Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-06-24
VOLUME 20.
Mobbing a Woman In Iowa.

For few days, Indianola hss been the
scene of Amazonian warfare. A dis
graceful mob composed Of women, has
given the town notorety which its we'll
disposed and orderly citizens must be
heartily ashamed Of IL appears that q
Mrs. Paterson, widow lady, who has
been under the doctors care for two weeks
was peculiarly offensive TO the exclusively
loyal female portion Of that town, for
some expressions Of hostility to the Ad-
ministratisn prior to the unfortunate death
Of Mr. Lincoln. On the receipt of the
news Of tho diabolcal assassi nation OF
the President, without giving the subject
the least investigation, and bidding def
ance to the laws, a number of women,
among them the wife Of the Presiding Ell.
der Of tho Methodist Church, visited the
house Of Mrs. Patterson and compelled
her, an invalid, to leave her house, and
carry an emblem of mourning, which, we
understand, was flag, and march around
the town.
She protested that she had not uttered
a word Of exultation at the death of the
President, and implored them to confront
her with the witness but her protests-
tions were answered by tho insulting re-
ply that she was lying. She assured
them that she was unable to walk the dis.
tance required, and if forced to perform
the humiliating service Trey must carry
her. Her protestations Of innocence, her
wdowhood, and even the precarious cons
dition of her health had no power to move
their pity, Go she must, and they forced
her out the house and dragged her around
the streets to be scoffed and jeered at,
tearing her dress nearly off, Not content
with inaic!ing this gross indignity upon
the sick mother they attempted to COM
pei her little daughter, thirteen years of
age to perform the same service, and be.
cause she had spirit enough to resist tho
outrage she was beaten aud bruised until
blood strcamed from her nose and her
arms were black and blue. The above,
We are credibly informed, are facts.
What lower depth of degradation can
We reach than the existence and the en-.
couragement Of apublic sentiment which
transforms females, in the midst of schools
and churches, and surrounded with what
ought to be Christior influences, into the
worst type of men! Do these women desire
that their sons and daughters should pat
tern after them, and trample under foot
, the laws Of society, humanity and God p
D Such an exhibition of heaytlesspess and
contempt of law, humanity and Christian
ity-disgraoetul alike TO the town and the
I parties engaged in tive venture to say
has not occurred since the mobs OF Paris
which originated the bloody and disgrace
r full French Revolution of 1888. Have our
); people gone stark mad, and are the m 9th
v ers and daughters Of America to live in
4 history as the most degenerate type of
;. their class!
q As profoundly as we pity the poor inval
J. id mother who was scourged in she public
d streets OF Indianola, and who panied by
d the ontrages visited upon her little daugh.
d ter, we would rather Thousand times oo
8 cupy her position and have her feeling than
o the unepvable notoriety and torture oi
n soul of those who prosecuted her.
O Since writing the above we understand
that Mrs. Patterson went to the postmas-
ter Of Indianola, who was reported as the
Al witness against her and demanded the
:. reason for reporting such falsehood, and
IF be denied utterly ever having heard or re-
d ported any such thing
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