New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-23

Ihi1n Was the negro question: qae,ton vh ch lay
deeyer even than the Slavery question The men OF
the South c,cared Slavery right and that It should 90
into all tie territory Of the Usited States; the North
declared il wrong and that should be excluded from
tie ra;iobgi territory. tCheerB aud heres Inc us
derlI ing question wac what should be done with Tue
free negresi Many Of the Free States refused TO re-
ceive them, and s'me of the Slave States were re-
euslaying. The question was, what, ia dod = name
should we DO with them We had never eI pre-
seied 10 the people Of the South On answer u ti1
question. This question could p9t be keP' OWN oy
compromise or party resolution. lie could only sng,
pest that we should by some acton oi inc chleo
Sa,es provide asylum for tins class, now thre'h
eDed with confscation and bsmsbmen', or reehs'a'e
rueut When this question settled every cloud
would have passed away lie eoud add no force 10
the words of the sentiment and be closed by repeating
them
The Common Sehoo Of Ne,r- -Erglona-fn them the sons
ofthe Plgrius Learn the fret lesscns Of liberty
ptof O. NJ MlTcBEL responded, enlargng upon tne
inn ort nee Of the Ne NewEDgnd scbOol-hoore IN tne
form alton Of the New Eng ane character tie nlmseii
had got a Ne~-Engl4ud edncaton al etcohn naI'i'
He Loned that the time wond come when the
scboolmssefs and schoOlmstrssses tGod niess ihem
woud not he free TO go all paris OF tue c'nntry
and Il thst time did come then thaS por'i OF ts
conniry which deprived -of uleie teacn'ng Wom9
fbd itsef ~. idly relafsing into barbarian lLoua
arulau.el Thought was a nn ver5al solvent; hnis
tlis and we were reduced TO human naehinesi Que
llonpht was worth million OF men. Let no man Dc
sra5 10 peak bis thought, at all proper times and IN
| all glases
rae cieyoy Ke EnganS-FsIthu apostles Of that lib
| ery WbeIewiih Chit has nsde ne free.
The Rev. DIR. BELLOWS responded. lie thoueht the
two chsrac erstcs Of Eew-EDYiand were the lear OF
God and the love Of Liberty The moral sentiment oi
New gland bad Inherited the almighty songhue"s OF
h. l1Ous pertinaeity. lie was willing TO forgive
! ali tie monsters Of theology and reform which had
come ont Of that soD FOR the great common average
| man " hch had come out Of that SOL Empty Jona-
than FC wards toto a reforD-shaped DISH and you bad
| Wp loyd Garrison. The Theodore Parker Of the
| old tine was Roger Williams, and be was sare lhey
! Rad something corresponding 70 Wendeu fhiinOs'
She sert ont extra bad men, and dii IT up very
! Brown. Loud applause DIR. Bellows said, though
he did not ike the volcano he liked the VINE that
| grew on volcanic soil. When New-Enghod men were
bad they were very bad; and when they were good,
thty " ere equally smaIt at thai. lie hb1 been sur
,ri.ed m know that there were more New Eng and
eTs in onr city than Old Enganders-Only ihIty hon-
fal d. Bat when be saw what they were dong, we
were led to think that every one OF them wei Iued
| tun of common men. He dad not feel quite so safe
about the Union. He was afraid that the passions OF
this world stronger than its interests Prde ana
anger might produce temporary diysi0n lie greatly
feared for tie fortunes of this countyi but th01gh
that fear should teach moderation OF speech, yet II
| could never make New England other than New
| England nor destroy the principles that, by the
| providence Of God, belonged there. lie believed
| IN Union meetines but God knew, in no such
Ution melting as we bad had here. Appauee
| and hisies.l We had vindcated the right
of eneech IN Two Of the greatest cities in this UnioD
and The rivht of speech ne claimed here IN the New
I OIL nd Scietv lie could say little whether he chanced
10 lie mifuude ood outside not, he Enew that ne
| would rot BE- understood by them. he reJoced that
| a New. England lifted 1bis voice IN that as
sembly and that the sentiments OF That aseulOy were
not tie sentiments of w-England, nor OF New
| York nor of The North. II was tremendous hypo,
crisy a gross betrayal Of the confdng minds and
beats Of Southern brethren to palm on suen a.
| the real genuine feeling OF the Northern lnmd;
lIbstes.and atplauee. Severahpeope grew very red
With bifsuc.1 lie trusted tie liberty OF speech was
not 10 be reviudicated alta New-England dinher' Tie
I sIas sIfuio1 far he
South lie would saytJ our Southern brethren tilt he
held them gultydn this matter man ourselves;
we ourselves should haye Inherited these very DiS,
for NJ III we had been born south OF MasOns ana
D,xot'e Line; we had no word Of maledlcton, anger
or crimhation for them; had millions otaove ana
Az mrathy for them. Hecalled all 70 witness that he
Mould Qlve one-haf of every cent hehaO Ia the wOru
| tow ard the emancipation Of the Southern slaves,
| and the remuneI alton ~of the Soultern slave
| holder. But although he had the utmost tenderness
for the stakeholder would be expect "a man born Ia
oetion in which he could look at the subject from
| different pointof view from bis own, to adopt the
op ions which he necessarily held No; he dsplsed
fer the hypocrisy which pretended 70 respect ana 70
| love Slavery as sys'em. lAppause and hisses.
What the elayeholder wanted WAS not our by yPocrtcd
fears our by pocrca kisses, but our usnee our gen.
eTOus trust il. his embarrassment In Gods name let
us i've it 10 him. But let insist that live IN free
country where maiorities govern and where nothing
frighen Ms out Of our true constitutional rights
That was all lie asked He had nothing 10 say about
the hbertits Of this country; but as son OF NewEn
pland and representative 10 some extent, Of the
neral sentiment Of New .Eugland and the North, he
had not elt at liberty to withhold his sentiment after
sentiments 70 atrocious had been publicly announced
as the sentiments Of New-York in the city Of his
adoption. He cosed with the sentiment:
piaep THE fear Of GOdSnd the love of Nh
& s y s SsF sS DTs ~ % S ssn ar
sNThs Prss'1he state made mighty when It declared 1t
fee.
, The Rev. DR.. S. IRESEUs PRmE, Of The Ner- York
: Obserrer, refponCed.
Cur Ser Fellow abOrers IN the work Of benev
olence thougb divided they the
OF loyalty to county and charity to mankind.
Mr.. WI. WAIVER responded for the 81. Georges
Socey Au allusionto the Queen ELECTED enthusiastic
applause aud three cheers.
Mr. ADAM NoKF1E responded for st. Andrews Soci-
ety, concluding with the sentiment:
PIy~esh ROe1-Tbe Shamrock Of New-England
| RICHARD OGoTadAS, Eso., responded for the
Friendly Sons of ST. Patrick. He was leudly ap-
plauded.
Tie Hon. HAMILTON FISH responded for the ST.
n cbo as Society, concluding with
Ee EneGad EneroY- has penetrated every cline there
hamlet country where 1t has pso-d monn
there enterprise which doss NOT feel ,s influences
JAS T. SoUTTER, Eso., responded for the Society Of
the Old Dominion He said that he had been intro
duced babe after the dess. IT. and he supposed that
at least he would be expected to utter cry. Grn-
itmen had spohen Of freedom Of speech he said that
there rs but good man would not speak the truth
wien il injured his brother, unless his conscience
mahded. There was tine 10 be silent of truth
| He Was glad that the New England Society had given
the hlst hospitality TO the Virginia Society. IL he
an old woman, he would say it was good omen. He
| gave the sentiment:
bassaeAuss,ts aAd VTrgfaa-Twn sisters Tocisd In the
| cradle may the family tie never be broAen-
L. IAs Bench aad re BOrMnissers justice between
their teachings amP be dcted;o the end may
be Government 'f laws and not of neR
JANIS T. BRADY, esq., responded in speech mainly
l.,lk L..