The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-28
LOCAL DEPARTM ENT

LOCAL DEPARTM ENT.
THr ASSAULT or BALrIMoRgAss ON ORR.
ZENs Es ROUTE TO NOTE.-A meeting of citI-
last evening, to hear the dep0sitions Of those
who were passengers on the ears when these
dcpredations were committed.
Col. J. b. Adams, chairman of the commit
tee appointed to secure dispositions on this
dence, cGEecrning assaults made on passcn.
last, and on the I'd and 18th instant:
To the officers and members of the public
meeting, held on the evening OF the oath inst,
at No, $40 Pennsylyania avenue. to express
their Indignation at the cowardly and muir.
derous assault made on members of the Re.
publican party Of this District, while passing
September and the I'd and 18th of October, 1855:
Soldiers and sailors and many of the Repub.
lean party were on the trains above men
convention OF the Boys In Blue In that city.
When the trains reached the city OF Bsiti-
more the cars were boarded by aparty of BAL.
Nmore rutians, ard the passengers who were
quietly sitting In their seats were murder
ously assaulted. Some Of the passengers on
the trains were dragged by the mob from their
seats 10 the cars, aud taken outside and as.
saulted and beaten, and that, too, by police,
who were acting In concert with the mob,
who were hurrahing for Seymour and Blair,
while others OF the rutllans presented loaded
pistols to passengers heads, demanding OF
each passenger II he was Republican, and II
rellltu IN thc htllrmHtlEe, then the
rufilans would beat them.
Your committee, in compliance with tho
directions given them at the meeting above
referred to, took in writing the several state
mcnts OF citizens under oath, who were on
said trains, and witnessed the outrages com.
mitted on the above mentioned times and
trains.
These terrible outrAges made on the passen.
gers by the ruiilans occurred in the presence
oil ladies, who were very much terrified, and
were in great fear and danger OF losing their
lives,
Your committee, from the sworn stateme nts
ofeyc-witnessea to this wicked and cowardly
attack made by the would.bc Assassins In the
dead hour OF night on the rights Of peaccablc
citizens, some OF whom are merchants, whose
sole and exclusive business was to purchase
capital OF the United States through State
adjoining, arc brought to pause, and make his
inquiry, are we At warl Is Maryland a for.
eign nation, and shall Baltimore persist In her
rebcllious spirit as she did on the memorable
night Of the 10th Of April, '0l, when our Union
troops were assaulted on their passage
protect II from the hands Of traitors who had
combined to overthrow the best Government
God ever created
In view of all the facts your committee sub
init the following resolutions;
Resolved, That the attack AIDE on the trains
OF September 50, and % and 18th OF October, on
peaceful citizens while seated in cars going
from Washington to Philadelphia, and while
passing through Baltimore on their way
thitheF, was entirely unjustiHabie, as no provo.
cation whatever appears to have been given,
but 1t appearing to your committee, from all
the evidence, that the attack was planned in
the city OF Washington, and sarried out by
the ruthans OF Baltimore, and that the vote
taken on the cars by the ncwsboy and the per.
son accompanying him, was part of the plot
concocted for the detection OF Republicans on
the train, so that their lives might be taken in
Baltimore.
duct of the Baltimore rutlans, aided and abct.
ted by the police Of Baitir:bre city, merits tho
just and unqualified condemnation of every
Dc IL fEitfr resoircd, That the outrages com.
mitted In Baltimore oil the passengers on said
trains, commenced at Camden street depot,
and that the murderous attack continued 10
be made on the passengers while the cars re.
mained In the President street depot, and that
It occurred ip the presence Of police officers
that might arise, and the fact that none OF the
rioters were arrested, Is conclusive proof that
the pole were In concert with them.
Be Il further resolved, That from the violence
submitted to your committee, the letter writ
ten BY Mr.. Garrett, of the u. 4 o. II. r., to
NJ M i9,oek, seeretary Of me National kcplb'
wherein he states that no passenger was as,
snulted or assailed in the cars Of the u. Il o.
r. II. Co, is not a true statement of the facts
as the evidence shows that tho last car Ieny.
ing the Camden street depot, on the line OF
that road, on the night Of the 18th Of October
was taken possession of by the Baltimore ruf.
fans, and the front and rear platforms of the
car was filled to their utmost capacity with
the mobj that they chcered for Seymour and
Blair, and passed through the car, to the great
terror OF the passengers, and actually as.
saultcd one or two Of the passengers, and that
the passenger referred to In Mr.. Garretts let.
ter, who refused to pay his fare, was the leader
Of the band of ruflsns who took possession OF
tho car before its arrival at the President
street depot.
Be Il further rcsoiccd, That from all the evi.
dence submitted there were no officers on the
cars, either ia the employ Of the y. and q. X;
r. company or IL. W. and l.. company, and
at n n nj the m aue ar effort In
prevent or quell the disturbance that occurred
on the respective routes, either from fear or
mands our censure as an officer Of the car,
either conductor or brakeman, by the exer.
Glsing of proper authority, might have pre-.
vented, in a great extent, the bIoodshed that
BE Il further resolved, That the attention OF
the loyal Congress- Of the United States Ia
loyal citizens, as above mentioned, to the
end that the lives and property of loyal citi-
Gems may be protected in all parts of this vast
BE Il further resolved, That committee be
appointed by this meeting to lay before Con.
gress the report, together with the evidence
JomN b. ADAMS, chm.
A. J. CARVER.
II. q. OrIs.
The evidence includes tho statements OF
Messrs. W. ID. Elwood, John q. Clary, l.. Oar
peles, Samuel W. Cook, Thomas +. Nenable
Edward Trimble, VIM y, veTmillion, Francis
and others, and bears heavily on the police Of
Baltimore, the roughs of the same city, and
does not leave the railroads on the line he
tween this city and Philadelphis without cen
sure.
Because of u press of other matter We are
compelled to iorego the publication OF the evi
dence.
Col Hulse was opposed to the adoption OF
the report as 1t stood, and moved to amend II
so as only to censure those OF the Baltimore
police force who participated In the brutal as.
sault upon the passengers.
Col J. Is, Adams was opposed to the amend
ment; for he had no confidence in the Balti-
more police force as organized by Swami.
MIR. W. A. Short was In favor oil the amend.
ment offered by Col. Hulse, for they needed
the protection OF the Baltimore police IL they
could get 1t. II they could not get that, then
they should apply to higher authoritylior pro-
lection. He thought that In their resolutions
plicated in the riot.
Capt. A. Grant opposed the proposed amend
ment. lie wanted II as strong as the commit
tee could possibly make It, and he should not
forget the full share OF censure to which tho
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company were
entitled. The question was, were they to be
again attacked by these rebels vnd murdercdl
II so, he would call upon the Government OF
the United States for protection, and II that
failed, then let Congress declare the State
under military government and treat II AZ
they had done other states that were rebel
lious. He would not relieve the railroad com
Pany. They should have gone to the authori
ties Of Baltimore. II the voters could moi
have protection in going home to cast theiI
ballots, then let the Boys in Blue, all over the
United States, take the matter In hand. The
Union men had received he said, worse treat
mcnt In Baltimore than the Union troops did
in the year 1901.
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