It seemed to me that Archbishop Hughes was trying to end the draft riots by playing to the rioters’, who were mostly Irish Catholics, religious beliefs. He portrayed himself as a friend to anyone of the Catholic religion, and welcomed the rioters to visit him and listen to him speak. He promised that if the went to see him, they would not be met with military violence. He wanted to achieve peace. The article states that Hughes was an “advocate for the city’s Irish Catholic workers…” It makes one think the Irish rioters would respect him more, and actually listen to his plea for them to “dissolve their association with reckless men who have little regard for Divine or human law.”
I found the picture entitled “Fighting” really interesting. The rioters are depicted as chaotic and unorganized, while the military is lined up in neat, organized rows. Also, the all the gunfire and smoke is coming from the military, who it seems is killing all of the rioters. The rioters don’t seem to be fighting back. In a way, this shows how Harper’s Weekly felt the rioters could not win against the military. Also, it feels that the military is a lot more civilized than the rioters.
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