White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-11-17
Mob in Newport, Kentucky.

THK TYPE OF TIE "FREE Souri," PIED
AND THE TYPE Throws INTO THE RIVER
Last evening. about hsif-past sever
O'Clock, . mob Of some thirty men enter
ed the printing Office of VIM. 8. Bailey
Newport, KY, and pied Q considerable
quantity of type. broke one Of the press
es, and carried of the 'forms," on which
the outside of the paper was printed.
There were no persons in the Office at the
time Of this visitation, except Mr. Bailey
and his family. His four daughters, who
set type. and Mrs. Bailey, were present.
and begged without avail that their pro.
perty might be spared. The press would
probably have been entirely destroyed,
but those who undertook the job found
it dirty work, the ink soiling their hands
and clothes. Mr.. Bailey was warned
that he must leave the town, and quit at
tempting to publish paper there, or that
he would be roughly used and all his
property demolished. When the mob
first appeared, they informed Mr.. Bailey
that they proposed to abolish his incendi-
airy sheet. They considered the commu-
nifty unsafe where such paper was toler-
ated, and so forth. Mr.. Bailey's paper
does not rank very high among the jour-
nails of the day, but he and his family
have long spent upon it their daily labor,
and earned with it their daily bread. The
paper has been. we believe, family pro-
duction, Mr.. Bailey writing the articles,
his daughters setting the type, and his
sons making up the "forms" and work
ing the press. His daughters, who have
made humble livelihood in this way,
we're not, we are informed, exempt from
such insults, last night, as foul language
addressed to them could convey. This
was perhaps the most gross and cowardly
part of the pitiful transaction. We re-
ally do not think the peace and prosperi-
ty of the city Of Newport or the State of
Kentucky. would be imperilsd by the
continuance of the publication of Mr..
Bailey's paper. 1t might be much better
for the town, if it were understood that
all opinions and their free expression were
tolerated there. 1t is not likely that a
single one of the mob owns a slave,
though our informant declares the men
engaged to have been respectable in
appearance" A suggestion being made
as to the police, it was remarked by one
of Mr.. Bsiley's daughters that most Of
the police were present, and if they did
not positively aid in the destruction of
the property, they certainly did not at
tempt to do their duty, but were passive
spectators of the lawless scene. 1t is
question whether Mr.. Bailey can find any
protection under the law, and the thing
most likely to happen, is the continued
for some time of his paper
by mob force. The people and suthori-
ties Of Newport have grave question to
consider. 1t is whether there is to be
freedom Of speech and of the press in
their midst-whether an industrious FAM
lily, who offend against no municipal reg
ulation, nor law of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, shall be protected in their
property; or whether there is to be in
tolerance on the subject of slavery, back
cd by mob violence. Mr.. Bailey may
not be q man personally calculated to
excite very great amount of admiration,
but he stands for principle, and his
rights should be respected. 1t is certain
that such proceedings as those last night
will inflict far greater injury upon the
town than upon Mr.. Bailey. Cincinnati
Commercial, October 29M