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■ .Tit Im CfOiii Mob^ktUr from Dr.* * Ctmtton. xI^jk Ju.lv M, *?.*. Eia. M*i*woi? Alices DK«ocnA.r~I ob* Herro in your daily of July 25th. an article headed •* llw recent mob In, La Crouse1? ivhteh concludes with a Abort comtpuuEcii-Uou from some perwi in tUte city,la that communication it i^'wa K D, Cameron headed tbo raoh.” This Is simply an unmitigated lie. So far from my not 11 heading mob,” I did pqi know it w** cpnterpplated tq destroy ! tbo Jkmilft-lugs which were- destroyed/ The night upiiq ^rhicb they were-burned* T retired at half-past ten—was woke up at about balf-ftast eleven by the cry of H flre ??—did not eare my room that night, and did1 not kaow what buildings were burned until the next morning.At three public meetings held In Barron’s HaH, I statedidUtinctlv and emphatically, that L did not and could not approve the do tugs of the hc-called mob, but ns what was done could not bo uudoue, T thought that all right minded men ought to stand ready to defend fcheniBetvcs and property against tho threatened violence of the reckless villains, who felt aggrieved by reason of the summary manner In wliich they had been ircalert.The hue and cry about'the famous. n vig-* Honco committee ” is all moonshine. At a public meeting of the people alias the vigilance committee they passed a series, of resolutions in which they disclaimed ut* tcrly ainnteatiuu of taking the law into' tbe.r own liutid?, ntid pledged themselves to stand by the Mayor and Common Council, in maintaining Om good order of society—but .should they fail to receive the needed protection. The unfortunate use of the words “ vigilance committee ” conveys iui entirely wrong Impression—so far from being an unhvwt’nj, organization it was simply one hundred and 11 fly of our best citizen*, uniting wl111 each other to see to it llmt the threats of wicked men who thronged our yt reels should not lie put in execution.T believe the above to bo a candid exposition of tho whole mutter. I know it h us I have viewed it from the ontstnrt, andaiiv rv presonta Lions to tin* contrary nr a e it her made ignorantly or with a design to mU represent. Truly yours,DL'GALi) I). CAMERON,
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La Crosse Independent Republican
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Aug 12, 1857
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