Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-06-12

should take the question on all the resolutions at
once. He did so; but few could hear word
from the Chair or any other quarter. Happen
ing to stand near the Chair, we heard the ques.
ton taken. The resolutions were pronounced
to be carried, but whether in the affirmative or
negative no mortal can tell. amid such clamor.
Gus din. A motion was then made to adjourn,
which the meeting did not, and could not hear;
but an adjournment was declared, and the offl'
GERS Of the meeting retired.
The uproar now increased. An attempt was
made to put out the lights, and several candles
were extingushed, and lamp or two broken;
but High Constable Hayes, the most efficient OF
ticer in mob that we ever saw. refused to allow
other lamps to be put out. Indeed, it. wonld
have been On act Of wanton wickedness. to have
enshrouded such multitude at once in darkness,
for many lives and limbs would thereby have been
jeoparded. Various attempts were now made TO
re-organize the meeting. MIR. Gouverneur sue
ceedeG in pushing himself through the crowd un-
til he took possession Of the station abdicated by
the President. He mounted upon the table, and
attempted to address the mob-for such 1t had
become, although it was perfectly good-natured'
Mr.. q. succeeded in obtaining hearing tor
time, but as he had no proposition to make, and
talked to no question, the meeting soon interrupt
ed him. Cries of &C Come to the point, hat
have you got to yi''-" Let US hear the resolu-
tons, aud hundred other EXPLANATIONS. inter-
rupted him. "Where are the resolutonsl' de-
manded one. 81 have not got them," said Mr..
Gouverneur. ''You have passed them, said an
anti Tariff man to the meeting:-" You have
crammed them down our throats," reared Ia
riff man back. Mr.. G. at length descended from
his elevation, his full melodious voice being lost
in the universal uproar.
Next up rose man with dark eyes, black hait
and whiskers, a low forehead, nose turned up,
and folding h,s arms, very deliberately awaited
silence, which was soon awarded him. as he ap-
peared to be charged with words Of high import.
lie began with great deliberation, and an indie
scribable intonatioD 80" Felow-cltiZens-I-
-peaI-to-your-p at-ri-ot-ism,' but a
universal roar Of laughter stopped all further ut
terance. lie paused again, and folding his arms
as before, awaited another cessation OF the noise
At length the troubled elements were again hush
ed, and the stranger commenced his grafton anew
in exactly the same words, and the same slngu-
larly picturesque style of oratory. But another
suffaw, loud as when Etna bellows, once more
interrupted the eoquence evidently laid up IN
store for the public edification; and the orator
descended in discontinue,
Another patriot thereupon rose to speak. but
man from another country, no doubt as beautl.
full as our own, who seemed to fear that the would
be orator was like many other unlucky people.
born an exile from his native land, and demand
ed TO know whether he was an American. An0-
Their peal of laughter resounded through the hall
whereupon motion was made that Gen. Swart'
won't take the chair The question was fairly
taken and carried, but Gen. S@artwout, although
called for bv thousand mouths in a breath, did
not stand forth.
MIR. Noah Cook then assembled the tribune,
and was greeted with mingled Kisses and cheers.
50 Gentlemen" said Mr. Cooke Fellow Ci.
tizens!-Are you prepared to put yourselves on
a footing with the slaves of South Carolina?'-
And here another uproar was commenced, dis
tracing as when the thunder plays fantastic gam
bols among the rocks and glens, and peaks and
avalanches Of the giant Alps. huge, square,
shouldered bronze Isaged man, done up in but
ter-nut colored regimentals, now jumped upon
the table facing the orator, and thrustlng forward
a brawny arm, with clenched fist shaking por-
tentously on the end Of it, exclaimed-"l have
got sword thirty -one inches long, and know
how to use um.'' He did not, however. produce
his Excalibar, which is probably the same WELD
cd by the Cid, and is now in the armory of
Spain. A tremendous haw-haw succeeded this
explosion Of patriotism.
The next exhibition was still more amusing. -
A queer-looking man, with a straw.ha which
looked as though it had endured the peltiDgs
of manya pitiless storm, mounted the forum,
end attempted to deliver an exhortation of some
sort. But somebody else sprang up by his side,
and initiated the orators attitude and manner
his every movement and gesture-~ith such pan
tomimic effect, that the whole multitude were il
danger OF cracking their ribs with laughter.
These scenes, which were interrupted with
ten thousand voices of Thousand descriptions.
continued until about 10 O'Clock. when Alder
man MURRAY succeeded in obtaining hearing
He stated that ii was apparent that no further
business would be done. and that the Police Com
mittee had instructed the officers TO extinsuish
the lights. He therefore moved that they all
jaurn. which was unanimously carried, the
lights were put out and the assemb'age re
tired.
The following are the resolutions, as officially
signed:-
1. Resolved That the preservation of the Uni.
on of these States s'in which are involved our
prosperity, felicity, safety. and perhaps our ma.
tional existence" is an object Of paramount i'm
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