The American patriot., 1855-11-03
Who Encourage Riots and Blood,h.,.

that the State Government of Ohio had NV nv,
viously to the election, attempted to arm
foreign population of Cincinnati, and publ;ss'
the letter of Gen. Sargent to Gov. Medn ::
reference to the arms seized by him. Tia ~
lowing, from the Cincinnati Times. ws
mend to the consideration of our ro,a. ~
showing who are responsible for the riots .',
murders, that Of late years have SO often S ~
graced our country: -
1t appears that while the Democratic E,..
tive Committee of this county have profess,
| an earnest desire to unite with the Ame,;..
party in the preservation of peace throuoho1
the city tomorrow, the most active pren,,.
tions have recently been made for the arn;.
of the Irish Catholics of this city. Atal.s
hour last night, it was discovered that Forn
HUNDRED STATE MUSKETS had 1re, wv ~
warded to this city By the State autho,;,;..
and no doubt miM the sanction of Con N
dill himself! for the purpose of armin, a.
IRISH CATHOLIC military organization. :,
this city! Startling as this fact NAV anna,
it is true to the letter. We have been ass;dr
GUS in our inquiries, and learn the facts to /.
as follows:
During last July the Irish Catholic m;l;t,,u
companies of this city were disarmed by Gov
Sargent, for disobeying orders They appealed
to Gov. Medill, who appointed Senator pu,h
Maj. General Of this division, and endeavors,
by that means to deprive Gen. Sargent Of II,
power, and have the arms restored to the Ir.l
Catholic companies. With the copstitut;o,
and laws upon his side, Gen. Sargent frustn
ted this political move, and still retains in hi
possession, the arms taken from the rebe,,;or,
companies.
On Saturday several packages of State mus
kets were forwarded to this city from Colum
bus, by express, but in a mysterious ard sus
picious manner. They We're not called for :.
the Express Office, when Gen. Sargent was nn
tilted Of their arrival.
The only marks upon the boxes, were The
letters "G. p" which are supposed to stand
for George Pugh," but Gen. Sargent inter.
preted them to mean, Government Property,
and as it is his duty under the law to take
charge of all government property of that de.
scription in this city, he demanded the muskets,
gave receipt for them, and removed them to
the State arsenal, where he viii keep them at
all hazards until after the election. The Gen.
eral this morning forwarded report of bis
proceedings to Gov. Medi and asking him.
what disposition he should make of the pro.
perty.
These packages, we are informed, were ia.
ken to the depot in Columbus at midnight
Friday night, but moment before the depar.
ture Of the train-those who shipped them
stating that it was necessary for the arms to
be in the city as soon as possible. Now, as to
why they were thus illegally and secretly for.
warded at this critical juncture
Finding that their demands for new weapons
had been answered only by promises, the Irish
Catholic military companies held mass meet
ings, at which they resolved that if they were
not armed previous to the election, Mey wopN
cote against Cor. NediU and the entire De-
mocratic tichet
Another Irish Catholic association met and
endorsed the resolutions of the military com.
panies. These resolutions were forwarded by
a committee to Columbus, and the committee
returned with the positive assurance that the
arms would be forwarded on Saturday night
last They were forwarded according to prom
Use, and in direct violation of the laws Of the
State.
Another mass meeting of the Irish Catholic
was held last week, and great re-
ioicings was had over this triumph. 1t was
determined that if they received the arms on
Saturday night, they mould march fully armed
md cquipped, IN triumph to the Democratic
mass meeting tonight, md hare a night u
rejoicing generally! One can readily see that
such course would have excited the entire
and riot and bloodshed would
have been inevitable. Thank God! the arms
have been detained, and the iniquitous inten-
ions Of the anti-Americans frustrated!
There several other incidents connected with
The State arms being furnished contrary tolaw,
10 the Irish Catholics of this city, but we for.
bear mentioning them at present. By the fol.
owing, from the Louisville Journal, it will be
seen that aid is expected here from that city:
awe were told by a gentleman yesterday,
that he had been informed by an Irishmau
here, that he knew of more than one hundred
[rishmen who were going from this city to
Cincinnati to take part in the election there
next Tuesday, and with the avowed determin'
,ton to hare rerenge ~pon the Notire Ameri-
'ans Of Cincinnati, for the killing Of their
'ountrymen in this city on the 9Th Of August.