The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-19

you lChesr on cheer.l Who are the bsnkruptsi The
and cries Of Knock the old scoundrel down."l Come
and knock me down, my boy-iyou're not the man for
Galway: Tremendous cheers and cries Of . Go on,
Magenis'J We pay what we owe--we are the bone
and sinew of society [Enthusastic cheering] The
Wall street fellows live beyond their means-run
perry over to their wives-fCheers and laughter.l-
cheat every body-GGroans-cheers-alls sorts of cries
ed out he's as good right to speak as any body"
Go on, Maginnis y The mechanics pay what they
contract for and contrrct what they pay for" Cheers
and Kisses And that's what the Wall street loaers
can't door at least they don't do HissesIgroans and
cheers and one or two hshtsl tBoys, III stand my
ground-wi you stand by me-[cres OF Eve will and
Here gentleman jumped on the platform and cried
out" Gentlemen this room was let for the purpose OF
of "of-of-turn him out-pull him down-gO on Ma
gsnis-never mind the bankrups 'and desfenns shouts
OF every class and cabre and for several minutes
seemed as ifh-ll itself had broke loose.l
MAeENswent OIL claim the right to be heard-l can
keep my temper-(cheers) say the bankrupts are
miserable minority-(great noise and confusion and
Kisses and cheers)
After this it was utterly impossible to tell what
was said by the speaker. One of our reporters Just
caught the words
"-Cengress-John Observation-Disclosures
b-assignments-shane-lB Tammany-
Lunatic Asylum-mechanics-goo men-Egyptian
cell-New Years bay~water-a ir-robbers-pencii-
cail--twenty -four hours murder-drys alter-every
thng)
Here some one brought in large gong belonging
to the Exchange, and rolled it round the Rotunda,
beating it violently Magens smiled at the crowd,
the mob cheered him, several jumped up TO seize
HIM and pull him down. He collared one man and
threw him over and kicked another off the plat
form. The confusion and uproar at this stage Of
the proceedings were terrible, in the extreme. We
never saw any thing equal to it in the most violent
times at Tammany Hall. Many respectable looking
Brokers cried out to throw Magenis off the plat
form, and knock him on the head, but a strong par
tv OF his friends rallied round him, and swore he
should speak. Several men then seized the boards
forming the platform, and tore them off, and at last
tore down the whole platform piece by piece, and
Mr. Magenis, ofcourse, came to the ground. Then
ensued such horrible of disorder, noise and
confusion that would have put Babel to the blush,
and there were dozen fights and tussels around the
room. AT last amid the shouts OF his frlends-the
misses OF his opponents-the laughter of hundreds,
and the Clashing of the gong, the whole party rush.
cd into the street. Here Mr.. Magenis mounted one
OF the granite pedestas in front of the Exchange,
and addressed the crowd for nearly an hour bare
headed,
THE OUTSIDE SPEECH OF ARTHUR L. MAGIN-
NIs.-After the rostrnm inside the Exchange had
been torn down, board by board, in order to efec,
the evacuation of the above nsmed gentleman from
the rounda ofthe building, he proceeded to the
steps leading TO the east entrance, Wall street,
GEsrLrME said he rise here from amidst the wreck
side Of the hall)-(cheers) Yes, gentlemen, here in
Wall street, in the midst of the Devil and within six
inches Of Hell-(cheers after cheers, and laughter)
Yes who never owed man dollar in my lfie until
entered this notorious street, who have held every
Office of honor and profit except in the cabinetne
Of this den of infamy-(cheers.) Yes, gentlemen, who
s it that wants this bankrupt law Is the mechanics
the farmers the hard working producers of this
try No, ne, no, gentlemen, tits the brokers' nay, the
breakers of Wall sreet-those darlngs who. having OBJ
tanned all they could beg cheat and borrow in specula
their wives, moved to Long Island their eoun.
try seats, bought with their creditors money ride
into town with their creditors horses and car.
riage, and then come to Wall street, and clamor for
bankrupt law, and kick up the very devil !-(tre.
mendous cheering and cries of Webb and $4,000 y
Who wants this law in the country III tell you no.
and only who-those id rascals who bought plata
tons out west on credit and niggers and stock the
same terms then ran the niggers to Texas, and now
pay ment for honest debs-(Cheers and hiss -Yes
hiss you id goose, beg pardon, you gsnder, come
the tail feathers out Of your mudded imagination Oh
the intense ruttanism of Wall street 4! Yes, gen.
tleme n, talk of distress Where is it tell
ing to himselD-ycs here, when was in the Tombs
for kissing parsons wife Yes, from the Tonbsl ana
The Tsmbs that doleful sound ye shades Of Van zaDdt
attend the cry! CHEERS and laughter) Yes, there
water, and all for kissing parsons wife while thew
kiss every bodys! (Roars of laughter) Even on New
Years day. when every body else at large was in
w.
angel, without wings, who is here somewhere's came
to my aid Talk Of distress and meditatons resulting
from disress-of Hervey's meditations Why, gentle
men, the next book to be written, will be my book
-Nagenis's Meditatons. (Great laugh,er) Talk
OF distress-why out west we bury desd-here you
pickle them-No salt them down without picking
dry salt them Why gentlemen the Constitution (boy
bring the Constitu,ion) the Constitution itself an anti
bankrupt law, (cheers and hisses)-a man who made a
contract previous to the enactment of this law made il
under the laws then in exstense and they part and
parcel of that you can't get over it 10
hiE RonE mt I a IN
Benton and such cattle, bat will never do for Magenis
No Mo- will do for ye scrihes and Pharsees,
ye that devour the portion Of the widow and the sub
stance OF the orphan-yes, you, here. I,
fresh from the Tombs spit at you (Great Laugh.
ter) The Speaker here shook his fist at a crowd
of brokers on the steps Of the city bank and cried dc
you hear that boys ~ Yes gentlemen the warrant
against me was for' unacy, otherwise Now, what
otherwise why its like friend of mine who ent to
the United States Senate, smart man. no great scholar
but frsrate shot In making speech one ay he used
the word Omnipotent, and in pronouncing he said the
asked what he meant by the word he said il long
as eternity and as broad as the universe, (great
wse Those who ask for this w's aw|%b,t en srs
they 2 Who are they7 Where are they ! In
your workshops or in your banks Why in your banks
OF course, out Of them If the moneys ali them
Laughter) (Some one cried "that's where you made
your money.o Oh hush, You rebel you, hash, the in
rutfanism of Wall street is astonishing indeed
here's a specimen, but will speak my mind fellow c
(Here fellow in the crowd. without coat and
but half shirt cried out go it Maginis, speak out
amt no bloody bankrupts, not us.) Yes, will shout
forth the words Of soberness and truth; arr regular
built Democrat, representative from Tammsny Hall,
OF Ns Y
of so on, go cn). Yes, gentlemen, a law abiding
man, you are law abiding men, this is law abiding
country, and all contracts under Laws invioable
not ot or title should be touched violated. They
should like your Constitution. be free from bensh
from the demorazing blast Of corruption
as Mirabeau has said, should be just before
generous am done.
The Speaker here concluded and the crowd dis
persed.