Then he stepped intrepidly down the ladder raised for the purpose, and into the seething sea of human passion.
Garrison must now have been speedily torn to pieces had he not been quickly seized by two or three powerful men, who were determined to save him from falling into the hands of the mob.

They were men of great muscular strength, but the muscular strength of two or three giants would have proven utterly unequal to the rescue, and this Mr.Garrison's deliverers evidently appreciated.

For while they employed their powerful arms, they also employed stratagem as well to effect their purpose.

They shouted anon as they fought their way through the excited throng, "He is an American! He shan't be hurt!" and other such words which divided the mind of the mob, arousing among some sympathy for the good man.

By this means he was with difficulty got out of Wilson's lane into State street, in the rear of the old State House.