The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-31
THE HUB IN A wHIRL.

Since the memorable Boston Tea Party the
"llub has hardly ever been in greater whirl
of excitement than during the past week.
The Labor Reform League of New England as
scmbled in Boston on Tuesday, and plunged at
once into fiery struggle in behalf of free trade,
free money, free public markets. free travel, free
transportation and free land. On Thursday the
American Tract Society closed an animated ses-
sion which it had held in the Tri-mountain City.
The chief bone of contention was a proposed
change in its management. Heretofore the Exc
Cutive Committee of the Tract Society has been
composed of Congregationalists Baptsts, and
EpiscOpalians But as it seems that the Epis-
Copalians have given but Onc-ffteth part
of the money contributed to support the
society and the Baptists but one fifty
sixth part, while the Congregationalists
have given twelye-thirteenths of the whole
amount the latter claimed and obtained the
control. The Treasurer's report on the financial
condition of the society gives n balance of
S16O 936 in its favor. On Thursday also the
New England Anti-Slavery Society met in Bos-
ton. Wendell Phillips. of course, was present
and read the stereOtyped series of resolutions
which virtually ignore the potent fact that the
war abolished slavery, and insist that the emer-
gency yet requires the active and watchful
efforts of the abolitiOnists. Othello Phillips
cannot realize that his occupations gone" He
is like the poor fellow who swore that his corns
still tormented him, although both of his legs
had been cut off 1t is. however an encouraging
sign of the times that the attendance at this
meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society was not
large. Almost everybody except Mr.. Phillips
is beginning to see that "More Last Words" on
the topic of American negro slavery are as
superfuous as those which BaXter's publisher
was tempted to issue after the entire edition of
his Last Words" had been sold. Phillips
'More Last Words found fewer listeners than
the speech as delivered on Wednesday evening
at the meeting of the New England Woman's
Suffrage Convention. There large crowd
gathered to hear Mrs. Howe, Lucy Stone, Mrs.
LivermOre, and-borrowing old Father Graftons
expression other hens try to crow" in emula-
tion of William Lloyd Garrison, the chief rooster
of the occasion. The Free Religious AssOcia-
tion met in fremont Temple on Friday. There
was a large assemblge. Rev. 0. B. Frothing-
ham opened the proceedings by stating that the
society had no creed to propagate, members
differing very much in their belief, but all seek
ing after the truth Mr.. rockingham foamed
up to the spiritual, imported from Germany,
and was eloquently supported in his plan for tle
attainment of IAN era of the absolute supremacy
of human reason After this a gentleman of
the Jewish persuasion from New York made an
appeal for truth and one God Ralph Waldo
Emerson followed in strain of misty politico-
ndisposition. The Shakers were also
in convention on Friday, with both sexes well
represented according, rs they claim, to the
"Order of ADAM Intense love was expressed
for the sisters and faith with quakes and shakes
advocated. But all this hubbub will soon be
drowned in the great noise. Land reform
leaguers, tract distributors, abotionists, reli-
giOus reformers, and even Growing hens must be
silenced when the big drum shall beat, the big
organ shall swell and innumerable voices shall
thunder forth to the universe the glory of the
whirling Hub. 1t is to be expected that after
the great noise, BostOnians, for many genera
tions to come, may be deaf if not dumb.