The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-24

thing and the State worth preservnx must give
viii have its sway The wlsss m be Gle. ssa and new
departure taken mat viii bring the democracy into some
safe port, where the national may still be Kept ny ing
and 'he honor OF the party be preserved II
The Di.xrAosrai Abolition Meeting a nssss.. y
Chaplin and Thompson in a.sir glory. ! 81
We copy the following from the Boston Times OF Sat
urday:
About six hundred people, one third black assembled
al the fremont Temple last evening" TO hear the narrative
OF Mr.. William l.. Chaplin OF New York, gentleman
who has lately been engaged in the highly respectable
business of running off slaves owned by cizens OF the
sovereign State OF Maryland He is at present under
$23, 900 ball. and is TO be tried in March This makes
him quite star in the fanatic armament, but he did not
draw very well on this occasion
AT quarter-pas the meeting was called 10 order
BY Charles List. who proposed s H. Sswal for prssi-
dent. Mr. Sewa introduced the Rev. Theodore Parker
and the Rev. Theodore Parker made short prayer. 81
MIR Sewall then announced that MIR. Chaplin would
address the meeting, aud then gave Mr. Chaplin pun
Mr. Theodore Parker then proceeded 10 deliver char
acerislic philippe He was kind enough TO entertain the
tive TO the ancient martyrs and proceeded TO- compare his
friend Chaplin with them. He stated that Mr.. Chaplin
was native Of Middlesex county. Massschu.e,s. and
was graduate Of Harvard. He went to Maryland, and
acted according 10 the dictates OF bis own conscience
and he had taken the consequences Mr. Parker hoped
that Mr.. Chapn's friends would help him out OF his
difficulties by paying up his bonds. ss srs Lid
Mr.. Chaplin then appeared, and was greeted with |.
good reception. He is a man OF fity-fye, we should
0Ink, TALL INN, win KOOu mead ana nDo COunte.
nance. He proceeded to state that he went 10 Washing
ton five years ago. and, having interested himself 10 favor
of slaves, he became favorte with the colored people
He employed in Washington as writer for the pub
lie press On the 9Th Of August last, he appliedfo
by some persons in Washington to give two young nen
seat in his carriage, as he was leaving the city He
knew the slaves but he considered il he turned
his back Them he turned his back Jesus Christ his
Redeemer. Applause He would rather 90 to the psn-
Tertiary for life than do it. l 1886
Aluson had been made TO the very heavy bail In the
District OF Columbia the bail was $6.OOO when lsgalyt
should have been 800. H 81
This was on the charge OF aiding the slaves TO escape
He was also charged with assaults The party had pro-
ceeded about two miles, when the carriage stopped,
and four men precipated themselves upon him. He was
hs ad liz dn Sa the slaves were
armed but was "highly probable that they were
armed 1900
This assault was alleged to have taken place in Mary
land, and he was held all the charges in that Stale
The full amount Of his bail is $4,000
He had frequently been asked he intended to 60 back
and stand trial That depended upon his friends II they
paid up his BAIL he should not 60 back i they did ac
then he should return and spend the rest OF his life in the
MI Chaplin is what might be called rambling and .
prosy speaker. He would give little of his narrative
and then go into legal argument about his bail. he
said tina, be decidedly in favor OF stealing nigGe
He thought that man could be good abolonist Nm
less he ready to steal nggers He did not advise bis
audience TO go TO Washington 70 steal them but il
anxious for this species OF the speak
thought that he could put him in way TO be useful
AT this point Mr. Chaplin about TO retire, when MIR
Garrison whispered to him, and the audience requested
him to go on" Mr. Chaplin then said that It had been
ntimated him that he should speak Of his treatment
after his arrest He said that he must tell the truth. He
deeply indebted 10 Stockholders IN nylssd Thy nd
proved themselves noble generous nlen and BY them he he'd bee
sared from the pniteno to which the Judge would asaa~
redly have sent him. They came rsard and '0sss Ss @
him!
He said that he should proceed delineate his jail
lfe-evsry could understand that il not particu
larly paatable. Mr. Chaplin then sat down. The Gar
son clique looked they thought him not quite radi
/ cal enough. FlE Na.t B1
Amid loud cries for 'Thompson," Mr. Charles List
came forward, and in drawling Yankee dialect made
short Speech appealing to the audience TO get ready
their money for the rease OF Chaplin and then intro
daced MIR Hathaway--a kind Of man OF business for
Mr. chspn-who followed lowe. up Mr. Lists appeal, and
Shareholders in Maryland Mr. Hathaway said that the
money 10 pay Mr. Chapn's bail must be raisesi and in
qured who would start the subscription. and at bow
much te@
| A long pause ensued, and nobody answered. lsa
Mr. Theodore Parker suggested that the people OF this
city not used to this sort OF thing but that people
should go round with papers, and let the people put
down their amount. This was done without much
success. .aen'.s t4 a{
Mr. George Thompson said that be ashamed OF his
color and OF this countys hisses Iepubcanlsm tCrss
OF "go home. interminged with Kisses and applause
He said that the people OF Boston had allowed things TO
uanspe in their limits which should cause them 10 blush
for their country Misses and applause.] He taduced
the Union meeting at Faneuil Hail. and the Presidents
message and magned the democrats for not voting for
States had cast forth three millions OF slaves upon the
world for sympathy and it time that other nations
inte in their behalf, he should always be ready
speak against an outrage upon humanity. He said he
wished to say word to those who could not bear to
hear anti-savsTy truths.
They must bear them; they would soon learn to as
virtue if they have it not, and feel ashamed 10
endeavor TO controve those principles for which Wash
ington fought and bled. This was probably little bon
mot of Mr., Thompson's, as General Washington was
never wounded ds.f .lY.aa
| Mr. Thompson proceeded in this strain for hall
hour longer and then down Then there were loud
cries for " SUMNER" Bradburn,"" Jenkins,"" Smith,"
" Robinson" etc. but OF these gentlemen came
forward, Scotch gentleman, named Mcclure we think.
mounted the platform, aud proceeded make speech.
II was a mixture OF bad grammar and flowing periods.
humor and egotism. Ii was very funny account oil
the p,qant style of the speaker At the conclusion OF
McClure's remarks, the meeting adjourned ' N.
The abolition organ opeay that the great OBJ
ject in elecng Mr. Summer TO send him to Congress
for the express purpose of agatng the slavery Issues
and take precisely the opposite ground TO that which
Cass Webster Fooe, Clay, Houston, Dickinson, Downs
Norris and others sustained for the preservation oil the
Union This admits that they want to send Sumner there
to Join hands with the nuers OF the South in the
mon purpose OF northern and southern dsunionsts, viz
mutual irritation and elimination between the North
and the Soulh which shall infame and madden the two
sections into a separation When democrats are thus
warned how they persist in giving their votes to
a.