The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-03-12
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The following remarkable editorial
from the Richmond Eroni,.e,. { Of
February 9th shows how. ,deplorable
is the state Of affairs in the once quiet
sleepy capitol OF Virginia. This is a
fair sample of thatEgolden age: which
was promised as tho Immediate fruit
lot secession .Ss:st* astf5ss.e Z 52@ "@..@
The rowdyism now rife in this city
has become intolerable, and demands
immediate suppression with the high
hand. Acts Of brutal violence, vulgar
|ruthanism and gross indeceney are Of
momentary occurrence in our rstreets.
The most orderly citizen and most de-
licate lady are exposedlto outrage and
insult. No man lisess,,ssevcn, is secure
in broad daylight on our most public
thoreughfares. To surround, knock
down, bruise and maltreat has become
the pastlme of the ruffians that throng
our pavements. The evil must be
suppressed, or else society must sur
render its authority to brutal violence.
We must disorganize the social sys-
TEN, resolve ourselves into savages
and prepare for protection by the most
effective weapons of self>defense, or
else we must assert the power of the
law upon the persons of the ruffians
and vagabonds that infest our streets
and alleys.
More vigilence should
be required of the police, and larger
constabulary employed. Every street
corner should be manned by police
man in uniform, armed to the teeth,
whistle in hand, prepared to rally a
dozen colleagues in the instant of dis
turbance. The license money arising
from the rapid increase of grog shops
would Seem appropriately employed
IN lnvlgorating the police. If these
furnaces of hell-fre are allowed to dis
pense at every corner what not mere>
ly 'ntoxicates but crazes, surely the
revenues which they pay into the city
treasury should be expended; in pro-
tectlng the valuable lives which they
lmperil, and in restoring the order
which they disturb. The city, by toll
Grating a thousand dens of iniquity
and passion, owes the duty to it's pop
ulation Of atfording it protection from
the dangers and outrages thus engen
dered and prepared. The time has
arrived for vigilence and summary re-
form, or else ruffianism, theft, arson
drunkenness and murder will soon
claim the city as their exclusive pre-.
serve.
In another column of the Ecanai,7e,
we find the following extraordinary
statement, on which it is not neces.
sary to remark at all
A few nights ago, the gamblers OF
Richmond held a convention in this
city, and, after the fashion of s'the
noble refrigerators'' of Congress
transacted their business in secret ses
sion. We are Informed that one
hundred and fifty members Of the
gambling and ''plug' fraternity were
present; that fifty thousand dollar:
We're voted and subscribed to as {
fund to carry the next election fo1
Mayor; and that the" candidate nom
mated as likely to unite the gambling
and rowdy interests of Richmond Is
an ungrammatical grocer and whiskey
worm OF the name of David J. Sauud
ers. We are very much of the opinion
that, II matters are not speedily bet
tered in Richmond, the gamblers
plugs" and the retired and unsavory
whiskey dealer they propose as thei1
candidate will be in the hands Of
|vlgilence committee before the date 0
the next municipal election.