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The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 by Joel Tyler Headley
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_To all persons from the South_.

All persons interested in the subject of the meeting called by J. Leavitt,
W. Goodell, W. Green, J. Rankin, Lewis Tappan,

At Clinton Hall, this evening, at 7 o'clock, are requested to attend at
the same hour and place.

MANY SOUTHERNERS.

New York, _October_ 2d, 1833.

N.B. All citizens who may feel disposed to manifest the _true_
feeling of the State on this subject, are requested to attend.

Putting the appeal in the name of the Southerners, was an artful device
to call out the people.

At an early hour crowds began to assemble in front of Clinton Hall; but to
their surprise they found a notice nailed on the door, that no meeting
would be held. Many, seeing it, returned home; but still the crowd
continued to swell to thousands, who rent the air with shouts and threats
against Garrison. Determined not to be disappointed in a meeting of some
kind, they forced their way upstairs, till the room in which it was to be
held was crammed to suffocation. The meeting was then organized, and
waited till quarter past seven, when it was moved to adjourn to Tammany
Hall. There it was again organized, and a gentleman was about to address
the crowd, when a man stepped forward to the president, and stated that
the meeting announced to be held in Clinton Hall was at that moment under
full headway in Chatham Street Chapel. Instantly several voices shouted,
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