The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-07-28
DEMOCRATIC Riot n fTFEIIl
The Mob Attacks The Eighth
Ollie Boys /! ~-..
stones thrown at I'm
nocent IadiesS
The Rioters get Worsted
The Democrats Organizing to re-
sist the Draft
THE FRUITS OF DEMOCRAT
IC TEACHING.
LET ALL GOOD UNION LOVING CITIZENS
/ BE ON THEIR GUARD.

On last Saturday nigh, the citizens Of
our hitherto quiet city werc thrown into
cons derable excitement by one Of the
most dumhoblc and cowordy attempts Ot
rlot and murder that has ever been per.
petfatcd or tolerated in the streets of
Tilin. Not being an eye witness to the dis
graceful scene, we shall proceed to relate
the facts ns nenr as We can gather them
from those who were; preloccd with the
remark, however, that il was a coinmou
observation by great many of our citi.
z:ns as to the unusua number of meh that
were 81 be seen ecnstegatcd in the
streets n groups Of from five to twenty
five on the ,venis.r in questior-who ap'
parcntly were secretly IA inten'ly Us
cussing the "great affairs Of S,u,(. Du'
who really were dtvising the most sum-
mary aud speedy manner Of DISCRIMINATING
at single str,kc the odd Abolition
isis."
About . o'clock that night six or eight
of the discharged soldiers Of the Eighth
regiment went into ANDY ARSDr's Sa-
loon, below the Shawhan House. where
they enjoyed a reunion of about an hour
and half, in the mean time, it is said,
several of thcm getting little intcxicat-
Z ,l s.s. l..~ kt..h h. hot .,f
not cxcusnbc. During all this ,inc no
ono but their own friends were in the sa'
loon excepting CHAs. MUTcuLER, the
city Marshyl, who ii is to be presumed
would have arrested them had they been
guilty of phy disordcrly condu?t, aud as
he did nut, il is II fiicieLt evidence ihpt
the boys were doing no harm, and to
cor firm this opinion il is only necessary
! to state that he ielt sD extremely bospi-
table towards them MS to be "mduced" to
dri.k with them once or twice. lie
left them about ten O'Clock. Athalf past
ten the boys peacefully ard quietly lcf,
| the salccn TO 90 home, not for the lces,
moment dreaming of any danger ahead.
'?hcy had no sooner got on the street whcr
the signal of "hurrah for Vallandigham'
was given, TT which moment fifty or sew
enly five cowardly villains, began throw
ing stones and brick bats at the boys, Here
ihcn the general molec commenced. Al
the first shock one Of the boys was
knocked Gown. He rcgnintd his feet
and returned the compliment by level.
ing three or four of the rip-rap Vallan.
dighammcrs, and 20 on and SO forth. The
boys had no other earthly mode of pro.
ceeding but 10 defend themselves as
best they cou,d, and then retreat in good
order, which tkcy did, carrying their
wounded tT the field. Stones and brick
bats flew thick and fast, Tho mob
swUyod 10 ard 80, UP ard down street,
and WIN d lcGdcr " ould have been ready
for the commiasion of any dastardly ret
that a depraved aud infuriotrd mind
could conceive. During the riot some
scoundrel or scoundrels deliberate "
threw several stones Mt the ladies who
were standing Oh the Shawhan House
balcony creating frightful constcrnN
ton in their ranks and causing them to
rush screaming back into the house.
AS an evidence Of the animus of the
crowd, it is said. that no "Abolilionists,' "a
os the rioters Gu ullca them, were allowed
to come in sight, only q, the peril of their
lives. But the Peace men were perfect
ly safe, One gentleman informed us
that he got into the crowd supposing q
street fight was going on, Int discover
ing his mistake commenced working his
way out as fast as consistent with his
rate Of speed, and one of the rioters start
ed after him, wbeu another cried out ;
"Let him go! let him go! he is u Peace
mani" They seemed to think that the
time had arrived when it was necessary
to make peace, aud in order to accom-
plisb this they must begin by making war
at home. One Dutchmun was over.
heurd. boasting that "miluns ov peash
men is usht ready nit to rise at te call ov
Wullantighum." Squire GooDsELL re-
ceives credit for being the most efficient
in dispensing the rioters.
The mob ragged for near half an hour.
In spirit and feeling il harmoniyed with
that Democratic Reign of Terror WHICH
for the last three years has been ravag-
ing, desolating, and devastating Southern
soil. What il lacked in courage il made
up in sympathy, What was wanting in
important acts was balanced by Five
Point scoubdrolism. So far as courage is
concerned, one Southern rebel would have
made this little OfirOy respectable. Those
engaged in ii composed the off-scourings
Of the esrth-the drcgs Of society.
"Put them into the army" says one,
No, sir, nevers Until they repent, SOL
dicr would be disgruced by contamina.
tion with them. They are fit only for
prison dungeons, They are to be dcs-
pissed until punished, and punished until
pitied and have repented.
The city Marshal appeared at the
scene of action, but when it is relsted
that no arrests weie made his part in the
affair is all told. /, is said by some that
he was one Of the instigators in provok-
ing the riot, but this we cannot credit
But even il he is not one Of the instiga
tors of it, he is equally eulpable in moi
arresting every single one of them. lie