New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-12
The Late Riot.

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-, - eou, and disgracefoi character has
go, ,l,.e the military have been called out
,,,o,r,v destroyed. blood shed, and Tor the is''
,bir,y-.ix hours, New-York has worn the asPcc'
~ civil war, all because two acto'' nao s1Ai'
..At The contrast between the TACT ana JUS
consequences would make the whole seem a"''io
,,d Incredible were not oar streets even no"
lined With soldiers to prevent farther outrage
whiis the ,thcken and sorrovlng keep ~atch Ia
so,ol.,s homes over the bodies Of the dead.
HID none fallen 10 the sHrsy bot the real not
ers who were personally engaged 10 the attack On
ne ,be.ter aud is esal defenders, however much
tie destroctioa OF human life might be deploFed-
ooeusin iosuce IN the event would 'trike every
mind aud strengthen the satisfaction natural 70
the lover Of order, " nen Law triGmphs over wan
.oo AID brutal violence. Bat on soch an occs'io1
tie innocen. and the g1ilty are struck Gown !"
ge,her. ard however necessary the victory there
B. s,,os,bipg insxors..!oly painful in its coat.
lis urged by many that Mr.. Nscready 'noul'
M, have appeared % Thursday night alter having
bsep driven from the siege on Monday. we Or
nat zee the justice Of that argument he had
bc.p driven from the stage By gang Of ruHans
h. wa.s asked 10 return 20 II by some ci our mos
ostiosble ciuEens. He was right in follow iDs
their recuest, aud II was the duty OF the aotnor'
tie, 20 protec, him Ia 50 doing. sc of what Csc
are aathsrities at ALT II it please a mob TO de-
clara that an obnoxious newspaper shall not sp
near. IL i,s Publisher to submit To such dic's'on
NJ freeman will say yes, but all will applaud euc
upboid the resolution which MAINTAIN th@ hee
a,ro Of the pres. 10 the last. The two cases afe
p,s,i,sly fthe same kind. Every man exercising
A.. Ia ,vfnl vacation has claim 70 the whole pro-
tee'ion OF Society.
ssi,I we do Mr.. Macready the Justice 70 believe
that had he had any reason to anticipate inc dea'n
of single person as the consequence OF ms SECOND
an,sarance Il would never have taken place Tie
,nl,it Of lrsvado snd provocatiOn certainly does
not sppesr 10 the note with which 10 reP.ieo 70
the LETTER requesting him 20 continue his perform
nnces be had no desire for repetition oil me
di.a,rceaIle events OF Monday still lee any con-
eeotion that the fury Of his opponents eood result
IN hloodshed. Nor could an other man have hnd
.uca conception Scenes Ike that o. that tern
bic nigh. are, thank God to0 rare ia tbs country
IN rsoder tho expectation Of them natural or easy
W., knew that the military had been ordered cS''
bn, did not believe that they would be necessary
We thought the Po!cs backed by large number
of peacabls ci,izens, rho we knew would be PR
gent, would be able to quell with prompt"ess what
diso-der might be attempted. This VIC tmnh
must have been the view Of most persons we
have no doubt Il was ihst OF Mr.. Macready. IL IL
inoos,ibe, 20 remove the disgrace which the riot
has fixed upon the City, through tho convenient
ehsfge Of improperly or wrong Judgment on his
part, or the crime Of those who began and con-
tinUed It.
We rc,5ice in the belief that order is foelly re
STORED sir. Macready has lrfs the city and II"
d.olay Of force last night sniff lent to repress
the disposition 20 repeat the work Of destruct'o"
arrest, d By the military on Thursday. We trus'
tia, such an occasion for calling out the troops may
never again occur. The evils that follow such
conflict do not end with tho repairing OF the dam
ages. nor even with the sorrow tor the dead.
They penetea,e into all the relations OF Industry
and Of citizenship They appear in the dimlnu
ton of confidence 10 the silent ard peaceful force
Of the Law, 10 the weakening OF neighborly feel.
ins among the different classes Of society, and in
a grest.r strength and readiness OF those fero-
oious instincts which are alas always but too
strong and ready in every large city
The Coroner's investigation commences this
morning. 1t ia needless to say th.; it should be tdN
and thorough. leaving no point without the meat
satisfactory calculation Nothing less than this
is due to the melancholy nature of the events and
to the state Of public feeling. The order of the
c..y has been maiatained-it is now the duty Of
the magistrate 10 show that tho steps taken t.
THAI end have been wise and necessary, terrible
as have been theIr consequences. By so doing
he wall accomplish oil that Is possible 10 calm tn
agitation that remains, and will remove from
nauy minds q distressing doubt that will else rel
dor still more posnsa. the regret proper to the
whole occurrence.