Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-15
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kindling. For their protection they must stand
indebted to those they have vilihed, whose mo, |
tives they have aspersed, whose conduct ana
characters they have assailed by every term OF
contumely and reproach, and whose identity as
a nation Of white men, they have sought TO de-
grade by reducing il to the condition of mon
Srels We rejoice however, in the belief that
neu ,piU be protected, and that however much
they may have forfeited any claim TO personal
sympathy, the supremacy OF the laws WIZ De
maintained The rumors to which we alluded
Yesterday. and which we then hoped were un.
founded. gathered force as time advanced, and
we perceived with regret that the whklwlnd
which the fanatics had raised it would be diff
cult TO allay Fortunately, however, although
il could not be wholly alfayed, its fury was re-
pressed by the interposition of the civil and
military authorities, and the efforts OF the more
peaceable order of our citizens.
About dusk as we learn, great aSSemblage
made their appearance in the vicinity OF Mr..
Lewis Tappan's house in Rose street, evident
" with no friendly design. Being ordered,
however, to disperse, they obeyed the command
The next movement was in the direction OF
DR. Cox's Church, at the corner of Laight and
Varick streets. Here they assembled in great
numbers and began pelting the windows with
stones, with every variation OF voice and diver
sity Of noise that had been heard from the con-
fusion Of tongues at Babel The Mayor, JUS
tice Lowndes the District Attorney, and q pos
Sc Of police officers and watchmen arriving,
they were prevented from committing further
depreciation.
Dir. Cox's house, No. Charlton street, was
the next object of attack, and thither they re-
paired in squads from various directions. The
Doctor, anticipating an attack, had sent letter
in the morning to the Mayor, requesting the
protection THE civil authority, and after pack
ing up and removing his furniture, had with his
family, left the city in the afternoon. AS soon
as the mob arrived, they commenced the work
of destruction, by breaking in the two lower
windows with their blinds, and the door. The
latter had been barricadoed, and teey had
scarcely effected an entrance, before the police
officers and watchmen, aided by two detaoh-
ments of horse that were at hand, disiodged the
rioters. They were thenceforward kept at bay;
but the street, as far back to the east as Thomp-
son-street, was filed with persons with paving
stones, which they smOte together, saying, In
deep under-tone, altogether fence in the
-neighborhood was torn down and converted in
10 clubs, and ranges of carts drawn together
across the streets in many places, to impede the
horsemen, should the latter assal them, For
midable, however, as these indications were,
the attack on DIR. CoXs house was not renewed;
but in the meantime portion Of the rioters re-
turned to the I.aght-street Church, and recon-
menced hostties. A few more paneS OF glass
were broken, but no further essential damage
was done, although it was not until very late
hour that the tumult had entirely ceased.
The present state OF iStitilS III
while il is admitted to be highly disreputable to
the rioters, whose violence upon personal pro-
perty deserves the punishment OF the law. yet at
the same time exhibits striking exemplifica-
ton of the mischievous tendency OF the prlnci-
pies and practice of the misguided fanatics and
their deluded followers, whose clamors for inn
mediate abolition have involved our city in
scenes of disorder and disgrace.
While then our civil authorizes should receive
the aid of every good citizen, in their efforts to
nut down the mobs now nightly engaged in deeds
of violence, yet there should be distinct UNI
Outstanding that the protection of law and the
aid of the military can only be enjoyed or ex-
pected on condition that the causes of these mis-
chiefs shall be abated, and the lutrages upon
public feeling from the FORUM the pulpit and the
press, shall no more be repeated by these reck-
less incendiarics.
If such men continue to lay train Of gun
powder, apply the match, and then escape
with their families to the country, leaving our
citizens to suffer from the explosion which their
folly and hardihood will continue to infict IT Is
much 10 be feared that no force civil or militia
nv can control the Infatuated desperation OF men
driven to madness by such outrages. And II
these things are "seen in the green tree, what
NAV we expect in the dry?" lfsuch results fol
low here, what may be expected in the South?
We confess that our fears for the safety of our
colored population in this city, are hourly aug
menting, and the attack last night made upon
the African church on the corner of Leonard
and Church streets, gives an omen that our tears
are not groundless. The blacks OF this city, for
merry peaceable and submissive to provero,
have been gulled and deuded by their pseudo
friends, yclept Abolitionists until they have gl-
ven signs Of INSTRUMENTATION, for which they
ought to be pited more than blamed, and the
achite instigators who have led then on should
be held responsible But the laws of the land
will surely furnish check to these fanatics,
without the disgraceful resort to brute force, or
the scandalous interference of mob as means |
ofexpressing public Indignation
~ PosTscaIPr.-ONE OCLock-We regret |
to add that appearances indicate a renewal of
the disturbances Tonight. A large collection |
have been assembled around DIR. Cox's house, |
all the morning, and have increased, it is said, |
to the number of 800 already; and the police |
have just despatched 100 officers for the preser-
walton of the peace. Again we say, let every |
lover of good order set his face against these |
proceedings Especially let no one repair to |
any scene ofriot merely as spectator. If they |
do not choose to assist in quelling il, they had