The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-26
From the NeU YorL: Herald. I
THE REIGN OLE RlNUnNIS II


The bad notoriety of Baltimore and Philadel-
phia for rowdyism and disorder has not vet died
away. The rowdies of those cities are determin-
ed to sustain their reputation. The execution
at Baltimore of three of their number, five
months ago, appears to have been already for
gotten by the surviving demons in that city,
notwithstanding the warnings uttered by those
unhappy men they stood upon the threshold of
| eternity. few days ago gang of them took pos
session of steamboat, excursion trip assail-
ing Unfortunately every white man on board
putting out the lights, and robbing all the passen
gers, and committing an atrocious outrage on
negro womanin the presence of her husband, whom
they stabbed. On the very heels of this intelli-
gence, we learned yesterday by telegraph that
another band of ruffans from Philadelphia created
disturbance with the Franklin Rife COMPANY.
from that city, who were on target excursion at
Tacony. About twenty persons were stabbed and
otherwise wounded. To-day we publish further
particulars of the riot. "..- a
1t does notappear that the military had either
bayonet or ball cartridge with them on which, 10
doubt the rowdies presumed, being themselves we'll
armed with knives, daggers, and other deadly
weapons The military ought never to place them
selves in the power of mob of that kind They
ought to have had their bayonets, if not ball car
fridge. If they had charged ON these fellows 18th
fixed bayonets, they would have very quickly taken
to their heels. If some fifty or a hundred of them
had been killed on the spot great gain would have
been accomplished for society. So pertinacious
were the scoundrels that on the arrival of the mill
tary in Philadelphia they RECOMMENDED the riot
and but for the interference of the police the results
might have been serious This is one of the very
few occasions on which the police have been ever
known to prevent any crime. -r .t
w bat is the cause of this wdyism assuming
so bold and so defiant an attitude, domineering
over law and order, and keeping respectable and
virtuous citizens in continual fear We answer
that politics., party politics, and the corrupt prac
tees connected with them, are the fruitful source
of the anarchy which is foul disgrace to our
free institutions and cause of prejudice against
democracy throughout the civilized world. The
political wirepulers and managers of elections
have for many years subsidized class of men
who have cheated the State prison and the gal
lows oftheir due, to do their dirty work, and TO
commit every sort of violence This vilany has
peen eonniyed at by the leading men of each of
'ne successful parties in turn, on the prin-
cipie that the end justifes the means. And al
most every attempt to bring the ruffans to ius-
tice mas peen frustrated. Thus impunity for row
dyism atieections has gradually grown up among
us; and so formidable has it become that decent
citizens are afraid to go to the primary elections
where only those candidates who PLAY into The
hands of the criminals have any chance of sue
cess But the evil does not stop here The
rowdIes, finding that they possessed immu-
nifty for violence at elections, have sheltered the
instruction" Of their masters, and made general