Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-08-08
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The cities Of 81. Louis, Cincinnati and To-
ledO, have Of late been disgraoed BY riOtous
attacks by the Irish upon the negro labor
ers, and now Brooklyn, the city Of churches,
which prides itself upon its morality, has
also had black charge to answer for
The telegraph made brief mention Of the
affair. The immediate cause of the riot
was a personal alteration between a ne
gro and white man. Inan incredibly short
time gang Of infuristed Irishmen gath-
cred about a tobacco warehouse whore ne
groes we're employed, with cries Of "dll
the naygurs," 'burn them down, sc. One
Of them seized bucket Of tar, poured it
upon the lower foOr Of the building in
which the negroes were COngregated and
set itOn fire, intending to burn building
and occupants together. It was only by
the most superhuman efforts on the part of
the police that the FIRE was stayed. After
severe fight between the police and the
mob, the latter was subdued and the ne
grOes rescued from its wrath.
There have been too many of these out
breaks to be the result Of accident There
is design in it which cannot be mistaken.
And the parties which are mainly respon-
sibleare the men and the papers that are
bewailing the ingress Of the negroes into
the North, under the plea that they viii
ill up the labor market to the exclusion Of
the whites No more unfounded theory
has ever b1vn promulgated, but the ques-
ton Of truth does not enter into the schemes
OF these breedars % disaAaaians and an.
archy at the North. They know, and al
practical people know, that the draft o.
the young men Of the country into th'
army has left the supply Of labOrers e1'
ceedingly scarce. To such an extent ha'
this been the case that in many instances
the wives and daughters of farmers hav'
been obliged to go themselves into the fell
and do the harvesting that was suffering
for want of male hands. The negroes ar
scrupulously thrustout Of the army; henc
they are at hand to fill the places at tn
plough, the sickle, the plane or the dock
of those who are in the army. Natur
knows no color in the field of labor, an
the black man, if he is able and willing ha
the same right to earn his living by hon
est and well paid toll, as the white man.
This fact is recognized even by those VIII
are loudest in their depreciation Of negr
labOrers at the North, for they demand tha
the " "niggeIs should be made to work"
But notwithstanding the negroes ar
thrust out of the army and that labor is 81
scarce, the charges that they are super
oeding the labOring whites is utterly false
The very tariff of wages shows this mos
conclusively. But false as it is, it has beel
used so persistently and maliciOusIy b.
the anti-negrO press in its inhamatOry aP
peals, that the white laborers, who do no
study out the true facts in the case, are in
eensed against those whom they cOnside
their rivals. Hence their raids upon tn
oOlored men and the consequent blOOdshed
The responsibility rests upon those who
knowing better, wilfully excite the wors
passions of the white laborers. Such ag
itators are tories and traitors and desery
g halter or military prison.