The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-07-24

/; went TO him and gave him drink Of water.
the mob entered his store and ga,sed it from
, end to end
! For all these hours this man Law there.
watched over by some of the mob, and
whenever groan. or . sigh. or heavy Ia
bored breath would give token of life. there
was ss~ays a ready foot 10 kick his bleed
ing head or . ready hand to dash his head
against the paving stones. And this where
his wife and children could almost see him
and hear bis groaps. 'e@
Now,s:hat these demonstrations were not
mere outbreak. of alarm, or irritation at
by number Of striking facts, some Of which
we have collected.
The leading Copperhead papers OF New
York the second day after the rio, began
published reports of it with the following
lines: "77e People Shot By the United
States Soldiers ,' "FuSERAL of OLp ABE's
DRAFr!'
A Copperhead journal thus justi6es the
mob:
E1euse must be made for the conduct of
the crowd by the glaring fact that number
Of their kindred had been shot down in cold
blood by their sides. while fighting in de-
fense of the same principles. E. e. resist
ance to the draft
| The following incident shows where the
motive that created tho mob came from:
On Monday l was present at the sack
and firing of the the house in Lexington
Avenue. going through the whole mob from
its extreme verge to the very steps OF these
houses. There l saw a man known to
many persons as Q rebel sympathizer, hand
and glove with the rioters, encouraging
them,, in consultation with their ringleaders
and welcomed by them wherever he went
There l heard wishes expressed for the
success Of the rebellion and the destruction
Of 'sthe uaygers." There man OF decen,
xterIor and apparent Intelligence excIaim
ed. as he saw the houses burning. This is
! the most glorious sigh, l have ever seen !;
! this will pay JEFF Davis for The loss OF V,cks
burg" On Tuesday evening heard among
the rioters in The upper part of the Third
Avenue. cheers for Jetf Davis; bu, it was
dark. and could not see the individu uals
who proposed or who gave them. But ear
ly on Wednesday afternoon l was in the
| Second Avenue as detachment Of the 7th
regiment marched up TO disperse the mob
which had been maitreating the negroes
near Twenty y-seventh street. The rioters
vanished before the detachment, but closed
in behind it and began TO hoot. and then to
stone, and finally to shoot al, it. One of the
very rioters VINO made this attack, when
the detachment had moved about a SOU ire
Oft. called out. Three cheers for Jeff Da-
WIS.," The cheers were given. and numer
ously, though not very loudly--for the
bayonets were too near. l stood not ten
feet from the man who proposed the Oh. ers,
and face TO face with him. In ten minutes
arerwsri l saw The crowd which he then
led s.oniug the THIS men.
Another Incident Of the same kind
A man mounted on a horse and waiting
before an ale house in Forty second street,
near Ninth Avenue, was convcrsing with a
crowd of men and women who seemed 10
know him Excuse me. ladies'. for swear
ing. but damn Abe Lincoln. We have got
to burn the Tribune and Times offices ;
would have burned the -. |name not
heard except that so many poor girls are
employed there. coald have Gone it,
Hurry up that ale. Here's TO jeff Davis
aud damn Abe Lincoln" .a
Now put these facts along with other
facts. the cheering of Copperhead newspa-
pers. the sacking Of tie Tribune office. the
guard kept to project the Times Office. the
promptness With which the cry Of !" aboli-
tionist" gsthered'a mob and produced q
murder. the bloodhound fury with which
defenceless negroes were hunted down aud
killed. the curses Of the government, the
whole spirit and conduct of the mob. and
see il any other deduction will come out of
them than that the whole affair was sugges-
/ ted, perfected and directed by men who
| sympathize with the rebellion, and intended
| the defeats. of the Government. Who the
! leaders Of the rebel abettors in New York
are. the whole nation knows as we'll as il
. knows who Gen. Grant is Open and boast.
: full enemies have the merit, at least, Of being
. surely known. and easily found. and the
, copperheads Of the North have been as
open enemies of the Government as ever
the tories were Of the Revolutionary army.
Ard where open aud violent enemies are,
we need not look long to End the origin OF
any hostility that may appear there. The
New York mob was q copperhead scheme.
deliberately planned, and carefully directed
ill the passions Of the rioters, and the nat
:ural influx OF thieves, burglars. pickpocke,s.
/: brothel bullies, and garroters, sselled into
: raging monster without any aim but des-
/; ,ruction. or any appitise but for blood and
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