The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-12-12
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MONDAY MORNING. DEf, ~ ..e,,ss 81
UNION DEMONSTRATION AT BOSTON,
Speech of Hon Edward Everett

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UNION DEMONSTRATION AT BOSTON.
Speech of Hon Edward Everett
The Union meeting at Faneuil Hail, In Bos.
ton. on Thursday. was presided over by ex-
Governor Lincoln, assisted by 100 Vice Preri-
dents, including four ex-Governors of the
State and six Secretaries. The principal busi-
ness localities in the State were represented In
the organization. The hall was packed in every
part and many hundreds were unable to gain
admission.
Among the most prominent gentlemen pres
ent were Messrs. VIM. Appleton, Nathan Ap-
pleton, Rev. N. Adams, Hon. Henry J. Gard
ner, Hon. Franklin Haven, Geo. Ticknor, Jno
T. Heard, Peter Harvey, J. w. Paige, A. A.
Lawrence, s. A. Eliot, VIM. w. Swan, A. W.
Austin, T. p. Rich, Hon. Marshall p. Wilder,
Hon. Geo. Lunt, and a number Of other dis.
tinguished persons.
Rev. Mr.. Blagden, of the Old South Church.
invoked the Divine blessing on the nation, the
State and the audience assembled The Presi-
dent-ex.Goyernor Lincoln-made the OPEN
. ing address.
Geo. Lunt Esq, read series of ten resolu-
tions, which Were adopted with great ap-
plause. The third is as follows:
Rssolred, That we look with indignation and
adherence upon the recent invasion of the
Commonwealth of Virginia tina, however mar
row or however comprehensive was the in
| iqui;ous scheme in its instruments or it's exc
| cution, ii was an undisguised assault upon the
peace and welfare of the whole country; that
we deeply sympathize with the people OF Vir-
ginia in the trying scenes which they have
| been called to pass through, and profier them
| and their civil authorities and those of the
Federal Government, our unfailing counte-
nance and support in the maintenance of the
laws of the land and the public peace.
The sixth resolution reads:
Resolred, That the interchangeable Union OF
these States is indispensable to the prosperity
| and glery of each and of all, and even to our
continued existence as a civilized and enlight-
ened nation; and that, in league with our pa
| triotic brethren throughout The Union we sol.
EMMY pledge ourselves to uphold il with our
| lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
| The seventh resolution declares fealty to the
| Constitution, and that we will faithfully and
unreseryedly carry out all its obligations and
| requirements.
The eighth resolution declares that we will
| discountenance everything tending to produce
alienation of feeling between the North and
| South.
The ninth resolution denounces the apollo
gists for the late raid upon Virginia, and holds
| AS guilty, before God and the country, those
| who induced it,
Hon. EDWARD EVERETT, who was hailed
with every demonstration of respect and en-
thusiasm, was now introduced, and he spoke
! as follows:
| SPEECH OF HON. EDWARD EVERETT.
Mr.. Charman and Ftiiow Citiscns--In rising
| to address you, on this important OCCASION
| indulge me in few words of personal expla.
| nation. L did not suppose that any thing cou Id
occur which would make me think it my duty
| to appear again on this platform, on any occa.
sion of political character, and had this
| fpy ha1.t, ,f a aef afrira dact, poS
promote any party purposes, should not have
been here. When compelled by the prostra-
| tion of my health five years ago to resign the
| distinguished place which then filled in the
| public service, it was with no expectation, nc
wish, and no intention of ever again minglinp
in the scenes of public life have according.
| ly, with the partial restoration of my health
abStaiued from all partc ipation in political ac-
ton of any kind; partly because / have found
| a more congenial, and, as venture 10 think q
more useful occupation in seeking to rally the
| affections of my countrymen North and South
| to that great name and precious memory which
| is left almost alone of all the numerous kind.
| ly associations which once bound the different
| sections of the country together [applause
and also because, between the extremes o
| opinion that have long distracted and now
threaten to convulse the country, find no
| middle ground of practical usefulness on
which friend of moderate counsels can stand
| I think do a little good-1 try to-in my wan.
ing years, in augmenting the funds of the char.
liable ms nstitutions, commemorating from time
to time the honored dead asd the great events
Of past days, and chiefly in my humble efforts
to rescue from desecrationand the yicisstudes
of private property the home aud the grave OF
Washington. [Appiause.] These, sir, seem
10 one to be innocent and appropriate occupa.
| tions for the decline of life am more than
contented with the favor with which these
| my humble labors are regarded by the grea,
majority Of my countrymen; and knowing by
| experience how unsAtisfying in the enjoyment
| are the brightest prizes of political ambition
| I a n IN Vn nUoy
| men. Sir, The North and the South, includ.
ing the Northwest and Southwest, have be
come f1ercely, bitterly arrayed against each
| other There is no place left in public life fol
| those who love them both. The war of words
| of the press, of the platform. Of the State Le
| gislatures, and, must add, the puipit-hai
been pushed to point OF evaporation which
on the Sigh test un toward accident, may rush to
| the bloody ar bi trament of the sword. The grea
ancient master of political science fAristotle,
tells us, that though revolutions do not take
place for small causes, they do from small
causes. he means, sir, that when the minds
of the community have become hopelessly
emblttered and exasperated by long continued
| irritation, the slightest occurrence will bring
on the catastrophe. In fact it seems to me
that we have reached state of things which
requires all good men and good patriots to
forego for time all mere party projects and
calculations, and TO abandon all ordinary po.
| litical issues which calls, in a word, upon all
| who love the country and cherish the Union
and desire the continuance of those blessings
which we have till lately enjoyed under ths
| Constitution transmitted to US by our fathers
and which regard as the noblest work O
political wisdom ever achieved, to meet n
one man and take counsel for its preserva
tion. (Applause.) 1t is this feeling tha
has brought me here to-day. 1t will prob
ably be said sir, that those who enter
tain views like these exaggerate the gravit,
of the crisis. wish could think so. But
fear tits not we who exaggerate, but those wht
differ from US, that greatly-and soon, fear i
| will be- fatally-underrate the ominous sign
of the times. fear, sir, that they are greatl,
misied by the onc-sided views exclusively
presented by the party press, and those wht
rely upon the party press exclusively for thei
| impressions, and that they are dangerously
ignorant of the state of opinion and feeling IL
| the other great section of the country. zap
piause.) greatly fear that the mass OF th'
community, long accustomed to treat all alarm
for the stability of the Union as groundless
all professed anxiety for its preservation Al
insincere, or, if sincere, the result OF nervous
| timidity, have untitled themselves to measure
the extent and the urgency of the existing dan
| ger. II is my own delibrate conviction, form
| ed from some opportunities of personal obser
walton, and from friendly correspondence with
none OF political nature,) that We are on tn,
very verge Of q conyulsi0n which will shake
| the Union to its foundation; and that few
more steps forward, in the direction in which
affairs have moved for few years past. viii
| bring US to the catastrophe I have heard i
| urged on former occasions OF pnblic alarm
| that ii must be groundless, because busines,
goes on as usual, and the theatres are oper
and stocks keep up. Sir, these appearances,
may all be deiusive. The great social machine
moves with momentum that cannot be sud
| denly stopped. The ordinary operations o
/ business went on in France In the revolution
of 1859, till the annihiIation OF the circulating
| medium put q stop to every thing that RED uiret
ity use The theatres and all the other place
| of public amusement were crowded to mad
ness in the Reign of Terror. The French stock
never stood better fhan they did in Paris oI