, 1877-07-27


tho suit1icrs. Ir think. that some buys in the
crowd threw stones At tlletn, but fecls certain
that none were thrown from any point near
where ho lnt; IL OF opinion these f>oYs
wefo Ill together In a corncr near the
depot. lie waa not near enough
to lear the order to ffr, and was greatly sur
prfsctl when the firing began; was MT alarmcdr
thinking tho soldiers were firing blank car
trfees to scare away tho crowd: but. when he
saw three people shot quite near him, he thought
II time to get nut of that; arose, ran up tho
hill, and lay down IN gully, but the people be-
0an ~ pic In Oh him 10 that he thought he
might as well be shot a. trampcd to death;
asoAc. and ran on up the htl until lie got behind
house, mil ataItl there until the firing ceaacd.
This seemed to him to continue long tttac,
but lie was much cx:ttcd, and he thinks now
that It may not have lastcd more than four
minutes.
This is tue only account haya had
rttDM An krkwirxEjs
Of the beginning OF that dreadful and fatal
stsifr.
II IS quite tF,1c that women ami children had
no business 10 be On the side OF the hill At that
trnc,-truc that they we're there In violation Ut
law and in defiance VI TIE Governors proclama-
tton. 1t Ia also true that men may have been
attacking the soldiers while using tho women os
4 rnmpart, for my informant Is not certain that
the soldiers fired first, anl snys that shots may
have been fred from the crowti before any were
fred BY tho troops; hut all the firing he noticed
seemed to be regular aud without pause, like
d string Of crackers going OF.
Who fired first H. IT rourse, very material in
Judging Of the provHatton; and. while there
can l>c no excuse fur men who assemble untaw-
fully, or for unlawful acts which strike nt the
foundations Of society. there Is sumc pailatfon
for tho frenzy which scized aud drove them
INTO the suicllal destruction Of life and property
which followed.
But there IL TIL another apology for the mob,
and this Is the assaFanec given them uf
THE srM1A1nY ORA MAJORITY or rttE csIlzEss.
| This ASSURANCE w4s formally conveyed to them
by Inc leading press Of ttc cty In the very
beginning Of the outbreak, and lcl them To
feel themselves heroes eontcntltn9 for the
rtEht,-an advam guard Of Freedoms arnlyt
That tho citizc.ls should hare felt this sym.
| pathy,-that the press should ilave cxprcsectl
,.,--is Lisrracr 80 damntns that anv unc
| slot.1'l blush to say lie was born here. Then.
| that the men Of tho city aud vicinity, wllo
| profess to be respectable, should hare stoo1
a!ouf while tic troor* from, sistcE city were
| t,utchetcd In our etrcctA fnr obeytnE regular
military order given by olc Of our citizens IN
tufutny too dreadful II, cpntetnptate. That ilcv
should haye sat at t.omc, or 1oupccd about a.
| idle spectators, whtfe those 'nsuriateh men
tNslcge,l that Philadelphia regiment In tue
as.,,Is-r -, ~ ,',,,s,s, .a1 ,n,,s,.r thsn, =, toa
',nrr,,3r yh,rx {;n1 tbavr M .o,,t n ! hal
shonld never again Wish to see his face
Tha, ,hor .,a,1 h,sa hsc, ,,,,r.,, t,ro,,r,, mr.
,,sas,. . ~, .,". s., ~ .a,r ,rh,n ,srtn1 "
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ra.r< t1,.or t,,e,n.s,~e. hut ussn tta,,
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nL"' u4o' o@' .'4.t"~Ao
"nIcn may "e.s a"ahe" uoupss ~ 70 Ine up
"alu 'e"''eNo ~ oal ''a'ea ,a.' y. n"p'o'e"'e'..
~ sa" ess'ses w poss'oe s"s. NV !'a7s u alle
c"0e"s eo".'haeo 1he's s'np",ns Win .ns n'oo
uh u t7at u'ne' or "aat eou'o ''aFc 'uoaeeo
Is this result a fruit Of the atnalgama.lon of
| virtue and Vie, Ut ptGty and professional pnu-
pcrts. which WIS .a.Yjcl On all last winter utl-