Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-07-03

The ''great meeting" for which some of the
Fernando Wood, James Brooks, VIM. A..
Duer ct ais, have been long preparing, came
off at Cooper Institute, Tuesday evening.
If any one doubted before how far freedom
OF speech could be carried he will find an
example of extraordinary federation in the
fact that the engineers of this movement were
not suppressed. They disapprove, to be sure,
of the irregular opposition to the authority
of the government as it is now manifested at
the south;" but they have no words to express
their hatred of the loyal public sentiment
which holds slavery in any measure respon-
sible for the war. For example, Fernando
Wood:
Without dissipating our strength upon diff
ferences of detail let us raise alOtt the flag of
our Union and inscribe upon its folds "Down
| with armed traitors of the south, and down
| with the abolitionist traitors of the north.
| Death to all who by the sword, by the tongue,
| or by the pen, would interfere with or destroy
! the republicaniSm inherited from our fathers.
| Deathto all who oppose the constitution as it is,
| As | understand it, we have met tonight to
inaugurate this movement, with sure con-
viction that if it fails all will be lost because
without liberty we have no country, and with
out freedom of speech and action we have no
liberty
The reporter of the New York Times sums
up the demonstration as follows:-
In response to the call, a vast crowd met to
hear about the white hatred of the black The
preliminary services were interrupted only by
applause and deafening evidence of approba-
ton.
The resolutions were heartily Endorsed.
The speech of Mr.. Wickliffe-whose en-
trance upon crutches was greeted with cheers
was pregnant with hatred of the Yankee,
approached only by his hatred of the negro.
1t teemed with coarse epithets, applied to the
anti slavery men of the New England states,
| and was thoroughly Incorporate in matter and
of the fine frenzy-rolling manner. Each
point was applauded to the echO each cpl
| tibet was laughed at; each anti-negro slur was
relished to the full.
! Mr.. Duer was received coldly. He was
not wanted; but mayor Wood was. The au~
dience was cold at first, but warmed up as he
| applied terms of harsh significance to VIM
| Cullen Bryant, and sneered at the patriotism
of senators who presumed to address the
Emancipation League and who below for
freedom in the safe districts of Maine and
New Hampshire. His passionate utteranccs
THAT the first man who should be hung after
Jefferson Davis was Charles SUMNER" was
greeted with the utmost enthusiasm by the
audience. ''Godd-nhis soul THE ''d-dab-
clifton skunk" and other characteristic cX-
prcssions met our ear upon the PLATFORM but
to what extent such endorsement was carried
in the audience we cannot say. As whole,
Mr. Duer was failure, and succeeded only
in keeping his audience in good humor by
speaking against senator Lane, Rev. Dr..
Tying, whom he called a ''poor christian, .
Horace Greeley, and other humble citizens, in
such terms as made the hardened features of
his hearers relax into broad grimaces, and
their muscular arms swing rapturously in the
| air.
Mr.. James Brooks was an unwelcome
speaker. The audience didn't want him, and
manifested that feeling very plainly so that
Mr.. James Brooks had a very unpleasant
| time from beginning to end. Anti-New Eng
land and anti-negro were his topics, and ''dry
up was the ott-repeated comment by the
weary auditors