The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-03-14
MObS.

There is not moro alarming symptom
Of the times than the increasing prevalence
of mob rule On the I'd inst there was a
mob at Calumet, Ind. One Rev. Captain
VIM. Copp, fresh home from the army,
was announced to make a speech. The
meeting was large, and attended by Re.
publicans and democrats. The Rev. Capt.
made his appearance, assembled the desk,
laid down by the side of the Bible two
loaded revolvers and announced that the
object of the meeting was to ascertain
how many of those present would assist in
hanging the copperheads of that county.
Thereupon the democrats in disgust with
drew. The republicans followed them in
to the street, with insulting taunts. The
democrats cast back the taunts, when tho
Republicans, being mostly armed Is. BIS
probably fired on the democrats, killing
one man and wounding several others.
At Columbus, Ohio, mob of Republic
cans destroyed the printing Office of Sam
Medary, publisher of the Crisis. The pa
per opposed the war policy of the admin
istration, and supports the views of VAL
landingham and Cox This was the edi-
tors only crime. The secrecy and ef3ci-
ency with which the mob did its work
shows that it proceeded from the S. B.
lodges.
At Belleville, ILL.,, few days ago, Ger
man printing office was destroyed by a
mob, also for the only reason that demo.
cratic paper was issued from the establish.
ment.
But more serious than any Of the above
and attracting infinitely more attention,
was the negro mob at Detroit on the 9th
inst A mulatto named franklin, keep
| ing a saloon in Detroit, was arrested q few
weeks ago for committing brutal outrage
on little orphan girl, 10 or ~ years old
whom he had inveigled into his establish.
ment. The man was tried, and on the
trial it appeared that he had committed
the same crime in other instances He
was sentenced to the penitentiary for life
But the trial had created intense excite
ment and the mob determined to execute
summary vengeance on the culprt In
this they were foiled, for the negro wal
taken safely from the court house TO the
prison before the mob could get hold O,
him. Their rage being thus baffied, soon
began to vent itself on the first negro that
came in sight. Unfortunately, before any
outrage had been committed, the guard
employed by the Sheriff to protect the
negro fired few shots into the mob, by
which one man-a German--was killed
and several others were wounded 4
this the fury OF the mob broke loose 4
rush was at once made at the negro quar-
tiers Of the city, and the torch applied &c
their shanties. The engines were not per
mitted to extinguish the flames, ant
wherever negro appeared in sight he o.
she-octogenarian or iufant-was assaileC
bat to an axe. The fury of the mob rage
thus from clock in the afternoon unit
or 9 o clock at night, by which time
sufficient military force was collected Il
SSt IL COHtIol INO Ut three
were lost during the outbreak, and abou
forty houses, mostly inhabited by negroes
were destroyed A. for the negroes them
selves, such as did not immediately ie,
to Canada, saved themselves by hiding il
kitchens, sewers and cellars, or by fleein,
to the woods.
The mob, like all others, was most I'M
reas Unable and unreasoning in its origi,
and outrages committed Baffled in thei
vengeance against the man Faulkner, the
only proyocation pretended for their sub
sequent demoniacal proceedings was thu
alleged growing impudence of the ne
gros." The affair is thus not without il,
political significance. 1t shows the Unborn
radical hostility Of the white race Of tn
North to the negro, and how worse thar
futile are all political schemes that would
elevate the negro TO political equality will
the white man.