Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-01

break up the PrOeessIOn---July Riot
ers in the MOb--.Their symPsthtes |
with Mcclellan,
Copperheads. all over the country areraising
a terrific clamor aqout Free Speech. The
great charge which they bring against the
present administration is that it has
freedom of reasonable speech,
and this, too, in the face of the fact that
the Government has permitted the utter
ance, at the Chicago Convention and else
wLere all over the land, of the Vilest trea-
son from the mouths of these very Cop
perheads. The sincerity and consistency
of these declarations in favor of Free
Speech is most convincingly shown up by
the following, from the New York Tribune
of Thursday last, giving the details of an
assault by Copperhead mob on a Union
procession in New York city;
In our impression of yesterday we
stated that procession of Union men from
Harlem to the meeting at the Cooper
Union, on Tuesday evening, had been as
saulted by a party of roughs at the juno
ton of 49th street and Sd avenue, and we
now give some further particulars from
gentleman who was at one of the cars and
seriously injured in the sffray, and from
which it appears that the affair was far
more formidable than had been supposed,
being in fact, nothing less than deliber-
ate attempt Of the rufians who are now
I'clamoring for free speech and free ballots,
to put down both. 1t appears that the
delegation from Harlem, consisting of
about 200 URion men, left Harlem on
Tuesday evening in five carriages and a
truck on which was band of music. OF
course the usual paTaphernalis Of such a
procession, banners, lanterns and fireworks,
we're not wanting The first annoyance
to which the party were subjected was at
Harlem, where they were assailed with g
volley of oaths and curses from q number
of Mcclellan men lettering about, but these
were soon left behind. At seth street II
halt was made for the purpose of
| discharging q few rockets, and firing the
small cannon which they had with them.
At this point Mcclellan banner had Just
been raised, and here a crowd Of about a
hundred anu fifty Irishmen and rowdies
was congregated, all armed with clubs
The numbers of the delegation, howev r,
being equal to those of the rioters, these
gentry, who are most at home in hunting
inofensive negroes or sssaulting solitary
passers-by, refrained from any use of the
weapons in their hands, and contented
themselves with hooting, Kissing, shouting
and calling names of every description,
such as "Lincoln pimps," damned black
sons of b-s," &c, &c.
AT 65th street. one of the Third avenue
car drivers, oil duty, got on the front plat
form of the car, and in response 10 a re-
mark from gentleman on ii, said "You
will get blast that you very little expect
and very warm reception when you get
down to 49th street" Arrived at 5lst
street. this fellow got of the cars and ran
down to a crowd Of people filling up the
avenue at 49th street. The first and sec
ond cars, which were open ones, being
| driven very rapidly, were allowed to pass
the crowd, which numbered perhaps six
hundred, nearly every man of whom was
armed with club and had a stone in his
hands, opening on either side; but not SO
the third, which was stopped by an Irish
man with huge club decorated with a
Union flag, which he pnshed in the faces
of the horses, which, of course, Immediately
stopped and turned off the track. The
driver refused to proceed, notwithstanding
the evident purpose If the mob.and q show
er of stones which broke the windows of
the car and seriously injured many of its
occupants. Meanwhile the man who had
first stopped the car slung his club and
struck at the persons standing on the plat
| form with such force that his blow, being
fortunately misdirected and intercepted by
the Overhanging roof of the car, broke 1t
and his club. Our Informant Was struck
in the mouth with stone, and also had
his hand seriously cut by another, and at
the same instant received heavy blow
on the cheek from club. The stones
which were thrown were most murderous
missiles, one now in our possession being a
boulder taken from the pavement of the
street, and weighs about three pounds
The fourth and fifth cars were attacked in
like manner, and almost destroyed, many
of the occupants being much bruised BIZ
the stones and brickbats which were
hurled at them At length the drivers,
who from their conduct might have been
N league with the rioters, we're induced to
drive on, the crowd following with the
tilthiest oaths and language. Of the gen
tlemen injured, two of them, Mr.. Wheeler,
of the New York Post Office, and Mr.
Bates, wealthy citizen of Harlem, were
so much hurt as to be unable to leave their
houses the next day; indeed, it is a wonder
that the party escaped without any lives
being lost. 1t is worthy of remark that
the attack was negun in the very same
place, and perhaps by the same villains
as the fearful July riots of last year, and
that all tn, SO rufians were Mcclellan men.
members of the party at present so clam.
orous for free speech, free press, free bal
lots and peace at any price, and is a prac-
tical commentary on the incendiary planks
of the Mcclellan platform and the appeals
of Copperhead orators. 1t is, however,
satisfactory to know that the outrage has
caused intense disgust in the ward where it
occurred, and, according to the statements
of several prominent Democrats there, has
opened their eyes to the character of the
party with whom they are acting, and will
thus cost Little Mac several votes in No
vember.