, 1869-02-05
BOSTON,.
The Massachusetts Ab0ltsisnis1s az
their Yearly Jubilee.
Disoords aud Eloqueuce, Ardo1
and Absurdity.
Mr. Phillips Speech.
Literary, Theatrical and Personal
Gossip:


from oar Own corre 'poadsnt ,o.o
D.. TIE ANTts1kEERr SOCIETY.
The labor Convention, OF which wrote you
sst week. went 10 far in. extravaganza that
|he rrguiar annual meeting OF the Anti
,1axery Society which followed seemed al
most humdrun beside II. Tnere has eofne
to be, since the close Of the war and tte
Of the s'aves gave this society
\ scrt Of antiquarian character. much
pf q fameuess about its anniversary
The platform was occupied on
Fridsy by many Of the came speakers with
whom the public has been familiar for more
than thirty years. The ladies who caurassed
the audience collected funds for The treasury
Of the society with As much atdor aud en-
thu.iasm as II Its work were Still to do; and
every speaker took especial pains to scout the
idea that the organization has any potion OF
susptndlnG IT'S activity because the grsat
wrong against which It used to marshal its
eloquent, ,tru1npetets has disappeared from the
land.
Naturally, however, the tono OF the meet
Ipgs becomes year by year more rctrospec-
tive. The work done cannot help claiming,
meze attention than the work to do, however
strongly the despondent Phil ,sopher5, whose
ctllce 1t Ia, may dwell upon the
magnitude Of the latter. By aud By,
when tha education Of the North and th.
pleted, toe Boston pnblic Eili still look 10
see tbs venerable members of this society con-
Ing ttRethef every few months a. n w. shout.
dering their c1utches and showing how po!isi-
cal victories were Won, as long as the last
survivor remains 10 veil the ta!e. just as th,:
many years. But even in srtsospeci the hab.
ltues OF this platform exhibit their wonderful
power qf dlsas1eeing With each othAr. Mr.
Stephen 8. Foster told the story OF Friday.
The present freedom Of the negro and re-
dempti0p Of the nalion va, the work Of this
society. No Wonder be esainsd for II "sa.
Lincoln called the 'bis Job" with
the seanty IL, ds at It's dlspo al. Warming
as he Eeut on, he claimed the whole credit
ior The heroic few who used 10 meet over
stable in an obscure street thirty odd years
ago. Perhaps be woufd narrow il down, IL
| pr ssed io- hts honest eonsie,Inn IS to the
workers In the great rcypsuton, to "my
| friend, Mr. Phillips, aud my wife, Mrs Fos-
| ter" whh possibly 3 Third person wnorn his
| modesty would prrren. hlm from mention-
ing. But Mr. Phillips looked at history, On
this occasion at least, through very dit:
| fesent spectacles, The result vas achieved
no. by any vsstne 0! the North, with the
| Anti-S1arery Society Al its head, out by the
persistent ptrverssness Of the South. It
v as the cru<lsiea Of the Libby and Of Andes-
eonrflle, be said, that caused the forcf nc
Philips sud our trouble was sl1 caused by
the poisonous doctrine Of the supremacy ot
r1ce mst!l1cd into the frame OF government
ip l7s9, by tha maker< Of the Constitution.
Mr. Foster found no poI.oo there bat declar'
ed the consultation all right as It WAS written,
recognizing no rishta but thosc Of manhood,
AID only spoiled BY tIrkerinE amend Heuts
In regard 10 the work yet to be doue by tn.
sgencles at this society, there was N 10 ittst
like rnsIety IL not similar conflict .f views
Mr. Phillips led 1t into advising Congress bl
resolution 10 devote the fire weeks that re
moving the President rho will 80 out o
ofllce IT The End Of tbAt brie' Interval by IT,
| end Of his term. Mr. Gilbert Haven, Meth
od,st minister, aud manager of the Bo4to,
organ Of bis denomination, eujoyed til
honor OF e 1ng further shau anY OF the othe
speaker: OF the dag when he declared tha
the work would not be an!shs
until Massachusetts should be repsrseate
py black man In Congress 4,
our puTpl's {be did not mention the edltorfs
chair OF ZisAb H<rdld} should he filed b
! black clrrg3 men !: TIL al the pe'ple saoul
I
black :acc as on 8 white one till whit
.. | spltors should aspire to the hauds OF colory
bellies. AS the Gator In his carefully pr
!. pared speech did not propose to accomplts
: i'll these ends By legislation, but only by pe
auadinx and educating the people up to then
! voting his energies TO the t4sk for the res,
. !. | his lie II be thinks them proftably spent.
But all tho utteEacccs Af ths orators of til
contention, 50 Jar as the audience aud the on
j, side public were concerned, were little mo-
. NJ. PhllItp-. The CT VII endured the other
: they listened 10 him with tho Interest wtic
: his audaci,y, his sharp words aud nls beaut
: ful delivery always inspire. Mr. Phtsip
hovsxer, though as ~ ,plsy as s.,s ,sser. did M ..
novel ground, He said what be has said b
= fore, With very few add.tions except IN u
= psfablea by which ha Illustrated bis lheoslf
:. He omitted to SHANK God sor Baties," vi,
!, tuch prsfane iteration as he used last Oct
= ber, because only tTo days before he hi
"a straight road 10 despotism," and
y eontrivtug q measure which would "g get
~ bowsttiDg round eyerybody's ncck." u
~ be found terlal for ruioRy Of his tavori
Il New Orleans. Ms. Phillips rulc the chang
~ ~ on ahe same old criticisms of Grant f;
:. silence, It's horses aud his cigar, which ha
:. done service with him and with Brick Pou
.1r roy for TWO or three years past. Th: yetes
ha / fault.hnder has stuck to these acquisitions
n. much longer than It Is usual w.th him to
= hero to any one thing. thai IT a'Ea ,st s.
=. gests doubt of bis retaining his old oFiQ
!, ally; but It Is still safe 70 expect that In
n. ! months more so0aa new turn o. M1Ass y
~ give him m ocrsstou for covering Grant v
a. his praises, and tprn'ng ~ oeftery Of 5ns
-. and ecold1pr upon Nj. 5uu.er or Mr. Col
a. Or eyen Gepersl Butler, u In aone posi-
- emergency Of the future the representa-
81 Of the E.eex district ventures to dsvisie IL
~ the path which ths or1tof has marked q
tc Mr.. Menard. the colored Representa-
~ elect from Louisiana. WAS present. and !
ia to SONG exteut lfonized by the society.
nn read speech which seemed 10 hare b,
W written tor him BY sozne Washington col
70. tropdeut, being full Of aorld rhetoric abb
~ Plymouth K ck and 80 forth, which he stz
81 script aud spoke OF affaira within bis O
~ rsnce, he acqultted himself very credltal
~ Apotbcr - witness iron the SOUTH
,es james Sims. brother OF the runaway u
- 0, The uamc who WIS carried away from
10 ton seventeen years ago, and himself one
oh. ture, made an admlrAbar and deeply Inter
~ ilg speech. narrAtin& the lncIdcuts Of
~ t1tsche15 and outrage by means Of wi
sre the white people OF thAt State bare null
snt the spirit OF ths keeons ructsou acts.
'Ts PERSONAL.
led alr. E. T. Whipp1e, the essaT!st, Grille
Nv lecturer, is 70 more 8 Journalist. fie
closed the editorial countc Inn Ftth the
ing T3anscripf, OF this .c]ty. which has
u is.ed Tor msny yess. No public annou
will mel hae been ruale here Of Mr. Whip
withdrawal, The Trunserips holding tc
81 impersopa1 principle pretty strongly. Z
e: detd do al our daIF papers. Mr.. Oh,
II! II! D. Rogers, the publisher and principal
1a'' pFietcr Of the Journal, has returned
1s7. California, bavtn2 made the Journey
1sTs and back abons as quick rs steam wonld
y bin. He y suffering from = brou
1873 recommended BY his phssic,an: bat thr
rs-, four days trial oi the air o. $40 Fran
1Rss Convinced him that 1t aggravated rather
aided Ills trouble, aud he sailed for
ISL again ie medlalely.
1s- tsess, and leading lady Of the compal
IL IL selw yp's Theatre Is u,ll painfully 40
'''' rioAxiJ VI IN New York, with combInati
1871 complaints, OF which billions 9sstric fe
1873 one. Her ausband has lett his star en-
meDts TO be With her. Her place at Sci.
.,s.s Is taken for tn. time By Mrd- Thomas 3
ISL, misse.y meea the requirements Of he'
is;3 grtatlJ Increased duties, The manage
1873 eI 10 reprodnct " Dora" which msd
.is'a greatest hit oi last seaEon, and which '
.1s7, lose tts charm with aoy substitute for
is:s Its principal pert
Our new Governor, Hon. William C.
ls71 also Chairman Ct the Republican Ma
.lss3 Committee, has the month Of his 1nsIsl
,e-, made sadly memorable b. terrible pl
'3s.5 Bereavement 4 beautiful and chal
daughter, only eighteen years
.167l L1 been travelling ~
1875 rope Tor several mouths. and while
wsk attacked With qui.k eousumpil ID
= III elder sitter went out to be with her
''1s9 everything that wealth and love cou
,s*s was done for her. Constant ttleE1
Isis commnntcation u II Kept up VII tne I
1878 | psrt Of her tifuess. and the cable hA
..tss1 brought HE nexs rf her death. on Ssts