New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-04

chiefly, it would seem, Of the latter color-tie
for the last fifteen years, have been in the habit
Of gathering together in small numbers, SOM
times to amuse. aud sometimes to irritate tie
public, by solemnly resolving that the Constiti-
ton was compact with he'll, that the Union
ought to he dissolved, and that the Republican
party was utterly and hopelessly given oyer to
perdtion, because Of its adherence to the Union
and the Constitution.
Year after year the meetings Of these Garriso-
mans in Boston were regularly, to more or less
extent, disturbed BY conservative and well-dressed
u,ol,s But ut length even the most persistent
friends Of law and order grew weary of attempt
ing to silence men who were determined not to
be silenced, especially as it was found that The
attempt to put them down BY force only brought
them into notice and multiplied iileir numbers.
Of late years they have met and harangued with
out moleslation and without effect, their entire
body of adLercnts throughout the country, Of
bot! sexes, not exceeding three or four thousand,
and their first principle of political action being
that to vote or hold Office is 20 sin against God
and man,
Beacon street and North street, the Fifth av-
enne and the Five Points Of Boston, having coni-
bined to defeat Burlingame at the recent cleo
ticn, met again yesterday ON the sumo Platform
at fremont Temple, animated by The same pari-
otic desire to save the Union and defend the
Constitution, by mobbiDg thc Garrisonians. The
achievement was successfully performed Fred
Douglass, the Rev. j. Stella Martin, and thc
other colored orators, were put to light, nor
however, without stout and plucky resist
ance on the part of Mr.. Douglass. IL must
have been proud and ediiying spectacle--thaf
hand to hand struggle Of the perfumod exquis-
ties of Beacon hill, the polished representatives
of The Fays, the Howcs, aud the Perhnscs oil
the highest commercial and judicial aristocracy
of Massachusetts, with the stubborn and stalwart
muatto and runaway slave! What nobler sacrl-
fee could Boston make 10 the cause OF our com
mon country than to throw Ter curled darilngs
into the desperate current Of such heady hght
How calamity they bore themselves in the fray
is shown by their success and by the triumphant
expulsion Of the negroes and their abolition con-
icdcrutes from the Hall.
When the news of this great victory over free
negroes aud free speech reaches Charleston 1t
may possibly put q stop TO secession. Is Ii likely
that South Carolina will abandon and turn her
back on such gallant and chi7alrous allies 7 We
cannot believe it, Surely an achievement ike
this ought to outweigh the Personal Liberty Law.
There is but one thing lacking to the perfect
qualification and consolation which in these per-
ilous times the report of the brilliant patriotism
of Boston will give 10 all true friends OF the IN
ion. We allude to the apparent absence from
The scene of the Hon. George Lunt. We say
apparent absence, for we reluctant to be-
Eeye that he was really not there. Can it be
possible that when the Boston conservatives went
forth to battle against the hosts Of abolition, the
douehtiest and most renowned Of their champions
avoided the fight and left the field and the glory
to be won by Fay, Perkins, and Howe!