Daily Republican., 1880-10-18
Saturday Nights Riot.

In such disturbance 40 that which
occurred last Saturday night it is some
what difficult to get at the real facts Of
the case because in the confusion which
IL the necessary consequence nobody
exactly knows who commenced It, and
there is always q disposition to shield
the guilty parties by their friends. As
q general thing during the present
campaign there has been less rancor
and intense feeling than has marked
the campaigns since the war closed,
and yet it is seldom that the Retubli-
cans are not attacked in q cowardly
manner whenever they turn out in
parade while the Democrats in their
parades have escaped molestation, IN
less It is made to appear that they
were attacked last Saturday night
without provocation, which Is some
thing that will be hard to believs with
the present light upon the subject. A
few evenings ago when the Bird Guards
and some other Republican club went
in the train up 70 Rockland they were
fred upon by some 0ovardly miscreant
Is they past out through Hedgsville,
and pistol ball that came crashing
through a car window pane came
within few inches Of hitting q gen.
tlsman in the lead. Then again q
few evenings ago when the Republi.
cans had Q parade in honor Of . flag
presentation to the Hastings Guards,
the rear end Of the line composed Of
oolored voters, on turning the corner
Of Fourth and Madison streets was at.
tackled with clubs, stones, pistols and
even shot guns, several of the colored
men were more or less hurt, one OF
them being struck in tho back with .
sprinkling Of shot from a shot gan.
II is true that the colored men in or
ast TO defend themselves did attack q
Repu blican and consequently friend,
thinking he was ons Of the men who
had attacked them, and 1t Is also true
thu. stones were throw thro--sshh Mr.
Graham's window, but this was all
done under a Observation-Disclosures we
may say they made mistake. The
rsal cause Of 1t all was the attack made
upon them without the leest provoca.
ton at Fourth and Madison. 1t would
b. expecting too much to suppose thai
the oolored men would soon forget thii
unprovoked attack, and 1t was no mor'
than natural to suppose that the,
would resolve to defend themselve
hereafter. We must not suppose eithe
that the Democrats would so far forge
themselves a. to suppose tina. the CO.
ored men would not retaliste upon th
FIRST provocaton. Instead Of endeavO
ing to avoid bringing on a riot or d.
.urbance we fDd that the route Of p
rade last Saturday night was so car
fully planned as to come up MIN
street from Church to Walnut sparp
" populated street, to the colored mer
headquarters. 1t was most unusu
route Of parade.
Z Not only this but the time for pa
ing these headquarters was arrang
at the hall OF the nights parade, af
all the other streets had been trave
ed, Just when large numbers in the I
rads were fred up with bad whiske
We do not say that the plan was I
ranged for the express purpose
melting an attack from the COLOR
men, OF for the express purpose
stacking them, but it does ssem to
hat prudent Marshals in the intere'
If peace would have tried to ave
LANCER, By choosing another rout
There is no lack Of proof that this ror
WAS Objectionable, and the Chief Me-
sha, It. 10 said was importnned to ia
be parade dova some other street up
lLe plea thaslsysn II the colorod m
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