Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-12

Twelve hundred and sixty,) were counted,
except three
At one O'Clock a mob of near four hundred
persons suddenly collected, appearing on the
ground in squads of thirty, forty, and fifty
men, and a gang of perhaps thirty entered
the engine house and snatching the tickets,
poll books and tally sheets, thrust them into
the stove where they were consumed, then
run up the american flag o0er the toicer Of tie
Engine house, eheered repeatedly and retire,li
There was no fight, no struggle-the aUtla-
cious act was performed in an instant, and
there were few spectators besides those en-
gagged in the work of destruction, and the
clerks and judges
As for the story of illegal voting which
was the ostensible cause of the outrage-that
was not believed by any person in tke Twelfth
Ward with whom we had an opportunity of
conversing. And if it was true, that 'Ame-
rcan Reform" Judges and clerks are response
BILE for it. From every circumstance one can
learn of this affair, it appears to have been
coolly calculated, and utterly unmitigated.
There never was a more wanton and horri-
bic desecration than the hosting of the star
spangled banner by the Twelfth Ward mob
over the scene of their unparalle outrage.
In the very smoke of the ballots the flag of
Ssu country hoated fair and beautiful--and
yhs ffi5 cksfy sFss '7f5d sne'<sgva
hearts of all good citizens.
CONDITION OF THE CITY.-The scenes of
mo- rule and riot with which our city has
beendisgraced during the present week, are
the ntural offspring of Secret Political So
cieties. Such associations never did exist
without Aegetting prescription, persecution,
and vlolene, and they never will. Secrecy
rs so abhorre't to every principle of true re-
publicansm, int the two cannotIemain in jux-
opposition. Thesecret order is the hot-bed of
tyrannical resolves and unjust conclusions,
carried out by rash and cruel acts Bodies
whose individual members would shrink
from a breach of the law or disobedience
to its commands, find no difficulty in ignoring
the statutes of the State, and breaking every
precept of civil society The doings connec-
ted with this election aIS worthy to be re-
membered and pondered upon. We seem to
be approaching a condition of things terrible
to contemplate, hut still worse in the realiza-
ton. To be inof1ensive is now no guaranty
Of security. The dregs of society are upper
most, and when such is the case there is no
offense SO likely to be punished as respecta-
bility.
Our city is, at this terrible moment, to every
intent and purpose without government. A
Mayor without capacity to govern or COM
mand, and police force that have been
iampered with, or are intimidated by reck
essness and power, can do nothing toward
the law, or bringing the guilty to
Justice Sad as is the tale, it is demonstrably
true that Cincinnati is in the hands of mob
Its government has no power of self-defense.
Whatever functions it may-perform are car
ned on by the permission of the rabble.-
There is no restraint upon violence, and, as
far as we can discover no attempt to impose
A limit to the popular madness. No man
who has become obnoxious to the dislike of
the excited mass can, for moment, look up
On himself as safe Neither goodness nor
virtue, nor weakness is a guaranty of safety.
The cruelty Of mob is jndiscriminate-l
Gin Commercial