The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-06-12
From the Washington onion.
!XClTlNG TO RIOT.


II viii scarcely b. credited that a meet
ino was held IL tbs city on Tuesday evening
last, for the purpose of sustaining mob spirit and
pzceslng murder: and, to tax the cretuhy OF
the distant reader stsll farther we may add that
the ortterS-up Of the meeting, we'll as several oI
the persons "a no addressed it, occnPy Respectable
positions in the community. and have or Sappo-
srd to have, some interest IN the maintenance ol
fhr laws aud the preservation ot Tie Prace.--
TIN. meeting is thus briefly noticed IN thr trle-
5rapbjc correspondence Of the Baltimore sun
/ x.w.sfi1r-op. lime "a large meeting was heid
i5bt IN front Oh the City Hall in regard to the IL
OF. The speakers were General McCal1a, d. Clay'on'
/ Councilman Lloyd ali OF the American party, VINO
spoke OF the killing OF persons by the Mailht9 on IN
day ef election as cruel, Cowafdy aud olooay mas
sarre oil the innocent, and OF the coHoucI Oh 'ne NS
ptiye authorlres as tramping undeTioo1 OF 'he sd-
cred rights of the citizens aud OF law and order
e.Nr. Lloyd's advice TO be prepared for the next
attack elected spontaneous cherFs OF appreciation
At The same time be invoked them 10 preserve 'ne
r-are 4 conuittle OF TWO from each ward was al,-
no,rrd 10 prepare suitable resolutions and ca'l an aH-
ourned meeting after the inquest on al Inc FcIuS
has beea concluded"
Iet rs take hastv glance at the dreadful oc-
; currtGces Of Monday last On that day an E
lection was held Ia this city fnr municipal ON
cers There we.e two tickets in the hrld: toe
D one supported by the Krow-Nothings, and The
: other by the Union party, composed Of De"o-
. crals and O!d-Line Wings. ihe polling pro-
- crrdrd. and on all sides it Is concedcd lhal 'h'
q that the election should be conducted in peace
2 able and equitable manner, and that all whc
X were legally entitlrd to vote Should eHaGclS'
d tie privileges Of the elective Franchise in tht
d irecsl manner. By neither word nor deed o.
d that fatal day did they attempt to interfere, d
- rectly or indirectly, with the rights at their cp
st roneCts. While quietly exercising one Of tht
d highest privileges Of citizens, what was th
e conduct Of the Know Nothlngs, or at least pnr
e ton of that dangerous organization AnXlou
to disturb the peace, and thus prevent fair eX
" preston of ths public voice, and yet af!aid tina
n they had not strength enough, or terocity rn uE
IS 10 carry out successfully their mobish, mrrdeF
ID ous purposes, they engage the services OF gar!
d OF desperate ruliianS in the neighboring city o
II Baltimore bring them 10 WASHINGTON ana g
ot them loose upon ctr peacFa5!e Inhabitants
+ With what fidelity they carried cut the ina
D. nous instructions of their employers, last Mon
ID DAVIS bloody work will fully attest In few
- hours after their arrival the whole city was com
at petply at the mercy of mob They had tnI
ID possession of one voting precinct, and Wer
So prepared TO take possession Of other precincts
rs InofrnSive citizens had been shot, stabbed, an
Is assaulted with murderouS missiles. The polio
j i3rce small in numbers, bot rrSolute III Spl:l
pr had been literally driven off the ground: and
tp became apparent to all that, without he promI
5. interpoSilon ofthe military, the irghtiul scene
Of of Louisville and New Orleans would be- re-et
Ks acted here on a still mors frightiu scale. |
q, this emergency, the Mayor sought and obtaine
lg the mnch-needed aid 10 protect the lives an
property Of cur citizens. Not trigger wa
t. pulled until it was evdSut that further torbea!
re ance would be attended with the most appallin
n, results. The firing ofthe Marines was in real
a. tv an act of humanity The rioters dispersed
jh order was restored, and the supremacy OF th
rr law acknowledged and maintained.
e, And vet Mr. Lloyd tells his hearers to b
y prepared for the next attack. What does tn
+ counsel mean if ii does not mean. earn your
n selves cut, stab, shoot down citizens peaceabl
ne and lawfully exercising one Of their drare
1e privileges; and if the military are called out
er stav your bloody, murdrrous work, see that 70
e. haze arms enough and ammunition enough
ne make successful resistance"
y Mr. Lloyd, and all who think with Mr.. L!oy
, will soon discover, if they have not aIread
= discovered, that the time has gone by in tn
city when such advice can be safely given {
= successfully followed. We have more faith
y the prevention than the putting down OF mob
: and the meters of riots cannot be too soon tau
: that they are as much amendable TO the law as
" they actually took part with their wretche
~, ~ tools and dupes.
in From the Cumberland Alleganian.
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