The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-05-11
HOUSE BURNING, PLUNDERING AND
NUMBERING OF THE FOREIGNERS
IN PHILADELPHIA.

Itseems that the lessons taught by the late bank,
of plundering, shooting, and numbering with impu-
nifty in Philadelphia, have not been lost upon the
classes whom it taught to set the laws at defiance.
1t appears that the native Americans, who are
constituted, for the most part, of persons opposed
to democracy, are visiting upon the poor Irish in
ha5ltants of Philadelphia reign of terror worse
than that of the alien and sedl.ion law. For
three successive days, the Irish population IN
Philadelphia have been murdered in the streets
their houses burnt and number of the inhabi-
tants, with all their property consumed in their
dwellings,; and their churches and seminarles
given up to confagration, in the midst of the mil
itary f,rce drawn out to prevent It. We have
time nor inclination to comment upon this scene
of horror. 1t is not necessary the simple de-
tails gwen in the extracts which we make from
the Philadelphia Ledger of to-day, written, evil
IDENTIFY, under apprehensions, say too much Tor
the good tame of our country
VS. take the above paragraph from the Globe
of Thursday evening, for the purpose OF noticing
and contradcting the gross and wlifnl talse hood
which it contains. at appears" says the Globe,
that the native Americans, ,cho are constituted,
for the most part, Of persons opposed 10 me deoc-
racu,'' &c. The Globe is so Infatuated to telling
that which is untrue, that it cannot relate cir
cumstances in regard to which all honest and hui
name men, of whatever political bias coincide IN
opinion, without falling into its accustomed habit
of classifying. We deny, point blank that the ma
tive Americans are constituted, for the most part
of persons opposed to democracy, if Locofocosm
is the meaning Of democracy. On the contrary,
we assert that the native Americans are const-
tuted, for the most part of those who call them
selves Democrats, and are opposed to the Wings.
Their leading men have heretofore been active
and prominent Locofocos as far as we are able
to learn, and the great majority of them have be-
longed to the same sect.
The political hostility Of the Locofocos toward
their late brethren and coadjutors, the Catholics
sprung up last fall, and grew out of the circum-
stances attending the nomination and election Of
sheriff of the city and county. Among the promi-
nent candidates for the democratic" nomination
to that office were James Hutchinson and Hugh
Clark; the latter Catholic Irishman, and a lead
err of his Democratic Catholic counirymen The
nominating convention met, and, after continuing
in session for nearly or quite week, during
which time it became extremely excited by con-
ficts of the friends of the different candidates,
Mr.. Hugh Clark was defeated, and Mr.. Hutchi-
son was nominated. This was The second or third
time Mr.. Clark had been defeated when candi-
date for nomination, by the Locofoco nominating
convention, and at once bis friends declared that
the hostility manifested towards him, and the in
Justice done him, was on account of his being an
Irish Catholic and Repeater, and they considered
the affair as their own Great excitement pre-
vailed, and the Irish Catholics finally seeded
from the Locofoco party. and voted for Morton