The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-08

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Abolition sedition Again Rampant.
We are told that Satan sometimes makes his
appearance in the garb of an angel of light
This explains Why the abolition orators choose
religious annipasaries and houses OF public
worship as the tines and places for their Sc
ditious conversaziones. Last year, shrinking
into their holes like vermin before the storm
of popular indignation, the abolitionists did
not dare hold their anniversaries. Since then,
however, they have been allowed greater
national capital, and, generally speaking, have
NbasLed in comparative sunshine, disturbed
only BY occasional showers Of rotten eggs from
ethe good people of Cincinnati and Burlington.
Consequently, emboldened by this CLEAN Of
fortune, the Jacobin rantsrs have reappeared
in this city, holding high festival in the Church
of the Puritans.
Dressed in new spring suits-for the anti
slavery societies have been taking up large
contributions for contrabands recently-the
abolition "spouting wretches" made their ap-
tpearance upon the platform. Among them the
Tribune records the presence of Brigadier Gene
raj Rufus Saxton, United States Army What
"a loyal brigadier could be doing in such COM
pany, unless he had file of soldiers with
loaded muskets to aid him in dispensing the
assemblage, we are at q loss to know. Let
us eharitably suppose that General Saxton at
tended merely from curiosity, or from desire
80 learn from the abolition orators what he
ought not to do in South Carolina. At any
rate, he made no speech, and probably left
early, disguised with the whole affair, and
wondering why he was to be sent South
to put down a rebellion, when the govern
ment allowed sedition to disgrace this me-
tropolis. The church was crowded with
q large audience, who went to sleep over
the business proceedings of the meeting, and
loudly applauded chance reference to York
town, as if Union victory could be sppro-
priately celebrated in q disunion convention.
William Lloyd Garrison, remembering the ex-
ample Of "the DEVILS quoting Scripture"
read q chapter of the Bible; and the Reverend
Post of Jersey City, followed in q prayer,
which is described IS "rather long," and
which was probably as effectual as the long
prayers Of the ancient Pharisees. A report,
exhibiting favorable condition Of the finances,
was next read, and the performances then
began in earnest. It ia remarkable feature
OF these abolition gatherings that they begin
With prayer and . financial statement, and end
with hymns and the contribution box.
A letter was read from Gerrit Smith, who
said nothing important, but enclosed fifty
dollars. The report of the Executive Com
mittee congratulated the society upon
the spread of abolition, and flung hard
names at the Southern rebels, whom the
society had fanatically deluded into treason.
A colored individual named Brown, who had
.once been slave, then attempted to tell what
4he slaves thought Of emancipation, but failed
most dsmally, having apparently forgotten
what he thought a. . slave, and being unable
TO think very clearly IS freeman One of
Browns arguments, in favor OF emancipation
and against colonization, was, that if the negroes
were idle and worthless they might just as well
aremsin here at the North, because, Of course,
they could not enter into competition with in
dustrious white men. Has Brown ever heard
OF poorhouse or . prison? Does he know
that industrious white men have to pay taxes to
support such places! Is he aware that idle
worthless niggers would fill them? Theodore
Tilton, o second rate Beecher, then passed
round the hat, and the Rev. Robert Hatfield. of
Brooklyn, followed in an attack upon God or
the constitution, whichever authorized and per-
mitted slavery, though we must do him the
Justice to say that he rather gave the constitu-
tion the credit of the infamous wrong" The
abolitionists are very fond of assailing the
constitution, because they think it . covenant
with death and an agreement with He'll" and
can find in 1t no sentence which does not make
Secessionists and abolitionists equally guilty of
treason.
Wendell Phillips, the lion Of the occasion,
then followed in speech which savored more
sof rotten eggs than any Of his previous per-
eformances. In q couple of hours time he
managed to utter enough treason to entitle him
to half dozen hangings. He has always
deserved one. He ridiculed the President
and his colonization schemes, and de-
. clared that Fremont was the virtual die
-fator of the republic. He attacked the
American church and the Supreme Court.
Having abused everybody in this world,
Phillips took up the cause of his dearest friend,
and declared that "the Devil was an ass" This
ID very snkind and ungrateful of Phillips, and
we hope that his friend will pay him off for
it, sooner or later. II he does not, we shall
agree with Phillips, for once, and think that
his opinion Of Pluto is perfectly correct Ger
tainly Satan cannot be accused of not taking
care Of his own; for these abolitionists still
survive. We advise the government to take
counsel against them with Parson Brownlow.
The parson is loyal man, and comes from a
slave State He has, Of course, been abused
by DR.. Cheever and his troupe. Now, Brown
low advises that abolitionists and secessionists
shall be hung in pairs. The idea is an excel
lent one. Let the government send these ranters
80 Fart ofo votta a whi1a IN he enc ocJ