The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-11-15
VOL. TX.


The refusal Of the authorities of this CITY
to suffer the advocates of Abolition and dis
union to desecrate Faneuil Hall with the DISPLAY
OF their riotings and excess, has ELECTED the an
plause and admiration of that portion Of our
ienow-eitizens Of other States, who are opposed
10 dlsumon, and are not disposed to yield the
rights oil American citizens to an army Of Jim
Crows and their white associates. As an evi.
9ehce OF the spirit of the press, indicative as Il,
IS OF the remains Of decency and proprietv. va
copy the following paragraphs
by singular coincidence, an Anti Slavcrv
Convention was held on this very dav. twenty
years ago, IN Utica. New York, for the purros,
OF forming State Anti-Savecy Society. Tbo,
Convention had been looked for with orcat
anxiety ana alarm on the part of the South.
ana IL was declared that, cost what il might.
the meeting must be broken up. AccordingI
mob assembled in great force. N nrayo,,, ~
contemplated organization; bat thew were Gil.
ed IN their purpose. After the formation If ,ba
state society; however, it was deemed advise.
Die 10 ADJOURN the meeting, at the invitation of
Uerrlt smith, lwho nobly took that occasion to
Join the Antl-Slavery ranks,) 10 Peterboro' ,b,.
place OF his residence, where they competeJ
their business. l'e'''
oihgularly enough, too, on the very sam.
day, mob endeavored to break nm a., A.,
Slavery Convention which was held nj lIout,,o.
lier, Vermont, aud was to have been addrooeoJ
by our beloved friend Samuel j. Nav
Indeed, IN every direction, the advocates Of
the slave were the objects of popular fury.
before the meeting was held which we are
acre 10 celebrate, the Boston Female Auti-SIa.
very Society engaged the New Jerusalem
Ohurch, (noW called Cochituate Hail. for the
purpose OF holding meeting; but the mob
spirit was so rlie, that the trustees backed out.
and declared that the Society should mo, have
the church, unless twenty thousand dollors ,rcr,
deposited in the bank. as security aooins, ann,
damage done to their property. Julien U,ll
was next secured by the Society: but. iust ON
the eve OF holding the meeting, the lessee rece.
ded from his engagement, afraid of a mob. for
mob was threatened. 1t happened that Rev.
Henry Ware, lr, ofiiciatcd on the previous
Sunday IN TIE pulpit Of Rev. DR.. Channino.
and he innocently read the notice of the con.
templated meeting of the Society IN .Julior
Hall, which act created great commotiop n,
that parish, and brought down walls Of wrath
upon his head, from all the LEADING Boston
presses"
Early in August, 1853, fifteen hundred Of
the most prominent citizens of Boston amend
ed their names TO call for public meetin, In
Faneuil Hall, to denounce the agitation of m.
question OF Slavery, as putting in peril the exist
ence OF the Union. Some who signed that call
nave long since repented of the act. and brought
iorth fruits meet tor repentance, and now glory
IN the Anti-Slavery cause There was the mos
intimate connection between this meeting All
the riOtous outbreak of Oct. DIST.
"Well, the meeting was held at Faneu;l Hall
1.-THE Mayor in the chair and addressed by the
Hon. Harrison Gray Otis, Hon Peleg Sprapue
and Hon. Richard Fletcher, whose speeche,
were cminently calculated to whet the knife 70 b..
put INTO the heart of George Thompson by some
stealthy assassin. No men could have broucbt
deeper disgrace upon themselves than they did
in regard to the opprobrious language which
they used towards Mr.. Thompson and the Anti
Slavery cause. If there were time. woud give
you some extracts from those speeches; but |
refer those OF you who are curious to know what
they said, to the files of the Liberaior. or the
leading Boston papers of that day.
Mr.. Garrison is an avowed Disunionist he
cause he understands the Constitution IN no
Pro-Slavery. We take totally different view
OF the Constitution, and cherish sincere wish
to see the Union preserved. 1t has been gross.
ly perverted from the great and noble objects
for which it was founded but it is the duty
and the destiny of the freemen of America 70
redeem it from the hands of its enemies. and
re-consecrate it to the cause Of Liberty. While.
therefore, we have no intention to endorse the
peculiar views Of Mr.. Garrison, we cheerfdy
accord to him the merit of being pioneer
in the cause OF Freedom, rs well as one Of It's
noblest and ablest champions
No one can read these extracts without being
forcibly impressed with the great change which
has taken place in public opinion. 1t is now
safer to speak in Kentucky on Slavery, than It
was twenty years ago in New England Truly,
this is progress Mason and Dixon's line pre-.
sents temporary check to the advance Of free
opinion; but in n few years the mighty tide
will break over even that barrier, and bear
down all opposition "Truth is mighty, and
must prevail"
We call the attention of the Southern
people to the historical facts presented in
this speech. We ask them, not to approve
the sentiments expressed, but merely to study
them dispassionately, and draw their own
conclusions. Let them remember the EIercu.
lean efforts that have been made "to put down
Abolitionism." Let them remember, that some
of the greatest minds Of the age-Websier.
Clay, Calhoun, and a host of others, backed by
the Slave Power, by the commercial and manu-
featuring interests of the North, and by all the
power and influence of the Federal and State
Governments - have for twenty years been
endeavoring to suppress an Idea. Behold
the result The right of free speech univer.
sally acknowledged in the free States-Anti
Slavery universally popular north Of Mason
and Dixons line Slavery so odous. that The
Northern man who defends it is detested, as
though he were smitten with leprosy-od par.
ties broken down, and great party of Free
dom organized, which confidently expects TO
command all the powers of the Federal Gov
eminent in few years. Such are some Of the
achievements of twenty years labor.
Can it be doubted in the face of such facts,
that the cause of Freedom is onward, or that
it is destined to triumph over every obstacle?
The CAPTURE OF KTNBURN.- Further dcs
patches confrmatory of the capture Of Kinburn
have been received, via Vienna. There is, how
C'Ol, oOinO hIIic ulSCIcPdnCy to W Ihe Hulh"o'
of prisoners who surrendered, the dispatch Of
Sir f. Lyons giving them at 300, and that
received by Lord Clarendon, via Vienna, al
1900.
The advantages which this victory will give
to the Allied armies in the East are evidently
great By this success, they have doubtless
opened to themselves path into an importau;
district of Southern Russia, and, so says the
London Times, may indulge reasonable hope
of penetrating to the building arsenal of the
u ,,se;an Aaat INicolaiefl Rv tb;o srocos, tbav