The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-03
The Great Indignation Meeting In New
York.-Abuse or the South.

The Great Indisnation Meeting In Ney
| York.-Abuse Of the South.
| The great indignation meeting In the Tabernl
Gle at New York, Friday night was briefly notice
In the Dispatch yesterday morning The Ne,
York papers TEEN with the reports of the speeches
from which we make = few extracts Thre
groans were proposed for the Herald and Journs
of Commerce, but not given.
Chas. King, President of Columbia College, Il
his remarks, said:
III have fidelity to anything, Il is to that con
stituton; and IL my love has been avowed in any
one particular more than another, it is to that o
free government free speech and q free press
And when i see all this struck down by brutal
cowardly assassins, Applause, and cries 'thati
the word, } l may not take counsel either OF my
position or of my years, or grey head and longer
service, to hold back and refrain from saying wLa
is on my lips and in my heart, and what woult
be bastard not to say, that the act and al
the dastards who participated in it, and scorr
especially the igaoble cause of slavery. (Tremen
dous applause
1t is not my purpose-it is far from my purpose
II desire to refrain from using any exciting words
or dwelling upon any exciting topic like this; and
had some misgivings when ! got up. (Cres o.
That's it, Don't stop" "Give it to himo fee
too deeply, when / commit myself ts utterapce
and am afraid that might not conduct myself as
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voice of New York-of men who were born free
and who mean to be free-(applause)-of mer
who claim for themselves the largest liberty o.
speech, and who insist upon allowing it to and o.
defending it for others. (Renewed appiause) il
has been well said by the gentleman who preced
ed me, that the reign of force has begun-the reign
of the bully and the budgeon. (Cries of that's it
Yes, and the reign of the blackguard.D We have
these where we should have only the reign of rea
son, and thought, and patriotism.
iS
first instance of the kind which has occurred
This very session we have seen stricken down in
the streets of Washington man, who, of all men
l know, most challenges the respect of this commu
nifty account of his services for the free press
(Three cheers) We talk very often of high ply
sical courage, but know of no instance of higher
moral courage than that which, taking his life in
his hands, and knowing that every hour of his stay
in Washington that life was in dangcr-I know,
say of no higher moral courage than was evinced
by Horace Greeley under those circumstances
(Applause) He went there to tell the truth, and
he did tell it; but he was feled upon the avenue
for telling it'll
Hon. Jos. Hoxie, who informed the audience
that he was Familiarity known as Joe Hoxie asked
What do the press of Washington sayi Why
the National Intelligencer. that staid old paper
aud the Union, the mouth piece of this accursed
administration, (three groans for Pierce) dignity
it by the title of unfortunate occurrence. Is il
an unfortunate occurrence that has filled this
house as 1t never was filled before If that Sena
tor had not been taken Hnwarned and unprepared
it was his (Mr. Hoxie'sI conviction that the nephew
of his uncle would have found his attack on Mr.
Sumner to be very unfortunate occurrence y
(Laughter) What was their duty under such cir
cumstances? /? "a voice-"Hang the fellowr)
He Mr.. Hoxie] had laid eff all bis political asso
cistions for this occa sion He intended to give
whatever little good there left of him to resist
the extension of the alave power in this country.
[Great applause He cared not as to the man for
whom he would vote for Congress He would on
ly ask them two questions. He would ask them
the affirmative, he would ask them, "Will you
ightF And they may express any opinions
they please on political questions. He would beg
them all for countrys sake, for freedoms sake
man who would support the freedom of the coun.
try. lApplause] If such man was faithful
fearless and honest, be Mr.. Hoxiel would work
for him as he would for his brother (Applause
If, then, they would come forward in the dignity
ef American citizens, they would hear no more of
attacks by assassins in the Senate chamber of the
nation. The courage of most men depended
much upon their danger, and he had heard that
the courage of these Southern men was exactly in
the ratio of the distance of the person they oppos-
ed. tCheers and laughter.
Mr.. Samuel B. Ruggles contended that
Force must be met by force tremendous ap-
plause the audience rising to their feet, cheering
and waving their hats) And does little South
Carolina with one-fortieth part only of the free
white men of this nation, think she can overcome
us (Cries of mo ~ mo p and "Well send down
General Scott again l") There ara more free white
men within one mile OF my voice than stand in
the whole of that State. There are men enough
in this room to sustain our Senators in their seats
and, if necessary, we will all 90. Enthusiastic
applause. Cries of That's right-give it to them ~
There is one gentleman whom my friend did moi
notice among the number, and he was Don
Quixotte-a noble and high minded Spanish gen
tleman, who scorned to attack an unarmed adyer
sary, but who, in courtly phrase was the very SON
of chivalry-ehiyalry, which has been so misealled
at the present day; and because Senator Summer
tried to enlighten my uncle" he is knocked OF
the head and carried down to the gate of DEATH
Now, ! think he made very bad comparison wher
he compared him to Butler, and in the name O
Don Quixotte protest against it. Applause ant
laughter)
Of course the indignation would have been in
complete without an address from Rev Henr,
Ward Beecher which that gentleman was fully
prepared to deliver He concluded as follows:
know ef but two heroes of the bludgeon, beside
Mr. Brooks-one Is hero of mythology, and tn,
other of sacred history. Hercules a brute here
of the club; but even Hercules, in the twilight O
mythology used his club against Centaurs and tn,
enemies of society--never on weak and unarmet
men. We have another hero in sacred history: hi
name IL Cain Brooks is the hero, not of the cane
but he Is Cain himself Laughter.) Mr. Beecne
but the echoes of the dongs in Kansas and wss fo
the North now to say to these madmen-"Thus far dt
you come. but NO farther shall you Gomez tAp
piause. By the force of liberty and by the force
the ciyiliza ion which from the bosom of Chris
tlanty aud by the force of Christianity itself w,
shall vet, in lifetime, or that of our children
achieve victory for liberty (Great applause. J.
When, at last this country shall sit at the feet of th
Genius of Liberty, exercised of the devil shaI
sit at the feet of Christ then, methinks that tim,
shall have come predicted in the Scriptures-predict
ed in the Apocylipsethat Satan skal be seized aut
God speed the day.
THE NIcARAGUAN LUTHER-Father Pyiirs Rea
Mission.-El Panameno of the I'd of May, has, un
der the above head, the following curious state
ment:
1--WE know that Walker, in order to secure the ser
vices of the Licentate, Padre ID. Augustin Will pa
rochial curate of the city of Granada and to cspos