The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-26

OPENING OF THE SLAVERY LECTURES IN
B0sToN-WHIrrrER's ABOLITION PoEMs.--The
/, course OF lectures on slavery in Boston
arranged for this winter, (and to which so
many of our distinguished statesmen and poll
ticians North and South have been solicited
TO contribute), commenced on Thursday even
ing last at the fremont Temple, with an adj
dress from Horace Mann, Chat bitter enemy of
Daniel Webster), his theme being the siguid-
cant one of F" Equal Liberty to all Men," After
this address, an out-and- out abolition affair, a
poem by that meek and charitable abolition
Quaker poet, John G. Whittier, was read, Of
the staple of which our Southern readers may
Judge by the following extract. The abolition
poet is describing Southern village
village struggling in loose dsarray,
Vulgar and new, In premature decay,
A tavern crazy with its whiskey braws
With slaves at auction garnishing It's walls;
Without surrounded BY motley crowd;
The shrewd eyed salesman, ga,rulous and loud,
The squire or Colonel in his pride of place
Known at free fights, the caucus and the race,
Prompt to proclaim his honor without blot,
And silence doubters with ten pace shot,
Mingling the negro.driving buliys rant
With pious phrase and democratic cant,
Yet never scrupling with a filthy jest
TO sell the infant from its mothers breast.
But the following ferocious description Of
that class Of men known amongo our Seward
organs as Northern dough faces" is quite as
complimentary to the parties concerned. The
fiery notification orator of South Carolina,
McDufie, said in one Of his notification
speeches, "When hear Northern man cry,
the Union,' the glorious Union,' methinks l
hear the bugle blast Of the robbcr band bat
when hear Southern man cry the Union,'
the glorious Union methnks | snuff treason
in the tainted gale" Whittier's abolition
poetry eclipses McDufie's notification elo-
quence. Think Of a Southern man smashing
through every obstacle like "a cannon ball ="
think Of the mean traitor of the North with
a g nasal speech" and the " mud turtle living
with his head chopped Oft" Listen to the
gentle muse Of the sanity Whittier, oh! ye
"dough- faces" of the recreant North Hear
him -
Whom shall we strike--who most deserve our blame
The 6SrsgsaIt sSushron open IN his aim IN
That bars his puI pose, like cannon ball?
Or the mean traitor, breathing Northern air,
With pasa1 speech and Pnritanic ak;
Whose cant the loss Of principle survives,
As the mud.turte even its head outivsss
By hearth and home your real danger lies,
Still day by day some hold Of freedom falls
Thro hcme bred traitors fed Thin your walls;
Men who yourselves with vote and purse sustain
At posts Of honor, influence and gain,
The right of slavery to your to teach,
And South-side gospels in your pulpit preach
Such were the opening services of these abo-
lition lectures in fremont Temple Mr.. Henry
A. Wise has declared that he would rather fight
such vicious fanatics than reason with them;
but Mr. Toombs of Georgia, has promised to
give them piece of his mind, face to face.
Considering this fatterng poetry to the South,
we think the least that Mr.. Toombs can ask of
the fremont Committee is, that they shall pro-
mise to open the proceedings on the evening
of his lecture with repetition Of this highly
conciliatory poem of Whittier, the affable and
amiable Quaker poet aforesaid. 1t would serve
to warm up the Georgia orator to spirited
discussion Of his theme. We submit the sug
oestion tn the consideration of Mr. Toombs