Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-08-03
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the second. The first enc brought forth the
mob spirit, q1ickened it into life and breathed
upon it the spirit of violence and destruction
in consequence of the excitement produced by
the ''Nmoig Nothing preacher, 1t vented IL
self in church burning and other outrages, and
an crcess Of. virtue led to destroy the home
of the defenceless In what other channel
me,osirerss' uneasy, riot loving" spirit may
cause it to run, none but the ~"Nuow Moth
ings" can tell, and they proclaim they "Know
Nothing" ''Nothing" of what may in flu
ture OCCUR nothing of what other outrages
they may find it necessary TO commit
Whether to destroy some private residences,
or buuHo,ilerprnRerty, store houses ar ships,
is as, vet. an indeveloped fact in The mysteries
Of tie 0faei. ~ THEY boast of the past, they
tell US the ''gathering' (after burning the
churehAs gasr4ostAe mayor in person, "fhree
hcQratchers, 7, and that SHE crotcd all assem-.
6led O'clock on the nc,c Custom House
lot, ahdilhere' fired several Sqlutes in honor Of
The noble and brdse stand taken By the Ndtire
Americans and the destruction Of the Pdpist
church" This they parade in triumph
through the columns of their organ. What
there is in it noble cannot see, or how it
can be Called brave, in the entire absence of
danger, is too metaphysical for us. That it
has led our citizens to conclude there is no
protection here against this mob spirit is too
ov;doDt 20 vooA tr,rooc Tc on, - Joe;roJ mo
have hut 70 mention that many of our citizens
deemed it their duty TO arm themselves for the
protection of their persons and property, that
if they should be attacked, the sexton might
in his hands have evidence Of the identity of
the parties, Common prudence dictated, that
safetyaldne was to be found in individual de-
fence, since it could not be hoped for from the
authorities.
One Of the men whose duty as such re-
quired him, and whose oath of office religious
ly bound him, to use all his powers 10 quell
the mob, acknowledges she heard them tear
ing down the church, but had no idea Of run
ming his head against post'-prhaps he
meant a political post.
A short time after The church burning riot,
one cf:olr ship builders who was severely de-
nounclng that act, was told ''tO be careful uhat
he SAID, and to remember that he had a ship on
the stocks' These are some of the fruits of
the riot spirit among US. Perpetrators of
crime go unpublished the moral power of the
law is destroyed lis ministers disobey its
mandates : the sacredness of private rights un--
recognized, and the security of home violated.
The boast of the law is no longer heard, that
1t protects.it the darkness Of night, and guards
as at noon day-that none are too high to feel
its power, or too low TO feel its protecting care
1t does yet mock US in the statutes, but has no
vital efficacy, and the whig papers tell US, do
be still, don't agitate, ''there has been nobody
killed''-only one church burned, one house
demolished, and two other private residences
assaulted in the night time, with mobs threat
cning violence. But keep sin, "why should
living man complaint
The Tribune of July 90, speaking Of our
course, says-'yet as its contents may come
to the notice Of persons unacquainted with the
facts, we think it but fair that It's errors should
not go uncorrected." And it undertakes to
correct our errors, and substantiate of course
oil we have published that it allows to pass
''uncofrected." Quoting from our last the
words, ''The future is only the maturity of
the present scotland we ask our readers to
pause and reflect upon future legitimate up
on such present. A present in this city,
without law, without order, without govern
ment, without security of property, person or
life, 1t then calmly adds, "the above ema-
nation first saw the light July 81, 1854, and
SO far as it pretends to state a fact, we pro-
nounce it as direct and paIpable falsehood as
ever polluted clean white paper" What fact
is it that thus throws the passionless and
soothing editor off his track Has he fear
full looking for of judgment, and pronounces it
n falsehood that "the future is only the ma
furity of the present seed ~ Is this the fact
that distnrbs his equanimity! What are we
coming to when-one of the organs of call the
morality, all the decency, and all the wealth
in this city becomes profane, and the other
hopes il is ''palpable falsehood" that effects
follow causesl Or does he mean the other
fact that in this city there is no law, order,
government. OF. security Of property or personl
What evidence of this can be more conclu-
siye than the. facts we have stated-the laws
have not been enforced, violence has not been
punished, rioters have not been arrested, prop
erty has been boldly destroyed by mob, and
our citizens threatened with violence, and no
arrests have been made. What kind Of gov
eminent is that which does not punish open
defiance Of its laws, or protect the property Of
its citizens This is the condition Of our city
The Tribune challenges US ''to give sin
Gle instance Of Iawlessness on that day. July
~. We have heard of none, for which we
thank the mob spirit, and presume there was
none. Neither was there on the day succeed
ing the church burning, except breaking some
windows yet the City Greys were on duty.
Neither was there on the succeeding Monday.
yet they were also on duty, and one hundred
additional policemen were called out. Neither
was there any TO our knowledge between The
first riot-a period Of about six weeks-and
the second one, but that only shows the moh