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The following pages have been prepared with the view of furnishing a
record in convenient form of the prevailing sentiment of the good citizens of
New York, in 1871, upon the subject of Civil Rights, as illustrated by their
unanimous and imperative demand, that, the entire military and civil force
should be employed for the protection of the Orangemen in parading; and
by their equally vehement demand for the long-withheld statement of the
financial condition of the City Government. That there should be any
relation whatever between the Hibernian Riot and the so-called " insurrec¬
tion of the capitalists," will be a matter of surprise to any person who has
not carefully studied the events of the Summer; and it is hop^d that the
complete and authentic information given herein will leave no doubt upon
the subject.                                                                                              ,

[The illustrations of Riot scenes herein have been copied, by permission, from the
admirable drawings of Frank Leslie. The cartoon by the distinguished artist
Thomas Nast, was prepared expressly for this work. Mr. Nast does double duty
against the rioters and corruptionists in New York; for, while producing by his
pencil effects among the people, unsurpassed by those of any leader-writer, he also
holds himself in readiness, at all times, to answer the calls made upon him as a
member of the Seventh Regiment, in the ranks of which he marched on the day of
the Riot.]

New York, August, 1871.
 

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