New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-04
PLATFORM NOVELTIES.

They have had q week Of Anniversary
Meetings" in Boston under novel, not to say
awful circumstances. While the struggle for
Emancipation was eliminating in Congress
while the fate of Gen. Banks's little army was
yet in suspense-while in response to some
bOdy's appeal-whose it seems impossible to
disccrn-fve thousand volunteers were pouring
into the city-the Men of the Platform also
gathered for the yearly talk and tea; and the
motley delegates wendell their way to this
church or that "temple' to the music Of I'M
usual flies and drums. We all know what
these anniversary meetings have usually been.
In too many Of them. there was an established
routine. Somebody read financial report;
somebody then abused the "Abolitonists," and
deprecated agitaton; and then everybody went
into the vestry for ham-sandwiches, coffee, and
serious cut-and-dricd jokes. But the drums
and flies, together with Gov. Andrews procla-
nations, have cheerfuy ayerted the prescrip
tive monotony. The Bible Society was told
/ by DIR. Harris, that God "created all men
1" free and equal, and that we should use no
" man as q tool or an inferior being to our
selves" The American Peace Society was told
| by DIR. Malcolm, that the Rebel States should be
permitted ''to come in as territories" The young
Mems Christian Association was entertained
" by many merited compliments to the virtues
of our New.EDgland soldiers, and cOndoled
with on the repulse of Gen. BaDks's division. y
The Address to the American Unitarian Asso-
citation was by the Rev. William Henry Chan
ming, and urged 90 the unifcation of the various
State Institutions, by which We should be
known as the model Republic" Mr.. Robert
c. Winthrop, before the American Tract So
ciety, managed to speak well of that brave
and gallant son Of Massachusetts, Gen. Banks
which We consider to have been the most
extraordinary uttcrance of the whole week.
At the Morning Prayer Meetings, thanks
were offered for the almost uniform success OF
our arms" The Church Anti-Slavery Society
emphatically, by series of eloquent resolu-
tons, indorsed Gen. Hunters Army Order No.
II. TIE Home Missionary Society was cbeered
by the Rev. Mr.. jenkins, who nothing dounted
by the fact that Dr.. (Southside) Adams was in
the chair, asserted that )" the war will COLOMBO
the South with men who will encourage
the labors OF this Society" On the
whole we think this must have been an
uncommony trying week for DIR. Adams. 1t
is curious to think what q sweep Of cObweb
sophistries, laboriously spun out of the very
bowels of scholastic theology, this civil war has
made II is wonderful to note how remorsc-
lessly facts are treading down theories, and
how some gentlemen who blanchcd at the
weak voice of single agitator are growing
periodically Strong and do not vince at the
reyerberations of q cannonade. The traitors
now in arms against the Constitution have
done it an iuestimable service by silencing, we
thankfully believe forever, that apologize
driycl which assumed, under every vicissitude,
that Shareholders were standing faithfully by
its provisions, and honestly yielding obedience
to its minutest requirement, while Anti
Slavery men, no matter what form their opin.
ions might take, were, by the intrinsic vice of
these opinions, hostile to sound politics and re-
ligious orthodoxy. These weary years Of re-
elimination, of SANDER, aud Of dishonOrable
imputations, have gone by at last and