The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-05-18

Tor The siu.s beiar pol Frea Sol, but Free Speech
{senIesis9 eaa !EietFuption.l
A1IlEEs n Boston, where ! came from, sucl
1e1Ass d ifese are not permitted. You call DAME
711slaf and Lewis Cass great men. You say
tf,f oss eenlending for the Constitution.
~ Three cheers for the Constitution
H7t4h 3 hurrah.n hurrah p Three cheers
III NF4a9 Cass Three cheers for Daniel Web
Hurrah - hurrah - /" hu1rah = " Three
4sers for Henry Clay Hurrah = hurrah E
hnF5ah ?, "hurrahi % aThfee gfoans for old
ooeeeesientp And the groans are given. -,
Phifllps. The Journal Of Commerce-Daniel
Websier-not talking q seyery--not allowed to
talk about nav tkine-nos allowed to speak our
4hourhts--chafrsd rifh being traitors to law
There Is no law 10 be traitors to in New York.
Evidence a Il a this moment before our eyes.
HSe Ads 81 ikc gallery. 40, you DID i'm
postor. You Re disgrscing New York. Stay at
home with yeus blasphemy.n
4s5fksf Voice addressed to Douglassl. "Cuf-
ife, ihsre-~inake me cup Of coffee
Phillips going on talking about--what nobody
knows He is now assailed from all sides, BY the
most obscene and filthy spithets.l
Phillips. Infamous inieruption-b eastly--
More cries Of !" Douglass, /" Douglass" !" Doug
Wsndsgs Pzilsps so the Constitu-
tion, where tshould be, trainpled under our feet.
movement Of the foot, that gave it peculiar force
And here ths mob appeared to be losing its good
nature. There were cries Of "put him down.
" Drive him out Of the hall"-but, happily, no per-
sonal violence was attempted.
Three cheers for the Constitntion''-" hur-
fahw hufrah p "hurrah !i--three more. and
three more.
Three cheers were also given for Gen. Foo,e of
Mississippi.
Philips, losing his temper. Are we to be put
down This way by band of sacrilegisus scoun-
drels, from the puFlieus Of Park Row, the hireline
band Of Southern aristocracy? 1t is not a ques.
ton, now Of freesol, free speech, for neither is
IN favor here. But the question is now 1.-THE
Right to Sit" Kisses and groans, accompanied
by cheers for South Carolina, Mississippi, Ala
Phihsps. You shall not drive us hence. We
are able 70 protect ourselves, and we shall do So
If we are TO die, where better could we be struck
down-here here on this PLATFORM martyrs alike
20 freedom and to liberty
Eferrible confusion and some fsticuffing The
platform abandoned. Wendell Phillips retreating
ey the back door. People climbing up from the
street and looking in the windows.]
Professor Grant here came into the hall, amidst |
good deal Of applause from the opposition. The |
Professor called to the stand, declined, unless
perfect order was preserved. He did not want to
lend himself 10 any disturbance.
Garrison asked If they, the Abolitionists would /
permit Grantor any Of their speakers to make |
speech, would the "distwbers" accede to them the
Rynders said HNo.n No American can sit mi.
etiy by holding his tongue, while wretches are rec
omnendng that the Constitution of the United /
States should be torn in tatters and trampled under
feet He would bind himself over to no such com
premise.
This was loudly applauded, and so for a while
the storm went over. After a while, however, |
there were more cries for Grant, Grant, |
Grant !"
The Professor came forward, and said he came
there to hear. not to speak. He wanted to hear
these Abolitionists.
Rgndsrs. Sir. we shall not hear YOU, if that is |
what yon are going to say.
hynders jumping on the platform read the fol- |
lowing resolution, and asked vote upon il
heseed That this meeting does not see sufficient reasons
u were CONSTITUTIONAL which it not, and therefore winot
s ne ghOs aims and ends
o. interests the supremacy Of hypoccal atnesn general
reasons IBIS sag recommends the humanity mongers ne
eennng q rs 70 the progress Of degradation
and poverty OF the free whites and blacks OF New York
s instead o. dealing IN scurty, vituperaton and
"A tremendous Ay, accompanied with a tremen. /
dous rlapping Of hands and stamping Of feel. de-
cafed the resolution unanimously sdopted. Carl
son waking up and down the platform in great
agitation The Hutchinsons over in little corner
''Ye Sons of Equaliy'
Horrld noises Cries of Tear down the building,
Set fire to i'll Terrible confusion.
Sheriff Carnley entering the room with de-
tachment Of police, but the noise still going on and
getting worse. Theuproar at its height
hynders making speech at one end Of the plat
form, Garrison at the other. Wendell Philips in
the middle, greatly excited.
Alter some more Of these precious proceedings.
the Sheriff appeared, and after some consultation.
It was agseed 70 adjourn the meeting sine die the
proprelors Of the building being alarmed for lis
safety, and Mr.. Garrison having come to the con.
el1sion that It was useless any longer to be thus
: throwing pearls before swinen
In the afternoon, as we learn from the Tribune
the Society held private meeting at the Sailors
home at which the newspapers and authorities of
New York were denounced, and other matters
resolved on, which we care not to publish. The
annual election Of officers then took place. WIN.
Lloyd Garrison was chosen President