The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23
tFrom the Cleveland Lesderl
SEYMOUR AND HIS FRIENDS,
The Record of the New York
Rioters.


No person who ever read the histo.
ry of tho New York anti draft riot OF
1868 can ever forget the sickening
details of its terrible story. In that
year, in the mouth of July, during
the height Of the Southern Demo-
cratic Rebellion, the CopperheLds
and Catholic Irish OF New York un
dertook to oppose the enforcement
Of the draft by attacking the draft
officers. Not satisfied with letting il
end there, the mob went from shop O
shop aud compelled employees OF
stop and join them in their work to
hell. They attacked the houses of
prominent Republicans, drove out
their inmates aud burned them
They gutted the Tribune office aud
burned gun factories. Solitary po-
licemen were murdered by being
stoned to death. She devils in the
shape of Copperhead women carried
stones into the upper stories Of their
houses, aud stoned tho policemen as
they marched by. Negroes were ta-
kon by the da-s-s ~uJ huug up 10
the lamp posts; aud in one instance n
poor mulatto, while being strangled
to death on the lamp post for no
other fault than that Of being black
these Internal candidates for hell
saturated bis clothes with turpen
tine, aud then set FIRE to him aud
thus literally roasted him. A gall
liant Irish officer Of the Union service,
Col. O'Brien, mortified at the con.
duct of his countrymen, made a
speech TO the mob in which he de.
nounced their conduct bitterly, and
thus endeavored to stop the devilish
work going on. The mob turned on
him and stoned him seuseless. Be.
ing endowed with wonderful human
endurance, he was not killed for sew
eral hours, although he was being
constantly stoned by COpperhead
women and men, and they only
ceased when priest appeared aud
administered the last rites Of relig-
iou TO the PROSTATE man. After the
service was completed these Catholic
rioters resumed the work of stonine
their poor victim till he finally died
The mob marched on aud attacked
the Colored Orphan ASYLUM, driv.
ing out the helpless little inmate;
under the cry Of "Burn up the here
tics |" "Kill the d--d little niggel
heretics ! and sulting the action tc
the cry, the building was set on frC
and burned to the ground. The mol
continued their diaoblical work, mur
dering policemen, negroes and peace
able citizens by hundreds for three
days, and during ell this time the
city was helpless and at the mercy
OF these Copperhead hell-hounds
owing to the absence Of the oity
militia at the battle of Gettysburg
Horatio Seymour, who was then Gov
ernor of the State of New York. was
telegraphed the condition of things
Not wishing to call out the State mi
litia aud shoot down the rioters. foi
fear of decreasing the Democratic
vote at tho next election, no wen
down to new York aud undertook Il
suppress the riot by making a sneeeI
IN which he called these murderers
police-Filiers, orphan asylum burn
ers. men red with the blood of poo
! O'Briep, men who bur:SG iuoifensiv
negroes at the lamp posts, "hi
friends" and promised them that III
draft should not be enforced in Nev
York. In other words he "cave
in" TO the mob, and promised that
although all the rest Of the countr
should have to submit to the draf
the Copperhead city of New Yor
should be specifically exempt. Th
following is the speech by which b
damned himself to everlas ting inf,
my:
MY FRIENDs-I have come dow
here from the quiet of the countr
to see what was the difficulty, to fiu
out what all this trouble Was concerI
ing the draft. Let me assure yo
that AM YOUR FRIEED. TUproaI
iOus cheering You HAVE BEEN N
FRIENDS. Gcries Of Yes, yes" "That
So" ave are and will be again,
and now l assure you, NY fellow
, citizens, that / am here 10 shOio you
test If my Friendship. [Cheers1
wish TO Inform you that | have SOL
my Adjutant General to Wsshingtc
. to confer with the authorities ther
5 and to haoe this draft suspended a,
stopped. Voeiferous cheers nc
. ask you as good citiSeus TO wait +