The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-26


hrages. They can,louk it dowa the firm SEQ
nnEnrv did the violence threataRed to thesIler
i;slature at Harrisburg. But they must come
iuaGted, If they would coz tliss,eohorts oi-the
: Banks"
That our reaa6rs- r,ay be at 18sless to under-
stand the grounisupon which thin official orgGn
Of the federal executive, issues tkiSproclaraatie
lurxing the natrTaliscd citizonsssso take Gosses-
SION of the polls asthe mob too possession Of the
Legislature at Harrisburg, we qpefe from i,sown
oolumns. The account of thes proceed;Hgat
,vhich ii refers a,glven in the slllncy Arynsy.en
administration pYess-
! FreassIia illinois 7ssslss.
I'll Things seSaleng very aiaaly Sei'dasf :
and until O'clock. IN the foren5 of As'ndav
wh.en one of tl,sJyhig party, AIMED with lnifi
land pistol and who, has alwa IS borne tia. char
: tar of a noisy I'd abusive man on electi,I dave
lcoznmenced a rwasd fight. lEA brandjaied, hs-
.we@pons and presented pst eAts the br nst OF b.
IDemocrat anC lsas gust in the sHt Of firing when.
he was disar11nl4 He, theny.kke a IL IT 4rOYp
ard, took TO h;ar heads and raRliuUm the sruuTaE.
He was not attempted to be anvRsted q any oG
the Wing officers. Eho WEI r. the only ones en-
tdzsy during taeHiaE, but sufieaeE to takethe vez
NV next step T. ,EuiHer and gpeat largethp1Ugs
led to the Ssutaciolt evidence of lrsbelons.
ing to the gangzoi hard cider -oydies, appointed
/ hv the Whigs toirEult and hV9wbsat TIE Den rl,-
fegats He, lowcAvfr, found, hat althc Egh thay,
made no preseasioIs to gent hits, they were oft
the bows to be searsd at triiess. They t5ot lHl
! s.om the polA9 although met 1jY armed Whiggbf-
| fs-ers When this occurrerle took EAace EUR
aould-be naYor,. whose dlssg.it is to keep itia
tEeace was very calmly sitt;nsr astride of hsasc
sSic OF timber i'm she middle ethe put lIc squsHe.
land like thu NanEee pcdlar with pan 1loonsi cat
klv TO his lneeS musng oAa what {. charnriiztg
Fyair of legs lSo.az0t. fror sise time 0fthe iEai
aslisturbance,,. 6gkEs Were co. hourly soeurr6raa
throughout the eaEire day, ccgsiderat a; Iunatls
being engaged atl time. Z bic irish eJaployeta By
Capt Kelly, caaIe in durir gahe earl ypart cAIiie
day, voted, .an.a-emained sEail abevt half Ssst
one o'clocEA Wksn they al. with tsso or, three
exception being eightyt a.. in npE4her, MARCH
ed out OF tewla 9eaccably, end slepced heir
daily avoeatigns. Fighting soon beaame-.psry
general, and ttse most acflFe AMI industrfi1ls
men in enaeaHsHing 10 Ike sp she PepcssTeseeIwo
respectable e&iEens namsds Shanehap anlA Red
mond-saaal VINO are Iri5ssaen, apdaf ass good
standing inlthis commur itFi in pcint Of .seaTac-
ter, as Ills satanic majesty; she Mayer, himself
after volunteering to queIL numerous dik0umba
ces, tlzsys selEaed singl j. out foR attack. T
Irish had bsen abused ailrnng tia swhall.Aay
| placed by tka Wings, o.uas level witk negroes
L
geverysp species OF abuse tha5 coul11 naturally, GA
cite slie passions of men,, ventsl forth fteei "
| The Whigsasserted thAl. every IrishpaeIn on Oh
to hlse ang ofIead through hisoea and hume Sus
other expressions equally outrageous, and which
we haze time to rEsFfions were mace uSs of
for the pIgpose Of eating, exaitemeEt and dis
tuFhance. These tn aess were borne patiently,
and 4ithaSlt any retaliation fR,rsonsee tims.-di-
recily personal insults were gwen, and Mr.. Sha-
nehal, was struck Hith sew sxal stones, eDe of
whrh cat through thick fur lat arai gtsis-d the
head hldly. Shanc!lan and Redn4end had be-
o ,yaeexcited WlilekeepiHg the psace they hash
been nlsulted and abused, and.wefa then receiv--
Nig personal violepce. What wela they TO do.
what could men d.. Theywere sitizcns, in eve
Rery ,vay as respectable as otiar ossizenss Thay
were under Republican geyerrInent-the pae,
pie Of which beast throughout the world of die
equal rights an privileges. bestowed upon al.
;Were theyt to 70 away fran hespolls Ike Slaves,
Y under the cursss and threats IF their InasAars'
n No The spnsofa natiCa, than has set the world
T. an example foar pure arddevoiaed attachment to
liberty-that can boasGot her Curran, GTattan,
and Emmett were not to be beaten and 4riYen
by force froEs the standard cEttelrrights. They
+besame exssted-a pginthnQ been reacLeds be-
Eyond whieF f@rbeaTsaee ceased to ba. Vir-
tue, and +key freely daEnded themselves, as
! they should have d3ne, The disturbance som
ceased; AID they Eere about retiring to their
homes, 'Nhen they received informatiorathst one
| of their G0untrymen had been nearly billed by
the blo.Vs from four OK 1--WE individuals 10 fight
iag erVEd near By, composed mostly sfi.oreign-
ers. They rushed to the spot in an Nstant, and
+, the whole crowd gave way before theIn.. They
raised! the man from the ground, stksau,ing with
oloce5 placed him before them, and pursued those
whoshad been g'illty, but who fed in all drec-
tiolss, and could not I've found. F'IeIathe square,
they entered Hampshire street, where there
They there 5aet person who had been loud III
gabusing the Irish, and insulting democrats gene
rally; one OF them commenced upon him, and
z I.struck several blows. Mr. Maryins, however
:; at the peril Of his own person, interferei, and
: and soon parted the combatants. The man was
not severely injured and the zsxt day was abis
. to attend to his duties This scene closed all
s quarrels among the Irish. They soon retired
e to their homes The fighting, continued, howe
!. yer, till past six o'clock, when every thing set
= tied down quietly and peaeeably. The Mayor:
courage now began to rise. He had been 81
lent spectator OF all the fighting during the en-.
e tire day-had been applied to in several instan
ces to command the peace, but refused to do So
thus, 50 far his influence was CONCERNED, rath
or encouraging than eIdeayoyiEg to quell thf
Y disturbance. But after the polls had been CLOS
i ed some time-the town being quiet, and ther'
: being no probability u his immaculate persor
. being in any da.lger-thes military spirit o.
1t our Wing Mayor-Who has usarped his ofic'
5 and given legal decision that ne was Mayor
:. when every man Of common sense, that has am
u portion of his forehead before his ears, know!
'e that he is not Mayor-yes, at this critical mo
10 ment ofpeace, the calm, cool! firm and unbound
ed courage Of Ebenezer Moore, Esq. Attorne,
and Counsellor at Law, and Justice ofthe Peac.
within and for the county OF adams, was raise'
-emphatically raised.
; The language Of this quotation, is conclusiv
< stripped of its verbiage,--the Irish and Ger
h mans were brought TO the polls, and voted in
a body by their employers. ssThe Irish employee.
4 by Captain Kelly, came in during the early par
"a of the day, voted, and remained until about hal
past one o'clock, when they all with two or tire
lie exceptions, being eighty-fve in number, march
sr ed out of town peaceably, s-cn Such is the lar
3. guage of the Argus, quoted By the Globe, show