New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-25
The Crcat Riots-Thc DRIFT.

Since the last issue Of The TABLET this great city
has parsed through "a terrific ORDEAL OF mob-law ana
ropular'lury. From the morning OF Monday, the
l3h day otbis month OF July to the night OF Thurs
DIV. the 10th, almost every Ward OF the city was 10
The hands of AN infuuate mob thirstlnR FOR blood
and bent ON destruction. Neither the life nor the
property OF aDy loyal citizen was safe, and II re-
auired only some ruilip IN the crowd 10 I9.se the
cry of "Black Republican ,neaning loyal to the
country and the Ia <iul authcritiesj ogaiust any
well-dressed individual, to have himself beaten TO
death with the most revolving cruelty, and hls
DWELLING If known, sacked and burned 10 the
ground The osieust0 cause Of all this was 1.-THE
dn.fi," which com1eucet Oh the saturday previous
lllsh n.t.l, but what had ihe drafting TO do with
tie universal crusade against the unfortunate chill
drru OF Ham everywhere throughout tia ci,y-svcn
IN Wards comparatively quiel-hunted like wild
beasts and rot merely put 10 death, bat III some L.
stauoes nctuaily hung and burned
IL wac truly I'ia.lc sifht III Il city calling itself
free, 10 ,cs these unAapiy inglVs-men, wome ~.
and elnldren-hluted down all over tho city, aud
that-,iere is no denying by lrshmen, 10 sorAe
extent. The peO ie who perhaps, o. ali others In
Farore have suffered most from perseru'ion arri
oplit --on. figured here on free sosl, wbego oil
nc axe supposed 10 have equal rights, rs the fcTc-
moot p~rsecutofs ~ murSrcrs tho tOrneutors %
poor hrlp css. dcspi.ed Tacel Snatnc' shninc ou
,urn Irthmen-they are disgrace 10 The coSDtry
IRON Which they came, IN an cva -onT assSres!y
for bad they remained at home they would, IN all
/ 4 re
! f,reut atmosphere. We know, OF course, that TIC
In.h DID but ru-, oi the riotiug bu. .hoy VII
Gud that tic chief o3lnm vlN De- thrown ON them
a. 1t always Is, v hen -gy PossisiiiIy exlis OF 10
.ug 30.
Tor our own parts we do Dot wonder that tie
ihbOring oias.s- should o9poTc The daft aud ~C
aiways iasfodttey wOll1, ESPECIALLY rs tue oDnox
! lus 900 .xer yiion clsase gave them pianribie
| rr~tene, bn. We mover dreamed that they wou.d
fasc L.~ and f4-ic. into their own hands, and have
recour-e 10 trlidrr fire Gud piIlAge a> me4nr OF re-
Or, s.isg thar real or ruppo-.d grievance. Htd
they come together IN Tss, numbers aud simulia
\ n,og.ty Ia every town aud city, aud Iittly bat
iruiy prot, st-l a.Tlnst the obnoxious measure, tLt
enlt would have been al ttai thcy desired ana tAo
queer ard more ocd-riy their bearing the NOR,
fesect thor e. uly pressed vii not To be- drafted
wsGld nave COMMANDED. IDen they would have
povtd themselves lsN.a0iding ciizons, Ia Tor the
stcfc.a, Of s.lEguvo, Ineni-bOw !, II DOW
/ Ia what poriIon do the worhingfnen Of New
York stand to-day Jafore the whole civilized world
On IL ar precisely with lie sGas cglOilcs of ID,
French Revolution There Is DO trying "a
20 t.r 10 down-uch Is the dreary aspect Oi the cn-e
and although We know that many thoustnds OF oui
work giucn did uCt lOu tie riJcrs, Or the TOOber;
y no followed ~ fh,Ir wake stll the stern record
Of ory will uASe no d!stincton- aud the great
not. Of ,fuly, lrSla Wal form bloody .aye IN TIE
Hnba, OF New York. I'LL the end Of time oycrniore
lcs our children their children Will shGddef az
/ they read Tat d'snal tate. Lnd their cheeks Will
buru with hoAest shame for the brand of diegrace
then stained on the brow of our noble leland City.
! Ga shane sba'He shame Or Now-iork. shame
l Tor she misguided men, whether Id.i, German, OF
| Au,sricans who lent themselves and melted Others
20 the commisson OF such atrO,ious outruec0 and
woo WOO rn1.tenble WOO for the blood that has
been shed. among the rioters themselves aud smong
oar h. &c polio. aud gallant soldiers who fell IA the
dlseh.. % Of their duty 10 tie citizens OF
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