New Hampshire Statesman

Union War Meeting in the Cradle of Liberty. On Monday evening last the citizens of Boston had a grand rally for the Union at Faneuil Hall. The Transcript says: About eight times as many people attempted to get into Faneuil Hall as it could hold, and the surplus surged into the square in front of the hall, and organized a second meeting. The crowd evinced much disappointment at not seeing and hearing Gen. Butler, who had been summoned to Washington. The fact is, the people are so intensely in earnest for a vigorous prosecution of the war, that heroes are popular now. He who has served the country well and faithfully on the battle-field, fighting for the government against traitors, is sure of receiving, almost spontaneously, the warmest regard of the public. The war feeling is ardent and demonstrative, and must vent itself in songs, if in no other way. At one period of the meeting, "Glory, Hallelujah," was given by the multitude with an unction compensating for the want of harmony in the performance."

The inside meeting was addressed by Judge B. F. Thomas, Patrick Donohoe, Otis P. Lord, Richard Frothingham, Jr., J. W. O'Brien, Rev. E. W. Dennison, Charles Hale and Henry Wilson. Letters were read from Robert C. Winthrop and Emory Washburn, urging an active prosecution of the war, and the following from Gen. Butler:

LOWELL, Sept. 9, 1861.

Dear Sir: I am most unexpectedly called away by public duties, so that I can not participate, as I had intended, in the meeting at Faneuil Hall. The great regret at not being permitted to unite with my fellow-citizens on that occasion is softened by the reflection that the loss is wholly mine. Personal presence could only have added one to the vast throng which will crowd the hall in support of the Union, good government, and the enforcement of the laws.

That I go for a vigorous prosecution of the war is best shown from the fact that I am gone.

Believe me,

Most truly yours,

Benj. F. Butler.