William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879 : the story of his life told by his children . hat slavery was right and in accordancewith the Scriptures; and yet, in the very next breath, he talked aboutlegislating for its future overthrow, and declared that he was opposed toits immediate abolition! Sir, if there be a neck to that discourse, I wouldsay, let a stone be tied around it, and let it be sunk in the depths of thesea. . The latter part of it neutralized all the good that had beensaid; it contained poison enough to kill all the colored men on earth. Allthat the slaveholders require to enable them t
William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879 : the story of his life told by his children . hat slavery was right and in accordancewith the Scriptures; and yet, in the very next breath, he talked aboutlegislating for its future overthrow, and declared that he was opposed toits immediate abolition! Sir, if there be a neck to that discourse, I wouldsay, let a stone be tied around it, and let it be sunk in the depths of thesea. . The latter part of it neutralized all the good that had beensaid; it contained poison enough to kill all the colored men on earth. Allthat the slaveholders require to enable them to hold their slaves in inter-minable bondage, was to be foimd in that speech. . Sir, this hallmust surely be rebaptized. Let us, during the meetings of this week,wash out this stain of reproach. This was likewise the burden of remarks on the evening of the third day, but much more indetail (History of Pennsylvania Hall, pp. 69-75, 117-122). 2 Temperance addresses were also delivered, and the Philadelphia Lyceumheld its mild literary exercises in the ^^^^ :^,^-^u^v& Mt. 33.] PENNSYLVANIA HALL. 215 hall was densely crowded with women, some of the noblestspecimens of our race, a large proportion of whom wereQuakers. The side aisles and spacious galleries were as thicklyfilled with men. Nearly three thousand people were in thehall. There seemed to be no visible symptoms of a I rose to speak, I was greeted with applause by theimmense assembly, and also several times in the course of myremarks. As soon, however, as I had concluded my address, afurious mob broke into the hall, yelling and shouting as if thevery fiends of the pit had suddenly broke loose. The audiencerose in some confusion, and would undoubtedly have beenbroken up, had it not been for the admirable self-possession ofsome individuals, particularly the women. The mobocrats,finding that they could not succeed in their purpose, retreatedinto the streets, and, suiTounding the building, began t
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