Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-11
From the Cincinnati Satstts.l
baltimore and the BaItffnore q OhIo
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baltimore and the Hd1ttfnorc & Ohio
IIaIlroatl.
The continued miscpneeption of the real
position OF the city ofEBaltimore on the
great issues of the day, growing ont Of tho
ilamentable riot in its5Btreets On The iglh
ult., will it is hoped, 5Gia sGfEieicnt apoio.
~ torironhling your cotuqiiis with a few
words of explanation, When the nnpar-
allied uprising of the bs6pls 6f the North
4 'nesPepks an awakened fse9se of our great
interest IN the GoyeFnme t and more
elevated patriotism than 8e shacklcs of
party have permitted rs So for ma nj.
9earS99 q Bhonid promo & 5tos.beii ,S;si H
we cannot afford to be generous. to those
whom peculiar circumstances have tenpo.
r'irily placed ina false position.
The unproyoked attack uuon the Gov
ernment volunteers marching through a
supposed trieudly city to tho defence of
our common National Capital, was an out
rngc of the most unpardnuable character
and justly excited the Indignation Of nil
loyal citizens. But now ,taat the facts are
better understood, and tho real perhctra-
tors known 10 have been acting not onIy
without the sanction, but against the
most Perilous efforts Of the constituted
authorities Of the city, and that the oc-
eurrenee was profoundly condemned bv a
great majority OF its citizens, nre we not
lolng a great injustice-are we not exeit-
ing to great public wrong, by repeating
the cry for vengeance on Baltimore.
That there need be no Observation-Disclosures
as to the parties actually responsible for
tue outrage on the occasion referred to, we
tnye the statement Of Governor Hicks, who
was an eye witness, to the Legislature Of
Maryland, Mt their present session. In his
" message OF the 25th rilt., he says: q on
Friday last detachment of troops from
massachusetts reached Baltimore, aud Was
attacked BY an irrespoNsi6k MOD, and sGvl
eral persons on both sides were Killed.
The Mayor and Police Board gave 10 tie
slAsstehnsetts soldiers all the protection
they could tafford--acting with the utmost
llromptn1ess @ and bravery. But they were
powerless to restrain the mob" a'4 r
What is the responsibility of city for
ithe acts of mob 2-tor all. cities are liable
to suffer from them; aud as New York.
PhiladelphA, Pitts6urg, and Cincinnati
have had troubles in that source also, the
question may be indulgeutly answered.
They are pecuniaTily Irresponsible for all
dAninges to property caused by tho riots:
fand they arc morally responsible, il no Of
fort Is made TO guard against the recur-s
renee of such disorders, - y
II has only been a-fsw months. since n
oomhinsd and energetic strpggle, upon the
part Of the better citizens Of Baltimore,
relieved their municipal management feojnf. fef
mob Influence; and they Congratulated
themselves upon a peaceful rescue Of lis
lame from tue turbulent hands that had
controlled the ballot boxes for several
years; but rs the same meu, the same
trolblesqHe element still remained among
them Il needed only some special orcae
sion, with the addition of some new rally.
lug cry. to tO-deyelop their capacity far
mischief, Southern assoctati tions had crea-
led Of Induced Secessionism, With some
p were Otherwise good citizens. These,
added 70 some Custom House and Post
sofhcs CLERKS, abont to be discharged, gave
go eo1ntenapee 70 the sad demonstration OF
the 18th, an event which will be lamented
BY the good eitiSeus Of Baltimore long
after Z ts. forgiven and forgotten elsewhere.
z The mob acted, rs now ,6eII Understood,
op q Preeoncsrtsd plan. With their new
auxilIaricsD The cry was .Sonthern rights
2 agaiast NprthsEp iuvn dersl',- The assault,
tue defense, ItAe papte,i The rags The coa-
tnslo1 loo and t9e power 9f ho1Sands OF hH-
man beings sgay yfpg aloagy q crowded. thor.
nShtarey produced ~ effect SO terrific as
itor the time 70 destroy all ability toresison
calmly and clearly on the actual condition
of lRthgs. siseeassto1' . was the raIIyinq
word, aud 1t swept over tile city like
tornado. The Secessionists had control
OF most OF the military compa1ies, and
they soon got contrnl tIithe city armoFies,
and hnllly obtained a piaetical eonestsion
OF civil authority, so as 10 place The riIy
nasIsmltt9EE lHW.ai s:-5 s.rf i=t7jf .sss. z
With then 1dReity usu cIlaGacteEiItng
-thFil taEtiSs, itrIStl4 claimed that the Uay,
tpniBentImeQb waS extiURnisheda In the