Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-07-27

riot in this city; and for fear that great scan
dal may fall on our city, we feel called on, by
the love we have for her fair fame, wholly to
deny the charge that any one in this place has
been engaged in any such tumultuous assem-
bly,.
think il can be proved that instead of the
people Ct Bath deserving any blame or censure,
they merit the highest praise and applause Of
all order loving and law abiding citizens
Your statements Of facts were in the main
correct. A street preacher did hold forth to
some hundreds Of people collected in the streets
Now all religious, pious persons must cordially
approve Of that. 1t shows a high state of re-
ligious and moral cultivation. 1t proves that
they could leave their work and play, their liq-
uor and dice, to attend to the work Of the
Lord, and their choosing the street proves con-
clusively that no church in the place could
seat SO many godly men. a hackman did at
tempt to drive through the crowd, but did not
succeed on account of the concourse Of people
being SO densely packed together and being
completely enchanted by the eloquence of the
angel that perfectly oblvious to all things
around them they were not aware that Jims
fiery stecds were trampling them under foot.
That is style Of devotion that even the Lat
err Day Saints seldom reach.
Soon after this the church caught fire and
burned to the ground. The mob, which prob
ably. like the fighting armies of the heavens,
was purely an imaginary existence, and had
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church. 1t was undoubtedly one Of those rare
instances Of spontaneous combustion, which
arise from the atmosphere's being highly
charged with lightning and other combustible
matter. We frequently hear Of devotees being
on fire with zeal, and very likely, the crowd
being, we have proved, wrought up to
state of great zeal. spark, from this fire
coming in contact with the atmosphere highly
charged with electricity, spontaneous combus-
ton, or combustion without the aid Of man
took place as natural result.
This bare statement Of facts is so plausible
it bears on its face such evident marks of truth
and good sound common sense, the criterion
whereby every thing should be judged, that no
dence. But to set the matter forever at rest,
1 will bring forward other proof that must con-
vince every sane man beyond the shadow of a
doubt, that the report, which has gone abroad
that this fair city has been disgraeed by riot,
is the base fabrication Of some envious scandal
mongers.
Our city fathers are known throughout the
state, as men Of tried courage, infiexible integ-
rity, sleepless vigilence, unimpeachable disin-
terestedncss that never for moment would al
low their own interests to sway them in the
discharge Of their duties while The police
with their present very efficient and redoubta-
bic head, are the pride and boast of the whole
country. Each and every one Of them have
the strength of the lion, the wisdom Of the
serpent and the harmlesSneSs Of the dore.
Now in the face of all these facts, is it to be
supposed if there had been a riot almost in
open broad day light, when the disturbers OF
the peace could not fail to be recognized, that
they would not instantly have been arrested
Would not our valient police have consigned
the ringleadcrs at least 10 the lookup: Of
course they would and should we not have
seen our Mayor on the spot with the riot act
in his fist Would he not have called down
on the mpious heads Of that mob who SO dared
to violate the sanctuary of the Most High, all
the concentrated vengeance and power of the
city and country: Would not his towering
and majestic form,
. His countcnance too severe to be beheld,
And full Of wrath bent ON his enemies"
have appeared before this imperious crew and
scattered them as the autumn leaves before the
whirlwinds Most assuredly. And would no,
the dignifcd and porty form Of the foremos,
member Of those public conservators over whom
he presided, have been seen on the right hand
of our most worthy mayors
Now il is well known fact that while the
church was burning the mayor was most calmly
listening to the charming lecture Of DR.. Boyn-
ton and Rumor, saucy jade, she is with her
thousand eyes trying to discover every ones
projections, says that our portly alderman was
coolly putting his havanna, and, at a safe dis
lance, enjoying the sublime spectacle Of the
burning of church arising from spontaneous
combustion, and absolutely coming to the sage
conclusion not to run his head against post =
That is another proof that should convince the
most skeptical that there was no riot Is it to
be believed that the city authorities would or
could listen even to DIR. Boyntons lectures,
while an Infatuated mob was burning our city
down on our heads? No one for moment
will believe SO great scandal.
But there is still another proof full as con-
vincing. 1t is nearly fortnight since the
church took fire, and our lynx eyed police who
can spy jug of rot gut in the middle of bar
rel Of -four, have not with all their united and
concentrated wisdom, acutencss, and sagacity,
been able to discover single individual in the
whole city who was engaged in any way i'll the
supposed riot. Therefore we must come to the
inevitable conclusion that there was no riot, no
mob no tumultuous proceedings. We think
we have proved to a demonstration that the
! church took fire FROM spontaneous combustion.
The tramplng and hooting that was the terror
Of sundry policemen and old women existed
only in their purturbed imaginations and the
noise that was heard near the custom house,
and which was supposed to result from the
firing of cannons, was, in fact the believing Of
some young earthquake
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