Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-20
From tho n. Y. Exrrsss. q
tremendous Excitelne

Thompklns' Square. where they were ad
dressed by several lrishmen who made
very iuhammatorY speeches. They also |
gave accounts OF q number, Of hard cases
0fsuff5fihg, snt related stories of their
sSiaes=and children furnishing. They then
urged the, masses to proclaim their utter
~ tektitats Esituatiou by demonstration,
tif-necessarySato compel athe4rich. to
sbelp them.JrG- saQE 80 lihs "a
Is5 Mr.i Schmidt, the, originator of the
smoVrment, and leader OF the demonstra-
ati6ns hen appeaGsd.a 3Tt tss altj stota
HsRae urged The crowd TOT abstain, from
Esny fultheE procesdiugs untilthe decision
Cofiithe Common, Council, which cannot
Seen1e-etf before Monday. .lf!they wished
4to demonstrate quietly aud march down
1taWn in a. becoming manner to show. their
ydesHIusiUn, he was willing to march down
town with the m, andfto address them at
Sthe Merchants Exchange; but he recon-
mended them 10 be ware of resorGng
to violence ore bloodshed. 8 : You have
notfIng-t to gain, he remarked, by ri.
-otiGg, aud II you resort to it, the citizens
Iwilk haScH no. more, sympathy with you,
Ethsg will gather together, arm themselves
ya9d shoot you down,likes dogs. Great
howting end groans; cries, "put him
s.awayS Another Ecrtsd, "thens We can
sget fntotheirstorss.''1 He did not want
stheirapplause.bu he deemed it his du>
Aty to cautiondhamiio remain orderly and
fdhisswas his we'll meant advice, while he
TWasaady1neinggthsir cause. He did not
WISH then 20 starVe, but he did not want
either. th9t2lhey get. into trouble or even
get deprived OF their liberty.
A strong feeling rapidly commenced to
exist against che speaker, which was mau-
ifssted.bE groans aud hostile expressions
Of all kinds i and several said that they
'wouidi1sfsltapon having relief in some
asayt-9 - 7"1H - il. ~. s-- &c. sr.
= aME :Bowles' then ordered procession
to bs formed. which was done, and head
ed By q abanner bearing the inscription,
4ssts az WE WANT
9aE. 1"a :*e.f:.s;: WORK. -.s
which was carried in front, the process
sion moved on! rr...a .. Soc
sa'EAbout bIl o'clock, they poured into
WalEstreet 10 procession, in masses--and
in alPthe ouvrier habiliments somewhat
exaggerated hey ond the natural costume,
as in Paris and Vienna, in order to create
"a sensation. , Nevertheless, there was
znothing rietous- or disorderly exhibited
butaheFe!was an evident reverence for
1.-THE unaecuslomed haunts Of Wall street,
-sand,th .Purlieus of the Exchange.
tsIs'Mr. Bo Wles, said to be blacksmith,
s4but. rOho ,Corel uery tohite linen cuffs, and
!eG very saQkits cambria handkerchief, TO wipe
off the sweat of his brow. created by his
speaking. 5seemed 10 be the leader.
~ So. Mr., BoTIEs' SPEECH. "' o..
~ AtrSBswles lin substance Our ban
nei:tells what We want. See it. There
sit isi-3 ali - .. r...
bs3 aaA 2 awe WANT WORK"
.b-ani' y must have it. (Applause.) We
iawant work and must have it, or must die
y--ordobw orse, for we will never consent
lgto slarTeqto death in a country like this.
1--WE ask for nothing but what is ight.
osand We mean to submit to nothing that is
-Ewrong. = You owe US living and we
.pmean. to have it. Loud applause.) We
Z have come here among you, to show you,
Tour fellow creatures, what we are, and 10
demand of you what we must have
work work, wOrk-Wherewith to earn
bread and meat for ourselves, our wives
.fand little ones. We must and will have
work or bread. Tremendous applause. }
-an~We will keep the peace. but will show
.sto. the merchants and wealthy classes
phere before US, that we are starving with
sour wives and ehildren--and that we
s.taust have relief. All We want is work
b0aSYou Swealthy men in this street. and
hereabou:s, you have the power to re.
lieye US, and you must do it. (Applause. }
"se There are twenty millions of dollars
here in yofr streets, idle. doing nothing
nor circulating among the people, and
you must circulate it among the people
go that we can get some of it to buy bread
'{Tremendous aPplause.)
There are many in this crowd who
would be glad if they only had loaf Of
bread: (Some, but feeble signs of assent.
We suppose. however, that we will have
Ito starve-but, no, no, Move will moi
'pstarve. C.Great burst OF applause.
&c There are some who say We are ignorant
,clesees- we don't know how to keep the
peace here, even here, in this place, with
millions Of money about US. starving here
though. and yet We keep the peace.
~ we will increase in numbers every day
mark that--ln numbers irresistible ia
strength. and We will march through the
streets with these Increased numbers, day
after day: ,,E.> e. ., -,'-.-- -. 49,
= You, my friends, boys. you will keep
the peace. will. you not (Cries of
.'yes.'') :, What We want is work, is it
not, boys? 1t is all on that banner. Is
it not there? Cries OF, Eyes. yes, yes" J
Tie astopi4hmcnt of Wall street, it's
Bankers. Brokers. Bulls and Bears was
great, very great, aud-they hardly recov.
cred from il for an. hour. All sorts Of
business for time were suspended, and
the windowsand steps of the buildings