davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1876-04-09
LEONARD SWEET.
THE LAW OF TILE CASE.
Mr. SWEET then spoke as follows:

hr. SWEET then epoke 8s tollo<78:
GENTLEMEN AND FE1Low-C111zEHs: We nee,
this evening On no ordinary occasion. The neces-
sity which has called Us together is grave one,
and is vital to the interest Of liberty and OF
government Tbs question Is not whether We
| are to drift to s3archy, and be ruled by mob,
but whether, being under the mol, We can eman-
cipate ourselves. fApplause.l
Tbs greatest evils to Governments steal on
them gradually. The great war in which this
country was engaged for four years, although
talked about and threatened for years, Was &C.
tually upon us before the majority OF the people
believed that there Was any danger Of its
coming. The citizens OF this city have been
warned against the dangers OF violence to the
ballot-bo1 and Of fraud, and have heard
SO much of it that we were dis
inclined to believe, and never have believed it,
until the elections before our eyes have actually
been carried by violence aud by fraud. and the
question ia now not where We are drifting to, Of
danger, for we are in the greatest anarchy aud
distress in fact now, but whether we are 30 lost
that By spirited action we cannot e1nancipate
rutGauism and violence.
Now, gentlemen, let us look at
TIE ACTUAL. STATE OF FAoT9.
Until within 4 recent time We have been living
uu4GI d Elt1 C0aA +EA~ ~ u60 h64kCl&d lu0uE6
OF preventing frauds at elections. The city was
divided into wards, and regular judges. clerks Of
election, aud cauyaeaers were appointed. But
recently there has been change in the organic
character OF the city, and We hAye
3 charter which Sat in motion new
machinery, and under which efections have oc-
CURED in a new manner. Recently We have had
our first election. In theory OF law, as We ap-
preached this last election. there Was one town
meeting: Thai was called by the Clerk of the
Town, Mr. Gleason.
Busy as all men generally are in their busi-
ness, I took no care about it, snd heard
nothing OF it until the night of
the organization Of the meeting, when
an old client OF mine came to mo and asked me
to get up at o'clock in the morning and 60 to
No. 204 LaSalle street. add be there when the
meeting MAS organized. "Well." said, "6
o'clock is lite too viyacious for my patroit-
,sn,." did not 60, but I got there by 8. Il
seems that the town meeting OF the Town of |
South Chicago, instead Of being called in Iarre
bali where thonsantls Of people could assemble,
and where there might be soma dehbera- |
Lion. was actually called Oh the sidewalk |
Of 204 LaSa1le street. Respectable citizens like
Tobey, Wentworth, and Abner Taylor, and ffty !
more like them, assembled there at 8 o'clock. |
which Was the hour Of calling tho meeting to |
order. By the Law it was necessary that the |
Town Clerk should be there and cali the meet |
ng to order. Consequently nothing could be |
lone until o'clock and Gleason came. Coming
% tho place where the meeting vzs to be held, |
, 1876-04-09
ARTHUR MITCHELL.

Following him camo the Rev. Arthur Mitchell.
| who slammed forward amid a praat turnn1t NJ mn
| ntauss ''~'''>@ 'N''1"'' ~
He said he understood that this meeting was
! called, among other reasona, on account OF the
shameful fact that the people Of the town were
last Tuesday suindled out Of q vsry important
election. M He futlv agreed with The EXPRESSION
Of the propriety OF moderation, but bis idea was
that there vas no such thing as immoderation.
M tatuns could express the impudeuca aud ras-
catity perperrated under their eyes Tuesday
nieht Il was syintle all through the day
certainly at the second Ward. where be was
nrnsens.-and it vas donhfe awindle at the
naatinp in tha First Ward. In stating the prf-
ceedinps of that day. Il wontd be impossible to
oxnpeerata their irfapv. and. while he did not
wonder at the applause Of the audience in hear
fn,r annea,a to arms ho did not helievo thev han
come Within sicht Of the dav when it wa naces-
sary In resort to them.
WHAT WAS nosR ruEspAY9
4 rarga crorvd NJ c;fi7ena asaernTiad and ;fta1
o}eyer1 bal1nt-hoxes with pal]ota What did thev
do then : They took them down to o0{
TaSal,e etreet and asked tha keaner
Of the "House OF Dayid" to cara for
them. What did they do then? They went
home and went to bed. fAppIause.1 Was il
nnss,h1a fnr a little doninie tn instruct ,Teen.
Tjttod bnsinesg.men. and say TINT Il wonld not
do 10 trnst a gambler # anehtar / IN that
NIGHT he was present at 204 LnSaifo street.
rAechinr there nbout tao o'cIock. and man
accIi ;na,iy to cat insido the ronm, fniine thaTe
sir. Gleaaop. Mr. Thornton. and the otheT Mod
orators. The door was soon after opened. and
ohnnt tift1 naonla wera iat ~ and 1, H. Ho1ne sn
stated yer7 inridtv that there cnn1d he m
conntipc that night. AZ lIr Thornton WA
tiara q % Toufd T. be % onnoltnnitT M to 1eu consnIt
ieraI rentlemen abont allowing certain
h,i;o,.t 5ras ~ ha rorn.sd n dc,rna5 ,ooT .ha
Haonbl;cans present then that there shonld ha
, 1876-04-09
IN CONCLUSION.

said they had not yet arrived at definite con-
clusion as to what they ought to do. He knew
what the plan Of the First Ward Club Was and
that was to get the name Of every voter residing
in every ward. aud to organize in every warn a
baud OF citizens who should be ready for action
it necessary. He would present tha following :.
WHEREAS, The recent election was carried nv yrsud
and violence, and the candidates actually defeated by
the votes Of the people hare since been declare;,
elected BY ea!otstufang and BY the abstractiop ct
ballots actually cast; and ~
WHEREAS Another election is soon to take p1sca.
therefore, k'@>''
Resoluta That this meeting hereby commit te nro.
tecson q the ballot st the city election be held On
the 18th Inst. TO the First Ward co1aoldsted Cinh
snd We hereby authorize that Club to perfact sn s
Gent Organization In every ward Of the div and -
protect the polls at that election 1t any cost ard ~ III
hazards. and that We will support and protect It.
The Chairman stated that. "a ona of +hs
measures adopted by the Firat Ward c,rh
printed circulars had been gotten m contain,no'
BLAME AFpDAv1Ts
which could be tilled up and sworn to hy all mar.
soma who had voted at the town ejsctjon ~
South Chicago. It Is ~ follows:
srA7E o. 1I11som,l
CooK COUNTY,
being duly sworn. On cath sayx that m
the 4tn dAy Of April, 1876 ha WAS citizen oi and eai
sotef ~ tas Town of South Chicago Couuty ot Cook,
ano o1ate Of Illinois, residing at No--asreet
That Oh aaid dsy, between tbs hours Of o,cjoct t
the forenoon and O'Clock in The afternoon. At
In the satd Town of south Cbicaco
amant voted for William B. Gray foe Assessor. and
AndfeT !. Galloway far Collector Of said Town Of
1oetn Colcagu That afaant delivered bis ballot to
the petson acting As Assistant Moderator ot he p.ce
, 1876-04-09
ORGANIZING

MN- L. L. CoBURS,
President of the FIRST Ward Republican Club
called the meeting to order, and spoke in sub
saance ss follows, giving the object Of the meet
ing As citizens whose interests we're identical
with the interests OF the city, it afforded him
great pleasure to preside over 80 vast
and intelligent an audience. The
meeting was called under the
management Of the First Ward Republican
Club and therefore he had right to ask that
the utmost order be preserved. He understood
thst 1iotons demonstration was intended to ba
made By some Of those present by crying out
IN alarm OF fire, and thus create panic aud
break up the meeting. Although the meering
was called BY the gentlemen OF the First
Ward Club the call WAS extended to
all lav-abiding and o1der-loving citizens, to de-
fine thu rights Of citizenship as laid down by
our lsws and form of government, and TO give
expression to and unita in maintaining the
purity OF the ballot-bo1, aud 80 maintain it
Ward WAS consolidated with the Second the
Club was organized. and they adopted plat
form which looked to the maintaining
Of the purity OF the ballot-box- Ho
read portion Of it and said that it could be
seen therofrom that from the first tie object OF
tAp NlNO "a9 W opEuA1 tAp putty "a LILO 1a14Qt-
box, and they asked the aid OF all law~ablding
and order-loving citizens in carrying out this
platform. He denounced the doings OF tho
Evans gang at the polls Tuesday. he said the
ruffians came to the polls one day in the guise
of Democrats and voted for Evans. and
next day were at the Republican primaries as Re-
publicans voting for Frank Warren.
The meeting was called to hare united action,
70 that they might restore the rights Of citizen
ship and the purity of the ballot~box, which they
1ad not had in this city for some time past.
The Club calculated to continue the fight, and it
hev didn't obtain glorions results this year. they
would continue the fight aud obtain result
,ext year. Without occupying further time, he
would say that they had put two candidates for
he Office Of Alderman in the field who were
Lble to accomplish more for the good OF the
,eop1e and the object Of the Club than The
1her candidates These were the highest en-
omiums that could be paid them. He then
allied upon the Hon. Leonard Swett.
, 1876-04-09
IN GENERAL.
PUBLIC FEELING.

:. UNWILLING TO TAT.E-
1os'e1osJ 1RBuSE reporter was detailed =
60 among the South Side business neu, md
thns 70 got their vieHs in regard to the outrsss
Psfpettated by the bummers, Gleason and rs1s
, 1876-04-09

| ing, fading, and swelling again, until the 1p
] we're exhausted and patlid, and it died away IN
wall Of rage and disappointment, Tnay wer.
naturally quiet men, bred to honest pursuits
They we're patient. ng-sutlering men. but the,
! had been abused. aud they proposed what
seemed 70 them feasible way Of putting the
2busa out OF sight
As stiffness Was restored, glance at the eyes
still turned toward the stage revealed
DANGER.
The rio. was postponed. II any man there had
seriously contemplated disturbance, he gave it
up. II single constituent OF the hummer ele-
ment had calculated On perpetuating his fame
by tho establishment of his carcas upon that
stage, he yielded his ambition to second con-
alteration OF his chances.
Cautious as he was after that outbreak, Mr..
SWEET reused them twice again to their demand
for action.
"What will you do about it ?" he asked.
And the building rocked with the response.
the boiling, raging crowd, or up to the mad
dened eurging throng in the gallery. ahuddered
as the reply came again:
"Hang them! /! Hang them!!!"
It seemed an hour. though only for few min
utes did the fearful storm surge through the
over the excited heads below. Thousands OF
voices rolled up the CRY, till it was taken up By
the crowd below, and suelled into roar;
Hang them !! !! Hang them !"
ABnk Qe10l6 VIC 40 aGfk8406s !ot NS 2SAEE%s
40 old man struggled to his feet His hair
ras long and white. His facs vas pale aud his
voice husky.
..No," he exclaimed
HANG THEM F1nsr, AND REFLECT AFTERWARDS"
And again the wayo broke over the audience,
and angry we're the glauces shot at him WHO cau-
toned 'redectlon when action" was deemed
necessary
4 man near the door, who had refused to join
in the cry, undertook to push bis way out.
Somebody recognized him as one of tho bum
mer gang. 4 bnpdred hands aided him in bis
effort to escape from tbs room, and he was
bundled down stairs, with many q warning
against his teappcarance.
II Vas in
SAN FRANCISCO n 1868"
said 1Ir. SWEET
The sentence WIS enough. 1t suggested some-
thing. For moment there Was a silence, un-
broken By whisper. Then it came again- San
Francisco had established the precedent. Chi
cago AROSE again, aud demanded that example
ind an illustration in her streets. Cries for
Vigilance Committees and ropes and executions
drowned even the yells of those who couldn't
stop for words. The audience had been worked
to 3 passionate point that forboded danger. It
WAS impossible 70 quiet them then, and only
when thor lungs were tired did they cease their
cries for swift and sure retribution.
Mr.. Writ Dexter counseled moderation, and
by careful manipulation he toned the auditory
down, step BY step, to calmness and &C.
rloua reflection upon the situation. The other
speskeEs followed his example, and gradually
quiet determination WIS substituted for the
rage that had so long neld away. But they who
were as Farwell Hall last night will never forget
The first honr OF that meeting. 1t was not con-
posed Of rabbie whose instinct is yelling, and
whose expression Of ap2reciation is shrek or
esty is respected aud integrity is inherent, they
.amo The meeting had its object. and whether
, 1876-04-09

above named who received and deposited the sans IA
the regular pobox used ut aaid voting place for tia
reception OF ballots. ---
subscribed and awosn to before me on this -
day Of April, 1876.
, 1876-04-09
"HANG THEM. "

HHNG ghEm.
Grand Mass-Meeting at Far
well Hall.
The People Meet to Denounce the
Ballot-Bex Suffers.
4 Plain Statement Of the Facts
by Leonard SWEET.
His References to. Sau Francisco
Meet With a Wild Response.
Writ DEXTER Points Out the Perils
Of the Present Hour.
The Business Men Of the Third Ward
Talk Over the Situation.
Statement Of The Wrongs Of the Dis
franthised Citizens Of the
Fourth Ward.
What South Side Merchants Think Of
Another Assessment by Ed
Phillips.
The lniquity consummated--"con"
clusion Of the So-Called
Official Count.
Dave Thornton Admits There
Was Fraud. but Protests
His Innocence.
, 1876-04-09

nuteeo ZOE 1ne last ten years apoat So,uu0, upu q
menta of from s20oo,0oo TO $4,000. 900.
Disbursed" may have peculiar meaning
[Lauehter.l l usa the word disbursed,
they have had the money and it is goue
Last January there r., were over ;s:hooo nneol-
back taxes for 1875; 50. 100000 TO- 1874 s2,-
03O, 600 for 1871, 72, and '73. And why is that !?
Is it because the people Of this clty willing
70 pay unreasonable taxes ? No. It is because
the taxes were run to fabulous figures and
rates. which amounted substantially to contisca-
tion. [Applause.] And why is it !? Because 80
large fund is necessary fer con6scation at the
hands Of bnmmers and thieves. lApplause.]
Now, gentlemen, say what know aud what
you know, friends, every one Of you, and what
election, is simply tho culmination OF ten long
years, gradually growing worse and worse.
uas told from j source which / believe to be
trus beyond doubt By man who knew what he
WAS talking about, that there had been spent by
Aldermen during the present term Of their Office
Fon THE PURPOSE OF BUYING VOTES
not less than 100000 Now. gentlemen the
truth is that you don't yet know or realize the
depth aud peril Of the thievlug that is going on
day aud nigh. with your honest earnings. Zap
plauae.] / don't mean to say that all connected
with this Government are not honest men.
nm not denouncing- men generally. know
many men in the Board Of Aldermen. I am
simply discussing things in general. I do not
wish to be understood, in reviewing this City
Government. as rejecting On any and alt men
With that Government. Happily for
us it is not all gone yet [Applause.]
IF THE CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN WILL RALLY
and do their duty, they will find many men in
the Board OF Aldermen and other branches Of
the Government that will Cooperate With them
in this movement and will aid them III everY
effort to produce q better City Government,
Now, gentlemen, We have the fact Of the grow-
ing sYil gradually growing worse, eliminating
IN this recent election which everybody knows to
hare been brought about BY violence and
fraud, and the question is
A. WHAT ARE VIE GOING TO DO ABOUT TT"
Shall We Lie supinely under 1t when we feel it ?
Shall We, in this next election. allow similar
scenes to be repeated? [Applause. and cries 1t
No!"1 No, you say, but have yon auy plans
o save you? lCries, "Vigilance Committee"
lny man may go to the polls and stay there, and |
the operation is repeated, they will be over
:ome By force and driven away. Go and cast |
our vote honestly, and At night ballots |
ylll be substituted, and the result changed !
y fraud. Taxes will be heaped upon |!
on IN Il still greater degree. Stealing !
ill 60 on in still greater proportions. Now |
hen, what is to be done ? I was in San Fran
isco in 1868. fCheers and applause.l It was
ot during the violence Of the Vigilance Com
1ittee, but while its shadow was still left,
LAughter.l l was q stranger in the city. The
Eepunlcans held = meeting IN the city and |
lads nominations and the Democrats held |
bought nothing. The next day IN article ap-
National Republican., 1876-06-24
ENGLANp,s FALSE PLEA.

The London Daily Telegraph, Earl
Derby's organ, at last comes to the defense
Of the English Minister in an attempt to
justify his release of Winslow and Brent.
The organ bases its attempt upon England's
immemorial right" to know why she
gives up ''the meaneSt refugee" This is
simply Sinking the point at issue. The
treaty guarantees their right to know.
Both governments have always agreed to
it and the United States has never objected
to it. But the Telegraph misstates the case
and doe this knowingly. and willfully.
The refusal to surrender Winslow and
Brent was upon an entirely different pre-
text. They were released from custody
because the United States refused to give
guarantees unknown to the treaty, and
which, during thirty years of practice, had
never before been demanded. The treaty
says, as explicitly as the late somewhat
distinguished Daniel Webster could write
English (snd he had little reputation in
that wsy): provided that this shall only be
'Ssdone upon such evidence eofcriminality.as,
according 10 thelaws of the place where
the fugitive or person SO charged shall be
found, would justify his apprehension
"and. commitment for trial if the crime
I" or offense had been there committed"
that is all there is Of 1t relating to knowl-
edge of why they shall surrender each
others criminals. And for thirty years
they have asked no more Of each other.
But now Earl Derby comes forward and in
an unworthy, unfriendly and offensive
manner says al suspect that you
" intend to try Mr.. Winslow for some other
!" offense that is not included in the extra
/" dition list." What cause have we given
him to suspect this Why did not his
National Republican., 1876-06-24

TIE following dialogue between two
Democratic members of Congress was
overheard yesterday in the House of Rep
resentatives, and is too good to be lost.
With the explanation that Blackburn, of
Kentucky, and De Bolt, of Missouri, are
two of the three members of the sub com
mittee having in charge the contested
election case Of Plat VS.. Goode it will be
readily understood:
First Democrat-"I understand the sub
committee are going to report in favor of
Platt''
Second Democrat-"Don't believe it; that
statement implies two imposslbilities."
First Democrat-"What two iInpossibili-
tiesl'
Of brains by De Bolt, and of conscience by
Blackburn"
National Republican., 1876-06-24
AND OHIO RAILROAD.


JUNE IL, 1876.
A. M. Leave Washington.
$500 Baltimore and Way stations.
Of Rocks, and intermediate Stations, Main
7:Io Baltimore and Alexandria Junction.
$40 NEW YORK, PHILApELPHIA AND BOSTON
Stops at Way Stations and connects for
Sis Cincinnati. st. Louis and Pittsburg Express.
Deer Park: Oakland; Parl9Ts Spd slespers.
Point sF Rob %sT sad xey road
$50 s1ltImSFs @ Son and Way stations R,,,,uo-s
'' % and P6iiadeiphia; S Sunday to Baltimore only
n:i5 baltimore, Way Stations, Euicott City and
Lao NHw YoRK, PHILADELPHIA AND NORFOLK
EXPRESS. On Sunday all way stations and
$50 gaiiImoTs iE@Srs and SrzS; Way Stations.
rick, Ellicott City and Way Stations via
$50 Frederick and Point of Rocks, fvia Metropolis
Is and ny5
Isspi ssS1Eday dS G Deer
I:0p p: m; train on Saturday, Hsgerstown
and Winchester; Sleeping cars 70 Chicago,
5:s5 BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA EXPRESS.
Frederick. and Way Stations, via Relay.
$40 Baltimore, Bladens6urE, College, Beltsville,
-, Laurel. Annapolis Junction.
SD Pittsburg, but no CONNECTION beyond Martins
burg by train leaving Sunday night. Way
Stations on Metropolitan Branch.
500 Baltimore. Relay, Bladensburs, Beltsvtlle,
1000 NEw YoRK AND PHILADELPHIA NIGHT Ex-
PRESS. Sleeping cars to New York.
1896 Baltimore and Principal Way Stations.
lo:Io Martnsburg and Way Stations, Metropolitan
Branch.
II 80 ST. LOUIS EXPRESS. Deer Park, Oakland,
Chicago, Columbus, sssdusky, Newark. On
Saturday for Louisville.
7:l0 $40, el5. 9:35 a. 30. SIS, b:3o $40, 7.
$500. s:21, 1890. lO:c5 and l:3o p. m, daily.
All other trains daily, except Sunday.
N
Valley Branch, or for New York and Philadel-
phia at $40 .. m. and lao D. m.
For further Information apply At the Baltimore
and Ohio ticket Offices, Washing gton Station and 4S5,
sol and sos Pennsylvanta avenue, and No. 6i3 Ftf-
teeuth street n. W., where orders will be taken for
baggage TO be checked and received at any point In
the city.
THOS. r. SHARP,
Master of Transportation.
l.. NJ. COLE. General Ticket Agent,
GFD EnnNTZ Gepcral A oaDt
National Republican., 1876-06-24

THE currency question seems more
likely to create trouble at ST. Louis than
the selection of candidates. Many of the
Western Democrats, like Charlie Woolley,
of Ohio, for example, have Joined their
Eastern brethren in the demand for hard
money; but sufficient number of them
still remain firmly adherent to the rag
baby to make the struggle between the
two factions of the party bitter and inter
estinp
National Republican., 1876-06-24

THE Chicago Tribune charges General
Hancock with beilg a chronic office
seeker" This will not hurt him in the
estimation of his Democratic associates.
They are all tsrred with the same stick,
and have been at the Office seeking busi-
ness with but slight encouragement or
success ever since the war Their failure
to get office was one of the causes of that
unpleasantness
National Republican., 1876-06-24

THENew York Herald wants to know who
will provoke" Ben Hill in the House if Mr..
Blaine goes into the Senate? Mr.. Garfield
is able to Go it. and has the courage. AR.
Williams, of Wisconsin, is another able
debater, who is also able to accomplish the
same result, and by this time has become
sufficiently acquainted with the rules Of
the House to enable him to cope with Mr..
Hill as q parlismentarian.
National Republican., 1876-06-24

WHILE the Democratic majority in the
House is attempting to repeal the existing
enforcement act the intelligent Republican
majority of the Senate has adopted new
act to protect voters in the Southern States.
OF course, the latter bill cannot become q
law, because the House will not consent
to its passage; but the effect upon the coun-
try will be all the same.
National Republican., 1876-06-24
I0PFICIAL.l
NAVY DEPARTMENT, !
WASHINGTON June = 1876. {

WASHINGTON, June :, 1876.
General order No. I'll:
/. Before a Naval General Court-Martial, con-
yened at the Navy Yard at New York, May IS,
1876, by order OF the Secretary of the Navy,
dated May 15 1876 of which Court Captain b.
b. Harmony, U. s. Navy, was president, was ar
raigned and tried Frederick Z. Upton, Master U
S. Navy, upon the following charges and specin-
cations:
CHARGE 1.-Using provoking and representa-
words towards another person in the navy
Specification I'm this, that on or about tn.
National Republican., 1876-06-24

THE PREPARATIONS for the meeting OF
District Republicans for the ratification of
the Cincinnati nominations are progress
ing with assurances of gratifying success.
Eminent speakers have been invited to ad-
dress the meeting, and it will no doubt
prove to be one of the most suspicious
occasions of the kind ever held in this
community
National Republican., 1876-06-24

THE Cincinnati Enquirer, referring to
the St. Louis nomination, says. "the eyes
-" of the country are slowly turning toward
Banning" What q pity it would be if
they should get sot in that direction
butitis too hazy out in Ohio for any Demo-
prat TO see clear
National Republican., 1876-06-24

"FAvo" for the favorite. Reeds ex-
plauation was not needed, but it is never
theless satisfactory. When Mr.. Reed was
in this city several weeks ago no one en-
tertained the idea that he was such an i'm
portant person as he hiss since proved him
eeIf tn he
National Republican., 1876-06-24

GEN. HAYES, the next President of the
United States, is reputed to be very rich
man. The Louisville CouTisr-JourHal is
authority for the statement that Gen.
Hayes uncle, Louis Burchard, deceased,
left him S75O O0O