The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-20
From the st. Louis Rspublican.
Mob vieisncs.--Gross Oatragss upon wemea Chii-


We learn from Henry county. Illinois. that series
RACES have recently been committed upon the Swedish COL
located In that county, and thar they threatened
with extermination from the county The men engaged
in these outagesnumber about seventy, from the
Cambridge and Rock River In the county, and they
headed by fellow named John Root This man seems
married Charlotte Louisa Johnson bur, they did
live happily gethers he e him and fed TO her relations
for protection against his violence About the 18th March,
Root visited the colony, with mob. with the intention Of
regainng possession of his wife, but she had left and gone
place OF safety Root initiated by this deseon deter
mined 10 avenge himself upon the innocent
the colony collected mob paraded the armed and
threatened TO burn the houses and kin the Inhabitants
They searched the colony, and then Lett.
On 9th they returned and commenced demolishing
Of the houses, of OF the boards Of the
church. discharged their guns and odersdhe inhabitants
leave their houses that they could burn them down
They drove all the Of the colony into the church, and
the women and children into the hospital Mex, day. the
mob again assembled and burned hay stacks of the
colony, and fire to the buildings Little HILL two miles
from Cambridge. The principal men and women Of the
colony fed from the fury Of the mob and ST.
Louis. No member Of the colony had. anything 70 do with
the separation OF Root and his wife, and of they
not answerable in any shape for II.
Root pretends intimate knowledge of the bad de.
signs The part of the colony and circuaies ISLANDERS
all kinds against Them But Is known that they are
and unoffending people They Christians worship
ping God according the Bible which isteir sole guide
They common table, and work for the common
benefit but each family lives by ltself Marriage rccog-
Missed by them In nothing do they differ from other Chris
ans, except that they At table, and work for
the common benefit They suffered severely from the
cholera year, and seventy widows with their children
left dependant upon the colony for support The colony
about 1000 ofland church, large four story
brick dwelling house, other brick hoases five frame
buildings and other small houses for wind.
mill, fax machine, mills. grist mill, steam
Touring MILL and large part of the land improved The
property, exclusive of personal effects Is valued
The colony contains about 100 men, ESQ and
girls and 200 children In respect they resemble the
Qnakerss they hold the doctrine Of non-resistance
have offered no violence to the mob
A people such we have described-mainly women
and childrenare the mercy, seems, Of outageou.
mob. We did suppose that Illinois could produce
enty men In any county who would willingly engage
in such osuages and particularly when the objects were
women and children The they driven from the
State better it viii be for her reputation The colony
deserves and should receive the instant protection of the
laws and the offenders should be suffered 20 unpun-
ished.
According the latest advces the mob had fixed the 9Th
last the destruction Of the village in which the coonsts
were located but IL Is hoped that this threat put
into execution IL certain that all appeals the auhor-
Ties the county for protection vain, and they have
besought the inerposton Of the governor Of the Saie-a
request which ought not 10 be denied 10 them.