Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-01-28
speech D., wendell Phillip.

Mr.. Chairman ana Fcltotc tRi-tits .
came here this morning because a" IL /
The Journal that the voice OF Boston was +
to be uttered through Faneuil Hall on the I
great national question. The citizens OF
Boston were summoned 10 record her YER
! diet on the conduct Of the EA-
ecutive OF the United States. looked oy-
or the list OF gentlemen who summoned 10
Faneuil Hall the people OF Boston ana
said IL fihis be the voice Of Boston, VINO
are the Boston men who summoned u, 70
this expression of Boston opinion VINO
are the men that vote, and pay taxes aud
bear the shame OF the glory OF being citi-
zens of Boston, that summoned this meet
ing
The nr-t named i Charles Francis
Adams. OF quincy. tremendous applause
a very worthy gentleman. NDreat cohiu-
SION here prevailed. lfyou will only hear
me YOU VIII see that mean no dlsrespect
To Mr.. Adams or any other signer. llries
Of YOU can't" and "hear him | say
that Mr. Adams-allow me 10 speak-that
Mr. Adams Is q worthy gentleman. Ap-
plause and confusIOn.) II will only hear
me, gentlemen, we shall save time. have
no intention
Here the noise was 50 great that Mt.
Phiuips could not be heard and the Pre>i-
dent arose TO restore order. - great.
however was the noise. the words "Qnes-
tiou'' and Free Speech" being shouted on
all sides that for some time the President
could say nothing. At length, the morse
subsided 10 a certain extent, and the free-
ident said: "Felow-citizens, hear Mr
Phillips, here anybody and eyervbody'Mh
wishes to speak in Faneuil Hall. BE pa
tient and give them your ears, and hnalIy.
vote according to your own judgement.
The words were received with great ap
plause, and Mr.. Phillips continued. liz
said
observe on this list, gentlemen, th
names of worthy citizens from Salem am
Plymouth and Quincy and Worcester an
Cambridge. but, gentlemen. / called up L
my memory the hundred men, lawyer
merchants. clergymen and editors, who i
the judgment OF the world wonld be ur
derstood 10 represent the city OF Boston
(Applause.) And | presume, iellow-clt
zens that if YOU presented that paper TO
hundred of them. ninety would refuse
sign it. applause and Kisses and cries
..get out" &C.. These names are NJ
there. "a voice: That's a lie.) No,
DENY IT, Confusion and cries Of order
have been in Fancuil Hall before. Nov
gentlemen. all | ask is this voice: {
agree with Grant, all ask is this: Wht
gentlemen come here TO express q
voice OF Boston. and have not got the nan
:, of "A leading clergyman or a lawyer-(cri
of ..Heecher," ''infidel.'' question
who wrote the letter for Boston! "wh
Kind of letter was it, "read the lett
to Belknap. free Speech etc.
Mr. Phillips continued: Fellow-citlzef
pray hear me-ta voice. "Ihree chez
for Phillips. ths builder.')
The President said: Brothers and I
ated low citizens, hear me; / appeal to you
citizens OF Boston to listen with patier
to anything that is to be said. have
reason to suppose that Mr.. Phillips
say anything that will offend your sense
right and justice-(a voice-"No, sir
but if he should do so, the power of
vote is in your hands-(''Yes'')- and J
can exercise il then; but hear him,
YOU hear him.
Mr.. Phillips-The inference, fellc
citizens, that draw from this examinal
is this: In formal resolutions which
TO 90 forth from such meeting, pra
cally, whatever be actual fact, as the VI
largely OF Bo ston, it becomes gentleI
}, standing so. always To be peculiarly c
ful in the facts which they assert, and
inferenees which they draw. because
the absence of Dana, and Abbott
inc. Biglow and Bartlett. the legal Profes
is not here; in the absence OF the
chants of State street, with half d
exceptions, the commerce OF Boston is
here; in the absence of every clergy
who votes in this city, the pulpit Is
here (.sThat's so') and therefore
(hisses) gentlemen, that ii becomes