Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-11-09
baltimore Rawdxism.

Inc Geographic accounts of what was called an
election in Baltimore City last week, and which we
published in our paper of Saturday last are not only
confirmed as true but further particulars show that
not one-tenth Of the whole truth was told Instead
of an election, it was made the occasion for the
restrained exercise Of the worst passions of the worst
OF men. The rowdies control Baltimore, and have
controlled it ever since the birth of Know Nothing
ISM and the police and the entire City authorities
are particeps criminis. The days there appointed
for holding elections used for the purpose of vo
lence, 5loodshed and murder; because the rioters
know that they can then perpetrate any crime with
impunity.
Not only were Democrats prevented from voting,
but large numbers of the foreign population were
forcbly taken from their homes carried to the polls,
and there compelled to vote the Know Nothing tick
ct Any one attempting to vote the Democratic
ticket was either shot, knocked down. or stuck with
avis till he desisted. If a Democrat resisted any
attack made on him, the police hurried him off to
some station house. but left the assaants undistur5
cd. The N. Y. Herald in its account of the scenes
during the day, says:
"At this [thc third ward Mr.. Andrew George,
whilst standing at the door Of his own house, which
is in the immediate vicinity of the poll, saw a dis
orderly party of men dragging along two Germans.
The Germans were protesting that they did not wish
to vote, and Mr. George protested against the treat
ment they were receiving A police Immediately
charged Mr.. George with disturbing the peace and
on his replying that he had right to express his
opinion, arrested him and put him in confinement
at the station house. Mr.. Isaac George, of the
candidates for the Legislature on the reform ticket
| hnari Of hrOt nrOp nfInd To
station house with the view Of obtaining his liberia
ton. On protesting against the treatment of his
brother he was rudely turned out of the room, and
on his again renewing his complaint he was struck
violent blow in the face by police officer present
Mr.. George was excited, and strongly expressed his
feelings but did nothing that could justify any man.
much less police officer in using violence.
The rowdies were reinforced after dinner and took
complete possession of the polls and for the balance
of the day were constantly driving up and voting
carriages and vehicles filled with men who were tax
ing the circuit of the city similar Grand
Germans also dragged from the streets, and in
some instances from their houses, and compelled to
! vote the American ticket"
A DR.. Williams, in thirteenth ward, says:
81 think it my duty as citizen to state the treat
mcnt received from the police authorities at the
Thirteenth ward polls, while exercising my rights.
was standing quietly on one side of the voting
d
out the slightest provocatiOn remark my part.
| was Immediately surrounded by ten or fifteen hu-
man ficnds, and struck several times on the face,
and to crown all, instead of arrcsting my assailans,
was seized by two policemen and conveyed to the
station house in Saratoga street, where was placed
in vile hole-my only offence that of being struck
by the rowdies. | was ncarceratcd there for an
hour, when one OF my friends bailed me out. |
snemnly declare this to lie true statement of facts.
| Even tho uoliccmcD whom fax iDo m IN fhp station
house. declared they had no charge to make against
me. / make no comment on this outrage
JOHN B. WILLIAMS NJ. d."
These and many other incidents VIC might publish,
if we deemed it necessary, cOnclusvely prove that
the police protecting the guilty and Furnishing
the innocent
What is to be the remedy for this state of affairs
We confess we arc at loss to know. We trust
that some remedy may be found. 1t is desperate
c,se, and can only be reached by strong REMEDY
The next Legislature will BE largely Democratic
and we trust it will devise plan for the correc
ton of such unheard of outrages. That it can ant
will pass stringent laws have no doubt, but cal
it insure the execution of such laws? We hop
State and Mayor of the City clcctcd-or rathc
put into Office forciby-by the very men that ough
to he punished, we fear that any good laws on tn
subject will be but dead letters the statute book
The Legislature can pass laws, but will they b
executed by the very men who arc raised to powc
by resisting such laws, and whose enforcement Q
them would insure their own defeat?
Verify has Baltimore brought forth fruits meet 70
-Nothingsm and Sewardism at IIarpcr's Ferr
such as arc meet for Black Republicanisr.