. | congratulate those who can. Laughter.I
grant that no such law exists IN the Eastern
hemisphere. They do not think such q law ne
cessary. ] differ from the Eastern hemisphere.
Tremendous applause. | think such a law ne
cessnry. In minor matters, | could not re-cnact
the laws Of God. l would trust to the laws of
climate scenery and physical geography But IN
matter of such infinite moment would resort
to human aids and endeayor to cooperate with
the laws 1.-THE moral and physical universe.
In classical times Mr. President, there was set
OF men known as the capSl+0feS mHRfarHm. Their
object was to Oyerturn the universe and recon-
struct it according to their own theories. lhls
class IS not extinct in our own day. The oppo'
nents OF this act of Congress are c0pSiz0reS mum
da1a,m. They seek to disturb the order of the
universe, to bring industry to dead stand, to
throw the earth out OF It's orbit, and send it INTO
the blackness OF darkness ioreyef Great sen
sation Let all discussion OF OF this act be dis
couraed and put down, MS value our lives and
the lives OF children to the latest posterity.
Let all sedtious attempts, under the pretense OF
testing its validity in the Courts be put down
peaceably if we may but il we must,-then--
otherwise Tremendous applause.
1t is said, ! am told, that the act takes away the
trial by jury. | approhend that it does no such
thing Hear, hear. The Chief facts to be tried
are whether the person seized IS or IS not native
OF the Southern hemisphere, whether the person
who SEXES him is himself from the Southern hem
isphere and whether GFaytation Is IN tactln dan
ger Now there is not a word IN the act to pro-
bbt the trial of these questions bya jury. Hear,
hear 1t is true, the trial is not to be had here
But il may be had elsewhere. And what obJec-
ton is there to the party having his trial In the
place from which he came his birth place, MS
original home, and the home oil both the parties to
the sat2 can see none. There are objections
founded on facts and objections founded on pre-
tense. take this to be one OF the latter. APP
plause.
But, fellow citizens, it is high time that gave
way for those whose greater powers Wlll enable
them TO throw more light this subject. 20
on !! go on !-Cheers No. gentlemen my task
is done. / end as began. This act OF Congress-
is the law Of the land. In my Judgment, every
good citizen will acqniesce in it. Those who seek
to disturb or repeal it, desire to throw the earth
out OF its orbit and unmake the universe. Ire,
mendous sensation. l am for Gravitation, at all
times, under all circumstances, without respect
to latitude or longitude, without compromise =
TCheers.l 1t must be preserved by individual eff
forts, by each man as a amt. / am a unit A
Massachusetts unit Faneuil Hall unit
Marshield unit Cheers. AS for me, my part
is taken. Standing here in Faneuil Hail. wlth
Bunker Hill before me, with Lexington and Con
cord my left hand. and the Rock Of Plymo ti;a
on my right, give my heart and hand for thls
law Tremendous and long continued appiaQse.l
The Hon. RUFUS CHoATE sprang to the Plas-