The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-26
From he Boston Transcript.


The world has long ago responded no 10 tie
very pertinent question Of st Matthew-Do men
gather grapes Of MOris, or figs Of thisuesl
In his unspoken speech MIR. Thompson thus un.
folds himself
"Citizens of Massachusetts. / come among you az
friend. As far as am permitted to cali myself
the representative Of any portion OF my country
men. j represent those, who, equally with myself,
rejoice in your prosperity and sympathize with you
in all your efforts 10 perpetnate liberty amongst
yourselves, and extend it throughout the world.
Ii there be any in England who envy your great
ness-any no lament over the success OF your
great experiment-any who would gladly you
halt in your glorious carecr-any who would, II
they had the means, impede your progress-with
such have neither connexion nor sympathy
leave them TO seek fellowship with the despots and
reactionaries of Europe, and TO the cigttanf aten-
ton Of Barclay and Perki2s' draymen."
As man Of Massa chusesis ciinging to its rug
ged shores the place of hay nativity, ask my
fellows, the of Massachusetts,, II they are pre-
pared to swallow this dose OF the OIL u fool from
the hand of foreigner, who comes here. In a mo-.
ment of unusual political agitation, and who can
not open his mouth, without tacit recognition vi
the ADM ssissibity Of mob law, as part OF the ma
chincry of social iiisf
Is man TO be listened to with patience, who,
without grave disapprobation, can aiinde TO lynch
law in any form, under any circumstances!
How little would this sagacious foreigner have an
tcipated that his own mouth would be 80 efiectu-
ally stopped by the very spirit of ana rchy to which
the language encouragement?
a. In these cases,
We still have judgment here; that we but teach
bloody instructions, which being taught, return
To plague the inventor This even handed Justice
Commends the ingredients Of our poisond chalice
TO our own lips"
What square inch of Massachusetts is likely to
be improved, what New England heart is likely to
be checred, what human being here, Who sets just
estimate upon law and order, is likely u be
forted by the fulsome encomiums OF stranger,
who comes among with his loose and mischlev-
GUS talk about leaving any human beings, under
any imaginable circumstances, 10 the "Uigii0nt at
tsnfion Of Barclay and Perkins, draymen' This
might have come well enough from O'Connei to the
wild Irish of Tipperary. Boston is not quite pre-
pared TO sympathze with this foreigner at present.
AS 10 the applause of any stranger, touching that
old matter--the revolutionary struggle-and what
stiff old fathers did, and suffered, and all that
followed thereon-indeed such applause can be well
dispensed with Massachusetts needs encomi-
um from any such parsonage at the present day.
In the language of the great orator." There she is
behold her, and judgsJor yourselves. There is her
least IL secure Jae,sis Boston, and Concord and
Lexington, and Bunker HHi-and there they tciH re-
main foreUg."
Mr.. Thompson here to travel for plea
eure-nothing else under Heaven, excepting to lee
lure about India, all in very quiet way A pub
lie reception meeting is gotten up for him in Fa
neul Hall. The people assemble and will not listen
10 him, nor to those who bring him there. This
cumstances, though public reception meetings are,
20 be snre rather unusual for persons arriving here
merely as travellers and lecturers Why is it so?
because the people have dipped into Grecian story,
they look upon MIR. Thompson as species Of Tro-
jan horse and Garrison as another Simon; and
every man says in his heart-timeo Danaos ct dona
Jerentes.
DR.. Primrose was not more certain OF Jenknson's
identity, upon their second meeting in prison, when
Leuttered the old wordsonarchon kai atcienfafi0nfo
lan-that our good citizens may be Of Mr.. Thomp-
sons, upon perusal of his unspcken speech. Let
any sober citizen ask himself, would the seconds
and bottle holders be just what they # this were
not the identical Mendoza who sundry years ago,
was compelled TO fly from commotion Of his own
raising?
What would he have uttered had he been suffered
10 speak, We have it in print. He enters at once
into our domestic political concerns and congratu
laies the citizens Of Commonwealth upon the tri
umph Of hybrid association over the Wing party.
All this may be very well enough among ourselves,
and all in the family; but it augurs as feebly for
he discretion of Mr. George Thompson, as his I'M
lucky apsus about the draymen of Barclay and
Perkins brewery. SIGMA.