New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-09
BOSTON
The Hale Dinner.

write that NAV DO what can In the brief space OF
letter 70 give your readers the ptA and moment OF tho
L" Hale Dinner" which came OF here TO day. My mem
DRY does not recur any complimentary dinner 50 sue
cessul deserving of being regarded As an import
ant political straw IL took place in the Hall OF the
Ftchburg Railroad terminus The tickets were sold at
- for gentleman. and ~ for lady, and the whole
number whotoOk seats &C the table little over 400
by actual count there being should Judge. one lady
to four or five gentlemen The Chair was occupied by
Hon John c. Pafrey having the guest of the day. ex'
Senator Hale on his right and Cassius NJ Clay, OF Ken
lucky bis left OF she distinguished guests ranged
on either side the most remarkable perhaps 10 DC seen
in such ulaee was Ralph Waldo Emerson. Jay and
Adams Of the revolution hal each grandson there OF
Congressional agtat0rs Alcp. sumner, Mann and Tuck
were there Aud there vss Dr. Beck, OF Cambridge
and DR. Howe Of the jlind A. am. The broad sea Of
tables which spread n front o. and ar outhanked the
platform Of honor showed b0sis OF noted men. gathered
not only from distant parts 81 New England but from
distant points Of opinion. Nearly all however comeout
ers from the Church II Chatte Slavery. conscience
Wings" "Rantou Democrats dLiberty men, and
"GarrisOnans Of the most ultra mpractlcablliiy "a,
side by side, ii they were used to H. The dinner,
which was more eatabe and less ashy than such mracu
lous feeds are wont to be, dispatched in the hour
from to 3 Il. NJ After which, the business of toast
and speech carried on, intersperSed with snachs
from Brigade Band till =. NJ. and how much longer
this depOnent is not qualified to say. Besides the chief
guest Senator Sumner, CaSSus Clay Chsrles Francs
Tuck Joshua Leaytt, John Perpont Edward L. keyes
Arson Burlingame and Richard Ill Dana. were called
ont and spoke with as little for the compu
mise or rather measure as the Union mad
not been saved by t since this half century commenced
There was nothing surprisingly great in the eoquence
especially after dinner claptaP, yet the assembly wore
the mortal hours with most uniaggng patience and
il was not till long after gas light that any thinning out
was perceptible. Almost every speaker was cheered,
and the cheers broke out like our COchituate waters
4 4 N...1la s.ahu .ltsaaus
have been got upnOw or ever in any part Of the United
States for one of the men who saved the Union" By
securing the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law ID
there not an Inherent popularity in political opinions
which are in the opposite direction 10 that law"
Mr. Pafrey, in introducing the ex-senator whom
New Hampshire has dismissed, and whom the Union q
Southern negro whppers and Northern negro-catchen
would not accept as President alluded 70 the dihereu
feelings of Marcelus in exile, and Caesar with seryh
Senate at his heels Whatever this difference In ID
feelings Of the two sons Of New Hampshire may be, req
upon il that there is prodigious contrast between
feelings of the people Of New England in regard 70 thea
Mr. Hale is regarded by men of all parties AS the
oughly honest man Gen. Pierce il regarded even }
his party very lucky man never 70 have dones
said anything against Slavery aud In favor Of Lben
which he could not easily convince the Slaveocracyw
sham for political effect. Mr. Hale in his nix yea
in the Senate has as Mr. Pafrey well express
it, so blended the gentleness with the hrmness OF W
DOM added ssgacity 10 courage, that he Is trusted
the friends OF liberty as tried champion There b@
man in New. England who has heart, who does
coin of il into gratitude to John T. Hale Tor
ever memorable and manly course in the Senate Of "
United States.
MIR Hale, when called up by the first regular toss
gave one of his characteristic speeches-easy, HUNS
GUS and pointed He said he wOsd illustrate "
present political condition Of the country by oonvers
ton which he had heard, probably not intended for u
ears The speaker was sort OF conservative skepB
AZ fha nj F.
did MT know after all, that the Compromise had bea
successful for the Free Soil party did not appear 10
dead yet Granting the existence Of such party, NJ
Hale would point out some OF its duties One was
dsabuse the people OF the iasehood that the Union hS
ever been in danger by the agitation Of the SLAYER
question lie had not met but one man in Washingosk
who would pretend that he had ever had any sena
fears for the Union and that Was General Cass who's
fears were sincere, and dated back 10 l-i5. lie b.
seriously feared for the safety Of the Union ever SIM
its destines we're not committed 10 his management
that occasion The only union which had ever been
danger, was that between the Old ilunkers and .
public crib There vas the crisis previous
lsAS IL had il Committee of Compromise, and caH
was John c. Calhoun. This Compromise was that
question Of Slavery Extension should be abandOneis
the Supreme Court. He had too little confidence
that or any Court 20 trust it with such question -
therefore voted against that Compromise. The NOn
then stood up in the House, and passed the Terrt0
bill for Oregon with the Anti Slavery Ordinance Of III
in il They bcset 20 assign a reason for this
the bil that il was North Of a certain parallel Of h
tude but they refused 20 do IT, They excluded SlaN
a. bad thing IN all ATTITUDES the Senate alnf
does when the House is firm, receded and Mr.. 70
signed the bill, saying that be would do such sh4
again.
Thus, AZ that period the North stood up and refuS
10 compromise Was the Union shattered The 40
Congress also passed an act changing the name Of .
schooner Two POes 10 Abigail. and the one set p
duced - much excitement az the other. The SOuthr
men then went home believing the North in earns
Thin king IL could not be otherwise, California hers
excludGd slavery. Would she do il now Then
NOrth Lad only to stand stu, and receive the bless
PRAYED for by the fathers Of the country Bat therep
not faith to receive IT, The Old cry Of danger 10
Union bug.bear story not nc 10 frighten chldren
bed With Vas revived and northern statesmen ir0mp
tives which need not be- mentioned, had soon seen e
heed H. Directly in the expressive language Of oO
them there was no North" Could that statesman sp
again now Mr. Hale thought he would add, and no 50
either.
Another duty Of the Free Soil party vas 20 makst
self felt AZ the ballot box The political sachems -
the Free Sellers hold the balance Ofpover don't endo
Baltimore platforms. They hold the balance q pc
IN Ohio and Massachusetts, and ought % do 20 in W
York The sentiment On which they thrive is e's
where the growing one He was told 80 in the cars
came along An Old Hunker politician said % him
Hale, YOU viii be President BY and by. Surpnsed
such prophecy from such quarter, be asked the
SOD. and the reply was. " Why, the women are takiN
your cause In my own family ] have 20 COMES.
times much aDt-slayey now as Il vii do 10 eoni''
public" n
The politicians tellus Oh you can do nothing -
all settled. Then will have settlement with TIE u
tlers II lawyer should sell out the interest d
cant pocket the money, and say 10 him t isno useie
coed further il il ali settled he rather thought the
would next proceed to settle with the attorney. Ay
our statesmen want 10 make them stand up TO heSf
freedom az Washington, il TO know that there bsD
in the rear hotter than that In front.
Mr. Sumner spoke to toast in favor Of che W
which he also thought could not have been in any
Gus danger while It's stocks suffered no deprecD
n naeassifv moral soeial oaogreDhicf y