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BOSTON, October 9.
Faneuil Hall was crowded at noon to-day
to hear an address from Charles Sumner
and others. VIM. ClaAin, of Newton, Pre-
sident.
Mr.. Sumner, in the early part of his ad-
dress, said:
Thank God, live to enjoy this day.
Thank God, that my eyes have not closed
without seeing this great salvation. The
skies are brighter and the air is purer now
that slavery has been handed over to iudg-
ment. Among the omens which he hailed
with gladness was the union which pre-
vailed among good men in supporting the
| State and National Governments. forget
ting that they were Wings and Democrats;
and not less cheering was it in the gener-
GUS devotion which all Of foreign birth
have offered to their adopted country.
Surely this was no time for the strife of
party.
The proclamation of President lincoln
was considered as practically securing
freedom to all who were confinedor shelter
ed within our lines, and he accepted it
without note or comment. In regard to
his (Sumner) own acts, he challenged scru-
tiny, and defended himself from sundry
accusations. He believed that the Govern
ment had made progress during the last
year.
He advocated the proclamation of Presi-
dent Lincoln to Gberate the slaves as a
military necessity, and he denied that the
object of the war was other than to put
down the rebellion and to secure peace
which so many advocated, and could only
be done by preventing the separation of
the States. The rebels must be first sub
dued, and then conciliated.
Action was wanted. STRAIGHTFORWARD.
Godlike action. Thunderbolts must be
hurled into the Cabinet as well as into the
field. The African race-slave as well as
free-must help US. Loyalty did not de-
pend upon color. Help from the slave is
constitutional and justified by historical
precedents. An appeal to the slaves
should be tried, and he believed that such
an appeal would be effectual The slaves
should be encouraged and the masters dis
couraged by a panic among them. The
various objections to the proclamation of
the President to iberate the slaves, were,
that border State officers would throw
down their arms, that side issues would
arise, that there would be slave insurrec-
tions and that the slaves would overhood
the North.
These questions were considered by
him, and he appealed to his audience, if
he had not answered them. He believed
that success could only be obtained through
the emancipation of the slaves, for without
tre in their rear a united people could
not be conquered. The proclamation, he
eontended, was herald of peace and
emancipation. The best general force alone
could not conquer without ideas, and for
the sake Of peace he now plead for freedom.
If fthainsfi- -sssaa.I HOJ prOmpJ
the support of emancipation, the command
of the Almighty to let His people go free,
should have every effect. The conclusion
that he (Sumner) came to was that by
emancipation the war was changed in its
character, but not in its objects, and that
it was q war for all mankind
Sumner spoke about two honrs, and was
frequently applauded, and subjected to oc-
casional Interruptions from his opponents.
Upon the conclusion of his speech, loud
call was made for Geo. Francis Train, who,
with many of his friends, were present.
Mr.. Train took the platform, and after re-
fusing to yield it, was carried off by the
police who were in attendance.