Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-06-06


A mob nation.--If this does not soon become
the distinctive title of the American people, when
such sober minded yea and nay" city n
Quakerdelphia can raise its thousands of mad
rioters to destroy property, and burn costly edit
ces, for sake of revenge, then it will DO because
foreigners have ceased regarding us as worthy of
notice, let us engage in what pastims we please.
The truth is, as nation, through mobbng and
dueliing, we are becoming, in the eyes of the
world, pretty considerably honored to our ever
lasting shame and dishonor. Matters have grown
to that extent. within a few years past, that our
long boasted hereditary rights from our reyolu.
tionary fathers, of freedom of speech, and libcr.
ty of the press, are becoming mere idle express
sions about something ,ohich has been, and now
seem but pretty sounding words, of no earthly
meaning.
In bringing about this distinction, there arc
no party lines; but men, selfish immoral, silly,
and headstrong, of various political views and
creeds, are the well dressed apes that in attempt.
ing to bring ridiculs upon 9th RS, m Ike fools of
themselves. The Philadrlphians, it is trus, had
their feelings somewhat tried by the par ding,
run in arm, of wol DIR IS I'd young persons, black
and white, male and female, thr ugh tn ir public
pronn do grounds while thp noted female ora.
tors, Mrs Grimk, Wulde, Miss Mott and o h rs,
were sporting lily and nightly on abolition
But tn real ladies and gentl,m,n of that city
of bro'herly love" should havo had not tho least
far OF being themselves contaminated by such
disgusting scenes of amalgamation and they
would hav, had none, hid they philosophical
| right-that it was not necessary result of e.
Emancipation, but merely silly exhibition of cor.
rupt taste, and that the mingng of human col
ors is in no event compulsory, but always vol.
m airy.
Ii abolitionists OF any other lists, are wrong,
they never have been nor ever will be set right
by mobbing or persecution. All movements in
that way only tend, like hanging the quakers in
Boston two centuries ago, to increase rather than
diminish their numbers. And if Jonathan Cav
key Whitoboy prefers the company of Mss Dlnah
P,liIlissy Ebony, and 10 g liant her instead Of
one OF pale eounten ,ncs, thlt the public may see
his universal chlrity, We of did rent tlste,
nerd not think to derive thu least benefit from
getting wratiy about it.
And as to tho st4rchoes of every city and town
Filling into tn, fashion of mo5bing every hing
that comes up It'll, cross-gr in d, III public
press ougtt to tx more decided stind tn in ev-
or h g yet be n dono to d.scounieaanco il and
.ot Wall ynsur.ag tao moo for tbs dcsLruc ion
D. property, to as Lang 4ago in tho smo sent4nc.
soIig 10 justify thu riot5rs in all their mischief.
IN Instances thus--wden anti.abolitionists col.
coli CT to IN, numIcr OF ton thousa ID. and dss.
roy public Building where Lectures on aboli.
Aol have been, or are appointed 10 ie gvln,
some DISORDERS have termed il "anotller aboli.
iion riot" Ii tat wer. correct, the mooling of
a Mormon pr,cher, a fJw d1ys sinco, in Egic
co., ~. T. was Mormon riot wAen in truth tho
nobii were altog, Their anti-Mornon.
Besid more decision in tue expression from
i!ic public pr IS, lgainst mobs, every ciiy police
should Do urg d to more frmnoss OF uetsrmna
,on to qacll tho riotoas at the onset and if they
nao. b dispersed at once, then aft a rsasona.
bic d.ly Of moi over ten minutes to try the sum.
mary porsu.sives OF bayonots and bullets. L..
this become the usual tire ,tment, and it would be
soon noticed that riots were few, and fur bo
tween"