Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-28

THE announcement that Wendell Phillips
would speak at the Opera House last night
caused much speculation upon the streets
Threats of disturbance were common, and the
prediction that he would not be permitted to
address his audience was in the mouth of eve.
rybody. Yet it is apparent that no one be-
leved that any serious attempt to modest him
would be made, Tor large audience of ladies'
anu gentlemen, representing ell shades of po-
Htlcai faith, were gathered soon after the doors
were opened. How soon these hopes were
crushed, and how outrageous the disturb
ance, will soon be seen.
MIR. Phillips was accompanied by the fol-
lowing gentlemen, who occupied seats upon
the stage: Messrs. Samuel Reed editor of the
Gazette, John z. Foote, VIM. Goodman, Judge
Stalo, Orson Murray, and William Green.
When Mr.. Phillips stepped upon the stage he
was greeted with tumult OF mingled groans,
misses and cheers, the latter greatly predomi-
mating and subduing the former. When they
had subsidized Judge Stallo walked to the stand
and began to introduce The speaker TO his au.
dience. The remarks o! the Judge were face.
tous and full of pleasantly, comparing Mr..
Phillips to piece of artillery, the report of
which had disturbed the quiet of the Potomac.
MR.. PHILLIPS SPEECH.
walked TO the foot amidst volley OF Kisses,
which, like the first, was drowned in the
cheers of his friends. He said -
i have been invited, ladies' and gentle
men, to speak to you on the war-the conyul-
sion which has divided the Union for wear.
a1d threatens, i'll the opinion of some, to di
vide it forever. No more serious subject can
engage the attention of the American people
for believe that within six months, perhaps
mi Ia ,f,,.. L..
pie, are 10 decide what the future OF these
thirty -four states is to be. Certainly no ques
ton OF deeper import can be presented TO an
American audience. 1t is easy TO say that tie
war came no man knows how, and that it was
the fault OF this man OF that party, and
that it will end in ninety days or year. But
L believe that the war is no mans fault that
1t is the work of neither section 1t will not
end in our day, and it will be a fortunate
Providence it our children tan look around
upon clear sky and a united country.
believe the war 10 be the result of
seventy years struggle with one idea. 1t
comes TO US as duty which God lays upon
this generation. Two or three questions spring
out of the present state OF things. How long
will the war last ! What will become of
slavery What will become of the Union
In regard to the first question none can answer.
We are entering upon the great struggle which
no people have ever avOided-a struggle be.
tween the few and the nany-a struggle be-
tween arlsIocracy and democracy. The north
represents democracy, founded on industry,
brains, and money; the south an aristocraoy,
founded ON slave Iabor.-an arstocracy whose
right hand is negro slavery, aud whose lett is
the Ignorant white man.
BEGINNING OF THE DISTURBANCE.
At this point heavy boulder was thrown
from the third tier OF boxes. Ii struck lew
feet from the speaker. 1t came crashing
among the foOtlights like a cannon shot. 81
simultaneously with the boulder came couple
| of eggs, that burst like bombs dispensing
| perfume more potent than fragrant. One OF
these oderiterous missiles struck the speaker.
| The eggs were thrown from the lett OF the
| second tier and were accompanied BY a series
| OF yells, like nothing unless il be the war
| whoop OF score OF iniuriated Indians Down
with the traitor Egg the Niger Phillips,
and dozen other upprobrious epthets. Ii is
due to MIR. Phillips to say that he stood calm
| s.IA outtecteu wftnous moving IL muscle or
| fnchng an inch.
when the tumult had somew hat subsidized
the speaker resumed his discourse. Allow
me one word more. ] do not know what that
fellow man meant who sent That stone but
meant no insult to the non-slavt holding White
man OF the south. | sympathize with them,
lor they sul1er from despOtsm whose right
range. II South Carolina ever sees the ut
most exaltaton OF her masses, twill be when
the stars aud stripes guarantee freedom to
| every member of the thirty-four states There
| are many things which American citizens can
| not do, and one thing which | know they can
| not DO, and that is to prevent this belt of the
American continent from being, in seventy
years or less time, one country, governed by
one scepter, lndissoluble as granite. For Ihir.
u lsaUy 49,, A.
ing else The misses, which had been inter.
mltted, here became like perfect hurricane
The Cincinnati Commercial says:-
"Mr Phillips stated in so many words that
he was an aboltionist, and that he had for fifteen
years been diSuntoniSt but no,O he ,UdS satisfied
that the Oaion meant justice TO all men and races.
and he was for it-.tor the measures that in his
opinion '0ere essential to IFS safety Any one of
our citizens could have made the same remarks
10 Il mass meeting In the market place without
exciting uemonstrative antagonism. But a
MOB had been organized, and was raveuous
for mischief"
AT this point the papers say there was a
tremendous tumult," which continued Tor
considerable time.
| The Enqnirer's report continues i
He resumed-'ro.day the contest takes the
| form of battle. The war is nothing To me a.
an abollionist. 1t has no more interest to me
as such than a novel has to you after GU have
found the hero and heroine happily married
on the last page. Whatever your opinion NAV
be, mine is that slavery has received its death
blow in the house of its friends. The Ameri-
can people have opened that page OF their his
tory which v ill record the death of slavery.
In due time, and after a reasonable interval.
slavery will die. The cry has been Cotton is
king South Carolina dragged Lyons and
Lancaster TO her feet, and said, Babies, keep
quiet She has starved them for eleven
months, but at last accounts they were doing
quite well.
"Another idea was that the north would
not fight. South Carolina tried that on in
miniature, when she pitted Missouri against
Kansas When their orchards were grubbed
up, the Yankees went home to New England
aud begged rifles. Let the war continue for
twenly-tour months, and Mcclellan will be
Jayhawker The third idea OF the death of
slavery is derived from the message of The
president l believe the president is an hon
est man, but very slow one. He desired to
stand between the parties, and finding which
way the tide was setting, he warned the Dor
der states that now was their time to sell
Mr.. PHILIPPE continued to speak for over
an hour but the melee in the second tier ere.
ated so much confusion that we should not he
able to do him Justice did we attempt to report
him further. Cries and execrations resounded
from all parts of the house. Eggs were occa
sionally hurled at the stage, one of which hit
MIR, Murray. The cries OF Lynch the traitorl'
Hang the niggerP Tar and feather the aboli.
tonstP We omit the profanity Ladies and