The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-01
THE RADICAL ORGY.
PEACEFUI GERMANS ATTACKED By
THE MOB.

PE1CEFGI GERMANS ATIAChED BIZ
THE MOB. -
Route OF the Proccssipn-Houscs Broken
Open and their Contents Injured
Yelling OF the Sooty Crowd-Incendi-
ary Harangues OF thes Leaders.
About twilight last evening the dark mass Of
colored humanity at the corner of Meeting and
Broad streets became vislbly greater every
minute; kerosene torches and Chinese Ian
terms, supplied them at the Guerdhouse, were
lighting up the darkness, end their savage
cries and yells forthwith drove all peaeeable
people from the streets. They marched up
Meeting street, receiving reinforcements
from Wards and at the Mar
ket. The procession then passed up Meeting
street to the front Of the Citadel Square
Baptist Church, where they were Joined by
the contingents of Wards s, 6, land 8. The
procession then countermarched through. CAL
houn to Washington street, up Washington
to Chapel street, through Chapel to Alexander
street, through Alexander to Judith, through
Judith to America; thence to Meeting, and up
Meeting to Line, street, through Line to Rut-
ledge, down Rutledge avenue to Calhoun.
through Calhoun to Coming, down Coming to
Wentworth, through Wentworth to King,
through King to Hasel, down Hasel to Meet
ing, then down Meeting to Market, down Mar
ket to East Bay street, down East Bay street
to and through South Battery; then up King
to Broad, coming to halt In front of the
City Hall.
The meeting was called to order (sich by Rev.
R. B. Artson, who introduced Daddy Cain, the
first speaker. The Rev. Cain remarked that
hs would have liked to have been spared
the pain of nomination. The DAILY NEWS,
however, had classed him with the Mackey.
Pilsbury crowd, who wished to Introduce the
forty thieves into the City Council, and he now
wished to refute the Charge. There were FIVE
colored men on the Citizens ticket, and they
were doubtless good ones; but he did not
think there were negroes enough on that
ticket. On the Citizens ticket there were
white men also, good and true, and against
them he had nothing toaay; but 1t was neces-
sary that the Republicans should hold on to
power. Some one In the crowd cried out,
"Let us hear something about the Enterprise
Railroad Whereupon Daddy Cain said ne
had written the charter and organized the
plan of that railroad, and thought the building
of that road would be Of advantange to the
laborers, and assist the farmers to bring their
produce to the city.
Hon. Il. W. Purvis, molasses-colored legis-
lator from the rural parts, was next introduc-
ed. He candldly acknowledged that he knew
nothing about Charleston local matters, and
for this reason we need not waste space upon
his s'Know Nothing" lucubralions.
Hon. F. j: Moses, Jr., general, speaker Of
the House, &C., &C., was the next orator. He
eyed the crowd in grand way for about hve
seconds, after which he opened In stilted ex-
ordlum, saying that Republican victory In
Charleston on Wednesday meant Republican
success in 1872. [This accounts for the press
ence In Charleston of so many of the member
ef,the Radlcal sauhedrim.l
The colored lleutenant.governor was the
next speaker; but until q late hour the happy
Radical family enjoyed their noisy glory.
THE RIOT LAST NIGHT.
The procession was gathering numbers as 1t
went on, and with increase of numbers came
an increase of excitement and recklessness,
amounting in many instances to deeds Of fend-
ish maevolence. AS they passed up Washing
ton street. they attacked the premises OF Mr..
Otto Thdemann, corner Calhoun street, broke
his windows, and destroyed everything they
could lay their hands on. Now what induced
this wanton assault and destruction we are at
q loss to conceive, for more peaceable or
more estimable gentleman lives not in this
city than Mr.. Tiedemann. The next house
that suffered from the fury of the mob was
Mr.. c. h. Blancken; corner Charlotte and
Washington streets. They broke his windows,
entered the store, and thrust o burning torch
into molasses barrel, uuder the impression
that It was kerosene barrel. A fend incar-
nate could not have exceeded this piece OF
devilishness.
Delighted with these brave achievements,
the savage crowd next attacked the store and
hor je of Mr.. Klintworth, No. so Washington
street. They broke windows, as usual, threw
brickbats through them into the rooms, one
large piece hilllng Mrs. Klintworth in the iace
and nearly killing her; breaking crockery, fur
niture, &c. These playful exhibitions of Rad
ical manners were accompanied by yells and
shrleks, hurrahtng for Pillsbury, singing,
"John Brown is marching on" alternating
with abuse of General Wagenor, and threats
of 'burning down every Id Dutchman's
house."
The next attack was at the corner of John
aud Meeting streets, where they made repeat.
ed efforts to break into the store, throwing
stones at the windows and doors, trying to
force them open, all the while abusing and
cursing the Germans.
There is food for reflection here. The per.
sons assaulted by this mob Of savage Radical
negroes are one and all peaceable, aw-abiding
citizens, who pay license to the city govern
ment, a tax on their real estate, and tax
also on their stock of merchandise, the total OF
which amounts to a considerable sum. Now,
unon what plea Ia all this eXacted unless 1t is