Abolitionist meeting to commemorate John Brown broken up in Boston

The morning meeting of series throughout the day called in Boston to commemorate the execution of John Brown ended in significant disorder and the police clearing and closing the Tremont Temple auditorium.  Scores of anti-abolitionists took control of the gathering, calling themselves "Unionists," and despite the protestations of speakers like Frederick Douglass, "passed" a series of resolutions condemning John Brown and advocating compromise with the South.  (By John Osborne)