The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-22

indicates that the falling off in European t
has not seriously affected this Y
Stale. and is little likely to, the desire Of !,
,eople for acquiring homes and independ- t
nee in the west, operating now as IN the l
,ast. to bring US new corners.
,rr. rseechersx Bugllsh ExpeEiencev {
HOW He Faced the Manchester Mob
Mr.. Reecherss Account Of the Affair
..As Freshly Told 70 a Brooklyn s
Eagle Reporter.
Handed in Manchester from trip to
the North. and met at the station my two
friends. Mr.. Watts and Mr.. j. H. Est
court. Put their names in, for they: par
Estcourt, are two as grand Eng
lishmen as the Lord ever made. l saw,
the moment they met me. by their man
ner. that there was something IN the
wind. SO that, after walking lew steps,
lturned and said 'sEstcourt, what is 1t!
Ont with it. now.'' He said there was
great deal of excitement in the city.
Supposed very likely they would tell me
the meeting had been postponed. "Well,
said I. sswhat is the subject of it :! Then
said he: "rhe streets are all covered
with placards of every description threat
ening violence and mob law" ''Then
you have not given up the meeting, but
are only troubled because you think
cannot stand it p eyes. "Well, don't
you trouble yourself. The opposition
that will turn me back and prevent my
speaking is vet to be revealed. he
turned around to me with such look OF
admiration and relief, but never SAID
word. He walked along. and | could see
him eyeing me from time to time, as II to
satisfy himself that had the pluck. He
stopped at the hotel. The meeting was
to be. the next night. l prepared my
notes.
went in the evening. When l en-
tered. the stage was full and the great hall
was full. l was received with curiosity.
knew that all the reporters from Lon
don and the great cities were before me-
kew. too. that there had been dellber-
ate design formed to break me down in
nv speech in England, and then to shout
our failure. and determined that would
be heard in England, if it took me ten
wears. | determined that would not be
broken down. l might be silenced at
that meeting, but having embarked IN the
, attempt determined sooner or later 70
succeed. l commenced my speech, and
after they had listened for five minutes,
, as it were for general curiosity, ] began
to make my points, and then tum ult
e arose.
Imav as we'll describe once for all the
character of the tumult. Itwas like-it
was not the whole audience at once IN IN
surrection-it would be nest of men OF
f my right hand breaking out into dis
: turbance, apparently as If they wer'
. ouarreling with each other and other
e would try to stop it, and there would b
e shouting and uproar, which would be an
;. swered by another nest Of men II
another part of the room, and then l
= would bubble up there away in the bacl
y part of the hall, and then there would b
a lull, then cat calls and whistles; the
&c the billowing and surging would begl
again. and the whole audience woul
catch it: on one side and on the othe
le there would be all manner OF insulting II
8. terruptions and protestatlons agains
or| them, as if the whole audience wei
- against each other and the whole OF the'
against me. | said to myself: Two thing
er must be done at once; first, that l ma
n got to throw away nay notes; secon
to that, while was managing an unruly
as semblage, would have to be both ge
II. eral and an orator. 1t was necessal
ly that should put out for the reporters
"a the next morning papers such view
nd the question as should command the I
spect Of the reading men. The audien
to was evidently divided into three parts;
rs. minority favorable to me, another equ
nt' minority opposed to me, and q medlu
oy section who had come there neither to Q
ug pose nor favor, but we're to be persuae
ne. one way or the other. l was satisn
DIT that l should gain nothing by gong vi
no those who were already my friends.
nd was evidently my policy to secure
d. great middle section, so | resorted TO e.
len nv expedient which q man accustomed
Ter manage audiences employs. When I
he uproar was so great that no human bel
The could have talked with the reporters
ne front, sometimes debating to them t
mt part Of the sentence interrupted. At o
nm or times Hooked on the whole thing
IS child looks on storm at sea, when
1t stands on . rock where it could not res
him: then. again. laughed outright
ars the comical things taking place BET
NY me.
ms One man was standing back by
NY baize doors. great fat fellow who
Que. believing at the top Of his voice. A
20 liceman, or somebody with marks
Her oe ~ 49, The Fat fellow
ior beloved ence or twice, the other Eel
turned around and struck him IN
=. belly. and the first one fell clear thro
mic. the door. which closed on him 1T once
that he finished his below on the
oao' side. was convulsed with laughter
stics think how that fellow would feel to
tion himself so suddenly out there. The
the dience laughed With me. Again W
. by point to some person m the audie
,h;s somebody would catch it, and It W
sns 20 through the assembly. the up
oso' would stop for moment, and l W
anes shoot in my argument again. AT
Hol- least lull would commence some l
, i'm. c.~~>%,vn v,v,f,l the housp Was still