Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-08-06
From the Dayton Journal.
RIOT IN CINCINNATI.

MOD law mas Occ0 IcsOIttu W III Oiueih-
natl for the purpose ofpreven,ing the pub
LEGATION Of 1.-The PhilanthroPist' an aboll-
ton Journal printed there. Below we
have given all the particulars which have
reached MS. That such proceedings arc
idIsgraceful, and dangerous 10 the future
peace ofthe City, is not TO be denied Those
who create excitemen;s which lead tol
unls wful assemblages should reflect that
mob NAV be raised for more than one OBJ |
lect. The inflan4mable spirits who may
be induced TO take part in destroying an
abolition press can be raised 10 pull down
the house and destroy the property of any
individual, on whom the popular prejudice
no matter how unlustly directed. mayI
fall. That such an outrage should have
been committed upon that Palladium OF
Liberty, the Press, canno, be too deeply
deplored. The spirit Of mobocracy, could
not have been more unfortunately direct,
ed.
! itwould seem that the intention ofdes-
troying the office of the 'Philantf.ropist, has
oeen manifest for some time past. The pub
lie meetings recently held there IN regard
to abolition have in their proceedings look
/ ed to such an event as probable and Iustl-
fable And at large as-emb!age Of the
citizens held at the market house 4 few
days before the destruction of the office
was entered upon, the measure may be
said to have been openly recommended.
ltional on the part of the many very respec-
table men assembled, or whether the cur
rent Of popular feeling which it is so diff
cult to overcome on such occasions, forced
it upon them, in shape which they found
il Impossible to resist we do not undertake
to say-But it is fact nevertheless that
the violent measure which followe41Eas
sanctioned in advanc by the me-
And to give the Editor Of the offen +
: print and his associates notice of nat
might happen, committee was appointed
to wait upon them and request them in
the most urgen; terms to Discontinue its
publication, or they would ppohold them
selves responsible for the7Eonsequences.
Ga Friday last, the Paper appeared as usu-
al, and after commenting upon the pro-
iceedings Of the meeting at great length.
the Editor announced his determination of
continuing it at all hazards. This brought
: the affair to a crisis, and the office was
mobbed and destroyed on the light fol-
!, lowing, Saturday, as here detailed
i Extract Of letter, dated
4 Sunday Afternoon.
\ "The muh made sad work with the Alb
clifton Printing office last night. They
pulled do~nth the Press, and piled the pieces
{ together With the type, and every thing
else in the establishment, in the street,
and were about setting fire to the mass,
when an individual VINO lived IN the neigh
borhood, told them BY so doing they would
, iniure the property of those who were not
connected with the abolitonists; he then
suggested that water might answer as well
as fire to destroy the offensive materials
They accordingly put the whole into wa
gon having beIlupon the top, dragged IT
round town for time, went to the river
, and tilted the load into it. The mob re-
: turned To the office tore out the window
i, and door frames, and ruined all the inside
work Of the house. No one as have yet
: heard received bodily injury. Birney,
: the editor Of the paper was not to be found.
: Several other houses occupied by blacks
were also destroyed. Such night Of
confusion hope will never be witnessed
. again in Cincinnati.
The inevitable result Of such proceed
, incs is to exalt aboltionism. 1t cannot
be otherwise. There are many, and we
include ourselves among the number, who
strongly condemn the busy, intrusive and
fanatlcal spirit of the abolltionists,-but
: who nevertheless hold an adherence for
mobbing W hich cannot be overcome by the
direction it takes to eradicate an offensive
evil. In opposing these measures OF vio-
: lence, some support is given to those who
!. have suffered, aud they are thus in mea-
y sure countenanced and encouraged by
| those who in fact have no community Of
: feeling with them. The abolitionists in
: the meantime, raise the CRY of persecution,
: which awakens a sympathy in the hearts
, of many. that gains strength while the ex-
;. element continues,-till finally, the feel
ing to resist oppression and protect the
injured, overcomes all others, and men be-
come abolitionists not because they ap-
prove their sentiments, but because they
stand in need Of protection. Any sort Of
5 doctrine no matter how absurd, may be
: brought into consequence by fighting it..
: Persecution is sure to produce this effect.
BEET ROOT sUoAR.-The manufac-
? ture of beet root sugar is beginning
to excite much attention In our coun-
try. Its manufacture is at length at
: tended with entire success in France
; and Belgium. Important consequent