New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-19
Mob Violence Gross Outrage upon Women
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From thc $, Louis Republican. April9.
We learn from Henry county Illinois, that Sc
res Of outagcs have recently been committed upon
the Swedish Colony located ia that County aud that
they arc threatened with eX,crmlna'ion Hom the
County The men engaged ia these OuiraCes mum
her about soycLty from the towns e CAMBRIDGE and
Rock River, ia the same County aud they are
headed b. a fellow named John Root This man,
nsoems, married Charlotte Louisa Johnson. hut as
they did not live happily together, she left bun and
fed to her relations for protection against ms no
lence About the 26th Of March Root visited the
colony with mob, with tie intention Of recaining
possession of his wife but she had left and gone to
place OF safety. Root, irritated BY this desert On,
determined 10 avenge himself upon the iurocei
members OF the CoOuy- collected r mob, parade
the streets armed, aud threatened to burn the
houses and kill the inhabitants. They searched the
Colony aud then lol.
On the eth they returned, an! commenced de
molishing some OF the houses tore of some OF the
boards OF the church, discharged their guns, anC
ordered the Inhabitants 10 leave their houses, 81
that they could burn them down. The drove al
the men Of the colony into the church. and the
women and children into the hospital Next day
the mob again assembled and burned the hay stacks
of the colony and set fire to the building nt Littie
Hi, two miles from Cambridge. The principal
men and women of the Colony fed from the fury OF
the mob, and are now in st. Louis No member OF
the colony had any thing 10 do with the separation
answerabe in any shape for il.
Root pretends 10 an intimate knowledge Of the
bad designs on the part of the Colony, and crcu-
lates ISLANDERS of all kinds against them. But il is
known that they are an innocent and unOtending
people. They are Christians, wOrshipping God
according to the Bible, which is their sole guide
They eat al a common table, and work for the com.
mon benefit, but each family lives by itself Mar
mage is recognized by them. la nothing do they
from mi ne hot
at a common table, and work for the common bene-
hi. They suffered sew erey from the Cholera last
year, and seventy widows with their children are
lett dependents upon the Colony for support The
Gloomy owns about 1000 acres Of land a church, a
large our-story brick dwelling house, two other
brick houses, five frame dwellings, and other small
houses Tor s;orerooms-a windmill, a fax ma
chine, two saw mills, gristmil. a steam Touring
null and large part OF the land is improved The
property, exclusive OF personal effects is valued
al $4,000. The Colony now contains about 100
men, 25O women and girls. ard 200 children In
one respect they resemble the Ouakcrs-they hold
10 the doctrine of non resistance and have offered
no violence 10 the mob.
people such as We have described-mainly
women and ohildren-are at the mercy il seems Of
an outrageous mob. We did not suppose thu.
Illinois could produce seventy men in any one
County who would willingly engage in such out
RACES, and particularly when the objects were
Vi'e,i as'u N"huieh' Ane sooner meg are driven
nom the State the better il will be Tor her reputa
ton The Colony deserves aud should receive the
instant protection Of the laws, and the offenders
should not be suffered to so unpublished.
According to the latest advices the mob had
liked the 9th INST fox the destruction Of the v;n,ce
IN which the ooonists were located, but j, is bopsd
that this threat was not put into execution I, :.
certain that sl appeals to the su,horties of ,h~
county for protection are in vain and they bsxs
oeso1Sht the interposition OF the Governor of m,
S'ate-a request which ought no, to be denied +
them.