Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-08-24
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There are some particulars. honorable
to the people OF color 10 our sister city, in
eonnexion with the recen: disgraceful out
breaks, that should be recorded. not mere
" because they are honorable 10 the per-
sons alluded to. but also because such facts
do honor to human nature.
For some months past. respectable
co,ored physician named James J. q. Bias,
ia connection with two or three white phil
anthropisls. has been lecturing on Tenn
psrance among the people Of color who
reside in Southwark and Moyamensing.
In this district-where, by tho way, the
riots prevailed, there are fonr hundred and
fifty liquor sellers, who have averaged
about five dollars day 10 receipts from
the poor and miserable inhabitants who
are allured to their rum dens. These
rum sellers are chiefly low lrishmen.-
Many Of them have been accustomed 10
employ boys and girls-paying their pa
rents for their services in liquor---to beg
cold yictuaIs for their retail trade, and to
piIfer to supply their shelves. These
Young beggars and thieves frequently
sleep in hordes in the cellars of these
groggeries. and are charged three cents
a night for their lodgings. When the
Washington Temperance Societies were
organized, DR.. Bias and few coadiutors
determined on making what DR.. Chal.
mers calls an aggressive movement into
these precincts Of hell. A building was
erected and dedicated last November
Here DIR. Bias delivered his temperance
lectures and received pledges of total alb.
silence from all that will intoxicale. He
aad his friends were accustomed to go tc
the most degraded places, take the inebri
ates from The bitches even, bring them u
the hall, get them 10 sign the pledge, wash
and clolhe them, and send them into the
country 10 labor. During these labors
I047 colored persons and 100 white per.
sons have been induced - sign the pledge
in the region described. One OF the liquor
sellers was induced to come TO the hall and
sign the pledge He Immediately brought
out his run. &c. and burned them in the
street. The average daily receipts Of the
rum shops were seduced from five dollars
to about fifty cents
These results greately exasperated these
rum sellers. and they swore revenge. nat
urally sinking that if they continued
their occupation was gone. Father Math
CIV had ruined many, said one who hat
left a rum shop 10 Ireland, and in this lanC
Of liberty they expected 10 do as they liked
When the people Of color 10 Philadel
phia resolved to celebrate the emancipa
lion Of 100000 people Of color in th,
British West Indies. they made arrange
ments 10 do it on the anniversary. Angus
lst,in becoming manner. They tool
order 10 have a procession, appropTiat,
banners, and religious and other services
The committee OF arrangements directe,
thai no canes should be carried in tn
procession thereby showing laudabl
desire 10 preserve peace and harmony be
tween those in the procession and thos
out Of il. The Daily Chronicle says thi
"when the procession reached Fourth an
Plumb streets. in the district Of Southwark
il was attacked by a volIey of stone:
thrown by the whites, and a mischievou
boy provoked fight with one OF those i
the procession, a lad Of about equal size
which was the origin Of the whole seriou
results that followed. The black boy wa
considerable beaten BY the white one, 8
which black man struck the white DO
over the head, and then a general figh
in which thousands took part, ensued-
and continued during the whole day
The blacks were seriously beaten at In
onset. but rallied and lhrashed the whites.
The Philadelphia papers give addition;
detailss and they have been copied exter
sively. A large hall that was nearl
completed, built for the use ofthe people
color by one Of their number, man
the name of SMITH, was demolished II
loss 10 Mr.. Smith being. il is said. S
thousand dollars. A very commodior
church belonging 10 the people Of color,
which Rev. Mr.. Gloucester was ministe
was also destroyed Our object wns q
10 remark upon the disgra: eful oulra ees-
the cruellies exercised by king mob-tI
mistakes made by the aulhorities-ll
conduct Of the fire companies, but 10 81.
ent few facts not generally known
this city. "Honor TO whom honor
due.p-JoHr. Of Com.