, 1877-06-24
BOSTON,.
Tie Bunker Hill Anniversary Meeting
at the Old South.
: Tho Rev. DR.. Ellis and Wendell Phil-
lips Cross Swords.
Ths Largest Audience Of tho geason-.
What It Meant.
Rolmes Reads erandme.her's Story.--HaitIpg
for President llaJ.s.

IVA AhtssAshs NN}Gss
Frors Our 01n to1rtspcndtnt
DosToS, Juno .0.-Thc flag-1yinC fcscr Is
Just now Mt Its height here, md on Monday
afternoon in the Old South Westinghouse
great throng gathered to listen to addresses by
Wendell Phillips, the 1lcv. George Ellis, mil
the Hon. JOHN D. Long, and to tho reading by
Oliver Wendell Holmes Of his delightful poem,
"Granlmother's Story" And tho special o.
easion Of all this was tho 1ts,d anniversary Of
the batt1c Of Bunker lltli. 1t was enc OF the
largest audiences that lIas ever appeared In the
old building. When Lowell lccturctl and tho
pocts read here few weeks ngo, though tic audi
cnco was n good onc," TWAS not a great one
like this, though the city was thcn full Of
strangers. It mustn't be supposed that CEN
tennlal patriotism Is At the bottom OF alI this,
that the anniversary Of nunkcr iIill brings ont
this greater thro,,g. Al Charlcstown, on tho
very stte where tic battle was comincn,osatcl,
the usual celebrations OF the tlay were neither
so enthusiastic nor 80 extensive as on some
previous occastuns. Why then should the
throng DO 80 much greater at tho Old Soulful
For this reason, that II was known that
tic Rov. George Ellis, who ts Hot IN sympathy
Will, the enthusiastic workers who aro endcav-
oring to savo the Old South, ard Wendell Phil
speak. Bostonians we'll knew what would 10
the result Of this. They knew that there would
nEA CLASH OF ARMS
which would be better worth hearing than all
tho inc argument md sympathy In tho world.
They saw thnt prophet has no honor In his own
country. don't know whether 1t would 10
called honor or not; but It Is a fnct that In no
other place Ia Wendell Phillips listened to or
followed by such audiences MS In Boston, his MS
tive city. While John u. Cough draws all tho
rank atd flc Of the country towns md cities In
New Enguud, and Wendell Phillips not q third
1f these audiences III sucl places, IN cultivated
speaker, ho Invariably. brings In, I'd q course
lecture or occasional atldre8s,
IA CHEAT floUsR,h
conJuscd Of thu best intelligence OF tho city,
pusng voice n conjunction with PHILLIPS, and
thc house will run over, NJ on the lust Bunker
liill oscas!on But y procesd 70 give iIttlo
very finely unI iltttngly opened by the Hon.
Juhn u. Long, WHO, ~ his remarks concerning
the part which tho Old South played IN the War
Of Independence, very gracefully spoke Of the
part which tho women Of Boston had just
pluycl In saving from destruction tho old nlcct-
iuE.housc, 1t would months ag0, hc said, have
been 'cyeicd with the dost Of the streets, Ind
nut
TWENTY-FIVE WOMEN LIFTED TuElR SLENDER
HANDS
ia savei It. fl,c first bricks Ind begun To fall,
the sun 10 6treatn III through dlsmantlcd win
cd this work 81 destruction. And now THO qucs-
ton was, VIII the rest Of you l,c'p1 To-day the
UIl SOUTH Is Just as sure to bo preserved rs this
Sun to rise to-Inorr0w, but tho work to 90 on
retiring, Mr. Long sud Of the speakers, that to
naluu them was 70 Introduce them; and ho pro
sentcd first tllc isey. Gcnrge ELLIS.
hIr. Ellis views wcro well known. The order
Of speakers lad been well arranged, Iii. Ellis
was 10 gtyc tho slot which should rouse
s.tinc M % theSe I bliing lis timo and y uettins n
lis r,,,,s rctly. Tt,o reverend rcntiemhrss nj.
dress was prepared and read. it WAS in tho
ournug cautluus aud placablc recognition Of
10 say tIut, lover rs he was 1t this Old town aud
iinding nIa,,y charms Iu her memorials, "'
lii nAD NOT TAKEN ANY ACTIVE on EARNEST
rAnr
in the effort for tie preservation OF this cdcc.
Hp rccDsnlzcl With great rcsucct tho zcoI anI
cutLusiasl,l Of thc ulcii and women cncared Ia
tu work Of preservation, nnti hn iclt that tilcr
courteous consideration would not misconstrus
lis gU1I intent, when at tines Ie haI takes,
uutu ot the tt{scort u,lt passionate fecltnps tho
costly litigation, thu sharp uttcranccs. etc..
whrt, had l,ccn ihc result of TIC difference on
cord lio hM been tempted to regret that lie
building was not consumed Ia
WV TIE GREAT coSgLAaRAr,os
t,sws. Il stood hcrs me now. VI however. ] voted s I M
obstruction to Tie trufljc n,Trssorv tn
the rity,s prospcrity. Il is not Tho butt,i.
i,ir whlcl, one hundred years arc echoed
10 tic words of those old hcrnen. II ia
n new building comparatIyeiv. with noti,,nq, h,ie
ihy si,rli al ihu ali r,iltjcc. Wnjnsrnttt,1 mi
ceiling. doors and iiours, nji hayu hccn reTsswed
fct II was well II the buiiuinr couI i,n kant. II
only lint hrrr ChIei,justice Sewei masa his
M,lip corfcssJop: vet ie ,nuiptntnetl that Tia
nrrtrut SOCIETY Ind sllu snInn right tn .Inn,s.
The site Of thrir houso OF WorslIr rs INV utLtr
riI,uns sorIety whirh l,n. n,nreI ~ }n,sc
from lila rr,sion nj tru!e nj sl,nrs md nnis~ ~
II uyIeter hnu,r. IL wns ,,ht1,rsl ,co th1nt ~
tt,uy shoulln,t with lin nnmo and Tn.
t!itiuuu nssucintlonn piycu Ia twn III,
jccin. esncrIaiiv An, NJ ths anv
Whrfi IN rryIrr n wnatjrt, ar,d nrcnnt ro1tt,,r;,s
snrictv il no rnsy rntrrrrfs,. II tho hmIiiins
Wns ~ In i:n,s ~ ~ tnts; H. ,.s,i'1,u 1 ,o''s