The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-07-19
Riots at Norfolk.

killed, and still more seriously injursd-the
greater number of victims being the blacks.
These disorders are to be deplored, and
should be checked If possible. Mob law is
british, and every good man should set bis
face sierniy against it. But, are the soldiers
who engage in these Norfolk riots, alone re-
sponsiblel Have they not beer educated
into the beliefthat law is TO be disregarded
with impunity, when it fails TO agree with
their political or any other opinions? Have
not many cowardly scoundrels, wearing
shoulder straps encouraged the men under
them 10 sack printing Offices, break up Po-
liIical meelings, a1d mob, arrest and mur-
These oulrages, in all sections of the coun-
Try, would not have taken place lad it not
been that Jacobin Generals, Captains, Liez-
iensnis, aud vasabond Chaplains planned
them and urged the private soldier 10 COM
nit them.
But, now that the soldiers have turned
seains. The negro-now that the black man
OF Norfolk is abused, cuffsd kicked and even
murdered by Union soldiers-Jacobin edit
ors and "loyal ihieves," all over The coun-
try, are bitter in their denunciations Of The
soldier, and wonder why such outrages are
tolerated, and why it is that Union troops
are so hostile TO the .pet lambs" We can
tell them. II is the attempt of the Jacobiu
leaders to force the white soldier 10 recog-
nizs the negro as his equal. So persistent
have been ihe efforts of The Jacobins in this
direction, that lhs soldier: have become
exasperated. and to show their resentment,
they assail every black man they run against
They bave been instructed, we repeat, to
put law at defiance, and 10 enforce their
own opinions by brute force. Liule did
their officers suppose when they commeuc
ed 10 teach their soldiers TO scof al law and
order, that the negroes would be made 10
suffer under this mode of redressing sup
posed wrongs So leng as Abolition soldiers
pracliced their ouirages upon Democrats,
their cowardly Jacobin officers could look on
complacently and approvingly; bul now
that sambo is 10 ade 10 suffer al the hands ol
the soldier, these same officers turn mp The
dirty whites of their blood shot eyes, and
express asionishment and regret at the con-
duct OF the soldiers. These officers are
more 10 blame than the soldiers, and, If we
are not much mistaken, they TOO will share
the same treatment that is now bestowed
upon the Norfolk blacks. The soldiers uiH
NOT agree 10 negro equality they wiN moi
even admit that the ignorant blacks shall
have the right 10 vote down white men,
The leading Jacobin- epubicans may in
sist that the late war was waged for The sole
purpose OF lberating four millions of slaves.
but the soldiers wao faced the armed ene-
my in the field, declare that they fought for
the Union and not for the negro and they
feel degraded and insuiied when they ere
asked 10 regard the negro as their equal =
Hence these frequent difficulties and riots
al Norfolk. They are disgraceful bu; let the
blame rest where it belongs-upon the
shoulders Of the internal demagogues who
are constantly clamoring for negro equality,
and who are attempting TO force white troops
70 look upon the black man as their equal.
FoRD's THEATRE, Washington city, was 10
have been opened on Monday night, but in
the evening Stanton sent file of soldiers,
who closed it up. No reason vas assigned
Mr.. Ford had, however, received during the
day an anonymous letter advising him TO
close up his theatre 10 take fifty thousand
dollars for the building aud erect another in
some other part Of the city, where he would
be literally paIronized by the public. In
bis previous dicksring with the "Christian
Association Ford had asked one hundred
thousand, which The Commission would or
could moi pay. The matter looks now as if
Stanton and the Commission had combined
10 compel Ford TO sell out at reduced fig
nre to ibis Commission Of long faced poIiti-
cal hypocriles, who arden,ly desire TO have
the building for an Abolition Museum, or
money making "shsbang" OF come kind =
Stanton could have notified Ford weeks ago
not 10 engage a company and 60 TO the sx-
penss Of fitting up, bat that did not suit bis
purpose, il seems. Small ACT and small
man.
The question 10 be decided at the coming
election cannot we'll be disguised. 1t will
be, shall tie negro have the right 10
vote? We can plainly see the leading Abb
oliiionisis throughout The Stale urging this