Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-18

Iourn tue Inquest 10 ten o'c.ock TINS mo'n'hs, ahf
stated u sucE persons present As nal iilrnt" 81
relatives k,l.c in The riUl, that " Two O'CLOCK Y"
day he wouli probably be- enabled 10 give them
permits Ter mlermtnts
From The New York Journal q Commerce, May l..
THE NEW YORK RIOT.
The Riot al the Asla Place Opera On Thurs.
iay evening and rs melancholy results, have
been The absorbing theme ol conversation through
OF the CIV. All depiufc ne loss oi % many
lives, especially IN Considerations 81 The iaci ina
several ii NE victims were lL no way concerned
IN the riot Some ale r>Ioscd % blame IN
authorizes icr ordering lhe military u Tie; bul
m. great najofiy, if We maj Judge iron nose
win whom We have conyeaei, are Il opinion
that there vas no oiher aiiendiive, unless W
were piepsed 10 give up The d'y 10 the ccniEoi q
a mob
4. 10 h o.igi1al question, out Of which ali
ms .ruubr las arisen, W. kiow llille, and care
is Wie,h.r Forrest Of M,creay IS lhe besi
actor. or uherhef either Or EritcT If hem Is pei
,pn,et Iheu>r oil the AS,nf Pace Opera by he
proor,rlon, IS 10 US a mater Il perfect ndllief.
rnc. bnt ceralnly We wouN ncl consent tha'
e,thef Of llem being regularly engaged for 'ha,
nfeyen,rd tom The tulfimen; his engagement
by a mob UuIs IS a Cover luieni OF laws, aud
lhey ,xtend heir protection uth 10 person AMI
pfoperty. II VIZ wink al ihteslfuouon Oh Al
Ooera House because II Is n Opera House,
another cdss u citizens MAJ WA AT The desllnc
nan al church because il ia church. The
rue theory ui our ins itulcnss, equal AMI iu,l
prntec,ua ID al, without dsiialon 81 names o.
opinions.
The original question is nov n.lrely los in the
secondary, u vastly more Imfiani question, q
Inc supremacy Of The Laws. re We q he gov
erued by me ;;.en ot our choiceor ~ seit-cOnst
tu,ed Governors, acting in Inc ,pacity OF mooi
This is the question now beio Ihe community,
and II viii mol lake long iol lieneE 10 answer IL.
The laws ale our laws, everyi,lzcn may rnly
saw. aud the executors oi he Tvs are he men
wnom We have appointed Tor lat pm pose. a
mob therefore, is IN rs very noe, az insult 70
every GOOD cilizen. Il yramplton his authority
MS power. AMI his rights L akes him SUI
lrcl, Instead Of a sovereign americans never
will submit 10 such tyIaDny. .ob> must b. put
down. aua Kept down. ThorG 10 excuse Tor
them IN A country where hotopie make Iust
such laws a they please, anthanse them d
Cflcn as lhey please
As 10 The means Of puilnshem down, all
viii agree ia mid means al best, provided
they accomplish inc Object Buuppose hey IL
MOI. Suppose the mob bIi, dencc 70 yont IL
sulaf Police and also 10 your sEial cons abies,
suppose, IN shor, tnat the cIvi,Owef has been
exhausted in vain. Are we lhenreto abandon
our sucia! organization, our vefnment and
laws and suffer The men, whowe nave chosen
for rulers 10 he lramped Under ;. by band of
usurpers2 Or are We, ia eXtle. cases 10 en-
ploy he military in support OF . civil aulhorI-
liesl We say the lalIer. Anil So then The
military must he employed eticitly
il will be worse than useless. draw up lines
Of troops as was done duTir The Abolition
RIOS, Twelve or fifteen years p, and compel
them 20 ook or IN silence, whithe work Of de-
sruction is gong forward unteaelr very eyes,
IS Illuminating 10 them, and ennfaelns 10 the
mob. They had much better ia|sy. Their
very presence should signify the mob nal
vengeance is al hand aud wbe inflicted II
milder means tail There haseen too much
,iflinc, heretofore, in Inc use ohe military =
They have been called oui W, there was no
sufficient eylgency, or il thefeas, have been
only used az a large! Tor the l,s and missile,
OF The mob No wonder tie ar nave learned
10 laugh al them. But ii Will be % here
after. Deplorabe in ilselt As IS ilesson taught
Oh Thursday night, il will be q ,mcnsc value
in deleTriug i.oin mob violence time 10 come.
Men vino are disposed u lramplae laws under
foot, will coun! the cost.
The more We beCome acqIded with the
facts. the more are We cunginceda al ineTe ~A>
no other aiiefnaiIy, but rihef tire upon IN,
mob. or permit them u accompiithcIi ppipa
ses OF destruction, --DaS, 70 drive military, a
well as The civil authorities, from flea. No!
was ms all For within the Ga was NJ
ne. ms audience, including Maciiy, who. IN
tss relieved +, H. authorities, WI have beer
len entirely tola- m-fly ri The M III which
case the I,>uI;, though different Il that wh;ct
act.a!jr occurred, might nave hce,Qudliy a.
p,arab!e. Says he Evening Pos.
When II became apparent ihd,e lives -
Inc persons wihIa The tnca'fe w'in danger.
wnicn va momen,atiiy iGcrcas! ant iuai
there was no escape tom tnc lnce without
sill greater risk, il was Obvious limo otter
resource remained hi Il employ lbnilary u
| Gear he avenues 10 aGi from The tale in a.
| der Thai me auIieEce, ~ suCa a. MED mis nj
| cave. An orarr was accordingly -.down iur
her. and about nine o'clock lhey afed uron
the GROUND shortly alter Inc police hoeen dn-
ven into .ar ,healIe. They maichr,p on lhr
.idewalk On the north s.e oi A>or ice and
! when abunl opposite, deflied actcs- 'hreei 'of
| III pdipps" 81 clearing j. opening tnnuance
10 the theatre, and ~ dispensing those ,8we.e
| throwing missiles iau n building
| Tnc soldiers, however. were sGnn ma 10 PER
crvc ha ihey could no; hold lhSif poon In-
less permitted 10 use some wea ponsescrs
| threats. General Sanford was l-lr, 10 ear b;
| Lieut. w k Harrison wa badly woud, - nj
eleven oui II aineeen mtn IN lhr first dpary
were Dpfsa mo ol,.!
| Tor duts; Capt Shumway, L. ClafK, aCar'.
Pond, wers BADLY hur', and many Ctnelphosr
| iu]urIts or names are not pri anoWn.
"Tne au,npriles were fnali, tod that mlli-
laiy would not stand any lon2cf 10 heir Yum
les permitted - ceiehd themselves. All Then
became 4 question whether he theatre std BE-
surrendered % the mob, or the soliicry cred 10
tte upon them. The later alternative DE-
ertnined upon. Prcciamaiion was madl Two
| different places, one BY Mr. Maseli, an; anu
Their place, We understand, ~ some otheliY II.
hceT, and lie crowd were ordered 10 disse, al
inc peril ol being shot.
Cap. Pond, in command OF the cpany
who mad taken possession Of the sdew. mex!
the theatre, with extreme difficulty aud niger,
was hi wih stone AMI taken uff he ,uDd
The next officer in command, then saio the
sheliI, who was Al ham, Thar i he Gi! tgei
orcefs 70 IRE, he aEi his men would barn The
street. That filccr thtL directed III Cpanv
to he round over he heads Il The peoprhicn
vas accordingly done, bui withou. etf-c Tie
people continued 10 peit them with pawn Zones
As before An order was then given 10 lcon-
pany 10 FIRE at lhr crowd, and il was obey"
EXCHANGE BANK OF VIRGIN.
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