The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-10-17
The "outragesy at Ottawa.

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honest article, labors to create the impression
that we not only approved and defended the
''outrages' alleged to have been committed
against the tanners at the recent republican
demonstration in this city, but admitted them
to have been committed by the "Irsh boys"
No honest inference of the kind can be drawn
from our article. We said the only hurting of
stones took place on La Sale street above
Madison, and then the first stone was hurled
from the Tanners themselves at democrats"
(not "Irish boys') on the sidewalk, and re-
turned by these democrats" We did, how
ever, say that the tanners had all the after
neon, in various ways, so grossly insulted our
| Irish and German" fellow citizens that an at
tack OF some ssrt in consequence would not
have surprised us-not particularly from the
| "Irish and Germans" but from the democrats
generally, who of course felt equally indig-
nant at such insults. "We want no Irish
| votes" was borne on one of the republican
banners. Seymour's friends were represent
ed as Germans and Irish, and company or
two of drunken tanners that passed the cor
ner of Main and Columbus streets about 8
O'Clock were particularly noisy and offensive
in their beasts of ability to ''clean out the
Irish and Dutch" There were certainly three
Americans to one Irishman or German on the
sidewalk on La Sale street when the only
hurting Of missiles that occurred took place,
anil we have no doubt the Americans returned
their full share.
But this COURAGE" on La Sale street was
really very small affair. 1t was over in half
u minute, ard not dozen Of stones were
thrown all together. 1t was instantly stopped
10y the police, and if no arrests were made, it
was only ON account of the lmpossibility of
picking the few real offenders out Of dense
crowd in the darkness of night. Besides,
what were Sheriff NcCaleb and his assistants
about Why not arrest the offenders who
hurled stones from the street,
But the Republicans list of wounded re-
ceived few OF their injuries here. There were
fights, as there always are on such occasions,
in other parts OF the city. One fight between
some tanners and democrats occurred at
grocery on La Sale street, and We heard re-
publican say the tanners got no more than
they deserved. During the speaking in the
square at night, between 10 and II o'clock,
there was sudden rush towards the north
west corner OF the square. We went in that
direction To see what the row was, and were
told lot OF tanners had got to fighting among |
themselves. Our city officials were assiduous |
and on the alert all the evening and the may |
or accompanied the last company of tanners
TO the depot after O'Clock on Sunday morn |
ing.
We have approved no outragcs. Casting |
stones at aprocession is despicablc business |
but it is no less despicsble business to cast !
stones and hurl insults at spectators from pro- |
SESSIONS.
But in cases of real outrage, of the kind al |
legged, our experience in the larger cities has |
taught us that the last aggressors are the Irish |
and Germans" This Moses and Sykeses of !
New ork, the bloody tubs OF Baltimore the |
Southwark and Kensington roughs of Phila-
delphia, and the rowdies and rough scuh of |
Louisville and all the larger cit
les are never Irish or Germans, but always
native Americans who generally make for
Ell gners their particular objects of assault and
outrage. And it is so in Ottawa. Our real
roughs here are native, not foreigners.