The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-05-22
The Mobile Rior.
PARTICULARS DY Az EYEWITNESS.


PARTICULARS DY Az EYEWITNESS.
4 Mobile correspondents of the
Montgomery -Adre,tiser gives the
following account of the recent riot:
Mi. Kelly commenced his discourse
by alluding very derisivcly to the
epithct of notorious radical" which
had been given linn since he came
South, aud said that he came ito
Serve his country, and 10 political
faction
For somc twenty minutes, quiet
and order marked the proceedings of
the meeting. At first, he told the
people to forget the past and all un-
pleasant memories. After this twenty
minutes had passed, with compara-
lively no disturbance, the speaker
retrospected and alluded, to the
CLARK amendment in Congress,
years ago, and its relations to the
settlement of the question of slavery"
Some person cried out, cts lie!")
The speaker continued to discourse;
his manner and words waxcd warmer
as he advanced and amplified upon
this infammatory theme. He spoke
OF the ''great privileges and rights it
vas now the freedman's right to en-
JOY" which occasioncd dcafcniug np-
plausc from the blacks.
Still the remarks of the speaker
assumed q moro intlammatory and
incendiary tone, and were calculated
20 excite Southern men. He spoke
20 the negro in this strain: "Ihese
men, who were once your masters,
fought for four long years to per-
petuate your slavery, while we fought
20 make and perpetuate your freedom.
You had no privileges, but You were
abuSed and maltreated by them, when
tEY owned you. and you made them
r11l by your labor. Now, you arc as
Tree as any man, and nm here to
talk with you about exercising the
rights, immunities and privileges of
a citizen of the great United States,
and to tell you of your duty to the
party who set you free. Immense
applause, and cries of put him out!0
These men ought to thank you for
your faithful service which you rem
dered them; and these very men, who
tried to rivet slavery upon you, now
want to go to Congress with your
vote"
These remarks werc irritating in the
extreme. and excited the vile passions
Of some lawless characters. They
annoyed the speaker, and he would,
with some remark Of sleeping venom,
indulge in unnecessary bombast, and
thereby elicit great applause from the
blacks. So it went on, and the storm
was brewing. He then spoke of the
Confederate dead in very disre-
spectful manner, and finished this
point by indulging in nm elaborate
and ill-timed encominm upon the
Federal dead" who died to free the
negro, and to avengo tho public
wrong" (Cries of "give him negro
hnrem.O
1t was now few minutes after 9
o'clock, when he went back to the
days OF 1847, and began to speak of
how the South had acted then with
regard to the question of slavery.
Mems blood boiled with rage and ex-
element. "A voice from the crowd,
Put him down.'') The speaker said !:
You can't put me down, and you had
better not try it, for here are some of
the 10Th United States Infantry at
my back" Cries of "Put him
down. Said the speaker: eff these
can't sustain me, the 18th Regiment
can DO it, and if the 18th United
States Infantry can't protect loyal
subject, while speaking to the down
trodden blacks and Union men in
Mobile, the United States Army can
10 1t. Cries of ''Put him down"
came up from many quarters of the
assembly, and he could not continue
to speak.
just Mt this juncturc, the Chief Of
PolIce went to arrest q very noisy man
In the crowd, and then the smothered
feelings of some characters were put
in practical demonstration. by making