The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-01

to be ~unbecoming a true American
citizen; therefore,
Resolved, That we deprec4te and
spurn the man, who, in the exercise
eff his official powers, attempts to pre-
vent the exercise Of free speech in
this country, where it is our boast
that all men shall have that right.
Resolveds That we, the citizens of
Quincy, here assembled, proclaim our
selves in favor of free speech, and
that if need be, we shall maintain it
at the sacrifice Of our lives.
Resolved, That, without expressing
an opinion as to the merits of the lee
lures of Mr.. White, a question which
IS not IN controversy, we ~denounce,
with all the energy Of our hearts, the
mob which prevented him from speak
ing last night, as an outrage upon the
feelings of freemen, and a disgrace to
our. city.
Resolued, That the Chairman of this
meeting appoint a committee of twelve
persons, to proceed to Springfield and
take, the initiatory steps to procure
the appointment Of a Metropolitan
Police force; for this city.
| al deuo4jSPRNGF4EED, April 20. n
r The Governor is in receipt of let
tiers fromHfprominent gentlemen of
Quincy, giving accounts eta most.
d~isgraceful proceeding on the part of
a moblin that city, who Irecentlyrpre
vented, b~yviolenee, q theEdeliyery OLA
lecture onaa lawfulat theme, and Of the
~|unlawfuli and reprehensible conduct
of the Democratic Mayor, Pifmans in
taking sideswfth5themoh The Gov
ernor has responded in fitting terms.
and declares that THE right of free
speech must be maintained. The
rumpus has caused considerable ex-
element in the city, among the lovers
of inalienable rights, who say the law
abiding citizens of Quincy must be
sustained Ina 1e 800
MayorP itman has climbed down y
and issued a proclamation, since the
riot, from which the following is an
extract: Now, it is my. duty. as
Mayor of this city and censervator Of
the public peace, to declare and make
known that the said White. or any
person, has the legal right to speak
onsthis OF any other subject. and the
law must be observed and, IF neces-
sary, enforced. Bn. n Z
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Of ytFrom tRe Chicago Journal. Il
~ While the South is au~nderggooing an
Observation-Disclosures is at least
one peint iatsthe N orth which Is WMoe-t
fully IN need of demonstrations. The.
good name off our Stare, and espe-s
the second cityi it, has. re-
Gently been blurred byfa most. dis.
graeefuli mobg interfering with the
i~nalienable right ofoevery Amnerican F
to give free expression TO his
Not long ago ! Catholic priest adj
dressed the citizens of Quincy upon
Professionalism, giving unrestrained
utterance to his hostility to that rival /.
faith. Had tho pfotcsJauts Of that
city interfered in any way with himJ
they would have deserved unmea-
sured rebuke. But therew was. nothing ]
Of the kind. The reverend speaker 4
In no way interfered with, but 4
to SAY his say" ]
When some one proposed to an
swer him, a vile rabble prevented it,
and the Mayor of the city sustained /,
them Until The devils cast u of
the Legion of the South seemed to z
have entered into the swine ofQuincy. !
Such an instance Of mobocracyq in
offering with the law of liberty, ISL
met within the annals of the a
rec North. It carries one back in
memory to the days when Abolition 1
SITS were ro~tten-egged for the crime of (
certain unpalatable truths
nto the public ear. n9g ic5jeee
II is matter of rejoicing that the
,ood people OF Quincy, for there are ]
of them there, did not /;
this foul stain to rest upon
heir city, but determined that free
lom of speech should be vindicated {
n their midst. It is a duty they (
ought not to have left undischarged. i
By compelling the Mayor to back {
from his villainous position and +.
to Mr.. White a respectful ]
tearing, the disgrace was partially !
Had it been necessary the {
Governor would undoubtedly have t
nterposed. - H~
1t is but due to the Catholic i
which is disgraced by the in I
conduct of some of its menu
,ers, to say that the responsibility, if {
We are rightly Informed, does not rest
It all with the papal clergy of that I
but was rather the work Of ire {
ponsible vagabonds and demagogues, 1
Vho thought to win the Catholic fair
ror by moving in a raid against an anng /
i-Catholic speaker. In this they will, :
We believe, be Disappointed The
church in America has little
r no sympathy with the inquisition
nd the stake, of which mob violence
$ only a milder form. fsa