Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-11-19
OHIO. THURSDAY

hungry men, women and children in thi.
city with sufficient work to enable then
to keep from starvation. The working
men have made capitalists and aristocrat.
of this country rich by the sweat of theil
brows, and now it was no more than just
that the working men should in turn re-
ceive their rights at their hands. Unity j:
our strength; law and order we will abide
by; the sword we fear not; but we must
have our rights.
Mr.. ]. T. Mcclure next read several ex.
tracts from the Daily Times, which spoke
of the danger of arousing the Native
American sentiment il this city, in oppo,
siton to the workingmen's protests and
mass meetings, as those sentiments were
wide spread, and were only slumbering fol-
want of the proper incentives fer arousing
them into active life. Three groans were
proposed and given for the Times by the
assemblage.)
CHARLES SMITH-The Native American
party is dead; it will take some exertion
to arouse it again. ~
| CHALLENGE TO FIGHT.
Mr.. Mcclure continued-Mr. Raymond
said, some time ago, that there were no
Americans in want; but he is a liar and a
coward, and dare not say so befoIe US here
for, if one man suffer, it don't matter
whether he is an American or a foreigner
they all suffer. Ill tell him one thing
now-I'll fight him if he be man. |
send him this challenge before you. If he
lived in Paris they would take him out and
slap him over the head, and would say,
"Begone, you ruffian You are coward r'
Our committee have decided to call no
more meetings until Monday, before which
time, it is hoped, the intentions of the
Common Council will be made known ;
and call on every man to constitute him
self a committee of the whole, for the pur-
pose of inducing every man in the city,
who is at present unemployed, to come to
the square on Monday, as the money gods
have plenty of money to employ all if they
see fiji, and if they (the capitalists) did
not come forward and do something before
then, We, as starving men, can wait no
longer. Mr.. Mcclure then read the Mayors
reply TO the committee, and Mr.. Beler's
address, after reading which he told them
to cheer up, and not to falter or fail in
midst of plenty. (Cheers, and We must
have work or bread)
Mr.. Smith next addressed the meeting,
and hoped, if it was their wish to 90 down
town in procession and demand work, they
would be careful to march pcaceably, and
above all things, to violate no law, rs it
was important for them to await calmly
and patiently the decision of the Common
Council; for if they should commence to
violate the law at this time, just so sure
as they did attempt so to do the storekeep-
ers fnd others would shoot them down.
EoIcE-We'll 60 to the stores then and
demand aid.
Mr.. SNITH-Ify you but observe and not
violate the law, we may yet receive aid,
but if YOU resort to violence you may hold
the city in your possession for few hours,
but in the end you will be shot down and
scattered as chaff by the officers of the law,
aided by citizens, storekeepers and capital
lists.
VorcE-We've waited long enough al
ready.
ANoTHER-Put him down-shut up.
Mr.. Smith continued, and said be was
sorry to see any such apparent violence
manifested by workingmen. He wished
to see all procure work, but hoped none
would violate the law. The naturalized
citizens took an oath to defend the consti-
tuition and to support the laws of the U.
S., and he asked them not to perjure them
selves. If they were going to commit
violence, he would not be with them any
longer, otherwise he would continue with
them.
Mr.. BowLEs-We will 60 to the Mer-
chants Exchange and ask the bears to give
gold for notes, and tell them that we shall
and must have labor.
The assemblage then formed into line,
and marched down the avenues into the
Bowery, and thence to Centre street,
through Catham and William into Wall,
where the money traders were taken by
surprise. Arriving at
THE MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
The leaders of the meeting mounted the
steps of the building, the crowd meanwhile
totally blockading the street, and render
ing impossible for vehicles.
Mr.. Bowles, holding in his hand scroll
or stave draped in Grape, having placed
himself in an attitude for speaking to the
crowd, proceeded substantially as follows:
We have not come to disturb the public
peace, but We are here to show that we
are oppressed, and that work is all We ask
for, without which we must starve. We
might gathera multitude of unemployed
men who have aided in building up the
rich who live in splendor, while the poor
are allowed to suffer for want of the neces-
saries of life. (Cheers.) We see in our
daily press that We have asked work of
our Common Council, who are our SER
wants, and in duty bound to protect US, or
be cast from office and be made as poor as
we are ourselves. (Checrs) We are not
going to beg daily; we shall give them
no rest till they relieve US. We don't
speak of bloodshed. Our principal motto
is, "Law, love and liberty" The sword
we fear not, but hunger we dread. Bet
ter, then, We should die by the sword than
disgrace the republic by dying of want and
hunger. We are satisfied to fight for our
Tag but the bears of Wall street must come
forward and relieve our wants. The speak