Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-05-30


of this and Mr. Phillips's speeches. We give
them, of course, as we give other reports Of
public meetings, as matters of information,
interesting to our readers. Both Of these gen.
tlemen hold opinions in relation to the Union,
IN which we do not concur, but that will not
restrain us from giving their powerful appeals
for liberty to the public. In our opinion, the
best way is, for the people of the free States
to take the power of the Union into their own
hands, to administer the government, as it
should be, in favor ofliberty, and then let the
slave States submit or recede, just as they
choose.
SPEECH OF
REV. THEODORE PARKER,
At Faaeua Hall, Boston, on Friday Eveni,ag,
Nay 26th, 1906.
FelIosO Subjects of Vtrginia-( Loud cries of
"No," mo" and ''you must take that back")
FelIo,c citizens of Boston, then, )-l"Yes,"
yes,"-I come to condole with YOU at this
second disgrace that is heaped on the city,
made illustrious by some of those faces that
were once so familiar to our eyes. (Alluding
to the portraits of the great men of the past,
which once hung conspiciously i'll Faneuil
Hail. but which have been removed to OBJ
scure and out-of-the-way locations.) Fellow
Citizens, deed which Virginia commands,
has just been done in the city of John Han
cock, and the "brace Of AdaInses." 1t was
done by Boston hand. 1t was Boston
man who issued the warrant; it was Bos-
ton Marshal that put it in execution they are
Boston men who arc seeking to kidnap citi-
| zen of Massachusetts,; and send him into
| Slavery for ever and ever. 1t is our fault that
| it is so. Eight years ago, Merchant Of Bos-
ton kidnapped man on the highroad be-
tween Faneuil Hall and Old Quincy" at II
O'clock the noon of day,-and the next
day mechanics of this city, exhibited the half
eagles that they had received, for their share
of the spoils, i'll enslaying brother man,
You called meeting in this hall. 1t was as
crowded as it is now. / stood side by side
with my friend and former neighbor, your
honorable and noble Chairman tonight, cloud
cheers and that man who had fought for the
cause of liberty in Greece, and been impris-
oned for that sacred cause in the dungeons of
Poland, CDR. SAMUEL G. HowE,) stood here
and introduced to the audience, that sold
man eloquent" JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. cloud
cheers.) 1t was the last time he ever stoodin
Faneuil Hall. He came to defend The inaliena-
BILE rights of fir endless negro Slave kidnapped
in Boston. There is even no picture Of JOHN
QUINCY ADAMS Tonight! A Suffolk Grand
Jury could find no Indictment against the
Boston Merchant, for kidnapping that man.
("Shame," SHANE Ii Boston had spoken
then, we should not have been here tonight.
We should have had no Fugitive Slave Bill
When that Bill passed, we fired hundred
guns. Don't you remember the Union meet
ing, held in this very Hall A man stood OH
V1otfo boi r,1 of fbn
Court now,--and he said-when a certain
"Reverend gentleman" is indicted for PERJURY,
should like to ask him how he will answer
the charge: And when that 'fReyerend gem
tleman' rose, and asked do YOU want an
answer now to your question y Faneul
Hall cried out-"no," mo, '-'FThrow him
over - Had Faneuil Hall spoken then, on
the side of Truth and Freedom, we should
not now be the subjects OF Virginia. Yes,
we are the casSats of Virginia. 1t reaches its
arm over the graves Of our mothers and it
kidnaps men in the city of the Purltans, over
the gray@ of Samuel Adams, and John Han
cock, Cries of ''shsme. "Shame !" so
say, but who is to blame ''rhere is no
North, " said Mr.. Webster There is none. The
South goes clear up to the Canada hue. No,
gentlemen, there is no Boston, to- day. There
aoas Boston once. Now, there is a North
suburb to the city Of Alexandria, -that is
what Boston is. Laughter. And you and
| l, fellow-subjects of the State of Virginia,
| GCries Of 'sno," "no, II will take it back
when you show me the fact is not so-Men
and brothers, (brothers. at any rate,) l am an
old man; have heard hurrahs and cheers for
liberty many times; l have not seen great
many deeds done for liberty. l ask you, are
we to have deeds, as well as words ['Yes,"
eyes," and loud cheers.
| Now, brethren, you are brothers at any rate,
whether citizens of Massachusetts, or subjects
| of Ya.-Q am minister)-and, fellow-citi-
zens of Boston, there are two great laws in
| this country; one Of them is the LAW OF
SLAVERY, that law is declared to be sc final
| ity.'' Once the Constitution was formed "to
establish justice, promote tranquility, and Sc
| cure the blessings Of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity." Now, the Constitution is not
to secure liberty; it is to extend Slavery into
| Nebraska; aud, when slavery is established
there, in order to show what it is, there comes
| sheriff from Alexandra, to kidnap man in
the city of Boston, and he gets Judge of
| Probate, in the county of Suffolk, to issue a
writ, and Boston man to execute that writ !
! TCries of " shane,' " shame.
Slavery tramples on the Constitution; it
treads down State rights. Where are the
rights of Massachusetts A Fugitive Slave
/ Law COuiuloSlOICA udo SOb bhCih Ga AZ AA4o
pocket. Where is the trial by jury Watson
Freeman has it under his Marshals staff.
Where is the great right of personal replevin,
which our fathers wrested, several hundred
years ago, from the tyrants who once lorded
it over Great Britain Judge Sprague trod it
under his feet Where is the sacred right of
habeas corpus? Deputy Marshal Riley can
crush it in his hands, and Boston does not say
anything against it, Where are the laws OF
Massachusetts forbidding State editices to be
used as prisons for the incarceration of fugi-
tiyes They too, are trampled under foot.
"Slavery is a tinality."
| These men came from Virginia, to kid
nap man here. Once, this was Boston /;
now. it is a Northern suburb of Alexandria.
At first, when they carried fugitive slave
from Boston, they thought it was difficult
thing to do it. They had to get Mayor to
help them; they had to put chains round the
Court House; they had to call out the " Sim s
| Brigade it took nine days to do it. Now,
| they are so confident that we are subjects of
| Virginia, that they do not even put chains
round the Court House, the police hove moth
ing to do with it. l was told, to-day, that
| one of the officers of the city said to twenty
eight policemen, if any man in the employ
| ment Of the city, NEEDLES in this business, he
will be discharged from service, without a
hearing. Great applause:] Well, gentle
men, how do you think they received that de-
clarahon They shouted, and hurrahed, and
| cave +braa choar- rRanawad annIause I