The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-23
rnr CITIZEN POLICE DlsBANDED,

The closing scene OF the late excitement
took place Ct the State Tobacco Warehouse az
Eve clock, on Friday morning, by the dlscharg-
inc of the Citizen Police, and IN making tins
announcement we feel ISSUED, from the uniform
anietness of this city for the past two days,
that the riotous feeling which msled por-
ton of our population, has been entirely sub :
dued.
In a general view Of The hole ma ter we are
of opinion, that these riots differed materially
N character from those which have occurred IN
other cities from time TO time within The last
ten wears The feeling Of nationality was not
s;pnally c-licd into ac'i n, except IN few iso-
lated instances We mean 10 say. that 1t was
no, general, aud persons VIII" bad any preten-
sions TO character, or The name OF good c''zeIs'
H. 1t out II he disturLa.c altage her except !"
rds"vors 10 qnell IN. ri"'e u sp.H OF t' noi'
rcck 'pss and exctabe
Tn. attacks al the cotrhatnn's seemed TO be
drec,ed 10 no p,rticulnr port in the city, hu'
were confined principally To-. lnca'sii's ~ CT
tain character. One place did aims as ~ei
rs another tor their opera.inn,. and They 'novfa
about from one place To another WIN an aacrty
that defed the vigilance OF either The military
or he police
We have heard some coInrian's that me M
litary were inefficient, and CONT have q"e'eo
the RIO, lony before, If the proper means had
ii woul Id have b. en- impossible to have had mil
tary force stationed al every corner attacked by
the numerous crowd. of men and boys. On the
contrary, the military did all lhey were ordered
| to do, and in fact all hey C 'uld have done to
restore peace, and their work would have been
more evident If they hid not, by the nature OF
| the disturbance, been led about from point, ~
| lying marches, after tn. quickly accomplish
| ed depredations of numerous companies OF not
| ers.
In truth, the military did all the; were com
| manCpd TO do, or that was expected of them
These facts will be readily acknowledged by
all who witnessed the irregul,r and uncertain
! movements OF the rinters, and no blame q,
| hardness will attach to the Military. They ac
| complished all that could be done by Military
tactics.
The difficulties which The mlitpry laboret
under were obviated by The Citizsns' Police
and hence they we're m"re eff .ient The,
were so organized aud p st, d at different quar-
ters that they could rffec'ually prevent crowd
from collecting, AMI consequently their worl
was easily done. They have dome it well. an,
the thanks Of all our citizens are due to Capt
/ Eaton, for his suggestion If tilizrn Police
and the able manner in which it organize,
and brought into operation by him and hi
associates. 1t seemed almost the only alter
native, under the circumstances, 10 restor
order, and we are all witnesses Of its happy re
suit
After remaining on duty two days and night
this body Withdrew rom the field yeserda
morning, bu. are not disorganized They dis
banded with the understanding that they wer
10 ho' d themselves in readiness at any time dur
ing ten days, to resume their authority at
given signal, in case Of net essiiy. They a
collected at the State L bac.o Warehouse
where they were lefty addressed by Cap
Eaton, who thanked them as a body for III
earnest manner in VIII CHI they had responded t
a call OF duty, in protecting the lv and pre-
perty of our citizens, and also for h ir promr
obedience to his ord rs, as chief Of the Police
Repub. IL h.