Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-05-18
MObs In Philadelphia.

The cowardly mobblng OF Edward Inger
soil, Esq, of Philadelphia, on the 9th Of
April, by gang of fanatica ruilians, indi-
Gates the tendency of the times and is an in
e dex t, the reign OF terror which must be
: passed before we can begin to hope for con-
/; valescence in the body polite 1t has been
/ the sole object of the puritanical thieves,
who are organized into secret plundering
societies for mutual protection and concerted
action, to so disease the body polite that it
may be too weak to resist their assaults In
this they have succeeded and the full power
of the disease must exhaust itself before we
can expect an improvement. Mr.. Inger-
soil belongs to one of the most worthy of our
eastern families one which has furnished
more upright and valuable men than almost
any other one family in the land. Edward
lngersoll is worthy member of that family,
and has been entrusted by his neighbors and
friends with many positions of honor and
trust. 1t has now become common thing
to see men of upright character and honor
able position bullied or beaten, manned or
murdered by bowling mob, melted to its
hellish work by the emissaries from the dens
ofiniamy, politely called Leagues, where the
Father of Lies distorts the vision, destroys
the understanding, and makes to his hand
the implements he stands in need of to ruin
reputation, decry uprightness, persecute and
murder these he cannot corrupt, These
men who incite mobs and glory in their work
of hell would have DETAINED the wife of
Caesar and mobbed her for public prostitu-
ton.
'PHILADELPHIA, April 27.-About Q o.
clock this morning Mr.. Edward Ingersoll,
who delivered a strong secession speech a
few days since in New York, was waited up
on by committee of citizens on alighting
from the railroad train and was requested to
apologize for the speech.
wv hen the trainreached Ninth and Green
streets party of men got around the front
door Of the car for the purpose of giving Mr.
lngersoll parting salute. The obnoxious
individual, however, passed out at the back
crowd followed him. AT Eighth street Mr..
Ingersoll turned about and faced the party,
Capt. j. Ii. Wilmington, jr., of the 10th
Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, then
stepped forward and said, "IDgersoll / am
soldier, | have risked my life for my coun-
try; | think you owe an apology to the
country for your speech, and particularly to
: the soldiers" lngersoll merely replied,
"Go to hell. ~ The Captain then raised his
cane to strike Mr.. Ingersoll, but the blow
was warded off by Mr.. Ingersoll with his
: cane. The two then crossed canes for few
- seconds. Mr.. Ingersoll received cut on the
the arm of Capt. Wilmington. Mr. lnger.
of soil then drew back about ten PAGES, took
in from his pocket revolver and cooked it.
G, Some Of the crowd scattered at this war-likC
IT. movement Of Ingersoll when he was i'm
of mediately seized by police officer. 1t wat
cr as much as the officer could do to keep the
ng people from laying violent hands upon hi
ic- person.
to The prisoner was finally landed at the po
ad lice station, followed by an excited Grove
he which augmented at every square. Alderman
nd Massey was sent for, and Mr.. Ingersoll wa
ng given hearing at the station house. Capt
on Wilmington gave his testimony, which wa
IN to the same effect as given above. Officer
Jones testified that he arrested the man with
en- revolver in his hand, and it was cooked =
he Here Ingcrsoll remarked defianty and often
ot sively, YES, and you all ran like pack O
ho sheep when drew it. ''You are liar,
n said one, and the crowd made another rusl
,el for lngersol the police with great difficult.
rk succeeded in keeping them back. Captain
nd Wilmington remarked, I've been on the
ry battle field, where bullets flew thick and fast
Die and I've seen too many Of them to be scarce
IL, by a revolver" Alderman Massey held Mr.
IN, Ingersoll in $4,000 bonds. Ingersol ap
pealed to several persons to 60 bail for him
ch but all refused
he 'This afternoon Charles Ingersoll thu
,ar brother of Edward lngersoll, and notori
pi. Gus sympathiser with the rebellion, went tt
Ill Spring Garden Hall for the purpose of go
to ing bail for his brother. On descending from
to his carriage he was set upon by the populac
ny and very badly beaten. He took refuge il
the Hall and was subsequently conveyed tt
,er his home Several prominent secessionist
es- consult with Mr.. Ingersoll, but they wer
is warned not to do so, and desisted. The ex
Try element runs high, and in the present stat
of of the public mind the lives of all sympa
we thizers with the rebellion can hardly be SAT-
en to be safe. y
'ge The above is perfect picture of a mo
he brutal, cowardy, infamous and disgust
,ut ing. Here is a quiet inoflensive man. falle
in upon and bullied by an immense crowd 8
loafers and hired assassins. Here is a mi
ON itary bully, wretch who doubtless ra
5 it away from every battle field and who dis
les graced his uniform by felony, boasting {
ent his bravery in leading mob to hound dow
my single man. Here is base policema
ur- who arrested the victim of the mob in tn
ton act of self defense, and was prepared to hol
ned him helpless while the mob butchered hin
ore Here is magistrate mean and base enoug
our to condemn the victim and applaud the mol
'lr. Here is the mob falling upon and beatin
hat the brother ofthe victim because he wante
no, to do m act of brotherly kindness and duty
ON And finally here is the cowardly and pros
te- tituted press, applauding the mob, justify
es- ing murder, and with the most disgustin
he enrontery condemnng the man who wa
ten brave enough to draw pistol in self-defenst
ro- as the party guilty of breaking the peace.
The This is complete photograph of mob
wn the pious city of Philadelphia in the yea
the l865-a city in which policemen, magistrate
ar and presses combine with felons, thievt
un- and mobs to take the life of a fellow citize
son by the foulest means.-CriSts.
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the n.otac,,o toutCa
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