The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-27
PHILLIPS.
rhe speech at raaouii EEali

at the Louisiana Indignation meet
ING held at Faneuil Hall, Boston,
quite changed the character OF that
demonstration. and at its close LEFT 1t
n matter Of doubt whether the meet
ing approved or disapproved OF the
course of the Administration. The
Boston Journal says;
"Mr. Phillips responded in answer
10 continued appeals, after having
been beckoned to the platform by the
President Of the meeting. His con
tribution was not in accordance with
the views Of those who invited Tie
citizens Of Boston TO meet at Faneuh
Hall to protest against tbe late miii-
tarv interference with the organlza-
ton Of the Legislature in Louisiana
He spoke bis mind freely as usual,
and when the vote on the resolutions
was taken It was difficult fer the
most impartial spectator 10 tell
whether the yeas or nays carried the
point"
~ ~ "a
Gentlemen. FelloU CdizeRs-I
came here this morning because /
saw in the journals that the voice Of
Boston was TO be uttered through
Faneuil Hall on topics Of great nation
al interest. The citizens Of Boston
were summOnd to record their YER
dict-mark you-on the conduct OF
the Executive Of the United States.
Hooked over the list of gentlemen
who summoned you TO Faneuil Hall,
and | said: Is this the voice Of Bos-
ton. who are the Boston mea that
summon us to this expression Of pub
lie opinion? Are they the men that
vote and pay taxes aad bear the
shame OF glory Of being the citizens
of Boston, that summoned this meet
ing? The first name on the list Is
Charles Francis Adams, Of Quincy
Tloud cries. q very worthy gentle
man but a voter 10 Quiacy. Laugh
ter aud applause II you will hear
me you viii see that ] mean no DIS
respect 10 Mr. Adams or any otner
sneaker. Mr.. Adams is q worthy
gentlemen. and ] mean no d~lsrespect
10 him. Repeated cries OF CUES
ton "co on "hear him, Tree
sDeeeb 10 Faneuil Hall, etc.
Mr.. GRAY, the Chairman, stepped
.,noD the platform and called loudly
for order, saying Fellow citizens,
hear Mr. Phillips; hear anybody and
everybody who would speak in Fan
cuil Hall BE patient and give him
YOUR ears. and finally vote according
TO your own judgment"
M Philips continued, silence be
ing restored, as follows: Il observe
on the list Of names the names Of
worthy citizens from Salem and Ply
mouth and Quincy and,W Worcester aud
Cambridge, and call up to my mem
ory the hundred men-lawyers, per-
chants. clergymen, editors-who in
any Judgment 10 the world would be
understood to represent the city OF
Boston applause and l affirm fellow
citizens. thatifyou presented the paper
10 one hundred oftbem, ninety would
refuse 10 sign it. Applause and his
ses. These names are not there.
TCries Of Right and mingled ap-
plause, Kisses and cries for order.
/ have been in Faneuil Hall before.
TApplause. No, gentlemen, all ask
is this; when gentlemen come here TO
express the voice Of BOston, and you
have not got the name Of a leading
clergyman, or lawyer, or editor ap-
plausel or merchant-TThe speaker
was here interrupted by a tremendous
uproar. Hundreds IN the audience
cried FOR free speech, and hurrahed
for Wendell Phillips, while the eX-
pressions Of disgust and disapprovai
mingled in q deafening chorus.
The chairman again called loudly
Tor order, and said: Friends, hear
mel Fellow citizens, hear me! /
appeal to you as citizens Of Boston to
listen with patience to anything that
is TO be said. / have no eason TO
suppose that Mr.. Phillips will say
anything that viii offend your sense
of right and justice ferries Of NO
sir"1; but, if he,,should do 50, the pow
or OF the vote is in your hands, and
YOU can exercise IT, But hear him, |
beg you, hear him" lCries Of ap-
prevail and applause.
Mr.. Phillips continued The in
ference, fellow citizens, that | draw Is
this: In framing the resolutions
that are to go forth from sach a meet
ing as this-practically they are to
be the expression largely Of Boston
it becomes gentlemen standing so
alone 10 be peculiarly careful in the
facts they assert and the differences
shcy draw. Because in the absence
of Dana and Bigelow, and Abbott
aud Bartlett, the legal profession is
not here in the absence Of the mer-
chants OF the city, with half-a-dozen
exceptions, the commerce Of Boston
is not here cries Of that is SOL; in
she absence Of every clergyman who
rotes in this city, the pulpit is. not
here cries Of that's So" applause
and hissing therefore, | say, gen
demen, continued Kissing, it be-
comes Us to exercise extra caution
that the facts we state, in such a po-
%sition, and the differences we make.
are guarded. Now, gentlemen, please
be silent and hear me while / reply
somewhat TO what has been said
And you wall allow me to say at first,
10y way Of preface, that the term,
citizen Of the United States' is not
empty verbiage. 1t has a meaning.
1t has a substantial meaning. To be
n citizen OF the United States is q
great privilege. 1t carries with il To-
valuable rights, and every man claim
ing that name as his, is entitled to
she fuii protection Of the National
Government. is be not? TCries.
That is sou Very well. no man
doubts that whenever the United
States citizen is in a foreign land.
When Algiers trampled on a citizen
or the United States 4 voice, Or.
Howard Commodore Decatur,
with the guns shotted to the lips.
taught the dogs its lesson. England
taught Austria the same lesson. IA
voice, How about the Yirginius ?n
We have had something in that kind
OF work with Cuta. Well. now.
gentlemeh, a citizen of the United
States 10 Massachusetts is as much