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Show 212 APl'l~NDlX TO NOTBS. Pl'()m the Xi:w JUri~ Uaald, ( Wakfy,) nf Muy 11, l 8.3J. AltE!ttt'.~N .\'iTJ-St.\n;n\ ~un;;T\':-J:'A:,.\TtCiflll THS 31/10, •rhc Cilairman tH'xt intr(Hluct'd ~Tr·. "rrmlell Phill~ps of Bo:,ton, who adJresscd thf' a ~~c>mhly u:-~ follows:- ~ c: ~n sa_y, w1th the ubno!!t sinecrit , that so fat· a:< the .;\nti-Sl:L\Cl')' ~Ot;tCt~ IS COliCC'niCd, _lhc~\l is no 1~ccssity that I shoulll addn::l's tins _nw.ILCt~cc, anti! tlunk It nlmost a waiilc of time that _1 ~<-hou lJ ~pr<'n.d_c tthcr f:~~ts or_u~·g;umo:'.t~ bcfot'C nn intelligent 1\mcncnn :uahcncc, .m the t"cn~.y-sc~on~ YC:H f \hi' Anti-sl;~vcry tlocicty. 'l'hc motlo of_ our organ 111 th~s ctty L~, ?, ' VitlwuL euncealmcnt--,~·ithout cm_nprom~sc." l ~oa~ wt.~h g:rc.ttsn. tisf'adion som•J cf tho Hpecchcs w1th w_lnch our faithful fuemll\lr. Halo was received in Bo~>hm ; aud yet 1t seen~r; to me t~1at_ the tone with which that meeting ad(lresscd the ~mcr.1~an publiC ~houhl be dir;tinet f1·om thnt wbi~~h we :-;Iandt! addr~ss 1t. _I hey arc full of hope -we arc uot. 'l'liey can call this a glo_nous Umm~ . .!\lay_my ton~ue ell-axe to the roof of my mouth he_fol'e 1_ c:dl 1~ a glonous Unwn. (Applause and bif;~cs.) 'l'wo :ulj('C.tl\-eS ~l1s_tJng:msh them [rom u~. \\'ith them the Union iij gloriuuij-WIIh ns 1t 1~ aecur,..cd. Wtth them the t..:haradcr of Washington i~ hcroi?; ;Lnd wnh me 1 dare not thnuk Uotl fur gi\'ing- him to Wl. (Great bL ~:;scR._) Do you St~ppos_e that the ]Jl'utal s fav plwldcn; could. 0\Cr lm\C suslatncd _f;b\·cry_Jll th1s country till thcJ·car u-:53? Do you suppo:le lh:~t pru~ltg:atc pt'LeRls cunld ban~ dra~ge t-d:LVcry l.>f'hind tho altar? No .. She w~uld ~mrc sunk a hi~sinor and :L ;;hame wore it not tlmt ~;he_l11tl herself_ bchmU lhe gr<'a_t ] l ropu~tion::; of Wa~hington'H natn('. _(Lli~H~:-~.) l_t '.s bccau:;c Am~rJca. n~ dare not call thing.-; hy their nght name; _1t _Is hccau'Je we ltkc the NJ'~at nn.1nes of tho present and the pn.st i 1t 18 b~causc that ,~·e spre~d :~ bPautifulmist hcfore the U~1ion-that 1Jol wluch ,~·c wor::;lllp -tlmt 8lavery still continncs. lt 1 ~ to ~Oil!' _<lW:lY the ':oil fL'Om the .American ~yes th:~t th~ ol~cct of th_ts _HOCI('ty IS. Our fl_'ICI1ds tc~lu~ thtlt the Uuion must be preserved; 1t IS a part ?f tho sod-a pa1t of. tho blood-not to Le spoken of, mu~h less ahJUI'Cd. I do uot deny that it has some mo1'it~-but so had ~oro . A rO$C bush was planted 011 his tomb some months after hi_M _death-planted b~,somc H~m:u~. to whum his lif'u was not n,n unuuhp;n.tcd tyrn.nny. Iho pu~p1t, "1th only here n.ml thr-1·c n.n exception, if it speaks fl·ecly, s1~eaks 1tsclf out of its pulpit. '!'he press that lives on tho popular YUtce an~lrcflccts 'what i::; iL? Pro-slavery. l:',·ce f'.pecch is only toLe bought h er~ :,t tho JH·ice of nmrtyrdom. Jt is '~·ith pain I ha,•easkcd.~hc te1~at~ts of country pulpits to preach nn antt-Rhwcry_ ~crm~n, kn0\1 ~ng t!J.lt 1_f they obeyed me they obeyed me n.t tho sacnftco ol the b~·e.ld of_ the1r chilJron. You send yom dolcp;ates to the Jl!-n~ A ~1nnersancfl 0 Low.lon-they will Lc hi~f<ed there. Our . rcltg~on_ IS_ ever, .n.. L~tt. '!'her" is nn Amc1·ican rcliO"ion distinct from CbrLstJ~UlJty. ll11s Is a ~lori~us Uuion! \\;e canH~t r~print an Bn~lish book without c~pur": Ltin..,. it. Your lliblo :;0 ciety dare uot ofl'cr a BiL_le to 0~1e hnnn~ ~ dro) Zr bhck blood in his veins. 'Tis a glorious Uuton. l<reespcccl_. Mc~1 walk 'about, and dare not tell their names, a.nd tha.~'s your _glor_Jous Union. 'I' he man who stanUs under the shadow of the Un•on IS APPENDIX TO NOTES. 213 hound to think it n. good cstahlishmcnt, bnt we wn sh our hands of it. 'l'hc only platform we stand on i:-~ this: our r eligion is this, where there i ~ ncithet· male IHIJ' fC>male, Afl'icnu or Anglo-Saxon, Lond or free. (Applause.) The .Fuv;itivc Slave Law iu some se nse has succeeded, bccau~c it has crushetl in some pulpits the risiug sense of a11ti-sla \ ery principles. Jt is 11o oecasional, or temporat·y expedient; it i ~ tho foundation COI'I I<'I' of this Union. When we picture tho ltalian we do so with his fine ar·b;. 'J'he Greek is described with his f!CVCl'O n.nd classic beauty; and England comes to us in tho names of Hampden and Sydney; and when tho European, either witlt his pencil or hi;i pen, wi~hefJ to Jlicturc Amct·ica, how dues he do it?witlt aHl:we un the one ~ide and the sl:weholdcrand seourp;c on tho other. 0\·cr the wor·ld thcn'l is no othe r embl('ll! fur this glorious Union than the sbt,·c \\·hip. <.:au you oldcct to th<' picture? Which of the la !'.t Me\'CH Pr·c!-.ideuts ca n you admire? '\'c have but one book that we lr:wc contributed to the literature of tho world, and c,·cry respcctahlc ncw!-!pnpcr, and every con~CI'I'ati\e pulpit, dcclat·cs it n libe l. There i~ 111any fL man who weep~ over Uncle Tum anti sweat·H by the JrERAr.n. (LaughtfJr and cheer~.) Hut ,Y1.Ju know, and 1 know, that tho governing mind of this country is uot in tho pulpit nut· in the editor's chair J;i ~~:~ :~~t1i11~ t~0~~-';~\~:F t~:~';;~~scs~\~~~~a~~ ~~-~~~~;:1~~~~:~~s:e~f,,'J~ ~~~~' ~J~~~ lu.lusc is the rcn.l g1·eat representati\'e of the sentiment of the counh·y. Jf we cannot play un a flute, we can say, with Pcriele~, we know how to make a wilderness blosf;Oill with fertility. Do these merchant princ('s report prop;re1:s on Uncle Tom? '"rhy, they sell their prineiJdt'l'l at the ~ame time that thry sell thpir g:(>Olll-1; or rathel' they se ll thci 1' p;oot\9. and throw lhcit· principii's in to t;\\'f'll tho bargain. (Applaus~ ·-) 'Ve carne up hct·e on these anlliVeJ'.'lflJ·ip....-, not fot·argumcnt, hnt mcn•ly for a word. We como amid "thi<> Httbel uf piety in tho 1\Iay week, and we \n-itc on your walls our oltl motto: "Immediate :<nd. complete em:uwipation of the f'la,·e ." Uut what is .<;lavery. n.nd lrow is it l:"uppMlf'd? 8ouw lll•'n tbittk it is ;;upportrd by the Xf'w '1\•sfamC'nt nnd the Biblr. :Kon~('n<;c. Jh. Sp1·ing will JWay quietly ('THllti!;lt tho monH•nt pl·o-~la\('T',V heeomefJ a lo,..in~ qu(•t-ti,ln. {llisses and a.ppbu~<P.) Find me a haln.nc(' on the \\'l'onJ..!:' sido of ihc led_:;Pr, rmd 1 will show you that st·ort·" of d(ll'tt>r:-~ of' di\inity will find out that OnP~<imu'i wa~ not a. 1-dn\·e. (Laughtf'l".) lt is our duty to show tlm_t lire ('hri~tian_it~ whieh tho Pnritan'l left us i::1 a Cltrif'tinnity whrch dueH n()t vcd 1t~ <;t·c~;t bcfiJI'l' a hund1·cd th~ltt.'\;UJrl ~lareholdcrs an~I two hundJ•cd milliom; of i111llar.-.. Thi' !{(' \', ll1·. Hog-<'r~, of our city, pulJlisheol n. semwn, in whit·h he told ns it was ~)ltl' duty to obey tit•· l'll ~ili\-e ~lan• law, ri _!::ltt OJ' \l't'Ou:!, and that in the firstcC'nturics of ('hri~<tinllii,Y tl1C'.Y •1beyt'd tho hlw.~. 'l'hr:l'! tiH'n, you will find lll'eMdiTig; to !Jr. Ho~C'r~, that nt1 r ]) i,·ine ..l [:Mtcr ami cll'ven of his di:wipl('~; dicJ vi.olt"lllt deathM fm· ol.H'_\inp: the law. And this is tho ('Cclesiasti('::l le:u·nin!!; of' lh·. Hngcrs! Poi11t nH' to till' pa_:;e of lristn!' y ou \d11d1 ~·ul'lt :l fll't ~tand~ as that of tl11·pc rnillions of slaves k(•pt itr bonda~(' hy thi1·t,y thoumnol f'ln\l·h"ldel·.:;. Wl1at kc('ps them in Sb\'I'I'Y? The l'nion dotl-1. _I \\'1/uld t_uJ·u the Soulh('l'Jl bankr11pts out from the t>hclter of the uatwual roof. But we rcuJcr it p%.-;iblo |