The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-10
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Landells, Dawson Burns. II Sonv O.
ana hyiancc and a number of other
gentleman with whom the general public
Is more or less familiary acquainted.
we should observe tina. Mr.. Baptisi Noel
modestly acknowledged the force of tho
sarcasms that have been launched as 10
the insigniiicance Of the promoters. bpt
added. they were only the piekets of The
great army of emancipation in this conn
tryi and the felicity of the retort we
enhanced by the fact that the frst bnsi.
ness OF the meeting was 10 read letters NJ
sympathy which had been received from
such persons as James Stuart Mil. The
nrst OF living political economists from
Zen Thompson, illustrious In The ala
days OF anti-slavery aud free trade aoit..
ton land who Enthusiastically enciosod
~Io to the society as the best way of
nelplng the Lancashire operatives from
Mr.. James SIansfeld and Mr. w. n.
Forster, the two most promising Of All
the independent Liberals recently elected
to Parliament; from Professors Oairns
Newman and Goodwin Smith from Me-
n MIaall, Mr.. George Thompson. and sew.
eral gentlemen of legal standing IN on
chief cities. The emancipation armv
therefore, Will not apparently be without
us parliamentary generals, or its schol-
arly guides, whenever IL begins 90 march
ii II had been possible, after watch
ing the reception given to the frat san
fences from the chairman, the Rev Mr
Evans, TO doubt the tone and iemnor Of
the assembled multitude, it was clearly
impossible TO do so when he referred in
aperlectly dispassionate manner 10 thase
who wished to see America divided into
two Coniederscies. He was interruoted
by single voice that cried out rEman-
cipation and Unionp and then 40 II
that phrase had been a kind of elact.,,.
shock that went TO every heart tbero
broke forth the most tremendous ont-
burst Of popular enthusiasm n has aver
been our fortune 20 witness. IL could
notstop, but went on and on, the whole
audience having leaped to their feet with
hats and handkerch:efs waving bav;nr
apparently only waited for some snnS
signal to relieve themselves from tho al.
most painful because susnen de,I eoIh,s;-
asm with which they oyorAowed. This
incident told all that any one could have
needed to know as to the feelings and
views OF the meeting. But the facts
were to receive a still more renassable
illustration. When the chairman, a III
We later, happened TO use the words. "Mr
Lincoln's election" again the same ire.
mendous shouts arose, and IL Tho presi.
dent could only have heard them he
must have begun TO doubt his owa iden.
W WI tn the the "bost abused" man alive
as he is generally esteemed 20 be.
Another incident of the meeting was
interesting. Mr.. Noel toward the close
of his impassiOned speech (which bowV
ever, was not distinctly heard, \ slammed
70 announce that the men of Bradford.
4,OOO strong) were at that momenthold,
in similar meeting; and he proposed.
to the great satisfaction Of bis auditory
TO dispatch a telegram saying, We are for
emancipation and the Union what ara
your Exactly The same kind OF thing
occurred at a later hour with regard 20
Stroud, where also an emanoIeatjon
meeting was being held These inter-
ruptions, with those arising from the
constant re-echoing Of the cheers from
the two other meetings below and out
side, gave quite tone TO the evening.
We shall not attempt 20 describe the
speeches. We desire only TO note those
passages in them which helped to bring
out into strong relief tho state OF opin.
ion that prevailed in The meeting. Mr..
RoePs speech was studded with such
points. His narrative Of recent proceed
ings in the South, with regard 10 the cru
el punishment Of the slaves; his asser-
ton, founded on The testimony of Mr.
jay, that at least one negro had been
burned annually for twenty years for RI
sing against heir masters; his character
izati0n at Southern leaders "a men of
powerful intellect and energy his da-
maud 10 know Tie meaning OF Mr.. Da.
Wis statement that the proclamation has
doomed millions Of beings of an inferior
race TO exiermination--all these we're
caught up so rapturously IS 10 convey
the impression that the speaker must
have expressed the Views Of his auditory
even more perfectly than his own.
Still IL must not be supposed that all
the audience were OF ono mind Firm
each side Of the platform, from he back
Of the platform from the middle of the
great gallery, from the middle and sides
Of the vast hall, rose from time 10 time
cries Of dissent aud sRcAsm; bat when
an amendment was moved, aud the mover,
after iruitless efforts 10 be heard, aided
by chiyalrous but useless appeal from
Mr. Newman Hall, had IL read by tho
latter and put 10 the vote, tho opposition
dwindled away INFO some say two, some
dozen pair Of hands and 30 put the
seal 10 bis signal discontinue. A stint
lar but later attempt was equally ludic-
rous in its failure
Decidedly tho cr0wning speech of the
evening was Nc Newman Halls. His
voice alone Of all tho speakers voices
filed easily and perfectly the enormous
space. Ilisslight physique, earnest face.
and f-possessed yet impressive man
ner, must have given 70 many, as Il did
to as, an idea OF She strength Of the
Puritan element yet existing among us,
but not allied, as 80 often Il was Of old,
to fanaticism or 10 spiritual blindness
toward everything grand o. beautiful
that Is not directly and obviously Tsli-
giOus. lie Il was who frankly said they
were not there 10 justify the Northern
dealing with the negro not there as ad-
yOcates OF the Union (Which he still does
advocated bat Of emancipation. And
as his was perhaps The most highly fn-
ished and certaiuly the most successful
oratorcsl display Of The evening, We
quote The pero. alton Of his speech, with
iis magnificent inycctive agaihst Slavery,
where be asserts
"Thst God has made Of one blood all
nations 10 dwell upon the face Of a / tho
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