Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-07-22
THE RAFTsMAN's JOURNAL,
HOW RIOTS AND PARTY MEASURES ARE
@WORKEn UP,

HO w RIOTS AND PATTY MEASURES ARE
worked UP
The best account OF how wire pullers like
Fernando Wood make nominations and ex
cite the dregs of the populace to deeds of vi
olence which will further their ends, is found
in George W illIam Curtis's novel of s'TrI
umphs.'' The case there described is that of
nominating member of Congress. The lea
ders OF the party have sociable dinner and
fix on their man one or two of the most en-
ergetic, accomplished and diplomatic OF the
wire pullers then proceed to get their candi-
dates name before ssthe people.'' This is
done by going to the rum-holes, gambling
bells, and other resorts of Ward politicians,
and quietly paying tho leading demagogues
and bullies IN each Precinct to have their
gangs ready to elect the right delegates TO
the Nominating Convention. OF course with
the strings all pulled right, the nomination is
easily brought about in the Convention, and
the result is looked as the act of the mass
es themselves. Mr.. Curtis, in few felict-
Gus touches, describes the entire operation,
and we have no doubt but that his picture
was drawn from actual life in New York.
The Peace Party in New York have been
working up the movement which eliminated
on Monday the 18th, for many months. Their
| newspaper organs have been :. fixed - and have
done the work of the rebels we'll. Their mass
meetings have all been '.seen to- and their
great Peace Convention has been held. The
next step was to plunge the mob into violence
Whenever their passions had been sufficiently
excited, and whenever something tangible
was to be attacked. The draft presented the
point of assault, and the leaders passed the
word to their subordinate bullies and assassius
TO begin the work on Monday. One of the
underlings, Virginia REBEL named Andrews
showed the hand of the Joabs who manipula-
ted the affair during the afternoon, as will be
seen from the following statement by the re-
porter OF the Express. The scene was in
Third Avenue, where block OF buildings
was burning, and after murder and violence
had ragged for several hours. The Express re
porter says:
''About this period Mr. Andrews, of Vir-
ginIa, ascended shanty which stood oppo-
site the burning ruins, where thousands were
assembled. Behind this was an open space
OF untitled ground occupied by dense masses,
whom Mr.. Andrews proceeded to address,:
ole wished he had the lungs of Stenfor,
and that there was reporter present to take
down his words. He said he had lately ad-
dressed them at meeting at the Cooper In
stitute, where he told them Mr.. Lincoln
wanted to tear the hard working man from
bis wife and family and send him to the war.
lie denounced Mr.. Lincaln for his conscrip-
tion bill, which was in favor of the rich and
against the poor man. He called him Nero
and Caiigula for such a measure. Had the
country not given TO this war plenty of men
Were they more liberal in supplying men and
money IN the time of their Revolutionary
fathers, or in their war with Eng land in 1872,
than In the present unhappy struggle? Ger
| taniy not. He then advised the people to
organize to resist the draft, and appoint their
leader; and, if necessary, he would be their
leader. [Uproarous cheering l''
Sly leaders like Fernando and Ben. Wood
do not appear amid such scenes and urge
their victims to. assassination and other dread
full cri ines. They have their executive tools,
into whose hands they give such rough work.
| But the money to pay the brawny desperadoes
| and the women of bad character who personal
ly urge on the mob, comes from these head
men, while the inspiration of the flaming edi
torials and speeches which madden the fero
| cious masses proceeds directly from the lead
ers. The authorities are powerless against
the covert operations of which We have spo-
ken, but the orert act is within their ken and
they must resolutely put such acts down un-
less they wish the city of New York to pass
from the control of the State of New ork
and OF the United States, into the hands Of
traitors and Williams like those who have rails
ed this storm. No act of suppression can be
too rigorous, if New York is to be saved from
such scenes were witnessed in Paris during
the Reign of Terror, which, beginning with
slaughter OF the demagogues who had ridden
the rising storm, and eliminated in leaving
the mob beneath the heel OF a despotism near
ly as terrible as that from which they had es
capped at the opening OF the Revolution