Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-10-12

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SPECIAL POLICE AND LENDING THm As.
sIsTANCE F THEIR IRON wRENcHGs rN
tie cOngeitial occupation of fdGspdfching the
g1Oanded Whei her this Was IN pursu-
ance Of any persons orders, private or
/ otherwise, the Board regard immateaiaL
There can be no doubt that the signal tgGs
/ recognized throughout The city as 5ldjcat.
/ ing that tte attack had commenced, and
as call to arms 10 all l1hO 9tfght- desire
to participate therein. Look OUT FOR
/ HOT WORK now IS the crB on he streeA
as the first strokes Of the bells resouisd, Ii
is in evidence that in one instance orders
we're given to stop a saw mill on hearing
the signal III Is understood that, du-
ring Confederate occupation this num-
/ Der Of strokes was the alarm signal 10 the
military In case Of anticipated attack,
and II would almost seem that the Stirring
appeal had not yet lost its power, tince,
according to the testimony Of one wit
ness, it evoked at least one Confederate
officer in full uniform and side arms to
report for active duty.
The mob then proceeded to assault the
building and having finally gained admis-
sion, they fired indiscrimiuately upon the
unarmed delegates Of the Convention.
Numbers were shot down and othera
murdered in cold blood after being os-
| tensibly arrested by the police. While
this was going on a white Tag was dis
played from one of the windows, but
without checking the fire from the out
side. Finally, the assailanfs having gain
ed full possession of the building, the me-
groes in the hiding are brought cut aud
dispatched others peFched for safety
on cross beams aud rafters are picked off
like game by well aimed shots; the whites
and abuse, and at last, just as the advane-
ing bayOuets are seen 70 gli3ten on the
Legee, the riot Is over, for lack of VIC
Tins
The Board finds no evidence that the
negro procession was an armed. organize
rion, and says that over thirty negroes
mere shot dead during the FIRING Dhjls
tbey az return did not succeed IH kikting
a single GssGiLGHt. The members Of the
Convention we're in like manner almost
entirely unarmed.
OF the further occurrences Of the day
Of riot, the Board call attention to the
brutal treatment, and almost inhuman
neglect of the wounded and dead prisO-
ners at the various station houses, before
they were By military orders, removed to
the hospitals. The evidence of Lieut..
Avery on that point, shows as horrible a
scene of suffering and neglect as could
have been presented on a lost battlefield.
They would also call attention to the
evidence on the subject Of the renewal Of
the attack on negroes, and tho shooting
Of them in their dwellings by both eiti-
zens and police, late on the same night, in
Victory st.
The Board will state it as their firm
conviction, that but for the declaration
Of martial Jaw, and the presence Of the
troops, fire and bloodshed would have
ragged throughout the night IN all negro
quarters of the city, and that the lives
and property Of Uni0nists and Northern
men would have been at the mercy OF the
mob. The cOnservators Of the peace be-
ing for the time, the instigatOrS of vio-
lence, nothing would have remained but
ia armlng fer self-defence, and 3 scene
might have ensued unparalleled in the
history of the age. As in the Gordon
riots in London, aud the more recent
draft riots IN New York, the affair would
have passed beyond the power Of the or
jginatOrs, into the hands of that class
whose only object would have been plum
der and destruction irrespective ofparty
ln the Boards opinion, the property Of
the Southern merchant not less than the
life Of the negro and the Unionist, was
that night under the protection of the
Federal bayOnts alone
Finally. the Board would state that, in
their opinion. the whole drift and cur
rent Of the evidence tends iFresisEbly to
the conclusion that there was among the
class of violence known to exist 10 this
city and amOug the members Of the exy
Confederate associations before alluded
TO, pFeconcerted plan aud purpose Of
attack upon this Convention, provided
any plausible pretext therefor could be
found. Threats to member to prepare
their collins, warning to friends TO Keep
lear of the vicinity, anOnymuOs letters
dissuading those whose purpose to be
present was known, all these taken to-
gel her, the Board regard as of a siRnifi-
canoe which can hardly be misinterpreted.
Though not in evidence, 1t is within the
personal knowledge Of the Board that a
mock obituary notice Of the demise Of
the Convention on the Both Of July, was
some weeks previous posted in this city
The Report proceeds TO FIX the respon-
sibility upon Mayor Monroe of the con-
duct of the police, three-fourths of whom
it says were ex-Confederate soldiers,
and at least one of their officers. appoint
ed by Monroe was a notorious thug
assassin. and former leader of the very
men of blood who might be expected to
be foremost in the attack" Had the po-
lice been sent to the hall In advance. With
orders to preserve the peace, they could
have had 20 excuse for the attack on the
Convention on the contrary, they must
have acted 10 its defense aud this was
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police are kept away until an attack Is
made and fighting ensues, then preoipit-
ated in mass upon the scene, It is easy to
foresee what will be their action 10 quel-
ling the riot. The Convention and its
supporters have been long held as out
laws, reVOlutIonists and conspiratOra
against law, aBd che police would have
acted by the order Of the Mayor, but for
the interference of Gen. Baird. As il is
a maxim that a man must be presumed
TO intend the legitimate consequences Of
his acts, the Board are reluctantly forced
to the conclusion that, although the iu-
stance of Lieut. Gov. VO0rhis aud 9th
egs were successful in causing the issu-
ing Of the Proclamation, yet that Mayor
Monroe we'll knew that before the eLcit-
ed passions Of the mob, it would be as q
barrier of straw to FIRE that no troops
had been asked for, and without the pres
ence Of police, violence was inevitable.
when, therefore, he withdrew and mass
ed bis armed police, and on the break
ing out of-the riot, preeipitatsd them up
on the scene, the board are compelled 20
conclude that he knew what their action
would be- and that he intended the ine-
vitabIa consequences Of his own acts.
Yet this man Monroe, this wicked
traitor and murderer, having been sent
to Fort jackson by Gen. Butler for his
violent treason, was pardCned By Presi-
dent johnson that he might become May
or of New Orleans Such are the eivil
ed the way for the wholesale slaughter Of
loyal men He we'll knew tho state Of
public feeling-Well knew the riot was
impending-but he says the military
must not interfere. Monroe aud his rob-
ell minions must "quell the mob" aud