The daily union., 1856-11-07
From the Baltimore Republican.
NOVEMBER A, 1850.


TgE RATTLE OF NOVEMBER 4, 1850.
...l;,sa citizen has but a secondary right 70
LUG Wien the two rights come In confict u u for
'sreans 10 prove which " the pelter man. East ~
Sspoes of street hgh &c, against your aas anu
araItes OF day Of battle often determine the nate OF
hs Ln' bstle S~Hsny Wr Dapiss philadelphia speech
~. nol;tie.l morality imboded in the above sentiments
"a a citing dsnousmsnt We congratulate Winter
upon the success Of his doctrines and hope that he
and his party find sufficient recompense IN that success LOT
M black cloak of infamy with which has covered the
os Of Baltimore city. The casualties Of the day OF bat
tie on Tuesday, as well as IN oo'ooei iASf n'' "' Nv
,rnined the fate of the battle
True the voice of the people, speaking its majority
noh the ballot box is not casually, and the above
~ can hardly be considered consistent with equity the
m f rights or the organic law but what matters law,
constitution right they succeed Success the ony
tsrou by which the world forms its Judgment ihey
d succeed matter how let the means be corrupnon
"a fsud and death-et the consequences be infamy civil
M N total subyersion of all law-all decencyall rscog
,r of individual or collective rights. 1t matters not
,or Kinks what shall we say to thee2 Most sapient,
iant and energetic chief magstrae To beforewarned
,s to be forearmed You bad provided means to keep
h neace You would that the rights OF the czens
e protected You knew this was coming at least you
ware told this by those who could foresee the Impending
~ You were urged entreated to adopt such measures
"S~N~
mt company Of twenty-five mounted policemen, OF
cavalry could have run down aud dispersed all
h oers of Tuesday But they not to be had Po-
uoor were in most instances so many additional
rioters. 49,. =,
ha Ssvon,bward know nothing rioters, eome on The
living between the sth 6th and 7th-ward pos were
continuous battle-ground dunng nearly the "hoe o.
aerooop We have endeavored to learn the orr
tn s0
TO say so biased by party prediction that 1t is almost
ossble to Judge who were the immediate aggressors
n oraion is that previous to blow being struck,
hand OF some thirty forty policemen archea up oean
n Aisouith street. and Joined shortly her"afos
1 - kpownothipgs from the Seventh ward armed with
= owive bowe-knives, and revoyers. stampeue tooh
,ce from the Sxth-ward polls, but the majority VINO
ran being knownothings soon discovered tna' hey we'.
by their own partisan friends as well they mig
or fces more distorted by passion and pale with the
t for blood it was never human lot to see In the mean
ows having been carried to the Eighth ward that the
ward know-nohings had gone to take possession
j r tho Sixh-ward polls there was rally OF democrats
that ward who rushed to the rescue, and were met
h Rsar market by the Seventh and Sixth-ward kho"
o,binos From this moment commenced scene oil car
.ge and horror impossible to describe Guns, muskets
Hbayonets regoyers bowieknives oiaageohs anu uioA
bs were freely used both Sides and tters might p
II - ,.rrv;rg off the wounded in all directions
The sventhward men retreated up Orleans to Asquitb
d down Aisauth to Mullikin and Holland streets and
m the space of an hour more the houses OF that VI
nv were closed while the afrighed families clustered
together for protection in their most secluded rooms Mr
whppes apohecay store on the corner o. o,eans an'
utb streets was turned into hospital for the wound
and as many as eight bleeding and CHASTITY bodies nigh
been seen there upon the floor and on the set
tes at one time Mr. Perknss drug store Also on Hiler
street we are told had less than sixteen wounded mer
II in it at time.
But it is not now the time to discuss who struck thu
first blow The know-nohing press and knowHnoth'ne
orators have melted this riot and the mayor OF the city
and the whole official force OF the city subsidized and con
oed by the secret councils of the corrupt party wnct
represent either would not dare not take measures
for the preservation of the peace No mans life is nov
safe in the city Of Baltimore Terrier reigns supreme.