Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-11-23
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Rev. William II. Channing next appeared,
but his voice was drowned IN bsses and out
cries.
Rev. Theodore Parker next asrebded tho
PLATFORM. lie mutely pointed to the pictures
OF Washington, Adams, and others, and en-
dcnvorcd TO make himself heard, but the
cries were redoubled The President of the
meeting at this point came forward and
shook hands with Mr.. Thomson, when he
bowed to the audience, and retired amidst
thunders of applause. All tfis time there
WIS no attempt made at violence, and tho
ladies in the galleries remained quiet sI,ecta-
tors of the scene.
Aller a consultation between the friends vf
the meeting, it was deemed proper 10 ad-
iourn, which was declared by the President,
but the noise still continued. Frederick
Douglass then assembled the platform and ap-
pealed TO them to hear n fugitive slave
speak. The audience would not hear him.
| The gas was then partially turned down and
tie hall being in state of semi-darkness,
the scene was quite picturesque. Above
| stood the stalwart frame of Frederick Doug
lass, waving his hands nloft and occasiooaIly
crying out TO he heard; and below was the
vast audience, swaying about aud utterins
cries of every description. Tho officers Of
the meeting then began to retire-Mr. Geo.
Thompson having previously left. Shouting
and cheering still continued, but the aidl-
ence commenced dispensing. A police ofi-
Ger here appeared OIL the platform and said
that he was ordered by the city MarstuT to
request the audience TO retire.
| by half-past nine o'clock, the Hall was
wholly cleared, but large crowd waited
outside, apparently for Thompson. AS a car
riage drew up and man got in, supposed to
he him, three grouns were given for John
Bull and some added, let him not Interfere
IN our affairs, and the carriage drove of. il
did not, however, contain Thompson. This
ended the scene. The doors of Faneul HAN
were shut, the lights put out and the crowd
dlspersed--discussing as they went, the
scenes of the meeting.
The Mayor aud Marshal are much blan1-
ed by some for not putting stop to the dis
orderly scene in the Hall, but they urge the
impossibiliiy of interfering effectually in
hnll crowded with such vast mass OF
excited people, more especially as no
overt act of violence was attempted. The
Police and Watch were, however, ready to
protect Thompson, ut nll hazards, from any
personal outrage. The speech that Mr..
Thompson was TO have delivered will be
published.
&"S i'uitOi VI lHc lTlDune SayS:
Mobocracy in Boston has improved soma
within 10 years, for instead of resortina TO
violence last night, il contented itself with
breaking up this meeting by hooting, Kissing,
groaning, dancing, stamping, sc.
The city authorizes sexcuserhclnselves from
interfering to protect the .meeting, on the
ground that the mob did no acts of violence
that the people have right to express dis
appreciation ut public meetings, &c. But
this is very small dodge. II is very con-
venient blindness that canno, perceive the
difference between expressing appreciation
and breaking up meeting. Suppose that
had been Democratic meeting-suppose it
had been Wing meeting, aud Daniel Web
ster instead of Geo. Thompson had been tho
speaker--or suppose it had been meeting
OF the American Bible Society, Tract Socie-
! ~, or any other popular society, can any
sane man believe that the authorities of Bos-
| ton would mol have found law enough to
have protected it from an outrage like this