The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-10-10

To read tho Ottawa 66epabscdx, ono would in
fer that the ''tweaty-thossand republicans" Who
attended the grand nass demonstration here last
Saturday were the variest towards and ninnies
in the world allowing themselves to be COM
pletely chawed up by 2OOi"Irish boys, which is
about the sum total Of Irish voters in this city.
Now that there was, in the evening, some hurl-
ing of stones and brick.bats is undoubtedly true,
but who did it and how was it brought about
Thst the Republican TANNERS did, during the day.
everything they could TO provoke attack, and
particularly from the Irish boys, is unquestion-
ablo. Not only many of their banners and de-
vices were directly insulting to our Irish fellow
citizens, but one wagon load from Aarseilles was
intolerably 80, not only to the Irish, but the
of Seymsur's friends, and Seymour quelling the
New York mob The friends" we're represent
ed as the very lowest, dirtiest and raggedsst Of
the offscouring of creation, all fighting among
each each other and cursing and swearing in
Irish and :German-th Trish boys" passing
bottle of whiskey around among then, and the
Dutch" drinking "lager beer" Besides this,
as certain company Of tanners passed the Ro-
man Catholic Church, they made the most in
sultng gestures, and as the priest in attendance
came to the door in his robes, they sssailed him
with british, insulting spithets, and yelled to
him to "Go in, you d old w--r"
Besides this, it is notorious that particularly
in the evening many of the tanners were deeply
in liquor, and grossly insulting in gesture and
speech to democrats who lined the side walks.
That such conduct was not calculated greatly
te prcptiate the friendly feeling of the democrats
and particularly the Irish boys" was natural
enough but that the Democrats or "Irish' were
the first to cast stones, have the best reason to
deny. The first and nearly only hurting OF stones
occurred near Woods corner rs the tanners were
marching up La Sale street in the evening. The
sidewalk was crowded with Democrats, and as
the tanners yelled furiously "Hurrah for Grant y
the Democrats cried "Hurrsh for Seymour"
Then several stones were hurled among the Dem
ocrats from the street, and tanner from Morris,
whose name we can give if needed, boasts that he
hurled those stones, and then broke for the Cliff
ton Hotel Stones hurled at Democrats are gem
orally returned with interest, and it so happened
on this occasion and for minute there is no
doubt the missiles few quite lively; but it was
for minute only. The police soon interfered,
and put stop to it. That was the whole Of the
"Heinous Outrage" by which, according to the
Ottawa Republican,, Ottawa was "disgraced' -
Unless We add another outrage" that took place
on the public square between 10 and II o'clock,
when about two hundred tanners got fighting
among themselves, and when, We have no doubt,
most of that frightful list of"woundsd' was
made with which the Republican regales its
readers.
No procession, or meeting in Ottawa whatever
may be its objeo., faith or creed, need ever have
the least fear of disturbance, insult assault il
those who comprise it behAv themselves; but il
drunken rowdies think they can come acre and
insult ride over and hurl stones st psacsAole
lockers on, they will be very apt to find them.
selves mistaken.