New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-04
FROM BOSTON.
From an Occasional Correspondent

From an Occasional Correspondent
BosTON, Saturday, May 81, 1885,
We have had lively week here sisce wrote TO
you this day sennigbt. believe l left of with
the Spontaneous Meeting held on Friday night In
the fremont Temple Well the more formal one
of which spoke as in suppositiOn, came off, on
Saturday night, in Faneuil Hail. 1t told as promls-
inc story as the one the night before, though IN
different tone OF voice. The first one was really
popular coming together on the impulse of the mo-
ment--without leaders or plan--and what was
there said foreshadowed and expressed the genu-
inc feeling of the popular mind before it took
counsel of flesh and blood. The Saturday nigh
meetiog was arranged with the most careful pro-
vision against possible mscoDstructions and mis-
appreht The personal friends ef Mr.. SUM-
ner, Ipresume from motives OF policy alone re-
Trained from taking promiosnt part in the demon
stration. Even bis political friends kept In the
background, that the dOings might receive more
Weight as coming from men in little or no c0m-
munion or sympathy with him. Judge Russell,
who read the Resolutions, and Mr. John A. An
drew, were, think, the only Republicans who
sisted in the proceedings. All the rest were
Know. Nothipgs and Whigs Of various stripes,
tipees and brands. Mr.. Everett, ss you know de-
cliDed on the ground OF his long retirement from pub
lie life and the inconsistency of his emerging from
his seclusion on so slight an occasion. "tHaccus-
toned as he is to public speaking" especially for
the last three months or co. full allowance should be
made for his sensitiyeness about appearing before
a.numerous company at such short notice. Mr..
Winthrop, too, could not be disturbed IN his prep
arations tor foreign travel by 50 unreasonable an
Interruption. IL has often been lamented that
Americans in general lose much cf the advantage
of foreign travel through the imperectness OF
their preparation. i am happy to know that there
10 like to be eminent exception ~ this general
rule
The presence of Gov. Gardner in the chair, too
and the several changes OF direction Ia which he
pointed at very slight intervals of time were as
valuable in indicating the state of the moral atmOs
phere as the gyrativns of tue little mau the top
OF meeting house are in showing those OF the
weather. After preliminary flourish of trumpets
In honor Of his own magnanimity in taking the
chair after Mr.. Sumner had made speech against
ms reelection last Autumn, which fell on rather
n:gd ears, his Excellency seemed at least 10 in-
crhe 10 proclivity TO intimate that the assault
vas the result of the severities of language, the
., uhorided abuse, insinuations aud assaults upon
q. no character, motives and designs Of our public
CT "nich are too frequent in our country"
SacD storm Of misses. however met hir, at tbis
r.. s,,'." NC very soon aud very skifaIly shifted
mis- course, and pioted himselS NJ smoo;bar No
ters ey complete endorsement of the psrIiament.
ary propretes of that psrtiealor o soeeah aS nv
Sumner. As You have read Sa sPeeSh oil Mr.
stance OF what was said there il IL fnuseu ~ 'he suo
70 into the particulars Of the seyer., 70
is enough to say that you must rot ranss e,nes.
OF the meeting by the words Of the spesss,s sP.rt
celent as much was that was said on the n,..e.EA EA
il was tame as the expression of the fee,,ns IN,
was burning on the floor. This was shown by ths
respoDse that WAS given to ever; strong word th.,
was uttered deliberately or h. accident. When