Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-27
LOCAE NEWS.
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LOCAE NEWS.
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CANTIRBuRI HALL.-The array OF names pre-
sented and the new acts nightly introduced at
this resort cannot do otherwise than inspire con-
fdence In Manager Pc -cival IA judicious caterer
TO the public taste for amusement. That he has
tGis confidence 10 evidenced by the crowds who
Mig htly resort to Canterbury, and who ever ex-
press satisfaction with the performances. An ex-
cellent bill is offered tonight, aud we doubt mot
the house win, a. usual, be crowded.
6AIBfrRs.-The Temperance Hall, under the
excellent Management Of Sam sharpley, 10 be-
coming one Of the institutions Of the city. He
are unexceled In their peculiar lines Of business
Go to the Gaieties this evening IL you would en-
Joy laugh.
SsRENADE TO Rsv. Dr.. BRowNsoN. crowd
OF between six hundred and eight hundred per-
sons assembled last night, on the Avenue, In
front OF Wiilsrd', for the purpose Of paIticiPs-
Brownson. The Marine Band was In attendance,
and discoursed patriotic aID. Prof. Brownson
was introduced by Assistant Secretary Of the In
In SO low tone a. scarcely to be heard, and the
crowd below fl!ed the air with cries Of 'slouder,
louder" DR.. Brownson replied that II they had
little patience he would get louder, a. he did
break down. He could not consider this sefen-
ade merely in the light Of personal compliment,
but al compliment to the lovers OF the country,
and an evidence that the people were willing to
the Constitution. Applause These are times
when every man should be in earnest, and In
earnest too to save the integrity and the LIE OF
the great American nation. II Is not the right OF
any man to feel Indifferent, or to say this great
CRISIS does not affect him. The great question
before the country should come home to the
bosom Of every man, woman and child In Ameri-
ca. The life Of the nation Is at stake-the exis-
tence Of the Constitution 10 at stake, and when
the Constitution 10 gone, all II gone. (Applause.
He Who IL without . country !: without home,
only 10 the life Of the nation and the existence of
the constitution at sake, but even that which
made Il recognized AZ great and glorious, and
which was valued a. the home Of the free, and
destined bv Providence 10 prove what nan may
be, whenever he Is free to be himself. The times
were not most suspicious There was much that
was solemn, dark and depending.
The speaker intended not to disguise the dan.
gers to which we were exposed. This 10 not q
holiday var Viewers hghting against no mean
and contemplate foe, but determined foe, whose
trait are very near, II not equal to our own-a foe
%ho will put forth all his strength, while We
have not pus forth . 1.-THE Of our own. Our su.
pefio ity and wealth made " suppose we could
trample orr enemies In the dust. II was not so;
and II we look at the great question properly we
will nnd our strength 10 hardly equal. Look at
the southern States who are Ia hostility to the
Union In what does the strength Of . nation
consist! II IL not the whole population or alb! g.
must be subsisted, and families who remain at
home must be supported, and industry must 90
or our armies viii not be sustained. Our en-.
envy has large labosing class Of 900 900, who
sufficient by their labor TO sustain the popula.
ton Of all the States, and who can subsist ally
would bear arms; while IL requires II, 900 600 to
perform in the North what 600 900 do In the
South. How are we to meet this We can only
do 1t by taking away the support Of their laborers
Hs was no. here as an .boli.ioniss, or an anti.
abolitionist. Applause He was here a. an Amer
was here for the nation first, second and last and
was ready to die when the nation dies. TAp-
plause He was net here to ask abolition for
abolition's sake; but so 600 or 100000 men were
all around US, ready to cut our throats. and they
were there because they have slave labor to sup
port them. What he wanted was, to take away
from them their labOr-to make them do their
He did not want to have them here 70 cut our
tnfoats; and the way to prevent IL was to make
work for them at home. Re was so far an abo-
liuonist az to favor the separation Of the slave
from the master. IL we can take the slaves from
the Southern cause, we have added largely to our
population There was too great hesitancy In
thB natter-too much talk Of the Constitution.
He knew what the Constitution says. Whea agi-
tation threatened to injure the Union, he opposed
agitationi and when II was endangered from an
other cause, he equally opposed that He opposed
both, and would say, Down with slavery. Zap.
plause. Every slave must be freed to save the
country. Applause. And unless we were pre-
pared to say Ii from the Capitol and the white
House, and in tones to be heard throughout the
world, our dangers would not be diminished
Applause He did not wish to hnd fault; but
many things should have been done differently
Many men look to the objections against this and
that measure The man fitted for the times was
the man who would not dwell on these objec.
tons. The only way In times like these was to
act and stand up like men, and save the country
first, and sweep all differences away. The attack
on Sumter, he argued, Knocked OF the Setters q
IA /. ~ = Arm fuaf
% II WILL slavery 10 alike doomed and % anti.
slavery man he cared nothing about IT, bul
touched 1t only In IL bearings upon great mill.
the strength Of the North. -
There Is danger Of Intervention until Union
and Liberty are Inscribed upon our banners. Pot
black, brown, yellow OF copper colored-and ali
humanity In with 10 AL that Ii strong, generous
and noble will be with Us, and humanify's God
will be with %, and our success will be certain.
TApplsuse Therefore to weaken our enemy,
and to prevent Intervention, he asked for the free.
dom of the slave. -
There were two questions before the people:
the one sa ss nsfS
Of the people were anti-slavery, and on the other
nine-tenshs were anti.negro [Laue htes The
speaker then argued In reSutation Of the d6ctrins
Of negro equality. He believed the negro 70 be
a man and entitled to The same natural lie hts Is
the white man; and he was willing they should
have the same social and political rights but not
In the sam: =. so%S%ani ApPlaS He sp
IN some respects he differed with IT. and would
never make emancipation depend upon colonixa.
ton. Emancipation was demanded a. war
measure, and to guard against another rebellion.
IL the slaves were declared free, the white labor
would aock 10 the Southern States, and black
labor would 60 :urther South. He believed in
colonization, but did not believe In negro equality
1t was Impossible to place the negro In com
munity whese the two races would mingls on .
common platform Of equality [APplaass.I You
the distinction 10 30 great that You caano: marry
without opposition to the natural instincts Of
both parties.
He wished the President would push enamel.
patton q little further, % a. 70 zee some result.
Wives who gave up their husbands, and parents
who gave up their children to the country, would
not complain Of their suferings II In the end the
country were consecrated to universal freedom
for universal man. [Applause There was one
measu e Of the Government Of which he fully an
pYsyed-fhat was the draft. Much had been said
against Il, and some Governors Of States even re.
garded IL as . stigma upon their people Calling
for q draft was The hig hest exercise Of national
majesty. I've States had been acting % fndi.