The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-12

The late meeting in Boston has served TO remind
the country that the querulous notes of Mrs CHILD
and the dissonant rawlings of GARRISON and PHIL
LIPS may not after all, represent the voice of
Massachusetts. In the land of WEBSTER the
echoes of the eloquent words he was wont to speak
in behalf of the UNION are lingering still, and
still awaken responsive tones in the hearts Of
the people. When Mr.. EVERETT, on Thursday
last, in Faneuil Hall, dilated upon the grandeur of
the Republic, and recalled the memories of its
earlier days, the tumultuous applause that greeted
him proved that he had touched upon no worn out
topic.
His theme was the old familiar one that he and
his audience had dwelt on, perhaps, together,
hundred times before, but it evoked, as it always
has done, their warm andready sympathy. Weare
willing to believe the enthusiasm manifested in the
stronghold of abolitonism is but indicative of the
feeling of the people both of the North and South
Notwithstanding all that has been said to the
contrary. They may be Indifferent to the bonn
bastc appeals to their patriotism which are made
daily in Congress and on the hustings and some
what weary of watching the American eagle
in its ceaseless flights over the same localities,
but when the exigencies of the time de-
mand their efforts, an earnest and honest
call upon them will be answered by the
thousands who are SILENT while charlatans and
demagogues are noisiest But, whether the meet
ing in Boston significant only of the prevail
ing sentiment of the country, or was but the
struggle Of a minority to maintain that which the
bitterest partisan cannot relinqush without re-
no mo D1OCt tO al
those who hope TO find their profit in the dis
sessions they endeavor to foment. Those who par
tcipated in the meeting do not insinuate that they
regard Slavery with peculiar favor do they pre-
tend to say that they hold it to be wise, bene-
fcent or just system But they announce that
they will not war with those of their countrymeu
who may conscentiously differ with them on these
points; that they will not tolerate the treacherous
attempts of the people of one State to reform, by
instructions and murders, the political condition
of another and that they will not barter away our
national prosperity for the visionary spendors of
the Utopia, of which the distempered fancies of
fanatics dream. The resolutions, adopted in
Faneuil Hall, assert simply that the inhabitants of
Massachusetts care well disposed in general
'to obey the laws, to maintain order and good
government, to respect mutual rights and obi
''gations, and to disapprove whatever influences
lead in contrary direction" They term the
invasion of Virginia IAN undisguised assault upon
''the peace and welfare of the whole country"
and denounce 'every demonstration and every
expression of sentiment, whether public or pri-
''vate tending to extenuate or apologize for the
Conduct or characters of the criminal actors'' in
that outrage In this they have done no violence
to the sentiments which lead them to prefer the
poiity of their own free State, and none who are
unwilling to say thus much can yield an honora-
BILE allegiance to our common constitution. They
have done no more than reiterate their determina-
ton to abide by the compact originally entered
into between the members Of the confcderacy, and
to respect the rights of either section, even when
these may demand the sacrifice of individual
predictions Such was the compromise which
men who held conflicting views thought it not
disparNging 10 enter into nearly hundred years
ago; and it needs only few meetings. like that
in Boston, TO convince us that the mass of the
people are prepared to abide by it now.