American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-30

foTHs eOxNoz c0rsaL; CrrY or I,otu-
vrLLE:-The commilite on the Police. to
whom was TetsyTsd q message from the
Mayor. concerning the destruction OF lie
and property in The eits, have had snndrv
conversations with many Of their fellow.
townsmen upon points Immediately con.
nected With this much 10 be regretted oc.
currence, and haze obtained isformalion
theretroin Of character unnistakable in
Us CONGESTION Withdiie oiigin Of the late Q.
lection riots
On the day Of she election portion Of
your committee Visited various ptrts N fb,.
city and were rather surprised tllan other.
wise to find suclI iuiyersai cuiet and pooJ
feeling at the polls tbroaghort the city and
had j. not been foF 1he ioreiga population
commencing the difficulties in every in.
stance the day woull have passed moro
peaceably than ~ customary on s:ich occns.
ions. 50 far rs your committee are apnris.
ed. and we believe W. are correct in max.
ing tho assersion, that there was not an oe.
cufrence ofan improper or serious nature
at any voting place within the city. All
disturbances originated alta distance there
from. and were commenced by FOREIGNERS
with willful and preineditated deteTmip.
alton to destroy indiscriminatcly the lives
OF American citizens.
( The property knowa as "Q1inu's Roc"
at the corner Of Eleventh and Main streets
was eomplcle.'armoSy. For three weeks
previous TO the elec.iorl arms and arnnuu.
iyon were storedtl~seib,- ! and. the owner
and occupant Of tIDs premises { Quinu) in
conversation with sahdFy gentlemen. .as.
serted that said gans would be used A.
galnst the Americans, andietuaily exbib;.
ted balls which had been moulded for the
purpose of shooting from said gan5. Ia or.
der to suhstaniiate This aecusa!ien we refer
10 David L. Beatty. member of this
Council, and,to Geo Wso0iffeg, Street In .
spector Of the Western District There
were also several others present whose
names II is not impoIiMtto mention.
On the day oftbe election several Irish.
men were seen in the cellar Of Quinn's
house; moulding bullets. and numerous
others going in and coming from the Luild.
lngs with guns, pistols, bowie.khiFes DC.
Mr.. Gri9cy further informed your com
mittee tbft he is employed in removing the
rubbish from the premises recently the res
idence ofsaid Quinn, and that he had TAX
en- therefrem the remains ofmuskets. relies.
shot'guns, and pistols Other fire arms
We're carried off by pe:seas making their
escape ?fem7said Houses, before ana after
they were fred.
From this Irish armofy, from this Jesu.
ilical resort, and by u den of assassins
therein congregated, the first attack was
made, the first bloodwas shed, the first
murder committed in TIC, Eighth ward. By
these priesi-ridden foreign hirelings, and
from within The walls of these desecrated
habitations, peaceablc and quiet Ameri-
cans were shot dead without provocation.
while in the discharge Of their daily and
legitimate business, This premeditated,
unprovoked and iudiscriininate slaughter
OF innocent men was wo,sc than Aneri.
cans could endure.
The operations Of these po,entates of
,s,,li,1 IL ii s,;S , EsT@s E ward, Were of similar
character with those Of the Eighth. On
Shelby street, between Walnut and Broad
way. the houses occupied By foreigners
We're mostly supplied wish. guns. and i'm.
offending passers-by Nsrc shot at from
nearly every dwelling .. in that neiglbor-
hood, and many oflhem, badly woan1ed.--
In various other poftieHssof the ward mur.
derous attacks were made by foreign Pa
.piss on unsuspecting Americans, and
doubtless at The insligatiod Of those higher
and mora skilled in the dark deeds of Ca
tholieiSm
After thorough investigation of this
whole subject your, committee conclude
that the foreign born population, aided by
wouli-be Americans. planned and set in
motion the machinery from which all dis
turbances originated on the day the cleo
ton,
1t must be an admitted fact that the
killing of so many estimsble American cit
lzcns, and that, too, by, the followers OF the
Pope of Rome, was enough to create in
the breast of every true American a feel
ing of revenge, and if, in the moment Of
excitement. and from causes uudeniaLly
Just, they manifest retaliatory disposition
your committee cannot and will not i'm
pute to them censure therefor
In proof of every declaration herein
made, whether direct or implied, your
committee refer to the following testimony,
as published in the Weekly Journal of the
18th instant. The committee ask that the
evidence as above named, be spread outon
the Journal of the Council, and further,
that this report be adopted,
JOS. A. GILLIS, Chairman.