Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-11-15
CHARLES SUMMERS RECEPTION IN
BOSTON.

Mr.. Sumner went home to Boston on the day
before the election to cast his vote. lie was wei
coined by a magnificent display, such, says the
Liberator as has never been known in Boston OK
cept on occasion of the reception Of Lafayette
On entering the city he was met by Hon. Josiah
Quincy, Sen, who welcomed him in behalf of the
citizens; on his arrival at the State House ne re-
cieved another address of welcome from Governor
GarGner.
Mr.. Summers health was so feeble that he was
able only with great difficulty to go through his
part of the ceremony.
We give the chaste and impressive addresses of
Messrs Quincy and Sumner.
The procession halted on the road near Mr..
Lawrence's house, while the gentlemen composing
the committee of Reception drove up, receiving
Mr.. Sumner in one of the carriages, and returned,
passing the line of vehicles which had previously
been drawn up on the road, and taking the lead
of the procession.
Mr.. Sumner was sa.uted os he was borne past,
every man rising, and uncovering his head in
silence.
In the carriage with him were DR.. Perry. his
physician. and Prof. Livingston, Chairman of the
Committee. He looked pale and weary, and ex-
hibited mournful traces of suffering. The precau-
tons of his physician, in imperatively forbidding
all personal congratulations seemed absolutely
necessary. 1t was quite evident that.Mr. Sumner
was unequal to such cxertion.
The march was resumed in the same direction,
viz: through BIookline and Roxbury, and constant
ly received new acccsSions as they proceeded
All along the route masses of people had gathered
who greeted Mr.. Sumner as be passed-the ladies
by waving their handkerchiels, and the men with
loud huzzas.
AS the Roxbury line was approached, the crowd
became 50 dense as finally to be almost impossible.
1t was here the first public reception took place.
Mr. Simmer " mai hv Hon .Jcsinh Oniu,v Son
and welcomed hcme by him On the behalf of the
citizens there assembled. When the vehement
cheering, which ever aud anon burst from the
multitude, had at last subsidized, Mr.. Quincy rose
to deliver his brief address.
Mr.. Sumner stood up in his place at the same
time, but so weak was lie, that he was obliged
to lean his hand on the side of the carriage for
supPorGt; =; un, in.no.u,o .o.
ure that | address yon this day as the voice of the
great multitude of your fellow citizens. In their
name and by their authority l welcome you to your
home in Massachusetts, expressing their honor
ana thanks for the power and fidelity with which
you have fulfilled your duties as their REPRESENTA-
tive in the Senate of the United States-(cheers)-
where mistaken. rnseduced. unterrifed, you kept
your zeal, your loyalty to Liberty where neither
numbers nor example, threat nos sneer, wrought
to swerve you from the truth or change your con-
slant mind. (cheers.) You return to your coun-
try, Sir, after having given glorious evidences of
the intellectual power which touched, as with the
spear of lthuriel the evil spirit of our Union,
causing it at once to deveope in full proportions
its gigantic deformity, compelling it to unveil to
the Free States its malignant design to make this
land of the free a land of slaves. loud cheers.)
You have suffered, and are still suffering. for your
uninterrupted faithtulness. But suffering in the
cause of truth ana liberty is the Iieaven-laid path
to win the crown which virtue gives; after this
mortal change, to her true servant. (Chetrs.)
A Voiee-'Three cheers for the champion of
Freedom" loud and prolonged cheering.)
/ rejoice that my life has been prolonged to this
day. That | am permitted to behold the dawnings
of ancient liberty through the broken openings Of
the clouds which for more than fifty years the spir.
it of Slavery has extended over this Union. zap
piause.) | thank Heaven that now at least the
Free States are beginning to awake to a sense of
their danger and duties; that at length they begin
70 realize that the Slave States have o~perleped the
bounds of the Constitution. The apathy of half
a century may delay for a time the ,riumphs of
Freedom. But come they will. Finhl success is
certain. Never again will the Free States in 81
lence acquiesee in slave dominion. {Cries of No,
neyer.O Hepceforth they will hear and attend to
the warning voice Of Washington, sublimely ut
tered in his farewell address, submit not to usnr-
patton, resist with care of the spirit Of invasion
npon the principles of the Constitution = and vel
come you Sir, as the champion of Freedom,
(Cheers. land as one to whom the deliverance which
We hope may yet he destined for our country will
be greatly due. Loud ehcers.)
When the assemblage observed that Mr.. Sum
ner was about to reply, every head was uncovered
by a simultaneous movemen and the silence that
followed was SO intense that hardly o breath could
be beard.
Mr.. Sumner, in a low tone, said
Mr.. Quincy, a year has nearly run since, I left
Boston in the discharge of my public duties
During this period, amidst important events, /
have been able to do something which my fellow
citizens and neighbors, speaking by your authora-
tive voice, are pleased to approve, am happy in