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Show uu 200 Al'l'ENDIX. NoTE.-11 was the intention of the Managers of the Hall to have in~ertcd jn this History the decision of the Examiners appointed to award damages, together with the testimony that might be tal;; en before them. That decision, however, is so long forthcoming, thaL it has been thought expedient to dt:!ay the work for it no longer. PILiladelp!tia, No\'Cmbcr 15th, 1838. P. S. Since the foregoing work was printed, the late Sheriff has published a small pamphlet in vindication of the part which he acted during and subsequent to" that awful viobtion of the law, which occurred 011 the 17th of J\.Iay last." One paragraph in that pamphlet makes it necessary to add a little more of the conversation which took place between that oflicer and the commiuee, (see page 130.) \Vhcn he said that his force consisted of only three men, he was reminded of his right to call upon the posse comitatus. He replied, "\Vhat is the usc, i(, when I call upon them, they will not come?" lie then proposed that, instead of !tis collecting special constables to prote<;t the building, we shouh.l do so for him. The committee told him if he would go up to the Hall at that time, a large number of citizens were collected there, from whom they had no doubt he could obtain five hundred men, who would willingly assist him in keeping the peacethat they had just come from there, and that numbers had expressed their readiness to assist the proper officers whenever deputed. One of the committee gave it as his opinion, that the Sheriff conld obtain fifteen hundred citizens to assist him, if he wanted them. The Sheritr still urged upon them the providing of persons to assist him. Having previously informed hi•n that they were not a quorum of the lloard, and having no authority to binU it, they retired. CERTIFICATE. "The subscriber, being one of the Grand Jury, on the 17th of Fifih month last, was returning home from the Grand Jury Room, when I met the Committee of the Managers of the Pennsylvania Hall, who informed me they were going to' wait upon the Sheriff, and invited me to accompany them. I did so, and was present during the whole of that interview-it lasted between one and two hours, during which much conversation took place between the Sherifr and the Committee. "The Sheriff, after consulting with his counsel, appeared very desirous that the Managers should furnish the men necessary to defend the Hall. The Committee expressed the opinion that there were large numbP.rs of men at the Hall whom the Sheriff could get, if he wanted them. Dut I did not under.stand the Committee as saying or implying that they (the Committee or the Managers) would furnish men. The Sheriff asked them to advise their friends to keep inside the building, and not increase the crowd on tho pavement, to which they assented. JosEPH M. TRUMAN." tcr A few Plates, similar to those contained in this book, have been printed on larger paper, suitable for framing. They may be had at the Anti·Slavery Oillce, No. 20 N. Ninth street. |
