New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-16
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
On. Late ProsIavery Riot-Letier iro" -"''
Garrison. ..o

Garrison. - .o
Bosrox, Monday, May Is, 1850
To tAs Edsiov Of T< Ir''e"e haan allo--
GIN After band OF rioters has ''' '1ed 70
,,.rnn,s With impunity upon all IA" I'd order In
Won, c;.v. |. is not surprising tha' an Anonymous
-, !, The Tribune Of Fr.day last should at
49,, - .c,eep the City Authorities from all blame
Il, the premises. H.,
The facts are strictly these Both the h'g"
sheriff and the Chief Of Police, by their own con
fession, were instructed by the Mayor no' % HaN'
anv arrest. nor to do ausht to suppress the di''a'
bance. until personal violence had been
md in the interview which the v9neraoie i'AAC
" uopprp had with the Mayor Oh the morning oil
N. Meeting at the Tabernacle, asking icr prOtec-
ton the latter declared lin substancel that no
amount Of uproar and outrage, short oil actual as
.snlt and battery, constituted breach OF the
o.sce or authorised his official Interference This
the rioters perfectly understood andtherefore were
emboldened TO persevere in their most indecentand
insulting conduct. How much they feared, or had
reason to fear, being arrested, was shown by the
fact tnat, at the meeting held in the Library Room
ON Wednesday forenoon, when they were hootlng,
screeching, threatening and disappearing, almost
without cessation, the inquiry was made rom tae
chair by request, Is the Chief oil Foice IN the
hail fo.to which Rynders responded derslvely
{" o DON'T don't, you'll frghten US all to death"
the sovereign mob responding with shouts of
Iangbteri There were present some thirty or forty
If he Police, beside Mr. Matse and the High
Sheriff; and then it was, in the presence Of these
sworn conseryators Of the peace Of the City, and
with their appreciation, announced under pro-
test that the proprietors Of the building felt com
PEELED to refuse the further occupancy of it, for
fear Of the rioters especially account of the i'm
minent peril in which the Public Library was placed.
AS the presiding officer Of the meeting held in
the Tabernacle, am represented, by your anony-
nous correspondent as having said TO the Chief OF
Police, awe do not want Rynders removed we
have invited him, and his friend Mr.. Grant, to adj
dress u.s. and we are willing TO hear them" Again,
/ am represented as not Directing 20 the presence
Of Rynders and his followers; especially as the
disturbance, 90 far from being an injury, would
prove benefit" This is sheer caricature To-
ward the close Of the meeting, after two hours of
violent interruption and great confusion, and dur
ing the speech Of Mr.. DOUGLASS, when that gifted
man had efiectually put TO shame his assslants by
his wit and eloquence, MIR. Matsell did say TO me,
IN whisper that he would remove Hynders when
ever i demanded it, in case he proceeded to cora-
NIT any further violence. Nv reply was that
hoped we should be able 10 conclude the proceed
ings without rendering such o step necessary. But
regarded the offer Of assistance, under such CIR
cumstances, as little better than mockery, and
made only to save appearances.
Happily the members OF the American Anti
Slavery Society deeply imbued with the spirit
Of peace well ms Of liberty, and believe in over.
coming evil with good; for, abandoned rs :hey
were to the insults and outrages OF the mob, by the
City authorities, had they resorted to violence in
sefdeiense, the most deplorable consequences
might have followed.
That uttered the calm conviction that an as
sault so brutal and unjustiiiable would aid, instead
Of iniuring, the sacred cause to which have dedi-
Gated my life, is true but, Of course, not with any
Cratic alton at such an outrage in itself considered.
am fully persuaded of the truth oil the Scriptural
declaration, that the God Of Justice will the
wrath Of man to praise Him. aud the remainder Of
wrath He will restrain"
Requesting an insertion Of this correction in The
Iribuae at your earliest convenience, | remain
yours, for all that is free, Just and equal.
VIM. LLOYD GARRISON