The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-13

We eonslaus eur vannAry Of Northern news
nom papers Of The eth.
THE ROW II sosroK-suNsuR's srEEcm-rRA.s's
srArTAxsr or TIRE AFFAIR.
AfsAr the row a. 1aneuu Hall In Boston, Monday
night the KspablIcan meeting to have been held
on Tuesday night wAs postponed. Summers speech
u reported in the papsss b the same old diatribs
against slavery On the subject Of the proclama-
ton he said:
Loyalty did not dspsnA upoa color. Help from
the slaves was co3stttutiona, and justthed BY his
b tried and be believed hat such an appeal woul
'oe e&ectua. The slavss would b encouraged aud
the massers dlscouraeo1 b . panic among them -
The various objecton1 y tAe proclamation Of Pros.
border States oflicsss would throw down their
arms that sids issuea would arise that there
would be- slave insuzEDotions, and that the slaves
would overflow the o6uth These qusstions were
considered BY him. and hs appealed 70 his audience
II he had moi answered them. He believed that
success could only b obtained through tho emsuci
patton Of the slaves without 6re in their rear.
. uaited people could not DO conquered. The pro
clamation, he continued. was herald Of peace aud
emancipation the best general Force alone could
not conquer without IDEAS aud for the sake Of peace
he now plead for freedom II the instincts Of fres-
dom did mot prompt The support Of emancipation,
60 fres." should have an ehset The conclusion
thar he (SamneS) cane TO was, that BY emancipa.
ton the war was changed In lis character but MT
n ts object md that II wash war for s mankind.
- H. fs,lsxjhe b gn "sxtras iasasd BY Train /.
short time after he was incsrcerated In the police
station, giving his account Of the affair:
POLICE STATION No. 2,
BOSTON, Oct. 6-S4 P. n
Seeing public nOtIce inviting the citizens of
Boston TO Faneuil Hall to-day, ss twelve clock.
went to hear Mr.. Sumner and others speak, (being
myself Q native Of Boston and citizen Of Msssx-
chusetts) listened to Mr. Summer for two hours.
He challenged any one to c0nfute his statements.-
soms few having interrupted the speaker. and at
tention being apparently directed to Mr. Train he
called Mr.. Sumner to witness that he was NOT in-
ssr.upsns the meeting en1w said , As: sum
do such thing" SuppOsing that other speakers
would be invited to the PLATFORM did not step for
ward, although hundreds werc calling Train,
Train" was annoyed to ind the meeting cut and
dried Annoyed n find that liberty was only
for the black man and not for the white man. An
noyed TO see Boston in sisvery, Massachusetts In
chain& The meeting having adjourned, knew
that in all civilized assemblies 1t was quite In order
to elect another chairman and hold snoiher meet
ing. stepped upon the platform or rather jumped
over the rsiling-aS the pack ed jury showed me of
the staircase and blocked the way. Seeing angry
eyes behind me and hostile demonstrations from the
enslaved committee around Mr. Sumner. and being
somewhat acquainted with the ART OF self defence,
whlls the audience was cheering In 'front.' kept on
my guard by looking behind I call the audience
to witness that l struck blow, touched no man.
made no hostile movement. When two or three
took hold Of me, shook them of and put my
self on defence. was good for few OF the mise
rable poltroons who would strike sugle man. but
when dozens rushed upon me, striking me right and
left, and three different hands were lifting me from
the floor by the hair OF my head at tie same time,
1t was difficult for me 10 reach the stage. l. how
ever did the fallen bodies Of several, four
times, when the officers Of the law took ms in
RospaafinO tha Law 7 .nvRa3f mn
aud, although In charge Of two policemen, the mis-
erable towards struck me, tore open my shirt, and
held ms over the staircase by the hair Of my head,
when should have fallen over thirty feet on the
iron stairs hsd not rescued myself BY holding on
TO the railing Cries of Kill him, the damned
white msn-smash his head-knock him down." &C.
couipanied by acts Of violence followed ms into the
street. The policemen seemed too excited or uns
BILE wholly to protect me from ths most respectable
committee. who say that free speech is the chief
plank OF the free soil platform
SPEECH OF CAssIUS H. CLAY ON THE PRoCLAMA.
TiOE.
In New York, Tuesday night, at the Academy Of
Music. after red-hot speech from Gen. Duryea
Major General Cassius N. Clay, of the o. s. Army
addressed the meeting. We make few extracts
from his speech, IS reported:
He confessed thai. as 8 military measure, he had
never placed much importance on q decree OF euSn
cipation bu. this he did know that the rebels and
their sympathizers did. Lcok a. the curses, the
impotent rage mani ested at the South, and theu
say whether they consider it q brutum fulaen q
useless thing or These men who would have
the Union as 1t was say that the thing is uucoEsti
tutional All have they at last shown SONS re
spect tor that sacred instrument (AppiSuse
These servile tools OF despotic power have al
last grown conscientious about the Constitution
Those who formed the Government did not speak
Of the independent soveregaties Of South Carolina
h1~
ers of sovereignty. The power Of making wal
and peace. making treaties, issuing coin, keeping
armies and navias, &c, did not belong 10 the peo
pie of South Carolina, or Virginia, but belonged 70
US, "the people Of the United States" When the
South assumed those powers, and levied wa upon
the Government, where were then your Seymours
and these men who denounce the proclamation
Applause; cries Of Where we're they q "Hit them
again. He claimed that ali the acts of the Presi
dent In accordance with the spirit Of the Const
tuition Of the United States. 1t was complained that
the habcas corpus act had been suspended; but did
not the Consultation say that it should not be sus
be asked would 1t be said that there was no rebellion
a vo;cs-"That's the talk.") The P esideat had
the power to do a. he had DONE and If a precedent
was wanted they would make this the precedsn. for
ever. So far from 6uding fault with Abraham Lin.
coln he rather found fault with him that he I'D
not suspended the kabcas corpus, not by q dash OF
the pen, but by the rope round the nscks OF these
traitors.
II
Mr.. Clay Yves air, the hanging Of such men es
Seymour and Wood would have saved thousands
Of honest lives"
A voice-"That ID So"
and laushter) 90 to the battle Aeld and ) on find
thousands Of brave and generous men sinking into
the grave through the action Of this rebellion and
yet there is no cry about the Constitution beins
violated by the South, Life. liberty and property
had been sacrificed and yet these men are silea,
about 1t; but when We defend ourselves against
these plotters and se0undrels and seek to defend
the life Of the nation we are told 1t Is dncnstitu
property and refuse to touch slaveryf So far a
thsse slaves are property putting the question
the low material basis-we have as much tight to
say to these slaves Run fol- It," have to taka
the horses aud mules who draw the cannon Of the
rebels. But when we put the question upon 9
higher bssis much better right have We to say to
these men, Defend yourselves and fight &C. you
liberties" (Applsuse)
Mr. Lincoln, N the charity Of his heart, which il
large one, and the strength Of his iI sellec which
II great ons-he Il both great hearted and
great -(spplause)-hsd said to these slsse
holders, Il would that you would be persusdsd "a
do right Lberase your dawes. return to eur fs mi
ly circle; No viii share our last dollar with you,
aad you viii be the worse for being magns nj.
mous and just The rebels had ninety days to sae.
eide upon his offer. Let them return to their allie
giance and be saved They had ninety days to do
il In. II New York sheuld in tie fortune Of this
struggle be thre stened with the terrors OF war the
women and children might perhaps have ono hour
or six hours given them to seek place OF safety
But these rebels get ninety days to prepare them
selves aud to avoid ths evil They may send their
women and children iuto the possessions of their
allies, the Engllsh. (His,es) Was not time enough
given TO tlsmi How much more did they wan. -
How would the prociamati0n affect the nation in
the matter OF foreign !ntsrventioni Hs had pre-
cious little confidence In the arisocracy. the ruling
classes OF 1ngland. whether the Government was
against slavery or for slavery.
The Inglish people had hitherto evtnced erss.