Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-05-29


nous Judge of Probate, and the faces of the
miscreant officers of the government
Fellow-citizens, do you suppose that that
man could be carried by Marshal Freeman from
this platform down to that door; Ono, no. y
well, lit is in your power so to block every access
and exit from that Court House, that 1t slall
not be possible to carry him out Of 1t, except
by your permission. You can do 1t. rive
hundred resolute men among you can 40 IL.
The best men in the city, as you count pest
men--I count him the best man, who treads
the Constitution and the Union under his feet
Applause, and few hsses) the best men
among you, say, as you count best men, are
ready to say with us, that this man shall NOT
leave the city of Boston. All that IS asked Oh
us, -citizens, is not to baulk their EFFORTS
by the utterly useless, harmful, fatal step OF
showing ourselves tumultuous, aimless, pur-
poseless mob. before the pillars Of the Revere
House, for no'end, only to put the enemies Oh
Liberty more upon their guard; only to give
the garrison notice; only to rob ourselves Oh
the sympathy of the CITY,
Mo- it is not thus that Liberty is to be
served; it is not thus that the laws OF Massa-
chusetts are to be indicated. You that are
to do the real work you that are really ready
to sacrifice something in behalf OF this man,
be not carried away by momentary impulse
to fatal indscretion, which shall wreck the
ship which may vet be piloted into safe and
successful harbor (Iead cheers.) Let us go
home tonight, fellow citizens. The zeal that
/ will not keep till tomorrow, never VIII nee
slave. If there is any man here who Is
afraid that his enthusiasm is SO transient, hke
| the cracking of thorns under pot, that II
| will all be spent by tomorrow morning, let
him put on his hat and go home-thls is no
| place for him. But if there is any man mere,
| who as Scott says
"Like red hot steel is the old mans ire;"
| let him wait and be ready to do his duty TO
| God and his brother tomorrow.
The great majority Of the audience seemed
to be impressed with the force of Mr. Philips
arguments, and the meeting was about to adj
| journ in quiet, when person in the gallery
cried out with stentorian voice, "that alarge
body of negroes were assembled in Court
| Square, determined to rescue the fugitive to-
| night" There was an immediate rush to the
the door, and the crowd without organiza-
ton, without leaders, or any settled purpose,
| proceeded the Court House.
Entering upon the Eastern Avenue, in the
| space Of minute or two, several hundred peo-
pie had collected, and the officers in the build
ing closed the doors. Presently there was a
rush to the West side, Bnd crowd of several
! hundred persons was assembled upon the OPP
posite sidewalk Several heads appeared from
the windows in the third story from one of
which two pistols were discharged in quick
succession.
This seemed to exasperate the crowd most
intensely, and a rush was made to the door.
Finding thatit would not yield readily, piece
o: iost about ten feet lon y,seyel inches wide
a ID two inches thick, was procured, and with
it some six or eight strong men, soon battered
do yn t loo-. The menisls of the kidnapper,
inside all armed to the teeth, made desper-
ate resistance in the entry way, with clubs and
cutlasses, and, just at this juncture, a dozen
! policemen from the Centre Watch House, ar
rived upon the ground, and, in few moments
arrested several persons, and took them to the
Watch HoNse. n hils thus engaged, several
| pistol shots were heard in the entry, by those
outside, one Of whch,it was afterwards ascer-
tanned, had resulted in the death of one of the
hired assassins of Liberty, in the employ of
the kidnappers, named James Batchelder.-
AS but two of the persons of the crowd had
effected an entrance into the building, and
these were compelled Immediately to retreat
by the police force outside, who aroused at
the very moment the door was broken down,
there is every reason to believe that Batchel-
der fell by the hand of one of his own COM
rades. The entry was quite dark, some Of
those inside admit that they were panic strick-
en- by the demonstration made upon the door,
and there can be little doubt, that, in the dark
ness, confusion, and terror, that prevailed in
side at the time, he received the fatal shot
from one of the bunglng assistants of the
Marshal, who, report says, had been supplied
with an abundance of Dutch courage from a
neighboring restorator.
After the arrests had been made, the crowd,
although excited, remained quiet, but a new
element was introduced by the arrival of a
military company. The Boston Artillery,
Capt. Evans, were in the streets, for their
usual OIlAls WHEN they udICHeu up NouIl
Street, the mob at once SUPPOSED them to be
the U. S. Marines, come to preserve order,
and they were at once saluted with Kisses
groans, and other marks of derision. Capt
Evans, seeing an excited crowd, and moi
knowing anything of the disturbance, imme.
diately marched his command down the West
side of the Court House, and halted in the
square, the crowd giving way. When the
cause of the appearance of the company was
explained, the crowd gave them three cheers
and the company retired to their armory and
were dismissed.
By order of the Mayor, the Boston Artillery
and the Columbian Artillery were ordered out
and about midnight they took quarters in the
City Hall, where they remained during tht
night, waiting further orders.
A large force of officers were detailed fol
duty during the night, outside the Court
House. and, throughout the whole evening
and night, an additional strong force was
inside, fully armed, and prepared for any
emergency.
About midnight, steamboat was sent to
Fort Independence, with an order from the
Marshal for the troops at that post to come tc
the city equipped forservice, and at an early
hour on Saturday thty were marched up State