The national Republican., 1862-03-29
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The Speech or wenae,i PnS!livs Last
Right-The MoN nc she OPERA Aeass-Mr.
Pkiltlps speaks One Hear and . half-
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stay Away.Not . Policeman to be Seen
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The parquette and drees circle Of the Opera
House were last night deosely filed with ladies
and gentlemen forming ap audience as highly
Intelligent and reputable, IN all respects, as
ever, . fringe Of some hundred. OF the worst
specfMehs Of our population, who obtained ad.
mittance with tickets purchased with money
raised with the expires, purpose Of instigatiog q
mob. The sum raised [, said to have been one
hundred and twenty. Eve dollars. With which
tive hundred tickets were procured and given
away, principally 10 the frequenters Of low
doggeries, which we're made distributing asen
cies 1t is believed that the tnbsori6 RS TO this
fund can be named, that they can be marked
with the proper brand Of infamy.
The presence OF the rowdy element was no.
iceable upon the assembling Of the audience,
10 shutting aud stamping theatrical fashion,
calliog for the appearance OF the orator. Mr..
Phillips was introduced TO the audience by
Judge Stallo, and took bis position 10 front Of
the speakers desk, iu close proximity to the
footlighs, and proceeded with marked calmness
In manner to speak Ia substa ice as he did
last week 10 Washington. He regarded the
question he proposed TO discuss as Of primary
Importance to the American people. We were
now undergoing trial that no people had ever
escaped, and that we could not havs escaped in
the nature OF thipgs We were in the midst Of
. war of ideas. She war WIS between ap
aristocracy and the democracy Of the country,
and one or the other must conquer. England
had for q hundred years been convuised by
such struggle We might consider Ourselves
fortunate II our children saw justice established
and peace prevailing all over the land. As
an anti-slavery man, he had no interest in the
war.
Slavery had been slaughtered in the house Of
its friends. 1t had received It's death blow, and
not at the hands Of the people Of anti-slavery
| principles. He was anxious to contribute To
the formation Of q correct public opinion, ap-
preciative Of the full measure Of the crisis, and
prepared for oil It's emergencies. These and
similar proportions were advanced In plain
terms and with forcib'e illustrations, and sons
Of their logical consequences were presented
without extravagance In denunciation Of any
body, or epithets that were offensive. Mr.;
'hiilips stated In go many words thai he was
~ Aboiitionist, and that he had fer fifteen
ya'lrs been disunionist blt now he was sat-
ed that the Union meant justice to oil men
and races, and be was for it-ror the measures
that In his opinion were essential 10 its safety.
AIRY one Of our citizsus could have made the
same remarks, to mass meeting in the market
place, without exciting demonstrative antag.
onism. But q mob had been organized, and
was ravenOus for mischief.
| Mr.!Phillirs soou interested his audience,
and for a while there was intense quiet. Bat
at one of bis trsnchant obgerva'ions there wss
some applause. in the body of the audisnee,
followed by hissing and hooting from the lob
bies and the gallery, and 4 stone ard several
eggs were thrown from the gallery at the spea.
ker. The stone crashed against the shade OF
light at Mr.. Phillips foot. and one or two
Of the eggs struck the skirt Of his coat, break.
ing and smearing |, and dripping upon the
stage. The speaker paused a moment, and ex
pecting another voley, held up one hand Us
II to ward blow from his face. The excl O.
ment was, Of course, very great. Many gen
tlemsn sprang to their feet denouncing the
outrage, and drmardirg that the perpetrators
be put out: The villains were dared to make
themselves known, and inquiries were made US TO
who had thrown the stone and eggs. A voice
declared that, whether truthfuly or not we do
not know, that d art Snih WAS the individual.
The speaker firmly stood bis ground, aud his
steady voice presently quleted the tumult, and
he proceeded with his discourse soon securing
the undivided attention OF tha multitude.
~
half an hour, ard II appeared that the mob
would be s:!enced, but at reference to the
employment of the poor, ignorant, whites oil
|, the South as tools Of the despotism that was
warning upon the libertie. Of the nation, there
was another uproar which was continued per
sistently, and there was another shower Of eggs
mostly king near the speaker, and one Ur
two spattering his p-rson. lie showed good
pluck, however, ard though it was manifest
that some Of the cowardly ussasslns might even
attempt his life he did not finch. There was
prolonged row in the upper p .rt Of the house
which Mr.. Pike, tho proprietor, sought Ia VAN
to still, being without the assistance tf single
policeman, the Mayor, with that ineffabie
meanness which distinguishes him, having or,
dered the police to keep away, though warned
in the afternoon that trouble was brewing. /,
was even said and said upon good authority
too-that wh;n The Mayor was notihedby Mr.
Pike that the peec was ken, and I'd lives
Of citizens ito say nothing Of property imper
lied, the answer was that the police should have
nothing to do with It.
The rowdies, finding themselves unchecked
crowded down the stairs yelling and hootinl
vehemently, and some Of the. time succeeded il
drowning the Speakers voice. The ladies. o.
whom there were several hundred. had passed
through the exciting scenes OF th+ evening will
2 exemplary equanimity, but now began to leay,
D in large numbers, thu men accompanying then
r crowding through the mob c!nsa packed abcu
, the doors.
/. Mr.. Phillips continued TO speak for SOM
[ time, and succeeded Ia making himself hear,
by most Of those present. Atleng,h he remarked
that, as he hpd spoken Tor an hour and hall
' and had passed over the ground which he ha
intended to discuss, and ts his voice was inad
equate TO further speaking, be would close.
Large crowds fingered on the sidewalks
drunken men, threatening to lay vi1sat hand
on the orator Of the evening. One Of thel
brandished large knife in front ol the Oper
: House, and avowed his purpose Of committip,
I'd Mr. nhllir,a l.,ft l.,il Ii,