Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-18

Tho o.i.is ~ force promissd 70 easiss 10
ms;ntsin;o, order. iron ooos eaus- q 9th
-. - not forthcoming - fact much y DC
lsm.nseA = thee con b. no doubt 10 time
II ssy;val could easily have ovefeed 81 dis
t,r,.,., ARD the sivuAdiuily bioody ocenes
AZ The d.v xould thereby have been avoid
"A rhc m;,i.arv never did arrive until TIE
r;o, as emit. ely quelled by the police. Tho
.,;,,.n,. ,.h.ws shs, the c.,nfl,ct, which ter
,':o.,ed 80 fatally 20 themselves. WAS begun
h, ms negroes ~ from, Of the place where
H. cn,v alton sat. After the FIRST attack. /
ne ncgros iell hack, and many OF them !
,,kinc cover in the Mechanics Institute.
the night was cor tirusd b. them from the
building, AID the Police force and some per.
sens in t,,,zens' clothes from the street. 1t |
il necdlcss TO go into the details OF the
s,rueRle-they will be found IN the accom- !
naosi,r t,stn ony suffice II to say, the
Do &c ~ c.e I. d IN arresting many persons
white ard black-vho were placed In
confinement, and in entirely quelIing the
riot There appears 70 hsve been some IN
| necessary sacrifice of life, and some unnec-
e,sa.y ferocity and brutality in the clusing
scenes Of this lansntnble tsagsdy by persona
IL the crowd, ustil no~ unidsouhed
0,,nr II ,hess pssesos vsss assessed By or.
der or the Mayor aid Chief u Police. but
were III. togethes With oil the other peesvOs
arrested b. , b. police q the lime Of the riot,
d,sclnrRed. . far @ Ne have besn Informed,
w,hout exanina ,on By the military euthss.
ities. vho had % tho evening u H. 3O,h Ct
July taken posss. zion Of the city By virtue
OF declaration Of martial Law hsucs the
,rpeeeio..iey of,ndsasify ine pertis sagassd
i. The riot. q usll = those Who wsse guilty
o. unnecessary eruelty 10 etee0ptng 10
~, peese i. The ev.dsnee 10 oil concurrent
70 he fact that The pclics. with few excet-
tons. and thsss not identified, behaved With
humsntS }. used no unnecessary violence to-
vsru. The ri.ssrs, end pr0tect 4 psrsons =.
re ted BY them. in many instone . ct the
risk Q, d ir own lives. One fact connected
with this unfostuna'e affair, We would leave
untold, did We deem iis suppression con-
sistent With the full and f.ithfui discharge
Of our duty to the public. It 10 the course
pursued IN this whole matter by J. Madison
Wells, the Governor Of the State. We lind
: him CO o, Grating With tho usuPping convcn>
vention. for the purpose Of de-troying the
Government under which he holds his pow
er aud position
We did him on the day Of this disastrous
riot IN MIS- omce, 10 tne same ou'!u"k ~"ssc
the unlawful assembly wes neio, ~neTe ne
remains until very snort time before the
!. rioting began. IN leaving MS once no had
10 pass s0r"uen Inc moo o. sTmeo nsg'oes
assembled to sustain the uourpess. H.
must have a"o~n the evident danger Of RIOT
end bloodsheo, ~ not ono wosd nave 70
heard tr IN him. the sworn protector o. the
iaws. - prevent the tmpeodln8 eooeeq0en.
4 ~
ces OF the threatened trouble, evtdencee OF
which were ~ around bin. Tue nrst tnine
We bear from BE Exeetleocy u puo''sneo
manifesto N which he aeeempee 70 Juseny
bic giving Old and ee0iost % the usurpers.
and V1IJl6e1 and oIo0oofD the Doodle VINO