The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-06
Summer Meeting IN jersey O,ty,


ADOPTED, ETC, ETC., ETC.
meeting Of very small portion Of the population
Jersey City held last evening in Park Hail. TO take
acton In regard to the recent assault upon MI
Sumner the Ser Of the United States The build
Ing which Is capable Of holding six or seven hundred
persons was about three ourths full and the meeting
was not organized TIL time after eight O'Clock
II called to order by $. Gregory, who noninatsd
the Mayor of Jersey City for resident and the following
list OF Vice Presidents and sesretaries-
y,cs PsEsprT1s -Jsmsss seviu. 4. q; Wallis Robert
william Bumstsd John L Burst Zone halt Of lie Vice Pre-
sEcsETARIEs Washington 3. Williams, Il. N. rrsphassn
]. r. Tnompson and Charles Il. winsfed.
The above nominations approved Of by thu mset.
ing, after which Mr.. GREGORY made few remarks OK.
psnaory the object for which it had been convened
The following resolutions then read by Mr.. W B.
WILLIAMS and were received with repeated applause
Whereas he ed Of May last the aoa Charles Sumner
sena.er from The state Of MAssachu.et while bis seal
BY PIestos Brooks Representative from South
S1d ana 6ss the
life and ons motive Tor P sss assault
70 ss u0
Ds At the o. e their .
assembled without distinction Of party is 5h day Of
l. That with hearty abhorrence OF this unmusated outrage
.s 70 H. Ana and who and
sha, the sySTss 70 this assault tue place Of T..
BEYOND ordinary GRIMES compel us to regard It as deli
berse attack upon The mos. vital prlnclp rspu
ss An' An 0'sl violation OF the constitution Of the uasd
That observe with surprise sorrow the general ap
prov Of this assault by the southern press by the Southern
IN CoDgress . and 1y me southern Peep
avowa approval they make themseves parties TO
upon The rrncpe ree discussion justly incur The
dem Of al right hinkns unprejuaced men, friends
I'll. s !. s ss and would
Southern brethren .disavow and condemn this outrage
$ s4ss ns . r:sg ). d sss y w
%s%s' Of G n .sssios opinions or using IAN
s % Sy
elapsed since the commits ion o, the Outrage having shown
, the
That assaults upon editors signay in
ding and IN we'll Known which attends
n we the 0os
ne alton Which uoxnsy iOissd % believe
sad Into
n w Fan sss aa x
s Of o paT by which the and the 9sops
indications adopting vio'snce political &C.
1s Of s ss we
al peaoeabe and constitutional means and that party
irg which we shah be 70 be evs we vii IN tie last re-
ss CT
and Of the press which # 9 naraatees
d BY o he mr.
made 70 attempt and not the ordi
it, and that two Senators have openly commendsd
While such Of trust and
that cannot rely for the conduct Of national affairs
@ *no's n''uA
when demand the mmeais.e and u1condonsi exOusiOn
Of PresioD bsooks from he House Of hepresentaves
Senators and representatives OF this State in Congress
Mr. h. B. CRo1RR introduced after the foregoing
Yead and spoke substantially as foiiows:-This
m IN main ~ 0Y
and he regretted to hear that gentemen in Jersey
City, amorg whcm were several EDITORS, had abssntsd
night be misconstIued. The who shrunk from the
CT their acts in this particular might
stay awsy-tor lis part he could not stay away when
such principle was involved. He had come TO this
meeting to express his opinions freely and boldly upon
this subject and in Ihts be not actuated by de-
sire for political promotion ascsndency. he believed
The tight Of every man. be he black white, life
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness Applause and
hises For tie opiI ions he taned he was willing
TO acd the cognomen Of black republican. Blu. this
was DAter upon which al parties could unite r II
vas que sron Of national Importance, and touched
(Applauae) The speaker here said that George Wash
irgton lad attended, aboi ion meeting and that John
Jay and BENJAMIN Franklin were officers oft. But the
condition Of things is changed Slavery has become
psIt throughout The land, and Senator has bssn
stricken down in the Senate because he Cared to express
his opinion the subject If driven to the extremity
OF usrg brute force when all other had failed the
SPEAK build OF shrink from using II TO put stop
the er croachments Of the slave power.
Rev o. B. FRoTHSGHAM next addressed the meeting.
He mrenced BY saying he Unitarian clergyman,
and not politician and therefore could not be opposed
TO have any political motives in presenting hi nseu
bis occasion. He could not tell the of the
different parties, ard for explaining what they meant
he could more do that than the parties themselves.
(Laughter) BE was acquainted with Mr.. Sumner. and
passed glowing euloey upon his character but OF his
assaiIan knew anything. He had the part
of assassin, (applause) the people acted upon
q noble impulse when they denounced his sowArdly
ssu,t But the feelings which aroused by the attack
Senator Summer would die out and be forgotten
.n3h o 80 t1a A~kh
Burns, who carried back into bondage from Boz
ten. he therefore had comic snce in this tenn DO
rsry ebuin of feeling for the freedom Of speech had
been violated over and over again and decisive
Dad been taken 20 maintain it against alta * In
Ger that the resolutions presented tonight should be e
ecve every man present should carry away with him
the 6eteI mnaton to support this great right against all
oppoti'on. The assault upon Senator sumner
mited under such circumstances aroused all the feel
ings OF honorable men Senator Sumner had been sent
to ~ the champ Ct human rights and it
while speaking for the rights OF three millions of slaves
and the rights Of white men in Kansas, that ne
stricken down. For other than these was he
assault ed ard it sad thing to think that the per-
petrstor knew well that his oonduct would not only be
approved by his consuens out by the whole South.
Preston Brooks himself not worth naming, and the
crime not committed BY him alone, but by the slave
STATE and all who epdorstd the act This outrage should
be condemned by oil right thinking they should
not be diverted from their determination by fear of the
dissolution Of the Union (Hisses) Civil had been
areacy declared Gentlemen might cry peace peace, but
there peace The last gale tina. swept from the West
brought the cash OF resounding Our brethren
are In me neu-Why stand we here idle! We have had
enough Of resolutions We're the speaker man of wea lth
he would pour il like water into Kansas he
quent man. he would call meeI "a througho the
try and we're he young man, without family he would
there 10 defend the righteous great decisive
effort should be made to free Kansas and drive out
the border rufhsps. Party ties should BIS forgotten,
and for the frs. time should be put the Pre-
sidsntal chair who be to liberty. Tris
the cause CT the white an as well as OF the black and
every who loved bis brother, who loved liberty,
should struggle till freedom secured the bond
man went free. (Applause)
Mr. W. b. WILLIAMS made q few brief remarks de-
nounciBg the assault upon Senator SumI err which he
stgmAzed unIneasured atro,ity, and urging the
adoption of decisive Of action prevent the
currtrce of such outrs ages in future
After remarks from other speakers the resolutions
adopted, and the meeting adjourned.
City Intelligence.