, 1881-10-31
DlSGRACEFUL CONDUCT

Nr yVhlci, NFanancisMHctts Softllnrx w..
tiuirty-FsntiMvtor or tito Ninth Hcn,s
mont In 1fteaimo.td and Yorktown.
Dtspatrh I" Cincinnati dHEttte.
l,lcn,.oSi,, VIZ. Oct. :.,s-N,tcl, conn,c,,
nf,l indignation l,nvo heen cn,.ss, her" Nv
day hy tho publication OF articles taken fro,u
tho t'ostun ticn.ll, denying tho rcpot,s ~,
tito bad bcl,avier Of tho Ninth Mus,achr..
suits Regiment w,fle IN this city en- rou,.
In Yorktown, as we'll IT'S their rcprehcrsb,s
cOlMlllct nftnr they rpncied Yurktown
Tl,esa articles, IL npIcars, nre based u,on
the stniet,,ullts 0f ltlr,libers Ut tho Nln,h
wt,o,in atlGttion 10 sweeping contradictions n;
their dtsgr,eeflil a,rlulvi0r, tlcnnuitce tha
people uf Richmond md Tho Vtrellnns uen,
orally. The Richmond Stlte, III Il cotumn
etlltorial, called turttl BY these reports suy..
"Wu Iiatl wished 10 say nothing about liza
behavior Of tho Ninth Massachusetts Ecri.
lllctll during ltA stay III 1lcl,nod. but as tn
,ncinl'ers Of tlsat organization l,aye been IN
impnuel1t M tu attempt Il tlefcnse Vt Their
batt conduct, which WIS notorious, null us In
tlnlrE this they have sought 10 prg{udicu tha
Whole country aRntllSt our people, WI can h,s.
ttutu IT'D longer to tell Of their lnw1ess acts in
ills city. Many Ut tl,cn, were drunk. Son,
t,0k wiEUl,s FROM their drivers md ,l,nya
them thrn,gIl the streets. Others refuscd,o IN
my t!loif' faru IN tlle strcet-cars willie otbcn
grossly insultett 1adtus. Indeed, It was mt
sli9 tgr my 'tlly ~ be o,l the street. Thu
,lsnial IT., Il Hny H. q these :Ghnrgss Il simply
iol, lIcraid or lAst S,,n:'ay, III which u de.
fcllsn nf tho Ninth MASSACHUSETTS, RcEi.
'nent Is attempted, y tissue Of false
!uMHls, anl the sp!rIt H. which It, Was
written WAs malicious. Th&s report Is hastq]
ut4It{fA hv I'm
A[assncl!usetts Regiment themselves, lid,
thol1sli II Is mot surprising TINT these men dill
iI0t caitess their dissr'lyefli eol'duct stll Il
Is nothing less than II criha tint ttiuy Should
!ess bsia,ylor ,1 by y,, ARRIVING Mass'chq.
Ing TO l!rlnr 10 liiu scctlonullstn, HAPPILY
dead. It secttunnIIsm prompted tlle iii
why wcrc not tile Thirteenth New York aud
ter SHY ii Vrenia? Tlsy viii not 'taI taII ID &
wnr.l etf tllo slan'!er that f!aS been. hurried
essy s Tyr eftsa opae ary iqM hess y .aaes ass sea s
Firglnta. 1lapply the wllnlu country ran
,i@w Clearly SEQ a'ld fairly Judge. fnr section.
llIs1! Is no, ,nore.,, Our Presidents suffer.
!ngs broug ut rs nll ,,s une fanily to his bed.
moi; n'ors hts eat. pTo s sers,l m etory uss'ief Il
tloso .ays If llope. doubt, and common sot.
roy catl never be l,raksn."
lho EXTRACTS Itoin tne StHteH editorial Ara
Intended to sl,ow that the members u the
N1htfi MASSACHUSETTS,, Wilt denying farts
hotnctotlS III ttSlll'lHNl,, proceed tu v!ffy tle
people Whom nley ttlsultGu. Their conduct
Wlllo ~ thls Gity WAS slMply outrageous,
llnl ttle fnct thnt therb were Northern sull!ers
phss!lg through ltleltlolld tGterrGd sfe AtI.
thUrit!eS. lrosn tAktnE fnrctbl0 nieilsnres to
punish tit1lM fur thu eXcesscs antl orgies com.
lnlltGu III ntoau aayiiGflt upon tho principal
streets: fmn the timu Of their urtiyal IN
al rStu tt1 }tk sttft ff f1>3rI rI.u,..
which respected neither the rights Of pi0p-
crty llnr the sex uf woman. Parties wrM
Info har1oylns and helped themselves, mil
others seizelt vehicles. torcibIy eicet.
il,x tho drivers, and tt,uk possession. tianes
went n5out thu streels attempting Ia
kiss Indies, and using foul cplhetY, A lot 0t
tllNri overlook sunni fletUry girls OIL Vena.
hlu streut, aud torcth)y deprived them ri
their ltl1ictl-bns!ltts. Before tho train LIFT
fur Yorktown tiIuy ,yeut AMONG n lot az
negro women, ,lenizel,s OF tho iuwest portion
If tho city, h1ggGd 1ild k1ssetl them, ind H.
l,Aved otherwise Ill II disgusting 1lnliprr
'rliGtr bat behavior WIS tIle laik of The
town. Su,ltu uf thetl Werg kst0Ikrh down
for insulting ladies' iu the streets. When The
train llptIn which they rutllrllMl from York.
towil pilssutl through tile city. MI Indignant
cruw.l, composed Df the br0tllers, fathers,
ntllt friends uf the utlIus insilltutl, WINS wall.
Ing for tho purpose Of publishing them; hut
they would mt let the train stop, and tho
crowd stunned 1t us II ii,.w by.
Their conduct Mt Yorktown when they
first arrived wns equally reprelIenslble. 4
my OF Music there, ulld tlip proprietor WA