New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-02

ners head Renewed cheersl. But they were arsgned
sefore the tnouna o. an indignant people. and tonight
the people are sitting in judgment upon that
question. Tonight, not only here but eyerywhere
where freedom OF speech was valued thew were pro-
rouDcing sentence upon this inhumanity Appausel.
lie would ths' this were al. He would that those
WOUNDS were ciea;nzed; but, alas il was no, so.
There was tongue in every wound on great Sumner
head that would peal IN thunder tones through this
nation, until justice, stern and iufexiole sboud be
executed upon tne head OF the pepetrator Of this OUT
rsge and his coadJuiors Enthusiastic cheering Sad
-beartrendng eyen;s-rsrelv came in a
While Senator lay bleeding in Wsshinctop hone Of
our bone and hesh Of flesh were Bleeding on the
plains of faT-of hsnsas and the flames of burning
Lswrtnce-ui fames-had literally pictured he'll
upon the skies. Tonight they were acting tbe na NJ
tie good Samaritan. Th'y were pouring balm into
the wounds or Charles Summers head. He would no.
fight. His weapons were rot the veapons of steel
but they were the weapons which were thrice whetted
weapons of rea-on-and they world yet tell in the
The Rev. Mr.. HATFIELD would say to ary one who
wondered why Clergyman was here, that though he
was clergyman, he still professed TO be man
fCheers |. The liberty Of the nation was as dear
to him as to any other citizen Applause Mr.
Hatfield alluded to Mr. Brooks as This skulking
"sneaking, infamous thing and reminded his aud.
tory Of the time when under Martin Van Buren's ad-
minstration the mails paged for the benefit of
Slavery, and when John Quincy Adams was assaulted
for sustaining the right Of petition lie recouued the
eub.eGuent steps OF Slavery toward the matey of the
nation, and concluded BY saying that II we could
endure this last stroke there could be nothing in this
country which God cared TO save or that was worth
saving.
HEyRY WARD BEEcHER followed amid the most
enthusiastic demonstrations Of applause In the course
f his speech he said that Liberty was the daughter OF
CIR sapity the airest fruit of the tree Of life that
was ridiculous To prepare for Liberty IN Slavery
As 10 teach them to swim dry grass He concluded
nv an eloquent euiogy Of Sumner and a scourcipg of
the Government at Washington. Let us remember,
he said that there no greater power earth than
the single, silent, solitary vote. Let them drop into
tbe ballot box soft as snowhakes but let them come
ont a. the avalanche to Overwhelm all that oppose
them.
Sumner was elected to his place he voted against him.
lint when Mr. Sumner was elected SenstOr he became
senator of the country and every man in the country
was bound TO support bin in Free Speech. As one OF
Mr. Summers political opponents that WAS, he could
say that nothing had been or could be brought against
nj: character Ninety mine ont OF every hundred of
tbe citizens of Massachusetts would vote any amount
az her treasure or any quota OF her to maintain
the liberties of her Rep esenayes at Washington, If
peces essary Enthusiastic cheers.
Mr. BRIGGs of Ohio was hOarse with speaking 10 the
thousands out of Doors Mr.. Sumner was their Sena-
tor in Ohio. Let the lightning flash to Ohio any day
that men were needed to protect him, and the next
evening there would be enough Buckeyes in Wash-
peton to take care of him Enthusiastic cheers They
had one Senator from Ohio whom they might have a
bout with if they wanted to Three cheers for Wadel
A Southener in Cleveland, last Summer, said that
nobody would attack W dde, Tor IL was unueTstOOl
that he carried the documents in his pockets Loud
applausel He did carry them there, and had carried
item ever since the war began-ever since the Ne
braske bill was passed Continued spplausd. He
had be en told that in Richmond Brooks had been pre-
sented with a gold with a cracked skull carved
on lis head Let an attack be made on another Sena
tor and the North, instead of getting up mass meet
ngs would go in mass meeting to the South and pro
claim emancipation Enthusiastic applause
ExMayor LAMBERT was ready to define his posi-;
ton Ever since the outrage on Sumner his blood had
been filed with Indignation. The stole calmnes' of
Douglas was worse than the brutality of Brooks; il
was disgrace to that party for which he had labored
all bis hfo-God forgive him Enthusiastic cheers
Mr. Lambert read the despatch in the Evening papers
in relation to the report of the House Committee amid
laundering cheers.
The HoB. JAMES SEASAHAS, representative to Con
gress fiom Brooklyn, would not speak imprudenty on
this subject: he would promise, however, that when
the time for action on his part came, he would act de-
cidedly and fearlessly.
Mr. ABRorT A. Low contcuded that Southern men
were not Themselves and that when they returned to
their rght mind they would recognize their wrong.
The meeting adjourned at IL O'Clock with three en-
thusastic cheers for Charles Sumner.