Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-08
WASH INGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
LAW AND ORDER TRIUMPHANT

Union, of this morning.
Readers Of the Iateliigencer and Union
only, would imagine, from their comments of
this morning, that yesterday was the most quiet
and orderly election day ever witnessed in the
Federal Metropolis. For the truth concerning
the details of the occurrences of the occasion,
the reader is referred to the Stars local
columns, in which our four reportOrial assist
ants-who from early dawn until midnight
were noting passing events-present an un-
vanished history to the public.
As large as the vote polled was, we are salts
fed from personal observation, that a consider
able number of iona fde citizens of Washington
were deprived of their franchise by the vio-
lence of the regular police, many of whom were
the nOisiest encouragers Of the rowdy ruffian-
ism of the afternoon, and by the presence and
acts of the masters of Washington city. the
Rams, Regulators" and States Hose
who (the last mentiOned) commenced the riot
ing by assailing officer A. X. Allen by the dis
charge Of pistol shots and shower of brick
bats. when essaying to discharge his duty
between l and 2 p. NJ, near the lower voting
place in the Fourth Ward.
Throughout the whole afternoon the three
v,
marching from poll to poll in bodies of from
twenty to sixty, shouting, disappearing and
discharging firearms wounding nobody, it is
true, but at the upper precincts of the Third
and Fourth Wards, and about the Sixth and
Seventh Ward precincts causing all not will
ing to risk an involuntary encounter with
them, to flee for their lives; of course scatter
ing broadcast among their fellow citizens such
accounts as etectually prevented those of the
unvOted from coming to the polls who preferred
to resign their right ofsfranchise, to risking
their personal safety.
The violence of the day was perpetrated by
persons entirely unknown to the mass of our
hOuse-and-property-hOlding fellow-citizens
So far as the damage done to the Star Office
buildings by portion of the procession Of the
night and the crowd following Immediately on
its skirts, is concerned we shall, of course.
hold the Corporation of Washington response
Die at law, which accords any one a remedy for
Its failure to give to the citizen due protec-
ton OF his property from the violence of mobs.
The Star. all know, has ever been an object of
hatred to organised gangs of violators of the
public peace and their alders and abettors. il
matters not for whose benefit such desperadoes
may be banded. We have duty to perform
towards those of all parties who have a sub
stantial interest in the peace, order and vel
fare OF the Federal Metropolis We performed
1t fearlessly when such scenes were enacted in
our midst for the benefit Of the so-called Amer
lean party, and We shall cOntinue to perform il.
without careing the snap of our finger for
whose benefit organized violence and rufIian-
Ism may be essayed in our midst.
We are too staunch Democrat to favor the
idea Of identifying the reputation of the Demo-
cratic party Of the country with such scenes
and acts as We explain above and we know
well that ninety out of every hundred of our
Democratic fellOw-citizens will ere long. as COR
daily sustain Us in setting the Stars face
against the outlawry of yesterday afternoon and
last night, as when Henry A Wise was assailed
by mob of ruffanly blsckguards in front Of
Browns Hotel, and in the case of the election
not year ago.
We are in duty bound to say that Mavor
Magruder did his best, yesterday, to preserve
Inc public peace and the rights of all citizens
those curious to witness a practical illustra-
ton OF the claw and Order Triumphant y,
mentioned IN the UHton this morning. NAV SEQ
1t by gazing for an instant on the front Of the
Star buildings