Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-02-19

EproRs DsxocuAr AND Nxws:-A regard
Ter Truth compsls me TO notice commun'ca-
,ion in yoor paper Of Tuesday. over tho sigma
ture Of Lieu, Benton. In relation to tue as
iurbaues In Metropolitan Hall on Saturday
evening last.
FAtling 10 con vince him 81 his misteks In an
interview with that gentleman. ofsr q lev
TACT. winch can b. s.bs,suilatsd by ample
proof. No person who tendst.d money WAS
refused tickets by the regular t'ckst seller.
and no he, person had authority 20 sell
them. A crowd demanding tickets AT an unas.
usliy es.l, hour before The tick et-ssll.r came
.old about one hundred aud twenty. two-th'fds
II them - soldisrs. and refused ticket TO 10
nan who iisrsd tuTay. nor gave any orders
TO ,bs, Effect.
Half an hour before Mr.. Train began TO
speak, some twenty soldiers blocked the pass
age a, The Hall door in the third story. 50 that
other perrons could not enter ces'fed
hem 10 allow ladies and gentlemen to pass
out. without giving way. demanded Tree en-
trance. claiming that right as sold'ers. Ihis !
refused. and With acme aid clesred The passage
to the ticket office, where stationed the col.
isctor.
| The un, e.sonsbls demand was clamorcusly
pressed, aud a. decidedly refused. when ths
sold,ers gave tho word. Let no citizen snier.
after which, ] think. no citizen did enter
Ih@y threatened to come in by force. refusing
tickets which gentlemen s,sl ding by offered
TO nav for. i barricadsd the upper passage
with ss,tess. being Inclined to re.ist any at
,sck. but yielded TO better advice. and the re-
ousr, was made to Mr. Train to admit the
.oidisrs which hs instantly complied with
when all trouble ended.
Tbs outrage was 10 defraud,ng me OF money.
a. this IAwl.ss NIB kept at least one hundred
persons from purchasing tickets
Tbi.. In itssif. 10 unimpottsnt-a rainy
n,eL, Won have kept back that nnmbsr.-
but the princi, ls 10 sllimportsnt The poor
woman, Who're Pig or chicken 10 stolen the
servant girl, who dsrcs not walk through onr
streets alter dsik the retail dealer in sPir',s
l3od forbid that l should defend his traths
! |
sho r-iuss to p y ior what they get. threat.
.ninp TO break his h. ad II he 10 nonstrstes.sp /,
n,selt. = ci, izen engaging lecturer. ,nd stop
+, osd by a mob from getting srstur" for "one,
maid ou, ws al, 1 cay, are equally defaud
I'd Of our common tights. and Il bshoovss every
man 10 Davenport to reflect that Ls s 81
i, equally interested party
Ih,d reason to believe that Mr. Train woui
be tn.ul,ed, sni engaged q police torcs q
yesp order had no thought that soldier
G ~ouid offsr insalt "r make disturbance
tho contrary, / should nave looked TO them t
pro,ec, mr. Train had 1t been necessary.
- Ihsd no feeling against the soldiers. save .
, raua,d their demand 10 enter withou. payir
unreasonable. until they rfsor,sd to violeLc'
: Keeping person. from purchasing tickets Q
e entering the hall.
a. We have In our city no adequate poie
AZ force, and II is thei etors especially nscs'sar
- tbs, soldiers here 10 camp should be under III
i, control Of their of6cers. and when popular s'
d. ,sr,aiumen,s are ofrrred where q conridersb
number OF soldiers may be expected TO stten'
ir some Of IL cir officers snould be present.
=. Thoss who made the disturbance we're onl
% a few in numbsr. AID principally from II
k l2lb and lath Regiments, every soldier
which regiments has fought hooly ior
at country OF these troublesome men ooij 'ht
:. Or four were ringlesders d.uh,iess conii
e With no wrong motive. but being rsil'ed
.o unjust d.u,n they committed an oosfsI
upon qni~t ct,z'n. which those Ia com"s'
should not-snd spprehend wiIi not-sni
70 Ls repeated. Very truly yours.
RicBAkp Il. HnL