The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-04-15
From the Republican Of 9th inst
ELECTION RIOTS IN ST. LOUIS

ELECTION RIOTS IN ST. LOUIS
We regret mos, deeply to rec ord the die
turbances which took place at the Fra
Ward Polls on yesterday. We had houes
that. no,wi,hs,a nding The inflammatory A.
peals made by the Union and Anzeiyr,
tho election would pass off quietly and
wi,hou, bloodshed But we were mistake
During the morning, several messsoe.
were received from the First Ward. 10 III
effect that the Germans had taken H.
polls, and would permit no individual r.
oral,le to the election osour present Nav,
10 deposit his vote. This, OF course, cre,
led a il excitement; and when, abou, ,woo,
three O'Clock IN the afternoon, account,
we're circulated, well authenticated. H.,
several of our citizens had been NAL -,reaed
IN that Ward, and prevented from epir
ing their rights rs frecmcn, a large numbe,
,f The people immediately assembled and
repaired 10 The place. They went with
The sole purpose Of reclaiming tho polls
and Of re establishing order. Finding
formidable resistance. fight cnsued
which was kept up, with lille Or no inter.
mission until night.
The streets in the neiebborhood Of the
polls have lately been macadamised. Tho
stones nre loose, and these dangerous and
abundant missiles were hurled by bo,h
parties with disastrous precision aud 81.
feet. a number Of persons were severely
Wounded some dangerous -aud in
many houses the doors and windows were
broken aud shattered.
The polls were reclaimed aud proclaim.
tion made that any eitizes entitled toa
vote, whether native ~ foreigner, Whigor
Democrat, had the opportunity presented
% come forward aud exercise the right
Inn short time afterwards several gun,
were discharged from different houses, and
word was passed that two or three citizens
we're either killed or wounded. The c
Gems in tho streets rushed in The direction
frnm which each explosion came, aud the
fight was renewed In almost every
street immediately around the market
house. where The polls we're opened, (Soa-
ard's Markel) skirmishes and general bal
Ties were going on, in which weapons more
dangerous Than paving stones were used.
How many have heen killed, or seriously
injured, in these combats, we are unable 10
state Il is difficult, under the excitement
attendant upon such circumstances, 10 col
eci reliable statements, or even obtain a
connected narrative 0! tho prominent trans.
actions as they occurred.
We have heard the number Of killed Va.
riously oslimaicd, NJ fro.n three To nine
persons. OF the wounded We saw but
Two, ono with slight gnn-shot wound 10
The breast, and another with his leg brokeu
by bali The individual shot in The
breast told us ,ha, the same dischnrge kill.
ed Young man u, his side. These Two
were returning from The seene ri violence,
and while renceal,ly walking The street,
we're 6sea upon lsem the window VI a
house.
The discharges becoming frequen, aud
fa,nl from di.iarcn, tenemrnls, espcci,Es
from house kept BY man named Aei.
meier, the citizens in the streets hecems
enraged. aud the hsusc was Immediately
tifeu- we TGphhtI ~ fhS S,SuS W. ~"
! Migration and Witnessed The total dcm0i.
,iin II the building. The engines we're 10
aiicudance; aud during lac cxcriiops d
anf entcrprisipg fremcn 10 suppress! he
| tl,mcs, the hc'igcrcnis hal lime 10 Reject
npen the difficulty. and quiet was restored.
| Nigh, bs this time, had arrived. Fur.
| lhcr difficulty being anticipated, the railj.
tary was ordered 10 stand in readiness hut
vo arc gra,licd in stating. lh,t up 10 The
time Of going Ia press. The necessity ios
coercive measures has MOI been presented,
I, is to BIO hoped TINT further exhibitions o.!
rancurous feeling may not he made.
| Il is not possible, tonight, to give Tbs
names q the persons killed and wounded.
To morrow we shall endeavor II collect
The particulars in relation to this uniur'a-
nste atfsir. We are DESTROYS Of mukng
The statements fairly, and Of placing the
cause Of the disturbance or the right shoul.
ders. II the citizens Of the First Ward
arc really guilty Of The high.h,nded meas
IRE attributed 10 them, they could have 40.
,icipa,ed nothing less than just such re-.
suit The hallo, box is the palladium q
our liberty, and any aitcmp, to disfran
chise our citizens must meet with the most
fatal consequences.