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

that man set free in the streets of Boston,
(Great cheering) was glad fellow citizens,
to hear your loud applause when my friend,
Mr. Swift, recognized the fact, that day, in
distinction from the effort we made for Thorn
as Sims, the city government is on our side.
(applause.) If they had only done so earlier
If the city police had been ordered then, as
they are ordered, now, not to lift finger
(tumultuous applause) in behalf of the kid
nappers, on pain of dismission--if they had
been told that under John P. Bigelow, as they
are under Mayor Smith, Thomas Sims would
have been here to-day, to thank Boston for his
liberty and life Three cheers were given for
Mayor Smith,
Fellow citizens, tomorrow is to determine
whether we are worthy of our city govern
ment! whether we are ready to do the duty
which they leave us to do. applause. y
There is no law in Massachusetts, and hold,
that when law ceases, the sovereignty of the
people begins. l am against I" squatter SOW
ereignty" in Nebraska, and am againt kid
NAPIER sovereignty in the streets of Boston,
(Great apslause.] Yet, that is just the state
of things to-day. / went to see that IGOR man
this morning, and stood with him face to face.
He was arrested early in the evening, night
before last, as he was returning from his work,
by seven men, with the customary lie that
he was taken up for breaking into a store, and
that if he would submit quietly and be ex-
amined for half an hour there would be no
difficulty. And with that lie he was got into
the Court House, and there between four
walls, with dozen special officers, under
Marshal Freeman, about him, the pretence
was dropped, and his master appeared. Mark
me! his master appeared. Ceres of " No!
'No!'' he has no mastery See to it, fellow
citizens, that in the streets of Boston, you
rof;fu ba vardicf IF Fananil Hall fo-niUht
that Anthony Burns has no master but God!
| (Sensation, followed by enthusiastic cheers.)
/ say, Mr.. Chairman, the first man admit
ted to that room was Col. Suttle, of Virginia.
What right had he there? None at all-none
whatever! The unfortunate man was carried
| into Court before an infamous Slave Commits
sioner, Edward G.. Loring-a man whom the
State of Massachusetts, appoints Judge of
| Probate, to the special protection orphans, and
he knows SO little of the functions which he is
| called, that this friendless and orphaned fugi-
| tive, who has sought refuge in the streets of
| Boston, finds his first enemy i'll Judge of
Probate. mime groans for, him We're given, with
considerable unction) Let us remember, Mr..
Chairman, next winter, that we go before the
| Legislature of Massachusetts, and demand that
| such Judge of Probate shall no longer dis
| grace the State. (Cries of " good, +" good,
! and loud applause.)
| But, Mr.. Chairman, said Col Suttle was
addmitted-for what To question the man;
| to find out whether he would acknowledge
! himself slave; to take advantage of his fear,
| of his confusion, of his ignorance! The mas
ter, the STAKEHOLDER, the kidnapper, is admitted
to see him. Not one single friend,-neither
his employer, nor his clergyman, nor any body,
| could be admitted to converse with. went
this morning, with his clergyman, to Marshal
/ n 7 l. a r1foda
pie of DAYS delay, in order that he might con-
slider what he should do, and we asked to be
admitted to him. "No, SIR said the Marshal,
ssvou cannot see him. l do not admit Gng-
bodv but his counsel to see him." replied he
has no counsel. Said |, Mr.. Freeman, why
| did YOU admit Mr.. Subtle to see him last nlghts
| He made me only an evasive answer, he had
none other to make That is one-sided JUS
| tice in the State of Massachusetts,. That room
has been open to the Shareholders, that they
might mould and overawe, and bully, and catch
in his talk, and confuse. the poor trembling flu
gitive but Of his own fiends, his companions,
nobody was admitted TO see him. 1t was but
by chance that he had counsel in the State of
Massachusetts. 1t was simply because friends
made their way, in spite of Marshal freeman,
into the courtroom and offered their services,
to preserve him from the hands of the man
hunters. This am telling you as aspecimen to
kidnapper sovereignty over the city of Boston
| at the present moment.
A poor ignorant man, arrested by lie
| overawed by his master = surrounded with
| iailors-dragged into court at the earliest hour
| about to be hurried into slavery, without
| friends, moment of dehberation, or the aid
| of counsel-this is Boston!
Well gentleman, we sued out writ. The
State of Massachusetts, has a statute, made to
| -, 80, NV oh fha boll
be taken from the hands of the Marshal, on
proper security,-and we offered him five
thousand dollars bonds and then it should
be placed before a jury, to say how much, if
anything,a kidnapper is entitled to. Mr.. Free
man puts his foot against the door of that
slave pen, and deies the State of Massachu-
sets. / say again, when law ceases in the
city of Boston, it is time for the sovereignty of
the people to begin. (Repeated cheers. The
city government stands neutral let US govern
the city. (Cries of good 'good" and loud
cheers.)
The question, tomorrow, is, fellow citizens,
whether Virginia conquers Massachusetts,
| ("No." .sNever.'') If that man leaves the
city of Boston, Massachusetts, is conquered
State. Therei is not State in the Union-not
one, even the basest, that would submit to
have that fugitive slave leave it. New York
has her Syracuse to point to, where Jerry was
sent to Canada. cloud applause) Illinois
has her Chicago to point to, the home of Mr..
Douglass, where she rescued slave from his
hunters and young Wisconsin, the youthful
daughter Of New England, can point to the
hundred men of Racine, who marched to
Milwaukee, and took slave out of the hands
of the kidnappers. (Great applause.] The
Buckeye State of Ohio has placed an undyng
star on her State arms, for she, too, has res
cued slave. And Pennsylvania, that repu-
dates her money debts, has more than paid
the world for her Reputation, for she actually
shot the slave hunter, Gorsuch, down. (Great
cheering) / used to blush, fellow-ctizens,
when l thought Of Pennsylvania, the land
that forgot to pay its debts. But she washed
it all out by the blood of the stakeholder on
the soil of Pennsylvania.
In Rhode Island, fellow citizens, you know
they have no law reports. The consequence
is, the judges do not pay much respect to the
decisions of their predecessors; and and SO
it's said Of old Senator Burgess, that he was
one day arguing case, when the judge said
to him, " You need not go ON with your ar
gument, Mr.. Burgess, we settled it against
YOU last year. Yes, | know you did, y
said old Tristram, " and you settled it for me
the wear before / want to find out now which
way YOU mean to stick (Laughter.) Now
fellow citizens, in the celebrated case of Bos-
ton and the slave Shadrach, which you will