The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-12-03
Mr. iseecher IN Exeter Hall.
BY AN EYE WITNESS

l-pNDoN, Oct. 2l, 1868.
At an early hour The hall was crowd.
ell to orcrtlowing, and there was evi-
dence too that they were orderly men
and women, who, whether sympathiz
ing with the North or not, had come TO
hear a fair discussion of the question
which CONCERNS all, aud were deter
mined TO secure fair ilay. The crowd
outside in Tie Strand and Exeter street
WAS enormous, and consisted chiefly a
The opposition. One pi TIE committee
came in smiliugly, aud said, (" Our
shilling admissioi,iee has filtered the
crowd. Tles Seuilrril :, mpaihizcr is
always a man who 10, ks hard III a, shA-
ing before he parts with it, and then
don't part with it," Yrt it was known
that in TWO or three seciions of the
house there were parties who sineand
mischief. .i.tE#t'iii''@ >iii"f '3i"i >.
When Mr.. Beecher arose, there were
five minutes of .thei, ,most tremendous
cheering that / have ever Witnessed.
Wave after wave, as of n .tumultiious
sea of sound, came laundering MI from
the gallery at one end TO The organ a,
the other. in the midst of which stood
Mr. Beccher calm as - rock in the nnlsl
of tlic surges. "A hiss Wastlirn Re:s,ir,,
but at his first word it sank back int,
The disphragWs Of those who uttered
or meant 10 utter it, Tile first lglanre
aud the self possessed manner Of the
man fold plainly that he had sonethlng
/" say in Exeter Hall rtlla, night, and
that he meant to be heard.i s''a tn'
Mr.. Btechcr's voice was scarcely as
sonorous and clear as it usually is, and
all that ilisiwas natural
after the many speeches IN immense
halls which he had giveh during the
week. Il expect TO be hoarse,"'' he
said, sand am willing to be hoarse il
| can in any way Assist tosbring the
mother, and daugh,cr,' heart TO heart
aud hand 10 hand, together" This
sentiment was received with great ap-
plause and Becrher's hoarscness was
thus Impressed to the service of his
cause. But. he SO economized his
s,iice that every word was distinctly
heard by the vast assembly. And !
assure you ti'atevery word was freight
ed; in The day when men are called To
give AN account ioru every idle word
spoken, Mr.. BrocherI will not be con
iron.ed by'hny one uttered last night
at Exeter Hall iHAt one time, wher,
there was ar interval of few moments,
arising from the effort of the hisses TO
triumph over the cheers, Mr.. BeecIier,
with quiet smile, said = 'a''''''''
"Fricnds, thank YOU for this inter
'fuption III gives me chance to rest
The Kisses thereapon died away, and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. during tlrc evening.
n waseviaent. indgtd, that the speaker,
who knows thing or two about att
,licnces, fclt that the meeting was his,
aud that no 5ih,dfrai;fASawdhi 'sacceed.
But, mapy ST his friends had SERIOUS
apprehensions., One Of. the, edilors Of
The, STAR. himself q distinguished
speaker, and thoroughly acquainted
with English Audiences, who sat near
10 me, whispered IL my ear. tssrhcre
are. a great many here who Il" not
cheer; there is strong ,elance OF a
row yet but the meeting is Just ~
snch condition that its result VIII de-
pend upou, the power and eqnalliinity
of The speaker" "Then." | replied,
"you need not fear.' II Mr. Bcecher
had heard our brief whispers he
could not have more distinctly appre-