PUBLISHER S BULLETIN.


 I remember how, in the year eI37, atter the killing of Lo_,ogy, at
 Alton, there wai a ilublic meertiir in Fnnueil HnUI, railed by I was
 about to say --the lanr Purit-'n Iait that preached in a pnlpit in Bos-
 ton, the eloquent r aint aid -rea.i.ier in New itglanJ, a herr he made a
 speech, and lhcrie a certain talt' A-,n.r" I t,.l,-- I- wn,-, made a
 speechh hl.o,i in which b-h cast all ninnrer i.. rlli-ul- ...nj the rm irivTr; and
 I remember how a n-.mng man ti,,k his quiet cthauiie I: -,prisg to his
 feet eand a--er.tj the plar'orm, and pour Our .nh u fl..-.J .4I tl-..quen'e
 that I b.-ltve t b virinm ht never I.riatht largely anid irl] ,ll1d::. I
 remember s*-cing him a diay itr two' ag-., alkwg -I.Jvnu C'.hulirl.l" Ii..-w,
 where he then livter,arind tw..dering liuw he bhl iili eter -.uie lthat l.y.
 That wai the firnt intimati:n o tor e *-rai..r ol New tripl.iil. All BI.'-
 t-,n wa_ .rplri-edc, an-d woirndefreJ who that %a.. Th}U\ It-uid, lI..w er,
 on inqlirf, that lie wvas born ell, waiia ell-brad we.ll-i-.iln-I..J, a il iit
 all reT pc.lt,? sI pr a.s lt.h- a- rre. <I'' clur-c, lalt nl-r t In.r: L.ce i a
 great dJ:ia.r.intirirenit. The dabtieutii mu:t hate t.-:een vi.rv mu .h
 greater. -iI crur--e, ur-l.kr th.l.re .;re'uut-tLirnc-. But l-ni, tli' y.il-th
 wa- apairnt him. I'Fr.nm iit tim'- to ri, .'- ulilt, 'r--m at-er -:..:-ear,
 Ran-i ah..-t I 'r...m dnay to d;l, t~ir l l.i' iu.Li..: ti. l-.tnll n.uLif ir-. ,
 thr.ugph New Er.-.r;ln' d iti.: W\ .et, nd aLroi l th: r.i t-r,:n.l hei- rli nst
 t_-dno- the- ..rat..r 'i- A1iieriena, nnml-t hl i by h any [iri:'.itti ..|[. t.,; ij.1
 in this repe-.-t, that he plea-ls I.r righivt.i.ui-nte ti pelrad- I'lr ih. ii inul
 always,- h never he-?n known to be jon I he wroig 6l> ,--iltuw ',- r.r
 the <dppresked, ne;er rrr the .,pprr-.,.ir. S-. that with -rte ..x. tppi.n
 (and I can hurdiv make than, in New EnglI.nd, in the lWe't, il.1 r e-n
 in the Narironal CL'pital irqel', more pertns will loc.k t., hear LL.I oarur
 than ar- other ii the country.
 He stan.is e:on-[.i..u,..ui abtcrv others as the aive-'cate or' human riphti
 the t-efender of the op.pri ---l; Fr-edom's lode-iur, a h.-e lutrn 4- I- e,-
 ing fugitive States and statesmen fast from ithr;r b n.duie t. tCl- Jirk
 despotim, into this refuge of liberty here in t1i: n:.nbh .'1 the N...rtli -
 New England. By happy fortune, he enjoy- the I.ro-ilegr dii ln.l to
 Senators, of speaking of free and freedom-loving mrue i,..:n i he r., u;mAin-
 cumbered by slave statutes or caucus.
 His speeches have the highest qualities of a ircnt -.rat...r. In raic.i
 of thought, clearness of statement, keen satire, T-rlliauti vIa, p.:r-..,..I
 anecdote, wholesome moral sentiments, patricr.-r. a ro P'urniluu .l.rir,
 they are unmatched by those of any of the reaTr ,.ra,-.rr 'f tie l.I.v.
 They have, besides, the rare merit, and one in ahitlil -:.ir l 1i. il...
 have been painfully deficient, of straightforv ardine; p-..uil, -.i..1 -int
 to the hour. They are addressed to the consci. nc .-ri rit cr, r.- rc :n,.
 were spoken in the interests of humanity. Nlriy a c.:l.li.r nuw..' i iti
 field, many a citizenr, .i.,utrlr--., .i.s his loyalryn in LUrge .- uiurfc ti,
 his learning of there c.eli-qu it w-irrs.
 Above party, unless it be the honorable ar i anri--nt [.arrty .I1 Maii-
 kind, they embody the temper and drift of the time. 11., :,an;. r.it -
 lie men are here to survive in the pillory of hi i-rdipir ant ii..... :-!
 The history of the last thirty years cannot be a-'t itruaivly rt-v:i, r. ;th-
 out his facts and anecdotes. There is no great i-i-re t ol ptilnthr-..v-
 in which he has not been active. His words are r' be taket i- Ih.:-e ;f
 an earnest mind intent on furthering the end, -.1' rrnth arIl liiht-uu.-
ness, interpreted not by their rhetoric, but c.l.i r'lP.rit I0' prm.i- ;l-.
 Why are they not collected and printed in aBi..-k l; r thi rr-.lit I ,iir
 tongue, the praise of humanity, and the good f.uun ol their author i