Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-05-31
The Mobile Riot.

The Comm4'ririS special correspond
ent accompanying Judge Kelley during
his Southern tour, gives the following
account Of THAT gentleman debut be-
fore a Mobile audience, and of the
bloody rebel riot which followed
When Judge Kelley took the stand
the silence was remarkable. Not a cheer
nor work Of welcome was uttered,
and he commenced distinctly and de-
liberately, saying he came among them
to help bury the anImOsItIes of the past
and trusted that the memory of the
late strife would be buried In oblivion,
This remark called forth Never II
from a man on the outside of the crowd
Without noticing the interruption the
Judge continued, saying that the cause
of the war grew out of the dema-
gOgues Of the North and the South,
who were endeavoriug to keep the
people of both sections apart so that
the people of the South should not
know the friendly feeling which the
people of the North always entertain
cd for them, and how sOlicitous we
were to obtain for them their liberty.
And he perceived, from the tone of
their Mobile newspapers, that they
were determined to maintain that
course still. He mentioned the name
of the Daily Times, and referred to
the articleabO quoted, as an evidence
Of that fact, IN accusing them Of being
the agent of a faction to create mis-
chief. He was the agent Of no faction
but the representative of thirty-tWC
million Of the American people, and
came here for Cancellation, and to ask
| them to forget the past
lie said the institution of slavery
had the effect to keep them in ignO-
rance by excluding the free press OF
the North-that no one here could
read the New y Ork Tribune, the In
dependent or the Auti-Slavery Stand
ard without iucurriug the penalties
Of the law. Cries from the colored
people, That's so, and That's a
lie from q group Of whites.
At this point, a crowd of white men
on the outside of the meeting began
to hiss and cry out Put him down ??
Give that dog a bone \ on re a
captain of the Pennsylvania home
guards r. Give him two weuChes-
one won't be enough =! and other cx-
pressiOns Of like elegant character
CNtuCutly Au'CuNOu O" l'l'' NNS 'Ns'tA
tiles.
These Interruptions caused the
Judge to pause. when he resumed
In 1917. John G. Calhoun intro
duced resolutions in the United States
Senate denying the right of Congress
to prohibit slavery in the Territories,
and demanded the right of the people
Of the South TO take their territories
/ into the
\ savage yell broke forth from the
crowd OF whites ON the outside, al
1 this IupsuS En0nar of the Judge, who
/ Instantly corrected himself and added
|-Htake their slaves into the Terrific
, Bv this time, the outside crowd had
/ become very boIstcrouS and insulting
and one man cried out
"How many pianos did you steal
| from Vs
The Judge, mistahing the word nj
amos for "Cluuuus, ans NCrCu-' w q
/ took as many Confederate guns rs we
coull. and the ConiCdcratCs took as
/ many from us as We yielded to them :
/ but when it came TO take the pool, we
| hagCcd the whole
Tbis was received with shouts Of
/ laughter from the colored people, and
expressions of disapprobation from
/ the outside crowd, who by this time
| had become conscious oftholr strength
and commenced crying out: Put him
/ down. Take him down, Take him
/ down /!
The last named expressions, in this
| latitude, mean to shoot the man TO
/ whom il Is applied.
Kelley auswcred-"My friends, you
can nut me down. Don't you know
that have the Fifteenth United States
Infantry at my back, and you also