Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-12-05

TIE HAIL FlLKp WITH UNIox MKS-REsoLp-
TIoSs ADOPTED DKSou5cINs JOHN BROWN.
We take from our exchanges the following %
tailed account Of this AFFAIR:
The programme for celebrating the death Of
John Brown Included forenoon, afternoon, ana
evohing sessions intbe fremont Temple, to which
s Ss sss mostly Of col
ored people, but soon ne body Of the hall oegan
u sslia sartfs teelssed, announced commit
Tee upon SganizAaes, Of which Mr.. RedPash
> Noise and diskasbance followed the occupatioa
Of the platform.
A call for a committee Of one hundred TO pre-
serve order was received with Kisses.
Three cheers were given for Gov. Packer. Of
Pennsy lvania, and bis letter 10 the commftteewas
called for
Mr.. sanford appealed to the audience 10 keep
order and was replied to with misses and groans,
interspersed with cheers for the Constitution.
The Chief OF Police was present with force,
Martin Ma 1 eommed . speech, which was broken
with the noise, In which be laid all the blame Of
existing political troubles upon the conservatism
ef the cities, and State and Wall strees.
\ The Committee came In With an organization,
Of which p ID sanborn, Of Concord, wss Presi.
dent. Richard 8 Fay, OF Lynn, was then nomi.
mated from the floor, and received o large MAORI.
amidst the Brown me6, and made ashort address,
| in which he inculcated respectfof the laws by all
men - the best remedy for grievances.
Fred pesgl. s.ss whS ws' On "a, tue plat
| est thing he lad ever known. Mr.. Fay was sus-
tainsd, and read q series OF resolutions, which
were received win applause and adopted by
Fred Douglass then rose again, and was sx,
| ceedingly severe In his condemnation Of the pro-
\ eeedings He made an allusion to Daniel Web
| repested He was eoutn ually interru pied with
cries that he had exceeded his time. All was cone
fusion, and the negroes particularly were up
roarious.
A motion to dissolve the meeting was carried
| and Mr. Fay retired from the chair.
Fred Douglas called on his friends to remain.
| Rev. DR.. Eddy commenced q speech In disap-
prevail Of the doings, and was stopped by fght
upon the platform, which was immediately GOV.
cred by the police. The chief Of police repeatedly
called on those present to leave the hall, N the
meeting was dissolved.
chosen Chairman In place Of Mr. Fay, by the
Union men, when the FIGHTING recommended on
the platform, In which Fred Douglas and bis
friends were roughly handled. %
Cheers were then given for Virginia, and the
Union and the Constitution, after which, In
obedience to the orders OF the Mayor, the police
cleared the hall and locked the doors
The summary dissolution Of the John Brown
meeting is viewed with general satisfaction. The
Abolitonists were largely outvoted throug bout
by an assemblage embracing many leading bust.
ness men.
After the chairman had pronounced the meeting
dissolved, Fred. Douglass, Sanborn and a few
others, manifested some resistance to the police,
and were elected from the platform and hall.
During the uproar, Rev. J. Stella Martin an
nounced that a meeting would be held In his
church In the evening In response 10 this an
nouncement, the baptist church (colored) in Joy
street was filed at an early hour. The edifce
was small, and large proportion Of the audience
were black. Here Wendell Phillips, Jno. 81 own
j., Fred. Douglass, and other leading John
Brown sympathisers, ventilated their opinions
freely, with little interruption. A woman named
Chapman appeared to preside. Several police.
men were stationed In the church. Outside there
was an immense crowd, and a strong force 81
police. The disturbance was confined 10 noisy
demonstrations, though the crowd seemed very
anxious to get hold Of Redpath.
The meeting broke up at about 10 O'Clock, and
the audience dispersed quietly. Some Of tn,
leading spirits were booted at In passing through
| the outside crowd, but no violence was committed
Frank ID Sanborn was acting preside Mt Of thu
meeting. In anticipation Of posi- bic lot, IN,
second battalion Of Infantry was held In readi-
ness at their armory by order Of the Mayor. Tn,
Il police force, however, was amply sufficient, and
the day and evening passed simply with good
| natured, but quite patriotic excitement