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6 HISTORY OF MARYLAND
ated with exultation by certain disorganizing prints, that war would be declared before
the 4th of July, and it was distinctly declared that on that clay the office would be demolished, and the proprietors thrown into the fangs of a remorseless rabble These
are-some of the grounds for ascribing the origin of the tumult? in Baltimore to an index
at the seat of the general government, whence ought to flow the benign blessings of social
happiness Of the officers residing in Baltimore, of the State and of the
corporation, most if not ail of whom were present at the burglary, the Mayor is preeminently distinguished for the acquiescence with which he has beheld the ruin of
property, the repeated nocturnal violations of dwelling-houses, the most savage threats
against persons guiltless of a crime, the usurped regulation of the port, the prostration of
the laws of the State and of the Union—without the smallest exertion to enforce his
authority. Upon this subject there can be no delicacy or reserve. We therefore lay the
enormities which have proceeded in rapid progression and inflicted an incurable wound
upon Baltimore, expressly to the* charge of the Mayor. This police officer, whose oath
could not have been forgotten, was so little sensible of the dignity of his office, so indifferent to the peace and safety of the community, so regardless of the permanent interest
of the city, which he knew must be very materially impaired by a character for tumult,
disorder and assassination, which he has suffered to be stamped upon it, that for weeks he-
permitted the mob to rage unrestrained, as if studious, by his connivance, to render it in (
the eyes of the world the indisputable arbiter of the city; and when he at last
interposed, it was to prevent the threatened demolition of one of the temples of the
Almighty ! . . . . That the Governor has taken no steps to check or discountenance
the continued disorders in the emporium of the State, mustbeascribable to his knowledge
of the real authors of the riot, and the political motives by which they were actuated. . . . The Federal Republican, which this day ascends from the tomb of' martyred
sire,' will steadily pursue the course dictated with its latest accents."
This attack upon the public authorities naturally excited the people, and
when they saw men with arms and amunition, passing into the house, their
excitement increased. The joint committee of the two branches of the City
Council, and ten prominent citizens appointed to inquire into the causes and
extent of the riot that afterwards ensued, in their report to the mayor, say:
" In the course of the same clay it was known to many persons that Mr. Hanson, one
of the editors, was in the house, and from the preparations for defence that were observed
to be making therein, it was conjectured that he expected to be attacked. During the
day, many other persons of the city went to the house, and some remained there associated with those within. Toward evening, many boys had collected in the street,,
opposite the house, and their noise exciting some apprehension, a neighboring magistrate
endeavored to disperse them, and had nearly succeeded, when about 8 o'clock a carriage-
stopped at the door of the house, and a number of muskets and other articles were seen to
be taken out of it and conveyed through an armed guard into the house. The boys then
returned, recommenced their noise, accompanied with abusive language to the persons in
the house, and began throwing stones at the windows. At this time, and for an hour or
more thereafter, there did not appear more than five or six men who could be supposed
to have any connection with or control over the boys; about this period a person on the
footway, endeavoring to persuade the boys from their mischief, was severely wounded in
the foot by something weighty thrown from the house. The boys were repeatedly told, from
the persons within, to go away and not molest them, that they were armed and would
defend themselves. The boys still continuing to throw stones, two guns were fired from the
upper part of the house, charged, as it is supposed, with blank cartridges, as no injury
was done by them. The assemblage of people in the street at this time greatly increased,,
Object Description
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Description
| Title | 00000031 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 6 HISTORY OF MARYLAND ated with exultation by certain disorganizing prints, that war would be declared before the 4th of July, and it was distinctly declared that on that clay the office would be demolished, and the proprietors thrown into the fangs of a remorseless rabble These are-some of the grounds for ascribing the origin of the tumult? in Baltimore to an index at the seat of the general government, whence ought to flow the benign blessings of social happiness Of the officers residing in Baltimore, of the State and of the corporation, most if not ail of whom were present at the burglary, the Mayor is preeminently distinguished for the acquiescence with which he has beheld the ruin of property, the repeated nocturnal violations of dwelling-houses, the most savage threats against persons guiltless of a crime, the usurped regulation of the port, the prostration of the laws of the State and of the Union—without the smallest exertion to enforce his authority. Upon this subject there can be no delicacy or reserve. We therefore lay the enormities which have proceeded in rapid progression and inflicted an incurable wound upon Baltimore, expressly to the* charge of the Mayor. This police officer, whose oath could not have been forgotten, was so little sensible of the dignity of his office, so indifferent to the peace and safety of the community, so regardless of the permanent interest of the city, which he knew must be very materially impaired by a character for tumult, disorder and assassination, which he has suffered to be stamped upon it, that for weeks he- permitted the mob to rage unrestrained, as if studious, by his connivance, to render it in ( the eyes of the world the indisputable arbiter of the city; and when he at last interposed, it was to prevent the threatened demolition of one of the temples of the Almighty ! . . . . That the Governor has taken no steps to check or discountenance the continued disorders in the emporium of the State, mustbeascribable to his knowledge of the real authors of the riot, and the political motives by which they were actuated. . . . The Federal Republican, which this day ascends from the tomb of' martyred sire,' will steadily pursue the course dictated with its latest accents." This attack upon the public authorities naturally excited the people, and when they saw men with arms and amunition, passing into the house, their excitement increased. The joint committee of the two branches of the City Council, and ten prominent citizens appointed to inquire into the causes and extent of the riot that afterwards ensued, in their report to the mayor, say: " In the course of the same clay it was known to many persons that Mr. Hanson, one of the editors, was in the house, and from the preparations for defence that were observed to be making therein, it was conjectured that he expected to be attacked. During the day, many other persons of the city went to the house, and some remained there associated with those within. Toward evening, many boys had collected in the street,, opposite the house, and their noise exciting some apprehension, a neighboring magistrate endeavored to disperse them, and had nearly succeeded, when about 8 o'clock a carriage- stopped at the door of the house, and a number of muskets and other articles were seen to be taken out of it and conveyed through an armed guard into the house. The boys then returned, recommenced their noise, accompanied with abusive language to the persons in the house, and began throwing stones at the windows. At this time, and for an hour or more thereafter, there did not appear more than five or six men who could be supposed to have any connection with or control over the boys; about this period a person on the footway, endeavoring to persuade the boys from their mischief, was severely wounded in the foot by something weighty thrown from the house. The boys were repeatedly told, from the persons within, to go away and not molest them, that they were armed and would defend themselves. The boys still continuing to throw stones, two guns were fired from the upper part of the house, charged, as it is supposed, with blank cartridges, as no injury was done by them. The assemblage of people in the street at this time greatly increased,, |
