The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-08-20
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Jacob UGgner was so satishersf the yIrulen Z .,
of his temper and his determined hostility an
the settled and we'll established principles do
Baltimore, that the day alter Wa. was declapt I
ed he went to Wagner and uaed his best er Lc
deayofs 10 irduoe him 10 abaudon The par
and go home and live witb him. This
vice Wagner would not follow, and WI 1''t
three days his downright abuse OF ihe con e a5
tuted suthoriiies so excited the public sensi-e
bili,y hat ,c was driven from Baltimore and
his office destroyed.
BY letters found in the pockets of Hanson,
Lee, and Linsan, il appears that from the de-
struction Of the office IN June up 10 the 9th
July, the day ON which The Federal kepubli-
can was last published IN Batlmore, plans
were laying, schemes were devisiDg, and
means wsre preparing TO compel the people .
Of Baltimore TO submit to the publication OF 4
that paper in their city. Some of the letters |,
alluded to were from Col. Linn, who regret
ted that he could not join in the proposed en-
terprize but assured them his heart was With =
them. Robert Goodoe Harper, he who u.s.
ed to be so keen scented after plots and con-.
spiracies, was another of the conspirators.
They advised gen. Lee, who was to have tho
honor 10 come all the way from Alexandria
to command I" this little band OF choice spir-
it's" to have plenty Of guns, powder, slugs,
tomahawks, or if they could not be had,
shyngHny hatchess, blunderbuss mounted as
a swivel on the head OF the first flight c.
stairs, surgical instruments, plaisters, SC. SC.
The upper room to be filed with large stones
and heavy pieces of wood which were TO be-
flung upon the people to prevent them forc-
ing the doors below and give those on the
frs, floor an opportunity OF shooting them
The hall, cellar and rooms below 10 be filed
with lumber if forced, then: IA men to take
their stand al the stairs head who were 10 be
furnished with loaded musqucts, &c. &. The
ammunition chest was furnished by John
Thompson, an Englishman, who was after
wards beaten severely and partially tsrred ana
feathered,. and paraded through the city.
Agreea5ly to The advice Of those worthy
councillors the house was stored and fortified
on Monday ihc 27th July /andcr the eyes OF
the people and garrisoned principally by men
not resident in Dslimsre.-The commander,
Lse,trom Alexandria, and the sceond in COM
msnd, Lingan,irom Montgomery county. Ono
poor lad of ID, the son of respectable fed
eralists Of Baltimore, was inveiglcd into tho
garrison /; yet such was the temper and for
bearance of the people, that efer they hag
been fired upon they bumnnely permitted this
federal gentleman to take his son out OF tho
house un,noles,cd through the croud.
The manning for,rfying and provisioning ~
garrison in the hear, OF tranquil city could
not but excite alarm, and about or o'clk-
in The evening number Of boys and few
men assembled before The house, whence that
morning had issued vile and Infamous libel
on the people and constituted authorities of
Baltimore. The street is not more 40 feet
wide. shc window. up stairs were taken
out and the conspirstors with their muskets in
their hands and on their shoulders paraded in
the room before the people. The boys shou-
ted and huzzaed and . Judge Scott came
down and communeG and advised with the
conspirators. We DO not know that he adyi-
sed them to fire upon the unarmcd bopulacc.
but We are assured he told them they nights
yet this federal magistrate was permitted
safely 10 depart. Shortly aIer the Judge had
retired one Hoffman jumped out of the win
dow or port hole of the garrison. Those
who were below presuming he was rcing fox
reiniorcements tor the enemy seized him and
beat him, and then il was that the cons pira-
tors fired, killed Dr.. Gale and forever maim-
cd many others. This was too much. Il
could not be borne. The people got rope,
pu, il round Hoffman's neck, threw il over a
lamp-post, and elevated him little from the
ground. A man who stood by took out his
knive, cut the rope and said curse him VIC
will hand him over to the civil authority, and
not let his blood be upon your heads" He
vas then suffered to escape.
IL was about this period that the crowd,
having immensely increased, had brought n
cannon 10 bear, upon the garrison from an al
ley which sheltered those who worked j, from
the fire of The garrison. The Mayor and
General Strickler having arrived did every
thing in their power to paoify the peoples but
it was in vain. They would not be paci6ed.
Their fcllow-citizens had been :uhumanly
murdered, and others were miscrably wound
ed. AT length the conspirators surrendered
TO the Mayor and Gen. Stricken, and were cs-