Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-09-13
Correspondence of the Examiner.
BosToN, Mass, Sept. 4th, Is,

| had no idea of the intense political, and
religious anti-slavery excitement which pres
walls in this and other New England States.
The Black Republican party has attained,to
a fearful strenth, and nov exultingly nd
definitely proclaims its power to elect Pres
idont and to dictate laws for the nation
The old Wing party of this State, once SC
powerful, so proud and boastful, has been al
most entirely absorbed by the new organi-
zatian It's rank and file have deserted tc
the Black Republicans by thousands. The
Know-Nothings too, have been completely
strangled by this young Hercules, and, the
only power which now opposes his strength
IN this State is the old National Democratic
Organization. = Patriotic and Constitution
loving Wings have seen this and without re-
lind tistirg their fealty to their old, princi-
pies hare united with the Democracy to dc
battle against the common enemy Such
are Ghoate, Carter. and others but they arc
few IN numbor-l leaders, with small array
Of followers, ,s,, = ny in
Lattended TIE Fillmore State Convention
which was held in this city few days ago.
1t was very thinly attended. Its proceed
ings attracted but little notice, and one day
was sufficient to transact all its business.
1t assembled to nominate State ticket
and to appoint Presidential Electors Ii
was natural to expect al imposing array OF
talent and numbers on such an important
occasion, but the feeble and spiritless assem-
bly, only served to expose the complete pros
tration Of the Know Nothing party in this
State The Dark Lanterns have been ex-
tinguishcd by the Niger party, never to be
relighted.
The whole affair gave convincing proof
that the Fromontcrs are rig ht when they say
that Fillmore is nowhere"
On Tuesday week last, attended Il great
Fremont and Free Kansas demonstration, al
Charles River Grove near the town of Need
lam, some fifteen Or twenty milesfrom Bos-
ton. Great preparations had been made for
a grand mass meeting, and | vas curious te
witness for myself the material of such 9
meeting, and to hear tie speeches of THEN
orators -. -, -, = :
Leaving Eoston III 81 carly hegr By rail
road ! fornd myself speeding rapidly to the
PLACE dfmeeting in company with large
ereeed IF Freedom ahriekers.', a tall latby
Yankee entered the car in which sat, With
bundle of pamphlets under his arm, wide
awake for speculation. He announced,
with confident air, that the document
which he had for sale at the extreme low
price Of twelve and half cents, had been
compiled by himself from Southern editorials
and Southern speeches, and conclusively
proved that the design of the Southern
Democracy was to reduce all the poor white
men of the North to beggary. =
This speech somewhat startled me, but
when he proceeded to quote from his book
what lac called Choice Ttbit," extraeat-
ed from an editorial Of the ''Richmohd Er-
aminer,' | became still more interested in
this wonderful document. The article which
he read was an editorial of yours ,on Free
Schools which appeared in December last. =
| purchased tie beck and read the extract
with great satisfaction -, ~.
Your severe criticism eli their daring sys-
TEN Of free schools created some excitement
among the people around me, and certainly
enabled our Spectator to drives handsome
retail trade IN our car
On reaching the Grove I found very
large crowd variously estimated from fifteen
to twenty thousand. .a,a
The utmost enthu8iasm seemed to tervade
this vast assembly, which, though in, the
main Yell dressed presented to .ane, rsther
molly appearance plaok men and white
women, white men and black women, mu-
lattoes and nolungeons' all sat lovingly side
by side.
Black spirits and whites
Red spirits AVID grey,+'
Hing.p, mnglc; miuge,
Nou that mingle may. f~
Ali sorts of devices were employed TO give
interest to the, OCCASION A musical steam
engine was on the ground, which entertain
ed the crowd with Yankee doodle, Hail CO.
lumbia, and ether songs Bands Of music
paraded the grounds. lnnumerable ban
ners were displayed with all sorts of notices
and inscriptions indicative of the opinions
| and sentiments Of Fremonters. Such ii.
"Fremont and Free Kansas, Buchanan and
Slave Kansas. Make your choice y "INill-
more is no whar."~ ''No more Slave terri
tory" Banners were paraded white on one
side to represent the immaculate purity o.
the Free States, ard black ON the other tc
represent the slave States Flags were fly.
ing with but sixteen stars eihbla2oned OF
| their fodsr-the number of the Free States
There We're many other devices ola similar
character. = Among tie delegation was
one from Natiek, Senator Wilson's town
composed in part Of 'thrty-two young Ia
dies, thirty-ono Of whom were dressed in
white, representing the States, ard the
thirty-second in black, representing Kansas
mourning and bleeding" These women
came up in IL big shoe the newspaper said
| was not at all prepossessed in favor of these
damsels, and was positively shocked at the
ugliness of Virginia"
The performances were opened with pray,
er by long-yisaged, sanctimonious looking
man, who assumed to be preacher of the
Gospel of Peace He invoked the blessing
of God upon their unholy efforts to stir VI
strife and bloodshed, and retired from thu
stand with the air of man who felt coneiouf
of having done q good thing. Hymns IL
Freedom, Ethiopian melodies were then sung
by professional singers, and all the black
and white sirens united in the chorus .,e.le
Having secured a seat near the prineipa
stand, | sat for nearly four llanrs listening
to the speeches Of the orators. These werf
o, A. Brewster, ,hohn l.. Swift, I. y. Eli
OF, Rev. John pierpont, and others wei
known in this vicinity. Their speeches were
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