CINCINNATI, March 24. – Wendell Phillips attempted to
lecture at the Opera House to-night. He
commenced by avowing himself an Abolitionist and Disunionist. Persons in the galleries then hissed, yelled,
and threw eggs and stones, some of them hitting him. The hissing was kept up for some time, when
Phillips finally made himself heard, and proceeded until something again
objectionable was said, and again eggs were thrown, hitting him Phillips proceeded, and for some time was
heard, and a third time eggs and stones were thrown, and the crowd moved down
stairs, crying “put him out – tar and feather him,” giving groans for the
“nigger Wendell Phillips,” and proceeding down the middle aisle toward the
stage, were met by some of Phillips’ friends.
Here a fight ensued, amidst the greatest confusion – ladies screaming,
crying, jumping over chairs, and falling in all directions.
During the fight Phillips was taken off from the stage by
his friends, and the audience moved out.
It is now ten o’clock, and the streets in the vicinity of the Opera
House are crowded with excited people, unable to find Phillips. No one seriously hurt, as far as we can
learn.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 29, 1862, p. 4
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