Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-03-17
THE THIRD MEETING AT THE
TABERNACLE

1t is an old saying that there is luck in odd
numbers. The number three is considered
especially lucky by the superstitious. Adolf
tionists and freesoilers are generally weak
minded and superstitious people, and we do
not doubt that they attach peculiar virtue and
efficacy to the mystical number three. They
have held three meetings at the Tabernacle, in
New York, to protest against the passage Of
the Nebraska bill. The first meeting was q
choice, picked, aristocratic meeting. 1t was q
failure. The second was meeting of the me-
chanics. That also was a failure. But the
third meeting, which took place on Tuesday
evening last, was intended to be sort of ON
mum gatheruna--a meeting of all diversities
and classes, from the purse proud millionaire
down to the humblest beggar. That was
meeting number three. Great things were
expected from it. All the means and appli-
ances that could be resorted to were employed
to make it large and imposing. The report of
the Herald characterizes it as "a meeting of
the abolitionists, Van Burenite feesoilers, and
others opposed to the Nebraska bill" Twenty
or thirty ladies were present.
The meeting was opened with prayer by one
of the freesoil parsons. 1t was regular anti
Nebraska prayer.
Does madness rule the hour2 Has fanati-
cism seized upon the clergymen7 Does not
New York contain a sufficient number of poor
people and wicked people to occupy the par.
sons and are they for lack of devotional en-
ployment forced to emigrate, in the spirit at
least to that much talked of Territory, Ne
braska? Instead of praying the Almighty to
interpose with outstretched arm to prevent the
passage of the Nebraska bill, they would serve
a more useful purpose by praying to the Al
mighty to open the eyes and to change the
hearts Of that pestilent crew who are seeking
to disturb the repose ofthe country, and to array
brother against brother and section against
section.
Several long speeches were made which
were "full of sound and fury, signifying moth
ing" One of the speakers-Mr. Curtis Noyes,
who, although extremely "hoarse," could not
refrain from addressing the meeting spoke
Of Judge Douglas, the author of the bill, in
terms of ribald coarseness. He disgraced
himself and the meeting he addressed by the
vile SANDERS he uttered against that distln-
guished gentleman.
Then came German orator, one Sigismund
kaufman, who spoke for some time, and seemed
to think that he and the rest of the German
population better understand American institu-
tons than the Americans themselves do. We
make the following extract from his TRADE:
"As said before, all the Germans are opposed
to this measure, otherwise they must be q cor
rppt clique; they must be office-holders or Office
seekers All those men who are not paid by
any party must be against the measure. have
read this bill two or three times, and find, in
my opinion, that this agitation has been en-
tirely uncalled for. ] think that the people of
the south are entirely satisfied with the Mis-
souri, compromise, and do not want it to be re-
pealed 1t is for us of the northern part of the
country to determine upon the rejection or
adoption of this principle think the time
has come when slavery should be limited. (Ap-
plause. know that it cannot be abolished
at once but think that the spirit of the times
will not allow that slavery should be extended
in the United States. (Applause.) / shall not
trespass on your time any longer. Let me say
in conclusion, that all Of those men who call
themselves freemen should be against the Ne
braska-Kansas BILL especially the adopted citi-
zens. They must be against it they have the
most interest in it, because they come here
thinking to make those vast Territories their
homes, and support themselves and their fami-
lies by their own free labor. Therefore they
must be against it. Because slavery runs there,