The Delaware herald., 1854-06-07

came Mr. Phillips. A few words in regard to
person so famed, or rather notorious, may not
prove unacceptable 10 your readers: Mr. P. is
man of finished education, fine natural talents,
and unusual agreeable exterior. He is full six
feet tall, well proportioned, and has manly and
agreeable face. There are very few men who
might not envy Mr.. P's personal appearance,
and few who oouId not, should they chance to
meet him, for the first time, in the presence of
the ladies'; for they, whose favor all true men
would win, would be sure to put their heads to-
gether and vote the strange gentleman so hand-
| somel 80, 49, so. t e-
Mr.. Phillips is, by profession, a lawyer, but
having large fortune he has never practiced.
For seventeen years-his age is now, should
| suppose, about thirty-seven--he has devoted
himself to the cause of .Anti-Slavery, to the ex-
clusion of any other regular employment.
AS a literary man, he stands high, even in the
intellectual city OF Boston. During the winter
season, when not employed in the work of this
mission, he delivers lectures in the different
towns and cities of the North, upon literary and
scientific subjects. One lecture of his has been
tspoken many times, and must have brought
HIM very large sum of money--it is upon {" The
Lost Arts" These lectures are all, OF course,
1 carefully written ana studied beforehand. But
he is none the less eminent as an extemporane-
Gus speaker Long before ever saw Mr.. p,
had heard that he was one of the very, few men
in the United States,whose speeches the report
ers found it unnecessary to correct before send
ing them to the press. | neeiinot add that
when / heard this gentleman was not disap-
pointed. His diction is perfectly correct, and
his style smooth and elegant His manner is
graceful and easy, but, hike all Boston orators
and have listened to all the mest eminent of
then--is entirely free from vehenlence or even
of -enthus asm.
1 Bat, thousand pardons for this cratic pen
OF mine; j know not whittier it would lead me.
Certain il is, / am far from the thread OF nv
story. and must look back to see where l left it.
Ah! now have found il. was telling Of the
! meeting in Faneuil Hall, and mad mounted
Wendell Phillips on the stage. / have said that
the manner OF this gentleman is usually calm
1t was SO even on this most extraordinary occa-
sion-nor did his sentiments require the aid OF
vehement gesture to give them force,--senti-
: ments which the people of Delaware are uccus-
TONED to look upon with feelings little short OF
h0Tror--oplnions and exhortations which few OF
them have ever heard from the lips of mortal
man. / think thatl am about as h se from undue
feeling on this vexed subject as any citizen ol
the Republic, but Mr.. p. succeeded perfectly in
aropsing my Yrtuous Indignation against the
man, who, IN The face Of a vast multitude, pour.
dl ed forth with lmpunty, TRADE Of abuse against
q the Federal Government, which, spoken agains
o the Laws of the land in any other than the frees
: natlon under the sun, would have hung him,
,ft traitor, as high as Haman.
!. But donot understand me as advising or wish
;. ing that 1t should be a crime in America for
n nIan to express his opinion. Dangerous as thi
: fmay sometimes be to the cOminOn-,geaI, it il
! better that it should be so. He denounced tn,
s officers of the law, by name-the law ITSELF anc
: rs rnakers-and the Constitution Of the Unitet
States, in unmeasured terms.
~ The following sentence is reported by dali
!, paper, 10 have fallen from him, and so far as
"a can recollect,it is in his very words 49," When
ever there is possibility of saving slave fron
n what arc called the officers of the law, I pledg
- myself to lend my aid in trampling under foe
"a any statute or any law that pretends to hol
= hlmI" ~ zfF"7 F. ---s-' - Ae
NJ Next came Theo Parker; perhaps, bette
n known in Delaware as one of the reseuers
in the slave Shadrack, and the author of widel
ST. circulated and dlsgustingly sacrilegious sermO
~ on the death Of Webster This speaker wa
- bitter--os only Theodore Parker can be. H
~, abused the constitution and all who, in submi
10 sion to Il, refused TO obey what he told them WI
- ga higher law He pointed with contempt
10 Webster, in Haley's great picture of the Sci
rb ate, which occupicsa large part Of one end
e., the hall
80. The enthusiasm manifested BY the audien,
~. during the whole meeting was intense. All
,hn the speakers advocated forcible rescue of Il
III slave-no matter whether he should be prov
to be the property of the claimant or noi--al
o., the only question for consideration was, hs
~. this should be done, and ichen, NJ = -.
60 Parker put il to tote-whcthef they should
IL N tonight aud take him from the Courtroom.
~ wait tIllto-monow. "A large miljtrity cried &
:n sstosniQht," sfo-night'' alp3'Ea e2f ~ ~
sas Phillips then took the stage, demonstrate
-. and told them that il would be useless TO ma
= the attempt Til the officers broug ht him out
!. - the cars. The only question was one of exl
aia diency, and he advised delay. just then a m
ss. rushed In and announced that there was a Gro
III. IN Of negroes in Court Square, ana they W,
!, - aboatsio make ihezattack. On this, a mot
: of was made 70 adjourn, and the meeting broke
- in confusion. Ak&aG&h itEtLL q sts1
Z ~ Upon going down to the court house / fot
~. crowd had collected, and was rapidly iucre
~ ~ ing, thougls the report as To the negroes
,,,as false A few minutes before reached The
g.. sn'ittack had been made by those who ca
sha from the hall, as was manifested by the bro
s.as windows and doors on the west side. No
tass, that could find in the crowd kae's anythin
tie particulars--most Of them having com,
yoAa the spot affer the attempt had been Def;
sn;s ed. II was not TIL next morning tina
!, - learned that one Of the Marshal's officers
|, and .s,,aaI ~ :! uls l,oers ana ane'
In a ,rsIa W. 49, rIsa .Frents mao .
dur msne. When ! ieit, about II, o'clock, r,
,san. all was comparatively quiet, though there
I'M hare been two thousand people on the gro,
e and NOT single officer, so far IL could le
He ~" - '''' 'a,.''ak lHs
ID re- company oi y. ?. marines and one pr
! the voiaHteer companies asrived during the nj
when ana were sset'ohed N the Couri House and
there hail, wnicn = near oy tn ntaemernng, d G
Mas pa1y o - ?. Artiifery arrived but wit
vigi- ,nsn pisces, ce'ng armed only s'ith musk
se In Du9 tpese were sumcient for every man oar
svsrv say rounds Of ball cartridge. Early Ia
rhaps eaJs ms vo'enle er iorce was relieved and
eathe sFe,s e ~ other companies. 1ht y. s. spls
thusi- omt one hundred u number--and the
spt To- cal po'ice Of the Y. 3. Marshal, occupied