to do so, when a fight ensued, in which lamps and chairs were broken,
loaded canes used freely, and some persons seriously injured. The news of
the fight spread rapidly, and a dense crowd gathered around the door. But
the police soon arrived, and forcing their way in, drove white and black
out together, and locked up the church.

The riot, however, continued for some time in the street; but the blacks,
finding themselves outnumbered, fled, and peace was restored.

A portion of the crowd, having recognized Lewis Tappan, one of the leading
Abolitionists, followed him home with hoots and yells, and even hurled
stones at his house after he had entered it.

The next evening, at dusk, the crowd began again to assemble in front of
the chapel. But the lessee of it had closed and locked the gates. The
multitude determined, however, not to be disappointed of a meeting, and
forcing open the gates, obtained entrance. The meeting was then organized,
and Mr. William W. Wilder called to the chair. After making a speech, in
which he showed the evil effects of a sudden abolition of slavery, by
relating his experience in San Domingo, he moved an adjournment until the
next meeting of the Antislavery Society. The motion was carried, and the
assembly broke up. This was, however, altogether too quiet a termination
for a part of the crowd, and a shout was made for the Bowery Theatre. The
attacks on us by the English, for upholding slavery, and their sympathy
and aid for Garrison, and co-operation with him in agitating the question
of abolition in this country, had rekindled the old slumbering feeling of
hostility to that country; and Mr. Farren, the stage manager of the
Bowery, being an Englishman, it was transferred to him, especially as
reports had been circulated that he had spoken disrespectfully of the
Americans.