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fR'Jie Uraiois asssl t?a« Cosistitistson Tfi-
HsaspJaj sssJ!
Th? call fo r the Union Meetinn, Tuesday las f .was
responded to by the cilizens o! I'm-ton and vicinit y,
^'V thp assemblage of one of lite largest , most erithu-
PiaMic , and m ost naliiohc g-uherin ^ s ever wii uessed
i n tha t c-ily. The Old Ciaille of Liberty never ech-
ni'd to more deaf-ening plaudits. Tluv rmeiir.g was
.characterised by the stronacst feeling.and tlie great-
est unanimity. It shows that ihe Bo-ton ht' iirt , aiisI
ilii! Bosionjseniiment are yet in I he vi^ l-.t pla ce.
It shows i n a m a n n e r not to lie mista ktiii that then-
is an earnest, deep, DUV ct 'ivc , saving love of the Un-
ion and the. Constitution yei a m n h ^ i i - .
Th e following is the organiza tion <¦!' :he meetinn :
President —l}r. JOHN C. WARREN.
Vice President ^.— Hon. Xathan A pp lelon , Hon .
David Heushaw , Hon. Caleb Edd y, mom . il. A. S.
Dearborn , Ro.xbury ; ,J. T. Hr.i
'
id , G. T. Smith ,
South Boston ; A Crehore . Sanuiol Lawrence ,
Secretaries. —C. J. Ilen dcc , A. W. Th .ixter , Jr.,
Ge.o. R. Sampson , Joseph Smith , Ivers J. Atislin ,
Thomas Whittemor e.
These ge n t l e m e n rep resent the most resp ectable
pro f ession s and par lies of our c it i z e n ? .
¦On f a k i n g thy c h a i r , t h e . v e n e r a b l e Dr. 'Warren
remarked :
It is' not w i t h o u t r e l n c t n n ep t h a t I a pp e a r before
ibis great assembly to l a k e p a r t in ihe ] r. ' i l i c a ] p ro-
ceedings of my fellow co u p i M i i . c n . H a t i n g f i r m
an earl y period of life d.'vot ed myself to professional
du t i es , I h a v e not o n t e i ed a c t i v e ! : ' i n t o t h e p olitics
of the day ; hu t I h a v e n e v e r ceased jo feel the deep-
est i n t e r e s t in t h e securi ty a n d prosperi ty of mil
common c o u n t r y , a n d h a v e ey er c o n s i d e r e d , t h a t .
wh en l|)pse were in d a n g e r , it was my d u ly , as we!)
.
-is t]i;jt of e v e r y good ( i l i z e n , to devo te m i n d and
bod }
' to t h c . i r p r o t e c t i o n a n d preser v a t i o n . Such a
[Trisis seems now to ha ve a r r i v e d . The U n i o n , and
>?pnse qn e n t l y, (lie exis t e n c e of this n a t i o n , ar e m e n -
aced and unless t h e r e is a great arid g e n e r a l effort
j n t h e i r support , we rnay soon b ehold t h e mj u h i v
fabric, of our g ov e r n m e n t t r e m b l in g over o u r head-',
a n d t h r e a t n in g by its (all to c i n - .li (lie prp-p eri ly
•whi ch wo h a v e so long and h ap p ily e n i pved.
It has been my lot to h a v e li ved d u r in g a period
¦w h e n t h e r e was no C o n s t i t u tion a n d no U n i o n ;—
w h e n t h e re was no commerce , np m a n u f a c t u r e s , lit-
t l e of agricul! :ire or of a ny of t h e a i t s c a l c u l a t e d to
m a k e a po w e r f u l a n d h ap p y peop le. It was a pel i-
nd whel ) there was qo sound c u r r e n cy , no c o nf id e n c e
belwee.n m a n aiid m a n , a n d no h a r m o n y in the ao 7
lion nt' |l |e diffe re n t Slates. It was a period w h e n
men 's; h a n d s wore t i n n e d ag ai n s t t h e i r neiclibni-s ,
w!)(;n ihe courts wer e beset w i t h a i m e d men , w h e n
l .yy and ju stice "ere t r a mp led i i'i d e r font , w h e n our
jicst t o w n s a n d yill.i u es were I h r e a lened w|ili p illa ge,
j lre, a n d the sword ; w h e n t h e soil was p olluted w i t h
She blood of i ts o w n e i l i z e n s , I renu mber t h e mi-
fjt ' g a n i^ e .d Ijtljc band of failiers of f a m i l ie s , w h o , in
j h a t e m e rg e n c y , issued from t h i s p lace , feeblv pro-
v ided w i t h, anu s or w i t h t h e . o t h e r n i e a n s c a l c u l a t e d
|0 put down a d a r i n g and d e sp e r a t e r e b e l l i on . W h a l
f) dark mom e n t was t h i s ? W h a t d r e a d f u l forebod-
ings i|yqse ill (he iiii julj! of ihpse v ho had been cjt -
p e m l i n f f (h e ir l.ibpr , t h e i r treasure, a n d t h e i r blood
for the S'ifely of an i i i ih . i p p v e o n n t r v !
Bij t 11) th<) midst of t h i s gjonm a ray of li ght
showed itself. A consti t u t i o n y.a- > proposed , t-ind ,
lifter a
, ca u t i o n s investi gati on and c m e f u l a d a p i . a t i o n
«0 ti;p varied i n t er e s t s <.f t h e c o u n t ry , was adopted
fis a
, bond of eve.i la s t i ng u n i o n . U m l e r t h i s const i-
fcuti pn a new ord es; of t h i n g s has arisen, Counrierco
fir|
d i i g r i c n l t n r e , Iimvp r e v i v e d . M'ami f.ictui es hjive
ji'^e fy ivher^ ^qw n pp . I' M ue a l i .in , li t e r a t j i r e , a i d
5j:i(',(icp , |iay c been diffiispil in all our ci ties and
Ifiwiis. Tlip hi ghe st pr o sp e r i ty has p e r v a d e d the na-
|lpn j and T i r e s e n t i d to 1
the "o nd c i i s t g eyes of Ku-
4:pp,e file, spectacle of a f e d e r a l republi c, fi ee w i t h o u t
¦j io,e.n t i o u s n e s s, ajul l i c h u j llintit l u x u ry .
ISJow , let me ask , i,s t h e r e a ny one de pirons of re-
t u r n i ng ip the d i s u n i o n of 1786? Is there, a ny one
iffbp is w i l l i n g [o trif] i-! w i t h , to s p u r n at or to gp be-
iiind I his con s t i t u t i o n ? If i h e i e is I c a n n o t go w i t h
j iiuv I go for t h e w h o l e CONSTITUTION a n d t h e
jthole U XION , as l!u^ best se<'ur!tv for i h e l i b e r t i e s
p i t h e peop le. Fpu THFSF. I s t a n d iifi!]-: ; and
)'is, ! e h c i ; i i ng f|p] , lati .
«p foll ow ed his addiess.
IS'.
-nj F. I l a l l e lt , Esq , n e x t m o 'i n l e d t h e r o s t ru m
rind :dtdivered a most a h l e a m i i n t c u ' s U n g address .
!ld hardl y k n e i y ivl;,i t to Kiid to t h e el oqu e n t re-
j n a i k y w h i c h had b een n ;a(U? bv t h e preceding
fp^ .'iki'n;. II« affi rmed t h e r e was np Ijny of Con-
gr ess w h i r l ) c o n h l not be e xe c u t e d. He had no t
thou ght so n n j i l tliis h o u r , b u t now he felt assured oi
j t . He t! |i'|i gayii several reasons for t h e ral l y w h i c h
j iad broug ht t h e m t o ge t h e r . If was no common oc-
casion, iiml \yoidil result in no c o m m o n end.
Mr. I l a i let t p r o n o nn i - c d ,, hi g h eulogy on the Con-
ft i t u t i q n a n d t h e Un i o n . It was well t h a t we all had
(pr g n t l c t i p . i t ' i t '.
-;. Mi ni li ad come up to F a n e u i i H a l l
as c i t^ e n s of t h e F ul l e d S l a t e s . The. U nion , he
jitaled. miisi be pi cscr\ cd , and t h e sopreniai y of the
Law made p a r a m o u n t . i' u'as ti n- sacred d u ly of
all to he ii r.i nd on I he siile p i ilie U n i o n and of the
Jji\ w.
Ei ghteen years ago,, the y h ad crime together in
|<\(u eMil Hail to support il ie TaniT. At that tjme
t3i)'i)ll |
Carolina threatened nullification. Shall Mas-
eacl)i :spt(s nullif y law tiow ? ["No," from all parts
pf the I-Iilll.] M en talked of "powerful resistance
pf law ,';
and of ihe "hi gher l aw. " This allu sion to a
favorite Abolition p'i rase, created much apnisement.
M'o were fye re today to show our love of the Union.
P? wijs certain that both the great parties of the
pnqjK ry wfis for the Union. Jf spclional pa rlie§
j iad |iow er where would the Union be ? ( Th e p,i) l y
ground in this matter was the great National one.—
IJnon thi s plntlonn onl y weve we sale. After some
[From the Boston Bee.j
Gn>at Union Meeting nl Faneuii Ilall !
ii _ ~ ,_ _ _—-—
^^ —— _ i ii _ ii inn umiii
i happy and humorous reflections on the "Hi gher
Law ," he cjn ve substaniiall y the op inions of Wms.1i-
, ing ton concerning separate States. He also illus-
tr ated his posi tion by quoting from Jefferson , Kev.
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Mr..Backus , and Majo r Gen. Heath. lie remarked
that the friends of the Union should stand on broad
J ami central ground . After a series of sound re-
' marks upon the. Fug i tive Sla\e Law , he considered
^
Sinn 's lebeilio n as ii related to wdiolesome law. Mr.
! Hallet t i Iom-iI by eloquent and patriotic exhorta-
i tioi> to sustain the Union and the Constitution.
I Mr . B radford , of Roxbury next addressed the
! meeting . He gl anced at the several subjects that
' liild bee n discussed , and was exceeding ly ha ppy in
' hi any of his remai ks. We had come together as
' American citiz ens to sustain the American Union ,
¦the Const it u tion and the Law . We had. he said , an
' eneniv wish in us, which was the sp iiit of dis union ,
|aud insubo i dinalion 10 law . lie then (Wer , lacks a few votes of being elected to Con-
gress." They say that "a casual reader of the Pat-
riot might infe r that Mr. Seudder had sustained a
most si gnal defeat.'1 Well , we should like to know
what else it can be called , reall y ?
This is the way the Registe r would deceive its
"casual readers,*' viz :
"By the official report it appears tlui t the whole
number of votes cast was 5905 , necessary for a
choice 2983. Mr. Sendder has 2800 , thus lacking
183 votes onl y of an election. "
Now nei ghbors, wh y didn 't you have the manli-
ness to state ihe matter thns , so that your "casual
readers " need not have been deceived ? vi/.:
Whole number of votes east 59G5
Mr. Seudder has 2300
AH others 3]G5
Deduct Scuddcr's 2800
Seudder lacked of an election C3T365
and one more , to give him a majority , making j ust
twice 183—viz. 30G. Do you understand th at ,
yourselves ? If you don 't , ask Amos, the old peda-
gogue , to illustrate it further to you , on the black
board.
Isn 't that sustainin g "a most signal defeat ''—in a
District whore two years ago, with the same num-
ber of candidates in the field , the wlii gs elected
their man , giving him 1045 more votes than all oth-
ers had—and now your "tried friend ," Ze nc, has
365 less than all others ? What would you call "a
signal defeat ?" Your "trie d friend" tried hard
enoug h to catch all sorts of votes—he pander ed to
anti-Websterism ; he truckled and kissed tho dirt ,
even , to secure the negro vote of New Bedford ;
promising and pled ging them , that he would go all
lengths in the abolition , agitation movements of the
hour—even to the abolition of slavery in the South-
ern States ! out-Garrisonin g; Garrison himself .near-
ly. And yet those negroes wouldn 't trust him—
didn 't vote for him ; didn 't mean to. They knew ,
before hand , what stuff he was made of ; and they
only wanted to expose him !
Now we should like to know what you would call
"a most signal defeat ,'" nei ghbor ! Zeno lacks 3G6
votes of an election , where mother Grinnell had
1045 votes to spare ! He runs some 800 votes
astern of Gov. Bri ggs in the District—and yet this
is not "a signal defeat .
'" Then we don 't know what
sort of a defeat would be "a signed " one, we con-
fess.
But then , as to the "malicious joy .1' We demur
to that . 'Tis no such thing. We entertain no such
sentiment. Oh , no. We onl y acknowled ge a pitiful
contempt ,for Ihe low ,twaddling demagogueism ,which
could prompt the sill y, fulsome , hypocritical elec-
tioneering letters , which your candidate supp lied his
New Bedford inquisitors wilh—es peciall y ih e low-
est and meanest of all , that to the New Bedford Ne-
groes (which last , never found its way into the Reg-
ister). There is one other sentiment , aroused by
this result , which we do acknowled ge. That is, re-
spect for those hi gh minded Whi gs in (he District
who would not obey the summons of the Barnstable
Custom House and Yarmouth Bank and Cape Cod
Rail Road cli que of managers , and vote for a truck-
ling demagogue , who was pled ged logo to Congress,
iteliosen , to exert all his influence lo li ght again the
flame of discord , to reopen the issues of disunion and
estrangement—to do all he could to distuib the har-
mony of the Union , by agitation of the question of
shivery in the District of Columbia—of slavery in
the Territories , and even of slavery in Ihe old slave
holding Slates ! We app laud such of the Whi gs of
the District . Again , we have respect for those col-
orevi citizens of New Bedfoul , who would not be
caug ht by the gull-trap the Custom House candidate
set for them ; but rather were knowing enoug h to
catch him in that trap, himself!
lUTThe New Haven Register , one of the ablest
democratic papers in Connecticut , says—
"We are anxious that the citizens of this resppct-
able town should assure their brethren of the south
that we understand the obli gations of Ihe constitu-
tion , and will maintain them at all hazards ! that we
approve the 'compromise measures ,' and are op-
posed to any further ag itation of the slavery ques-
tion , or any effort on the part of our representa-
tives in congress to alter or repeal the recent law
on that subject. "
The oldest democratic paper in Massachusetts—
"The Pii tsfield Sun "-—does not appear to have any
misg ivings about the utility of "Union Meetings ,''
if we may jud ge by its comments upon the one in
New Hampshire. We copy the following from the
Sun of the 28ih ull :
"Great Union Meeting.—A large and en-
thusiastic meetin g of the friends of Union , was held
last week at Manchester , New Hampshire , and in
the precedin g columns we give an interestin g ac-
count of the proceed ings by a correspondent of the
Boston Post. The report will be read with satis-
faction by all the sincere friends of '¦law and order '
—by all who 'go for the Union , the whole Union ,
and nothin g but the Union ,' and who would regard
in good faith all the requirements of the constitu-
tion. "
•SITThe School Committee of this town have
presci ibed the followin g list of books for use in our
Schools , viz :—Swan 's Spellers , Swan 's and Rus-
sell's Rea ders , Greenleaf' s Arithmetic , Greene 's
Grammars , Mitchell' s Geographies , Culler 's Ph ysi-
ology.
The Schools are divided for the present winter ,
for the purpose of visitation , as foll ows :
M r. Tri pp—Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, 16 , 17 , 18, 20.
Mr. Marston—Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19,
21.
Ci?rThe way they conduct elections and eleel
Whi g Representatives to the General Court , in
Ha rwich , is a caution. The Whi g Selectmen , after
counting the votes , find that the Whi g candidate
lacks one vote to constitute a majo rity—not know-
ing how lo account for this resu lt—they recollect
that the Rev . T. S. had voted without pay ing his
tax ; and that althoug h he had hitherto been a good ,
true and staunch coon—yet it was suspected that
the way the present result had been bi oug ht about ,
was by the Rev . gentleman 's havi ng voted the Free
Soil ticket , and somebod y's Free Soil vote was ac-
cording l y taken out , and Nathaniel Doanc , Whig,
was declared dul y elected , he having one vote more
than half of all the votes cast for representative .
Should the. Legislature require it , they can be in-
formed wheie lo send for persons and papers touch-
ing the above , should the before mentioned genlle-
man appear wiih the Selectmcns ' warrant , claiming
a seat in the House of Representatives.
Men of all parties are getting up a Union Heel
ing in Ulica. N. Y.
"Notwithstanding the cant of the Patriot , Mr.
Seudder is every inch of him a Massachusetts Whi g:
he, stands precisel y where the old Massachusetts
Whi g Party has stood for years. He has neither
app lauded nor condemned the late course of Mr.
Webster. lie stands on the same ground that the
W lii gs who nominated him stand upon. "—[Register.
Wh y won 't you publish Mr. Scudder 's long letter
to the New Bedford Negroes, which has never found
its way into the Register yet , and then put the ques-
tion to "the Whigs who nominated him," w hether they
"stand upon the same ground" he promises those
negroes he will stand upon if he gets to Congress ?
Ask the hi ghminded , constitutional Whi gs, of Barn-
stable County, whether they will again give, their
votes for a candidate who promises Ihose negroes
that he will , "at all times and under all circumstan-
ces advocate and act for the repeal of all laics which
countenance a vestage of slavery in ihe District of
Columbia —and that he will devote himself , heart
and soul to the abolition of slavery throug hout the
Southern states [such is the sentiment of the negro
letter , thoug h we cannot quote its precise language
not havin g it at hand]. We invite the Register to
copy the letter , and ask (he Whigs of this County
whether they want to send an abolitionist , of the
blackest siri pe , to Congress from this District ? One
who goes in for the most ag itation , and annoyance
of the South , and the utmost interference with their
domestic policy ? Do ihe Whi gs of Ihe Cape go for
that ?—for such a candidate ? Does Mr. Collector
Bacon go for an abolitionist for representative to
Congress ? Does he throw the influence of the
Custom House again lor such a candidate? Publish
t he Negro letter , Mr. Reg ister (you never have)and
then te ll us , if those are the sentiments of Cape Cod
Whi gs—If the Barnstable Custom House endorses
them—if the Collector is anxious to send such a man
to Congress ?
lou never published the letter of Mr. Pitman to
your candidate , asking him to declare himself an
"Ami-Webster Whi g
1
'—You gave Scudder 's rep ly,
which was entirely satisfactory to Mr. Anti-Webster
Pitman , but you took care to suppress the inquiry
which called it out. Publish the inquiry of Pitman ,
and then the answer of Seudder , in which he whi ps
the devil round the stump ,can be better understood
—and understood as condemning Mr. Webster , not-
withstandin g your assertion in the above quotation.
Mr;. Editor—I have with many others , a strong
desire to see Mr. Scudder 's letter to the colored
people of New Bedford , from which you made ex-
tracts last week. Presuming you have a copy of
this document , which has never been published on
t he Cape , I hope you will publish it entire , and
gratify Many Whigs.
Representative Elections.—The final trials
for the election of representatives in those towns
which failed to elect on the regular day of the elec-
tion , took place on Monday, 25th ult.
We have returns from the following towns—
Spring field—John Mills , and Henry Adams .F.S.;
and E. F. Mosely, and Thomas W. Wasson , Demo-
crats.
Blackstone—Caleb Thayer , F. S. Dem.
Du dley—II. II. Step hens , Dem.
Franklin—Mr. Metcalf Dem.
Wrcntham—No choice.
Sangus—Mr. Seymour , Dem.
Norton—Austin Messenger , F. S. Dem. Elected
on the first ballot by eleven majority.
Att leboroug h—Mr. Daggett , Dem. Elected by
19 majority.
Pawluckct-—No choice-
West Brid gewaler—F. S., by 1 majority.
North Chelsea—Edmund Floy d, F. S. Whig, 54:
Hiram Plummer ,Dem ,. 24; David Floyd ,Whi g, 20 ;
scattering, 6. E. Floyd's majority, 4.
Melrose—John T. Paine , Union Dem.
New Bedford—No choice. Whole number of
votes 1138—hi ghest whi g 546. This is an unex-
pected result.
Soulhwick—A Dem.
Wilbraham—F. S. Dem.
Northam pton—No choice.
Concord—A. A. Kelsey, Demi., 13 majority over
both tickets.
Medford—J. P. Bishop, F. S. Dem.
• These returns foot up well—16 opposition to 1F.
S. W hig.
igrMr. Melville B. Macy, of Nantueket , 3d offi-
cer of whaling bark Montezuma , of New Bedford ,
died at Zanzibar on the 26ili of Jul y, from injury
aboard the shi p while cuttin g-in.
Congress.—Both Houses of Congress assembled
in Washington yesterday. The officers of both
branches hold over from the last session. The
Message of President Fillmore will be received in
Boston to day.
Iiif, Massachusetts Teacher.—This usef ul
journal for the wide spread of educational news and
improved methods of instruction , will continue the
ensuing year , to send forth as heretofore the bene-
ficial influence of the observation and practical ex-
perience of the following corps of editors , appointed
by the late Association at Worcester:
Prof. Louis Agassez, Harvard University ; Joshua
Ba tes, Jr., Princi pal of Brimmer School , Boston i
F. N. Blak e, Barnstable Academy ; J. D. Philbrick ,
Quincy School , Boston ; Rev. J. P. Cowles, Ipswich
Female Seminary ; F. W. T- Curtis , Lawrence ;
Ru fu-i Putnam , Hi gh School , Salem ; William D-
Swan , May hew School , Bost on ; Mr. Smith , Hi gh
School , Cambrid ge; N. Wheeler , High School ,
Worcester.
Swindling.—The Boston Journal states that a
man named "James T. Magee , wdio, for several
years, has been a dealer in flour and shi p-stores , on
Commercial street , has, within the past few weeks,
purchased of different wholesale doalers .some $3000
worlh of flour , po rk , rum , and other articles , under
the pretenc e that they were to be retailed by him
at his own place of business. Instead of retailing
them at his own store , it appears that he shi pped
them in a fictitious name , on board the batk Lucia
Field , Cap t. Bisbee , which sailed from this port on
Tuesday, 19th ult., for San Francisco. Since about
that date , Mr. Magec has been missing, and his
whereabouts is as yet unknown to his creditors. A
warrant has been issued for his arrest , upon the
charge of obtaining goods by false pretences. "
New York , Nov. 29th. —The steamboat Bay
State arrived at. the (lode this evening, liar upper
frame work was broken in by going ashore. She
will have to go into dock for repairs before she can
resume her place on the Sound.
Ministers of the Gospel—professedl y so—have
held meetings Renouncing the laws of our land , but
let a law which protects the clergy and church once
be violated , and then how eager are these same men
in the cpuse of "law and order I'' "Consis tency is
a jewel ," find it whe re you will.
Mr. Phixnet :—I am a whi g.though I ],.
er made much noise about it ; and haVe be > '^ nev-
a dozen times , yes mo re , to stop your pa p
"
,
ni
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Hlet ,
say now , please let it pass, wi th out comment ^' '°
wont trouble you again , I promis e vou '"ndj
A relative of mine , living in New York
all y sends me an odd newspaper ,™- some ir, r ,
aS
'011-
pamp hl et , which I should not otherwi se npf .
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last mail broug ht me such a paper ; and in
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a speech delivered in New York n few (Jiiv ,
Tfi
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Ge n. Lewis Cass, your political idol , almost f
° '^
pose ; but for whom , I confess , I had never ' ^^
tained so very hi gh regard. But I beg leave),
express to your readers , if you have a miml »
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express to your readers , if you have a mim] t
lisli it , my sincere respect and esteem , and e •
roverance , for Ihe man who will step ('orw. "^
these perilous times— perilous lo the eonst iimj '"
government and heaven-g iven institut ions of
beloved country—and bv such sentiment s i,, i 'r
(
* stit-l
speeches endeavor to stay, and to roll h.,(,i '
threatening billows of discord ,disscntion am] (|' ' e
tion , which abolitionism and demagoguistn \\. c'
fiercel y agitated and dangerousl y raised into f
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liable anta gonists against the peace and the
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of our common country. I beg of you ,Mr.P],jn
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publish that speech , the whole of it. I am fromii ,''
day, "a Cass man ," if you please to call me so I
am a "Webster man ,'' always—I am a Cass man
while Gen. Cass utters and holds fo such patr ' .'
sentiments as that speech contains. But , I will '
up this kind of rhapsod y (as I suppose you will
it). What I set down particularl y to notice in n
speech , is what I have cut out of it and insert lie
for you to see. And I wish you would publish it.'
because I have an app lication to make of it. j0
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this sentence , no more.
"As American citizens from the cradle , in q0|i.
good lime , we hope to descend as American 0itize
lo the grave , with the conviction , that after the re
li gion of His Son , we leave to our children tlie iif|
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est heritage that ever descended to a peop le. \y.
want no more discord. We want the minister s of
reli gion to preach Ihe Gospel of the meek and lowly
Jesus, and not to convert their pul pits into politip H|
tribunes , to inculcate the doctrine utterl y irrconsij.
tent with the existence of social order , that every
man has a right to resist the laws of his country
when thpy differ from a standard he chooses to ft.
tablish for himself , and of whose extent and oblioj.
tion he must be the ju dge. This is not the exam-
pie which was left us by our Divine Master and lib
apostles. And who can point to a sing le advantage
which has resulted from all this violence ?" n
Now , would to Heaven , Mr. Phinney, that the
preaching politicians , and the political preacher s
hereabouts and elsewhere , would be sensible of and
appreciate , the sober sense, the practical truth , the
eminentl y Christian sentiment , which pervades tho
paragrap h above quoted ; and that they would set
themselves at work , to investi gate whether they
have not strayed far from their proper sphere of
duty, and been false to their true calling; neglect-
ing the Gospel , and the examp le of the meek and
lowl y Jesu s, to sow discord , and excite resistance lo
and rebellion against the laws of both God and their
Country !
I said I had an app lication to make of the above
sentiment. That app lication is more direct than
my above general remarks ; and I make it, beense
I believe it will be of service so to do.
I invite the members of the Universalist Society
in this village .who are divided in sentiment on some
of the leading political top ics of the day, and a-
mongst whom are some , I lear , who most especiall y
need the counsel above. I invite them all , to pon-
der the above sentiment of General Cass. It is wor-
th y of their consideration. It comes from oneup cd
and well versed in the political history and the
present perils of our glorious Union : and against
whose moral worlh none even raised a breath ol
detraction ; one whose reli gious life is acknowledged
by his severest political enimies to be exemp lary
and praiseworth y. It comes from .such an one , anil
is well worth y our contemp lation. Now , brethren ,
we have a minister whom we respect anil wliOi
I am thankful , does not fall under the censure im-
plied in the above quotation ; but we have recently
been most grossl y insulted , and most contemp tuo'is'
ly treated , from our own pul pit , in our own minis-
ter 's absence. One , whom we would far rath"
praise than censure , could we do so with propriety*
got into our pul pit—a wolf in sheep 's clothing-""
taking advantage of his accidental , temporary , p"81'
tion , converted that pul pit into a "political trib une
to inculcate the doctrine utterly inconsistent v>ilh '*<
existence of social order " Brethren , we listei' 61' t0
the rantin gs of that man with varied emotions 1 a'11
aware . Some , I know , were deli ghted. Many °
us were greatl y outraged. For my own part , I WJ
disgusted and ashamed , that a man who could so far
forget what was due to Ihe place , the people. tl>e
circumstances under which he came among then>~~
who should seize upon such opportunitie s , lo i"c"'
cate such doctrines—was called by our name,nn''"!l
in our persuasion , was admitted to our pul pi''
he is to continue preaching, as his profession,
him , I most especiall y recommend the above r"rl1
gra ph. Let him put on more of the spirit of mee
ness which his master inculcated in his precfpts1"]
his examp le ; and above all let him never ng8
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convert another man 's pul p it into a "polili 0"'
bune ," but let him "preach the Gospel of t''e n'e
and lowl y Jesus,1' wherever he goes.
But a word for ourselves , brethren ;—' e'
permit this mistake—this misapprehension o
pul pit , this desecretion of it , as some of us "1"1 ,
divide us. Let us remember , that it is our ^ul^
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so, to cultivate forbearance and charity , and I"'1
profess these all ; and should also strive to pos
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ourselves of that sp irit of meekness ofwl)ic
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master so eminentl y was the lowliest possessor,
us, as professing Christians , and it may be, aS •
fessing politicians , let us all , I repeat , pon«er
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sentiments of the extract I have quoted. "^ V
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point to a sing le advantage which has results
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all this violence "—of reli gious abolition ism, re '«•
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politics , of any kind? Nobod y. It has divide" *
broken up hundreds of happy and pions re <¦
societies ; and has driven out from among '" ' ,l#
very spirit of "the Gospel of the meek a"'1 °/,- .
Jesus," by turnin g their pul pits into "P01'':
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bunes." Let us , here , 1 repea t , remain ul"
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the inculc ation of that Gospel ; and let "? J.^U'""
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man , set our faces asainst any attemp t to w (tl fl
doctrines from onr pul pit , which shall °"\ .iCut"
"social order " which has always hithe rto ci
ized us as a bod y of worshi pp ing <'h
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Now , Mr. Phinney, I sha ll , probably _ l>e (,n»
I had belter left this preaching to the mini. ^,,.,,11
very likel y I liad. But in all s"Y^ri" ol,
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our societies and our minis ter especial!) , ( t |,ry
der well this' great subject ; and bf su re yeO
are not mischievousl y working for trie
when they encourage politica l P ^'
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Ilynnni s, Nov. 30th , 1850,
PoliCIcaS Pas-sens, ^^*
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There is—Heaven be thanked for it—there is an
evident increase of better feeling here in th e North-
em States , on the subject of the riyhts of the South ,
j and the duty of the North , and (he great and para-
mount duty of all and every citizen , to do his ut-
most to preserve harmony, to respect the Constitu-
tion , aid in the enforcement of the laws , and to ee-
' merit , more closel y, the bond of the Union of these
j United States.
I The great Union Meeting in Faneuii Hall last
week , has given promise to Ihe whole peop le of this
country, that the second sober thou g ht of New
Kniiland is ri ght on these great questions . The
several acts of the last session of Congress , which
were the theme of discussion and of much dissension
there for nine months— but which were finall y pass-
ed by handsome majorities—and were and are
known as the "compromise measures —must and
will be preserved and enforced and carried into full
effect. Nothing is wanted now , to give peace to
this distracted country, under llie administration of
those acts , but the acquiescence of all good citizens
in them , as the best measures of compromise it is
possible to obtain , and their determination to dis-
countenance all factious abolition movements , which
look to the repeal or disturbance of that compromise .
Good men—good citizens— .will thus discounte -
nance ihis needless agitation and excitement , w hich
cannot possibly bring any good , and certainl y tend
to Ihe estran gement of different sections of our
Union—they will , in the words of the immortal
Washington , " indi gnantl y frown upon the first
" dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion
"of our country from the rest , or to enfeeble the
"sacred ties which now link together the various
" parts. ''
We have copied largel y from the proceedings of
the Faneutl Hall meeting. Never , since the days
of the Revolution , was there assembled there.proba-
bl y, a more respectable and more patriotic bod y of
citizens , anxious to i;ive an earnest of their devo-
tion lo the great cause of the Union of the States.
TSse Tnioii.
| DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION,
I [Tenth CoBgrt-essiosia! OisSi-tc}.]
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
CHA'S B, IL FESSENDEN,
OF SANDWICH .