Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-27
General News.
The New Orleans Riot Sheridan
Reply 80 the President.

The New Orleans Riot her1dan's
Reply TO the President.
NV YoRk, August 25.-General Sheridan,
in his reply to the Presidents call for in
formation concerning the New Orleans riot,
after detailing the events of the riot, con
cludes as follows:
The immediate cause Of this terrible
affair was the assembling Of this convention.
The remote cause was the bitter, ~antagonis-
tie feeling which has been growing in his
community since the advent of the present
Mayor, who, in the organization of his po-
lice force, selected many desperate men,
and some of them known murderers. Peo-
pie of clear views were overewed BY want
Of confidence in the Mayor and fear of the
thugs, many of whom he had selected for
his police force l have been frequently
applied to by prominent citizens on this
subject, and have heard them express fear
and van Of confidence in Mayor Monroe,
ever since the intimation Of this last Con-
vention.
I must condemn the course of several of
the city papers for supporting by their ar
ticles the bitter feeling of bad men As 10
the name in which the Convention was
broken up, feel obliged to confess strong re-
pugnauee. 1t is useless 70 attempt TO disguise
the hostility that exists on the part of e
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and this unfortunate affair so preeipitated
matters, that there is now 8 test Of what
shall be the status of Northern men, vheth-
er they can live here without being in con-
slant dread or not, whether they can be pro
tected II life and property and nave Justice
IN the courts. If this matter is permitted
TO pass over without q thorough and deter
mined prosecution Of those engaged in it
we may look out for frequent scenes Of the
SAME kind, not only here but in other
places No steps have as yet been taken
BY the civil authorities to punish eitizenswho
were engaged in this massacre, or the police
men who Perpetrsted such cruelties.
The members of the Convention have
been indicted by the Grand Jury, and many
of them arrested and held to bail As to
whether the civil authorities can mete out
ample justice to the guilty parties on both
sides, l must say that is my opinion, une-
quivocslly. Judge Abel, whose course I
have watched for nearly a year, I now con-
slider one 81 the most dangerous we have to
the peace and quiet Of the CITY. The lead
ing men of the Convention, King, Cutter,
Hahn, and others, have been political agf-
tators, and sre bad msn- I regret to saw
that the course of Gov. Welles has been
vascilating, and thstduring the late troubles
he has shown very little Of the man.
P. A SHERIDAN, Msj-Geu. Condo.
Convention at Rochester, n. Y.
ROCHESTER, n. T., August 24-At a r.
publican Convention held this evening,
Hon. Thomas Parsons, Charles Wilson and
VIM. Wagner were appointed delegates to
the Syracuse Convention. A resolution was
adopted ir~structing the delegates to vote for
the denomination of Governor Fenton and
Canal Commissioner Bruce, and the adop-
ton of a radical platform Henry Churchill
and Fred. Douglass were appointed dele
gates to ths Convention Of Southern Union
men to be held at Philadelphia on the Cd Of
! September.