, 1863-07-23

stands alone in it's atrocty and infamy-a
danning, i17adicable stain upon the es.
cutchion Of the Republic
And this is precisely what the Conner
head traitors, who insdgated this upheayal
Of the living crime, and filth Of
New York for the destruction Of that ciiY,
intended 1t to be. Maddened at the sue
Cess Of the Federal arms orer the rebels.
and seeing that the. Confederate cause
WIS lettering to its fall, and that the safe
ty and integrity Of the Republic would
soon be v1ndicatcd before all the unbcliey
ing world unless tremendous efforts wero
made to thwart it, they resolved to bring
dishonor upon the name Of freedom, and
discredit upon popular government. by To-
mcnting at the very crisis of triumph q
series Of bloody instructions in all the
large Giles Of the Union.
As we said in previous article, the draft
had nothing to do with these riots, in tho
minds Of Tie scoundrels who caused them.
They made use Of it, it is true, but It Was
merely as spur wherewith to 1aise and
goad the mob to the deeds Of crime and
violence which it committed. Their real
motives were sympathy with the rebels,
and hatred of the Administration, and Of
tree institutions; their design, to terrify the
Administration into Withdrawal Of the
draft, not n New York only, but every
where, Tint the cause Of the Republic
might perish through lack Of men to fill
up the dccimated ranks Of the Federal ar
my. They thought to discourage the friends
Of human liberty, and to confirm the des-
pots Of Europe in the belief that the peo-
pie of this country cannot govern them
selves, By setting before them these ezhib-
its of insurrccaion and brutal deeds, per
f"rmed BY the free citizens and voters of
the Rcpublici
If our incompctency could not be dem
onst1a1ed in one way, they determined
that it should be proven in another; and
IN any case, they were well aware that
these lesser civil wars in the loyal States
could not fail to inf1ict deadly injury,
10th ut home and abroad, upon the Ad-
n,inist1ation and the Republic. A country
which could not execute its own laws.
which, wi&h supreme indifference, allowed
traitors openly to proclaim their adhesion
to the rebels, openly to advocate resistance
10 the authority Of tho Government, and
openly to instigate mobs to destroy the
property Of loyal citizens could not, as
they very cogently reasoned, have much
claim to the sympathy Of foreign govern
7nents and peoples They calculated upon
1hc fears Of, the Cabinet, tho strength Of
1hcir Own party, and the terror which
these mobs inspired, to save them from tho
consequences Of their enormous crimes and
Tillainies.
Butth question for is to consider is
this: shall these Infamous wretches, no
matter what their rank and condition in
life, whether they be Governors Of States,
or editors Of newspapers shall they be
permitted to ride rough shod, with impu-
n1ty, oyer the lay and the government, the
lives, properties and estates OF the loyal
citizensf Shall they create riots at their
pleasure, to serve the purposes Of party,
faction and treasonP If so, the sooner We
have military dictator at the head Of the
nation the better. Any possible govern.
mcut is better than a mob government
The people might better live under the
rule Of the cx-King Of Naples, whose
crimes are the horror Of all the world,
3han submit to the dictation Of q brutal,
savage and ferocious mob. We see By the
New York riots, what we might expect
from mob it it should ever get the upper
land in Chicago, and it is high time that
cur citizens were thoroughly prepared fol
q contingency Of this sort If Copper;
Leads are to bread these murder gangs
amongst us, and turn them loose at their
pleasure, without punishment; if violence
is to take the place Of Law, and there is no
power either civil or military, available -
end there Is not-for our protection, it is
time that we thought Of protecting our
Eclyes. There are union men enough eyen
in this city to crush all the Copperhead
mobs, which the Copperhead press and
leaders, can marshal against them But
there is no time to lose before the prepara-
ton is made Clubs for protection ought
to be organized at once; and We reglad to
sec that our German brothers are alive to
the importance Of this movement that they
Aaye boldly proclaimed their loyalty to
the Government, and their resolution to
meet any mob, armed against the peace Of
the city, with bullets. It is cheering to
find such brave and noble loyalty in these
days Of c1rant disafection, and treason !;
and We sincerely hope that all good
citizens whether of native OF alien birth,
will follow the courageous example Of
1hese noble Germans
There may, or there may not, be danger
ofa repetition Of the scenes ofNew York in
this city-but If there be, let usat least, be
ready for it; and when it comes let there
be no firing Of" blank cartridges" no play
at suppression, but d metciless sweeping
down Of the brutal mob with grape shot,
and cannister. This in the end, would be
the most mcrcifnl thing that could befall
them.