Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-09-11
Democratic Mass Meeting mt Richmond
Indiana-A Fight.

The Buchanan Democracy had a mass meet
ing at Richmond, Indiana, on Saturday. We
are informed that near ten thousand persons
were in attendance, one-half of whom were
women and children, and that at least two thou
sand of the five thousand voters on hand were
Fremonters. Mr.. John L. Robinson, Of Ind,
was one of the big guns, and made some re-
marks about H. j. Shombre. of Richmond, who
was killed few days since in Kansas, which
were extremely offensive to that gentleman
friends, and they, when the meeting was over,
made an assault upon Robinson, who, by the
aid of bis partisans, escaped without injury,
but those who constituted his ody-guard were
badly whipped. In the expressive phrase of our
informant, they were CLEANED out"
We clip the above from the Commercial.
1t is the enemy's own story of this meeting,
and of the dastardly but unsuccessful at
tempt to assassinate Mr.. Robinson. By their
own admission, he was assaulted" and set
upon, by not one man only, but by several
friends of Shombre." 1t was therefore a
conspiracy of mary to attack and perhaps
murder single man, without notice to him,
or giving him any chance to defend himself
It seems, nevertheless, that Mr.. Robinson
escaped unhurt. Not, however, by the aid
of any body guard, for he had, as we have
authetic information, but two persons with
him-Mr. Elder of Richmond, and DR.. Null
| len of Ripley county, and they, as well as Mr..
R.. anticipated no attack. He escaped by q
vigorous and gallant defence of his person
with his own hands and without the use OF
arms, though contending againsts man of SUI
perior weight and strength, armed with a
cudgel.
The facts are that Mr.. R. was hurrying to
the depot in time to take the FIVE O'Clock
train for this city. The meeting was still 60
on the ground listening to the speaking. AS
he approached the depot, accompanied by
the two friends allowed named, he was sud-
denly, and without word of warning, set
upon by a man unknown to him, with o
bludgeon or cudgel. Instantly he was sur
rounded by scores of the assassin's accom-
plices, affording the fellew all the help they
could. Mr.. RPS friends Glider and Mullen)
were kept by superior numbers, out of the
ring, and could afford Mr.. r. no assistance.
They were not whipped or hurt, however
Mr.. RS principal assailant finally retreated
himself, having been foiled in every attempt
to use his bludgeon with any effect. 1t was
a cowardly, Infamous transaction on the part
of the woolly-headed conspirators-one that
signally failed, however, tn its purpose, and
which will only endear Mr.. r. the more 10
the hearts of the Democracy.
We are not advised as to the tenor of his
alleged Offensive" remarks toward Shombre,
but If he was the sort of man the Commercial
represents, and went to Kansas, as it states,
four or FIVE weeks ago, with the declaration
on his lips "to make Kansas free State or
die" he went with reasonable purpose, and
his friends cannot expect much sympathy for
him, nor can they expect that he shall be
held up as martyr to freedom" to furnish
political capital, without the manner of his
taking Off and the cause of it being ami
madverted upon by Democratic speakers and
Democratic presses-Cin. Enc.