The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-16
the maniacs who worship at his shrine to regain thei
reason and get ready for State Prison.
From the Rochester Americana
THE NEW YORK RIOT

[From the Rochester Americana
THE NEW YORK RIOTS
1t is seldom indeed that the military required In
this country to sustain the civil authorities
But experience shows that here lawess vo-
lence will sometimes submit to nothing but force
The laws must be maintained ut all hazards and at
whatever cost. To fire upon mob Is harsh proceed
ing but sometimes necessary one. That 1t was ne
in the referred to- have seen no reason
to doubt.
One Of the melancholy results of military action is
seems to have been the case in New York We hope
the reports have been exaggeraed but there room
for doubt that have been killed and Others maim
ed, who had participation In the riot This, how
ever, to have been in great measure unavoida
ble In the rush and hustle of the attack when the SOL
diery were struck and the building Aercely
assaied by the Infatuated crowd the instinct OF self
defence to say nothing of the duty of restoring order
not that by prompt recourse to this extreme act,
much violence was prevented and mischief
repressed. We ardently hope that the disturbances
which have led to results so disastrous and fatal at
an end
From the Philadelphia North Americana
THE NEW YORK RIOT
The most painful excitement was caused in Philade
phia yesterday by the accounts received in the morn
ing first by Geographic despatch and then by the New
York morning papers Of the fearful urrence which
has filed the streets of that city with blood We give
the outside to full narrative Of the proceed
ngs of Thursday night and in the inside present
ali the additional information received by telegraph up
to the hour of going to press. This Is truly Terrible
mournful affair. If we consider it's triing origin
springng from personal difficulty between two
individuals with whose private relations the public
had so little do-and read the whole story of its
bloody results equally astonished and shocked
that it should have been allowed to take place in
anycivized community.
The to extreme for supprcssing the
riot is subject upon which there will naturally be-
there is, much diversity Of opinions but at this
distance from the Of the tragedyrather confused
and appalled, than instructed by the accounts that
reach and not certain how far hear the truth
| the whole truth and nothing but the truth-we. in
Philadelphia ought to pause moment before forming
positive judgment Whether the military called
early not, whether the resort to the deadly
voey or was not premature we cannot yet say
we know that the blood which ia shed can never be
recalled we know that We must lament dcplorable
calamity
But on the other hand, also know that, in every
civilized community, the laws must be enforced and
order maintained and that mobs must be prevented.
and riots suppressed by whatever means are actually
necessary the end. Peace the public security the
protection of life and property are the aims of all
MAN. the law should be suffered to be lethroned
by irrational revolutionzing society from its foun
dations, for one single moment.
from the Pennsylvania
OUTRAGE
boldly alege that there provocaton calling
for such fatal interpretation For the most part the
crowd orderly and good humSred, and the voleys
of musketry fired before two hundred of the ten
thousand present could hear that they threat
ened. could get away from the firing when they
1t resolved upon allege farther that tho whole affair
might have been prevented. Even in Philadelphia
which has been remarkable for riots, when public
places have been threatened by excited populace
was given to close Them in tho OF Kean
and in the case Of the rennsy lvania Hail. We oil
collect how the Mayor of Philadelphia closed the
Chestnut street Theatre few years ago, when riot
was threatened consequence Of attempt to play
a drama founded on the Mercer tragedy. The author-
ties may thus sometimes have failed to save the pro-
perty, but they always avoided exciting the people
Here a frepzicd public feeling against Mr. Macready
was laughed ut and excited by the authorities and
fifteen Of the upper crust arstocracy, Extensively
Wanting their adherence to law and to order, called
upon him play in defiance OF this feeling in order to
sustain the national character! When the Mayor
was called upon to close the theatre, and admo-
nished that boodshed would follow unless he did
what was obviously his duty, he refused perempto.
ry! No public notice was given that the troops had
presence the fatal firing upon the crowd and to
others the sign OF armed force being the ground
was the bullet that hurried them into eternity Was
there such indiscretion this! Was there
such madness? In England the military are always
called out last resort In the late Chartist dis
turbance there, the government careful to make
the civil power prominent, and to withhold buckshot
and ball u until all other resorted but
in order to crafty offended pride of British actor
and appease the rued temper OF some OF the porce-
lain or better classes the people were taunsd rdcued
crafty this feeling, the heartisones of many families
have been made desolae and the prop Of many house,
hold torn away Old and young-the lrishman and
the American-the woman and the child, have alike
fallen victims to this shocking infatuaton. Last
ming, ut the Aster House, young man, while con.
versing with his companions, suddenly informed
that his innocent young brother attracted by the
mon curiosity to the Aston Place excitement had been
shot dead never saw such picture of human agony
in my life
affair. shudder much to think upon what they
may be- as do when reflect upon this cruel and in
human waste of human life in the free city Of free
country fearful responsibility rests somewhere.
J. w. +.
[From the Philadelphia Times and Keystone.l
A mob may be right in its intention, or It may be
wrong But, wrong right its action Is illegitimate
and its very existence perilous to social order To-day
1t may design to give place Of amusement to the
flames its energies may be directed against
the house of God. The next day the government it.
5 prey no sT be- M
the next for the very idols sets up for worship
usually made its foot-stones subsequently, to reach
new object Of immediate devotion
And thus 1t will be in New York, If the authorities
there do not exhibit more promptness frmness and
decision. AS there Is but remedy tor some dis
eases viz mercury; is there but one medicine for
mob viz lead 1t s the only thing that be relied
upon when men, forgetting their solemn obligation az
Of the boav nolitic close their to tho
sequences and resort TO brute force in order to violate
the very laws they under the most sacred obiga
tions to respect and uphold.
From the Philadelphia SUM-
THE NEW YORK THEATRICAL RIOT.
Blood has again been she'd in sister city, to enforce
the supremacy of the law; and citizen soldiers as the
consevators Of the public order have fired yollcys Of
musketry upon their fellow citizens killing and wound
ing the innocent well as the guilty We are among
those who despise Mr. Aacrcady, with earnestncss
Of contempt which cannot express; we believe
him to be craven hearted egotistca cold selfish, and
titled to be called genius than the organ pipes which
thunder out the dapason We should have felt proud
OF our country mad ne 70 empty boxes ana
led to his being Kissed from the stage while deprc
cate all the violence which turned an act Of
justice into objectionable breach of law The OPP
ponents Of Macready should either have stayed away
from the theatre satisfied themselves with the usual
marks of dsapproval which custom has recognized
the right Of every auditor at a public exhibition.
Where, then, rests the blame of Thursday nights |
boodshedy Who melted the riot! To our minds
most concusvey, those who addressed card to Mr..
Macready, asking him to appear again. What Ia the
of police il it is not preventiye! In our city,
when theatrical riots have been anticipated, Mayor
Swift prevented them by removing the Of provo
cation and forbdding exhibitions which were cacula-
ted to inHame the public mind. How the in
New York? The artist cratic opera house turned
into barrack and station house; the police in
tsrpcrscd among the audience to every who
manifested Interpretations; the friends Of Macready
could applaud him till they hoarsc, but he who
attempted hiss arrested and put In irons
Is it wonderful, them thatsa riot ensucd! Not at ALL
and every who invited repetition of Macreadys
appearance, from Washington Irving down to the
mcsnest scrub of the gners, should be indicted for
melting to riot
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