New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-18

10 ciusl horeet non; that exception is Mr. Hallet'
| Do,g Adrr ate in 1897 Let me add, in pasring II ]
a singular effect Of our institutions that seldom,
ever. lave aiy bnt well-drcsssd mobs. But what
broken reed, what despicable tool, such pre-s
Perhaps the Pies will deem me unjnatifable, a. i
has lutt found out tfee was no mob il WIS the ma
joity ripftislly aLig possession of q meeting w,
/, i'll loo k at that by and by.
Vt let us look at the mobocrats themselves TIL,
p,.ss 'us q EN- "Gcrtlcnen of Boston "a mistake
ns,r,et -, 'ugh In editors, who do not know mol
Vie e. 49, II. Laughter But can we LEI that
Se.c,ir;os .tsSd' Brosdclosth and fine linen do moi
mike een,ismsn, 'gnorahGe and ill-manners do MOI
make ore. proving o. es night TO twelve months in
he c,n~cn IN 49, a.. make one. Breaking the
laws 10 bcIo the stock sra -ket does not make one
Running before ycu are sent uh volunteer haste, to
do the dirty work OF ba,s meo aoes nor MAKE Que
Yet thee are the only ccrs by wk' men, before rn
feen made Themselves viibIe that da, on the surface
# Affairs. One must be born again ints oe Kingdom
If MsDnon before such are hch gentlesoeu; AM as
tie rirgeaderB not born in Boston, let ns save
tie old town from the disgrace Of reporting them
"Bnston gentlemen"
The go-sp of the street excuses them because they
suffering from pecuEary lo-ses--out Of en-
ploy. The ringleater ssid no there TO ave his
property Let us see Of what materials the mob was
really made. We have a right to ask-it IL import
ent we should knov--wbo make up the Chamber Of
Inquii'On, this Star Chamber, which undertakes
to tell us, Arcbbshop Land and Charles Smart did
our fathers, what opinions We shall express and when
fathers handled into efenipacy of wholly unfit
for butiness, whom OVERLOOKING trai sometimes laps
up il does all ObtsinAbls Instruments. Instead o.
ieergiDes Non seize rails and dppers in time of sore
need-suoh TIE first frost nips into idsness narrow
men, ambitious for place who fancy THAI inherited
million entities them to Political advancement blvated
disiillers rich; and some without WI enough 10
k, ep tie money they stole old families to seed in
reel table dullner trHgss conshnre matt, born only
10 eat trading families in the third generation playing
at stochobting to lose in State street what their
gundt'es made by smuggling in India; sweep in
HUNDRED young wrecks the grief Of mothers and dis
grace Of their names, good noughts to I'LL up the
places in wi al il called society,"" and, such, en-
titled to shrink from notice. but t, mote wcshould not
usually Iced g,tr looked at when troubling eyes;
snobbeh Of fathers lately grown rch anxious TO
prove Themselves reten before they are rpe hisses
all these taking courage from the presence OF holder
rogres some fresh from JAIL aud others whom technical
slill saved theIefrom the whole led by tLird-rate
lawyer, broken down into cotton clerk, and borrow
ing conequence from mar led wealth; not Of the
whole ever added dollar much lees al idea, TO the
wei lib Of tie State not able to give reason or
an excuse for the prejudice that Is in him.
This il tie House Of MOBILES Whose leave we must
ark before meet and discuss any question. These
aIe tie en WHO presume tell u.s. the children OF the
neutrality-suspicious. Of Winthrop and Endic0tt
Quincy and Sewall Hancock Otis and Adams-what
W shall say and when we shall assemble in public
halls; tbese are the men who, the press tell u.s. being
tie majority took righfu possession OF the meeting Of
tie 81 Of December applause and cries Of Good
aud without "vioatiug the tight Of free speech or
CARRIED it and spoke the sober sense OF Boron II we
look then at tie events Of that morning. We shall get
The Doicn held by the enlightened press OF Boston
to the proper course Of gentlemen" in taking posses
sion OF public meeting and gauge the fitness OF such
R,tcspoprr gentlemen" for an attempt OF that kind
On The third day Of this present month December, the
fremont Temple had been hired by several gentlemen
Rev. j. Sella Martin, James Redpatb, Mr.. Eldrdge
Mr.. O Connor, and others-for a Convention which
was 10 assemble at their request month before they
Lad iseued circular inviting the leaders and repre-
septaiyes Of all the dfereut ADtSavery Bodies and
men of eminence who have done honor 70 their own
souk by advocating the cause Of impartial Freedom
TO meet lem in Convention. Certainly, the tops and
clerks Of Boston could not include themselves as coming
under that description. The notice published III the
Iarers announced the meeting one mot called
for debate but " each speaker will give
briefly his views on the question How can
American Slavery be Abolished I" Does Mr..
Inv or airy 81 bis associates dare 10 say IN the
pre-, ence Of Lis feow-,i lzebs that he went TO that
Hell TO Join in good faith any such investigation
What right then, bad he there The same public call
announced beforehand the spirit and quality Of the
meeting BY choosing the anniversary Of John Browns
"MARTrRDos" as the fitting time, and descrbing his
"death" as too "glorous" to need "defense or
erlcgy." How Mr. Fay and his crew, if any one Of
them had ever even read OF an honest man or gentle
man, could enter that room with resolutions all written,
denoun ing John Brown and expressing horror" for
his "nefi.lious lralca and bloody attempt would
take Boston journal TO discover. Bot waving that;
they ntfuliY there, ana us bno
cOure Of events. When committee Of gentlemen
make arrangements for public meeting, II IL usual for
one Of them 10 call it TO order 40 temporary Chairman,
and then, through committee Of organization, or
otherw se announce list Of officers. Sometimes this
hst liz submitted TO n vote of the meeting sometimes
not-and even when put 10 vote the vote Il merely
matter of form, US ryht-minded opponents always
KAYE TO the oliginaors Of meeting III organization,
doing tatle If nywhere, on the adoption of iss reso-
lutiops. go
In conformity with ills custom, the Rev. Sea
Martin called the assembly TO order, appointed com
uittee 10 choose officers. The committee reported
lit, h Mr.. Sanborn for cheirmas; and hr. Martin,
AZ custom fully authorized Lin Ia do, declared them the
officers of the Convention
According, therefore, 10 well recognized custom,
Dir. Sanhorn was Chairman oil the meeting. BIZ sup
pcse the Convention chOse 10 nst Oh It's stlct night 10
chCCee It's own Chairman, without reference TO the
witbes Of lid callers Then it perfectly in order
for ipy one to address the temporary Chairman, Mr..
Martin, and offer MOTION to that effect Dii any one
do tlis7 No. On The contrary all the lonrnhis state
that man, who seems ashamed 10 have his name
krown moved that Richsr s. Fay be Chairman, and
"Iut the motion" This anonymous skulker does not
kow parliamentary law enough TO address the Char
AID do,s wait 10 Lave Lis molten se,onded-calh
for tie AYES onlyafd does not declare the vote; but
after zone shouting Mr.. Fay assumes to he Chairman
There having been therefore, ~ tie eye AZ D6F'aHf4t-
an Lutr, motion e. No motion can be made WITHOUT
addressing the Chair mo seconding-ro call Tor the
Nays-nO dcCi ion announced by the Chnr--no, not
even hv MIR. Anonymous.
Wl,n Mr.. Fay assembled that platform be announced
himfelf the ringleadcr Of n mob Voice" No;
Lis es and arpause judged by the strctest rnle 9i
parliamentary law. Journals protesting 10 teach their
iender., grayelv term him Iigbtful Chairman; and he,
4, graduate of Harvard College, member Of the Bar,
of adult age seriously save to MIR. Douglass, who III
common courtesy gave bin gla,s Of water, Tins ae-
know LEDGE me as Chairman" Profound logician,
this Mr. Fay Decisive laughter.l 4 cup of water
Is lis evidence Of title and Mr. Frederick Douglass
tas authority 10 confer the chair And now begnr
tie lititi6n of Mr.. Fay's marvellous ability a
presdig officer. The frt duty of Chairman in such
circumstances would he to ask for the appointment OF
Secretary and other ofhcers. This wonderful meeting
had 10 oiIcer but It's equally wonderful Chairman lie
urlurdeLs imfelf of Lis coat, and not being elfpos