Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-27

Insulting Political Professions
ana Citizens fasulted by Them.
Inarecent case in the Police Court of Cine
cinnati, man named BARRY was fined $50
and costs for interfering with political
processioH, and was only saved from term
in the work house by proving good char
acter.
Judge Straub, In disposing of the case,
took occasion to say that in the future he
would infiict the most severe penalty allow
ed by law on all persons convicted of inter-
fering with the meetings or professions of
any party. Recent events had shown that
there existed an organized or preconcerted
arrangement to molest persons who differed
In politics with them, by some of the lowest
specimens of mankind, and that he was de-
ltermined to so administer the law, that the
peace would be preserved"
There is much good sense in the promul-
CATION of this resolve of the Judge, and
still more If he carries it out, irrespective of
party. But there are other disturbers of
the public peace, besides those who insult
public professions.
When the political organization, calling
itself the Grant Tanners, determined to
have grand procession-which,b by the by.
turned out to be a meagre affair-appIica-
tion was made to the Mayor and Chairman
of the committee on Police, for a police
force of twenty men to protect it from in
suit. The applicant was told that there
was no need of protection-that no political
procession would be insulted In the streets
OF Columbus, unless something was done
by those connected with it, either by in
sulting notices or Insulting language, and
that, in the absence of these, the Mayor
pledged himself that there would be no in
suit offered. II there;was, those trapsgress-
ling ought to be, andsswould be, severely
punisheds Although the notices, such as q
representation intended for q calf skin, la
belled as the hide of HoRATIo SEYMOUR
bell, which q large placard said was to
toll the death-knell of SEYMOUR and, BLAIR,
were of character to provoke assault, yet
no insult of any kind was offered, and the
little procession passed through the streets
of Columbus with none to modest, it. ; v
I The night the candidate of the Tam
ners' party for Congress made his speech,
the procession, largely Increased by the
aid of boys with torches--some seventy
five or eighty of the latter being carried
Fin procession-again paraded the streets,
and, as If determined to provoke riot, as
they passed the STATESMAN office, the men
and boys in the procession sal,aed it ,oith
Igoansi -e5nsIss
7 We do not know what the leaders of the
Republican party think of such an outrage,
or whether they approve of 1t or not, but
this we do know, that il is as much a breach
of the peace for aprocession to insult per-
sons connected with the eSTATEsMANofice, or
any other office, or person, as it is for per-
sons on the side walk, or in dwellings,
public or private, to insult persons In pro-
Once before the same insult was offered
by the same class of men, while practising
their parade on the streets. We ask no
police force to protect the STATESMAN OF
those engaged as its employees. Its opera
tives and its friends are able to protect it
against any mob the Tanners, or the Tan
ners' party can raise. If again attempted
If any procession of Republicans again
attempt such an insult, the police had bet
ter be on hand in force to prevent violence,
for we do assure them, and all others whom
it may concern. that there will be breach
of the peace, and that the Tanners who
commit such outrages may be tanned to
their hearts content. lzao'9G .yai'Iirt-1 .sz,t
We have always heard that men, no mat
ter what their politics, have right to march
in peaceable procession-have right
to hold meetings and to get up as much
enthusiasm as. possible-that no man has
a right to modest them, or to make them
afraid In so doing THAT political meetings
can be attended by political opponents,
buG at the same time it is Incumbent upon
them to behavea themselves In an orderly
and proper manner. If what the orator
says, is opposed to their ideas Of right, then
persons have tie right to leave the meet
ing, but must do SO in a manner not to dis
turb 1t. AT the same time we hold that
men marching in procession, no matter
what party they belong to, have no right
to offer deliberate insult to those not
participating. Nor has any public speaker
right to deliberately insult that portion
: "a Eassl.L- f.
of his audience who fail to agree with him.
A departure from these rules may lead to
riot, to violence, and perhaps to bloodshed
/ If SO, they who SOW the wind will reap
the ,wbirlwind fol. their pains. ~ llIs -
The Way the RAIDS GET their Con.
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The Radical papers publish the following
paff To-
cratic ranks: vs5 5df 10 ssus1f l..l
General David Kilgore, a Democrat, OF
Delaware county. Ind, has taken the stump
for Grant and Colfax." sil ~ =. ~ - !
"Hon. T. L. Stillwell, late Democratic M
G. from the Ninth Indiana District, is sup
porting Grant and Colfax." l'eSi %. -'-'l "a
[, 1t will be news to the people of Indiana.
says the Indianapolis Sentinel to learn that
DAVID KILGoRE was ever a Democrat, OF
STILLwELL ever a Democratic member oil
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