The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-20
GLIMpSES OF GOTHAM.
STILL HaRPIsG ON THE RIOT
Strong Feeling Against the Military
We're They Justified in Firing '-fhe
Ring Throw Hoffman overboard-
Sentiments of the Noa-BellISerent
Irish.
rFnoN OUR OWN correspondent

Irish.
[FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
NEW YORK, July Is.
People are not yet tired OF talking about tne
ORANGE riot. and Its causes and consequences.
Within the last few hours the discussion has
turned upon the conduct of the military. Tnere
is strong feeling, even among many VINO
favored the protection given by the authori-
Ties 10 the Orange parade, that the soldiers
acted without discretion in firing into the
crowd. 1t looks very much as If the young
men of the Eighty fourth became panic strick-
an and fred off their guns without being really
conscious of what they were doing. 1t mas
been ascertained that the two members Oh tne
Ninth who we're killed, Page and Wyatt, fell
from the fire of the military and not from that
81 the rioters, as was at first supposed.
doubt if single case of killing by the Irish
men has been proved beyond doubt. The
rioters we're certainly throwing stones and
bricks, and great many excited persons saw
them fire off pistols, but in every case OF death
where investigation has been had, 1t has been
ascertained that the victim died from the bull
lets of the military.
It is a fearful thing to put weapons in the
hands of lot of reckless young men, Wlln
!. permission to shoot them finto the midst OF
Ikcompact crowd IN the streets, az tneir OWL iI
discretion. The using Of powder and Dail
should be the last resort, and only when re-
sponslble superior officer is satisfied that the
dire emergency has arrived. IL IS eVluenC
that no orders were specially given to the
military. by General Varian 10 fre, and tnat
,fnyNa
by the fears of the members of the Eighty
fourth regiment that the Irishmen were about
TO hurt them. The consequence OF that tatai
yolley was that three-fourths Of the Killed
were people who had nothing to do with the
disturbance One poor young man, a Soutn
erner, who was in the neigh6orhood purely on
business, was slain. An elderly gentlemen
went on the root of his house In Twenty-ttth
street to look at the procession, and received
bullet through the brain.
The defenders OF the military urge for them
that the mob was closing around them rapidly;
shower of missiles, mingled with pistol shots,
Increased, and that If they had not fired at the
time they did they would have been forced 10
do it subsequently, where the street was still
more crowded and when the entire oTlSade
must. have participated. The loss of life
would then have been very mucn & greasSser sS ALL IT.
6ouraged the mob, and prevented the rlot
from assuming larger proportions. This Is
undoubtedly the tact. The news OF the siaugn-
ter on Eighth avenue sped like Wlldhre
throughout the city, and threw compete
damper on any tSa %nSa sae
The Radicals confidently hope to make much
capital out of the recent troubles The inde.
,cislon of the Democratic city authorities, and
their apparent desire to concitate the Celtic
element, which Is so strong in votes, enraged
large class of Americans VINO nave oeen act-
Ing with the Democratic party, and the swear.
ing was very heavy among them on the DAY OF
the riot, that they would never vote Demo-
cratic ticket again. This, however, was the
language of passion, not OF reason, and IL
may be presumed that when the excltemens
their angry threats. The principles of Democ.
racy are Just the same whatever the local
politicians of any city may do. II Democrats
are not satisfied with their political ieausis,
thew can refuse to vote Tor them, and selecC
others. They don't help the matter by going;
absurd to hold the Democracy oi Ohio respon,
sible for the political antics of Mayor Hall and
Dick Connolly. The Radicals OF Vermont
would feel themselves aggrieyed II they were
asked to take the consequences OF tue mis-
deeds OF the Charleston County commission
ers. think this will be the view the country
viii take OF this matter eventually, and that
the Democratic party of the nation will not be
so much injured In he Presidential election as
Its enemies now fondly anticipate:
If the city authorities showed tne Wnlte
feather, the same cannot be said of the Demo-
cratic Governors OF New York and New Jer-
sey. They came forward promptly and assert
ed the right Of peaceable men to parade IN tne
streets Of their cities and promised them am
pie protection. The action OF Governor Ho1-
Msn has given deep offence to some OF our
Irish citizens He was condemned pointedly
In series of resolutions passed BY the officers
of the Irish brigade, and 1t Is announced that
mass meeting wal shortly be held to give
stronger popular expression to these sentl-
ments. Among the leaders In this movement
minister to Paraguay; General Sweeney, uni.
ted States Army, formerly the Fenian chief,
and John Michel. The dissatisfaction among
these Irish has already had Its influence on
what is called the "Tammany Ring. II is stat
ed, on what has always been regarded as good
authority, that the "Ring" had secret meet
Ing on the day after the riot and threw Hof-
man overheard as it's candidate for the Presi-
dency. The ring leaders have been growing
lukeWarm In their attachment to Hoffman Tor
some months. They were especialy " displeascc
e6 with his course during the recent session OF
the Legislature. He would Insist upon veto
ing every bill that had the suspicion OF jobbery
about it. / suppose they are glad to have an
excuse to break with him.
IL is but Just to the Irish Catholics at large
to say that they are quite Indifferent to the In
trigues of the politicians; that they care moth
Ing for the feelings of the ring" and are
quite as ready as ever to support Governor
Hoffman on his merits as man. The Catholic
clergy of this city, with great unanimity, cahor-
ted their parlshioners last Sunday to preserve
the public peace, and accord to the Irish Pro
] testants the same privile es they claimed for
themselves, and the opinion is freely express
ed, and with justice, too, that If the authors
ties had conlded the escort of the procession
to the Slxty-ninth, the "crack" Irish regiment,
the men would have, if necessary, died in the
performance Of their duty. At least two
thirds of the policemen are Irish Catholics,
and their conduct on the day OF the riot has
excited enthusiastic commendation from
everybody. NYA.
THE STRUGGLE IN CUB4.