New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-18

ard forhearsnce u the AbcNiionis'A the Chief Of
Tire Police has borne pubsic tea innony' Iney were
Il ory assaulted yet they ~e the ovlv one.
arrested by tie police They wer tne "a,v J'i TO-
knocked down. yet they were the cnl, ones hnraro
the police from tie hall Men disgrA nv .,".S
nnmes ore seen shakiDg their fists AZ Oh. broker
Tie negro is hurled off the platforms The go Tho,
il allowed to continue is riot. The Chief M ee'
individual Ab,lionists were arrested "by nh tsseI
Singular that this important mistake sho"so -,
occurred only in the Of those whom the "V :.
conn linents g. for their courtesy and forbea'sf~e
but never once took place in regard TO persons wa
freely using Heir and fists! The freIrfs o.
the Mayor urge that tho mob too powerful for the
whole force OF tho Government. Let the Mayor show
tfat be msde ordered single effort TO arrest o
rioer or even to remonstrate with rioter let hii
show that lie spoke word or once lifted hs finger
10 resist the mob, and wen grant him this defense
The pilot cannot he allowed 10 plead that the storm
too strong for him, unless he provo that he
s least laid his band the helm TO see whether
IL would obey his bold.
Our pre.ent Mayor Is not singular--does not stand
alone in this pnsiIlanmous servilty to wealth and
brosdcloh He is only the front rank Of group OF
iuch. We have not bad decent Mayor for ten
years. fiisses and appausel. Vassals Of the gros
hop and mortgages TO State street, what could yon
expect Of them OF course, Bigelow and Suh are
beneath botice-nssre hounds of the shave hnnt
bandsbrea,h ahead Of the pack But these other de-
generate mspi rates find here and there Predecessor
10 keep them in oouDtenance: indeed, all the Mayors
Of the Atlantic coast Ure their nodels-wItb one or
two noble exceptions. That mob, which Messrs. Fay
ard Howe inangursed in the morning. spent the night
in the streets where coored citizens dwei-brehk-
ing their windows breaking into their houses KICK
jrg. beating and sabbing several Of them nearly to
death.
The police were on special duty meanwhile in that
part Of tie city, Next morning the Courts OF ths city
are oIered ard IT, only person arrested and brought
before them after that night q outrage black boy,
eome fourteen years old who had tried 10 defend him
sef against the bullies do mot remember prec,sely
the Broad street mob against the Irish, bnt am in
formed sueh alec was the then The victims we're
about the only ones puni-hed. 80 in the Convent
case. have known but three cGse', in my day, ~
magistrates suppressing mobs. Neal Dow, at Port
lard, DONE suppose, more to prove his own daring
than from any real neoessty. Whoever goes ono step
from fis path to prove lis courage is Of counse
coward. Still let Portland have honor She qnelled
her mcb. Providence, aao, under Mayor Earstow,
silercsd her last mob with bullets. And last year
Mayor Henry Of Philadelphia, name to be written IN
letters II gold taught pure prond Ignorance and
brutality 70 obey tie laws. The wealth OF Pbilpcl-
pa sen him petition to prevent the lecture OF Mr.
@. w. Curts, and one Of the sizners appeared to
urge it, "Are you aware, Mr.. Mayor, Of Mr.. Curtiss
know nothing Of his sentiments, my only duty IA to
protect his free speech" was tho reply. :" DO you
know our wcatteet houses have petitioned against
pu, ,op TO the Ieeturs you F send them ali to the
waicb-house" was the reply tApplanse.I
Mr.. Curtis lectured, Next year Mayor Henry wa,
reelected. While such men can serve, l am opposed
TO rotation in Office. IIOnd applsusel.
Wfat wac the meeting TINS assailed1 One assem-
hld to discuss Slsvervthst question which convnlses
the Repuhlic-without settlement Of which our ex-
pertinent Of government is wreck, and in regard to
tch every press, every magistrate and everv Legia-
lanre south Of Macon & Dixons line filings defiance Mt
tie Union, amid the paudits OF Mr. Fay and his ass'
cisies
What day was it met The anniversary If the mar
tyrdoin of The only American whose name stirs the
pul.a of atat
en- confess to having never read line Of Webster,
ard il you Seward in Rome, Naples, Vienna, or
Pestb, vacant ewes ask you "Who was he?" But all
Euroye-uep If letters ard the masses-spoke by the
hrs Of Victor lingo, when be said, Of John Browns
murder il is soms,i ing terrible that Cain say-
irg Ahe-i If Wasi ingtor Staying Spartaeus Ia lond
laugh ard to-day bis name is household and familiar
word in Italy.
1t lie long, lorg wi lie, pince we bav. had such
Mayor. Our magistrates have always needed twenty-
four hours and cosetings with INDIGNANT citizens be-
fore tley could zee their duty In 1875, Mayor l.v-
man, lawyer, scholar and a gentleman, Instead NJ
protecting Mr.. Garrison, DYING in front Of him.
sreDt tie critical hour Of the mobs existence in vain
nterces ions with il personal fiendspitifnl appeals
to drunken broadchh and went home to realize the
noble opportunity be had oet ~ endearng his memory
TO law, liberty, and the good name Of the eity-to
realize the grave duty be had failed TO meet, and to
syend hs after life in hitter and unnvaing regret over
that difgracefnl and wicked hour ~ his magstracy.
He krew enough to rcPent, and later services 10 the
State endear bis memory. There is evidence that
cur recent Mayors know enough even to he ashamed.
The men with VIII m Mayor Lyman vanly interceded
that day lived to beg pardon Of those thew had m0bbed
All Boston Rorified them in 1926 and they walked
Stpte street in pride. You would think me cruel il
gibheted their names to-day. The hour is very near
il knocks al the dOOr-whep he who reminds an
audience that Il. =. Fay and Mayor Lincoln broke up
nm AntislNvery meeting will be considered even by
state street and Tire Conr'er, as bitter and nnchar
liable l.ses emirenily unchristan 30 to taunt the
disgIaced ard tie forgotten with their sins.
What was the tine Of its ueeting' An hour when
onr Senators and were vndicatng the
fee seecb Of Massachusetts among armed men in the
Ca iiol Shall we yield it at home to the huckSters
aud fcps Of tie Exchaneel
year ago this day John Browns noble companions
the brave yourg hearts that held up his hands
locked defh in the face, without mnrrrer. for the
slaves sake Snail we be craven in the light Of such
an eyanJle1
Whor j. it proposed TO silence Men who far thirty
years all the North, from the ocean TO Kansas
poerfCrp wealth rrofes ions reputation seeing their
houees paesd ard their f,iends shot in the streets
ave forced II is subject the reluctant attention. II
statesren ard Senstes-liftiug the Amer mind from
t @ mar eel lace 10 the 10 MI, from NanOn and 10
mucirke to Ire thnnders Of Sinni and the Sermon on
the Mount; till now. all Dtter questions driven from
the field ,od rtsirs this age 10 the redemption Of the
slave. Vitors, after such fight and in snch field
having taught tie nation woi cost, the value AID
II ,actdr ZEE Of FREQ speech Who are these trader
thst ttaI weighing their gOId against RIGHTS
WI is this h' aster raradng his petty two hundred
II cusai dollars" and swearing be will "spend Al,
ard put down ttis agitation! !" That aiteWnt was
Herctd before from the stems Of the Revere
Hcuse. The unhappy statesman, defeated and heart
hr' ken, SLEEPS hy the solemn waves Of the Atlantic
C6i0fpr Pf0f'"s costemps,, NON tnos p"rf,mesc1m.
II G halfcmrir'tence Of Webster we defed. Who
teeds Il il redders emrty windl
How shall prevent such incident attempts for the
future. Educate the future Fays more thoroughly.
Teach them tie distinction between duties and
dcllsJs. lart deer in tie heart Of the uasses the
conviction of tie inter sarredress Of the right of free
artech Orr fl ers wnde cir sons hate the Pore
n oroug " tst hatred Of Popery is longer in
telledrsl conviction Int has become constituent ee-
ert Of Yankee lood and hone. Put the sacredness
Of fire sIeech into the condition. Carve in let