...y hour the hall was thronged with men and boys, and about 5,000 persons assembled in front of the building during the afternoon session, the great mass evidently determined to break up the meeting. C. C. Burleigh , a noted abolitionist, was the first speaker. The throng present listened to him awhile, and then broke forth in such continued hissing, groaning and yelling that he was compelled to take his seat....