Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-07
THE LATE DISTURBANCE AT CINCINNATI.

them arrested have been discharged The sym
pathy Of the press of Cincinnati generally appears
be with the Germans who exonerated from any
ton OF violence to persons property whilst the Police
charged with having acted hastily and with
sary harshness How far the acts Of the latter be us
fed may yet be made manifest by judicial invesga-
tion, as suits are threatened against them.
An Address to the People of Cincinnati from the Free
mens Society states that their purpose was peaceaby
to proceed in body from their hall to the public Market
and there read aloud in the presence of egy Of NJ
Bedini, the ourages with which they charged him, and
then quietly retire. That such their purpose is
dered more than probable by the absence Of any test
mony showing evil intent But from the violence
of the denunsiatons which preceded the meeting, the
police might be excused for having apprehended Sc
riou disturbance and making due preparation for its
prompt suppression The Cincinnati "Sun" translates
from German paper called the g Hochw@chter, which
is the organ of the Freemens Society," part of the ar
Gle which led to the demonstration 1t is of the mos.
threatening character. After describing NJ. Bedini
murderer &c., the article proceeds in the following vo-
lent strain "sa ="
ss By what name do YOU call it, when the butcher of
Bologna carries safely home his unbroken limbs his body
and his life from the Republic Of the stars If he does
So then speak Of the worldconauering powers
Of free ideas of the dignity, the bravery of men,
Let the mouth be closed the eye cast down. Posterty
will spit your cowardy manners and look upon you
with and contempt Wherever the opportunity of
revenge offers ITSELF it should be taken hold of and used
to its utmost Whoever has for exercising
ought exercise it whenever he The of Italy
too thiny scattered among to punish the blood
hound Of Bologna for his dark and bloody deeds The
Yankee has plenty to do with speculation and money.
The Yankee possesses neither feelings principles DO
not count upon the Yankee for your revenge Do not
count upon the Of the Green Isle the Irish Pad
dies; they reared in ignorance and rudeness their
eyes bndfoded they unable to look through the
of n thpya tn he
and rosary, the heart of sonethe heart of hye
ma! Germans, you called for!
g The Wshreitsfreund (the Roman Catholic paper
smells rat and to think Bedin would not be quite
safe. And, in fact, he is right. = ...
What do we care about the Wahretsfreund babbling
about American hospitality Who will suffer the tiger,
the hyena among men? **
:" Bedin walks hereabout seeking whom he may de-
YOUR He thinks Of murder Of the murder of minds and
thoughts. He is not guest he is a robber he is
beast of prey intending destroy here the
the country. He who offers him hospitality in America
is enemy to liberty. Such is Bedni Is there for
tigers and hyenas hosptable roof in the Republic Of
the stars Is there no ball. dagger for monster who
never had On equal earth The Wahreitsfreund is
right III trembes for the life of Bedn in Cincinnati
In the face Of such threats as these it is not to be
dered that the police anticipated riot part of the
demonstration. The Cincinnati Gazette published some
remarks tns subject, before the examination Of the
prisoners, which we think appropriate as showing the
folly and danger Of such exhibitions Of popular prejudice
1T appears that the purpose Of the freemen not
attack person or property but to evnce their hatred
OF the Nuncio by certain symbolic signs and ceremonies
This may be indeed the fact that they brought their
wives and children with them witness the display goes
good way to show that they did not expect any disur
bance to take place. but the other hand if they antc
pated no troubles why did they themselves with
dangerous weapons and proceed them when inter,
rupted by the police.
"We do not know Of riot or disturbance of the peace
but what had plausible preext. When the convent
hurnf in the pphh of
the incendiares believed that females therein were op
pressed and ill-trcaed 1t delrsion The mob in
New York that drove Macready from the stage of the
Astor Place Theatre urged it indicate Ame-
rican sympathy with American actor The disgrace
ful church burnngs in Philadelphia sweet
vindcate the public opinion Of the Northern Liberties
and the Spring Garden patriots that Americans should
rule America ..
so it is, there is pretext of abstract justice
and good intention to vndicate the tyrannous action of
mob We have ecclesiastical authority that hell paved
with good intentions, and therefore surprised
that there would be plea of good intentions put in
justify the procedure in this city Sunday night to
burn the Nunco in efgy, and groan and hiss and cry
down popery around the dwelling Of the Archbishop
could have been carried out without giving rise to dam
gerous mob in which both life, liberty, and property
would have been put ut stake, not well inform
ed. Whether the Mayor and Police acted exactly in
the right way and ut the right time is question upon
which good citizens may very properly differ but mas
much they prevented the display from being carried
out to the fall of the curtain the end of the fifth act
and thereby prevented the peace OF the city from being
seriously disturbed they deserve the thanks Of all law
abiding citizens
There is but right in all these matters it
is simple and straightforward We live in Gov
ernment of law; the laws are liberties II is
aggreyed he justice through the proper channels
he has right take the remedy in his own hand The
Nunco may have been bad in Italy, but he had
broken law in America he therefore entitled to
protection from injury and from insult So much the
laws Of the land guaranteed him, and we glad the
authorities of the city in this respect vndcated in bis
person those great American rights Of liberty guar
anted by law"