. History of New York City : embracing an outline sketch of events from 1609 to 1830, and a full account of its development from 1830 to 1884. asion required him tochoose, adhere to the Pope of Rome rather than to the government ofthe United States. This position of the naturalized citizen suggestedimminent danger to the municipality in time of peril. All through the winter and spring of 1834-35 the breach of goodfeeling, especially in political circles, between native Americans andforeign-born citizens had continually widened. Demagogues had as-sisted in widening and deepening the gulf, and a
. History of New York City : embracing an outline sketch of events from 1609 to 1830, and a full account of its development from 1830 to 1884. asion required him tochoose, adhere to the Pope of Rome rather than to the government ofthe United States. This position of the naturalized citizen suggestedimminent danger to the municipality in time of peril. All through the winter and spring of 1834-35 the breach of goodfeeling, especially in political circles, between native Americans andforeign-born citizens had continually widened. Demagogues had as-sisted in widening and deepening the gulf, and antagonisms causedthe American or Know-Nothing political party to be formed. Atlength a crisis arrived, when pent-up fires burst into a flame. In June, 1835, it was reported that a military regiment under thename of the OOonnell Guard was about to be organized in the city ofNew York. Inflammable Americans instantly took fire, and in certaincircles indignation rose to fever heat. The movement was denouncedas a process of making an Irish regiment out of American citizens,and it was resolved to resent it at all hazards. Matters were brought. FIRST DECADE, 1830-1810. 343 to a head when an advertisement appeared calling a meeting of theOConnell Guard at the Bleecker Street House. The excitable Ameri-cans made free comments on this, and uttered threats. Betweenthem and the Irish there were recriminations and angry disputes whichsometimes ended in list-fights. Finally, on Sunday, June 21st, the peace of the city was disturbedby such a fight, begun in Grand Street, near Crosby, between anAmerican and an Irishman. The duel soon grew into a sort of fieldfight between a score of men, in which women joined. It was increas-ing in violence and numbers, and was promising to assume the dignityof a riot, when the police interfered and restored order. On the sameday a quarrel arose in (hatham Street between a negro and a whiteman. They came to blows ; other negroes and white men joined inthe affr
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