

TNLlWFrL PROCEEDINGS 1T MILTON, Il.
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Ga the evening of the 2Sth ul.., most dis
graceful course of conduct was exhibited in the
town Of Milton, by portion &c her citizens and
thGso of the vicinity, who, diesog%r4G.I e tho
sanctity of the laws Of ;he land, and of that &C.
curty which should be the boast and tho safe
guard Of every citizen Of the United States np-
preached within a short distance of the school.
house IN which congregation was collected for
The purpose of hearing public lecture on the na-
tonai subject Of Slavery and being shrouded By
the darkness of the night, and partly concealed
from view by fences out houses, siabl, &c. pei
ted the house nth stones ard brick bafs i, poor
kind of arguncn, by the by, but frequently the
only used by those who the fasi qualif-
ed to appreciate sound reasoning and national
,ights.)


woman with an infant in her arms received
blow in the tace from the shatteTing Of brick,
bat hurled into the room. 4 respectable citizen
received partial blow frcm a missile thrown
by unknown haud, which in its course,
carried away his hat. Also, young mar, while
returning from the lecture room, vas struck in
tho back by a stone or brick bat, thrown, ii is
said, by The hand of an individual whose priuci-
pies and love Of order in society, can DO very ca
silly estimated.


But above all, to top the climax and ushor in,
il seems, as fast as possible tho reign Of anar-
chy and total disregard for Ia and Justice, some
Of the civil officers u the place. have refused 10
aid IN bringing The lewcss crew 10 deserved
punishment. But such men these Who have
obtained offices of trust tho hands Of their fel-
low citizens who relied in their faiihfulnees to
execute the laws whenever viola ted and bring to
punishment the law-hreaker, and who now re-
fused to do wha, they soIemnIy pledged theu1~
selves before God and mar. to DO, should be re-
moved from office; nnd citizens. who love their
country, respect the rights of-thejr naiGhbore,
and wish for protection from such violence, should
invest others, more worthy, with authority.


Yet i, should be said 10 the praise of some of
the citizens of Milton tha, few threw their in
flaence most decidedly agans, such lauless pro-
ceedjngs; while others, ho have but few opinions
Of their own, very quietly took The banefu posi-
ton Of nuetraii,y. and doubtless like the notori-
ous and infamous Sardnapolis, would stupidly sit.
without raising hand and see our political fabric
pulled down their own heads by brutal
mob. and look on with the cold hearted feelings
of Dlogenes, while every tie OF citizenship and
social order were refs asunder.


And as TO the mobocra,s evorv good citizen
will lock upon them desperadoes, pursuing a
suicidal course-al,ke destitute Of principa and
the love OF their couutry-the refuse and off scour.
ing of society, whose end will be ruin and desruc-
ton, end their names go down to poslerity re-
corded in The annals Of infamy.


CLITO.