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Show !36 DF.STRUCTlON Of.' 'fill': fiALI .. DESTRUCTION OF THE HALL. IT is with reluctance we come before the public: willt the story of our wrongs. Were we to consult our own feeling!!, we should draw a veil over the disgraceful trar.sactions we are about to disclose. But it i.s right that our fellow citizens should know the true state of the case. It is believed that the destruction of our Hall by a mob is not a true ex· ponent of the sentimentS of THE CITIZENS of PHILADELPHIA; but that 3 large majority of the legal voters think the Constitutional right to a~semble together in a peaceable manner and freely to express our sentiments, should be maintained against all mobs, whatever may be the subject under dis· cussion. The owuers of Penn~ylvania Hall have been among the first of the friends of liberty who have been attacked; but it is to be feared they will not be the last. If this gross outrage shall pass unrebuked, then, indeed, may our banks, and churches, and courts of justice, be razed to their foundations. The Council and Senate Chambers, the Hall of Representatives, and even the HALL OF INDEl'ENDENCE itself, may not be safe. Anarchy may usurp the place of law, and be succeeded by a fearful despotism. But to r.ome directly to the account of the outrage. On Tuesday morning, the second day of the Dedication, placards were posted in manuscript about the city. The following, taken down in the morning, must have been put up on the preceding evening: in ·;h~v ~~:;~~i: ,:::;\~:·!~':~~· i!,"~~~~;-~~·;~ ifb'~=v:! :rrc;:;;~~~~~.e ~.',~':'c~~!~a~~~~~~'~1\~i,?;P~;. ~~;~~!t foa·the •·•~ht of pt'O!lCI'ly, and the pt-cSCI'VRlion of the C:nstitution of the Unitcll Stl\tes, to intca·fere. forcibly if they mtut, :uul Jll'eVCIIt the violation of tlwsc pledges, her-ctofm·c hdtl sac•·ed. "\Vc wouiU thercfol'C twoposc to all persons, so disposed, to AssclllLif· ut the Pcnnsyhani11 Hall in 6th st1-ect, Let ween .Aa-ch anll lhce, 011 tO·ffiOl'I'OW mol'lliug (\Vednesclay 16th 1\1ay) at 11 o'clock, aud dcammll the lmmedlate dispc!·sion of said eun,'eution.-)tlay 15th t838." \Ve have the original in our posse~sion, of which the above is a copy literutim et punctualim. \Ve have also the original of two other placards. one written on the same kind of paper as that above, and in a hand very similar. It was taken off an awning post in Market street, on Wednesday morning, having probably been put up on Tuesday evening. It appears to be wriuen more carelessly than the other: th:~:11.~~~~~,; ~'Sv~~~~~~ r:; ~~:~s ~;·~:c1\1ol~;;;;~~ ~~s~~~~~n~~t:~;~~~~~~:~~\~~!~~~~ a~f ~:~i:~~. .~ ~ entertaining a proper respeet fur the a·igbt of pt-uperty and the Constitution of these stntcs to in~~~~V:tC::~;:t~~ t~~~c ~~~:::·afl'~1~~~~e~t d\1~~~~a~~t!t~~:~~:Y~,~~;~~oi~:~ll~~~~~t:;~;e~t ween A1-ch ancl Hace to·mot·a·ow, \Vedm·sday May 1Cith ami dcmond the immL-dllite dispersion of aaid Cooventiou; Se\'eJ-al Citizeus, The other is in nearly the same language: \VheJ-csa R convention fo•· the avowed purpose of effecting the immerli11te nholition of slll''err throughout the United States is at this time holcling its session in Phih1th:lphia, it loel•oo'·es 1111 eit1· zena who entertain a pro(>er regsrd fm· the right of property ami the pl't:&ei'VMtion of the Con1ti· tntion of this Union to inteaferejwcibly if they muat, and prevent the violation or those pledgl:s hl're.tofore held saered. · \Ve therefore propose that sll peMinns so diaposed assemble at the P(•nnsyh·ania Hall to-mot·· row, l\Vetlwtllday the 16th ~fay , ) 11t 11 A.M., antltlemancl the dis1'1CrsKln of ~aid con,·ention. Sil.;nt..-d, Se\'CI-al Citizens. |