The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-30

Wendell Phillips now took the platform. He com
menced by saying You have called 10 this stand and
want 10 tell you what want want TO see Burns
walk the streets Of Boston freeman was glad 10 hear
your loud cheers when my friend Mr. SWIM said the city
government was with Let il be known that the gov
ernment has directed its officials not 10 lift finger in this
case went 10 see that poor man this morning de
arrested by men, with the customary lie pretended
robbery and was told II he would submit quietly half
an hours examination no harm would 10 him But
when they got him within firm walls his Subtle APP
peared
Cries-'.No master no master; he has no masterl"
Phillips See to IT, tcllow-citzens, that yoa raty The
streets q Boston Tomorrow the verdict Of Faneu Hall
The speaker spoke with great severity against Commits
sioner Lorng whom he denounced the Infamous slave
commissioner This lluson was received with three
groans for the commissioner He denounced the marshal
for his onesdednes his injustice in refusing admission
the friends OF Burns while he let the kdnapper Suite in
10 him for the first He charged Mr. Freeman with
refusing the Of Massachusetts, It's operation and
he said when law in Massachusetts, it time the
sovereignty of the people 10 The city govern
n'sat stands neutral IS time for Me people 10 begin To
the contest beteeen Massachusetts and Vu
ginia Anhoay Barns is returned 10 slapery Virginia
aphS and Massachusetts enslagd In the great slave
case OF Shadrac we settled IL that slave should not be
returned, and in the Of Sims you settled it that
slave should be returned See TO 1t tomorrow that you
settle which way you viii speak,
See III fellow-citizens that you get enough to
Burns tomorrow 10 see his eye and when you get
him. keep near him. If he understood himself have
right to the noble language OF the resolutions until
mind made up and he hoped his elowcitizens would
make up their minds too See that man. and never lose
sight of him as long as his feet press the soil Of Massachu
sets Who says aye to thatY Mr. Phillips sat down amid
| the loudest plaudits.
Rev. Theodore Parker next stepped forward. Fellow
citizens OF Virginia said he in commencement Cries Of
no. no Well, then, fellow-citizens of Boston:
TO speak to you this second outrage of the fugitive
slave law Mr. Parker conended that if the people of
Massachusetts, had performed their duty two memo
rable occasions within the last eight years this meet
ing would not have been called. Daniel Webster said
| once There is North" There is North
the South extends all the way up TO Canada There
WI "A Boston. is ouly uhurb If
the city of Alexandria, and we eowsubecs of Vir
ginia lie charged that slavery broke down the nsu-
lions and the independence of Massachusetts, But Boston
authority is not with slavery The order has gone forth
from the police department not to assist in this outrage if
do so it would be peril of being discharged He
said that had they applied little they would have
had another chairman for the meeting Mayor Smith was
applied to- and he replied that if they had spoken him
sooner he would have presided He said his sympathies
were with u.s. See to it that you give him such support
that the mayor will dare to say publicly Now then
the people have law which is to be sure they are right
then 60 ahead Let us be right tomorrow and go ahead
They think they will be able to take Burns off in cab
Well let them try The other law slavery is friyolity
is in your heads and your arms and you put it in
force whenever you will it, Now ask what are we to
do They have law the South which says is law
full to shoot down Yankee schoolmaster Now that is
very bad law. We can do better than that These kid
nappers cowards-every mothers son OF them. Say
the man shall not go, and he cannot be taken away!
want you, when you adjourn adjourn TO Court square
tomorrow morning [Cries of Tonight! to-nghtpl
think tonight is very bad time but propose adj
ourn to the Revere House and pay respects Col
Sute The proposition was received with mingled yells
cheers and Kisses.
said he where are and what we are going to do We
are going TO vindicate the right of himself We
Revere House don't DO BY v aempur the e
BILE thing of insulting kdnapper Whererer here is a
possibility Of saeing stare from Uha called the ocrs
Of The tdl, pledge myself 10 land aid ia trapling under
foot any statute Of any lar that prends 10 hold him be-
leve that the sympathes of the best men in Boston are
with and believe that the bank vaults of State
4 I ~ aid In
H. Pearson says the fugitive shall not be taken off Eel
lowctizens do you suppose that Burns be carried
from this platform to that door? Wen is your power
10 block eOey and 10 that house Fire
hundred resoiae men do t. lis your po,cer 10 H
and 70 erecm thai eR that dgioe Stare shoh be taken
from Boston.
at about ten o'clock last evening large portion of the
vast audience rushed TO Court square with the avowed
purpose of taking from The custody Of the United States
marshal the fugitive slave awaiting examination before
United States Commissioner Loring nine o'clock this
morning Some of the leaders armed with new axes
and many Of them had pistols stones and brickbas They
courthouse but it resisted all their Efforts and the crowd
increasing, they went TO the west side Of the courthouse
preme court District Attorney Sanger Sheriff Eveeth aud
several Of his deputies the officers of the supreme court
and the jury Of the supreme court celebrating upon
dict in the case of Wilson, charged with murder
In addition to these United States Marshal Freeman
with his force said consist of two hundred men most
of whom armed with Colts reyoyers and cutiasses
I
The crowd at first got ladder with which they bat
tered against the door, without producing any visible cf
feet The excitement increased and the mob grew nfri
aed There scarcely officer at hand 10 preserve
the law speedily had the crowd assembled together
They then obtained plank, and using it as battering
ram, forced II violently against the door till it yielded 10
their efforts and few Of the number forced their way
into the building At this time there were some ffv or
sixty the lower floor TO prevent them from pro-
ceeding further Stones were th.own from the outside
knives and clubs used the were brought into
requston and several pistols were fred At the same
time those the inside fred twice over the heads
Of the mob, and making rush drove them back
BY this time the police and watch began 20 arrive and
several persons supposed 70 be ngeaders were arrested
One or two axes secured trophies of the fight Mr.
Taylor chief Of the police early on the ground making
strenuous efforts 70 quiet the mob lie arrested the man
who directing the baeringam and assisted in taking
others lbs badge OF Office torn off by n coored
The morning watch of the north centre and Boylston d.
visions were quickly hand TO aid in restoring peace
The mob still threatened the courthouse when the music
OF the fife and drum heard, and the Boston artillery
Captain T. H. Evans marched to the square II seemed
they out for drill and down TO the square
TO go through their eyouons knowing nothing Of tho cx
element but The crowd under the deuson they were
marines who had from the Charestown navv-yard 10
| assist the United States marshal followed them with
groans and Kisses but offered violence Captain Evans
halted his company 10 learn why he had been nsulted
when explanation ensued and the company proceeded
their way receiving the cheers TO which their gallant
bearing has always entitled them.
The appearance Of this company had good effect nas-
much II attracted the attention Of the crowd while those
inside the courthouse restening the door and the
police force the outside being strengthened As
certaining that second attempt 70 break into the court
house would be Intellectual the leaders OF the mob then
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