The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-06-20

Iic u''y uGt t1at T1Ot. Wnlcn was at y o Clock
in The morning. had subslded and there was
no not when the marines got there. But the
LIST precinct in the 4th Ward in Washington.
ls'what the 9Th Ward in Baltimore is-the
abode Of the foreign locoioco' crowd: they
alone had the power 10 take possession, and
they heht possession during the day; and this
tncf accounts for the otherwise incxplicr,lc
J"ct that every man shot, except two, was a
democrat
We confne ourselves to PLAIN, admitted
facts. in our efforts to fix the responsibility
Tor this andacious invasion of the freedom of
elections by the President ofthc United States.
We notice no conflicting Newspaper state.
ments. We condemn the murdcrcrs out Of
the mouths Of their own Instruments.
The Report os Capt. Tyler, published in
The lntelligencer, and NJ The Wing to day,
makes the case we should expect from the
above view. Does he state that any riot tx.
listed, at the polls when he got there ! Were
the Commissioners then driven swav? Was
the peace broken tin has men broke it with
their muldorous firc2 81 far From all this
being SO, the Commissioners Of Election were
holding the election when he marched up
drawn ap before there. had ovcrawcd the
freedom Of the election and dispersed the
voters.
His Report says he reported to the Mayor
in conformity to the ORDER Of the Navy De-
partment. to the effect that he (Tylcr) was to
obey the Mayor orders .irith uieu 10 clear
ing The polIs at the different precincts Of the
municipal election" IF says on arriving on
the ground Il Immediately drew up my com.
mand in line in front Of the precinct
had the effect to clear The precmcf." But clear
it Of what !-of rioters or voters! He sug.
gcSts no riot and there was none. He cleared
it Of the people that he afterwards shot-quct
orderly men coiing, or looking on at others
ro'ine-of the predominant party of the pre-
cinct and of the President s friends There
was no reSis'ance-no attempt 10 keep the polls
his merely drawing his men up in line
cleared them: So there was no body in pos
session who meant to dispute that possession
wi h him.
" bat next?
While the Mayor was addressing the Com.
m Ssioners Capt. Tyler says: "a committee
consisting of i,ro persons came from the
market house with message 10 me. to the
effect that those III charge of the cannon
planted at the market house would fire upon
me If did not Immediately abandon my pc
Sltlon IN front vi the precinct
Il committee Of tro threatening the United
States troops with the fire of mob il he dill
not retreat! Did lie believe them to he
committee of the rioters; or, has he only
called them committee meaning that two
persons took it on themselves to come to tell
him what they ho"aM, but not what the
men IN charge Of the cannon had authorized
them to say.
1t is plain Capt. Tyler did not consider
them as rioters or as implicated with rioterS
tuI II so his duty and common sense required
INN to arrest them as the very ring!eadcrs of
the riot he was ordered to suppress. Yet We
hear no more of them they were neither
arrested. nor killed. nor wounded. nor any
effort made to arrest, or even to follow and
identify them. 1t seems. therefore. very
clear that Capt. Yer regarded them not as
persons authorized 10 make a communication
to him, but as persons volunteering a Sug
gcStlon-a committee not from the riot,iS,
nor from those having the cannon, but from
others interested in having the cannon taken
away: and on this suggestion Capt. Tyler
acted. without any parl,y, or und. rstanding,
or warning to withdraw.
1t is plain that one Of two things was true
either the two men were sent from the can
non party and Capt. Tyler so considered
them, or they were not so sent, and he did
not so consider them.
If the first were the fact then he would and
ought to have served them as ringleaders :
but he made no attempt to arrest, or hurt
them--so it is plain he did not regard them
as sent from the cannon.
But if they were not sent from the men in
charge of the cannon, they were volunteers
suggesting what they thought and there is
an entire failure Of any threat to use the
cannon against the marines at all. There is
no proof that it was intended to be used. cx.
cept in self defence, against any mob which
might attack it-and the result exactly ac-
cords with this supposition. For instead Of
arresting the two men, Capt. Tyler tells us {:
50 replied. Twill take your cannon !'-(in-
stead Of the rioters land straightway
proceeded with my command to the market
house, land with the first platoon char
scd and took possession Of the cannon
1t was only from the persons flying from
ms chmge-he tells us hmsrlf-that any
pistol was fired. The rioters fired rs they
fled and some persons fired from the market
house, but only after he had charged. at
tackled them and taken the cannon. If those
men who had the cannon sent to tell him
they would fire OH him If he did not get
away, surely it was the very time to fire
when he was charging on them. Why did
they not fire on him az he charged 1t is
plain that tho the cannon was there it was
not engaged in any riot; it had not teen
used: it had been brought there as a matter
Of defense. and there was no intention to fire
on the marines at all.
80 the only attack wac made h, The Nh.