BEECHER IN A CRISIS

When Charles Sumner was assaulted in the Senate, the businessmen of New York held an indignation meeting. Like the Love-joy meeting in Faneuil Hall, Boston, it was in the hands of the conservative leaders. After they had spoken, there was a cry for Beecher. This disconcerted the leaders. William M. Evarts, one of the number, evidently annoyed, said he understood that Mr. Beecher was lecturing that evening in Philadelphia. It was found, however, that he was present, and he was almost led by his friends to the platform. When the applause, for which his appearance was the signal, had subsided, Mr. Beecher commenced speaking, and for one hour he held the audience in his hands. He denounced the outrage on Sumner in glowing terms, and illustrated his points, as he always did, so vividly, that his hearers listened rapturously, and applauded to the echo. He denounced the system of slavery, which was responsible for the cruel attack. As did Wendell Phillips in Boston, so did Beecher in New York, thoroughly arouse the people to a sense of the real nature of human slavery.—Lawrence American.